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Support for attacks against constitutional order

mercredi 19 février 2020 à 01:00

After the US-supported coup in Honduras in 2009, the country has suffered two more attacks against the constitutional order, both with US support of course.

Farmicide

mercredi 19 février 2020 à 01:00

Dicamba, Monsanto's latest herbicide, the next generation after Roundup, is meant to be used with genetically engineered resistant crops. But it drifts off the field and poisons nearby farms. Monsanto has been ordered to pay 15 million dollars in compensation to a large peach farm that has been destroyed, plus 250 million in punitive damages.

Will it be possible to rebuild the production there, or is it lost forever?

No bottling for state waters

mercredi 19 février 2020 à 01:00

Washington State is considering a law to put its waters off limits to bottling.

Why Taliban are fighting

mercredi 19 février 2020 à 01:00

The Afghan government's soldiers say the reason they are fighting is for the pay. They can't find other work.

Meanwhile, the Taliban soldiers are fighting mainly because the US side has killed their relatives. That is not a deep commitment, but it is stronger than a salary. No wonder the Taliban keep gaining. But this suggests that if the US stops fighting them, in a few years they will not be motivated to fight the US any more.

Resign Now

mercredi 19 février 2020 à 01:00

*More Than 2,000 Former US Department of Justice Officials Tell William Barr: Resign Now!*