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Organic Valley will match you dollar-for-dollar to a maximum of $25,000 if you’ll help the Center for Food Safety fight GM Alfalfa.

Please join Organic Valley in supporting the Center for Food Safety’s fight against Monsanto’s Roundup Ready GM Alfalfa!

The Center for Food Safety (CFS) has a long history fighting to stop the proliferation of genetically modified crops. In 2010 they battled Monsanto and the USDA at the U.S. Supreme Court, and were victorious in maintaining the four year ban on the planting and sale of GM alfalfa. CFS also fought successfully to uphold a ban on GM sugar beets; in November, a federal judge ordered the removal and destruction of illegally planted GM beets.

http://www.razoo.com/story/Help-Stop-Gm-Alfalfa

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Now that sounds all fine and dandy, but it turns out that Organic Valley and the Center for Food Safety are not what they seem to be.

Let’s think back to just a few short months ago when word broke out that the “organic elite” – consisting of Organic Valley, Whole Foods Market, and Stonyfield Farms – pretty much sold out to the Monsanto agenda

http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_22449.cfm

“The policy set for GE alfalfa will most likely guide policies for other GE crops as well. True coexistence is a must.”   -  Whole Foods Market, Jan. 21, 2011

In the wake of a 12-year battle to keep Monsanto’s Genetically Engineered (GE) crops from contaminating the nation’s 25,000 organic farms and ranches, America’s organic consumers and producers are facing betrayalA self-appointed cabal of the Organic Elite, spearheaded by Whole Foods Market, Organic Valley, and Stonyfield Farm, has decided it’s time to surrender to Monsanto. Top executives from these companies have publicly admitted that they no longer oppose the mass commercialization of GE crops, such as Monsanto’s controversial Roundup Ready alfalfa, and are prepared to sit down and cut a deal for “coexistence” with Monsanto and USDA biotech cheerleader Tom Vilsack.

And while the Center for Food Safety presents itself as anti-GMO, it turns out that they are actually funded by the spearheaders of the GMO movement – the Rockefellers.

http://www.infowars.com/food-depopulation-scams-and-solutions/

Some “non-profit” tax exempt 501(c)3 organizations have been known to engage in controlled opposition. For example, the Center for Food Safety (CFS) represented farmers in opposition to Monsanto in the Supreme Court GMO alfalfa case and in many other anti-GMO cases. While we have no way of knowing whether Andrew Kimbrell, the Executive Director of CFS and his brother George (of counsel) performed solid work in opposing Monsanto or whether they sandbagged the endeavor, there are reports that CFS and its parent company have taken in $1.75 million dollars from the John Merck Fund, which has ties to the Rockefeller Family Fund. Andrew Kimbrell of CFS filed a petition with the EPA to ban colloidal silver which is a natural antibiotic agent with many benefits that competes directly with Merck’s dubious pharmaceutical drugs. This organization has the appearance of working in the public’s interest, but in a separate action, it has operated in opposition to public benefit.

http://www.citizensforaconstitutionalrepublic.com/C_Anderson3-8-11.html

According to tax forms provided by Guidestar.org, the Center for Food Safety, a NPO whose lawyers have represented farmers against Monsanto, is a recipient of a grant from the Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors foundation for $75,000 in 2008 and the Center for Food Safety’s sister agency, the International Center for Technology Assessment, received $147,000 from the Rockefeller Family Fund in 2008.  This would appear to be a deep conflict of interest because the Rockefellers have been primary funders for advancing the genetically modified food revolution and agricultural manipulation as chronicled in F. William Engdahl’s book ‘Seeds of Desrtuction’.

Perhaps a more fitting name for the CFS (Center for Food Safety) would be Criminals for Frankenfood Supremacy.

http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_22449.cfm

The Organic Elite Surrenders to Monsanto: What Now?

* By Ronnie Cummins
Organic Consumers Association, Jan 27, 2011

“The policy set for GE alfalfa will most likely guide policies for other GE crops as well. True coexistence is a must.”   –  Whole Foods Market, Jan. 21, 2011

In the wake of a 12-year battle to keep Monsanto’s Genetically Engineered (GE) crops from contaminating the nation’s 25,000 organic farms and ranches, America’s organic consumers and producers are facing betrayal. A self-appointed cabal of the Organic Elite, spearheaded by Whole Foods Market, Organic Valley, and Stonyfield Farm, has decided it’s time to surrender to Monsanto. Top executives from these companies have publicly admitted that they no longer oppose the mass commercialization of GE crops, such as Monsanto’s controversial Roundup Ready alfalfa, and are prepared to sit down and cut a deal for “coexistence” with Monsanto and USDA biotech cheerleader Tom Vilsack.

In a cleverly worded, but profoundly misleading email sent to its customers last week, Whole Foods Market, while proclaiming their support for organics and “seed purity,” gave the green light to USDA bureaucrats to approve the “conditional deregulation” of Monsanto’s genetically engineered, herbicide-resistant alfalfa.  Beyond the regulatory euphemism of “conditional deregulation,” this means that WFM and their colleagues are willing to go along with the massive planting of a chemical and energy-intensive GE perennial crop, alfalfa; guaranteed to spread its mutant genes and seeds across the nation; guaranteed to contaminate the alfalfa fed to organic animals; guaranteed to lead to massive poisoning of farm workers and destruction of the essential soil food web by the toxic herbicide, Roundup; and guaranteed to produce Roundup-resistant superweeds that will require even more deadly herbicides such as 2,4 D to be sprayed on millions of acres of alfalfa across the U.S.

Full article–
http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_22449.cfm

Please sign petition here:
http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_22309.cfm

Terrorists may poison the food supply (but the food companies already have)

Mike Adams
NaturalNews
December 23, 2010

Always on the terror streak, the mainstream media is now warning Americans that terrorists may strike the food supply by dumping poison into restaurant salad bars and buffets, for example. CBS News broke the story, quoting anonymous “intelligence” sources who insist that terrorists might use ricin or cyanide to poison foods in salad bars.

I have news for CBS, the federal government, and the terrorists: If you really want to poison the U.S. food supply, just use aspartame. It causes neurological disorders and yet remains perfectly legal to dump into foods such as diet sodas and children’s medicines. You don’t even have to dump it into the food supply in secret, either: You can do it right out in full view of the public. Heck, you can even list this chemical right on the ingredients label!

Or get into the MSG business. MSG, which is often hidden on “natural” foods under an ingredient called yeast extract, is a potent neurotoxin that promotes obesity and even cancer, according to some experts. Feed people enough MSG and they’ll probably die of cancer sooner or later, and that counts toward the goal of terrorism too, doesn’t it?

If you really want to get nasty and up the body count, start a hot dog company and dump sodium nitrite into your processed meat like all the other hot dog companies do. Sodium nitrite promotes aggressive cancers — even in children — and yet the USDA and FDA allow its use in the food supply (http://www.naturalnews.com/007133.html).

Better yet, feed the population genetically modified corn and then wait for the mutations to kick in. GMOs might actually be called a biological weapon because they cause so much harm to humans and the environment. (http://www.naturalnews.com/GMO.html)

Why be a terrorist when you can do so much more damage as a processed food company?

If you’re a terrorist looking to poison the U.S. food supplyget in line, buddy! The food companies have beat you to it!

In the U.S. food supply right now, you can find toxic mercury, BPA, acrylamides, petrochemicals, dangerous preservatives, synthetic chemicals like aspartame, pesticide residues and artificial colors that alter brain function. The FDA doesn’t seem to care about any of this, of course: All these poisons in the food supply are legal!

So here’s a message to Al-Qaeda and all the other terrorists trying to kill Americans: Don’t bother with bombs and missiles… just get into the processed food business!

Or, heck, if you really want to kill Americans with poisonget into the cancer industry! The “Al-Qaeda Cancer Clinic” could really rack up some body bags by doing what all the other cancer clinics do: Inject patients with chemotherapy and watch them die (http://www.naturalnews.com/029996_c…).

Seriously, if you want to kill Americans, all you really need to do is keep supporting conventional medicine and the FDA with its do-nothing position on dangerous chemicals that threaten the health of Americans right now. FDA-approved drugs kill well over 100,000 Americans each year — a statistic that dwarfs the body count of any terrorist group.

Come to think of it, how do we know the FDA isn’t already being run by terrorists? Their actions, which blatantly endanger American lives, are entirely consistent with the aims of a terrorist organization. (http://www.naturalnews.com/001894.html)

By the way, this is all depicted in a CounterThink cartoon I created in 2006 called The Food Terroristshttp://www.counterthink.com/The_Foo… (see cartoon above).

This cartoon anticipated today’s terror news alerts by four years. That’s because when it comes to the U.S. government’s rhetoric on terrorism, it’s not that difficult to see where they’re taking it.

Want to know what the next four years will bring us? I’ll soon be publishing a list of predictions for 2011 and beyond. Watch NaturalNews.com for that announcement.

Sources for this story include:

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010…

 

 

 

Wikileaks cable reveals U.S. conspired to retaliate against European nations if they resisted GMOs

Mike Adams
December 24, 2010

Wikileaks continues to rock the political world by shedding light on conspiracies, corruption and cover-ups. The latest batch of diplomatic cables released by Wikileaks reveals what can only be characterized as a U.S.-led conspiracy to force GMOs onto European countries by making those countries pay a steep price if they resist.

The cable reveals the words ofCraig Stapleton, the US ambassador to France, who was pushing the commercial interests of the biotech industry by attempting to force GMOs into France. In his own words (below), he expresses his frustration with the idea that France might pass environmental laws that would hamper the expansion of GMOs:

“Europe is moving backwards not forwards on this issue with France playing a leading role, along with Austria, Italy and even the [European] Commission… Moving to retaliation will make clear that the current path has real costs to EU interests and could help strengthen European pro-biotech voice.”

Got that so far? His own words: “Retaliation” as a way to “make [it] clear” that resisting GMOs will have a price.

Learn more:http://www.naturalnews.com/030828_GMOs_Wikileaks.html#ixzz195t4Ps7h

Myths and Misinformation About Fat and Cholesterol: How Bad Science and Big Business Have Created the Obesity Epidemic
April 16, 2011 @ 6:30 p.m.

University Club, Harbour Room
One Tampa Center, 201 N. Franklin St., 38th Floor. A R.S.V.P. . is required

PLEASE do your duty as a citizen journalist and get an RSVP and attend the conference, take a video camera, and ask questions if allowed to do so. If you ask any questions, please ask about Monsanto controlling the so-called “food police” and their fake opposition posing as “personal responsibility advocates”. And do some research on my blog and use the information I have gathered on my blog to come up with your questions and/or talking points. This is our ULTIMATE CHANCE to finally show the sheeple that the “food police” are in bed with the food industry!

In addition, I would recommend buying Tom Naughton’s Fathead documentary on DVD and using information gathered from there in your questions and/or talking points.

Some articles you may with to use to come up with your talking points and/or questions:

http://freedomandlinux.wordpress.com/2010/07/28/define-irony-member-of-cspis-nana-nutritional-advocacy-coalition-also-fronts-for-coca-cola/

http://freedomandlinux.wordpress.com/2010/07/11/define-irony-when-an-anti-obesity-crusader-is-a-member-of-a-nutritional-advocacy-coalition-headed-by-food-industry-front-groups/

http://freedomandlinux.wordpress.com/2010/07/20/define-irony-member-of-cspis-nana-coalition-is-a-mcdonalds-front-group/

http://freedomandlinux.wordpress.com/2010/11/15/cspis-resident-gmo-shill-gregory-jaffe-is-a-lawyer-not-a-scientist/

http://freedomandlinux.wordpress.com/2009/07/25/food-nazis-using-obesity-reichstag-to-bring-on-new-holocaust/

http://freedomandlinux.wordpress.com/2010/06/10/meme-roth-the-ultimate-apologist-for-the-food-industry-and-whitewasher-of-the-obesity-epidemic/

http://freedomandlinux.wordpress.com/2010/11/09/cspi-says-splenda-toxicity-is-a-conspiracy-theory/

http://freedomandlinux.wordpress.com/2010/05/19/from-2003-and-2004-cspi-calls-for-a-food-pearl-harbor-as-pretext-to-pass-food-safety-reform/

http://freedomandlinux.wordpress.com/2010/07/17/food-industry-apologist-michael-jacobson-appears-on-the-oreilly-factor/

http://food.change.org/petitions/view/tell_cspi_remove_the_american_dietetic_association_from_nana_nutritional_advocacy_coalition

http://freedomandlinux.wordpress.com/2010/07/04/food-industry-apologist-marion-nestle-says-butylhydroquinone-and-dimethylpolysiloxane-found-in-chicken-mcnuggets-pose-no-health-risks/

http://freedomandlinux.wordpress.com/2009/08/27/%E2%80%9Cfood-cops%E2%80%9D-and-%E2%80%9Cnutritional-%E2%80%98advocates%E2%80%99%E2%80%9D-marion-nestle-and-cspi-team-with-food-industry-shills-to-defend-hfcs/

http://freedomandlinux.wordpress.com/2010/09/17/why-do-the-food-police-and-hfcs-shills-both-say-hfcs-is-the-same-as-sugar/

http://freedomandlinux.wordpress.com/2010/09/11/cspi-food-nazis-take-a-cue-from-pnac-and-911-use-salmonella-false-flag-to-justify-the-food-patriot-act/

http://freedomandlinux.wordpress.com/2010/09/05/salmonella-eggs-there-was-prior-knowledge-it-was-allowed-to-happen-on-purpose/

http://freedomandlinux.wordpress.com/2010/08/29/controlled-opposition-phony-animal-rights-groups-pcrm-peta-still-shilling-for-beefdairy-industry-front-american-dietetic-association/

http://freedomandlinux.wordpress.com/2010/11/01/mainstream-media-article-exposes-how-the-food-police-are-funded-by-the-food-industry-yet-covers-up-how-aspartame-and-msg-cause-obesity/

http://freedomandlinux.wordpress.com/2010/11/13/the-fake-war-on-obesity-mcdonalds-kfc-pepsi-to-dictate-obesity-policy/

And don’t forget Codex Alimentarius!

April 16, 2011 | 6:30 p.m. | David Diamond, USF professor of psychology, molecular pharmacology and physiology

Despite the well-established health benefits of diets rich in cholesterol and saturated fats, poorly conducted research has led the general public to believe the myth that a low-fat, low-cholesterol, meat-restricted diet promotes good health. David Diamond will review the history of how poorly conducted research, inappropriate government intervention and large profits to drug companies have contributed to the obesity epidemic and overall decline in the health of Americans.


http://www.grist.org/article/2010-09-20-why-is-the-fda-about-to-rubber-stamp-ge-salmon

Gregory Jaffe: Last and perhaps most concerning, the committee’s supposed consumer advocate is a lawyer (not a scientist) representing the Center for Science in the Public Interest, an organization that favors the use of agricultural biotechnology. Like Van Eeenennaam, he has served on AC21, from 2004 to 2008. His views can be seen in a paper he wrote called “Creating the Proper Environment for Acceptance of Agricultural Biotechnology.” In it he states CSPI’s unequivocal support for agricultural biology and his belief that genetically engineered crops have increased productivity and farmer income while reducing pesticide use, and that GE crops are safe for humans and the environment. Each of these conclusions is controversial, and credible evidence abounds disproving each, give or take the claim on farmer income.

Jaffe completes the paper by tackling what he sees as the true threat of biotechnology — public acceptance of GE foods. He calls for “a strong, but not stifling, regulatory system.” He also calls for the regulatory system to be “transparent and participatory” with “independent risk assessment research that informs the public and regulators.” Sounds good, but a full reading of the paper makes it apparent that perhaps his interest in regulation is intended more as a public show to convince the public to eat GE foods, than a true review of the safety of GE products. In a more recent article, “Questions About Genetically Engineered Animals,” Jaffe expresses optimism that genetically engineered animals, including the AquAdvantage salmon, will provide environmental or health benefits.

http://www.gmwatch.org/latest-listing/1-news-items/12529-gm-salmon-are-you-out-of-your-minds

Gregory Jaffe was also imported into the committee as their supposed consumer advocate. In reality, he is with the pro-GMO Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), an organization that consistently ignores the mounting evidence of adverse health impacts from GE crops. Jaffe even filed a complaint to the FDA in 2001 complaining of companies that label their products as non-GMO. What further qualified Jaffe for his committee position was his published article Questions About Genetically Engineered Animals, where he touts the environmental benefits of AquAdvantage salmon.

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http://www.connectlive.com/events/pewagbiotech062702/jaffebio-html.html

BIOGRAPHY:
GREGORY JAFFE, J.D.
DIRECTOR, PROJECT ON BIOTECHNOLOGY
CENTER FOR SCIENCE IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST

Gregory Jaffe is the Director of the Project on Biotechnology for the Center for Science in the Public Interest (“CSPI”), an advocacy and educational organization that focuses on nutrition and health, food safety, alcohol policy, and sound science. CSPI was instrumental in pushing through the federal law to create the “Nutrition Facts” label with clear nutrition information and that set standards for nutrition and health claims on food labels.  CSPI is supported primarily by its 800,000 subscribers to its Nutrition Action Healthletter, a health and nutrition magazine published ten times a year.

Mr. Jaffe came to CSPI after a long and distinguished career in government service.  He first worked as a Trial Attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice’s Environmental and Natural Resources Division for seven years.  He then moved on to become Senior Counsel with the U.S. EPA, Air Enforcement Division, before joining CSPI to direct the Biotechnology project.  Over the last decade, he has been a strong advocate for federal positions in federal court and frequently has spoken publicly on behalf of EPA.  At EPA he was awarded a bronze medal for commendable service, a special achievement award, and a gold medal for performance.

Jaffe’s interest in biotechnology began early in his career when he wrote a law review article on regulatory issues surrounding biotechnology and genetically modified organisms. In the early 1990s, while at the Department of Justice, he advised the Assistant Attorney General on biotechnology issues and worked with a federal interagency committee addressing biotechnology policy.  He is currently a member of the Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology’s Stakeholders Forum and was a member of the University of Pennsylvania Bioethics Center’s GMO Consumer Values Panel.  He has published articles on agricultural biotechnology in the Christian Science Monitor, the Food and Drug Law Institute’s Update magazine, and the Environmental Law Institute’s Environmental Forum Magazine.  He also has spoken at over a dozen conferences addressing agricultural biotechnology issues, both in the United States and abroad.  He is a recognized expert on the U.S. regulatory structure for agricultural biotechnology as well as consumer issues pertaining to agricultural biotechnology.

Gregory Jaffe earned his BA with High Honors from Wesleyan University in Biology and then received a degree from Harvard Law School.

Leading environmental campaigners flip-flop to support nuclear power and GM foods
http://www.activistpost.com/2010/10/leading-environmental-campaigners-flip.html

Editor’s Note: This propaganda alert claims the environmental movement has been wrong for decades in opposing GMO foods and nuclear power.  It’s a clear indication that the real environmental movement has been hijacked by the crowd that promotes CO2 as more dangerous than depleted uranium, or genetically-mutated pesticide-ready crops.  It’s convenient for the establishment to force the world’s population to choose between the lesser of their two evils, both of which thoroughly enrich them and continue to poison the planet.

Leading environmental campaigners have performed a u-turn on two key technologies they have opposed for decades by openly calling for greater use of nuclear power and genetically modified crops to help the world tackle climate change.

Richard Gray
Telegraph

For years they campaigned against nuclear power and genetically-modified food. But now some leading environmental campaigners have performed a U-turn and said that they got it wrong.

The activists now say that by opposing nuclear power they encouraged the use of polluting coal-fired power stations, while by protesting against GM crops they prevented developing countries from benefiting from a technology that could have helped feed the hungry.

Mark Lynas, a campaigner who has been a member of action groups on GM foods and climate change, said the environmental lobby was losing the battle for public opinion on climate change because it had made too many apocalyptic prophecies and exaggerated claims.

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The American Dietetic Association, which is a steering committee member of CSPI’s NANA Coalition, is funded in part by the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association. The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association is a front group for Monsanto, Cargill (Cargill Meat Solutions and Cargill Animal Nutrition Division), Pioneer (a DuPont front), DuPont Qualicon, Bank of America/Merrill Lynch (the banksters…why am I not surprised?), U.S. Bancorp Ag Credit (the banksters AGAIN!), Bayer, Dow AgroSciences, Pfizer, Kraft/Oscar Mayer Foods, Tyson Foods, Wal-Mart, and…you won’t believe this…MCDONALD’S and WENDY’S.

http://www.beefusa.org/affialliedindustrypartners.aspx

All these years when the libs bitched about the Center for Consumer Freedom being funded by the fast food industry and being a front group for them……and it turns out that CCF’s “opposition” – CSPI – is linked to the fast food industry as well.

Michael F. Jacobson goes on the O’Reilly Factor and bitches about McDonald’s using Happy Meal toys to seduce innocent kids into a lifestyle of unhealthy eating habits and obesity and diabetes……and now it comes out that a steering committee member of his NANA Coalition is FUNDED BY A MCDONALD’S FRONT GROUP!

Michael F. Jacobson, YOU ARE A HYPOCRITE AND A FRAUD! And the people are starting to wake up to the fact that MeMe Roth is a Monsanto apologist.

3 days ago

That bitch MeMe Roth needs to go after the chemical industry or genetic modified ingredients & MonsantoShe didn’t mention genetic modified ingredients she probably eats all kinds of genetic modified foods and breathes toxic sludge like most people…

WE ARE WINNING THE INFOWAR AGAINST THE FOOD INDUSTRY APOLOGISTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

IMPORTANT EDIT!

HUGE smoking gun I just found. Dr. Cynthia Goody (McDonald’s Director of Nutrition) and Julia Braun (McDonald’s U.S. Nutrition and Labeling Manager) are members of the American Dietetic Association! The ADA is a 100% McDonald’s front group! CSPI’s NANA Coalition has a McDonald’s front group as a member while CSPI complains about Happy Meal toys! CSPI and the NANA Coalition are FRAUDS!


http://www.politicalfriendster.com/showConnection.php?id1=4598&id2=3765

http://www.mcdonalds.com/us/en/food/food_quality/nutrition_choices/kids_nutrition/food_to_feel_goodabout.html

On one hand, if the government were to ban high-fructose corn syrup, production of the mercury-containing toxic GMO sweetener would just be moved out of the country. The government would most likely ship the HFCS in for CIA-run food producers who would produce HFCS-containing food to be sold by black-market underground dealers who would then participate with the CIA and the federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies in “HFCS raids” where people are SWAT-teamed, tasered, and shipped off to glorified concentration camps.

On the other hand, if the government were to tax high-fructose corn syrup, the tax would only benefit the criminal banksters – namely the Rockefellers – who created the obesity epidemic in the first place with all the aspartame and MSG and GMO foods (including HFCS). The tax would be collected by the IRS – the Federal Reserve’s private enforcement arm – who would then assist the Fed in funnelling the stolen money to private offshore banking cartels who own the Fed and the IRS.

Ban HFCS or tax HFCS: Pick your poison.

I know some of the sheeple will call me a shill for the food industry. Just let it be known that the criminal offshore banking cartels co-opted the mainstream food industry long ago. (Indiri Nooyi, chairman/CEO of PepsiCo, is a Bilderberger. George A. David, CEO of Coca-Cola, is a Bilderberger.) Why do you think the CEOs of PepsiCo and Coca-Cola are members of the Bilderberg Group? The banksters own, fund, and control the food industry. Likewise, the same banksters also own, fund, and control the “food police” who helped get trans fat in the food supply before calling for it to be banned (shades of John Kerry’s “I actually did vote for the war spending bill…before I voted against it“) and calls for salt and sugar to be taxed in order to assist their bankster overlords in the planned implosion of the U.S. economy.

If you’re gonna call me a shill for the food industry, then at least call me a shill for the alternative food industry, for which I am. I shill for organic foods. I shill for natural foods. I shill for nutritional foods. I shill for vitamins and minerals. I shill for stevia (and not that toxic Cargill/Merisant fake-stevia crap known respectively as Truvia and PureVia). If you’re gonna call me a shill, then at least get your shill accusations correct.

Ban HFCS to tax HFCS: Pick your poison. So sheeple, what would you rather have: More police-state powers and the continuation of the failed “War on Drugs”, or the planned implosion of the U.S. economy?

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