Killing Us Quickly – Ryan’s Medicare Proposal

Killing Us Quickly – Ryan’s Medicare Proposal By Michael Collins We’re not worth having around after 65, says Michael Collins. Why else would they want to kill us off? Church of the Subgenius House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) proposed a Medicare plan that combines Social Darwinism and a bailout for health insurance carriers, [...]

When our children speak, are the leaders listening?

The Insurers’ Real Agenda for Change

By Wendell Potter The media had lots of health care news to obsess about last week. A federal judge ruled the health care reform law unconstitutional, and Senate Republicans tried in vain to repeal the law. But most of the press paid virtually no attention to a potentially much more important development — a multi-pronged [...]

Is weponized Avian Flu the next money maker?

I guess AIDS didn’t do the job. I liked when she says that cancer is way more expensive than organic foods.

Frakenfoods

If you thought Britain was at the forefront of the organic foods movement, think again. Britain’s Independent, reports that for years government ministers, including Tony Blair, have been secretly funding genetically modified crop studies. Also, while publicly stating their neutral stand on the matter, they were secretly communicating with biotech companies on how to ease [...]

Mad cows (and livid lambs)

Marauding elephants, aggressive sea lions, snap-happy crocodiles… As animal attacks on humans reach frightening levels, scientists are beginning to understand exactly what the beasts are thinking. And it’s not good. Will Storr reports (here)

USDA Certified Organic’s Dirty Little Secret: Neotame

USDA Certified Organic’s Dirty Little Secret: Neotame.