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Fisk argues that a vandalized wikipedia article led to the immigration delay of a pro-Armenian activist. Is this Wikipedia’s problem, or the Canadian government’s for relying on online resources to compile terror lists?
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Useful meditation on the comparative cost of calories in the US in subsidized and unsubsidized corners of agriculture, and the implications for global economics of subsidizing corn and soy in the US
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A useful take on migration, overseas contract work, remittance income, focusing closely on the Filipino Comodas and two generations of OFWs.
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Good news is no news – a 50% positive news requirement, a prohibition on mentioning opposition leaders and strong encouragement towards critique of the US are new constraints on some Russian radio stations
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Rally in Venezuela in support of RCTV, a station critical of Chavez, which is likely to be forced off the air
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Tsetsegee Munkhbayar wins Goldnman Environmental prize for efforts to protect Mongolian rivers from damage by mining operations
The Food-and-Supermarkets link is an excellent article. One point Pollan doesn’t explicitly make is critical. He notes that the “farm” bill, which is the culprit behind the skewed subsidies, is really a food bill, and that it concerns eaters as well as farmers. Only problem is: everyone’s an eater, but only 2% or so are farmers. At current rates, 60%-70% of eaters would not vote for Republicans or that agenda.
If the subsidies changed, the Republicans would lose the farming states they’ve been buying for so long.
It could be the end of the Republican party if they had so few Senators you wouldn’t even need to use your toes as well as fingers to count them.
There’s even more than an agribusiness empire at stake here.
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