Monsanto buys Blackwater

[Youssuf Ramadan]

http://politicalblindspot.com/yes-monsa ... urce=pubv1

Yes, Monsanto Actually DID Buy the BLACKWATER Mercenary Group!

A report by Jeremy Scahill in The Nation revealed that the largest mercenary army in the world, Blackwater (later called Xe Services and more recently "Academi") clandestine intelligence services was sold to the multinational Monsanto. Blackwater was renamed in 2009 after becoming famous in the world with numerous reports of abuses in Iraq, including massacres of civilians. It remains the largest private contractor of the U.S. Department of State "security services," that practices state terrorism by giving the government the opportunity to deny it.
Many military and former CIA officers work for Blackwater or related companies created to divert attention from their bad reputation and make more profit selling their nefarious services-ranging from information and intelligence to infiltration, political lobbying and paramilitary training – for other governments, banks and multinational corporations. According to Scahill, business with multinationals, like Monsanto, Chevron, and financial giants such as Barclays and Deutsche Bank, are channeled through two companies owned by Erik Prince, owner of Blackwater: Total Intelligence Solutions and Terrorism Research Center. These officers and directors share Blackwater.
One of them, Cofer Black, known for his brutality as one of the directors of the CIA, was the one who made contact with Monsanto in 2008 as director of Total Intelligence, entering into the contract with the company to spy on and infiltrate organizations of animal rights activists, anti-GM and other dirty activities of the biotech giant.
Contacted by Scahill, the Monsanto executive Kevin Wilson declined to comment, but later confirmed to The Nation that they had hired Total Intelligence in 2008 and 2009, according to Monsanto only to keep track of "public disclosure" of its opponents. He also said that Total Intelligence was a "totally separate entity from Blackwater."
However, Scahill has copies of emails from Cofer Black after the meeting with Wilson for Monsanto, where he explains to other former CIA agents, using their Blackwater e-mails, that the discussion with Wilson was that Total Intelligence had become "Monsanto's intelligence arm," spying on activists and other actions, including "our people to legally integrate these groups." Total Intelligence Monsanto paid $ 127,000 in 2008 and $ 105,000 in 2009.
No wonder that a company engaged in the "science of death" as Monsanto, which has been dedicated from the outset to produce toxic poisons spilling from Agent Orange to PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls), pesticides, hormones and genetically modified seeds, is associated with another company of thugs.

Almost simultaneously with the publication of this article in The Nation, the Via Campesina reported the purchase of 500,000 shares of Monsanto, for more than $23 million by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which with this action completed the outing of the mask of "philanthropy." Another association that is not surprising.
It is a marriage between the two most brutal monopolies in the history of industrialism: Bill Gates controls more than 90 percent of the market share of proprietary computing and Monsanto about 90 percent of the global transgenic seed market and most global commercial seed. There does not exist in any other industrial sector monopolies so vast, whose very existence is a negation of the vaunted principle of "market competition" of capitalism. Both Gates and Monsanto are very aggressive in defending their ill-gotten monopolies.
Although Bill Gates might try to say that the Foundation is not linked to his business, all it proves is the opposite: most of their donations end up favoring the commercial investments of the tycoon, not really "donating" anything, but instead of paying taxes to the state coffers, he invests his profits in where it is favorable to him economically, including propaganda from their supposed good intentions. On the contrary, their "donations" finance projects as destructive as geoengineering or replacement of natural community medicines for high-tech patented medicines in the poorest areas of the world. What a coincidence, former Secretary of Health Julio Frenk and Ernesto Zedillo are advisers of the Foundation.
Like Monsanto, Gates is also engaged in trying to destroy rural farming worldwide, mainly through the "Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa" (AGRA). It works as a Trojan horse to deprive poor African farmers of their traditional seeds, replacing them with the seeds of their companies first, finally by genetically modified (GM). To this end, the Foundation hired Robert Horsch in 2006, the director of Monsanto. Now Gates, airing major profits, went straight to the source.

Blackwater, Monsanto and Gates are three sides of the same figure: the war machine on the planet and most people who inhabit it, are peasants, indigenous communities, people who want to share information and knowledge or any other who does not want to be in the aegis of profit and the destructiveness of capitalism.

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I found this article from a link on my FB feed.  I found the story interesting, but I have no idea on the reliability of the source.  Anyone know anything much about this story or the source site?

[SGOS]

There should be competition.  We could start a mirror intelligence and mercenary firm.  Give it a name like Discount Intelligence and Liquidation:  "Tired of paying too much for someone to do your dirty work?  Give us a call.  We will beat any price on the Internet.  We have a fine staff willing to anything.  ANYTHING."

[Youssuf Ramadan]

There should be competition.  We could start a mirror intelligence and mercenary firm.  Give it a name like Discount Intelligence and Liquidation:  "Tired of paying too much for someone to do your dirty work?  Give us a call.  We will beat any price on the Internet.  We have a fine staff willing to anything.  ANYTHING."

Are we offering a free sack of GM seed corn as a sweetener?   :tonqe:

[Elohim]

I always thought black water was a dumb name for a company. Isn't that what they call the shitty sewage water that ships dump at sea?

[Satt]

I always thought black water was a dumb name for a company. Isn't that what they call the shitty sewage water that ships dump at sea?

Maybe that's how they feel about the people they hire?

[Solitary]

There has been a great deal of publicity over the potential purchase of Blackwater (now known as Academi, and Xe before that) by mega corporation Monsanto. While the two seem to be a great match, as they both fail to consider the morality and consequence of their actions, it seems that Monsanto is only involved with Blackwater in infiltrating activist groups who are opposed to the biotech giant — an operation quite sinister enough. The truth of the matter is that Academi (Blackwater) was purchased by private investors, and the heavily sourced article written by Jeremy Scahill in The Nation actually says nothing about Monsanto buying Blackwater.

What the articles does say, however, is that Monsanto and Blackwater are indeed working together to target anti-Monsanto activists and organizations. Known as far back as 2010, it was unveiled that Blackwater's client list included Monsanto, Chevron, Walt Disney and many more. According to documents obtained by Scahill, it was also revealed that Monsanto was willing to pay upwards of $500,000 in order for Blackwater to join anti-Monsanto activist groups and infiltrate the ranks. Furthermore, a number of internet-based tactics could be utilized as incognito PR for Monsanto, who undoubtedly knew opposition would mount against their GMO crops as more individuals became aware of the dangers.


Amazingly, the document stated that Monsanto was "concerned about animal rights activists and that they discussed how Blackwater "could have our person(s) actually join [activist] group(s) legally."

Of course this occurred back in 2008, and Monsanto admitted in e-mails that the relationship lasted until around 2010 — near the time the information came to light.


Even though Monsanto may not have purchased Blackwater, their relationship with them remains quite clear. Both organizations are noted for their crimes against humanity, and they really do have a twisted synergy of sorts so it is quite easy to see how the topic became viral. While they may not be owned by the same individuals, one thing is clear: the relationship between these two companies is enough cause for alarm.

Solitary

[Youssuf Ramadan]

So it does seem to be as grim as the article suggests....

Thanks for your post, Solitary.  

[Solitary]

It will be for animal rights and environmentalist activists.    Solitary

[SGOS]

I always thought black water was a dumb name for a company. Isn't that what they call the shitty sewage water that ships dump at sea?

Yep, I lived on a boat for awhile.  The marina would periodically send owners emails about discharging black water from their holding tanks in the marina, which for obvious reasons, is forbidden by federal regulations, but sometimes it almost seems like no one wants to really enforce it.  Yuk.  

I've been boarded on two occasions by the Coast Guard, just as a matter of random spot checks.  They want to see life preservers, fire extinguishers, expiration dates on emergency flares, make sure you are equipped with a bell to ring in the fog, and that your horn works, that you have on board a copy of rules of the road and other regulations, etc, etc.  But neither time did they show any interest in checking my head setup.

I loved boating, but I have to say one of the most disgusting aspects about it is flushing your head into the holding tank, where it sits under the floor boards 6 feet from where you cook and wash dishes.  Nothing like storing 30 gallons of human waste on board and sailing around with guests, while it sits there sloshing around under your feet.

[Savior2006]

I always thought black water was a dumb name for a company. Isn't that what they call the shitty sewage water that ships dump at sea?

Yep, I lived on a boat for awhile.  The marina would periodically send owners emails about discharging black water from their holding tanks in the marina, which for obvious reasons, is forbidden by federal regulations, but sometimes it almost seems like no one wants to really enforce it.  Yuk.  

I've been boarded on two occasions by the Coast Guard, just as a matter of random spot checks.  They want to see life preservers, fire extinguishers, expiration dates on emergency flares, make sure you are equipped with a bell to ring in the fog, and that your horn works, that you have on board a copy of rules of the road and other regulations, etc, etc.  But neither time did they show any interest in checking my head setup.

I loved boating, but I have to say one of the most disgusting aspects about it is flushing your head into the holding tank, where it sits under the floor boards 6 feet from where you cook and wash dishes.  Nothing like storing 30 gallons of human waste on board and sailing around with guests, while it sits there sloshing around under your feet.

I take it that it can just be dumped into the ocean? By human waste you mean piss and shit, right? That just can't go into the ocean?

[SGOS]

I always thought black water was a dumb name for a company. Isn't that what they call the shitty sewage water that ships dump at sea?

Yep, I lived on a boat for awhile.  The marina would periodically send owners emails about discharging black water from their holding tanks in the marina, which for obvious reasons, is forbidden by federal regulations, but sometimes it almost seems like no one wants to really enforce it.  Yuk.  

I've been boarded on two occasions by the Coast Guard, just as a matter of random spot checks.  They want to see life preservers, fire extinguishers, expiration dates on emergency flares, make sure you are equipped with a bell to ring in the fog, and that your horn works, that you have on board a copy of rules of the road and other regulations, etc, etc.  But neither time did they show any interest in checking my head setup.

I loved boating, but I have to say one of the most disgusting aspects about it is flushing your head into the holding tank, where it sits under the floor boards 6 feet from where you cook and wash dishes.  Nothing like storing 30 gallons of human waste on board and sailing around with guests, while it sits there sloshing around under your feet.

I take it that it can just be dumped into the ocean? By human waste you mean piss and shit, right? That just can't go into the ocean?

I think the law says you can discharge directly if you are three miles from shore.

[AllPurposeAtheist]

Kind of dumb for activist groups to not have their own intel wings to vet out intelligence agents, etc. Anyone claiming to be an activist can join up and disrupt everything. You don't fight forest fires with good intentions..

[mykcob4]

http://politicalblindspot.com/yes-monsanto-actually-did-buy-the-blackwater-mercenary-group/?fb_source=pubv1

Yes, Monsanto Actually DID Buy the BLACKWATER Mercenary Group!

A report by Jeremy Scahill in The Nation revealed that the largest mercenary army in the world, Blackwater (later called Xe Services and more recently "Academi") clandestine intelligence services was sold to the multinational Monsanto. Blackwater was renamed in 2009 after becoming famous in the world with numerous reports of abuses in Iraq, including massacres of civilians. It remains the largest private contractor of the U.S. Department of State "security services," that practices state terrorism by giving the government the opportunity to deny it.
Many military and former CIA officers work for Blackwater or related companies created to divert attention from their bad reputation and make more profit selling their nefarious services-ranging from information and intelligence to infiltration, political lobbying and paramilitary training – for other governments, banks and multinational corporations. According to Scahill, business with multinationals, like Monsanto, Chevron, and financial giants such as Barclays and Deutsche Bank, are channeled through two companies owned by Erik Prince, owner of Blackwater: Total Intelligence Solutions and Terrorism Research Center. These officers and directors share Blackwater.
One of them, Cofer Black, known for his brutality as one of the directors of the CIA, was the one who made contact with Monsanto in 2008 as director of Total Intelligence, entering into the contract with the company to spy on and infiltrate organizations of animal rights activists, anti-GM and other dirty activities of the biotech giant.
Contacted by Scahill, the Monsanto executive Kevin Wilson declined to comment, but later confirmed to The Nation that they had hired Total Intelligence in 2008 and 2009, according to Monsanto only to keep track of "public disclosure" of its opponents. He also said that Total Intelligence was a "totally separate entity from Blackwater."
However, Scahill has copies of emails from Cofer Black after the meeting with Wilson for Monsanto, where he explains to other former CIA agents, using their Blackwater e-mails, that the discussion with Wilson was that Total Intelligence had become "Monsanto's intelligence arm," spying on activists and other actions, including "our people to legally integrate these groups." Total Intelligence Monsanto paid $ 127,000 in 2008 and $ 105,000 in 2009.
No wonder that a company engaged in the "science of death" as Monsanto, which has been dedicated from the outset to produce toxic poisons spilling from Agent Orange to PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls), pesticides, hormones and genetically modified seeds, is associated with another company of thugs.

Almost simultaneously with the publication of this article in The Nation, the Via Campesina reported the purchase of 500,000 shares of Monsanto, for more than $23 million by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which with this action completed the outing of the mask of "philanthropy." Another association that is not surprising.
It is a marriage between the two most brutal monopolies in the history of industrialism: Bill Gates controls more than 90 percent of the market share of proprietary computing and Monsanto about 90 percent of the global transgenic seed market and most global commercial seed. There does not exist in any other industrial sector monopolies so vast, whose very existence is a negation of the vaunted principle of "market competition" of capitalism. Both Gates and Monsanto are very aggressive in defending their ill-gotten monopolies.
Although Bill Gates might try to say that the Foundation is not linked to his business, all it proves is the opposite: most of their donations end up favoring the commercial investments of the tycoon, not really "donating" anything, but instead of paying taxes to the state coffers, he invests his profits in where it is favorable to him economically, including propaganda from their supposed good intentions. On the contrary, their "donations" finance projects as destructive as geoengineering or replacement of natural community medicines for high-tech patented medicines in the poorest areas of the world. What a coincidence, former Secretary of Health Julio Frenk and Ernesto Zedillo are advisers of the Foundation.
Like Monsanto, Gates is also engaged in trying to destroy rural farming worldwide, mainly through the "Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa" (AGRA). It works as a Trojan horse to deprive poor African farmers of their traditional seeds, replacing them with the seeds of their companies first, finally by genetically modified (GM). To this end, the Foundation hired Robert Horsch in 2006, the director of Monsanto. Now Gates, airing major profits, went straight to the source.

Blackwater, Monsanto and Gates are three sides of the same figure: the war machine on the planet and most people who inhabit it, are peasants, indigenous communities, people who want to share information and knowledge or any other who does not want to be in the aegis of profit and the destructiveness of capitalism.

click link for more..  

I found this article from a link on my FB feed.  I found the story interesting, but I have no idea on the reliability of the source.  Anyone know anything much about this story or the source site?

I don't know if it's true but it makes sense. Afterall Monsanto produce agent orange and sells it to the public as Roundup.

[SGOS]

Afterall Monsanto produce agent orange and sells it to the public as Roundup.

This is the same stuff I put on my weeds.  As far as I can tell, they should have called in agent yellow or maybe brown.  I don't seen any orange.