from the AP By GEOFF MULVIHILL Deep layoffs of city workers go into effect on Tuesday – cutting up to 383 jobs, or one-fourth of the city’s employees. ….. Worst case, the layoffs could slash half the police force and one-third of the fire department for this city just across the De[...]
Posts Tagged ‘USA’
January 15th, 2011 - 11:40 am § in Uncategorized
The Global Class, Is Fascism Next?
Chrystia Freeland of the Atlantic has a very important article. The Rise of the New Global Class, a Prelude to Fascism? Christia Freeland’s piece in the Atlantic is a brilliant and frightening vision not of the future, but of a present that is likely summed up best by one word “fascism.&[...]
January 12th, 2011 - 2:54 pm § in Uncategorized
Disarm the campus at University of Arizona
Fowarded by Dr. Neuron, an Ave contributor: As a faculty member, I would be hesitant to walk into a classroom where I knew guns were likely to be present. I am sure that many in other occupations who work in public feel the same way, especially now. I think it is only common sense that [&helli[...]
January 12th, 2011 - 12:01 am § in Politics
Free speech: it’s good business
Usually Michael Hood at Blatherwatch writes about radio in Seattle, with an emphasis on talk radio. Today, Michael (clicking on Rush will being you to Michael’s blog) writes about the shameful way the talkers on hate radio are behaving. I have copied his text whole here because he do[...]
More on Hate Rhetoric from Berkely Blog
Listening to the carrion worms of Fox tonight and to liberals insisting on balance …… Among the evasions of the Fox right, has been the claim that their rhetoric had nothing to do with the Arizona massacre. They claim to be fair and balanced. Yet, somehow, the violence we have seen[...]
Hate Rhetoric Moves On.
David Brock, former right-wing ring-leader of the anti-Clinton movement, writes of the oncoming torrent of right wing hate speech. See full article at The Daily Beast: …..I’m struck by how little we have learned from the political traumas of the 90s. The anti-Clinton craziness had nothin[...]
January 8th, 2011 - 6:11 pm § in America
Alan Grayson on the Shootings in Arizona
We are all going to hear excuses for what just happened. The right will avoid any sott of self criticism, Glenn Beck will somehow find a way to blame this on Obama. The left, at least most of it, will try to appear rational by not using the word bigot to describe any of the […][...]
January 7th, 2011 - 8:56 am § in Politics
What do you do when ?
A State Teeters on the Edge of Bankruptcy? Food is too Expensive to Buy? excerpts from CBS report Illinois’ personal income tax rate, now 3 percent, would climb to 5.25 percent for four years under the plan Cullerton outlined. After that, it would drop to 3.75 percent….. Democrats say they h[...]
January 6th, 2011 - 3:56 pm § in Politics
What America COMPETES Act Means to the UW
This is a response to the question how the LameDuck passage of the America Competes act will affect the UW. from Jonathan Nurse, Assistant Director, Office of Federal Relations, UW America COMPETES Act Reauthorization The recently signed American COMPETES Act reauthorization allows for increases to [...]
What Could Possibly Be More Important Than Politics?
I do my best thinking in two places, both of which are in the bathroom. But I type in the kitchen, where the computer is located, usually after I’ve been drinking. Tonight I’m drinking St. Remy’s, an imported French brandy that costs $16.95 at the state liquor store. Alcohol is cheap; they mi[...]