Tag: north-korea

July 7, 2015 0

Ezra Kleinian hippie-distancing

By News Desk

Tweet A version of something I wrote on email struck a chord with some folks regarding the assertion "GMOs are safe": The term "safe" should be bifurcated into "safe for human health" and "safe for the general environment".

December 25, 2013 0

Thailand’s Upcoming Sham "Elections"

By News Desk

Since the 2006 coup that toppled his regime, Thaksin has been represented by US corporate-financier elites via their lobbying firms including,  Kenneth Adelman  of the  Edelman PR firm  ( Freedom House ,  International Crisis Group , PNAC ), James Baker of  Baker Botts  ( CFR , Carlyle Group ),  Robert Blackwill  ( CFR ) of  Barbour Griffith & Rogers (BGR) ,  Kobre & Kim ,  Bell Pottinger  ( and here ) and currently  Robert Amsterdam  of  Amsterdam & Partners  ( Chatham House ). Thaksin Shinawatra openly still runs his political party and the siting "government" in Bangkok via Skype.