] Unions and management agree that we ought to sell the
] time of our lives in exchange for survival, although they
] haggle over the price. Marxists think we should be bossed
] by bureaucrats. Libertarians think we should be bossed by
] businessmen. Feminists don't care which form bossing
] takes so long as the bosses are women. Clearly these
] ideology-mongers have serious differences over how to
] divvy up the spoils of power. Just as clearly, none of
] them have any objection to power as such and all of them
] want to keep us working.

The Abolition of Work--Bob Black

Moon Pie wrote:
] Recombinant Bovine Growth Hormone makes milk cheaper by
] causing cows to pump out more of the stuff, and brings in lots
] of money for Monsanto. It also induces very elevated levels
] of IGF-1 (Insulin Growth Factor-1) which is a powerful tumor
] growth promoter. Only one test of safety was ever done, and
] the FDA will not allow anyone to see the raw data for peer
] review. Cheaper milk also means more small dairy farms go out
] of business. You won't find this out from Fox News, who is
] now suing the reporters who uncovered the story to keep them
] from independently publishing their findings. Find the full
] story of food industry business-as-usual here....

I don't know about the rest of you, but I definitely don't touch this stuff. No BGH for me, thanks.

[ Slightly edited. --Rek ]

PR Watch: Monsanto and Fox: Partners in Censorship

"The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, which promotes alternatives to animal use, claims that the school lunch program discriminates against minority students.
The USDA does not reimburse school districts for soy milk unless students provide a doctor's note demonstrating a medical need. The federally assisted lunch program requires that cow's milk be offered. "

Soy milk coming to school lunches? -

"The new data suggests that repeated ecstasy use on top of age-related attrition heightens the risk of developing what is known as parkinsonism, a condition that looks like Parkinson's disease, but isn't."

Everyone who blogs that "ecstasy cures parkinsons" articles gets the "ecstasy causes parkinsons" article in their memebox.

Ecstasy linked to serious brain damage