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By Michel Chossudovsky - Professor of Economics, University of Ottawa and TFF associate... - 0 views

www.fromthewilderness.com/...haarp.html By Michel Chossudovsky - Professor of Economics University Ottawa and TFF associate author The Globalization Poverty second edition Common Courage Press
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  • thinkahol * on 01 Mar 11
     
    The important debate on global warming under UN auspices provides but a partial picture of climate change; in addition to the devastating impacts of greenhouse gas emissions on the ozone layer, the World's climate can now be modified as part of a new generation of sophisticated "non-lethal weapons." Both the Americans and the Russians have developed capabilities to manipulate the World's climate. In the US, the technology is being perfected under the High-frequency Active Aural Research Program (HAARP) as part of the ("Star Wars") Strategic Defence Initiative (SDI). Recent scientific evidence suggests that HAARP is fully operational and has the ability of potentially triggering floods, droughts, hurricanes and earthquakes.
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Michigan is under siege. Is Anybody Watching? | dagblog - 0 views

dagblog.com/...er-siege-anybody-watching-9344 Michigan under siege. Is Anybody Watching? | dagblog
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  • thinkahol * on 10 Mar 11
     
    Right now, [Michigan] Gov. [Rick] Snyder is pushing a bill that would give himself, Gov. Snyder and his administration, the power to declare any town or school district to be in a financial emergency. If a town was declared by the governor and his administration to be in a financial emergency they would get to put somebody in charge of that town, and they want to give that emergency manager that they just put in charge of the town the power to, "reject, modify, or terminate any contracts that the town may have entered in to, including any collective bargaining agreements."
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Wait, Did the USDA Just Deregulate All New Genetically Modified Crops? | Mother Jones - 0 views

motherjones.com/...ulate-roundup-gmo-tom-philpott Wait Did the USDA Just Deregulate All New Genetically Modified Crops? | Mother Jones
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  • thinkahol * on 12 Jul 11
     
    In a surprise move, the agency green-lights Roundup Ready lawn grass-and perhaps much, much more.
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The Greatest Threat to Global Food Security: Capitalism - 0 views

www.truth-out.org/...lobal-food-security-capitalism food capitalism
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  • Certainly one of our most fundamental of human needs is our ability to grow and procure adequate nutrition.
  • Giant multinational corporate entities like Cargill, Nestle, Monsanto, ConAgra and Archer Daniels Midland
  • US Agribusiness spent $137 million on lobbying efforts to promote corporate interests through the purchase of favorable legislation
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  • In fact, 95 percent of US soy, and 86 percent of US corn is genetically modified[iii].
  • Food Stamps for over 46 million Americans suffering in poverty 
  • Despite record farm profits (2012 saw the highest profits since 1973), the recent passage of the $1 trillion Farm Bill expands pay-outs to millionaire farming entities
  • Cargill, one of the largest food producers in the world and the world's largest privately-held corporation, boasted nearly $134 billion in sales last year alone[vii], more than the GDPs of Ecuador, Honduras, Laos and Serbia combined.
  • As of 2011, the United States Federal Drug Administration, tasked with ensuring the safety of America's food supply, inspected only 6 percent of domestic food producers and 0.4 percent of imports[viii]
  • According to the CDC, foodborn pathogens sicken 48 million people in the U.S. each year, resulting in 128,000 hospitalizations and 3,000 deaths annually.
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