We are led to believe that the two political parties are fighting ferociously to protect and PROVIDE for their constituencies. Ha! Not so. Either consumption tax as a "solution" would further cripple those with the least disposable income, the poor and the productive middle class. The burden of debt as it exists right now is heaped upon the backs of the working class. Additional economic burdens will bring him to his knees.
Showing posts with label CorporatistCabals. Show all posts
Showing posts with label CorporatistCabals. Show all posts
Monday, September 16, 2013
Saturday, September 14, 2013
Whenever governments backstop an economic sector, monopolization of that “partnership” is the end result, disenfranchising the underlings within that group. Identifying a market segment devoid of large corporates without government interference, and you’ll find a rarity.
Thursday, September 12, 2013
Look man, we don't need no freakin' USDA inspectors supervising our plant. Y'all let the bankers, and GMOs like Monsanto do their 'thing', so why not us? Congress folks knows who takes care of them, so layoff this regulatory nonsense. Put your own hand out for a piece of it. The FDA or CFTC can tell you how. Let us get our fair share of the profit flow to our bottom line.
USDA Program Allowing Pork Plants to Inspect Themselves Fails to Prevent Contaminated Meat
Thursday, September 12, 2013
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) spent 15 years sponsoring a pilot program that involved pork-processing plants speeding up operations while taking on a greater role in inspecting meat to ensure safety. USDA officials concluded that the new system failed to stop the production of contaminated meat—and yet, the agency wants to now expand this flawed process to all pork producers in the United States.
The pilot project was used at five American hog plants, and a similar program was also tested in select countries that export red meat to the U.S. It allowed producers to increase the speed of processing lines by as much as 20%, and it reduced the number of USDA safety inspectors by 50% at each plant, replacing them with private inspectors employed by the companies.
A program of this sort had long been advocated by the meat industry, and its initial launch in 1997 was hailed by meat producers because the reduced government oversight and increased rate of processing would mean greater profits. The government also saw the chance to save millions of dollars per year due to reducing the number of its meat inspectors.
At the time, the USDA promised it would study the effectiveness of the new inspection program. But it never did.
Now a report (pdf) issued by the USDA Office of the Inspector General (IG) shows that the 15-year experiment has proven to be a disaster for the health and safety of American and foreign consumers alike.
Among the five U.S. facilities participating in the test program, three of them landed on the government’s list of the 10 worst offenders in the country for health and safety violations, including failures to remove fecal matter from meat, according to the report.
In addition, the plant with the worst record was one of the five in the pilot program.
One piece of good news: Contaminated meat at these plants never made it to market because government inspectors caught it at the end of the processing line. But this kind of situation is considered too late in the process to effectively protect consumers from eating tainted meat.
A similar system of self-inspection by meat producers was also allowed at plants in Canada and Australia that export their beef products to the U.S. In the last two years, these facilities have “experienced a rash of problems,” according to The Washington Post.
One of the Canadian plants wound up recalling nearly nine million pounds of beef and beef products tainted with E. coli — about 2.5 million pounds of which went to the U.S. market.
The speeding up of processing lines was partly blamed for the contamination, according to Canadian government safety inspectors.
The Post’s Kimberly Kindy wrote: “And since the beginning of last year, 11 shipments of beef, mutton and goat meat from at least four Australian plants using the procedures were stopped at U.S. ports because of contamination, which included fecal matter and partly digested food, records show.”
A week before the IG issued its critical report, USDA undersecretary for food safety Elisabeth Hagen praised the inspection methods and told an industry trade publication that her department is “comfortable [with] and confident in” the program’s safety results.
The USDA told the IG that it was still conducting its own evaluation of the pilot project, but that it was hoping to not only keep it around, but also expand it to all pork plants in the U.S.
Meanwhile, the agency has tested a similar program at dozens of American chicken plants. USDA officials plan to finalize regulations this year that will authorize all chicken and turkey processing facilities to use it.
While the USDA forges ahead with its plans, interviews with six meat safety inspectors added to the ugly picture already painted by the IG report. Speaking to the Post, they said that any attempt that workers make to slow down the processing lines or complain about inadequate safety procedures results in intimidation and threats by management. Additionally, they warned that the safety of the meat has been compromised by the reduction in inspectors.
“We are no longer in charge of safety,” one veteran inspector told the Post. “That’s what the public needs to know.”
-Noel Brinkerhoff, Danny Biederman
To Learn More:
USDA Pilot Program Fails to Stop Contaminated Meat (by Kimberly Kindy, Washington Post)
At Chicken Plants, Chemicals Blamed for Health Ailments are Poised to Proliferate (by Kimberly Kindy, Washington Post)
Food Safety and Inspection Service – Inspection and Enforcement Activities at Swine Slaughter Plants (USDA Office of the Inspector General) (pdf)
Millions of Pounds of Meat Shipped without being Inspected (by Noel Brinkerhoff, AllGov)
USDA Proposes Privatizing Poultry Inspections (by Noel Brinkerhoff, AllGov)
We are not as sanguine about eBay 'rescuing' Bitcoin as this article implies. Why? Because in the past PayPal, a component of eBay, has acted conspiratorially on behalf of the banksters and fedgov "regulators" by stealing the donor account for Wikileaks. Maybe others we don't know about. If you think PayPal had a sudden stroke of morality, your tin foil chin strap is too tight.
Sunday, September 8, 2013
September 8, 2013 (Tony Cartalucci) - The corporate interests driving the United States, its resources, and policy, have invoked dead children in the latest and grisliest propaganda campaign yet, directed at the American public to build support for an otherwise unjustified and universally unwanted war with Syria.
Friday, September 6, 2013
Well done.
If the US Government and its emperor do NOT obey the wishes of the American people, who DO they obey? Look at who benefits from sabotaging the proposed pipeline of Iran, Iraq & Syria!
If the US Government and its emperor do NOT obey the wishes of the American people, who DO they obey? Look at who benefits from sabotaging the proposed pipeline of Iran, Iraq & Syria!
Published on Aug 30, 2013
SHOW NOTES AND MP3: http://www.corbettreport.com/?p=7893
Given that the pretext for attacking Syria is falling apart before the public's eyes, why is the US preparing to wage war on that country? Who benefits from the ongoing destabilization of Assad's government? What will the Middle East look like if the Sunnis take over Syria? What is Israel's role in this? What do Turkey, Qatar and Saudi Arabia have to gain from a war in Syria? And what does Bandar Bush have to do with all of this? Join us today on The Corbett Report as we discuss these and other pressing issues as the world stands on the brink of yet another US-led Middle Eastern military adventure.
Given that the pretext for attacking Syria is falling apart before the public's eyes, why is the US preparing to wage war on that country? Who benefits from the ongoing destabilization of Assad's government? What will the Middle East look like if the Sunnis take over Syria? What is Israel's role in this? What do Turkey, Qatar and Saudi Arabia have to gain from a war in Syria? And what does Bandar Bush have to do with all of this? Join us today on The Corbett Report as we discuss these and other pressing issues as the world stands on the brink of yet another US-led Middle Eastern military adventure.
Friday, 06 September 2013 10:10
The 12 countries involved in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade group reportedly plan to hammer out an agreement on tariffs during meetings in Washington to be held September 20-23.Thursday, September 5, 2013
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| Chart from Zero Hedge |
PUBLISHED: 14:38 EST, 5 September 2013
Wednesday's 10-7 vote in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee supporting an authorization of military attacks on Syria may have been affected by varying levels of financial support the senators got from political action committees representing the defense industry, and from the companies' employees.
It's an even bet that the NPR's Julia Simon is on the beam when she states below. "In fact, the appropriated funds never make their way directly to Egypt. “It goes to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, then to a trust fund at the Treasury and, finally, out to U.S. military contractors that make the tanks and fighter jets that ultimately get sent to Egypt,” wrote Julia Simon of National Public Radio (NPR)." - - Indeed, that 'trust fund' is the ESF!
You don't buy it? Watch these: How the CIA, US Fed Reserve & Treasury Use the Secret Exchange Stabilization Fund (ESF) to Hide the Truth from the American People *video series*
Thursday, September 05, 2013
You don't buy it? Watch these: How the CIA, US Fed Reserve & Treasury Use the Secret Exchange Stabilization Fund (ESF) to Hide the Truth from the American People *video series*
Thursday, September 05, 2013
6 Major Corporations that Profit from U.S. Aid to the Egyptian Military
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| F-16 fighter plane in Egypt (photo: Foley, AP) |
Geopolitical reasons have been cited repeatedly to explain why the United States continues to provide more than $1 billion in military aid to Egypt since the overthrow of President Mohamed Morsi and the subsequent crackdown on his political party, the Muslim Brotherhood.
Wednesday, September 4, 2013
The latest round of Army redundancies was 40 per cent oversubscribed by volunteers wanting to quit, an official breakdown shows, prompting concerns of falling morale.
Tuesday, September 3, 2013
Many lessons to be learned here! How long will it be before the corporatists partition it off and make it a "modern" slave plantation? 90 miles off our coast and we know so little! At least now I realize my 1950 Ford coupe is still in good hands.
Cuba 2012 (BBC Documentary) – YouTube
Published on May 14, 2013
Adventurer and journalist Simon Reeve heads to Cuba to find a communist country in the middle of a capitalist revolution. Two years ago Cuba announced the most sweeping and radical economic reforms the country has seen in decades. From ending state rationing to cutting one million public-sector jobs, one of the last communist bastions in the world has begun rolling back the state on an unprecedented scale. Simon Reeve meets ordinary Cubans whose lives are being transformed, from the owners of fledgling businesses to the newly rich estate agents selling properties worth up to 750,000 pounds.
In this hour-long documentary for the BBC's award-winning This World strand, Simon gets under the skin of a colourful and vibrant country famous for its hospitality and humour and asks if this new economic openness could lead to political liberalisation in a totalitarian country with a poor human rights record. Will Cuba be able to maintain the positive aspects of its long isolation under socialism - low crime, top-notch education and one of the best health systems in the world - while embracing what certainly looks like capitalism? Is this the last chance to see Cuba before it becomes just like any other country?
In this hour-long documentary for the BBC's award-winning This World strand, Simon gets under the skin of a colourful and vibrant country famous for its hospitality and humour and asks if this new economic openness could lead to political liberalisation in a totalitarian country with a poor human rights record. Will Cuba be able to maintain the positive aspects of its long isolation under socialism - low crime, top-notch education and one of the best health systems in the world - while embracing what certainly looks like capitalism? Is this the last chance to see Cuba before it becomes just like any other country?
Sunday, September 1, 2013
April 26, 2012
By Tony Cartalucci
BlacklistedNews.com
President George Bush, President Barack Obama, and presidential hopeful Mitt Romney all work for the exact same handful of corporate-financier interests. While they vary in how they dress up their methods of carrying out what is essentially a singular agenda, there is glaring continuity from one administration to the next in a process analogous to a corporate spokesman presenting the agenda of the board of directors. Changing spokesmen doesn’t change the agenda of the board of directors.
Read more »By Tony Cartalucci
BlacklistedNews.com
President George Bush, President Barack Obama, and presidential hopeful Mitt Romney all work for the exact same handful of corporate-financier interests. While they vary in how they dress up their methods of carrying out what is essentially a singular agenda, there is glaring continuity from one administration to the next in a process analogous to a corporate spokesman presenting the agenda of the board of directors. Changing spokesmen doesn’t change the agenda of the board of directors.
Friday, August 30, 2013
▶The treasonous Bush family The US armed Saddam Hussein with chemical and biological weapons *video*
You've heard the rumors,
here are the facts
How did Iraq get weapons of mass destruction
- and how did they disappear?
It's an almost unbelievable story - but it's thoroughly documented.
Thursday, August 29, 2013
Be intellectually honest with yourself: Would you have the courage of a Ron Paul to stand before your congressional peers and deliver this address from the podium?
Dr. Paul has a more lengthy discussion of neoconservatism, in depth 2012 video series here
Wednesday, August 28, 2013
LEGITIMATE - - really!
Breaking News | August 28, 2013
(Thomas Dishaw) Make Pepsi pay! With a recent class action lawsuit decision, Naked Juice is now forced to pay approximately 9 million dollars for false advertising.
Tuesday, August 27, 2013
These horrors were wrought by your US Government on behalf of enriching the corporatists and bankers by debt-burdening America beyond redemption. The cruelties evidenced below are now transcending generations! And you're hung up on the Nazis?! What trails of horror are we leaving behind in the Middle East?
Posted byOrraz Team on Tuesday, August 27, 2013
They were born decades after American forces had sprayed the herbicide dioxin Agent Orange in South Vietnam, but some children living in the region today continue to suffer from the horrifying effects of the chemical.
Beyond doubt the most horrific documentary of betrayal by Government that we have ever seen. And we thought we'd seen them all, and even have tapes of the Senator Kerry committee. This IS a MUST WATCH selection.
Declared "Secret" in the 'national interest'? Who the #*&^@ do these political & corporate criminals think they are fooling? The records are Secret only to protect themselves from public disgrace before the American people, and probably worse.
Declared "Secret" in the 'national interest'? Who the #*&^@ do these political & corporate criminals think they are fooling? The records are Secret only to protect themselves from public disgrace before the American people, and probably worse.
Is Raleigh's Mayor McFarlane crusading for a law that would only permit IRS tax-exempts to dispense charity (religious or otherwise) by excluding generosity from all others? Who is she fronting for....restaurants? supermarkets? government food pantries?
Ask your favorite restauranteur if they're prohibited from giving away unused food to the needy at closing. Does it all go into a dumpster? Yeah, it must be thrown out, and is unlawful to give it away.... even though it's your food.
Kick the government, state, local, or federal, out of charity! They have no Constitutional authority, state or federal to interfere in the giving of others. Don't let them use that "in the general welfare" nonsense on you. CAUTION: Beware 'false flaggers' who would join your group for the express purpose of contaminating your food as "evidence" that government regulation is "needed".
Ask your favorite restauranteur if they're prohibited from giving away unused food to the needy at closing. Does it all go into a dumpster? Yeah, it must be thrown out, and is unlawful to give it away.... even though it's your food.
Kick the government, state, local, or federal, out of charity! They have no Constitutional authority, state or federal to interfere in the giving of others. Don't let them use that "in the general welfare" nonsense on you. CAUTION: Beware 'false flaggers' who would join your group for the express purpose of contaminating your food as "evidence" that government regulation is "needed".
Published time: August 26, 2013 18:47
A non-profit organization says North Carolina police threatened to arrest members of the charity group for distributing food to more than 70 homeless people in downtown Raleigh on Saturday morning.
Monday, August 26, 2013
Published on Monday, August 26, 2013 by Common Dreams
Giant bank holding companies now own airports, toll roads, and ports; control power plants; and store and hoard vast quantities of commodities of all sorts. They are systematically buying up or gaining control of the essential lifelines of the economy. How have they pulled this off, and where have they gotten the money?
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