Tag: Barack Obama

  • Nelson Madela R.I.P.

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    Nelson Mandela’s passing feels so profoundly personal.  President Obama stated it beautifully — “…we have lost one of the most influential, courageous, and profoundly good human beings that any of us will share time with on this Earth.  He no longer belongs to us — he belongs to the ages.” CNN: Nelson Mandela, the revered…

  • Action Alert

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    Fast Track to Disaster The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a global trade agreement being secretly negotiated by 600 multinational corporations and industry trade groups, will affect nearly every aspect of Americans’ lives. If passed, it will undermine state, local and federal laws, including those governing food safety, environmental protection, internet freedom, worker rights, democratic sovereignty, healthcare and…

  • Greens Announce $85 Million Plan to Allow Farmers to Sell Direct to Public

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    Exciting news from The Herald Sun in Australia.  Way to go Greens! THE Greens have announced an $85 million plan to allow farmers to bypass Australia’s major supermarkets and sell direct to the public. In Perth on Sunday, Greens leader Christine Milne said the $85 million in grants over four years would connect farmers and local…

  • Why Manufacturing is Failing in the US

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    I came across the following statistics in the Manila Times Today while doing some research on new economic models: Manufacturing in the Phillipines has gone from about 39 percent of GDP in the 1980s to 33 percent in 2010-2012. This was a sharp contrast to Thailand, whose industry to GDP ratio peaked to 44 percent…

  • Etymology of the word idiot – care of Jim Hightower

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    Recounting his speech earlier this month to the Denison (Texas) High School Class of 2013, Hightower recently wrote: “Idiotes were not people with low-watt brains, but individuals who cared only about themselves, refusing to participate in public efforts to benefit the larger community – the common good. The Greeks, I told the students, considered such…

  • Monsanto Video Revolt

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    Published time: June 15, 2013 10:14 Edited time: June 16, 2013 22:18 A new initiative to bypass the corporate media blackout on GMO foods and bring the issue to world attention has been launched. Monsanto Video Revolt is to hit the net in the upcoming weeks, editor of Naturalsociety.com Anthony Gucciardi tells RT. Anyone can…