It’s happening now, in the US, with sometimes horrific results. Apparently it is quite legal to make fertilizer from toxic waste and, not surprisingly, toxins are still present in the “fertiizer.”

Certified, independent testing showed that, in one fertilizer brand alone, all samples exceeded the criteria for listing the contents as a hazardous waste substance.

How did this country get so off-course that such appalling threats to health are routinely allowed? By putting profits before everything, that’s how.

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Interesting that such documents are finally starting to emerge now that Bush and his band of torturers have no clout or power left. Just imagine what will start surfacing starting next January once he is finally gone. Maybe the Bush family will really need that 98,000 acre ranch in Paraguay.

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Lest you’re becoming dangerously giddy because the worldwide financial system still has a pulse, Nouriel Roubini says there’s lots more pain to come; like falling home and stock prices, a nasty recession, and $3 trillion total in bank writeoffs. And he’s been both early and correct in his predictions about the financial crisis so far. Bloomberg video

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Any further questions about how contemptible and hate-filled the Republican Party has become need no longer be considered. The Republican Party needs to be defeated so throughly on Nov. 4 that they don’t get off the ground for years to come. Or until the moderates have reclaimed their party from the racist neocon extremists who control it now.

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Once they’ve been put through an involved process to turn them into briquettes, then doped with boron, the answer appears to be Yes. This could possibly be one way to store hydrogen for use in fueling vehicles.

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Looks like a grim Christmas season, both for retailers and for websites that generate revenue from Google ads. With sales down, advertisers are cutting back on search engine advertising.

So, for those wondering, why did my Google income drop off a cliff in September, now you know.

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Front groups are deliberately misleading organizations that hide their funding, true reason for existence, and are generally controlled by another group for a political end they wish to keep hidden. You know the type, they call themselves “Greens For Saving Wildlife” but are really the Strip Mining Association of America. That kind of thing. But of course many of them are way less obvious than that.

Frontgroups.org explains their characteristics and lists many such groups that they are currently scrutinizing.

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