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athena1 wrote a new diary post: Monsanto cries “Sabotage!” So, Whodunit?
I’m coming to terms with my pleb status in our neofeudal order. So,I have to just giggle at the latest Monsanto (rent extraction) controvery. Monsanto says sabotage may be behind GMO wheat in Oregon as more farmers file suit Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/monsanto-sabotage-behind-oregon-gmo-wheat-article-1.1365598#ixzz2VV5tuWHs Saobtage! So, whodunnit? Was Iranian activists/terrorists operating as Bolivians/Mexican spies posing as migrant [...]
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athena1 commented on the diary post Oscars 2013 — Best Picture by Elliott.
I’ve seen Argo, Jdango, ZD30, and Lincoln.
Lincoln was flat-out terrible on every level, ZD30 was “meh”, and Argo and Django were both great, Dgando being the slightly better of the two, if I had to choose.
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athena1 commented on the diary post Biotechnology is the #1 Threat to Mankind by economister.
Yes, it applies to future research, too. Our core threat (which absolutely applies to biotech, as well as other aspects of western civilization) was articulated here: “ The liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerated the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than the democratic state itself. [...]
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athena1 commented on the diary post Biotechnology is the #1 Threat to Mankind by economister.
Regarding biotech, I don’t think there’s any way to stop it. If you ban it, the powerful will just take it underground. Our objective should be to at least keep the information open to all equally.
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athena1 commented on the diary post Office Politics: Why did the USAF fund “US Global Defense Posture, 1783-2011″? by TarheelDem.
Nowadays, Rand tells whatever story the sponsors want/need to hear. The story is usually told in a technically truthful but highly cherry-picked way.
They’re scientists and historians for hire to promote whatever agenda bids the highest.
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athena1 commented on the diary post LIVE: Tar Sands Blockade Storms TransCanada Offices (Updated 11:48am, CALL TransCanada!) by Kit OConnell.
Thanks for covering this, Kit!
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athena1 commented on the diary post Something is happening with the housing market by athena1.
Memphis.
My mom’s going to try and buy this one, maybe:
http://www.crye-leike.com/3267-carnes-avenue/address-Carnes-mgrp-33-tid-memphis-mlsnum-3260886-ln-8Memphis is the poorest city in the nation, btw:
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athena1 commented on the diary post Something is happening with the housing market by athena1.
They’re just sitting there, boarded up. I’m pretty sure it’s the banks just taking them off the market.
http://realtormag.realtor.org/daily-news/2012/06/27/are-banks-hoarding-foreclosures
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athena1 commented on the diary post Something is happening with the housing market by athena1.
Michael Hudson has been saying the whole point of all the QE has been to reinflate the housing bubble for years now.
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athena1 wrote a new diary post: Something is happening with the housing market
And I don’t approve, personally. I’ve been watching the housing market since the pre-2008 pop. Poor people around here started being able to get perfectly good homes for $6-12K around 2005 in my neighborhood. (the same houses that were selling for $60K just a year before.) I guess it makes sense that bubbles pop in [...]
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athena1 commented on the blog post FDL Book Salon Welcomes L. Randall Wray, Modern Money Theory: A Primer on Macroeconomics for Sovereign Monetary Systems
OMG, I can’t believe I missed this Salon! Boo.
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athena1 commented on the diary post Russians in Syria, US Backing Rebels: Will World War III be World War I Redux? by Phoenix Woman.
You’re in strange company here, PW:
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athena1 commented on the diary post Are the people screaming about pragmatism and ideological purity still around? by athena1.
I used to say Palin was unqualified, but in retrospect, I just hated her. Seems like most presidential quality comes from being able to just identify competent experts to advise them.
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athena1 commented on the diary post Are the people screaming about pragmatism and ideological purity still around? by athena1.
Yeah. See: Eisenhower
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athena1 commented on the diary post The Duty of David Dayen by tonywikrent.
I’m a little freaked out, too. Here’s a radio interview from the 18′th where he explains his reasoning in depth. http://majority.fm/2012/12/18/1218-david-dayen-exiting-the-liberal-blogosphere-social-security-back-on-the-table/ (Is it just me, or does he come close to implying Kos partially ruined the power of the liberal blogopshere? lol) Anyway, I’m excited by the idea of him honing in on finance/WallStreet as [...]
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athena1 commented on the diary post Are the people screaming about pragmatism and ideological purity still around? by athena1.
Oh, this: http://orwell.ru/library/essays/nationalism/english/e_nat
In the same way, there is a habit of mind which is now so widespread that it affects our thinking on nearly every subject, but which has not yet been given a name. As the nearest existing equivalent I have chosen the word ‘nationalism’, but it will be seen in a moment that [...]
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athena1 commented on the diary post Are the people screaming about pragmatism and ideological purity still around? by athena1.
I miss Carlin. I can only imagine what he would say about this fiscal grift thing.
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athena1 wrote a new diary post: Are the people screaming about pragmatism and ideological purity still around?
http://www.democracynow.org/2012/12/14/dean_baker_the_biggest_myth_in On New Years Eve or on Christmas Eve or late Christmas night, we’re about to get screwed. That’ll probably be when votes are cast and bills are signed. Remember the NDAA? Remember how Olbermann was the one guy in the MSM freaked out about the NDAA? And then CNN assigned him to cover the dropping [...]
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athena1 commented on the diary post Hello, Congressional Progressive Caucus members and staff by athena1.
WTF? lol
How in god’s name do you know how we activists spend our “on duty” activist time? How do YOU know who I connect and coordinate with? How do YOU know anything about us? lol.
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athena1 commented on the diary post Green Party Organizing Since the Election by metamars.
I mean, it might be too late. Part of me (the super-cynical part) thinks we only really, really got the internet when we did because the “winners” were that confident that we proles were defeated, forever and always and more forevermore. But maybe, just maybe, Obama didn’t ruin the notion of hope? Maybe there’s a hope that [...]
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