Following issues and politics in St. Louis area from the retired "Steelworker" view. Politics will be the main theme, but news of the group and Steelworkers will also be followed.
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Monday, November 28, 2011
Saturday, November 26, 2011
Thursday, November 24, 2011
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
WaterCoolerRecap112111.mov
Bill and Mike talk BCS football, Mercedes manager arrested for being an illegal (he wasn't)
wonder what they think in Germany?
Angry Tea Party Conservative assaults interviewer
sounds like some fools I met during healthcare debates.
Sunday, November 20, 2011
Occupy Movement at UC Davis Refuses to Comply; Gets Pepper Sprayed
another proud law enforcement moment, spraying unarmed and peaceful demonstration.
this would make any tyrant proud, another shining example of making friends and influcing public opinion
Friday, November 18, 2011
11-17-11 1a - Occupy Brooklyn Bridge, with Adam Gabbatt - Countdown with...
note: was at the ST. Louis occupy good turnout despite cold weather
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Karl Rove: "Who gave you the right to Occupy America?"
teabagging at its best. seems right wing does not like their favorite tactic being used by others
Why Bloomberg Fights Occupy Wall Street
no doubt business put screws to all those mayors whom evicted occupy folks.
Republican Candidates Talk at the Round Table Economic debate (JGSilence)
unfortunately, this cartoon says about what I heard; no plans any where
"America Better Damn WAKE UP!" Jesse Ventura On His Lawsuit Against The ...
for the wwf fans
I believe the security craze is bullhockey
McClellan: Keeping world safe from naughty fairies
McClellan: Keeping world safe from naughty fairies
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from story:
am not a Christmas character, so I am allowed to know naughty words, and I thought of several after reading Susan Weich's account of the firing of the Sugar Plum Fairy.
The story was in Saturday's newspaper.
Laura Coppinger is the Sugar Plum Fairy. At least, she used to be. She played the role for the last six years during the Christmas Traditions festival in St. Charles.
This year, festival hiring came under the control of the city of St. Charles, and because all city employees are required to take a drug test, Coppinger had to go to a local testing facility to give a urine sample. She filled a cup and then flushed the toilet. She said she did so out of habit.
That makes sense.
But it turns out a person is not supposed to flush the toilet. That's because a person could use the incoming water to dilute their sample.
That doesn't make sense.
If water can dilute the sample, a person could use water that was already in the toilet. Or she could quietly run the tap.
Read more: http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/columns/bill-mcclellan/mcclellan-keeping-world-safe-from-naughty-fairies/article_8e6e4e6b-236a-50d2-90a6-c1f2e39b094a.html#ixzz1dsYmFeAI
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add this story to what is wrong with this picture. Hell, I curse all the time on my own time.
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from story:
am not a Christmas character, so I am allowed to know naughty words, and I thought of several after reading Susan Weich's account of the firing of the Sugar Plum Fairy.
The story was in Saturday's newspaper.
Laura Coppinger is the Sugar Plum Fairy. At least, she used to be. She played the role for the last six years during the Christmas Traditions festival in St. Charles.
This year, festival hiring came under the control of the city of St. Charles, and because all city employees are required to take a drug test, Coppinger had to go to a local testing facility to give a urine sample. She filled a cup and then flushed the toilet. She said she did so out of habit.
That makes sense.
But it turns out a person is not supposed to flush the toilet. That's because a person could use the incoming water to dilute their sample.
That doesn't make sense.
If water can dilute the sample, a person could use water that was already in the toilet. Or she could quietly run the tap.
Read more: http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/columns/bill-mcclellan/mcclellan-keeping-world-safe-from-naughty-fairies/article_8e6e4e6b-236a-50d2-90a6-c1f2e39b094a.html#ixzz1dsYmFeAI
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add this story to what is wrong with this picture. Hell, I curse all the time on my own time.
Emerson among GOP lawmakers pressing 'supercommittee' to back new revenues
Emerson among GOP lawmakers pressing 'supercommittee' to back new revenues
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from article:
WASHINGTON • Rep. Jo Ann Emerson planned to join a collection of House members holding a variety of political views at a news conference Tuesday advising the debt panel to look hard at new money sources in the race to meet its deficit-cutting deadline next week.
The event is a follow-up to a recent letter signed by Emerson and 39 other House Republican -- joined by 60 Democrats -- telling the panel that "all options for mandatory and discretionary spending and revenues must be on the table."
With a Nov. 23 deadline fast approaching, Emerson, of Cape Girardeau, is reflecting growing pessimism in Washington that the 12-member supercommittee will reach agreement on a package that would reduce borrowing by at least $1.2 trillion over the next ten years.
Read more: http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/political-fix/emerson-among-gop-lawmakers-pressing-supercommittee-to-back-new-revenues/article_8918b2f0-0f0f-11e1-b0db-0019bb30f31a.html#ixzz1dsXFWV5A
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cutting social security, medicare and medicaid at election time is not a wise move.
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from article:
WASHINGTON • Rep. Jo Ann Emerson planned to join a collection of House members holding a variety of political views at a news conference Tuesday advising the debt panel to look hard at new money sources in the race to meet its deficit-cutting deadline next week.
The event is a follow-up to a recent letter signed by Emerson and 39 other House Republican -- joined by 60 Democrats -- telling the panel that "all options for mandatory and discretionary spending and revenues must be on the table."
With a Nov. 23 deadline fast approaching, Emerson, of Cape Girardeau, is reflecting growing pessimism in Washington that the 12-member supercommittee will reach agreement on a package that would reduce borrowing by at least $1.2 trillion over the next ten years.
Read more: http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/political-fix/emerson-among-gop-lawmakers-pressing-supercommittee-to-back-new-revenues/article_8918b2f0-0f0f-11e1-b0db-0019bb30f31a.html#ixzz1dsXFWV5A
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cutting social security, medicare and medicaid at election time is not a wise move.
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Vouchers for veterans and other bad ideas
Vouchers for veterans and other bad ideas
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snip from article;
U.S. health care is remarkably diverse. In terms of how care is paid for and delivered, many of us effectively live in Canada, some live in Switzerland, some live in Britain, and some live in the unregulated market of conservative dreams. One result of this diversity is that we have plenty of home-grown evidence about what works and what doesn't.
Naturally, then, politicians — Republicans in particular — are determined to scrap what works and promote what doesn't. And that brings me to Mitt Romney's latest really bad idea, unveiled on Veterans Day: to partially privatize the Veterans Health Administration.
What Romney and everyone else should know is that the VHA is a huge policy success story, which offers important lessons for future health care reform.
Many people still have an image of veterans' health care based on the terrible state of the system two decades ago. Under the Clinton administration, however, the VHA was overhauled, and it achieved a remarkable combination of rising quality and successful cost control. Multiple surveys have found the VHA providing better care than most Americans receive, even as the agency has held cost increases well below those facing Medicare and private insurers. Furthermore, the VHA has led the way in cost-saving innovation, especially the use of electronic medical records.
What's behind this success? Crucially, the VHA is an integrated system, which provides health care as well as paying for it. So it's free from the perverse incentives created when doctors and hospitals profit from expensive tests and procedures, whether or not those procedures actually make medical sense. And because VHA patients are in it for the long term, the agency has a stronger incentive to invest in prevention than private insurers, many of whose customers move on after a few years.
And yes, this is 'socialized medicine"
Read more: http://www.stltoday.com/lifestyles/relationships-and-special-occasions/columns/miss-manners/vouchers-for-veterans-and-other-bad-ideas/article_8c30a823-94bd-5d25-a2b7-7827e5b0743d.html#ixzz1dnG1zgEQ
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snip from article;
U.S. health care is remarkably diverse. In terms of how care is paid for and delivered, many of us effectively live in Canada, some live in Switzerland, some live in Britain, and some live in the unregulated market of conservative dreams. One result of this diversity is that we have plenty of home-grown evidence about what works and what doesn't.
Naturally, then, politicians — Republicans in particular — are determined to scrap what works and promote what doesn't. And that brings me to Mitt Romney's latest really bad idea, unveiled on Veterans Day: to partially privatize the Veterans Health Administration.
What Romney and everyone else should know is that the VHA is a huge policy success story, which offers important lessons for future health care reform.
Many people still have an image of veterans' health care based on the terrible state of the system two decades ago. Under the Clinton administration, however, the VHA was overhauled, and it achieved a remarkable combination of rising quality and successful cost control. Multiple surveys have found the VHA providing better care than most Americans receive, even as the agency has held cost increases well below those facing Medicare and private insurers. Furthermore, the VHA has led the way in cost-saving innovation, especially the use of electronic medical records.
What's behind this success? Crucially, the VHA is an integrated system, which provides health care as well as paying for it. So it's free from the perverse incentives created when doctors and hospitals profit from expensive tests and procedures, whether or not those procedures actually make medical sense. And because VHA patients are in it for the long term, the agency has a stronger incentive to invest in prevention than private insurers, many of whose customers move on after a few years.
And yes, this is 'socialized medicine"
Read more: http://www.stltoday.com/lifestyles/relationships-and-special-occasions/columns/miss-manners/vouchers-for-veterans-and-other-bad-ideas/article_8c30a823-94bd-5d25-a2b7-7827e5b0743d.html#ixzz1dnG1zgEQ
Monday, November 14, 2011
Sunday, November 13, 2011
Saturday, November 12, 2011
Police arrest Occupy St. Louis protesters
Police arrest Occupy St. Louis protesters
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from article:
Updated at 12:45 a.m. Saturday: Police moved into the Occupy St. Louis protest at Kiener Plaza about 12:30 a.m. and took about 20 protesters into custody.
The arrests came about 15 minutes after officers warned protesters that anyone who refused to leave the downtown plaza would be arrested.
The crowd of Occupy St. Louis protesters had shrunk to about 100. Of them, about 25 indicated they were willing to be taken into custody.
"None of us are choosing to be arrested," said Brian Staack, one of the protesters, just before he was taken into custody. "We are choosing to maintain our occupation and our right to peaceably assemble."
There was shouting from the protesters as the arrests were made, but no signs of violence. Streets near the plaza were closed before the arrests were made.
Read more: http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/police-arrest-occupy-st-louis-protesters/article_8bc55bfc-0c9e-11e1-b678-0019bb30f31a.html#ixzz1dUlAans8
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keep in mind: rally downtown at 3 pm this Thursday. I will be there for sure
also note: will not spend a dime holiday shopping downtown this holiday season. sorry St. Louis for sales tax loss, but carting away demonstrators stupid
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from article:
Updated at 12:45 a.m. Saturday: Police moved into the Occupy St. Louis protest at Kiener Plaza about 12:30 a.m. and took about 20 protesters into custody.
The arrests came about 15 minutes after officers warned protesters that anyone who refused to leave the downtown plaza would be arrested.
The crowd of Occupy St. Louis protesters had shrunk to about 100. Of them, about 25 indicated they were willing to be taken into custody.
"None of us are choosing to be arrested," said Brian Staack, one of the protesters, just before he was taken into custody. "We are choosing to maintain our occupation and our right to peaceably assemble."
There was shouting from the protesters as the arrests were made, but no signs of violence. Streets near the plaza were closed before the arrests were made.
Read more: http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/police-arrest-occupy-st-louis-protesters/article_8bc55bfc-0c9e-11e1-b678-0019bb30f31a.html#ixzz1dUlAans8
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keep in mind: rally downtown at 3 pm this Thursday. I will be there for sure
also note: will not spend a dime holiday shopping downtown this holiday season. sorry St. Louis for sales tax loss, but carting away demonstrators stupid
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Jack Abramoff: The lobbyist's playbook
Jack should still be in jail is my opinion, as well as many in congress/wall street
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
"Brotherhood of Man" 1946 - A UAW-CIO video against racism
from 1946 and far advanced for its time. advocates brotherhood and tolerence from cio/uaw
Monday, November 7, 2011
Palin On Occupy Protests - Activists Think They're 'Entitled' To 'Bailou...
poor Sarah gets it wrong again. protesters against "unfair" and biased treatment of regular folks, not angling for a handout.
Friday, November 4, 2011
Do You Feel Claire McCaskill's Pain?
latest gop anti-claire ad.
Claire, you need get off duff and campaign
Feds Vs Freedom of Information Act Video
Feds Vs Freedom of Information Act Video
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try getting Missouri stuff under "Sunshine law" if you doubt this
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try getting Missouri stuff under "Sunshine law" if you doubt this
11-03-11 6 - The Cain Blame Game, with Christian Finnegan - Countdown wi...
poor Cain.
appearently never learned that folks that live in glass houses should never throw rocks
11-03-11 4 - Fight For The Right To Vote, with Keith Ellison - Countdown...
Missouri is on the list of states whom wish to restrict voting. Why is Missouri consistantly on lists of states that stick to its citizens?
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Open Air Germ Warfare Experiments On Civilian Populations
note: chemical and biowar experiments were carried on in the St. Louis metro area
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
11-01-11 1a - Occupy General Strike, with Barucha Teller - Countdown wit...
Soar 11-3 endorses the 99% folks and the occupy movement.
We have health and age issues, but our hearts are with those folks at Kiener Plaza and other occupy locations
keep up good works
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Arizona retirees look at spending cut impact
for the 99%, we are already at the third world level in some areas.