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Moyers on the plutocracy

Posted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sunday, 27 November 2011

Although responsible journalists have been using the term "oligarchy" to describe the American form of government, we here at Badlands have been prone to call it "plutocracy" for several years now. We do it for the same reasons Bill Moyers has come over to the "plutocracy camp:" familiarity with agriculture, agribusiness and especially, agro-politics.
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Bill Moyers: Our Politicians Are Money Launderers Not Too Different from Tony Soprano

The greatest public institution of higher education in the world at work

Posted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tuesday, 22 November 2011

We can hardly wait to see how UC flaks its way out of this one. Prof. Nathan Brown is to be congratulated for writing clear language any Eglish speaker can understand to one of the biggest bullies in this state, the University of California, its campus shock troops and its legions of propagandists.
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Big Toxic

Posted by Anonymous (not verified) on Monday, 21 November 2011

IF you don't read another article on the environment over the holidays, we suggest you might read this terrific piece on Alternet by Tara Lohan about the five most toxic energy companies.

Shareholder chosen psychopaths at the wheel destroyed the economy and maybe the earth if we're not lucky

Posted by Anonymous (not verified) on Saturday, 12 November 2011

...these numbers need to be tattooed on our minds. Between 1947 and 1979, productivity in the US rose by 119%, while the income of the bottom fifth of the population rose by 122%. But from 1979 to 2009, productivity rose by 80%, while the income of the bottom fifth fell by 4%. In roughly the same period, the income of the top 1% rose by 270%. -- George Monbiot, Nov. 8, 2011

De l'eau de cochon

Posted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tuesday, 8 November 2011

11-06-11
LA Times
There's too much pork on the table
Gov. Brown and the Legislature need to trim the fat from the water bond and serve it to voters...George Skelton

Sanctimonious "educator" abused students but dodged criminal prosecution through statute of limitations

Posted by Anonymous (not verified) on Monday, 7 November 2011

11-06-11
Modesto Bee
DA says Andersen knew of asbestos risk in Merced school
By Victor A. Patton
http://www.modbee.com/2011/11/06/1935528/merced-county-andersen-knew-of.html
MERCED -- Merced County's former education chief broke state law by knowing that high school students were exposed to cancer-causing asbestos, but waiting more than a year to notify law enforcement.

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