what?

MORE scare tactics from big bid-nez. although, this time, it's NOT exactly what you're expecting. from the ridiculous to the sublime

start putting LESS sugar in our prepared foods why don't you? it's effing healthier for us! how about using alternative sweeteners? how about using FRUIT (grown in the us for example) as a sweetener? there are a MILLION things you can do. a lot of those things are FAR BETTER for us than refined sugar.

U.S. Food Giants Warn Of Sugar Shortage: Report
By REUTERS
Reuters) - Large U.S. food companies said the country could "virtually run out of sugar" unless the Obama administration eased import curbs, the Wall Street Journal said.

In a letter to Agriculture Secretary Thomas Vilsack, the companies -- including Kraft Foods Inc , General Mills Inc , Hershey Co and Mars Inc -- said there could be a severe shortage of sugar used in chocolate bars, breakfast cereal, cookies, chewing gum and thousands of other products, the paper said.

The companies warned they would hike consumer prices and lay off workers if the agriculture department did not allow them to import more tariff-free sugar, the paper said..........

just like chiquita, shell washes their hands

in the blood of others - after tossing a few bucks to the families of the victims. then shell (and chiquita and MANY others) go on their merry ways
here's a link to a link to all my chiquita postings

Shell settles Nigeria deaths case

The execution of Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight other people sparked a global outcry

Royal Dutch Shell has agreed to pay $15.5m to settle a lawsuit which accused the oil firm of complicity in rights abuses in Nigeria.

The case, due for trial in the US next week, was brought by relatives of a group of anti-Shell activists executed in 1995 by Nigeria's military rulers.

The families say Shell helped the government to punish the campaigners.

But the company insists it did nothing wrong and said the payment was part of a "process of reconciliation".

Shell official Malcolm Brinded said: "This gesture also acknowledges that, even though Shell had no part in the violence that took place, the plaintiffs and others have suffered."........

they say they have NO choice

they do. it's greed. it's pure and simple greed. the almighty dollar. the green back. i've written about chiquita several times before. how they funded BOTH sides and how THEY WERE COMPLICIT in deaths and torture and displacements. what happened to them? a slap on the wrist is all

what will happen to shell (if they are found guilty that is)? hmmmmmmmmmmmm, i wonder

ANYTHING FOR A BUCK

Suit: Shell complicit in execution of Nigerian rights activist
Stephen C. Webster
A landmark human rights lawsuit, accusing Royal Dutch Shell of complicity in the execution of author and human rights activist Ken Saro-Wiwa some 14 years ago, will proceed to trial in a New York courtroom.

The Center for Constitutional Rights and Earth Rights International, along with Mr. Wiwa's son, allege the International oil company "financed, armed, and otherwise colluded with the Nigerian military forces that used deadly force and conducted massive, brutal raids against the Ogoni people of the Niger Delta."

They claim Shell was complicit in the 1995 military executions of nine activist leaders, including Ken Saro-Wiwa.
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they're laughing

but it really ain't funny

in MOST cases, people are wrong

to be angry at station owners. they have to make a living too. they're charging what big bid-nez (in this case OIL which is one of THE big big big 'uns) says they MUST charge. from thursday to friday in connecticut, gas went up AT LEAST $.10 a gallon (but i saw one that went up $.20). i didn't check the prices yesterday. i was out and about, but i had other things on my mind. GROCERIES for one (and THAT too wasn't pretty).

i know the people who work for big oil have to eat as well. but billions and billions and billions for the big boys while the rest of us are let to have cake? no

they're evil soul-less bastards

Peeved at Prices? Don't Blame the Dealer

Awash in Profit, Exxon Fights for Pennies While Raising the Rent

By Steven Mufson

Washington Post Staff Writer

Every time Sohaila Rezazadeh rings up a sale at her Exxon station on Chain Bridge Road in Oakton, her cash register sends the information to Exxon Mobil's central computers. If she raises the price of gasoline a couple of pennies, chances are that Exxon will raise the wholesale price she pays by the same amount.

Through a password-protected Web portal, Exxon notifies Rezazadeh of wholesale price changes daily. That way the oil giant, which is earning about $3.3 billion a month, fine-tunes the pump prices at the franchise Rezazadeh has owned for 12 years.

Now, however, Rezazadeh says she cannot stay in business. Credit-card fees are eating her profit margins. Exxon, which owns the station land, last week handed Rezazadeh a new lease raising her rent about 30 percent over the next three years. She stuck a copy on the window of her station to show customers who are angry about soaring pump prices. Rezazadeh has told Exxon that she cannot make money with the rent that high. Her territory manager's reply, she said, was simple: When you go, leave us the keys.............

this is NOT on the front page

of the nyt or wapo or a couple other big papers i've looked at (this morning. granted it's EARLY). why isn't it? no one should be surprised. we allow big bid-nez to do as they please when they please and how they please. that includes dumping shite into our water supply. however, this is still rather startling, no? (yes!!!)
Drugs found in watersheds of 28 areas
AP Investigation Details Pharmaceuticals Found in Watersheds of 28 Major Metro Areas
At least one pharmaceutical or byproduct was detected in testing within the watersheds of 28 major metropolitan areas, according to an Associated Press survey of 62 major water providers and data obtained from independent researchers. Test protocols varied widely. Some researchers tested for more drugs than others. Thirty-five areas said they tested. Four said tests were negative and three said they were awaiting results. Twenty-seven locations said they had not tested watershed supplies.
Here's the list of the 28 areas with pharmaceuticals detected, with the number found and some examples.
Arlington, Texas: 5 (unspecified drugs)
Atlanta: 10 (including caffeine, sulfamethoxazole, diltiazem, acetaminophen, trimethoprim, cotinine and paraxanthine)
Cincinnati: 4 (gemfibrozil, ibuprofen, sulfamethaxazole and ethinyl estradiol)
Columbus, Ohio: 15 (including azithromycin, erythromycin, roxithromycin, tylosin, ciprofloxacin, ofloxacin and caffeine)..............

Probe Finds Drugs in Drinking Water
AP
Posted: 2008-03-09 21:42:14
Filed Under: Health News, Nation News, Science News
(March 9) - A vast array of pharmaceuticals — including antibiotics, anti-convulsants, mood stabilizers and sex hormones — have been found in the drinking water supplies of at least 41 million Americans, an Associated Press investigation shows..........
.................But the presence of so many prescription drugs — and over-the-counter medicines like acetaminophen and ibuprofen — in so much of our drinking water is heightening worries among scientists of long-term consequences to human health.In the course of a five-month inquiry, the AP discovered that drugs have been detected in the drinking water supplies of 24 major metropolitan areas — from Southern California to Northern New Jersey, from Detroit to Louisville, Ky.Water providers rarely disclose results of pharmaceutical screenings, unless pressed, the AP found. For example, the head of a group representing major California suppliers said the public "doesn't know how to interpret the information" and might be unduly alarmed.How do the drugs get into the water?..........................

they are going to have to

pry my polly pockets from my cold dead hands!

Mattel Recalls More Chinese-Made Toys
Lead-Based Paint, Design Flaws Prompt Second Action in Two Weeks

listen, here's my take on all of this shite. the tires, the toys, the toothpaste and on and on. you get what you pay for. you send all the jobs over to other countries where you can pay the workers pennies (give or take) a day. we STILL have to pay top dollar for the goods though. why? i'll tell you. once again, to line the pockets of a few good ol' white boys. the execs MUST get their kazillion dollars. they MUST. no, one million isn't good enough. they want MORE MORE MORE. who pays? we ALL pay - one way or another