A Visit To "Some Assembly Required"

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We are consuming our way to mass extinction.

 Say Ahh... Crap: Officials in Florida have been struggling for months to hide the worst TB outbreak in the US in over 20 years. The cover-up began last February, when there was a sudden spike of TB among 'the underclass' in Duval Country, where health officials chose not to tell the public (repeating their silence in 2008 with another TB outbreak). So far there have been 13 deaths among the 99 known cases, and about 3,000 people exposed, mainly in Jacksonville. Enjoy your vacation in the Sunshine state.

Sun, Setting? Machinery orders in Japan were expected to drop abut 2.6% last month, as the economy slowed. Instead, orders fell 14.8%, and Japan's current account surplus tumbled by over 60%.

The Worm Turns: Last fall, the EPA warned that Monsanto’s Bt corn was falling victim to the rootworms it had been specifically engineered to be impervious to. The EPA also suggested that Monsanto's monitoring of its product was “inadequate.” A company spokesman – who apparently once worked for the tobacco industry - said “there’s no scientific confirmation of resistance to its Bt corn.” There is now.

Stupid Is As Stupid Does: Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) on Monday said that his state would refuse to implement President Barack Obama’s health care reform law because it was “like adding 1,000 people to the Titanic.” Perry said that he would not set up state health care exchanges and he would reject federal funds to expand Medicaid. Texas ranks last in state health services. One out of four Texans has no health insurance and one in four is on Medicare/Medicaid, yet Perry says “The real issue here is about freedom.” Perry is foregoing federal payments to provide Medicaid to 1.2 million of the poorest Texans.

Privatization In Action: Greece, as part of its IMF/EU/ECB mandated garage sale, is selling four Airbus A340 passenger jets for $40.4 million. New, the Airbus goes for about $250 million each. Not everyone in Greece is pleased.

Pinching Pennies: Scranton, PA is down to its last $5,000, so the mayor put himself and all city employees – including police and firemen - on minimum wages ($7.25 and hour). The city owes over $1 million to its employees.

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