Archive for April, 2010
Obama Gives Key Agriculture Post to Agribusiness Goon Who Lobbied for Monsanto, Syngenta, DuPont and Dow
April 2nd, 2010Via: Green Change: Today, President Obama announced that he will recess appoint Islam A. Siddiqui to the position of Chief Agricultural Negotiator, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative. Siddiqui is a pesticide lobbyist and Vice President for Science and Regulatory Affairs at CropLife America, an agribusiness lobbying group that represents Monsanto. Following is a letter […]
The Little Nukes That Got Away
April 2nd, 2010No, the Davy Crockett is not an April Fool’s joke. Via: Foreign Policy: The Davy Crockett was one of the smallest nuclear weapons ever made by the United States. Built in the late 1950s, and designed for the battlefields of Europe to stop a possible Warsaw Pact invasion, the warhead looked like a watermelon, being […]
FBI Warns Extremist Letters May Encourage Violence
April 2nd, 2010Via: AP: A federal intelligence note is warning police that an anti-government group’s call to remove dozens of sitting governors may encourage others to act out violently. A group that calls itself the Guardians of the free Republics has a plan to “restore America” by peacefully dismantling parts of the government, according to its website. […]
