Sunday, July 28, 2013

Juice Frauds: What's Really In Your Juice Slideshow | Slideshow | The Daily Meal

Juice Frauds: What's Really In Your Juice Slideshow | Slideshow | The Daily Meal:
Naked Juice. In 2011, a lawsuit was filed against the company for misleading language on the labeling that ignored the "added synthetic compounds," like "Fibersol-2 (a proprietary synthetic digestion-resistant fiber produced by Archer Daniels Midland and developed by a Japanese chemical company), fructooligosaccharides (a synthetic fiber and sweetener), and inulin (an artificial and invisible fiber added to foods to... increase fiber content without the typical fiber mouthfeel)." You can still find maltodextrin on the ingredient list for Blue Machine Naked Juice.

It's Time To Start Taking This Global Food Riot Model Seriously | Motherboard

It's Time To Start Taking This Global Food Riot Model Seriously | Motherboard:
An ominous twist is that corn producers in the U.S. are currently growing more corn than the market is demanding. That is, the cost of corn for consumers is hovering at the edge of riot levels, while the selling price of corn is too low for producers. This has happened before, during the Great Depression and immediately preceding the Dust Bowl. Farmers ripped up fields for wheat and corn crops as fast as possible to make ends meet as the market price for corn tumbled, while in the eastern U.S., the country starved under catastrophic unemployment.

What followed shortly afterward was the black sky hell of the Dust Bowl drought. And, at the moment, the United States’ corn producing regions remain in a drought second only to the Dust Bowl. It’s an epic and confusing mess of circumstances with that distorted echo of some of America’s worst years. A notable difference is that the world is much more global now, with our Dust Bowl resonating in even more vulnerable parts of the world. Unfortunately, Bar-Yam’s model is about to see many more tests.

EPIC - Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Court Orders 1979-2012

EPIC - Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Court Orders 1979-2012:
 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Court Orders 1979-2012

FISA Court Judges Aren't Happy That The Public Is Upset Secret Court Issuing Secret Rulings Allowing NSA To Spy On Them | Techdirt

FISA Court Judges Aren't Happy That The Public Is Upset Secret Court Issuing Secret Rulings Allowing NSA To Spy On Them | Techdirt: “That is incorrect,” she said. “I participated in a process of adjudication, not ‘coordination’ with the executive branch. The discussions I had with executive branch officials were in most respects typical of how I and other district court judges entertain applications for criminal wiretaps under Title III, where issues are discussed ex parte.”

Holder Letter to Russian Justice Minister About Snowden - Document - NYTimes.com

Holder Letter to Russian Justice Minister About Snowden - Document - NYTimes.com:

Mr. Snowden will not be tortured. Torture is unlawful in the United States. If he returns to the United States, Mr. Snowden would be brought before a civilian court convened under Article of the United States Constitution and supervised by a United States District Judge. Mr. Snowden would receive all the protections that United States law provides to persons charged with federal criminal offenses in Article courts. In particular, Mr. Snowden would be appointed (or, if he so chose, could retain) counsel. Any questioning of Mr. Snowden could be conducted only with his consent: his participation would be entirely voluntary, and his legal counsel would be present should he wish it. Mr. Snowden would have the right to a public jury trial; he would have the right to testify if he wished to do so; and the United States would have to prove his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt to a unanimous jury. If convicted, Mr. Snowden would have the right to appeal to the United States Court of Appeals.

130529

130529: WHEREAS, the State of Missouri does not recognize the different conditions within the highly urbanized areas of the State, such as Kansas City, and rural and suburban areas of the State, and forbids almost all localized control of firearms by any local government; and



WHEREAS, before seeking a change in state law to allow reasonable approaches to reducing gun violence within the City, the City wishes to show the Missouri General Assembly that the meager actions that can be taken locally have been taken to fight the localized problem of gun violence within the City; and