A clash of agribiz titans takes a breather.
Mother Jones -- After four months of hot pursuit, genetically modified seed/pesticide giant Monsanto formally ended its bid to buy rival Syngenta Wednesday—at least for now. Earlier in the week, Monsanto had sweetened its offer for the Swiss agrochemical behemoth—most famous for its controversial atrazine herbicide and neonicotinoid pesticides—to
Bernie Sanders doesn’t talk much about foreign policy, and his website has no mention of it, but his open military support for Israel and Saudi Arabia speaks volumes.
WASHINGTON --- Like most modern presidential candidates, Bernie Sanders doesn’t talk much about foreign policy. Despite the dearth of his statements on the subject, Sanders has supported more military aid to Saudi Arabia because he claims, in opposition to available evidence, that the Saudi government is key to fighting ISIS. In February,
Posing as an animal rights activist on social media, the SeaWorld employee said it was time to burn his employer to the ground.
SAN DIEGO --- An employee of SeaWorld reportedly spent years undercover as an animal rights activist in order to attempt to discredit the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). It’s the latest sign that the controversial corporation is feeling the pressure from a high-profile documentary exposing dangerous conditions and routine animal
I know we talk about race a lot on this show, but I think we can all agree this time that this is a racially motivated attack,” he said. “It couldn’t be clearer when it comes out of the killer’s mouth. But even with all of that evidence, on a day like today, Fox News just makes my f***king head explode.”
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Where Americans turn for news, U.S. intelligence agencies follow. And infiltrate. And monitor.
MINNEAPOLIS --- With all of the establishment media owned by just a handful of corporations, six to be exact, it’s never been easier for the U.S. government to manipulate the news. A diversity of outlets, from websites to traditional newspapers, repeat the same stories to create an illusion of choice that allows propaganda to take root in the
The article makes the startling claim that the huge cache of documents stolen by Snowden during his time as a contractor for the National Security Agency (NSA) has fallen into the hands of the Russian and Chinese governments and both had managed to «crack» the files, putting the lives of MI6 agents in danger.
Analysis-- Being a front page article on the Sunday Times will immediately give any story a significant level of credibility, which is why the splash story regarding Edward Snowden published on 14 June was so dangerous. The story is available online (behind a paywall) and the full text has also been reproduced. The article makes
Craig Cobb, screen grab. A White supremacist by the name of Craig Cobb is trying to raise money in another attempt to fulfill his dream of establishing a white European enclave in a remote North Dakota town. Cobb’s last attempt ended horribly after residents of Leith, where he had bought 12 lots in 2012, chased him and his […]
A White supremacist by the name of Craig Cobb is trying to raise money in another attempt to fulfill his dream of establishing a white European enclave in a remote North Dakota town. Cobb’s last attempt ended horribly after residents of Leith, where he had bought 12 lots in 2012, chased him and his followers out of the town. The 63-year-old