At 11:30 pm (EST) he will be appearing on Comedy Central’s “The Colbert Report” to talk about his constitutional amendment to overturn the Supreme Court’s absurd Citizens United decision. His simple point: our democracy is seriously threatened when corporations can spend un[...]
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CHINA: Slavery
China News, Current Events & Headlines | China Digital Times (CDT) Video: China’s Secret Slave Camps Al Jazeera is streaming the most recent episode of “Slavery: a 21st Century Evil“. This episode outlines the modern function of laogai and laojiao – the institutional practices of fo[...]
December 12th, 2011 - 2:14 pm § in Hypocrisy, Schools & Colleges
Can we sue for defamation?
BLACKWATER REBRANDS ITSELF AS “ACADEMI” from Huff Post An infamous company is attempting a complete brand makeover — again. The private security firm formerly known as Blackwater and most recently known as Xe has decided to change its name to Academi, according to The Washington Po[...]
September 24th, 2011 - 5:11 am § in Science
National Academy Proposes Ways to Save US Research Endeavour
(based on article in The Scientist) A National Academy of Sciences panel, chaired by Chad Holliday, former chief executive of chemical company DuPont and now chairman of the board of Bank of America, is drafting a plan ….. for “significant belt-tightening.” Chad Holliday, told [...]
August 19th, 2011 - 6:23 am § in Misc.
Where is the money?
Top 20 cash-rich American companies Washington, Aug 8 – Here is the Standard and Poor’s list of top 20 US companies sitting on $1.4 trillion in cash, even as the debt-ridden world’s largest economy had to face an embarassing ratings downgrade last week: 1. Citigroup $526 billion 2.[...]
Cuba: Out of Herem
Herem (H pronounced like the hard H in Hannukah, or the ch in German ich) is the term when the Jewish community shuns someone as a nin member) from Miami Herald: Obama to ease travel restrictions to Cuba, allow more U.S. cash to island Passengers wait in line to check in as they prepare to […[...]
There is a name for that system of government: National Socialism.
From Krugman’s essay today: Austria Freedom Party, (leader used to have neo-Nazi connections) runs neck-and-neck in the polls with established parties, Finland, True Finns Party ( anti-immigrant)strong electoral showing last April. Hungary, Jobbik, ( anti immigrant, anti Roma, anti-Semit[...]