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From today's Oread Daily http://oreaddaily.blogspot.com/

Somebody has to do it.

Thousands of persons from far and wide will be converging on Washington D.C. to arrest health insurance executives. the health insurance lobbying group - will be at the Ritz-Carlton hotel
in Washington, DC for its annual policy conference on March 9th and 10th - figuring out more and better ways to make super profits off the backs of the sick.

It's a strange industry, huh, but let's face it, that is exactly what the private health insurance industry is all about. They sure as hell aren't doing anyone any favors. But then, isn't that what capitalism is all about. Well, yeah, so maybe we just ought to march on Washington and get rid of capitalism itself.

Well, maybe later.  read more »

U.S.: Blackwater's Migraines Multiply

By William Fisher

NEW
YORK, Feb 28, 2010 (IPS) - Legal headaches are growing exponentially
for the security firm formerly known as Blackwater – once the darling
of the military-industrial community.

In separate
developments, two former employees of the company charged that the
security firm committed "systematic fraud" under its contracts with the
U.S. State Department in Iraq and Afghanistan; the Iraqi government
announced it would seize heavy weapons from foreign security firms and
expel ex-Blackwater contractors still in the country; and a U.S. Senate
hearing learned that Blackwater employees stole more than 500 assault  read more »

Green Economics: A Series of Community Gatherings on the Ongoing Economic Crisis

Green Economy: A Series of Community Gatherings - Sponsored by the Green Party of South Puget Sound (GPSPS), February, March, and April 2010
We will host a series of community discussions, each one preceded by an informative meeting, on the causes of the economic crisis and a variety of proposals to deal with it. The 12-part series will occur on a variety of days
(both weeknights and weekend days) over a period of 9 weeks from approximately mid-February to late April. The topics will flow logically from one session to the next to create a comprehensive series, but each session will also stand alone so you can participate in those that suit your schedule.

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Hiring Death Squads Is Coming Back to Haunt U.S. Companies


Dole Foods and Chiquita may be on the verge of facing justice for
'pacifying' their work force, suppressing labor unions and terrorizing
peasant squatters in Colombia.


February 16, 2010  |  
A
federal judge recently refused to dismiss a civil suit filed against
Chiquita which charges that the company paid leftist (FARC) guerrillas  read more »

Haiti: Companies Covet Post-War Rebuilding Contracts

by Rick WestheadToronto Star
March 23rd, 2004

Hundreds of U.S. and Canadian soldiers already
patrol the rubble-strewn streets of Port-au-Prince, and the United
Nations and other countries have pledged thousands more will soon
descend on Haiti.

While the troops may be well-armed and protected by state-of-the-art
Huey military helicopters, sustaining a peacekeeping force of thousands
requires more than security. There's also the matter of housing and
feeding the soldiers, not to mention more mundane chores like laundry,
acquiring flush toilets and showers and delivering mail.  read more »

Organic Bytes #204: Special Issue! Millions Against Monsanto: Save the Planet

December 17, 2009

Some of these Monsanto-linked appointments are further proof of how dangerous it is to elect a president who the American people trust. The public is deep asleep while a democrat administration legalizes extraordinary rendition, drone bombings of Pakistan, increases in private mercenary warfighting with taxpayer dollars as well as keeping and legalizing civil liberty curtailments of the bush administration. Pandora's box is open and hope is obscuring it's evil outpourings.    -Rick 
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Greg Palast: on coming supreme court decision on corporate election finance

AlterNet

Supreme Court's Ruling Would Allow Bin Laden to Donate to Sarah Palin's Presidential Campaign

By Greg Palast, AlterNet
Posted on December 11, 2009, Printed on December 15, 2009
http://www.alternet.org/story/144502/

 

I thought that headline would get your attention. And it's true.  read more »

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