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New Groundwater Study Exposes Deep Folly of Fracking

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by Wenonah Hauter | Common Dreams Nothing shows the dangerous connection between drought and fracking more than the study released by the journal Nature this week, which shows groundwater demand is exceeding supply, particularly in agricultural zones. Not only is the oil and gas industry turning our rural areas into sacrifice zones, it is also [...]

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Pioneer in Sustainable Agriculture Shares his Vision of the Future of Food

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By Dr. Mercola | mercola I recently visited Joel Salatin at his Polyface farm in Virginia. He’s truly one of the pioneers in sustainable agriculture, and you can take a virtual tour through his various farm operations in the video above. As a physician, it’s patently obvious to me—and I’m sure most of you viewing [...]

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They Kill with Smiles on their Faces

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by Barbara H. Peterson | Farm Wars I would like to take us back to Anniston, Alabama, circa 1929 to 1971. Monsanto was the name, and soil contamination was the game. In a gesture of good will, this philanthropic corporation that had been manufacturing PCBs and other harmful chemicals in town “invited Anniston residents to [...]

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MIT develops remarkable autonomous, agile indoor UAV

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By James Holloway | Gizmag Researches at MIT have demonstrated a remarkable new micro-UAV capable of flying and avoiding obstacles in an indoor environment. It’s autonomous, gathers data solely from onboard sensors (without GPS), and is fixed-wing—so it doesn’t have the luxury of hovering. The team behind the research, MIT’s Robust Robotics Group, previously developed [...]

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This Week in Transparency: Congress Votes for Secrecy, Leak Hysteria, and a FOIA Request Fulfilled

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By Mark M. Jaycox and Trevor Timm | EFF While EFF has continually criticized the the Obama administration for their lack of transparency, it’s becoming clear that as much—if not more—blame rests with Congress. As we explained recently, new “anti-leaks” legislation proposed in the Senate would restrict press freedoms, markedly increase government secrecy, and do [...]

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Ryan’s Hopes: Romney’s Veep Pick Proves Electoral Politics is a Fantasy World

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by Thomas L. Knapp | C4SS The UK’s Guardian sports a typical “analysis” headline on Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney’s selection of US Representative Paul Ryan (R-WI) as his running mate: “[F]irebrand from Wisconsin has built reputation on fiscal frugality.” Ryan, writes the Guardian‘s Paul Harris, is “determined to wield the axe on matters fiscal and [...]

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One Nation Under Drugs: How the FDA Is Sabotaging Your Health and the Environment

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by Shane Ellison, M.S | ecohearth As a medicinal chemist, I tried to ignore my suspicion that an insidious and deliberate conspiracy to get each and every American hooked on drugs, while at the same time bankrupting them, existed between Big Pharma and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). I enjoyed my work. Drug design [...]

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Secrets of the CIA

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davidicke ‘Secrets of the CIA is a revealing 90-minute documentary. In this riveting exposé, five former CIA agents describe how their initial pride and enthusiasm at serving their nation turned to anguish and remorse, as they realized that they were actually subverting democracy and killing innocent civilians all in the name “national security” and promoting [...]

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Is It Finally Time to Let the South Secede ?

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By Joshua Holland | Alternet The author of a new book challenges Northerners and Southerners to consider the possibility of a friendly divorce. Perhaps we shouldn’t be surprised that cultural friction between the North and South persists to this day. After all, we fought an incredibly brutal, ugly Civil War. The battlelines that were drawn [...]

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Are The Government And The Big Banks Quietly Preparing For An Imminent Financial Collapse?

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by Michael Snyder | The Economic Collapse Something really strange appears to be happening.  All over the globe, governments and big banks are acting as if they are anticipating an imminent financial collapse. Unfortunately, we are not privy to the quiet conversations that are taking place in corporate boardrooms and in the halls of power [...]

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U.S. Super Soldiers Of The Future Will Be Genetically Modified Transhumans Capable Of Superhuman Feats

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By Michael | The American Dream The future of war is going to look really, really weird.  The “super soldier” research that DARPA (the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) is working on right now is unlike anything we have ever seen before. If DARPA is successful, and if the American people don’t object, the soldiers [...]

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DHS To Purchase Another 750 Million Rounds Of Ammo

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DHS To Purchase Another 750 Million Rounds Of Ammo

Paul Joseph Watson | Infowars Second massive ammunition buy this year fuels fears of civil unrest Fears that federal authorities are preparing for mass civil unrest have increased after it was revealed that the Department of Homeland Security is planning to buy a further 750 million rounds of ammo in addition to the 450 million [...]

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