Tuesday, April 8, 2014

RSN: Torture, the CIA, and How We Lost Our Herd Immunity, Monsanto: The Enemy of Family Farmers,


FOCUS: Elizabeth Kucinich | Monsanto: The Enemy of Family Farmers
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Elizabeth Kucinich, Reader Supported News
Kucinich writes: "Despite the U.N.'s assessment that sustainable agriculture is the way to feed the world's growing population, U.S. government agencies continue to support the biotechnology industry and its pesticide-promoting crops as the path forward. But the message is failing - even with the backing of the U.S. government and a barrage of advertising from companies like Monsanto."
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FOCUS: Charles Pierce | Torture, the CIA, and How We Lost Our Herd Immunity
Artist Steve Powers' 2008 installation 'Waterboard Thrill Ride' at the Coney Island arcade in Brooklyn featured robots being waterboarded after a dollar bill was fed into a machine. (photo: Mario Tama/Getty Images)
Charles Pierce, Esquire
Pierce writes: "Herd immunity remains controversial, and not just among the anti-vaccination folks, but the idea seems sound enough to use to describe what's going on now as we stumblingly re-examine the crimes and horrors of what the government did in our name between the years 2001 and 2008."
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