Yet another chapter opens on our distant past. Fascinating story.

Ancient DNA Coded From Early Human, Creating New Mystery
MONTE MORIN – Los Angeles Times

Here is something else you don't see in the corporate media business news. It is the latest in the GMO trend.

​China Rejects Fifth US Corn Cargo in a Month, Citing GMO Strain
RT (Russia)

Here is a growing trend you don't really hear much about in the corporate business media, but that should concern all of us considerably. I was leery of this site, but it turned out this is a well-documented report.

Meet Your New Boss: Buying Large Employers [eg Smithfield Foods] Will Enable China To Dominate 1000s Of U.S. Communities
MICHAEL SNYDER – BlackListed News

Whether one calls it Randian, trickle-down, supply side, neoliberal, or austerity it is becoming clearer every day that the Rightist economic theories are utterly discredited and, over the past 30 years, have done incalculable damage to the lives of hundreds of millions of people. Yet these policies are still being pursued by the Republicans in the U.S. House, and touted by Wall Street, which has s! een the greatest transfer of wealth to its coffers in human history. Here is an excellent essay on the subject.

Continue reading “SchwartzReport: Truths That Matter”

Beekeepers having to sue the EPA. This report gives us further evidence, if such were needed, that corporate profits, and the corruption of our government, trumps all other considerations, including the destruction of the key to successful agriculture — the bees — upon which the wellbeing of all humanity depends.

EPA Sued Over Bees
JULIAN HATTEM – The Hill

Further evidence of the growing coarseness of American culture. It amazes me how our society's absolute commitment to placing profit above all other considerations is destroying the quality of people's lives, and that it is happening almost without a whimper. It is Biblical — all we lack is the golden calf.

Study: America’s Culture Economy Is Doomed
TOM JACOBS – Salon

The melting of polar ice is going to have massive and egregious effects on our lives. So get prepared, because nothing is going to be done to effectively remediate this process.

Study Links Arctic Melting, Extreme Weather
Voice of America