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Recently someone was asking why you don't get any perspective from the news these days, in the midst of these disastrous times.I thought that perspective had been available all the time. Badlands certainly tried to make readers aware of critical economists like Dean Baker, Mike Whitney, the great historical analyst of American imperialism, Chalmers Johnson, many other writers on websites like TomDispatch.com, CounterPunch and the incomparable globalresearch.ca -- especially the economic "Tsunami" series by F. William Engdahl, author of Seeds of Destruction.

 9-15-08Merced Sun-StarFoster Farms ends 30 supplier contractsCompany cites oversupply of milk, reduced demand...John Holland, The Modesto Beehttp://www.mercedsunstar.com/167/story/453964.htmlFoster Farms Dairy, one of the largest processors in the northern San Joaquin Valley, is ending contracts with some of the 30-plus farmers who supply it with milk.The Modesto-based company cited an oversupply resulting from reduced demand in the sluggish economy.

 9-13-08Merced Sun-StarEnvironmentalists want judge to void water contractsThey say the agreements are based on faulty information and delta fish face threats...JOHN ELLIS, The Fresno Beehttp://www.mercedsunstar.com/167/story/451484.htmlEnvironmentalists want the federal government to cancel or renegotiate more than three dozen long-term water contracts in the Central Valley because they say they were drawn up using flawed data.If the request is approved by U.

 Throwing in the towel: In this graphic of the Sacramento Delta region, light blue indicates low-lying land masses--mostly farmland--that research suggests should be surrendered to the sea the next time the levees protecting them break. Yellow indicates borderline cases. Credit: Jay Lund  -- Technology Review (MIT), Sept.