Category: Economy
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Whole Foods Sells out to Monsanto
Whole Foods Market, while proclaiming their support for organics and “seed purity,” gave the green light to USDA bureaucrats to approve the “conditional deregulation” of Monsanto’s genetically engineered, herbicide-resistant alfalfa. Approximately 2/3 of the products sold by Whole Foods Market and their main distributor, United Natural Foods (UNFI) are not …
Signs of a desire for change ~ 2012
As we approach 2012 – one cannot help but wonder what the future holds ~ We see global unrest unfolding in the Middle East, Europe, Russia and the U.S. ~ The Occupy Wall Street movement is one of the signs of public awareness that something is wrong and seeking change ~ The race to the white …
OWS in perspective
I attended a OWS rally while I was in CA. It is a movement I strongly believe in, tho I can’t see how much change will occur from it. There’s only one way to enact change, and that is thru the almighty dollar bill. One must remember, it is not …
Today’s protest grows ~
Thousands demonstrate and hundreds arrested in Lower Manhattan today in the Occupy Wall Street Protest- marking the two month start of these protests … I heard some Congressmen calling these protestors un-American and looser, etc …instead of hearing the message/cry of the people that are hurting .. many jobless or losing homes and savings, …
“Water On the Table” – a film documentary
“Water On the Table” – a flim documentary about protecting our most precious gift of Mother Nature, besides the air, WATER – I was just flipping through the channels here (bored as heck here today) — and i found this rather educational and very thought-provoking documentary, which looks into Canada’s …
What Are We Capable Of – THIS IS ANONYMOUS!
China Tells US ‘Good Old Days’ of Borrowing Over
(Reuters) China bluntly criticized the US on Saturday one day after the superpower’s credit rating was downgraded, saying the “good old days” of borrowing were over. Standard & Poor’s cut the U.S. long-term credit rating from top-tier AAA by a notch to AA-plus on Friday over concerns about the nation’s …
Gold rose to 1,782 an ounce earlier today ~
Seems the lowered U.S. credit rating and eroding dollar have helped propel gold ~ An AP article said today — “Gold prices pushed to new heights Tuesday as investors digested the possible consequences of the lowered U.S. credit rating and Europe’s debt crisis on a slowing global economy. The declining appeal of the U.S. …