New cables ‘expose’ US govt lobbies worldwide for Monsanto, other GMO corps

After US diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks showed that the State Department was lobbying worldwide for Monsanto and other similar corporations, a new report based on the cables shows Washington’s shilling for the biotech industry in distinct detail.   Original post on rt.com    Comments on reddit.com   

The Pirate Bay Is Down Across the Globe

If you sketchily poked on over to the Pirate Bay to do a little downloading of a legal, quasi-legal, or outright illegal nature recently, you may have noticed you can’t get through. No, your ISP hasn’t started blocking it; it’s down for everyone, everywhere. Proxies too.   Original post on gizmodo.com    Comments on reddit.com   

‘You’re going to have to take my word for it’: Mitt Romney, tax returns, and a decade of evasion – Lean Forward

Another Mitt Romney election, another set of tax questions without answers. The Republican candidate has been hammered in recent months for refusing to release more information about his tax returns. But as Rachel Maddow explained Wednesday night, compared to nearly being thrown …   Original post on nbc.com    Comments on reddit.com