Archive for the 'Dictatorship' Category
Canadian Dairy Farmer Willing to Die for Food Rights
October 26th, 2011Via: Mother Nature Network: The right to decide what one can eat and drink seems a very basic human right. Yet, even that simple freedom can be trampled upon. Take Michael Schmidt for example. He is a biodynamic farmer with a masters degree in agriculture and has been an instrumental voice for both the rights […]
Van Rompuy: “The Most Important Thing Is to Strengthen Economic Convergence”
October 24th, 2011Via: AFP: European Union leaders on Sunday agreed to change the bloc’s treaty if necessary in the interests of economic convergence and discipline, EU president Herman Van Rompuy said. “We decided to explore the possibility of limited treaty change,” Van Rompuy said. “The aim is deepening our economic convergence and strengthening economic discipline.” Speaking after […]
Vatican Calls for ‘Global Public Authority’ and ‘Central World Bank’
October 24th, 2011Via: Reuters: The Vatican called on Monday for the establishment of a “global public authority” and a “central world bank” to rule over financial institutions that have become outdated and often ineffective in dealing fairly with crises. The document from the Vatican’s Justice and Peace department should please the “Occupy Wall Street” demonstrators and similar […]
Repost: Gaddafi Gold-for-Oil, Dollar-Doom Plans Behind Libya ‘Mission’?
October 24th, 2011Via: Russia Today:
And Now: ‘The Gates Foundation Uses Genetic Modification For Good’
October 24th, 2011Wow. Just… Wow. Breathtaking. Via: FastCompany: It’s easy to demonize genetically modified crops. After all, we don’t exactly know what their long-term health effects are, and they have the nasty habit of cross-pollinating with non-GMO crops. When new stories come out about advances in the field, many people react with anger and fear. But the […]
First Mexican Truck Set to Enter U.S. Interior
October 24th, 2011Via: MSNBC: The first Mexican carrier is set to roll into the U.S. interior Friday, but the Teamsters union and two California congressmen haven’t given up on stopping the cross-border trucking program that had been stalled for years by safety concerns and political wrangling. U.S. Reps. Duncan Hunter and Bob Filner joined Teamsters President James […]
Gaddafi Salted Away About $200 Billion
October 23rd, 2011Via: The Age: Muammar Gaddafi secretly salted away more than $US200 billion ($A196 billion) in bank accounts, real estate and corporate investments around the world before he was killed, according to senior Libyan officials. That’s about $US30,000 for every Libyan citizen and double the amount that Western governments previously had suspected. The new estimates of […]
Euro ‘Empire’ Plot by Brussels
October 23rd, 2011Via: Telegraph: European Union chiefs are drawing up plans for a single “Treasury” to oversee tax and spending across the 17 eurozone nations. The proposal, put forward by Herman Van Rompuy, the European Council president, would be the clearest sign yet of a new “United States of Europe” — with Britain left on the sidelines. […]
And Coming Up Next: Pakistan?
October 22nd, 2011Via: New York Times: An unusually powerful American delegation arrived here on Thursday to deliver the starkest warning yet to Pakistan, according to a senior American official: that the United States would act unilaterally if necessary to attack extremist groups that use the country as a haven to kill Americans. … “This is a time […]
U.S. Troops to Leave Iraq by Year’s End, Obama Says [wink]
October 22nd, 2011I was surprised that this New York Times piece actually contained the punchline, for those who kept reading long enough: There will also be 4,000 to 5,000 private State Department security contractors, as well as a significant C.I.A. presence. In Afghanistan, about 95,000 American troops remain. *chortle* Remember the Superbase? View Larger Map Anyway, this […]
