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This Week in Dark Money - June 15, 2012 | Money & Politics, What Matters Today | BillMoyers.com
This Week in Dark Money - June 15, 2012 | Money & Politics, What Matters Today | BillMoyers.com
Dark Money
Dark Money
Dark Money....Dark Money....
"We
need our side to wake up."
—Democratic Senate Campaign Committee executive director Guy Cecil, in an plea to wealthy liberal donors [2] to start giving to super-PACs to narrow the party's outside-spending gap.
Casino tycoon and former Newt Gingrich super-PAC megadonor Sheldon Adelson gave $10 million [3] to the pro-Mitt Romney super-PAC Restore Our Future this week—the largest disclosed donation in support of Romney to date. Adelson and his wife have contributed $35 million to super-PACs so far, and Sheldon has said that he plans to give at least $100 million [4] to conservative groups . For the billionaire, that's just a drop in the bucket [5]:
Dark Money
Dark Money
Dark Money....Dark Money....
—Democratic Senate Campaign Committee executive director Guy Cecil, in an plea to wealthy liberal donors [2] to start giving to super-PACs to narrow the party's outside-spending gap.
Casino tycoon and former Newt Gingrich super-PAC megadonor Sheldon Adelson gave $10 million [3] to the pro-Mitt Romney super-PAC Restore Our Future this week—the largest disclosed donation in support of Romney to date. Adelson and his wife have contributed $35 million to super-PACs so far, and Sheldon has said that he plans to give at least $100 million [4] to conservative groups . For the billionaire, that's just a drop in the bucket [5]:
In the Mood for Social Media - Microsoft Research
In the Mood for Social Media - Microsoft Research
...a new study from Microsoft Research Redmond proves that it is possible to identify our collective emotional state based on large-scale expressions of moods shared via social media...
...a new study from Microsoft Research Redmond proves that it is possible to identify our collective emotional state based on large-scale expressions of moods shared via social media...
Occupy Monsanto
Occupy the BIO International Conference – Boston, MA, June 18, 2012
Presented by Hawai’i GMO Justice Coalition with support from the Organic Consumers Association & Millions Against Monsanto
The biotechnology industry is having a convention June 18-21 in Boston, Massachusetts. In order to attend the sessions you must register for the conference, which costs thousands of dollars. Since we don’t want to give a dime to the biotech industry, Occupy Monsanto, Millions Against Monsanto, and other food democracy groups will be staging our own “Sidewalk Session” on the first day of the convention outside of the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center. We hope you can join us.
WHO: YOU
WHAT: A Sidewalk Session – An open mic for activists to share & expose the dangers of the biotechnology industry
WHERE: Sidewalk in front of the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center, 415 Summer Street, Boston, MA 02210
WHEN: Monday, June 18th, at 8am until 10am
WHY: The biotechnology industry is conspiring to unleash more GMOs into the environment along with more toxic pesticides.
For over 20 years, Hawai’i has been the global center for the open-field testing of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO’s), including pharmaceutical crops. Over 5,000 experimental tests have been conducted by Monsanto, Dow, Dupont/Pioneer, Syngenta and BASF that spray chemicals on an almost daily basis on our most valuable lands. They are supported by tax-breaks, and beneficial relationships with landowners, regulators and politicians. We estimate GMO companies own or lease 40,000 — 60,000 acres that are sprayed with over 70 different chemicals.
A new vision for Hawai’i would promote small farms that grow chemical-free produce, employ our youth and restore the indigenous ahupua’a system. Hawai’i has less than 3,000 acres of certified organic farmland, which is 0.27% of Hawaiian farmland.
Kamehameha Schools is Hawaii’s largest private landowner. Despite Kamehameha’s public statements about sustainability and conservation, they lease substantial amounts of land to multi-national biotech firms, including Monsanto, Dow, Dupont/Pioneer and Syngenta for GMO open field tests and seed corn production.
Kamehameha is the only institution with the land, capital and resources to reduce our food imports, that are now over 90%, and ensure that Hawai’i does not run out of food in case of natural disasters or rising oil prices.
Presented by Hawai’i GMO Justice Coalition with support from the Organic Consumers Association & Millions Against Monsanto