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Monday, 25 June 2012 | |  Thomas Magstadt, Op-Ed: Let's begin with an axiom the US Chamber of Commerce, Koch Industries, Inc., Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase and Company, and Bain Capital, to name but a few, would all wholeheartedly endorse: state interference ("regulation") is inimical to economic growth, job creation, and prosperity. And this corollary: a free Market is the best and only way to achieve the greatest good for the greatest number. | | |  Anthony Gucciardi, News Report: Just east of Austin, the cows lived on an 80-acre ranch owned by Jerry Abel. Abel says that the fields were used for over 15 years for cattle grazing and hay, and that the genetically modified grass was 'tested' previously and should have been 'perfect'. The GM grass however, known as Tifton 85, appears have been producing toxic cyanide. | | |  Lewis Lapham, Op-Ed: Gertner attributes the epistemological shape-shifting to the mathematician Claude Shannon, who intuited the moving of "written and spoken exchanges ever deeper into the realm of ciphers, symbols, and electronically enhanced puzzles of representation" -- i.e., toward the "lines, circles, scenes, letters, and characters" that Faustus most desired. | | |  Earl Ofari Hutchinson, News Report: The Citizens United ruling was aimed at demolishing the campaign-fundraising field and insuring political campaigns in 2012 and the future would enable the GOP reasserts its financial supremacy. In the era when money not just dominates, but often buys elections, the side maintaining a top-heavy edge in funding will win elections outright or, at the very least, ensure its side will remain competitive. | | |  Jim Hightower, Op-Ed: Despite their stashes of ill-gotten wealth, however, the Brothers Karzai aren't much of a brotherhood. They're roiled with jealousies, business rivalries, and murderous intrigues. For example, Mahmoud Karzai was developing a massive private housing project on 10,000 acres of land said to have been seized from the government when brother Shah Wali Karzai suddenly pulled off his own seizure. Early this year, he secretly "transferred" $55 million from Mahmoud's corporation to one of his own. | | |  Pat Garofalo, News Analysis: After speaking with Paulson, Boehner shifted $50,000 to $100,000 out of a risky mutual fund, and spent tens of thousands of dollars more on a less-risky fund. Other lawmakers who were making investment decisions after receiving private information at the time included Sen. Kent Conrad (D-ND), Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), and Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE). The lawmakers contend that their investments are overseen by outside advisers and that the private information had no bearing on their portfolio moves. | | | ![]( "David Suzuki on Rio+20,") Amy Goodman, Video Report: "If we don't see that we are utterly embedded in the natural world and dependent on Mother Nature for our very well-being and survival ... then our priorities will continue to be driven by man-made constructs like national borders, economies, corporations, markets. Those are all human created things. They shouldn't dominate the way we live -- it should be the biosphere. | | |  Richard (RJ) Eskow, Op-Ed: If stoking fear of our minority children was a tactic to divert attention from the behavior of corporate leaders, it's been remarkably successful. Stories that "superpredators" were preying on the survivors of Hurricane Katrina helped distract the public temporarily from the real horror taking place there - the horror of government neglect. | | |  Paul Buchheit , Op-Ed: With all benefits included, the 21.4 million government employees make up 16.7% of U.S. employees and receive 20% of the total compensation. The higher benefits exist mainly at the federal level. For the states, government employees make up 3.6% of the U.S. workforce and receive 3.9% of the total compensation. The federal pay advantage is largely due to higher education levels and more advanced professional skills. | | |  Ronnie Greene, News Report: Nearly 20 years later, the EPA can still only guess at the scope of pesticide-related ailments in an industry where many workers, toiling in the shadows, are reluctant to speak up. The EPA often hands enforcement of pesticide regulations to states, which receive and investigate few formal complaints each year, federal records show. | | |  George Soros, Op-Ed: After a suitable period, the participating countries would enter into debt-reduction programs tailored in a way that does not jeopardize their growth. This would be the prelude to the establishment of a full political union and the introduction of Eurobonds. Of course, the issuance of European Treasury bills would require the approval of the Bundestag, but it would be in conformity with the German Constitutional Court's requirement that any commitment approved by the Bundestag be limited in time and size. | | | FROM AROUND THE WEB |
Syria Activists in Syria are tallying the numbers dead in Syria. |
Anger in Egypt Islamist Mohammed Morsi was declared the winner Sunday in Egypt's first free presidential election. |
Operations Abroad Operation "Fast and Furious" turns out to be slow and sneaky. | | | | |  | | NationofChange is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization. If you have any questions, comments, or feedback, please let us know. If you do not wish to receive future updates from NationofChange, click here to unsubscribe. | | | NationofChange and the NationofChange logo are registered trademarks of NationofChange
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