Naked Capitalism Link of the Day

Today's links- I have to highlight two.  First, on the ag side, Pathogen in Roundup Ready Soy and Corn Could Lead to Calmity, Scientist Warns, at Mother Earth News.  I don't put much stock in the opposition to GMO crops, but I think this should be monitored to see what there is to it.  From the story:

A new self-replicating, micro-fungal virus-size organism could be causing spontaneous abortions in livestock, sudden death syndrome in Monsanto’s Roundup Ready soy and wilt in Monsanto’s Roundup Ready corn, a plant pathologist has warned U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. Randy Ananda reports today in peoplesvoice.org that Dr. Don M. Huber, who coordinates the Emergent Diseases and Pathogens committee of the American Phytopathological Society, has found that “the pathogen threatens the U.S. food and feed supply and can lead to the collapse of the U.S. corn and soy export markets.” The USDA’s recent move to deregulate GE alfalfa “could be a calamity,” he stated.

"My letter to Secretary Vilsack was a request to allocate necessary resources to understand potential nutrient-disease interactions before making (in my opinion) an essentially irreversible decision on deregulation of RR alfalfa," Huber told Food Freedom in an email.

Also, Another Runaway General: Army Deploys Psy-Ops on U.S. Senators, at Rolling Stone.  Reminds me of  George Romney saying he was brainwashed by the Army brass in Vietnam.  From the article:

The U.S. Army illegally ordered a team of soldiers specializing in "psychological operations" to manipulate visiting American senators into providing more troops and funding for the war, Rolling Stone has learned – and when an officer tried to stop the operation, he was railroaded by military investigators.
The orders came from the command of Lt. Gen. William Caldwell, a three-star general in charge of training Afghan troops – the linchpin of U.S. strategy in the war. Over a four-month period last year, a military cell devoted to what is known as "information operations" at Camp Eggers in Kabul was repeatedly pressured to target visiting senators and other VIPs who met with Caldwell. When the unit resisted the order, arguing that it violated U.S. laws prohibiting the use of propaganda against American citizens, it was subjected to a campaign of retaliation.

There are also several excellent links dealing with the attacks on the public sector unions, privatization and other issues involving the U.S. budget and economy.  As I've mentioned before, I think the Naked Capitalism links each day are among the best reads on the internet.