December 2011
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The Green Energy Trade War
I’ve said this a few times already. I don’t know why we allow the government to import wind turbines and solar panels when they should be manufactured in the United States. At least some of the industries involved in making these items are starting to ask for tariffs.
The allegations are much like the ones that solar panel manufacturers made in a similar case filed against Chinese...
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The FDA tries to pull a fast one for the holidays...
So they announce a major flip-flop on the regulation of human antibiotics in animal feed during the holiday week. Way to go FDA! You’re reminding me of the feckless Bush administration FDA of the past and you don’t want to end up like that.
The use of low doses of antibiotics in agricultural animal feed contributes to drug-resistant superbugs, according to food and health experts.
So who got...
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The Oscar will stay American made
Honestly, it would really be sad if this were to ever change, especially since Hollywood has two high-profile unions in the Screen Actors Guild and the Writers Guild of America. With that said, Teamsters Local 743 has secured their first new wages in four years.
From their press release.
Fifty Teamsters with R.S. Owens & Company in Chicago voted overwhelmingly to ratify their first new...
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Army sergeant David Brash gets 21 million verdict...
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Finally, someone is able to take a mortgage lender to court and beat the pants off of it. If only this could have happened to Countrywide.
U.S. Army sergeant David Brash has won more than $21 million in damages from PHH Mortgage after it falsely...
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NYU stomping through Greenwich Village like an...
I have to wonder if the Jane Jacobs who did battle with Robert Moses over the Village in the 1960’s would approve of what New York University is attempting now? If there is one thing I know about Washington Square Park is that it’s always been a park open to the people. You could even find the likes of Bob Dylan there in the early stages of his career I’ve read. Is the city...
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Texas congressional members collect state pensions...
So Rick Perry is in good company it seems.
Ten of the 32 members of the Texas delegation in the U.S. House of Representatives also collect pensions from one of the public retirement systems in Texas, according to federal financial disclosure forms. Republican U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison takes one, too.
I think a representative from Public Citizen’s Texas office said it best.
Smith...
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The worst corporations to work for if you want to...
Well we have a Scrooge of the Year in in Rob Walton of Wal-Mart so it’s only fitting that we get another end of the year labor item courtesy of the International Labor Rights Forum. They recently put out a list of the worst corporations to work for if you want to join a union (PDF). I believe they’ve compiled this list in previous years and some of the same companies often get...
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Why don't conservatives like electric cars?
Seriously, do they want us wedded to fossil fuels forever? How is that a good thing? They will run out one day you know whether you like it or not. Even the oil companies you so love are looking towards the future and developing new energy sources. I thought they’d be all about the free-market and support businesses like car manufacturers leaping into a new frontier? How does lying about...
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The US House is full of online torrent pirates
I have in my hand a list of….well, I won’t go all McCarthy here, but the United States House of Representatives has been very naughty.
In total we found more than 800 IP-addresses assigned to the U.S. House of Representatives from where content has been shared on BitTorrent. After a closer inspection it quickly became clear the House isn’t just using it for legitimate downloads...
“I don’t think people are mad at somebody who invented a product or founded...”
– Stephen Lerner
“For example, manufacturer Warrick sold an albuterol drug from 1995 to 2003, all...”
– Prescription Access Litigation (PAL) Project » Blog Archive » Pricing fraud lawsuit leads to big rewards for Massachusetts
“Dec. 25 is just another ordinary work day for me.” — Noam Chomsky, atheist,...”
– On Dec. 25, Traditions of a Different Sort - NYTimes.com
“The first time I came to New York was just before the millennium celebrations. I...”
– I love it!
“I can’t ever forgive, ever,” she said. “North Korea took away the best years of...”
– North Korean defector says Kim Jong Il stole her life - latimes.com
“House Republicans say they don’t dispute the need for a payroll tax cut. What...”
– President Obama on GOP Conservative Scoundrels
Michelle Hickman, Organizing Protest against... →
If you thought Target’s most notable day of the year was Black Friday, think again. Houston mother Michelle Hickman is planning an international “nurse-in”, to be held at all of their locations, next Tuesday December 28th . Hickman says she was harassed and humiliated by Target staff when she found a quiet space in the store to breastfeed her infant, and now wants to “make...
“Two of these trends are that liberals tend to have more activity in parts of the...”
– Life’s Extremes: Democrat vs. Republican | Genetics & Political Views | Liberals & Conservatives | Political Ideology | LiveScience
“But in this case, the Plan B decision is the wrong policy and it seems like a...”
– Political Animal - The wrong call on Plan B
“They refused to ask a few hundred thousand millionaires and billionaires to pay...”
– Senate Republicans reject measures to extend payroll tax break - latimes.com
“Local 802 President Tino Gagliardi called management’s proposals “a...”
– New York City Opera contract talks in crisis » peoplesworld
“And in the specific case of austerity policies, this is even more of a fallacy:...”
– Occupy’s Radicalism Prompts Disdain from Liberal Class — In These Times