October 2011
59 posts
“For those who ask about the [permanent fund dividend] that all Alaskans receive...”
– ‘Occupy the Tundra’: One woman’s lonely vigil in bush Alaska - latimes.com
Occupy Love: Standing Side by Side for the... →
occupylove:
They were chanting ”Brokers and Police : standing side by side for the occupation.” I took this photo at Occupy Wall Street on October 24th, and it has gone viral. The dialogue in the multitude of comments on my facebook posting of this photo , besides focussing on the question of…
In Race for New York Mayor, Arrest Records to... →
“Are the protests un-American? When conservative fundamentalists claim that...”
– The Violent Silence of a New Beginning — In These Times
New PSAs: 'FWD' Awareness About the Horn of Africa... →
“What occupiers from all walks of life are discovering, at least every time they...”
– Barbara Ehrenreich
“On Monday morning Scott Walker screwed over the taxpayers of Wisconsin once...”
– Daily Kos Labor at Daily Kos
“Wealth inequality is manifested in New Haven in typical fashion. Yale University...”
– New Haven joins Occupy Movement » peoplesworld
I'm happy Obama decided to start bailing out... →
“However, the brand’s early success soon began to backfire. The problem was,...”
– Don’t buy into the brand pitch
“Last week, no United States television network covered the filing of a lawsuit...”
– A Grass-Roots Newscast Gives a Voice to Struggles - NYTimes.com
CorpWatch : SYRIA: US technology used to censor... →
Technology from an American company is being used by the Syrian government to censor the Internet and monitor dissidents, according to activists. The equipment produced by a major SiliconValley company, Blue Coat, allows corporations and governments to manage data traffic. But it can also be used to monitor users and block access to certain websites, such as social networking applications like...
“In Britain, where the austerity of cutting too fast, too soon is self-imposed,...”
– We’re in the euro now - The Week
“Here’s a little free advice for Secretary Geithner and Chief of Staff Daley:...”
– Steven Pearlstein: Obama can learn from the Occupy Wall Street movement - The Washington Post
WatchAuctioneer: Hold All The Sales Right Now! (by O4O NYC)
“Melissa Fazekas, a spokeswoman for We Are Ohio, says Huckabee’s comments...”
– Huckabee to Anti-Union Crowd: Deflate Car Tires and Mislead Voters | Mother Jones
Fruit Suit: General Mills Faces Deceptive... →
“In my view, death is a great robber of all the things that give meaning to life....”
– Ray Kurzweil
To Fix Inequality, You Would Need to Literally... →
Senate Report: The Last Big Corporate Tax Cut Did... →
“Living under Communism in China made me a fervent enthusiast of capitalism. I...”
– America’s ‘Primal Scream’ - NYTimes.com
Time Warner Cable is in Trou-ble! @Consumerist
Last month, a Time Warner Cable customer service rep died at her desk. After any unexpected death, people searched for answers, explanations, someone to blame. But in this case, there may have actually been something foul afoot. A local news station reports that after a co-worker began giving CPR to 67-year-old Julia Nelson, a supervisor allegedly told her to stop and “get back on the...
“The Batman I know is all about justice. So first, it’s unclear if...”
– How would Batman respond to Occupy Wall Street?
“These declines are worrisome in the sense that they reflect the weakness of the...”
– The Big Banks Falter - NYTimes.com
“Axelrod said Romney is not inspiring Republican primary voters because of his...”
– Obama team zeroes in on Romney - TheHill.com
“I can just tell you, when I came to Congress, we were rabble-rousers, but, boy,...”
– Does Anyone Have a Grip on the G.O.P.? - NYTimes.com
Put it this way #ows at least things are better...
Now these guys had it rough.
The researchers hope eventually to modify a living plague bacterium so that its genome is identical to that of the agent of the Black Death. Such a microbe could be handled only in special secure facilities. But even if it did infect a human, the ancient plague would presumably be susceptible to antibiotics, like its living descendant, said Hendrik Poinar of...
Suze Orman: "Occupy Wall Street": Approved! →
“You can stand up and say anything and nobody rings a bell if the facts are...”
– President Bill Clinton
“What’s going on here? The answer, surely, is that Wall Street’s Masters of the...”
– Paul Krugman
Cops Ticketing Drivers Who Honk in Support of... →
The Seattle Police Department has begun handing out tickets to motorists—including cab drivers—who honk if they love their local Occupy Wall Street contingent. People can probably still honk if they love Jesus, though don’t quote us on that.
“High school, of course, is free. Today’s educational frontier, college, is not....”
– College should be free.
“But the country has not developed any major new industries that employ large and...”
– The Depression - If Only Things Were That Good - NYTimes.com
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Channel One Promotes "Not Safe For School" Pics in... →
“Gold is an excellent conductor of both electricity, and financial panic.”
– Megan McArdle
California hotel ordered to shell out $36,000 in... →
An Embassy Suites hotel in Irvine, Calif. has been found guilty this week of denying required paid rest breaks to seven of its workers, and has been ordered by the state to pay each of them about $5,000.