tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89865730565614497202024-03-05T02:52:33.495-05:00Ransacked NationProgressive Media reporting on the unbridled corporate power <br>that seeks to plunder, pillage, raid, rob, loot, sack, strip, despoil;<br> ravage and devastate the body and spirit of the American people.Ransacked Nationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09271837863506017855noreply@blogger.comBlogger874125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8986573056561449720.post-88031510138250237382012-06-08T15:14:00.003-04:002012-06-08T15:14:45.422-04:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It's remarkable who much life today imitates the art of the past. This piece marking the passing of Ray Bradbury says it better than I ever could. I couldn't agree more with his critique of futuristic and now modern society. Check it out...</div>
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<br />Ransacked Nationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09271837863506017855noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8986573056561449720.post-14265448163274973682012-03-26T09:43:00.000-04:002012-03-26T09:43:45.206-04:00Lobbyists, Guns and Money<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/26/opinion/krugman-lobbyists-guns-and-money.html?ref=opinion"><img border="0" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8YU1Ep96BWJP61DuME3zm9oZIFKRyl4zUNegUK36dzku27jDhXj_pzmPLVjBt88SeRnaw_KEmYeZDYU4xszS-C8kindOo-ZS6AcbNVoHD695QIRVlaYnsFfaoJfpEJh2_kPxpVZwxxWk/s320/Privatization.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Paul Krugman puts the spotlight on ALEC, the conservative corporate-backed legislative organization, and its role in a host of America's most destructive trends. These include the Stand Your Ground law in Florida (backed by the NRA, that resulted in the death of Trayvon Martin), union-busting, tax breaks for the one percent, environmental degradation, and the privatization war to capture public sector revenue and jobs for the crony capitalists who are destroying the country. We've got to call out Coca-Cola, ATT and others who play nice to the public while orchestrating systematic exploitation of the people's rights and interests.</span></b><br />
<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/26/opinion/krugman-lobbyists-guns-and-money.html?ref=opinion">http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/26/opinion/krugman-lobbyists-guns-and-money.html?ref=opinion</a>Ransacked Nationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09271837863506017855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8986573056561449720.post-59825520099861680282012-03-10T08:08:00.000-05:002012-03-10T08:08:12.463-05:00Big Nuclear's cosy relationship with the Obama administration<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2012/mar/08/big-nuclear-cosy-relationship-obama-administration"><img border="0" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6oviPuaiSON5SONjItpu_7rCQ19tvu2usKR-p7Zc2hn9_u8qr1t2dL31OIwjqOMXLllfEQl7NxB9iG1xpJdqG3Xvj-Bqjj6lVknJ4DIEjWrnGGtGb_MeXE503nGvCNsoX2kgiOL1rIcY/s320/Nuclear-Power-in-The-U.S.-007.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Here's a recent article by Amy Goodman that details how the US government, on both sides of the aisle, is in bed with the nuclear industry and determined to push new reactors on the public despite the risks and astronomical financial cost - all with the help of public subsidies.</b></span><br />
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2012/mar/08/big-nuclear-cosy-relationship-obama-administration">http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2012/mar/08/big-nuclear-cosy-relationship-obama-administration</a>Ransacked Nationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09271837863506017855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8986573056561449720.post-59111438830457009322012-03-10T07:57:00.000-05:002012-03-10T07:57:31.693-05:00Nuclear Disaster in Japan Was Avoidable, Critics Contend<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/10/world/asia/critics-say-japan-ignored-warnings-of-nuclear-disaster.html?hp"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7lCsZTSK8XJLZSu_vHpbm-JV8Koc-J5HeBsC6ci6Z0dQDErDizMe8HY9TyKQ2kQUPa-OeCgdjLr1zQtWGBuh7Pltv_MFNjD-m_Cmrdwq2_PiETjoyEFvgfvKET84MrMzsn9_hLoY007Q/s1600/collusion-articleInline.jpg" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>The political and economic system in Japan was set up by the US following WW II and shares many similarities with our capitalist model. In the US today, as in Japan, government agencies consider their constituencies to be industry rather than the public interest. We see this time and again, particularly in the nuclear industry where guidelines are often written by industry insiders to accommodate their business priorities and facilitate profits. This often comes at the expense of public safety concerns. This article presents a compelling example of how such collusion between government officials and industry can pose great risk to populations. The NRC in America just approved construction for a nuclear plant in Georgia without requiring safety provisions to protect against natural disasters. TEPCO and nuclear regulators in Japan ignored repeated warnings from engineers that Fukushima was vulnerable to tsunamis up to fifty feet high, making the nuclear disaster that ensued, in fact, preventable.</b></span><br />
<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/10/world/asia/critics-say-japan-ignored-warnings-of-nuclear-disaster.html?hp">http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/10/world/asia/critics-say-japan-ignored-warnings-of-nuclear-disaster.html?hp</a>Ransacked Nationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09271837863506017855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8986573056561449720.post-90629987731964705112012-02-03T07:28:00.000-05:002012-02-03T07:28:23.368-05:00Romney Isn’t Concerned<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/03/opinion/krugman-romney-isnt-concerned.html?ref=opinion"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoN3fFCnfk0erDDt_dwuIcIHSjPntyhRr4TQsNK3IVs5WHdiJowjd_jR7CN_CEbWcB63bRlhyphenhyphen2cOwV7bfkGNKCPa0GVaGxLm_N9fFUPZm3F6vUt-01uSA30oL-x39oF9780pCYyqvAY0o/s1600/RomneyPoor.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/03/opinion/krugman-romney-isnt-concerned.html?ref=opinion"></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Of course, there are so other major issues to consider these days that I am reluctant to even pay attention to the dysfunctional and disruptive goings-on in the Republican primary race. Nonetheless, Mitt Romney's revealing comments about the plight of the poor and Paul Krugman's explanation of how he would further undercut the disadvantaged through his tax policies, is a worthy read.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/03/opinion/krugman-romney-isnt-concerned.html?ref=opinion">http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/03/opinion/krugman-romney-isnt-concerned.html?ref=opinion</a></div>Ransacked Nationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09271837863506017855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8986573056561449720.post-62428471805531375302012-02-02T14:58:00.000-05:002012-02-02T14:58:36.731-05:00We'll Frack Alberta's Next Election, Vow Landowners<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://thetyee.ca/News/2012/01/25/Landowners-Against-Fracking/"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOHDib7LH1JWi4a-b40n8bL35iAXjFMiaUYLN6XWvAgcayJ_1dvp9_Ah3WmzGAmUK2TctNdO2c07uRWMWeKSh5W2SeF5VEN3snaqFy9aQ1UwqXaIYkm4gGanoSDPg1uNE6H8npQfF682s/s320/OilSpill.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Exemptions to environmental laws to allow fracking have already caused enormous contamination damage to groundwater throughout North America. This piece details what's going on in Alberta, and the political backlash gaining steam there.</b></span><br />
<a href="http://thetyee.ca/News/2012/01/25/Landowners-Against-Fracking/">http://thetyee.ca/News/2012/01/25/Landowners-Against-Fracking/</a>Ransacked Nationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09271837863506017855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8986573056561449720.post-89967567779444932132012-02-02T13:24:00.000-05:002012-02-02T13:24:15.120-05:00Repeal HPV Vaccine for Girls—Not a Dream: Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates Passed Such a Bill<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://vactruth.com/2012/01/28/virginia-repeal-hpv-vaccine/"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif81ocXHwLA7X2gkpcX-JE_sHhr7NvCfRV5zyCIynXiO1EaRyTRz_KxWShOKiwjO7kUqqFDP-eW4_icQCyazK_PJcf6EY06myKeFhwLDxTJefiKo6uaRyNeNXG7EB3ySLm1G3-2eJb-0A/s1600/vaccines-gardasil-virginia.jpg" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Virginia, the first state to require the HPV vaccine for young girls is now the first to repeal the requirement, because of major and life-threatening adverse reactions.</b></span><br />
<a href="http://vactruth.com/2012/01/28/virginia-repeal-hpv-vaccine/">http://vactruth.com/2012/01/28/virginia-repeal-hpv-vaccine/</a>Ransacked Nationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09271837863506017855noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8986573056561449720.post-35029077646604172782012-02-02T08:53:00.000-05:002012-02-02T08:53:11.427-05:00‘Gasland’ director arrested for filming in Congress<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://grist.org/list/gasland-director-arrested-for-filming-in-congress/"><img border="0" height="173" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA4ISw5Ob79l_q_avfhZ5kjptB9kbAyH9hlM7OopuS67RGAMcxRdynM3Sx-0PpW0hl2MzrNvjqtKNHbMM3pPHGvyJlJS84-5JUoo-0a1vwmufVuSE8730s1_1wAz8g66upAwPiu9tVNso/s320/120201_josh_fox_arrest_courtesy_328.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Josh Fox has really been working hard to keep the heat, and the camera, on the fracking industry and its Congressional pals. Hopefully this incident, in which representatives denied credentials to ABC and Fox to shoot a public hearing, will backfire on the Oil & Gas industry and its GOP apologists.</b></span><br />
<a href="http://grist.org/list/gasland-director-arrested-for-filming-in-congress/">http://grist.org/list/gasland-director-arrested-for-filming-in-congress/</a>Ransacked Nationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09271837863506017855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8986573056561449720.post-54430875937893875452012-02-01T23:08:00.000-05:002012-02-01T23:08:14.456-05:00Protein propaganda: It’s what’s for dinner<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://grist.org/food/protein-propaganda-its-whats-for-dinner/"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaaCpcgYViJrRRFDPV5qjfTB3_6UlpJxVbeRk3P5N8xHa6RK8r5tBbsHqFYYwaJXzje32ZHtSwDAoyNP8Zu-YSxitRdDAJmQ3INCLTZE_dC_rc8pxIFcDDoo8Fwuuk0B_K99Gw_otm5gM/s1600/usda_shart_meat_group.jpg" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>I've always loved a medium-rare steak but I don't really don't like being lied to about it by the government and the meat industry.</b></span><br />
<a href="http://grist.org/food/protein-propaganda-its-whats-for-dinner/">http://grist.org/food/protein-propaganda-its-whats-for-dinner/</a>Ransacked Nationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09271837863506017855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8986573056561449720.post-46702263764208567792012-02-01T22:30:00.000-05:002012-02-01T22:30:02.084-05:00Why Is a Monsanto Lobbyist Serving as the FDA’s Food Safety Czar?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://ecowatch.org/2012/action-why-is-a-monsanto-lobbyist-serving-as-the-fdas-food-safety-czar/"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiam9TPsVmBYxVNZArMzLXCpkRLCf0ztg7hPm9BVC9U-OZO4Te_feH2LP_jgK1FSqL_gkHA2G1IO8UdJ8lKcAun03gIbJDZaeOGIy2xIIoS1Qs3qRFkjJgcX43qwQH3z1Cj6gyDGgwStVo/s320/m4.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It is a travesty that Michael Taylor, a former high-profile lobbyist for Monsanto, is the second highest-ranking official in the FDA. He's been actively persecuting small farmers and food co-ops with armed raids while pushing through new GMO crops and protecting the food industry rather than public health. The story includes a link to sign a petition calling for Taylor's dismissal. I'd love to see that happen in a second Obama Administration.</span></b><br />
<a href="http://ecowatch.org/2012/action-why-is-a-monsanto-lobbyist-serving-as-the-fdas-food-safety-czar/">http://ecowatch.org/2012/action-why-is-a-monsanto-lobbyist-serving-as-the-fdas-food-safety-czar/</a>Ransacked Nationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09271837863506017855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8986573056561449720.post-91318894644613240762012-01-31T15:31:00.001-05:002012-01-31T15:35:46.222-05:00FDA Hacks Whistleblowers to Protect Industry Interests<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.naturalnews.com/034824_FDA_scientists_hacking_whistleblowers.html"><img border="0" height="173" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhytA6aX4TccrWftns5tKswE25de3XeV_pandHtU-merOdy5s3s6ok9Xudjz6HyT-62DDryGbHeHfihrv9U0dN5Yf7EEUQatplcLLk1lfPARXVIwDFJZvWiPsBOfM-Pg0fSp29WG-G_zDA/s200/Video-Screen-Spy-Camera-Scientists-Lab.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><b>The FDA is seriously compromised in its mission to protect public health from the dangers of pharmaceuticals and food products. This incident, in which the agency persecuted and ultimately fired scientists acting to protect the public, is just the latest example of what has become a rogue federal agency.</b><br />
<a href="http://www.naturalnews.com/034824_FDA_scientists_hacking_whistleblowers.html">http://www.naturalnews.com/034824_FDA_scientists_hacking_whistleblowers.html</a><br />
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<b>Here is a petition site if you would like to register your dissatisfaction with the FDA's actions in this case.</b><br />
<b><a href="http://www.whistleblowers.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1333">http://www.whistleblowers.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1333</a></b><br />
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<b>Most of the Washington Post's story that broke this news.</b><br />
<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/fda-staffers-sue-agency-over-surveillance-of-personal-e-mail/2012/01/23/gIQAj34DbQ_story.html?sub=AR">http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/fda-staffers-sue-agency-over-surveillance-of-personal-e-mail/2012/01/23/gIQAj34DbQ_story.html?sub=AR</a>Ransacked Nationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09271837863506017855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8986573056561449720.post-37548832275980397442012-01-31T15:22:00.000-05:002012-01-31T15:22:58.278-05:00Folklorist’s Global Jukebox Goes Digital<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/31/arts/music/the-alan-lomax-collection-from-the-american-folklife-center.html?hp"><img border="0" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmFtz8XTdgavy6JJCMfUZQk_SU1FastC3_-T7wNYBNetSxLapRJGo1R42a5nuLoWXJDxRMYDshONMlR84SG3BpZArZbfIGmF1ZzKXMX7s5rAyF1jeetQZI3i42z556LGlTPg5abvuGCfQ/s320/LOMAX-articleLarge.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><b>This is an amazing story with an inspiring and empowering legacy. </b><br />
<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/31/arts/music/the-alan-lomax-collection-from-the-american-folklife-center.html?hp">http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/31/arts/music/the-alan-lomax-collection-from-the-american-folklife-center.html?hp</a>Ransacked Nationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09271837863506017855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8986573056561449720.post-38575894386874579292012-01-18T04:10:00.001-05:002012-01-18T04:10:49.636-05:00Organizers Say 1 Million Signed Petition to Recall Wisconsin Governor<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/18/us/organizers-say-1-million-signed-petition-to-recall-gov-walker-in-wisconsin.html?hp"><img border="0" height="176" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxEy_7vb1xiW1vgEwbitXdgp8anLRS8XolcDocr2moqdu_fHU4GoSjfu6bJz3-rHHpMlGp9lE-i5XNqPO9lDPo_lh6r2tvjDYu_3N7aZz9w-CVCjP0Bsp-a-9Qv0JLgoBGvLFQTxSQXNY/s320/WISCONSIN-1-articleLarge.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>This is inspiring to me. </b></span><br />
<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/18/us/organizers-say-1-million-signed-petition-to-recall-gov-walker-in-wisconsin.html?hp">http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/18/us/organizers-say-1-million-signed-petition-to-recall-gov-walker-in-wisconsin.html?hp</a>Ransacked Nationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09271837863506017855noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8986573056561449720.post-23751046437098472372012-01-06T16:12:00.000-05:002012-01-06T16:12:36.942-05:00Bain, Barack and Jobs<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/06/opinion/bain-barack-and-jobs.html?_r=1&ref=opinion"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6eniVP1knRNmwdcuLXtFIieidg6ekLICPo1cw2D2uGqpNLzgu1J_M19WosordNQD1hvafMwzLpFGRrey0rqiJt8n27fPEaEL4JnwNpic-qYJf3o4rZbqmmW6azPoTFBDc3dvp3LLElDA/s1600/Downsizing.jpg" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Krugman drills down on the fallacy of Mitt Romney's jobs creation claims. When he examine the facts behind Romney's assertions the truth of his legacy emerges - that he profited from throwing good paying jobs in the toilet at the expense of the middle class.</b></span><br />
<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/06/opinion/bain-barack-and-jobs.html?_r=1&ref=opinion">http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/06/opinion/bain-barack-and-jobs.html?_r=1&ref=opinion</a>Ransacked Nationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09271837863506017855noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8986573056561449720.post-83372457819222866532012-01-04T16:29:00.000-05:002012-01-04T16:29:11.325-05:00Bring Back Boring Banks<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/04/opinion/bring-back-boring-banks.html?ref=opinion"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCzoejybj-smNfYbkxNRxZPs7OAfvN3IOd2AQva8m-OpzJdRt5QqKdA6wBRyNeSE73XvIUWyC_adyDIKGyoONQAUZd7pkuI3G5KZp22At2IWJyXXWJqSAlkd2wtaYeevc8z3q-_sFmuO4/s320/BoringBanks.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>The banking industry has too much power and not nearly enough transparency. Since the repeal of the Glass-Steagal Act in 1999, at the urging of Clinton's Treasury Sec'y Robert Rubin, markets have become so corrupted and unstable as to recall the circumstances of the Great depression that led to the law that separated commercial and investment banking back in 1933. </b></span><br />
<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/04/opinion/bring-back-boring-banks.html?ref=opinion">http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/04/opinion/bring-back-boring-banks.html?ref=opinion</a><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Obama's recess appointment to head the Consumer Financial Protection Agency, in response to GOP stonewalling, is a step in the right direction.</b></span><br />
<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/05/us/politics/richard-cordray-named-consumer-chief-in-recess-appointment.html?hp">http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/05/us/politics/richard-cordray-named-consumer-chief-in-recess-appointment.html?hp</a>Ransacked Nationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09271837863506017855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8986573056561449720.post-52056395727975036162012-01-02T17:22:00.001-05:002012-01-02T17:23:00.479-05:00Why the Food Movement Should Occupy Wall Street<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-eWtlb5SOj54zcqzlPXMunXWGbETP88tB48ihFn3lIedToBd78mqlYEaU-OCwsnIuRNz3zmHcSr4DQfVlzvssfa4PA8iB4SFfh8Kp28ZepTQnuXaclgJ5TRc4ffMK_SZtIgEXNK2-AGI/s1600/Forks.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-eWtlb5SOj54zcqzlPXMunXWGbETP88tB48ihFn3lIedToBd78mqlYEaU-OCwsnIuRNz3zmHcSr4DQfVlzvssfa4PA8iB4SFfh8Kp28ZepTQnuXaclgJ5TRc4ffMK_SZtIgEXNK2-AGI/s200/Forks.jpg" width="150" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>The imbalance of power resulting from unfettered corporate influence in agriculture and disruptive speculation in the financial industry affects the world's population in myriad ways, including the quality and price of food. This Civil Eats feature neatly makes the connection between monopolistic corporate control of the food system and deregulation in the agricultural markets to reveal how the world's food supply has been co-opted by big business. It's essential reading for anyone who realizes that "you are what you eat," and believes that we vote with our forks and food choices every day.</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b></b></span><a href="http://civileats.com/2011/10/13/why-the-food-movement-should-occupy-wall-street/">http://civileats.com/2011/10/13/why-the-food-movement-should-occupy-wall-street/</a><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Here is a roundup of the food issues <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b>Civil Eats</b></span> covered in 2011, including a top-ten list of the eye-opening pieces that got the most traffic on their site during the year.</b></span><br />
<a href="http://civileats.com/2011/12/30/see-ya-2011-hello-2012-a-civil-eats-story-round-up/">http://civileats.com/2011/12/30/see-ya-2011-hello-2012-a-civil-eats-story-round-up/</a>Ransacked Nationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09271837863506017855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8986573056561449720.post-63605170286554391062011-12-26T12:00:00.000-05:002011-12-26T12:00:33.297-05:00Springtime for Toxics<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6QdhKHcZ-rc2quhNmixBBkpcYbu1YXBvIvlyxc8Uw2vYduQIUHAfSTv9ONQcOyWQmlkfUb3TgslCDeG_YWFeZocxLEDCPG79Kuj8dFhGADMzotqXWHEHDYfA8yzNQIrdfIGuIMecF6lk/s1600/EPA_mercury.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6QdhKHcZ-rc2quhNmixBBkpcYbu1YXBvIvlyxc8Uw2vYduQIUHAfSTv9ONQcOyWQmlkfUb3TgslCDeG_YWFeZocxLEDCPG79Kuj8dFhGADMzotqXWHEHDYfA8yzNQIrdfIGuIMecF6lk/s1600/EPA_mercury.jpg" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Paul Krugman brings us some very good news at a time when there is precious little good taking place at the leadership level in the US. The EPA's long overdue decision to regulate Mercury pollution from power plants will lead to tremendous health and productivity benefits for Americans but, of course, it is opposed vehemently by the anti-regulatory zeal of the Republican Party.</b></span><br />
<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/26/opinion/krugman-springtime-for-toxics.html?ref=opinion">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/26/opinion/krugman-springtime-for-toxics.html?ref=opinion</a>Ransacked Nationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09271837863506017855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8986573056561449720.post-31724605689897341272011-12-13T00:25:00.000-05:002011-12-13T00:25:09.906-05:00Dear Editor- LAPD Arrests the Truth at Occupy LA<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhebabiHMtmdE5mQpD-j12hNi-ZOyQPPimYebRuyiOJWijDDcrEtkp5td1iWb0AoerfqTwW6N0xjXT-dPVE2NHKQWD-eCrkdHsYMWcR3FzYgYve8mxWI4oS7-ruQvYvfq3pd4Ac_-R-JH4/s1600/OccupyLA.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhebabiHMtmdE5mQpD-j12hNi-ZOyQPPimYebRuyiOJWijDDcrEtkp5td1iWb0AoerfqTwW6N0xjXT-dPVE2NHKQWD-eCrkdHsYMWcR3FzYgYve8mxWI4oS7-ruQvYvfq3pd4Ac_-R-JH4/s1600/OccupyLA.jpg" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>This is a first-hand account from a writer of "Family Guy" about the scene in LA when the cops moved in, paramilitary style, to forcefully remove the peaceful, nonviolent protesters from public space. It's a heart-wrenching account and the writer brings it all together at the end when he re-examines the motives of the Occupy Wall Street movement - the massive, unpunished, criminal fraud perpetrated upon the American public by the financial industry. If this piece doesn't get your dander up then, perhaps, it's time to take a good hard look at your own personal moral character and beliefs. A Democracy enshrined with a Constitution and a Bill of Rights that answers non-violent civil disobedience with brutality and violence is not, in truth, a Democracy.</b></span><br />
<a href="http://culvercitycrossroads.com/2011/12/05/dear-editor-lapd-arrests-the-truth-at-occupy-la/">http://culvercitycrossroads.com/2011/12/05/dear-editor-lapd-arrests-the-truth-at-occupy-la/</a>Ransacked Nationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09271837863506017855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8986573056561449720.post-63621919019454684832011-12-02T10:24:00.000-05:002011-12-02T10:24:20.706-05:00Learning Too Late of Perils in Gas Well Leases<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/02/us/drilling-down-fighting-over-oil-and-gas-well-leases.html?hp"><img border="0" height="176" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglOya9X9Twixhp6QzbKfZNoyTFjhw-gQjo4WkLwICIAznSA_LJ1mG4jcJoZlNGngslMpgn5XTA8i11Y7JmE90Py9l6dLkq21Q3ja3FInhFgl-3WOXzlF1etize-9tgw5hdbdOAiiFShcU/s320/Leases-articleLarge.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Unscrupulous Landmen and lawyers for oil and gas drilling companies have hoodwinked naive landowners throughout the country, ripping landowners off with deceptive legal language that enables the companies to indefinitely extend leases despite contaminating drinking water in huge swaths of rural land. It's among the most despicable industrial practices in America and, unless the people win a ban on fracking, it'll be coming soon to the Northeast. </b></span><br />
<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/02/us/drilling-down-fighting-over-oil-and-gas-well-leases.html?hp">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/02/us/drilling-down-fighting-over-oil-and-gas-well-leases.html?hp</a><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/22/us/police-officers-involved-in-pepper-spraying-placed-on-leave.html?hp"><img border="0" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFIMYPdlGDXxI5XkEVRPeya8yCTA5tYrXxVyEMljFgElS22ONYJNyJS0Z5B3SyiePRnq00Oyz0YHbIuBdXEl3tx_GugZe2fGXZcne7UcqFWkY-mqcb2HB0KtZIKBieetmKFjFF6dEsepo/s320/OCCUPY-articleLarge.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: auto;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Amidst calls by the faculty and students for the UC Chancellor to resign, she has put the Police Chief on Administrative Leave in response to the despicable pepper spray attack by campus police. Check out the video below - it's sickening.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/22/us/police-officers-involved-in-pepper-spraying-placed-on-leave.html?hp">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/22/us/police-officers-involved-in-pepper-spraying-placed-on-leave.html?hp</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Police Attack Peaceful UC Davis Students With Pepper Spray </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"></span></b></span><a href="http://thinkprogress.org/special/2011/11/19/372801/police-attack-peaceful-uc-davis-students-staging-sit-in-with-pepper-spray/">http://thinkprogress.org/special/2011/11/19/372801/police-attack-peaceful-uc-davis-students-staging-sit-in-with-pepper-spray/</a></div></div>Ransacked Nationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09271837863506017855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8986573056561449720.post-32910857631292675752011-11-19T08:24:00.003-05:002011-11-19T08:46:03.447-05:00NYPD blasting Occupy protesters with powerful military megaphone - LRAD<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/314641"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUJ2aGdIV3uHRUsitNaVeEk4T9K0fyHFfYP4VByEsP7TxGpzSBzjgTBMWLgnir2wURoaAriaPw6VNZTmDYCGX_OoF8Q1GAzNdbbfX3iJoXAxZNu56t5tx1Z52Y0bNcxBHjChcWiM7dcRA/s1600/LRAD.jpg" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>I first read about the Long Range Acoustic Device - LRAD - being used against American civilians as a crowd control tool during an event at Western Illinois University. LRADs have been used in war zones as a device to disorient combatants and also as a communications device. The NYPD possesses two of these weapons and reportedly used at least one of them on 11/15 when they cleared Zucotti Park of peaceful Occupy Wall Street protestors. These devices are capable of causing hearing loss and other ailments and surely should not be used against American citizens peacefully exercising their rights of assembly and free speech.</b></span><br />
<a href="http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/314641">http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/314641</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/11/17-6">http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/11/17-6</a><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/18/occupy-wall-street-crackdowns_n_1101685.html"><img border="0" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmPD0Ip6ENHttELBxNolQWSJXVbNfluOWE9_Bj7EUI70lGylUCcxPQK0T_ie5TxGz0CTRhYNuL-b6Mm3SUslw47Q3lTbdZ-bwgj4azBRiw4MBXi6XDH1x_-VzSGoUzJRUhKO_YqV93HBI/s320/r-OCCUPY-WALL-STREET-CRACKDOWNS-large570.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The NYPD and FBI are currently denying that the Feds provided training and guidance to police forces seeking to remove protestors from the public square across America. This report indicates the involvement of the FBI and Homeland Security in the recent NYC actions, and any student of American history would not be surprised by such federal involvement in seeking to quell social unrest. </span></span></b></span><br />
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</div><div><h1 class="title-news" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; color: #111111; font: normal normal bold 32px/36px Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 16px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: small; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Keith Olbermann's Special Report on Mayor Bloomberg's Decision to Evict OWS Protesters</span></b></span></span></h1></div><div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoG9PmdGaT8&feature=share">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoG9PmdGaT8&feature=share</a></div>Ransacked Nationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09271837863506017855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8986573056561449720.post-69245378153082512662011-11-18T10:40:00.000-05:002011-11-18T10:40:47.010-05:00Occupy Wall Street Evicted by $174.5 Million Subsidized Firm<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-stoehr/occupy-wall-street-evicted_b_1098642.html"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2EI7HMX-jjaeKSD9EgdwpF_-VTNa9-C6_w8L1e41n1OTdTX4VdHrxd42F2aIdEWKzfKMOLqqZAbvpDahvMplQNm9ybp9u-57EA-yOy4f32zEsdJEL2c8RJzzEGWKIt3NrKGN6qlseGrY/s1600/Zucotti.jpg" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>The Occupy Wall Street movement compels authorities to grapple with the legal protections of free speech and assembly embedded in our democratic constitution, and it's become quite an inconvenience for those who are perfectly content with the status quo. Recent crackdowns on OWS encampments throughout the country</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b> shine a glaring light on the contradictions between the ever-present rhetoric of </b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>American </b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>"freedom" and the grim reality of the violence instigated by the NYPD (and other police forces around the country) against peaceful, non-violent protesters. This post reveals that Mayor Bloomberg's decision to ruthlessly clear out Zucotti Park came at the behest of a corporate real estate power enjoying generous public subsidies.</b></span><br />
<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-stoehr/occupy-wall-street-evicted_b_1098642.html">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-stoehr/occupy-wall-street-evicted_b_1098642.html</a>Ransacked Nationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09271837863506017855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8986573056561449720.post-71103906808279973792011-11-17T17:26:00.000-05:002011-11-17T17:26:20.475-05:00Talking Turkey<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.pewenvironment.org/news-room/other-resources/talking-turkeys-85899366620"><img border="0" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqMMH80Bcbl_TDNJKGS4lC4UBYqARPt-dSOcTrbH1c4umWpLau6gUZP0H0wpqc-n4uY-B5tdd60CqoXr3fO708fOKEWO4ZyTq2SbdLxCZhzVratBLbkx366SIOvjzz7G1pFa_p1J3LhKY/s320/turkeys.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>This little ditty from the Pew Environmental Group details what has become of the American Turkey farming tradition with the advent of industrial farming. Like other animals, such as chicken, beef cattle and pigs, turkeys today are raised in confined feedlots (CAFOs) under horrible conditions. The birds produce ungodly amounts of manure in these concentrated production operations and use enormous amounts of water, with adverse environmental effects and pollution resulting. Furthermore, the turkeys are fed GMO corn and soy grain as opposed to their natural grass and vegetable-based diet. Antibiotics are also used liberally in CAFO's to prevent the spread of disease in the unsanitary dwellings that the birds inhabit. All of this is not intended to create despair but rather to underscore that we all have the opportunity to influence these issues by voting with our pocket books. If you are troubled by the state of industrial agriculture and livestock production then you can act by supporting local farmers when possible. Every dollar spent on local or organic products makes a difference and will ultimately help to change the practices of industrial producers. Money and markets are all that matter to these operations and they will respond to the preferences of consumers. One need only to look as far as Europe where familiar name brand products are produced without GMOs for sale on that continent because the people there have demanded labeling of all products containing GMOs there.</b></span><br />
<a href="http://www.pewenvironment.org/news-room/other-resources/talking-turkeys-85899366620">http://www.pewenvironment.org/news-room/other-resources/talking-turkeys-85899366620</a><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>It's too late to order a heritage breed turkey for this season but you may want to check out this site and order a Bourbon Red or other traditional bird that is sustainably raised in the future. I recently read Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver, and learned about many remarkable heritage livestock breeds as well as the inspiring growth of sustainable farming, centered around non-hybrid and non-GMO heirloom seeds, taking place around the country.</b></span><br />
<a href="http://www.efowl.com/Bourbon_Red_Turkeys_p/1303.htm">http://www.efowl.com/Bourbon_Red_Turkeys_p/1303.htm</a><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Animal, Vegetable, Miracle website.</b></span><br />
<a href="http://www.animalvegetablemiracle.com/">http://www.animalvegetablemiracle.com/</a>Ransacked Nationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09271837863506017855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8986573056561449720.post-56602339851115393192011-11-14T10:25:00.000-05:002011-11-14T10:25:28.034-05:00EPA Finds Compound Used in Fracking in Wyoming Aquifer<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.propublica.org/article/epa-finds-fracking-compound-in-wyoming-aquifer"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6sMuoxkBVNEMJLOVN4XkqXLnvm-7i2PEAVl0QX7Ogy95kVq_cDq06fuoaML4MDpdl3gobxHC392TGduEk-qjNcda_effFbuRfrdfA1095VT3wNGzIHDdxwc6D_IUhSNoqqSlE0B6GO2A/s1600/pp_pavilion_wyoming_300x200_111110.jpg" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Read this EPA report on contamination from fracking in Wyoming over the past ten years and imagine such devastation to drinking water in the Delaware River Water Basin or New York State's reservoir system. The lightly regulated exemption-fueled natural gas industry cannot be trusted to protect public health in the northeast when it has so completely failed to do so out west and other parts of the country. </b></span><br />
<a href="http://www.propublica.org/article/epa-finds-fracking-compound-in-wyoming-aquifer">http://www.propublica.org/article/epa-finds-fracking-compound-in-wyoming-aquifer</a>Ransacked Nationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09271837863506017855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8986573056561449720.post-36095855578883007962011-11-12T10:43:00.000-05:002011-11-12T10:43:41.290-05:00Glenn Greenwald, How the Rich Subverted the Legal System<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.tomdispatch.com/blog/175458/tomgram%3A_glenn_greenwald%2C_how_the_rich_subverted_the_legal_system/?utm"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3gy8weS-f748sFOB0gu2DqhMdBXV9Svb6y0l_QnFpRaB4sjm68tAcoMMakAkr2XAO_DQ-PN_t0C1yM23p22duQ6N1nE_-MjbHM0pz_hk1OCOsuZSvgFEyOaLdx5j9xuZMniqsJ2UwfbA/s1600/ForSale.jpg" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Greenwald illustrates how the OWS movement has been ignited by the widely held belief that powerful interests are not held to the same standard as ordinary citizens, in an unjust legal system.</b></span><br />
<a href="http://www.tomdispatch.com/blog/175458/tomgram%3A_glenn_greenwald%2C_how_the_rich_subverted_the_legal_system/?utm">http://www.tomdispatch.com/blog/175458/tomgram%3A_glenn_greenwald%2C_how_the_rich_subverted_the_legal_system/?utm</a>Ransacked Nationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09271837863506017855noreply@blogger.com0