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cali

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12. Thanks for such an enthusiastic and warm welcome back

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Mon Nov 16, 2015, 05:05 PM

Nov 2015

Let me add that the TPP is virtually unreadable. I've been trying. It's also a done deal. The vote on it is simply a formality. The real vote was the tpa. And this is hardly the end. Next up; the ttip, also pretty much a done deal.

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Surprise! The New Trade Deal Is Written for and By Corporations [View all] cali Nov 2015 OP

Let me be the first to rec this. TM99 Nov 2015 #1

Gee. Octafish Nov 2015 #2

Coming back swinging! arcane1 Nov 2015 #3

...and she’s back!!!! Yeah!!! dorkzilla Nov 2015 #4

Welcome back!! Autumn Nov 2015 #5

K&R jwirr Nov 2015 #6

Which anyone with half a brain saw coming. hobbit709 Nov 2015 #7

Great post CALI welcome back and thank you Vincardog Nov 2015 #8

K & R historylovr Nov 2015 #9

Welcome back! (nt) jeff47 Nov 2015 #10

NAFTA on steroids Doctor_J Nov 2015 #11

Thanks for such an enthusiastic and warm welcome back cali Nov 2015 #12

You know, not all trade deals are bad... Scalded Nun Nov 2015 #13

Quite true. Alas, it really is a done deal cali Nov 2015 #16

Once this abomination is etched in stone, bvar22 Nov 2015 #45

I'm shocked.... daleanime Nov 2015 #14

Welcome back. Cassiopeia Nov 2015 #15

Refreshing to see a post not about ISIS. K&R B Calm Nov 2015 #17

Welcome back, cali MissDeeds Nov 2015 #18

While we are all watching the shiny objects in the Middle East, ISIS and Benghazi, etc. JDPriestly Nov 2015 #19

And it is GLOBAL in scale in a way that ISIS will never be n/t arcane1 Nov 2015 #26

PLUS ONE, a whole bunch! Enthusiast Nov 2015 #30

You can NOT have a democratic government without a democratic form of economics fasttense Nov 2015 #32

Thanks for this. And welcome back! NRaleighLiberal Nov 2015 #20

Great to see you back, cali hifiguy Nov 2015 #21

Charlie Pierce. Is there anything he doesn't nail? cali Nov 2015 #22

I can think of no one in his class hifiguy Nov 2015 #24

Welcome back, cali. It's nice to hear your outspokenness! Dont call me Shirley Nov 2015 #23

File that under "no shit, Sherlock" meow2u3 Nov 2015 #25

man, if SACHS says it's bad and will shorten our lives, it's gonna be one for the ages MisterP Nov 2015 #27

Welcome back from the DU gang merrily Nov 2015 #28

Welcome back. You've been missed. Fuddnik Nov 2015 #29

Kicked and recommended! Welcome back, cali. Enthusiast Nov 2015 #31

Welcome back. azmom Nov 2015 #33

And Obama has no problems signing off on this piece of legislation d_legendary1 Nov 2015 #34

cali chopper050 Nov 2015 #35

Welcome back deutsey Nov 2015 #36

K&R- and BTW, welcome back! friendly_iconoclast Nov 2015 #37

Here's what Masahiko Yamada, former Japanese Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Art_from_Ark Nov 2015 #38

That is precisely what he is. Appointed by President Obama cali Nov 2015 #39

Nothing new here. Just like the FCC. lpbk2713 Nov 2015 #40

You can add the USDA and the FDA to which Obama appointed bvar22 Nov 2015 #46

Great post. I'm glad you're back, Cali. nt. polly7 Nov 2015 #41

K&R. (nm) Elwood P Dowd Nov 2015 #42

Welcome back jfern Nov 2015 #43

A corporate coup is under way with the complicity of our own government. Why would they do this? sabrina 1 Nov 2015 #44

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