The truth about Dow
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Dow AgroSciences LLC, subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Company, manufactures genetically engineered corn and cotton and promotes use of its technologies that alter crops, insects and seed production and use. They increase the need of poor farmers to be dependent on their genetically modified crops and seeds and contaminate our environment and our health with their GM products.

Market Watch
December 4th, 2008

Syngenta and Dow AgroSciences today announced a research and development agreement to evaluate current and future Dow AgroSciences compounds for incorporation into Syngenta's market-leading seed treatment portfolio.

Monsanto Big Scandal
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Few people would eat Monsanto's "food" if they understood what it was or knew that they were eating it. President Obama and his family won't eat it. Neither did the Bush family. Even a Monsanto employee cafeteria rejects it. This is no laughing matter. Your health and the health of your children and grandchildren are at stake. It seems more like a scene from a horror flick than something happening in modern day America. Imagine your digestive tract turned into a Roundup herbicide factory and other warped genetic signals slowly and progressively rotting away your health. Unlike acute food poisoning from infectious E.coli, it is a slow and insidious poisoning. Why GMO Food is Dangerous

European Public Health Alliance
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European Public Health Alliance
putting citizens' health at the heart of Europe
HomeAbout EPHA Environment Europe Food and Agriculture Publications and Events Society Wealth and Equity Accueil du site > Food and Agriculture > Food and Nutrition > Sudan I scandal triggers concerns (...)Sudan I scandal triggers concerns about food safety in the EU.

Sudan I is a red dye which is commonly used to colour solvents, oils, waxes, petrol and shoe and floor polishes. It is not allowed to be added to food anywhere in the EU after tests on rats have shown it can cause bladder and liver cancer.

In addition, since 2003, when it was detected in some chilli powder imported from India, all chilli coming into the EU must be accompanied by a certificate showing it has been tested and found to be free of Sudan dye.

Health Scandal Monsantos GMO perversion of food
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Greenhouse Neutral Foundation comment – There is continuing concern within the community of the long term health risks associated with genetically modified foods. In the Foundations investigation of these issues the following has come to light. The second article by Byron Richards highlights the web of corporate cronyism that has been going on for decades within the FDA and how corporations including Monsanto, Dow and Cargill have manipulated the regulatory authorities to a point where they are in total control of our food chain. See Corporate Cronyism – A Corrupt FDA Places the Public in Danger

Meg Whitman Oil giants Velero/Tesoro
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Still, MEG GLOWS ABOUT THE TEXAS BUSINESS MODEL. Those of us who've experienced it don't.

One big concern we have about Meg, however, is HER CONNECTIONS to the VELERO and TESORO OIL COMPANIES with their rabid approach and want to drill off the California coast, deregulate California's pollution standards and otherwise have California look and be like TEXAS.

Carly Fiorina wikipedia
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Hewlett-Packard
In July 1999, Hewlett-Packard Company named Fiorina chief executive officer succeeding Lewis Platt and prevailing over the internal candidate Ann Livermore.[22] She became the first woman to lead a Fortune 20 company.[23] Fiorina immediately became a highly visible chief executive, and remained so throughout her tenure at the company with a vast array of engineering talent at her disposal.[24]

Fiorina proceeded to reorganize HP, and merge the part she kept with the PC maker Compaq. Although the decision to spin-off the company's technical equipment division predated her arrival, one of her first major responsibilities as chief executive was overseeing the separation of the unit into the standalone Agilent Technologies. In 2000, Fiorina proposed the acquisition of computer-services business EDS, but withdrew the bid after the proposal received a poor reception from HP shareholders.[25] While Fiorina's 2000 bid to acquire EDS was abandoned, HP did go on to purchase the company in 2008. In 2001, Fiorina was named one of the thirty most powerful women in America by Forbes magazine.[26] In 2002, in the wake of the bursting of the Tech Bubble, Fiorina spearheaded a controversial merger with Compaq, a leading competitor in the industry. Fiorina fought for the merger, and it was implemented despite strong opposition from board member Walter Hewlett (the son of company co-founder William Hewlett) who claimed that the merger was being pursued by Fiorina in desperation to make a strategic decision and to give her some breathing space from Wall Street.

Carly Fierno sent jobs overseas yahoo
Morning Vid: 'Waste-Cutting' Fiorina Can't Name a Single Program She'd Cut
Buzz up! ..Erik Hayden Erik Hayden – Mon Oct 18, 9:14 am ET
WASHINGTON, DC – California Senate candidate Carly Fiorina, who has billed herself as a "tough choices" decision maker, has consistently voiced support for extending Bush tax cuts for high earners. The cuts, which would reportedly add an estimated $4 trillion dollars* to the national debt, became a heated topic of debate on Fox News's Chris Wallace on Sunday. Wallace asks this question, "As a bottom line businesswoman, where are you going to find $4 trillion to cut?" Fiorina struggles to give a specific response.

At first, she tries to skirt the question, stating that government has grown steadily over the past sixty years, that that in the "last two it's gotten really out of control," and that she was in favor of banning earmarks. Wallace presses to name one specific program. Instead, Fiorina chooses to discuss spending, taking a dig at "career politicians" like her opponent Barbara Boxer. Again, Wallace seeks an answer from Fiorina, who names some statistic-filled talking points, but still doesn't list any entitlement programs to cut.

Why Starbucks sucks
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But how bad is Starbucks, really? I decided to find out.

1. Clean water is such a precious commodity in the world these days, but Starbucks didn’t seem to care. Their “leave the tap running all day” policy created an eco-scandal to the tune of 23 million litres wasted every day. Less than a year later, they’re installing water-saving faucets which purport to reduce water wastage by 150 gallons per day, per store. Note, they only changed their wasteful ways after they got caught.

2. Although some people claim that having a Starbucks in the neighborhood is actually good for local mom & pop cafes, the long-running belief is that Starbucks turns the uniquely local neighborhood vibe into cookie-cutter corporate…well, crap. Perhaps it’s really just a matter of taste, but most of your dollars spent at a Starbucks location will end up in the pockets of distant executives – and not circulate in your local economy.

Starbucks
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Starbucks: The Wal-Mart of Coffee

"Clustering: The Starbucks Model" , p. 135-40.
-from No Logo: Taking Aim at the Brand Bullies, No Space, No Choice, No Jobs, No Logo by Naomi Klein (1999)

"A Comforting Third Place" is the phrase Starbucks uses to promote itself in its newsletters and evangelical annual reports. This is not just another non-space like Wal-Mart or McDonalds, it's an intimate nook where sophisticated people can share "coffee... community... camaraderie... connection."

Everything about New Age chains like Starbucks is designed to assure us that they are a different breed from the strip-mall franchises of yesterday. This isn't dreck for the masses, it's intelligent furniture, it's cosmetics as political activism, it's the bookstore as an "old-world library",' it's the coffee shop that wants to stare deep into your eyes and "connect."