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The 10 Worst Post-9/11 Military Contracting Boondoggles

Adam Weinstein, Mother Jones Online. September 9, 2011.

Since 9/11, America's wars haven't brought victories, but have spawned countless scandals, scams and boondoggles. Here are the 10 worst.

Gonzo Gastronomy: How the Food Industry Has Made Bacon a Weapon of Mass Destruction

Arun Gupta, AlterNet. July 23, 2009.

The confluence of factory farming, the boom in fast food and manipulation of consumer taste created processed foods that can hook us like drugs.

Sarah Palin: Maverick to Nowhere

Josh Marshall, Talking Points Memo. September 9, 2008.

Taking you through Palin's full flip-flop.

Hillary Serves out the Pork

Matt Taibbi, RollingStone.com. April 27, 2008.

Nobody doles out taxpayer money like Hillary Clinton -- or rakes in as much campaign cash from the companies she does favors for.

How the Meat Industry Is Making a Killing

Tom Philpott, Grist.org. October 2, 2007.

Without access to exploitable labor and comically lax environmental codes, the industrial-meat complex would surely wither away. Instead it turns a huge profit.