New York-based China Labor Watch reported that 3,000 to 4,000 workers at an Apple Foxconn plant in the central China’s Zhengzhou city went on strike Friday over increased quality control demands and having to work during an extended national holiday. While little more has been hear recently ab[...]
Archive for October, 2012
October 6th, 2012 - 9:20 am § in Misc.
APPLESAUCE: More labor issues in China, Opportunity in North Korea?
October 5th, 2012 - 10:52 am § in Misc.
Celebrating Jim Lehrer
from Huff Post “Some other members of the media also jumped to Lehrer’s defense. “Jim Lehrer did the unthinkable – he let the candidates debate,” Fox News’ Greta Van Susteren wrote.” So Greta vsn Susteren is now a credible member of the media? Who next? Bill[...]
October 5th, 2012 - 9:49 am § in Misc.
A Role Model for Mitt
from the Wiki Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus (520 BC – 430 BC) was an aristocrat and political figure of the Roman Republic, serving as consul in 460 BC and Roman dictator in 458 BC and 439 BC.[1] Cincinnatus was regarded by the Romans, especially the aristocratic patrician class, as one of the hero[...]
October 5th, 2012 - 4:30 am § in Misc.
ROMNEYISMS; A conservative despairs
This is the little disdainful plutocrat who cannot satisfy our needs because he has never known want. Callous men often lead the greatest of human calamities. Guy Somerset Guy Somerset,a lawyer by profession, write for the conservative blog, Taki’s Magazine Please share this article by[...]
October 5th, 2012 - 2:09 am § in Misc.
WGU Updates: Anonymous student responds, defends her “degree”
UPDATE: One of the WGU students has responded to my posts. This is a step forward since most of the comments i get are either unpublishable invective or look like flak from WGU PR folks.,’ Read the comment thread from older posts here. I find the editor to be an absolute moron. Lets all make [[...]
October 4th, 2012 - 12:06 pm § in Misc.
74 year old Jerry Brown challenges 50 year old Christie to a three-mile race, as well as a chin-up and pushup contest.
Brown vs Christie CNN’s Ashley Killough (CNN) – California Gov. Jerry Brown defended his recent fitness challenge against New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on Sunday, saying the move was not a swipe at the Republican governor’s weight, but a way to show that people his age aren’t[...]
October 4th, 2012 - 10:03 am § in Misc.
ROMNEYISMS: He is sad to have to kill off Big Bird!
Romney, Big Bird and Obama: Presidential debates and public media Romney and Big Bird from the PBS show ‘Sesame Street’ will be enemies if Romney wins the presidential elections in November. Setting off a social media firestorm, Romney informed the American public that funding for public[...]
October 4th, 2012 - 8:33 am § in Hypocrisy, Schools & Colleges
Student Confronts Republican on Cuts to Pell Grants
[...]
October 4th, 2012 - 8:11 am § in America
The Real Independence Day
It Was a States Thing First: Independence was not something that was confined to Congress. It started out as a state and local thing. In fact, the very first Declaration of Independence came on Oct. 4, 1774 (21 months before the Continental Congress declared independence) from the town of Worcester,[...]