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Tuesday, 29 September 2015

71% Of Americans Oppose Civil Asset Forfeiture. Too Bad Their Representatives Don't Care.

According to a YouGov/Huffington Post poll, 71% of Americans are opposed to civil asset forfeiture. Too bad their opinion doesn't matter. This is part of the problem. Most Americans haven't even heard of civil asset forfeiture. This is why the programs have run unchallenged for so many years. An uninformed electorate isn't a vehicle for change. This issue is still a long way away from critical mass. Without critical mass, there's little...

Fiat Chrysler Admits Under-Reporting Deaths & Injuries To NHTSA

Yet another auto-maker has lied.  Fiat Chrysler Automobiles US says in a statement  that it has identified deficiencies in its  TREAD reporting  and has promptly notified NHTSA. One cannot help but wonder what came first, a leak or some conscience, but as NHTSA notes this means FCA under-reported the number of deaths and injuries that the automaker may be responsible for. *FCA US: FOUND DEFICIENCIES IN TREAD REPORTING *FIAT...

Americans Trust In Mainstream Media Hits Rock Bottom

Four in 10 Americans say they have "a great deal" or "a fair amount" of trust and confidence in the mass media to report the news fully, accurately and fairly. This ties the historical lows on this measure set in 2014 and 2012. Prior to 2004, slight majorities of Americans said they trusted the mass media, such as newspapers, TV and radio. Americans' confidence in the media has slowly eroded from a high of 55% in 1998 and 1999. Since 2007, the...

Organic Farmers Suffer 77-fold Increase in Lost Revenue from GMO Contamination in Last 3 Years

Monsanto has many weapons in its arsenal when it comes to eliminating competition from non-GMO and organic farmers. After more than two decades of pushing their products onto US farmland with purposely flawed safety studies, the sheer presence of genetically modified crops poses an existential threat to the business of traditional and organic farming. A new report has come out showing the extraordinary costs that non-GMO and...

More Doctors Against Vaccines

Athough it is true that the majority of doctors support vaccines, most of them don’t even know what vaccines contain or their dangers. Their training ends with knowing how to administer them. They are taught vaccine reactions are rare and they are quick to share the same assurances with their patients. These assurances are not based on objective science but merely on what they were told, what they were taught. Whether layperson or scientist, high...