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Salary of Top American Executives Up 23 Percent in 2010 - ABC News
Seeded on Mon Jul 4, 2011 7:24 AM EDT (ABC News)
While the recovery remains stubbornly slow, with 14 million people still looking for work, things are definitely looking up for those few at the very top of the economic ladder. CEO pay went up an average of 23 percent in 2010, while wages for rest of us rose a meager one-half-pe …
Bankers Association Upset at Elizabeth Warren's Plan to Simplify Mortgage Documents - Claiming it will "Stifle Innovation"
Seeded on Wed Jun 8, 2011 9:26 AM EDT ()
The more things change, the more they stay the same. We truly have learned nothing from the worst financial crisis in 70 years. The same folks who brought us all sorts of 'financial innovation' - many of which even the head of Goldman Sachs claimed had no social value …
if you think things are bad now, you must not have been around in 1968.
Tue May 10, 2011 4:15 PM EDT
You hear it almost everyday from someone, this is the worst it has ever been, we are in that handbasket and going to Hell real fast.
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He Went There! Obama Attacks the 1%
Seeded on Wed Apr 13, 2011 2:53 PM EDT (Daily Kos)
Yes,he went there, and picked on that 1% which Joseph Steiglitz has so graphically depicted as enriching themselves in the last two decades. For those who haven't read it: here's his opening premise:
Fiscal History: GOP are the real spenders: here's the proof & TRUE Story of the Tea Party
Sun Apr 10, 2011 12:38 PM EDT
From a comment to an article on Yahoo, "Capt Bush USS Titanic" had this to say: "(Feel free to re-post these facts and PROTECT AMERICA FROM REPUBLICANS)
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IT'S NOT JUST GLENN BECK: FOX News Has Lost 21% Of Its Audience This Year
Seeded on Thu Mar 31, 2011 12:18 PM EDT (Silicon Alley Insider)
Fox News has the top 12 most-watched shows so far this year. Which is perhaps not totally surprising since this marks the network's ninth straight year as the number one channel in cable. That is not to say it's all rainbows and unicorns. (Or cupcakes and caliphates.) All o …
Congressional Republicans to Democrats: Stop Talking About Jobs!
Wed Mar 30, 2011 11:17 PM EDT
Stop talking about jobs? It's apparent in the video House Republicans are increasingly irritated when Democrats point out that Republican have done nothing to address creating jobs and want to do things that will take away jobs. Rep.
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Judge again blocks GOP collective-bargaining plan, GOP Attorney General still says he'll ignore it
Seeded on Wed Mar 30, 2011 10:49 AM EDT (The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
For the second time in less than two weeks, a Dane County judge Tuesday issued an order blocking the implementation of Gov. Scott Walker's plan to curb collective bargaining for public workers.
Supreme Court rejects damages for innocent man who spent 14 years on death row
Seeded on Wed Mar 30, 2011 10:28 AM EDT (The L.A. Times)
A bitterly divided Supreme Court on Tuesday tossed out a jury verdict won by a New Orleans man who spent 14 years on death row and came within weeks of execution because prosecutors had hidden a blood test and other evidence that would have proven his innocence.
American workers got what they deserved
Seeded on Mon Mar 28, 2011 5:32 PM EDT (www.hollandsentinel.com/)
Are you an American employee? If so, today's column will likely offend you. If you'd rather not be offended, read no further. If you continue and then complain, I'm sorry, but that simply proves you're, well, stupid.
G.E.'s Strategies Let It Avoid Taxes Altogether
Seeded on Thu Mar 24, 2011 8:30 PM EDT (The New York Times)
General Electric, the nation's largest corporation, had a very good year in 2010. The company reported worldwide profits of $14.2 billion, and said $5.1 billion of the total came from its operations in the United States.
Sen. Al Franken "This Isn't Over"
Seeded on Fri Mar 11, 2011 7:50 AM EST ()
e were all shocked by what happened in Wisconsin Wednesday night. Eighteen Republican state senators broke faith with the people who elected them. They broke their word. They may have even broken the law.
A Chink in the Wall: Measure H Passes in Los Angeles Election. Finally! A Reason for Hope.
Thu Mar 10, 2011 3:56 AM EST
In the face of the massive, ongoing power-grab by the right-wing conservatives in the service of their corporate masters there has been little to cheer about in recent months.
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Gingrich: Past Adultery 'Partially Driven By How Passionately I Felt About This Country' (VIDEO)
Seeded on Wed Mar 9, 2011 11:58 AM EST (Talking Points Memo)
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, who is in the early stages of a presidential campaign, spoke in an interview with David Brody of the Christian Broadcasting Network about his history of adultery and divorces.
Gov Walker: 20 lies and counting...
Seeded on Sun Mar 6, 2011 10:03 PM EST ()
A point-by-point dismantling of Gov Walker's excuses for the current impasse in WI. When even Fox News, WSJ, and Forbes call bull@!$%# on a Republican politician, you know it's bull@!$%#... The usual COH.
States' Brilliant Budget Solution: Sacrifice Public Education to Spend More on Ineffective Prisons
Seeded on Sat Mar 5, 2011 6:46 PM EST (No End in Sight: Immigrants Locked Up for Years Without Hearings | American Civil Liberties Union)
California's governor wants to eliminate the entire $30 million the state spends on public libraries, while spending more than $50 million to imprison two dozen bedridden inmates who pose no threat to public safety.
Jon Stewart Exposes the Lavish Lifestyle of the American Public School Teacher
Seeded on Fri Mar 4, 2011 1:03 AM EST (mediaite.com)
Jon Stewart exposes ONCE AGAIN the Hypocrisy of the Right. Not so long ago, after big Wall Street companies received bailouts and were thus TAX PAYER FUNDED some on the left demanded limits to salaries and bonuses to those people, many on the right argued against that.
Asked If Bank Of America Paying Nothing In Corporate Taxes Is Fair, GOP's Pawlenty Responds: "Taxes Are Too High"
Seeded on Wed Mar 2, 2011 9:38 PM EST (Think Progress)
ThinkProgress has reported, many of the nation's largest corporate interests pay literally nothing in corporate income taxes. ExxonMobil made nearly $20 billion in profits in 2009, but paid nothing in corporate income taxes.
Fox reverses poll results to portray public as anti-union
Seeded on Wed Feb 23, 2011 11:35 AM EST (Raw Story)
A new poll was released Wednesday showing the public strongly supports union bargaining rights by a two-to-one margin.
The Wisconsin Protests: Do public employees make more than private employees?
Seeded on Sat Feb 19, 2011 10:27 AM EST (Examiner)
Like almost everything, the answer depends on how one phrases the question. Public employees do, on average, make more than private employees. In 2010 the average public worker made about 25% more than the average private worker.
Mortgage lenders committed massive fraud and now Wall St. is pushing on the government for a judicial bailout to overturn state law and give them a free pass to foreclose on homes for which they have no paperwork--why? Are they really "too big to fail"?
Seeded on Thu Jan 27, 2011 4:55 AM EST (AlterNet.org)
The mortgage industry is in deep doodo and they will once again claim they are "too big to fail" – or too big to bear the brunt of widespread litigation on the part of struggling homeowners, investors and state governments.
Federal Report Shows that Bush White House broke election laws with group led by Karl Rove
Seeded on Wed Jan 26, 2011 7:21 AM EST (The New York Times)
The Office of Special Counsel finds that the Bush White House violated a federal law that prohibits use of federal tax dollars to pay for political activities by creating a "political boiler room" overseen by--guess who?-- Karl Rove.
Obama and Palin, a Tale of Two Speeches - NYTimes.com
Seeded on Thu Jan 13, 2011 1:54 PM EST (The New York Times)
Wednesday was bookended by two remarkable — and remarkably different — political performances that demonstrated the vast expanse of America's political landscape.
FOX BOSS ROGER AILES FINALLY ADMITS IT: FOX Is On One Side Fighting "The Other Side"
Seeded on Tue Jan 11, 2011 8:08 AM EST (Silicon Alley Insider)
Two remarkable admissions from FOX News's brilliant boss Roger Ailes yesterday in the wake of the Arizona shootings. First, Ailes admitted that, in response to the shootings, he told his staff to "shut up, tone it down." This is a repudiation of FOX's rhetoric prior to the sh …
Pot Shrinks Tumors; Government Knew in '74 | Drugs | AlterNet
Seeded on Tue Jan 11, 2011 7:57 AM EST (AlterNet.org)
1600 Americans die each and every day from cancer. Fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters,........little children. Someone needs to be held accountable!
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Thanks for showing up on my column. I was beginning to think that no one would actually read the thing and see the glaring lapses of logic. The Edgar Cayce stuff seems interesting, but it is too long to read right now. I will later.
Oh, and I'm not really a New Atheist. I've just butted heads with them for a while, and I find them to be as unpleasant on matters as any religious fundamentalists. "If you can't beat them, join them." But you probably knew that from my earlier statement that was on a post too long for most people to read. :-)
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