Category Archives: Legal Issues/ Politics

Food Safety and Modernization Act – Excerpts

Behold, the works of sorcerers of legend do pale in comparison to the alimental powers of manifestation from the ethers commanded by Senator Harry Reid during a December 19, 2010 conjuration in the mostly empty senate chambers, behold, the dreaded … Continue reading

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2011 Private Consortium to Begin Construction on Pacific Connector Gas Pipeline To Sell $300 Million Annually LNG Gas to California Through Oregon’s Siskiyou Mountains

An international consortium of companies has received approval and is planning to begin construction of the huge 223 mile-long, 36 inch wide Pacific Connector Gas Pipeline this year starting with the LNG terminal in Coos Bay. This major gas conduit, … Continue reading

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Monsanto Lobbyist Michael Taylor Named Deputy Commisioner for Food and Drug Administration Commission

Via: Organic Consumers: Michael Taylor is a lawyer who has spent the last few decades moving through the revolving door between the employ of GMO-seed giant Monsanto and the FDA and USDA. Taylor is widely credited with ushering Monsanto’s recombinant … Continue reading

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Goldman Sachs, Bubbles, and Carbon Credits

From ROLLING STONE, July 2, 2009. Matt Taibbi’s incredibley comprehensive and eye-opening exposure of Goldman Sachs death grip on the American economy and government. The Great American Bubble Machine- The new carbon-credit market is a virtual repeat of the commodities-market … Continue reading

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