Guess who the supporters of no on Prop 29, the $1 increase in tax on cigarettes, are?
RJ Reynolds is the “Manufacturer of Camel, Century, Doral, Magna, Monarch, More, Now, Salem, Sterling, Vantage, and Winston.”
And we all know Philip Morris “Philip Morris USA Inc., an Altria company, is the nation’s leading cigarette manufacturer, and has had the highest revenues, income, volume and market share”
Check out the details below.
http://voterguide.sos.ca.gov/propositions/29/
the link to prop 29
Israel claims that olive trees in Wadi Qana must be uprooted for a nature reserve, but the move is about controlling the land and destroying the Palestinian economy.
(Oren Ziv / ActiveStills)Israeli civil administration document orders Palestinian…
The movement is growing.
There can no longer be denial about this moving into the mainstream.
Divestment from the pension funds were voted down on the other hand.
Below is a clever campaign from some of the activist putting a spin on a recent advertisement from the Israeli travel ministry.
Garbology
Our Dirty Love Affair With Trash
This dude was great on Fresh Air.
Checked it out on Fresh Air last night and learned this crazy fact about how much we waste: The amount of plastic in the ocean (in pieces small enough to enter the food chain) is equivalent to the weight of 40 aircraft carriers.
If you ever wanted to know where your snack foods and cereal come from this map might help.
I’ve read that this map is not the most up to date, but it shows how a very few companies own many of the things that we consume and use.
Don’t you love how Lipton is part of the Unilever tree. (Tea and axe body wash… lovely)
US legislators need to be as passionate, I feel. Violence is not the answer, but it sure shows that the politicians of South Korea are for real, rather than some of the 1 percenters sitting fat in congress in the US.
More info on the personal net worth of congressional members.
