Mike James from Facebook Addendum to The New Republic shakeup – editors and writers resigning after kid owner (Chris Hughes of Facebook millions) brings in new boss who says he’s into “breaking shit” and imagines the old and honorable mag as a “vertically integrated d[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Corporatism’
Obama Puts Putin in Check.
PUTIN, 2005: “Negotiating with Obama is like playing chess with a pigeon. The pigeon knocks over all the pieces, shits on the board and then struts around like it won the game.” RUSSIAN JOKE, 2015: Heard the one about Vladimir Putin? The oil price and the ruble’s value against the do[...]
December 7th, 2014 - 4:41 pm § in Uncategorized
Gun maker fixes rifles 68 years after being warned about trigger defect
“America’s oldest gun manufacturer, Remington, has agreed to replace millions of triggers in its most popular product — the Model 700 rifle. The company has been riddled for years with claims the gun can fire without the trigger being pulled, often with deadly results.” The compa[...]
November 27th, 2014 - 1:23 am § in America
HAPPY THNKSGIVING: Unless you work for WalMart
Based on story by Laura Clawson at Daily KOS ..(click image for her full text) Walmart workers are forced to rely on government assistance to make ends meet. But PR is all … Walmart is totally concerned for its “associates” .. expressing their sincerity like China’s corpora[...]
November 24th, 2014 - 11:09 pm § in China
China integrates with Europe and India by train
China launches world’s longest train route from Yiwo to Madrid Washington, Nov 22, 2014: China’s new train will take 21 days to travel 6,200 miles and pass through six other countries as it moves goods from the industrial city of Yiwu to the Spanish capital, Madrid, marking the longest[...]
November 20th, 2014 - 12:34 am § in Uncategorized
Boeing, Ford, and Chevron Pay Their CEOs More Than The Pay Taxes to Uncle Sam
“Boeing, Ford and Chevron are among 29 U.S. companies whose chief executives were compensated more last year than their corporations paid in federal income taxes,” the Seattle Times reported tonight. But Republicans tell us corporations are overtaxed, and want to cut corporate taxes even[...]
November 17th, 2014 - 10:17 am § in Uncategorized
Applesauce
Touch-screen Mac unlikely, says Apple’s Federighi The head of Apple’s software business explains to CNET why we won’t be seeing an iMac or other Apple computers with a touch screen.[...]
November 16th, 2014 - 7:04 am § in America
CHINA: One Country, One Travel System
Alex Chow, Nathan Law and Eason Chung —three Hong Kong students from the Occupy Movement have been denied permission to go to Beijing to meet with top Chinese officials. The students arrived at the Hong Kong airport greeted by dozens of well-wishers holding up yellow umbrellas, but they[...]