Is Monsanto hot for Bayer's pesticides?
Monsanto claims it aims to reduce farmer dependence on pesticides – but its potential merger with Bayer suggests otherwise
Monsanto claims it aims to reduce farmer dependence on pesticides – but its potential merger with Bayer suggests otherwise
5/5 (4) So many people shared versions of this story that I have to talk about it, and for regular readers of my books, in particular The Nazi International and Grid of the Gods, you'll see…
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5/5 (1) Mr. J.C. shared this interesting article, and in the light of today's main blog, it's worth pondering:
White House Visitor Log Shows Thomas Darden Meeting With Barack Obama in Jan 2012 (Update: Visit Likely…
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Poor Saudi Arabia. They don’t realize it yet but they have lost their oil war. The war in its current phase began in September, 2014, when the dying King Abdullah and his Minister of Petroleum, Ali Al-Naimi, told US Secretary of State John Kerry they would gladly join Washington in plunging world oil prices.
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When President Obama went to Hiroshima, the American media focused on what he would – or wouldn’t – say about Harry Truman’s horrendous war crime against the Japanese people. Would he apologize? Leaving aside how one apologizes for such a monstrous act – short of committing seppuku – as it turned out he just spoke […]
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Israeli society is constantly swerving to the Right and, by doing so, the country’s entire political paradigm is redefined regularly. Israel is now "ruled by the most extreme rightwing government in its history" has grown from being an informed assessment to a dull cliché over the course of only a few years. In fact, that […]
Originally posted at TomDispatch. Here’s last week’s good news on America’s war fronts: finally, there’s light at the end of the tunnel! From one end of the Greater Middle East to the other, things are looking up for Washington. A U.S. Air Force drone struck for the first time in Baluchistan province and took out […]
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‘Sovereignty is dear to our hearts. We reject the notion that Britain must settle for diminished sovereignty as the price of global influence.’ Referendums can throw up some odd bedfellows. But there is nothing odd about the company descending on … Continue reading →
The world as system is the subject of much study. Among early theoreticians, Richard Falk, now the UN Rapporteur for Palestine, headed the World Order Models program at Princeton in the seventies, and Emanuel Wallerstein, who runs the Braudel Institute in New York, was probably the first to coin the notions ‘center’ and periphery’.
Workers at the production base of FAW-Volkswagen in Chengdu, Sichuan province, China [Xinhua]China’s manufacturing sector expansion remained steady in May, official data showed on Wednesday.
The purchasing managers’ index (PMI) for May came in at 50.1, the same as in April, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) and the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing.
A reading above 50 indicates expansion, while a reading below 50 reflects contraction.
Brazil’s interim government, led by former vice president Michel Temer, is facing a serious credibility crisis. Two ministers were dismissed in the first few weeks after leaked audio appeared to show them conspiring to stifle the ongoing Petrobras corruption investigation.
During May, at least 4,164 people were killed and 2,396 were wounded in Iraq. At least 116 people were killed and 34 were wounded in recent violence.
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Heads of the US, Japan, Germany, Great Britain, France, Italy and Canada held a regular meeting on May 26-27 in the Japanese resort town of Ise-Shima, where they adopted an extensive Declaration consisting of several dozen sections.
By Judith Curry | Climate Etc. | May 31, 2016 The professional standards of science must impose a framework of discipline and at the same time encourage rebellion against it. – Michael Polanyi (1962) A recent tweet by Andrea Saltelli reminded me of Michael Polanyi’s 1962 essay “The Republic of Science: Its Political and Economic Theory.” […]
We, the undersigned, are Russians living and working in the USA. We have been watching with increasing anxiety as the current US and NATO policies have set us on an
by Eric Zuesse John Helmer, who explains military-strategic matters better and more knowledgeably than just about anyone, headlined on May 30th, “The Red Line Crossed, In the Cross-Hairs, At Trigger
Following the Russian-Greek talks, Vladimir Putin and Alexis Tsipras made a joint statement for the press. May 27, 2016 Athens kremlin.ru Prime Minister of Greece Alexis Tsipras (retranslated): I would like to welcome once again President of the Russian
Chicken Trump has perfected a snarl as a defense mechanismSure, all 3 squirrely Florida self-promoters own homes on the east coast of the Sunshine State, but that's not the answer today; it leaves off McCarthy. Today is about the fear of being exposed in a public debate. Did Trump actually debate when he was up on stage at the 17 ring circus during primary season?
Activists from all over America descended on Flint to do what the government won't; LA's turning rundown motels into housing for vets; and a small town in Canada saves $9k/yr by unplugging the soda machine.
Activists from all over America descended on Flint to do what the government won't; LA's turning rundown motels into housing for vets; and a small town in Canada saves $9k/yr by unplugging the soda machine.
By Nadia Prupis | Common Dreams | May 31, 2016 The judge in charge of military tribunals at Guantánamo Bay allegedly colluded with prosecutors to hide evidence that supported the defense of suspected 9/11 architect Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, “irreparably” harming his case, according to a court document obtained by the Guardian on Tuesday. The accusation […]
When it comes to the Fed, Congress is mired in hypocrisy. The anti-regulation, de-regulation crowd on Capitol Hill shuts its mouth when it comes to the most powerful regulators of all – you and the Federal Reserve. Meanwhile, Congress goes along with the out-of-control, private government of the Fed—unaccountable to the national legislature. Moreover, your massive monetary injections scarcely led to any jobs on the ground, other than stock and bond processors.
On Memorial Day, competing with NBA, NHL playoffs and other events, 20,000+ rally for Bernie in East Oakland, City Hall….--Sanders fights Dem leaders over Wasserman Schultz’s appointment of Clinton partisans to run convention
--internal Sanders memo shows that neither candidate will have enough pledged delegates at end of primaries
--in new in-depth interview, election protection leaders Bob Fitrakis and Cliff Arnebeck detail likely election theft in Dem primaries
Earlier this week, Bernie Sanders warned that Hillary Clinton’s eventual vice presidential pick must not be someone from the milieu of Wall Street and Corporate America.
21st Century Wire says…
Is the hype real?
In the following excerpt from Going Underground, Afshin Rattansi interviews the head of Britain’s Foreign Affairs Committee on the state of British-Russian relations Crispin Blunt.
Blunt believes the state of relations between the two nations is in a ‘dangerous place’, and does not appear to rule out the possibility of open war between them.
On se permet, dans nos medias, de comparer le « crime d’Auschwitz » au « crime d’Hiroshima ». Je remercie le correspondant qui s’en indigne et m’envoie les deux photos qu’on trouvera ci-dessous. L’une de ces photos nous montre un Japonais irradié et l’autre, Simone Veil dans toute sa gloire. Celle du Japonais peut prouver que le bombardement atomique d’Hiroshima (ou de Nagasaki) a bien eu lieu.
Who will stand up to Trump's racism in Miami-Dade? Not Mario Diaz-BalartYesterday we looked at how Democratic congressional candidates are running against Trump by tying their foolish opponents to Trump hate-filled messaging.
Media Monarchy plays Surfer Blood, Beth Orton, Fruition and more on #PumpUpThaVolume for May 31, 2016. ♬
21st Century Wire says…
What is wrong with Chris Matthews?
In the following clip from RT America’s Redacted Tonight, host Lee Camp looks at a stunning revelation from MSNBC’s Chris Matthews, who once famously said he had a strange feeling up his leg while watching Obama talk; a feeling that he described as an ‘objective assessment’.
By cultivating the notion that the unemployed and disabled are somehow ‘undeserving’ is to implant within the wider public consciousness the notion that some human beings are not a legitimate part of society and are therefore ‘sub-human’.
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Hundreds of Turkish academics are waiting to find out whether they will be prosecuted or sacked for spreading “terrorist propaganda”, after they signed a petition calling for violence to end in Turkey’s southeast, where government forces have been fighting Kurdish separatists.
Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network | May 31, 2016 Palestinian Fishers Under Attack Five Palestinian fishers in Gaza – Rajab Abu Riyala, Khaled Abu Riyala, Hassan Miqdad, Mahmoud Miqdad, and Bashar Abu Riyala – were arrested this morning, 31 May, by Israeli occupation forces and two fishing boats confiscated by the Israeli navy. According to […]
Interesting footage today. The “Hero of the Ukraine” Nadezhda Savchenko made her first speech before the Ukrainian Rada. She was introduced by another bona fide Nazi, Andrei Parubii, the new
By James ONeill – New Eastern Outlook – 31.05.2016 The Sun Herald (Sydney) of 22 May 2016 reported that the Australian families of the MH17 disaster had “served” the European court of Human Rights (ECHR) with a claim seeking compensation of $10 million for each victim. The report referred to the “proposed respondents” to the […]
I have known for well over 3 decades now that the world is not as it seems..... I have learned over the last 4 decades of being a realist and a critical thinker, that we are all living a massive illusion where we are absolutely NOT free, but are indeed enslaved to a group that seeks domination over the entire planet... In my day to day travels, I am still so surprised that there are people out there that are absolutely clueless about our world...
By accepting the NRA’s presidential endorsement, Donald Trump bought into the gun lobby’s paranoid view of government and its distorted interpretation of the Second Amendment, writes Lawrence Davidson. By Lawrence Davidson What do opportunists and fanatics have in common? They…Read more →
Is it a bird … is it a plane … is it a political theory?
Branko Malić
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Now regulators from Bern to Washington are examining evidence first reported by Bloomberg News in June that a small group of senior traders at big banks had something else on their screens: details of each other’s client orders. Sharing that information may have helped dealers at firms, including JPMorgan Chase & Co., Citigroup Inc., UBS AG and Barclays Plc, manipulate prices to maximize their own profits, according to five people with knowledge of the probes.
By Peter Van Buren | We Meant Well | May 31, 2016 On May 27, Barack Obama became the first sitting American president to visit the Hiroshima Peace Memorial, the site of the world’s first atomic bombing. Though highly photogenic, the visit was otherwise one that avoided acknowledging the true history of the place. Like […]
Floppy nukes, professional trolls and phone jamming + this day in history w/"The Karnival Kid" and our song of the day by Capyac on your Morning Monarchy for May 31, 2016.
by Peter Lavelle for The Duran The writing would seem to be on the wall – Washington and its stenographers union (better known as the west’s mainstream media) are all
Le 23 mai dernier, La commission « Constitution » de Nuit Debout Grenoble invitait Alain Dontaine, professeur de géopolitique à l’Université Grenoble Alpes, à donner une conférence sur le thème de l’historique des processus constituants. Le Cercle des Volontaires étaient présent pour filmer ce cours d’Histoire dense et très instructif !
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The White House delivers another message via Carl Bernsteinby Gaius PubliusThe last time I featured former Watergate reporter Carl Bernstein on these pages, it was to showcase his delivery of messages he received from the White House, to the effect that the "White House" thought Clinton was blowing it with her Wall Street speeches stance, and because of that, the "White House" was freaking out (to put it colloquially) — at least as Bernstein tells it.Here's part of what Bernstein — a Clinton s
A risk to democracy is that wily politicians can exploit moments of anger or fear to implement plans that the public wouldn’t otherwise accept, a danger that requires popular vigilance to avert, as ex-CIA analyst Paul R. Pillar explains. By…Read more →
May 31, 2016 (Tony Cartalucci - NEO) - An engineered drama unfolds along the Turkish-Syrian border as terrorists armed and backed by a US-led coalition including NATO-member Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar allegedly battle both the self-proclaimed "Islamic State" (ISIS) and Syrian-backed "Syrian Democratic Forces" (SDF) near and around the Syrian city of Azaz.