I predicted a Ron Paul/Mike Gravel Libertarian ticket a while ago. It just might happen - He’d certainly get my vote if I were a delegate…

The fact is, the Democratic Party today is no longer the party of FDR. It is a party that continues to sustain war, the military-industrial complex and imperialism — all of which I find anathema to my views.

By and large, I have been repeatedly marginalized in both national debates and in media exposure by the Democratic leadership, which works in tandem with the corporate interests that control what we read and hear in the media.

I look forward to advancing my presidential candidacy within the Libertarian Party, which is considerably closer to my values, my foreign policy views and my domestic views.

Hat Tip to ichibanjohnjon for the link!

The Finnish Competition Authority has launched an investigation over the Finnish supermarket chains. At present, 85% of the market is divided between three big chains, the S-group, the K-group and Tradeka. The investigation will look for price fixing and illegal cartels, especially deals made between manufacturers and the chains. The phenomenon of centralized markets isn’t anything peculiar to Finland as such; in the UK 75% of the market is in the hands of 4 big operators.Meanwhile in the EU, some 439 Europarliamentarians have demanded the EU-Commission to investigate the big pan-European supermarket chains, such as Tesco and Carrefour for similar allegations of price-fixing and leaning on the manufacturers. Finland is expecting more foreign competition as Tradeka, with a 12% slice of the cake is owned by Swedish capital investors who are bound to sell at some time, and the big operators in Finland, S-Group and K with some 40% and 35% of the market share respectively cannot buy Tradeka straight off due to competition legislation. Wonder what the new year brings.