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Ramon Gonzalez
Living / Lawn & Garden
June 18, 2012
"...Everything that Morrison grew could be eaten. At the time the gardener was unemployed and not covered by insurance. She used her garden not only to feed herself, but to treat her diabetes, high-blood pressure and arthritis. According to Morrison, when she explained this to the enforcement officials she was told “we don’t care.” Morrison has filed a civil rights lawsuit arguing that the enforcement officials overstepped their bounds..."
Well, Law enforcement organizations are doing pretty well ensuring that the rights of BigPharma and Food Inc.'s rights to screw us endlessly are not violated.
I'm sure somebody who spent time in law enforcement will comment that I didn't understand this story and then give me the neatly compartmentalized version of what happened.
Fine.
Geometric cubby hole thinking and an emphasis on capitalistic endeavors without counting the human (and other species) cost is what's fucking this planet and everything trying to live on it.
Monika Bauerlein and Clara Jeffery Talk Dark Money With Bill Moyers
—By Monika Bauerlein and Clara Jeffery| Fri Jun. 15, 2012 5:00 PM PDT
Has the Drug Industry's Grip On Health Care Become a Pharmageddon?
Published on Saturday, June 16, 2012 by Rolling Stone
Senators Grovel, Embarrass Themselves at Dimon Hearing
by Matt Taibbi
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