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California`s Political Hell

The tools now exist to turn America into a nation of one percent dreams and ninety-nine percent nightmares.

(LAGUNA BEACH, CA) - After the successful subversion in 1978 of California’s democracy and California’s budget process known as the Prop 13 Trojan Horse, the California Republican Party set their sights on the Presidency.

Conservative Republicans, who constituted a small minority within the National Republican Party, never came to terms with the social legislation enacted during the 1930s and 1960s.

Agent Orange`s Deadly Legacy Spreads to Japan

"We unearthed over 100 barrels buried in rows. They were rusty and leaking and we could see orange markings around some of their middles" - Lt. Col. Kris Roberts, former head of maintenance projects on Futenma

(MOSCOW, RTV) - The fallout from the US military’s use of Agent Orange may have spread from Vietnam to Japan.

Massive caches of the toxic herbicide were buried on Futenma, “the world’s most dangerous base,” potentially poisoning the island, a Japanese daily reports.

World Says Good Bye to Dr. Rosalie Bertell, Noted Biometrician and Environmental Epidemiologist

"...she remained in good spirits and most interested in all of the works of justice she strove to support throughout her life right to the end."

(YARDLEY, PA) - It is a sad day for those of us who have followed the incredible life work of Dr. Rosalie Bertell.

She passed away 14 June 2012.

NPR Betrays Listeners` Children for Monsanto and Drug Money

NPR and PBS have a lot to learn.

(WASHINGTON DC) - NPR supporters were outraged when it began running "Marketplace," a show produced by American Public Media- funded by Monsanto.

Gates and Monsanto Go After Milk

In the near future, human development can potentially be dictated by corporate America, through the Bill & Malinda [sic] Gates Foundation and their $8.3 U.C. Davis grant.

(WASHINGTON DC) - Monsanto's head of the FDA's food safety division is threatening to get rid of raw (real) milk, and the real reason for this may have reared its ugly head.

Keystone XL Pipeline and California`s Bullet Train: Similarities In Abundance

"Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice." Acceptance speech by Sen. Barry Goldwater @ San Francisco Presidential Convention in July of 1964

(LAGUNA BEACH, CA) - Many of the critics who’ve posted comments to my columns continue unabated to declare myself and my ilk as "radical, lunatic fringy extremists".

They accuse us of holding up the American economic recovery dream parade.

Keystone XL: Will EPA Concern Over 61 Water Crossings Go Unanswered?

Approval from the Army Corps is virtually all that stands between TransCanada and pipeline construction.

(BROOKLYN, NY) - The Army Corps is not responding to an EPA scientist's letter about 61 water crossings in Texas as the White House works to expedite pipeline approval.

Humane Society and Oregon Wild Join Coalition to Stop Gillnetting

Chief petitioners are David Schamp, Fred Girod and Rod Monroe.

(PORTLAND, OR) - Two nonprofit groups today announced their support for a proposed ballot measure to stop commercial gillnet fishing on the lower Columbia.

The Humane Society of the United States and Oregon Wild endorsed the measure sponsored by the Stop Gillnetting Now coalition, which is headed for the November ballot.

Vietnam Women`s Union Speaks Out Over Dow Chemical Sponsorship of Olympics

"...the Vietnam Women's Union would like to call upon IOC to reconsider your decision to accept Dow Chemical Corporation as a sponsor of the Olympic events"

(HANOI, Viet Nam) - The women of Vietnam are raising a voice in objection to the inclusion of Dow Chemical as a sponsor in the upcoming Olympic games.

Vietnam Joins Protest Against Dow Chemicals

Vietnam joins the protest against Olympic sponsor Dow Chemical, accused of “green-washing” its Agent Orange sins.

(HANOI, Viet Nam) - The organisers of London’s 2012 Olympics call them the Green Games — a monument to best sustainable practice within the sports world.