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Open letter to Monsanto from Vietnamese Agent Orange victims

Len Aldis is Secretary of the Britain-Vietnam Friendship Society. He recently sent... more

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Grassroots goal: raise $1 million for impeachment and ending the war

This is 100% citizen run goal. If you want to hold the government accountable, you... more

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Federal court upholds ban on Monsanto's genetically engineered alfalfa

We know you're just dying to taste that delectable genetically modified alfalfa, but you'll have to wait: an appeals court today ruled that the feds must review the potential environmental effects of the biotech seeds before farmers can plant them.

The decision by a three-judge panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals forces the U.S. Department of Agriculture to issue an environmental impact statement on Roundup Ready alfalfa seeds, which are made by ag giant Monsanto and would be planted exclusively by Forage Genetics International.

"It’s a historic moment of a court requiring an environmental review, and until it's done Monsanto can't plant or sell its seed," said Kevin Golden, a staff attorney for the Center for Food Safety (CFS), which along with eight other parties sued the government green-lighting the seeds. "It puts on notice the government and creators of this technology -- Monsanto in particular -- that if it wants to bring GE (genetically engineered) crops into the American agricultural system, it must do its work to show that farmers and consumers will be protected and non-GE crops won't be affected."

The decision upholds an injunction issued by a district court judge last year. CFS and other critics worry that tiny genetically modified alfalfa seeds will contaminate organic and conventional crops through cross-pollination.

"The concern is there will one day not be organic alfalfa, which is the primary food for cattle in this country," Golden said. "If you lose organic alfalfa, you lose organic cheese."

Representatives from USDA, Monsanto and Forage Genetics International didn't immediately respond for comment.
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Wow, first the passing of the bill in California protecting farmers from Monsanto's frivolous greed driven lawsuits regarding transgenic pollination, and now this. Is the tide turning? I sure hope so. And as this article mentions, since alfalfa is a main source of food for cows, their round about attempt to poison our cheese and milk as well by hoping this fake alfalfa cross pollinates in the wind to ruin organic crops cows eat needs to be banned. This is truly an evil company. I have no doubt they want their seeds to cross pollinate in order to ruin organic crops to mutate them to control the market even of those farmers who do not plant their seeds! And then they sue the farmers! Good to see them being held accountable. It is more than the USDA and FDA have done in the past. These people are relentless! How much is enough? We know you're just dying to taste that delectable genetically modified... more

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California legislature passes bill protecting farmers against Monsanto lawsuits

NOTE: More good news from the US. This is a major step forward. California's is... more

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Lone accountant takes on IRS and wins

WASHINGTON — It took seven years, but Charles Ulrich did something many people... more

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Police tactics for disrupting peaceful protests

Police in Portland, OR damned by their own footage as they enact tactics to disrupt a... more

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History Lesson: 2004 DNC protests

Footage of Protests at the Democratic National Convention in Boston in 2004.... more

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What good are Pundits, anyways?

Hi there pundits. I want you to look at yourself in the mirror. Take a good, long,... more

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Presidential Candidate McKinney calls for 9-11 truth

Cynthia McKinney is using her Green Party candidacy for President to demand impartial... more

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Cindy Sheehan makes it on California ballot to challenge Nancy Pelosi

After weeks of collecting signatures from constituents in San Francisco's 8th Congressional District, Independent candidate Cindy Sheehan has made it onto the November ballot to oppose Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, for Pelosi's heretofore secure Congressional seat. As Sheehan told me exclusively this afternoon:

"I think this is the happiest that I have been since before Casey was killed (except when my grandson was born). Getting on the ballot as an independent in California is so difficult, but with the help of many of our friends who are committed to peace, accountability, economic equality and environmental sustainability, we have done it! The voice of the people will be on the ballot in San Francisco in November."

After the 2006 election, in which Democrats won majorities in both the Senate and the House, Americans' disgust for Congress reached a fever pitch when the new Democratic Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, instantly took impeachment off the table - thereby ensuring George W. Bush and Dick Cheney the job security to complete their second term and commit further offenses with impunity.

Sheehan's anger toward Pelosi was palpable. While other valiant patriots expressed their ire for Pelosi in emails, faxes, opeds, and camp-outs at her San Francisco home and Congressional office, Sheehan took it a step further and decided to challenge the wealthy Pelosi for her powerful seat in Congress - clearly no easy task. After an uphill battle against institutional rules and regulations designed to quash third party candidates, Sheehan showed her mettle and prevailed. As of today, after a s/heroic effort to gather the thousands of signatures needed to qualify for the November election, Cindy Sheehan became just the sixth person in the history of California to get on the ballot as a "Decline To State" candidate. According to Sheehan:

"I am even more convinced now than I was a year ago that the people of San Francisco are ready to lead the way to step outside of the dated two-party system and elect someone who truly represents San Francisco values, not party loyalties and criminal activities."After weeks of collecting signatures from constituents in San Francisco's 8th... more

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Pelosi's book tour becomes 'why haven't you impeached?' tour

When House Speaker Nancy Pelosi set out to promote her new motivational book this month, she simultaneously touched off her national why-haven't-you-impeached-the-president tour.

As she made the coast-to-coast rounds of lectures, television interviews and radio chats the past two weeks, Ms. Pelosi found herself under siege by people unhappy that she has not been motivated to try to throw President Bush out of office – even if only a few months remain before he leaves voluntarily.

In Manhattan and Los Angeles, at stops in between, on network television and on her home turf of Northern California, Ms. Pelosi has been forced to defend her pronouncement before the 2006 mid-term elections that impeachment over the administration’s push for war in Iraq was off the table.

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Then she added this qualifier: “If somebody had a crime that the president had committed, that would be a different story.”

That assertion only threw fuel on the impeachment fire as advocates of removing Mr. Bush cited the 35 articles of impeachment compiled by Representative Dennis Kucinich, Democrat of Ohio, as well as accusations in a new book by author Ron Suskind of White House orders to falsify intelligence, an accusation that has been denied.

“There’s an opportunity now for us to come forward and to lay all the facts out so that she can reconsider her decision not to permit the Judiciary Committee to proceed with a full impeachment hearing,” Mr. Kucinich said in an interview with the Web site Democracy Now!

Mr. Kucinich, long a proponent of starting hearings to impeach both Mr. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney, earlier this week applauded signals that the Judiciary Committee would look into the claims made by Mr. Suskind in his book.

Despite whatever resonance pursuing the president might have in progressive Democratic circles, it is not the message Democrats want to carry into an election where they need to appeal to swing voters to increase their Congressional majorities and win the White House. They would rather devote their final weeks to pushing economic relief and health care, even if they thought Mr. Bush and the conduct of the war merited impeachment hearings.

And leading Democrats argue anyway that Mr. Bush has already been tried and convicted in the court of public opinion.

“He has been impeached by current history,” said Representative Rahm Emanuel of Illinois, chairman of the House Democratic Caucus. “He is going down as the worst president ever. The facts are in.” [...]

The disillusionment has crystallized in a challenger for Ms. Pelosi in the person of Cindy Sheehan, the anti-war activist whose son was killed in Iraq. Ms. Sheehan and her allies collected more than 17,000 signatures to qualify her as an independent for the November ballot in San Francisco.

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Denver Police Beat A 58 Year Old Cyclist and Get Caught Lying About It!

Here we go again..... Just as NYC a few weeks ago police have been caught on video... more

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Police assault 58-year-old cyclist in Denver and get caught lying about it!

DENVER - Two Denver Police Department undercover officers could be charged with... more

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Justice staffers won't be prosecuted for illegal hiring practices

No criminal prosecutions are planned for former Justice Department officials accused... more

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Questions Journalists Never Ask

Questions for President Bush: If everything you warned about regarding Iraq was... more

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Making NYPD accountable 12 minute version.

This is all bad, but the worst is the last example on the video. See the last example... more

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How Many Cars Does the Government Own? 642,233.

Let's say each one costs $30,000. That'll be $19,266,990,000 for the whole lot!

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Oregon Health Plan ethics soiled: assisted suicide offered over treatment for terminal illness

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Oregon Health Plan won't pay for cancer treatment, but it will pay for assisted suicide.

The Oregon Health plan made a controversial decision to not cover a cancer treatment... more

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"Prophetic movie from 30 years ago has completely come true"

This is the movie called Network. It was released almost 30 years ago and everything... more

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