Source: NY Daily News
Rudy Giuliani is positioning his law firm to cash in on Wall Street's train wreck - a move that has become a gift to political enemies of his pal John McCain. RELATED: TALKS COLLAPSE OVER BAILOUT DEAL Even as the nation's $700 billion, taxpayer-funded Wall Street bailout was …
Source: YouTube
An historic bit of commentary from Jack Cafferty where he reacts to Palin's mumbo jumbo answer about the Wall Street bail out.
For most of the Bush Administration's time in office America has been reminded that the greatest threat to our security is terrorists.
This week another tragedy occurred, involving tainted products made in China. Powdered milk from Shijiazhuang San Lu Group, China's largest corporate dairy, was found to be contaminated with toxic levels of melamine.
Country first? Whose county is first? Is it mine? Is is the land of the free who look to their government to serve them? Are we served by skipping the debate? Are we served by rushing to bailout Wall Street on Friday?
Source: Wall Street Journal
Never mind that most consumers have no idea they are swallowing experimental crops now the FDA acting as a marketing arm of the biotech industry is announcing the public will soon be eating genetically modified animals in addition to the closes recently approved by the FDA.
Source: OpEdNews.Com Progressive
Lawsuit Would Halt Treatment of Almonds with Toxic Fumigant or Steam Heat
Source: Pureto Rico Biosafety
The main argument of defenders of products derived from genetically modified organisms (GMO's) is that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) determined in 1992 that they are safe and therefore need no further safety testing.
Source: Information Clearing House
Obviously, this shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone anyway. It's been developing for quite a long time.
Source: Information Clearing House
-- - While Alaska Governor and Republican vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin is getting all the attention, the current vice president, Dick Cheney, was able to pontificate about Russia and Georgia with barely any notice from the media.
There are a lot of myths that become part of our cultural beliefs but this is one that is especially damaging to the fundamental basis of Democracy.
Source: YouTube
If we're going to fix this country we must start by voting on the real issues. The bold faced lies the McCain campaign is airing are shameful to a Democratic process. We must vote real issues and this treats us all a Nation of uninformed pawns. Enough is enough!!
According to the history, of what we now know as General Mills, Betty Crocker was the fictional creation of a team of executives who wanted a way to personalize the replies they got to thousands of baking questions.
Source: Political Research Associates
The threat to the taxpayer due to curbs on DCAA was predicted nearly a decade ago in congressional testimony.
Source: New Pakistan Times
If biotech were such a wonderful technology that provides such benefits for farmers and the public, it would seem that the politicians responsible for converting the bulk of America's commodity crops to these patent protected, gmo seeds would be singing its praises and getting s …
Source: The Institute of Science in Society
Keep in mind that two decades ago these companies were responsible for the bulk of the Nation's Superfund Sites.
Source: Sunlight Foundation
There are now more than 400 convention parties at the conventions being thrown on by corporate interests such as Citi, Eli Lilly and AT&T;, as well as powerhouse lobbying firms such as Patton Boggs. And starting next week, we'll be providing you coverage of this other half of …
Source: Political Research Associates
Global Governance Watch (GGW) is a joint initiative of two influential rightist groups, the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) and the Federalist Society.
How many of you have lamented the influence of monied interest in the Capitol and groaned about how you wish there were a way to change things?
Pumping up a non issues, while ignoring the real story, has to become a predictable pattern with the mainstream media. It is so extreme it is almost laughable, but not one bit funny to see it happen because our precarious freedoms rely very much on a free press.
It's understandable that Newsvine has technical problems from time to time. It's obvious to most of us every move brings with it glitches and bugs.
Source: The Rebeller
This is a second attempt to seed this story, let's hope it is a software glitch that eliminated the first one.
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This is a harrowing look at the new face of American agriculture in a seven minute film that shows how corporate interests have transformed our farmland and rural life.
With each passing day it seems my greatest fears about the destruction of the American Dream come to pass. Any hope we may have held for the criminal regime to reverse course with the election of more Democrats to Congress has been shattered.
Source: AlterNet.org
WASHINGTON: The White House has reportedly buried a report prepared by scientists which detailed a rising death toll from heat waves, fires, disease and smog. Environmental advocates have accused the Bush Administration of delaying the release of the 149-page report so that it c …