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economics Politics US economy
November 26, 2008

Buy Nothing Day – November 28 – Take Action

I’ve always had difficulty buying in to buy nothing day.  There.  It’s out there.  For 17 years, I’ve enjoyed the concept from the sidelines. But it’s not for ethical or moral reasons.  It was considerably more of a functional issue.  For example, if I drove my car to visit a friend’s house to eat home-made soup, would the gas consumption be considered ‘consumption’?  I suppose […]

disaster capitalism financial crisis The Corporation
November 25, 2008

GM Doing Really Well … Somewhere Else

Executives of the auto industry are embarassing themselves as they go to Capitol Hill with cap in hand asking for handouts.  They talk of financial crisis, economic meltdown and no demand for their gas guzzling trucks and SUVs. They couldn’t see it coming. But somehow, their international operations do exceptionally well.  Full story here . There are a lot of reasons to be suspicious about […]

Food/diet The Corporation Uncategorized
November 25, 2008

Indian Farmers Committing Suicide en masse … because of GM seeds?

This story is sad.  It tells about the dismal treatment of a working class in India that has been manipulated into believing it can dig itself out of povery, all for the benefit of a single corporation known as Monsanto. By Andrew Malone When Prince Charles claimed thousands of Indian farmers were killing themselves after using GM crops, he was branded a scaremonger. In fact, […]

excited delirium police taser stories
November 24, 2008

British Police Make Massive Taser Purchase

In an odd way, I almost support this action, mainly because UK police officers have worked without guns for so long. However, I’m still a little anxious about any deal made by public authorities that support Taser International, the maker of the taser.  Giving them more money just makes the machine go on and on and on. Full story here from the BBC .