15 Apr 2008
Toll Road Offers New Jersey a Fiscal Test Drive

Well, if the political shitstorm the deal has stirred here is any indication of "success", I'd have to call it a failure. And there are other issues as well ...

A 157-mile-long stretch of highway in Indiana run by an Australian-Spanish consortium is being closely watched as New Jersey considers privatizing its roadways.

(link) [NYT > NYTimes.com Home]

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Monsanto's Harvest of Fear

A true tale of woe ...

Monsanto already dominates America’s food chain with its genetically modified seeds. Now it has targeted milk production. Just as frightening as the corporation’s tactics–ruthless legal battles against small farmers–is its decades-long history of toxic contamination.

(link) [Vanity Fair]

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