ST. LOUIS — Confidential contracts detailing Monsanto Co.'s business practices reveal how the world's biggest seed developer is squeezing competitors, controlling smaller seed companies and protecting its dominance over the multibillion-dollar market for genetically altered crops, an Associated Press investigation has found

If you read any economic, financial, or political analysis for 2010 that doesn’t mention the food shortage looming next year, throw it in the trash, as it is worthless.

Justin Kan speaking at Gnomedex in 2007

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Max Eternity - Late arriving for the historic climate talks taking place in Copenhagen in recent weeks, after protests and walkouts, President Obama has declared victory.  Notwithstanding, others fiercely disagree, particularly those speaking independent of governments.  "This deal will definitely result in massive devastation in Africa and small island states.

Did the Plain Dealer kill a story on Prosecutor Bill Mason because of the paper’s so – maybe too - close relationship with the people behind Issue 6 – County Reform?

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Max Eternity - In Copenhagen for international climate talks, lifelong Indian political and environmental activist, Sunita Narain, says what so many have been thinking all along.  Visit Democracy Now! for video and transcript.

The Daily Beast - Democrats are steaming over the White House’s capitulation to liberal nemesis Joe Lieberman’s demands to remove a public option and Medicare buy-in from the Senate’s heath-care bill. Progressive figures including Howard Dean and Daily Kos founder Markos Moulitsas have gone so far as to suggest scrapping the bill entirely and starting over, sparking rebukes from White House officials like David Axelrod, who called such a move “insane” in a Morning Joe interview on MSNBC on Thursday.

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Max Eternity - Fed up with Joe, the "Senatorial Prostitute" Leiberman, progressive filmmaker Michael Moore says "Boycott Connicticut."  Read more.

(CNN) -- Astronomers announced this week they found a water-rich and relatively nearby planet that's similar in size to Earth.

Bruce Cameron @ Consortium News - As Washington’s long debate on the Afghan war unfolded, one group had an unhealthy advantage though – based on its record – it should have had no influence at all. These are the neoconservatives, and they have captured The Washington Post’s editorial pages along with other outlets of elite opinion.

Seth Michaels @ AFL-CIO blog - The health care bill being considered by the U.S. Senate is inadequate and too tilted toward the insurance industry, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said today. In recent days, as the Senate has debated health care reform, small numbers of senators have held health care hostage by threatening to block a vote. The new proposal by the Senate puts the interests of insurance companies—and senators who would rather look out for the insurance companies—ahead of real reform.

Went in front of Pianka today -  short update - case dismissed!!! 

Thank you everyone for your support!

However, Tom Bell is in the same situation, if you get a chance this weekend and you are in the Tremont area, drive by the Flying Monkey.. the house immediately (adjoining) behind the Flying Monkey (facing Professor) is on the condemed/demolition list..!!!

I've invited Tom to join the discussion here.. everyone was very instrumental in stopping the craziness.

Off to work.. I'll post more later..

Des

OUR FRIENDS AT TREMONT WEST DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ARE USING THE " SHELL GAME " WITH THE TWDC MEMBERSHIP LIST -

PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING EMAILS FORM JERLEEN JUSTIS  (LARRY CORNETT) ADVOCATING EXPOSING THE MANIPULATION NON-LEGITMATE USE OF THE TWDC MEMBERSHIP LIST WITHOUT THE MEMBERSHIP BEING NOTIFIED-

dear joe cimperman &  amanda, chris garland, board of trustees twdc, and others and all members of twdc-

AGAIN MY FRIENDS AT TREMONT WEST DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ARE ATTEMPTING TO CENSOR MY BIO AS A BOARD CANIDATE-MY BIO WHICH HAS BEEN SIX PAGES  TWO SIDES FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS AS A CANIDATE FOR A BOARD MEMBER-

There are some sane voices around. Better we listen to them or wait another 40 years for some kind of health care reform. Listen to the sane voices for a change.

 Ok, RealNEO, Issue 6 passed, and all sorts of political shenanigans have kicked off, as usual.  As you all know, I made some noise about running for city council this summer, but alas, it wasn't in the cards.  There's a new deck, dealing new cards, and now I'm looking hard at running for the newly created county council seat that includes Cleveland Wards 3 (downtown, Tremont, Ohio City), 7 (St. Clair-Superior), 8 (Hough), 9 (Glenville), and 12 (Slavic Village).

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