Post Office

Condemning the U.S. Postal Service’s Move to End Saturday Delivery, by Ralph Nader:


http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/02/06-8

The Super Bowl Ad That Coke And Pepsi Desperately Don’t Want You To See

http://www.alternet.org/personal-health/super-bowl-ad-coke-and-pepsi-desperately-dont-want-you-see?akid=10034.153143.xm4lwV&rd=1&src=newsletter791823&t=9

Former FDA Reviewer Speaks Out About Intimidation, Retaliation and Marginalizing of Safety

"MR: And in addition to this alleged wrongdoing, the public is at risk from unsafe drugs that were approved?
RK: Yes. In fact, thanks in part to the Prescription Drug User Fee Act, [in which drug companies pay for expedited reviews] thalidomide could not be stopped today."
http://truth-out.org/news/item/10524-former-fda-reviewer-speaks-out-about-intimidation-retaliation-and-marginalizing-of-safety

7 Ultra-Rich Companies Rake in Profits While Paying Workers Peanuts

http://www.alternet.org/story/156390/7_ultra-rich_companies_rake_in_profits_while_paying_workers_peanuts?page=0%2C3&akid=9132.153143.Y9iRlB&rd=1&src=newsletter682153&t=4&paging=off

MORE Proof Of Corporate Control of Our Government

FDA Spied on Whistle-Blowing Scientists:
"It is absolutely unacceptable for the FDA to be spying on employees who reach out to members of Congress to expose abuses or wrongdoing in government agencies," said Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., who has examined the agency's medical review procedures."
http://www.sfgate.com/nation/article/FDA-spied-on-whistle-blowing-scientists-3707658.php

The 6 Types of Pills Big Pharma Wants You Hooked On for Life

"But ever since drug advertising became legal in the U.S., Big Pharma has been making big bucks selling you pills that not only are expensive, but intended to keep you hooked on them for life. As with most advertised consumer products, drugs with blockbuster potential are not necessarily important life-saving drugs. No, rather than curing actual disease, these drugs tend to be focused on the treatment of symptoms—symptoms that many people tend to experience, and which may or may not be caused by a particular disease..."
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2012/05/14/mercks-adhd-drugs-unsafe.aspx?e_cid=20120514_DNL_art_1

Bipartisan Political Elite Implicated in For-Profit Education Fraud

"As I have previously written, you won't read about any of this in The Washington Post because the Post owns a predatory for-profit college outfit known as Kaplan University, nor will you hear much about it in the rest of the corporate press."

"By not prosecuting a single person related to the mortgage debacle, the Obama administration has now given the green light to for-profit college executives, such as McKernan and Post CEO Donald Graham, to engage with impunity in conduct which should be considered illegal and subject to criminal prosecution."
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/8589-bipartisan-political-elite-implicated-in-for-profit-education-fraud