Lisa Murkowski’s - Alaska’s ‘right-in’ wonder – north star is rising in a state that is the equivalent of Texas only with snow. “Goin’, goin’ back, back to Cali, Cali” as Tupac used to say…Avatar, Jerry Brown shows us that sometimes, sometimes, brains trumps money. Proposition 19 went down in flames but no smoke. West Virginia’s Joe Mansion is the new Senator from mountaintop removal mining land. Florida proved itself once again to be a giant playground where voters shed their ‘Depends’ for the day and frolic in the ballot boxes… but to paraphrase a ‘Simpsons’ character, “But they’re old, and they’ll die – so that’s good”. Marco Rubio, it’s all yours: The American Dream isn’t actually a ‘dream’, it’s the onset of dementia.. And Boehner is Speaker of the House. Barbara Boxer held on to her seat. Christine O’Donnell’s ‘woo’ failed her. Oh, I could go on…But with Republicans back in control of the House of Representatives, a new power structure will emerge over the next few weeks. Republicans needed 39 seats to gain the majority, and are projected to gain 60 seats, the biggest shift in more than a half-century. House Republican Leader John Boehner is poised to lead the House Republican agenda, which promises to cut spending, repeal parts of President Obama's health care program and push targeted tax cuts for small businesses, which they say will lead to job growth. But as long as the banks and multinationals continue to sit on huge cash reserves, and as long as they ship jobs overseas the jobs are gone and they are not coming back. Thank gawd the Chinese own us: At least smart people are running the show…
Get This: Geo-engineering is not on most American’s radar, But people in the Southern Hemisphere are fighting back against an agengenda that compromises their land, plants, animals, and their very livelihoods. The short definition of this monster waiting in the wings: Intentional, large-scale manipulation of the environment by humans to bring about environmental change, particularly to counteract the undesired side effects of other human activities. The website to go to is: www.etcgroup.org
And in Minneapolis, Grand Jury proceedings targeting peace activists continue...
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