Not Joe the Plumber but the “Other”: the deeper narrative of the McCain campaign

Watching the McCain campaign change its message frequently since September has caused me to wonder what the message really is. It is definitely not the economy, stupid.
 
But what is it? McCain and the Republicans have changed the labels of Obama as follows: from the “Inexperienced” to the “Rock Star” to the “Muslim” (Barack Hussein [...]

High Fructose Corn Syrup: truth on the propaganda campaign

From Dr. Mercola
 
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2008/10/21/guess-who-funds-high-fructose-corn-syrup-studies.aspx
 
Ads hyping high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) have been hitting the airwaves as part of a major marketing campaign from the Corn Refiners Association.Critics say HFCS contributes to weight gain and tricks your body into wanting to eat more. But the industry says it’s just fine, and argues that HFCS is the same [...]

Cuba: a change in sight?

By Patricia Gogg
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=44356
 
HAVANA, Oct 20 (IPS) – If elected, Democratic candidate Barack Obama could become the first United States president to engage in talks with Cuba after almost five decades of severed relations, but it will all depend on his refraining from trying to “control” a process that involves two sides, say academics from this [...]

Aspartame continues to attract scrutiny

http://www.naturalnews.com/024316.html
 
 
NaturalNews) High intake of the artificial sweetener aspartame may lead to the degeneration of brain cells and various mental disorders, according to a research review conducted by South African scientists from the University of Pretoria and the University of Limpopo and published in the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition.”We propose that excessive aspartame ingestion might [...]

Dr. Mercola: what the chemical industry does not want you to know

Dr. Mercola @ Mercola.com

The global chemical industry annually produces about 6 billion pounds of bisphenol A (BPA), an integral component of a vast array of plastic products, generating at least $6 billion in annual sales. The value of BPA-based manufactured goods is probably incalculable. Environmental Working Group studies have found BPA in more than half [...]

Starbucks: wasting 6 million gallons of water every day

By VERONICA LORRAINE
and BRIAN FLYNN
 
Source: the Sun
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article1771553.ece
 
 
STARBUCKS was blasted by environmental experts last night after The Sun discovered it pours millions of litres of precious water down the drain at its coffee shops.
 
The giant coffee chain has a policy of keeping a tap running non-stop at all its 10,000 outlets worldwide, wasting 23.4 [...]

Michael Pollan: to the next President (aka, Farmer-in-Chief)

From the New York Times
By MICHAEL POLLAN
 

Dear Mr. President-Elect,
It may surprise you to learn that among the issues that will occupy much of your time in the coming years is one you barely mentioned during the campaign: food. Food policy is not something American presidents have had to give much thought to, at least since [...]

Venezuela orders McDonalds to close

source: BBC
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7663951.stm

Venezuela’s government has shut all branches of restaurant chain McDonald’s for 48 hours, citing tax irregularities, officials have said.
 
The head of the country’s tax agency, Jose David Cabello, said the chain had inconsistencies in its accounts. The 115 branches in Venezuela were closed from Thursday to Saturday.
Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez is a [...]