Don Blankenship is as hard-bitten as they come, so he should have little trouble adapting to prison life, if that’s where he ends up. Born in coal country, he grew up in legendary Mingo County, and graduated from Matewan High School. Feuding runs in his blood; his mother was a McCoy (of Hatf[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Corporatism’
November 14th, 2014 - 7:07 pm § in Uncategorized
U.S. Indicts Ruthless Coal Executive For Mine Safety Violations
October 30th, 2014 - 4:51 am § in America, The Ave Scene
WHERE DO WHOLE FOODS EMPLOYEES EAT?
from the Seattle Salmon When asked if Whole Foods pays its employees a living wage, a Whole Foods spokesperson, Wendy Simons, responded, “People don’t work at Whole Foods for the money. They work here out of fear; fear that they are being poisoned by the atmosphere and food supply that exists ou[...]
Teachers Scream About Time Magazine Cover
The AFT is on a tirade against Time Magazine for using its cover to blame teachers for the fate of America’s public schools. Time magazine is about to use its cover to blame teachers for the problems in America’s schools. On Monday, Nov. 3, this cover will be in every supermarket checkout [...]
October 26th, 2014 - 10:35 pm § in Uncategorized
Seattle City Light vs. Puget Sound Energy
If you live in the Seattle area, as I do, you probably know a windstorm blew through here last night and knocked out power to thousands of homes. One of them may have been yours. And you also probably know we have two power companies, one city-owned, the other investor-owned. (The Pacific Northwest [...]
Do you think Larry Ellison might be able to pay a tax on his unproductive wealth?
I have written many times about the wealth tax. A wealth tax designed to tax wealth selectively based on productivity has the extra advantage of increasing the use of capital to stimulate jobs. Put another way … money invested in gold coins, yachts, art, real estate, government bonds or ca[...]
October 15th, 2014 - 1:47 pm § in America
Applesauce: Google aims more missles at Cupertino
Just in time for Xmas, Apple is about to launch their latest iPad. It better be great because iPad sales are falling. While the Apple’s pad has 32 percent of the market, last year it held 40 percent. Samsung tablets, which run Android, have gained ground this year with 22 percent of the m[...]
Message to Washington state’s best students is clear .. if you can get into an elite private schools you should do so .. TO SAVE MONEY!
UNLESS YOU ARE AN ATHLETE: DO NOT APPLY TO THE UW Over at the Berkeley Blog, Robert Reich has written a disturbing essay on the effects of endowment of private, elite schools, on the US governments subsidy for education of the wealthiest Americans: “(Given the) relatively small number of stu[...]
October 9th, 2014 - 10:37 am § in Politics
The Brits Try to Ruin Their Economy Again
Same old, same old. A century ago the Tories .. focused on short term gain and classism, undermined the British economic system .. the rest is history. The US seems to be heading the same way. As the economy is booming for the fortunate, the poor are getting poorer . BY Corinne Purtill Brea[...]
Temporary fix from reality
Last week after the Seattle Seahawks Monday Night Football victory the city of Seattle was happy and full of energy. While on the bus last week a few days before the Dallas Cowboy game, I overheard two women talking about the fact that the Seahawks have brought the city together. To a degree t[...]