SchwartzReport: Only in the USA — Breeding Nutrition Out of Food While Religious Zealots Buy & Further Corrupt Health Systems

01 Agriculture, 07 Health

schwartz reportYet another aspect of our failing food system and, once again, it comes down to putting profit ahead of wellness.  Jo Robinson is the author of the forthcoming book ‘Eating on the Wild Side: The Missing Link to Optimum Health.”

Breeding the Nutrition Out of Our Food
JO ROBINSON – The New York Times

Here is another report on how Theocratic Rightist organizations are attempting to take over American healthcare, and then use their “religious preferences” to deny women full healthcare options.  This is also another part of The Great Schism Trend.

Biblical Medicine? How Religious Corporations Are Gobbling Up Healthcare Facilities
VARLERIE TARICO – AlterNet (U.S.)

Michelle Monk: Monsanto Protest in Las Vegas Attracts 2,000 — Meanwhile, China, Haiti, Hungary Incinerate Monsanto Corn, Millions March Against Monsanto

01 Agriculture, 01 Poverty, 02 China, 03 Environmental Degradation, 07 Health, 07 Other Atrocities, 08 Wild Cards, 09 Justice, 11 Society, 12 Water, Civil Society, Commerce, Corruption, Cultural Intelligence, Earth Intelligence, Ethics
Michelle Monk
Michelle Monk

Monsanto protest attracts 2,000 in Las Vegas

Protesters rallied in Nevada as part of a global protest against seed giant Monsanto and the genetically modified food it produces.

“March Against Monsanto” protests Saturday drew some 2,000 protesters in Las Vegas and about 150 in Reno.

Las Vegas protesters marched about one mile down Las Vegas Boulevard to the “Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas” sign, while Reno protesters chanted and waved placards as they marched through downtown Reno.

Genetically modified plants are grown from seeds that are engineered to resist insecticides and herbicides, and to improve crop yields.

monsanto protestsMost corn, soybean and cotton crops grown in the U.S. today have been genetically modified. But critics say genetically modified organisms can lead to serious health conditions and harm the environment.

Monsanto Co. says it respects people’s rights to express their opinion on the topic, but maintains that its seeds improve agriculture.

See Also:

China Incinerates 3 US Shipments of Genetically Modified Corn

Haitian Farmers Commit to Burning Monsanto Hybrid Seeds

Hungary Burns All Monsanto GMO Corn Fields

Millions March Against GM Crops

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Mini-Me: African Union at 50 — Anti-NATO Anti-EU or an EU-NATO ACT Opportunity? How Should EU-NATO Engage BRICS Over Africa?

Collective Intelligence, Commercial Intelligence, Cultural Intelligence, Earth Intelligence, Gift Intelligence, Peace Intelligence
Who?  Mini-Me?
Who? Mini-Me?

Huh?

Africa and U.S. Imperialism – Post-Colonial Crises and the Imperatives of the African Revolution (AllAfrica)

Africa: Celebrating Tajudeen, the OAU and AU – Which Way Africa? (AllAfrica)

Africa Must Guarantee Her Own Security (AllAfrica)

Africa rises as BRICS countries set up a different development aid model (Kenya Daily Nation)

African Union and EU to Strengthen Trade and Economic Links (AllAfrica)

African Union can halt NATO imperialism (Iran Press TV video and transcript)

Africa: The Organization of African Unity (OAU)/African Union at 50 (AllAfrica)

Africa: The Other Side of the Coin – Celebrating 50 Years Without the Same Recognition From Its Western Counterparts (AllAfrica)

Analysis: Africa defense force never more needed but still a paper tiger (defenceWeb)

Angola: University Lecture Releases “African Union, Quo Vadis?” Essay (AllAfrica)

At South Africa summit, lack of cohesion weighs heavily on the BRICS (Christian Science Monitor)

Brazil writes off $900mn African debt (The BRICS Post)

Brics and Africa: a winning partnership against hunger? (The Guardian)

Brics bank seen to spur tourism (Calcutta The Telegraph)

BRICS chafe under charge of “new imperialists” in Africa (Reuters)

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Berto Jongman: CIA Rendition Flights Over 11,000 in Number, Over 1,600 Landed in UK

07 Other Atrocities, 09 Terrorism
Berto Jongman
Berto Jongman

‘Conclusive proof' CIA torture flights landed at Scottish airports

Investigators believe they have found “conclusive” new proof that CIA-linked planes landed regularly in Scottish airports as part of the “extraordinary rendition” programme.

The three airports which it is claimed were used as part of the “war on terror” are Aberdeen, Inverness and Wick.  A study, conducted by two academics at UK universities, found that 13 flights to these airports may have been involved in the US security service's controversial “extraordinary rendition” programme.  Extraordinary rendition was used by the US Government in the years after the September 11 attacks.  It involved the secret kidnapping, detention and transfer of terror suspects to other countries for interrogation and alleged torture.

Sam Raphael of Kingston University in London, developed the Rendition Project with Ruth Blakely, from Kent University.  He said: “The Rendition Project database provides conclusive evidence that airports in the north of Scotland were visited by numerous CIA planes at the height of the rendition and secret-detention programme.”  The project revealed data which shows five flights with CIA links landed at Wick and Inverness, with a further three landing at Aberdeen International Airport.  New details released by the study describe the planes and routes, showing that several went on to land in locations where it is claimed that terror suspects were being held in secret prisons.

The study claims to cast a new light on the operations, and has identified 11,006 flights suspected of being involved in rendition.  More than 1600 of these are thought to have landed in the UK.

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DefDog: Russian Target #1? Dimona, Israel — Along with an Alternative History Worth Reading

02 Diplomacy, 04 Inter-State Conflict, 05 Civil War, 05 Iran, 06 Russia, 08 Wild Cards, 10 Security, 11 Society, Civil Society, Ethics, Government, IO Deeds of Peace, Military, Peace Intelligence
DefDog
DefDog

Funny how stuff gets around.  More than one source is talking about Dimona, Israel as the ideal “proportionate response” from Russia with love…  Not sure why the French are allowing false stories about chemical weapons use by Assad — and we all continue to worry about Israel and the neo-cons simulating Iranian attacks on US targets, the last thing they would be doing right now when all the cards are in their favor.

We are All Russians Now (author unknown)

Veterans Today, 27 Monday 2013

Will Putin Save The World From Israel?

Vladimir Putin

Shortly after Vladimir Putin was elected president of Russia in 2000, the murdered family of Tzar Nicholas was beatified. Until quite recently, the centers of Jewish power had hoped to preserve some idealized memories of the murderous Soviet system in the minds of the Russians, but it turned out to be a vain hope.

Because Bolshevism was formulated and executed by Jews, their power centers had retained fond hopes of being able some day to reconnect and reinstall some sort of Jewish lobby leverage in the Kremlin. These fond hopes were dashed by Vladimir Putin.

By the end of 2008, the Russians were expected to decide between two ideological systems: between Communism as represented by Stalin and his fanatical band of murderous Cheka Jews or the conservative and traditional values of old-fashioned Tzarism. Until quite recently, Stalin had remained slightly ahead of Tzar Nicholas II. “Then, however, the Tzar mysteriously pulled ahead.” (Die Welt, 17 July 2008, page 1)

After that, no further choice was necessary.

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NEMO ME IMPUNE LACESSIT
No one provokes me with impunity

The Jewish Lobby was of course hoping that a Tzarist cult would never rise again. Given that the Tzar had been the great adversary of the Bolshevik Jews, the Jewish Lobby did all it could to blacken the reputation of the Tsars. Now however, the Russians again see in Tzar Nicholas II a kind of savior who, like Jesus Christ, had made an enemy of the Jews and had suffered martyrdom.

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Stephen E. Arnold: Analytics Company to Disrupt Digital and Mobile Metrics Emphasis

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Stephen E. Arnold
Stephen E. Arnold

Analytics Company to Disrupt Digital and Mobile Metrics Emphasis

From Business Insider comes news of a potentially disruptive startup: “Mixpanel, A Startup That Wants To Kill Pageviews And Other ‘BS Metrics’ Now Measures 12 Billion Actions Per Month.” Mixpanel Co-founder Suhail Doshi pushes for digital and mobile companies to highlight monthly user engagement numbers instead of page views.

Mixpanel is an analytics company founded in 2009. It helps both paying and non-paying customers track engagement through actions on their sites. For example, “liking” content on Facebook is an action.

According to the article:

“Doshi admits it’s harder for content-producers to shift to his way of thinking. But changing an industry standard like pageview reporting is a slow process, and Doshi thinks his company is making good headway. ’We’re this living, breathing case that we do see pageviews are dying,’ says Doshi, who was inspired to track meaningful analytics by mentor and former colleague, Max Levchin. Pageviews are already dying on mobile devices, says Doshi, because users rarely click through to see more pages on tiny screens.”

Mixapanel’s growth implies they are doing something right. However, regarding Google Analytics, Mixpanel is making some bold assertions.

Megan Feil, May 27, 2013

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