
Politics & Globalization
International trade agreements force the U.S. and other participting countries to "harmonize" food and envrironmental safety standards to the lowest common denominator. Often these agreements are negotiated behind closed doors, shutting out Congress and the public, while granting corporations and trade associations a seat at the table. It's no surprise that these agreements give transnational corporations "special rights", allowing companies to challenge individual countries' environmental, worker and food safety laws and regulations.
Like most of you, we at OCA and Regeneration International are sick and tired of gloom and doom, false promises, and authoritarian/technocratic schemes. We’ve had enough of the mad science, genetic engineering, war-mongering, fear-mongering, political corruption, corporate greed, cancel culture, and media censorship. We’re tired of political posturing and sectarianism (“my issue or my constituency is more important than your issue or your constituency”). We’re done with name-calling and yelling at one another instead of sitting down and figuring out how we,
Read moreIt is hard to destroy your own cause and feel righteous while doing so, yet the American left has done it. After more than two centuries at the vanguard of the struggle for freedom, the American left, broadly defined, executed a volte face and embraced anti-working-class policies marketed as purely technical public health measures.
Read moreCanada’s Digital Ambition 2022 includes details about the government working on a federal “Digital Identity Program.”
“The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the need for government services to be accessible and flexible in the digital age. The next step in making services more convenient to access is a federal Digital Identity Program, integrated with pre-existing provincial platforms,” a report published by the
Read moreExposure to electromagnetic field (EMF) and radiofrequency (RF) radiation is an ever-growing health risk in the modern world. The Cellular Phone Task Force website has a long list of governments and organizations that have issued warnings or banned wireless technologies of various kinds and under various circumstances, starting in 1993.
Read moreFinal, improved version with 5 items--still seeking comments (added MAA's edits)
A Pledge to Restore our Nation and its Values
1. REVOKE UNENDING STATES OF EMERGENCY
I support limits on emergency powers. All government emergency laws, rules, regulations, orders, and directives that haven't undergone legislative review and approval must have strict time limits, not to exceed two weeks.
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The benchmark for world food commodity prices declined “significantly” in July, with major cereal and vegetable oil prices recording double-digit percentage declines. The data adds the FAO Food Price Index
Read moreThe financial crash in 2008 was real or was it part of the Great Reset… that’s just another conspiracy theory! I spoke with journalist Matt Taibbi about how he spotted rage in people following the crash in 2008 during the Obama years and how Trump capitalized on that by feeling the audience.
Read moreAs Donald Trump’s home is raided by the FBI - a move cheered on by the Democrats ahead of the midterms - is this really about him potentially breaking the law or about his potential disqualification from the 2024 elections?
Read moreKim Iversen is an independent minded rational progressive giving an honest take on today's politics.
Read moreRenowned environmental activist and author, Vandana Shiva, joined me at our first ever live community event in Hay-On-Wye. We spoke about how the mainstream media have framed the Dutch Farmer protests, the hidden land grab agenda and how data is not the highest evidence for living, a good healthy body is!
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