You Won't Believe These Suez Canal Conspiracies
3 years ago
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Ron Calzone on Ballot Initiatives and Referendums in Missouri
some of the ballet inits are insane read carefully text and try to understand the who-why-when and who profits and pays
some will come out of your pockets if enacted into law
also note, Jefferson city folks have a nack for ignoring citizen passed stuff
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Should Corporations Have More Leeway to Kill Than People Do? - NYTimes.com
Should Corporations Have More Leeway to Kill Than People Do? - NYTimes.com:
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"NEXT week, the Supreme Court will hear a case with many potential ramifications for American and international law, and for corporate responsibility for human rights around the globe. The justices will be asked to decide whether the corporations to which they have been extending the rights of individuals should also be held accountable for crimes against human rights, just as individuals are."
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"NEXT week, the Supreme Court will hear a case with many potential ramifications for American and international law, and for corporate responsibility for human rights around the globe. The justices will be asked to decide whether the corporations to which they have been extending the rights of individuals should also be held accountable for crimes against human rights, just as individuals are."
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, January 2012: Disparities/Minority Health: Many Texas residents cross Mexican border to obtain health care services
Research Activities, January 2012: Disparities/Minority Health: Many Texas residents cross Mexican border to obtain health care services:
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Many Texas residents cross Mexican border to obtain health care services
The U.S.-Mexico border stretches from San Diego, CA all the way to Brownsville, TX. Many residents living on the U.S. side of the border are poor and uninsured, and have difficulties accessing health care services. A new study reveals that many U.S.-border residents in Texas cross the border into Mexico for health care services.
Overall, 63.4 percent of those surveyed said they used one of the four types of health care services in Mexico: medications, visits to doctors, visits to dentists, and hospital admissions. Nearly half of respondents (49.3 percent) admitted to crossing the border to purchase medications in Mexico, 41 percent visited a doctor, and 37.3 percent visited a dentist. Inpatient care in Mexico had the lowest utilization rate among respondents at 6.7 percent. Factors associated with using health care services in Mexico included having no health insurance, being dissatisfied with the quality of care in the United States, and having poor self-reported health status.
The findings were based on responses to the Cross-Border Utilization of Health Care Survey. This was a telephone survey conducted in 2008 of residents living in 32 Texas counties within 62 miles of the Mexican border. Responses came from 1,405 adults who were mostly of Mexican origin. Participants were asked about seeking out health care services in Mexico. Nearly half of those participating had no health insurance coverage. The study was supported in part by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (HS17003).
See "Cross-border utilization of health care: Evidence from a population-based study in south Texas," by Dejun Su, Ph.D., Chad Richardson, Ph.D., Ming Wen, Ph.D., and José A. Pagán, Ph.D., in the June 2011 HSR: Health Services Research 46(3), pp. 859-87------------------------
some of on other boarder. many with healthcare insurance do cross boarder for rates and meds far cheaper. some of canco folks have had dental work down down south the boarder
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Many Texas residents cross Mexican border to obtain health care services
The U.S.-Mexico border stretches from San Diego, CA all the way to Brownsville, TX. Many residents living on the U.S. side of the border are poor and uninsured, and have difficulties accessing health care services. A new study reveals that many U.S.-border residents in Texas cross the border into Mexico for health care services.
Overall, 63.4 percent of those surveyed said they used one of the four types of health care services in Mexico: medications, visits to doctors, visits to dentists, and hospital admissions. Nearly half of respondents (49.3 percent) admitted to crossing the border to purchase medications in Mexico, 41 percent visited a doctor, and 37.3 percent visited a dentist. Inpatient care in Mexico had the lowest utilization rate among respondents at 6.7 percent. Factors associated with using health care services in Mexico included having no health insurance, being dissatisfied with the quality of care in the United States, and having poor self-reported health status.
The findings were based on responses to the Cross-Border Utilization of Health Care Survey. This was a telephone survey conducted in 2008 of residents living in 32 Texas counties within 62 miles of the Mexican border. Responses came from 1,405 adults who were mostly of Mexican origin. Participants were asked about seeking out health care services in Mexico. Nearly half of those participating had no health insurance coverage. The study was supported in part by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (HS17003).
See "Cross-border utilization of health care: Evidence from a population-based study in south Texas," by Dejun Su, Ph.D., Chad Richardson, Ph.D., Ming Wen, Ph.D., and José A. Pagán, Ph.D., in the June 2011 HSR: Health Services Research 46(3), pp. 859-87------------------------
some of on other boarder. many with healthcare insurance do cross boarder for rates and meds far cheaper. some of canco folks have had dental work down down south the boarder
what is single payer?
from 08 and still pretty much same story. another pile of bodies of folks lacking access to healthcare.
yes, pile of bodies and that pile will grow and grow because we do not have a true universal healthcare system. be proud those who sold out single payer healthcare in the Obama healthcare debates, you helped grow this pile.
Kathleen Parker: Obama's prayer
Kathleen Parker: Obama's prayer
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Let me be blunt: If Republicans nominate Rick Santorum, they will lose.
The prospect of four more years of Barack Obama holds some appeal for many Americans, but probably not for most Republicans. It may give doubters among them some comfort, however, to know that Obama and Santorum share the same prayer: that Santorum be the Republican nominee.
It gives me no pleasure to rap Santorum, a man I know and respect even if I disagree with him on some issues. Not that he minds. He's a scrapper who loves a fight — and he forgives. Bottom line: Santorum is a good man. He's just a good man in the wrong century.
Read more: http://www.stltoday.com/news/opinion/columns/kathleen-parker/kathleen-parker-obama-s-prayer/article_6648a012-fe9b-59d7-a783-3ed27ea60533.html#ixzz1nf7NL1Oc
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Let me be blunt: If Republicans nominate Rick Santorum, they will lose.
The prospect of four more years of Barack Obama holds some appeal for many Americans, but probably not for most Republicans. It may give doubters among them some comfort, however, to know that Obama and Santorum share the same prayer: that Santorum be the Republican nominee.
It gives me no pleasure to rap Santorum, a man I know and respect even if I disagree with him on some issues. Not that he minds. He's a scrapper who loves a fight — and he forgives. Bottom line: Santorum is a good man. He's just a good man in the wrong century.
Read more: http://www.stltoday.com/news/opinion/columns/kathleen-parker/kathleen-parker-obama-s-prayer/article_6648a012-fe9b-59d7-a783-3ed27ea60533.html#ixzz1nf7NL1Oc
Monday, February 27, 2012
: Revolution and the Romantics
worth watching for it does explain a lot about politics
lesson 43 of western tradition.
Sunday, February 26, 2012
Video: Slavery Full Program | Watch Slavery by Another Name Online | PBS Video
Video: Slavery Full Program | Watch Slavery by Another Name Online | PBS Video:
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not so happy history story. US steel mentioned by name.
alas, slaves do not join unions nor do they present political challenges to system.
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not so happy history story. US steel mentioned by name.
alas, slaves do not join unions nor do they present political challenges to system.
Saturday, February 25, 2012
Nebraska Farmer: TransCanada "Ruthless," "Careless"
a foreign company envokes eminent domain laws against American citizens and property not only in Nebraska, but other states as well. something wrong with this picture.
I-Team: Sen. Jim Lembke says his vote can't be bought with cheeseburgers
I agree some in Jeff city cannot be bought for a burger, some can be bought for the wrapper on the hamburger
Friday, February 24, 2012
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Lawrence O’Donnell on Single-Payer and the Birth Control Mess
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Republican Presidential Debate (CNN/Arizona Republican Party) - February...
note: no impressed by performances. Mitt did ok barely
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Monday, February 20, 2012
Wendell Potter: Taking the Initiative in a Struggle Against Excessive Rate Increases
Wendell Potter: Taking the Initiative in a Struggle Against Excessive Rate Increases:
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"The biggest applause line Senator Diane Feinstein (D-Calif.) got at a gathering of Democratic Party activists last week came when she endorsed a ballot initiative to give the California Insurance Commissioner power to reject excessive health insurance rate increases.
Consumer advocates there decided to go the ballot initiative route after the insurance industry's friends in the legislature blocked a bill last year that would do the same thing. Feinstein became the first Californian to sign a petition. Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones became the second"
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"The biggest applause line Senator Diane Feinstein (D-Calif.) got at a gathering of Democratic Party activists last week came when she endorsed a ballot initiative to give the California Insurance Commissioner power to reject excessive health insurance rate increases.
Consumer advocates there decided to go the ballot initiative route after the insurance industry's friends in the legislature blocked a bill last year that would do the same thing. Feinstein became the first Californian to sign a petition. Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones became the second"
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need this in Missouri
Saturday, February 18, 2012
The factory jobs aren’t coming back
The factory jobs aren’t coming back
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This originally appeared on Robert Reich's blog.
Suddenly, manufacturing is back – at least on the election trail. But don’t be fooled. The real issue isn’t how to get manufacturing back. It’s how to get good jobs and good wages back. They aren’t at all the same thing.
Republicans have become born-again champions of American manufacturing. This may have something to do with crucial primaries occurring next week in Michigan and the following week in Ohio, both of them former arsenals of American manufacturing.
Mitt Romney says he’ll “work to bring manufacturing back” to America by being tough on China, which he describes as “stealing jobs” by keeping value of its currency artificially low and thereby making its exports cheaper.
Rick Santorum promises to “fight for American manufacturing” by eliminating corporate income taxes on manufacturers and allowing corporations to bring their foreign profits back to American tax free as long as they use the money to build new factories.
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This originally appeared on Robert Reich's blog.
Suddenly, manufacturing is back – at least on the election trail. But don’t be fooled. The real issue isn’t how to get manufacturing back. It’s how to get good jobs and good wages back. They aren’t at all the same thing.
Republicans have become born-again champions of American manufacturing. This may have something to do with crucial primaries occurring next week in Michigan and the following week in Ohio, both of them former arsenals of American manufacturing.
Mitt Romney says he’ll “work to bring manufacturing back” to America by being tough on China, which he describes as “stealing jobs” by keeping value of its currency artificially low and thereby making its exports cheaper.
Rick Santorum promises to “fight for American manufacturing” by eliminating corporate income taxes on manufacturers and allowing corporations to bring their foreign profits back to American tax free as long as they use the money to build new factories.
Friday, February 17, 2012
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Political Dissent to be Labeled 'Mental Illness' by Journal of Clinical Psychiatry // Current TV
Political Dissent to be Labeled 'Mental Illness' by Journal of Clinical Psychiatry // Current TV:
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This study conclusively demonstrates that unfounded fear of government is a recognizable mental illness, closely related to paranoid schizophrenia. Anti-Government Phobia (AGP) differs from most mental illnesses, however, in that it is highly infectious and has an acute onset. Symptoms include extreme suspiciousness, conspiracy-mongering, delusional thought patterns, staunch "us against them" mentality, withdrawal from reality, and often religious fanaticism. Having the patient committed to a qualified mental health institution is the best option for family and loved ones. For this reason, all psychiatrists and family physicians should be provided with educational materials which will help them recognize the various symptoms and warning signs accompanying onset. Since comparatively little is known about Anti-Government Phobia at the present time, a government-funded health commission should be set up to oversee, and help focus, future research.
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prolabor folks could also be in this bag
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This study conclusively demonstrates that unfounded fear of government is a recognizable mental illness, closely related to paranoid schizophrenia. Anti-Government Phobia (AGP) differs from most mental illnesses, however, in that it is highly infectious and has an acute onset. Symptoms include extreme suspiciousness, conspiracy-mongering, delusional thought patterns, staunch "us against them" mentality, withdrawal from reality, and often religious fanaticism. Having the patient committed to a qualified mental health institution is the best option for family and loved ones. For this reason, all psychiatrists and family physicians should be provided with educational materials which will help them recognize the various symptoms and warning signs accompanying onset. Since comparatively little is known about Anti-Government Phobia at the present time, a government-funded health commission should be set up to oversee, and help focus, future research.
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prolabor folks could also be in this bag
'Frack Off!' 500 ft high Banner Drop Off Blackpool Tower #fracking #frac...
fracking mess is not exclusively an American problem
Mineweb.com - The world's premier mining and mining investment website Rio Tinto`s lockout of Alma workers looks set to drag on - FAST NEWS | Mineweb
Mineweb.com - The world's premier mining and mining investment website Rio Tinto`s lockout of Alma workers looks set to drag on - FAST NEWS | Mineweb:
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"TORONTO (REUTERS) -
Rio Tinto's lockout of workers at its Alcan division's big Alma aluminum smelter in northern Quebec looks set to drag on, and the company said on Monday that no talks were scheduled.
"I wouldn't put a timeline to (talks) right now because nothing is scheduled," said Rio Tinto Alcan spokesman Bryan Tucker.
Rio Tinto Alcan locked unionized workers out at the 438,000 tonne smelter, in Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec, on Jan. 1, after talks on a new contract failed. The old contract expired on Dec. 31 and the two sides had been talking since October.
Rio has been operating the plant with non-unionized workers at about one-third of capacity since early January.
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"TORONTO (REUTERS) -
Rio Tinto's lockout of workers at its Alcan division's big Alma aluminum smelter in northern Quebec looks set to drag on, and the company said on Monday that no talks were scheduled.
"I wouldn't put a timeline to (talks) right now because nothing is scheduled," said Rio Tinto Alcan spokesman Bryan Tucker.
Rio Tinto Alcan locked unionized workers out at the 438,000 tonne smelter, in Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec, on Jan. 1, after talks on a new contract failed. The old contract expired on Dec. 31 and the two sides had been talking since October.
Rio has been operating the plant with non-unionized workers at about one-third of capacity since early January.
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Monday, February 13, 2012
I Was a Communist for the FBI (1951)
Based on a true story in Pittsburgh, PA, a steelworker Matt Cvetic works with the FBI to undermine the Communist party, but his family and his teenage boy thinks he's a real communist. By Warner Bros. Pictures
amusing flick
the wobblies
from wiki
he Industrial Workers of the World (IWW or the Wobblies) is an international union. At its peak in 1923, the organization claimed some 100,000 members in good standing and could marshal the support of perhaps 300,000 workers. Its membership declined dramatically after a 1924 split brought on by internal conflict. IWW membership does not require that one work in a represented workplace, nor does it exclude membership in another labor union.[citation needed]
The IWW contends that all workers should be united as a class and that the wage system should be abolished.[3] They are known for the Wobbly Shop model of workplace democracy, in which workers elect their managers[4] and other norms of grassroots democracy (self-management) are implemented.
On January 3, 2010, the IWW moved its GHQ offices to 2117 West Irving Park Road, Chicago.
Editorial: As one bubble ends; another is just getting started
Editorial: As one bubble ends; another is just getting started
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There's a certain poetry to the notion that the remnants of the housing bubble might be used to ward off the next financial catastrophe facing the middle class: the looming student loan bubble.
But it's not a very soothing verse, nor is it a valid notion.
On Thursday, Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster came to St. Louis to outline the financial settlement reached by attorneys general in 49 states that will offer some financial relief for homeowners who either lost their homes to foreclosure or are paying for mortgages in which they owe more than the home is worth.
Five of the nation's biggest banks will pay $25 billion as a punishment for their role in the crisis that still grips much of America's middle class. Illinois gets about $1 billion; Missouri, $195 million.
It's good that the banks that played such an oversized role in causing the crisis will pay a price.
But it's really too little too late. Even $25 billion is a drop in the bucket when Americans have $700 billion in underwater mortgages.
Some folks who lost their homes will get a check for $2,000. They won't get their homes back.
Read more: http://www.stltoday.com/news/opinion/columns/the-platform/editorial-as-one-bubble-ends-another-is-just-getting-started/article_796f3c48-4398-5d72-acb3-73dd4cf7b484.html#ixzz1mI03fqIv
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There's a certain poetry to the notion that the remnants of the housing bubble might be used to ward off the next financial catastrophe facing the middle class: the looming student loan bubble.
But it's not a very soothing verse, nor is it a valid notion.
On Thursday, Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster came to St. Louis to outline the financial settlement reached by attorneys general in 49 states that will offer some financial relief for homeowners who either lost their homes to foreclosure or are paying for mortgages in which they owe more than the home is worth.
Five of the nation's biggest banks will pay $25 billion as a punishment for their role in the crisis that still grips much of America's middle class. Illinois gets about $1 billion; Missouri, $195 million.
It's good that the banks that played such an oversized role in causing the crisis will pay a price.
But it's really too little too late. Even $25 billion is a drop in the bucket when Americans have $700 billion in underwater mortgages.
Some folks who lost their homes will get a check for $2,000. They won't get their homes back.
Read more: http://www.stltoday.com/news/opinion/columns/the-platform/editorial-as-one-bubble-ends-another-is-just-getting-started/article_796f3c48-4398-5d72-acb3-73dd4cf7b484.html#ixzz1mI03fqIv
Editorial: Why does Missouri House pass pro-discrimination bills?
Editorial: Why does Missouri House pass pro-discrimination bills?
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The best political advisers make their livings by framing conversations about complicated issues in a way that benefits their side. Lately, Republicans have been much, much better at this than Democrats.
Somehow, the GOP turned much of the nation against a federal health care reform bill that contained many of their own ideas by calling it a "government takeover."
It wasn't, of course, but when Democrats named the bill the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, they'd already lost. Like it or not, how an issue is 'spun" matters because it effects the electorate's views.
Which brings us to two pieces of legislation passed by the Missouri House last week. Both bills, one about voter identification, the other about workplace discrimination rules, do much the same thing: they reduce individual freedom. In a word, they discriminate.
Read more: http://www.stltoday.com/news/opinion/columns/the-platform/editorial-why-does-missouri-house-pass-pro-discrimination-bills/article_3c7e22de-41d7-5598-bcbe-5296b7bed01d.html#ixzz1mHzXMMIC
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The best political advisers make their livings by framing conversations about complicated issues in a way that benefits their side. Lately, Republicans have been much, much better at this than Democrats.
Somehow, the GOP turned much of the nation against a federal health care reform bill that contained many of their own ideas by calling it a "government takeover."
It wasn't, of course, but when Democrats named the bill the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, they'd already lost. Like it or not, how an issue is 'spun" matters because it effects the electorate's views.
Which brings us to two pieces of legislation passed by the Missouri House last week. Both bills, one about voter identification, the other about workplace discrimination rules, do much the same thing: they reduce individual freedom. In a word, they discriminate.
Read more: http://www.stltoday.com/news/opinion/columns/the-platform/editorial-why-does-missouri-house-pass-pro-discrimination-bills/article_3c7e22de-41d7-5598-bcbe-5296b7bed01d.html#ixzz1mHzXMMIC
Missouri: NO on SB 592 and HB 1219. Stop Workplace Discrimination
let's stick it the disabled, hell of a message from Missouri
GOP gubernatorial candidate Dave Spence makes campaign stop in Sedalia | candidate, spence, gubernatorial - Sedalia Democrat
GOP gubernatorial candidate Dave Spence makes campaign stop in Sedalia | candidate, spence, gubernatorial - Sedalia Democrat
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St. Louis businessman and prospective Republican gubernatorial candidate Dave Spence brought his largely self-financed campaign to Sedalia on Friday, accusing Gov. Jay Nixon of “cronyism” and decrying a number of state departments and regulations.
Spence, 53, served as president of plastics manufacturer Alpha Packaging for 27 years, a business he guided from 15 employees and $350,000 annual sales in 1985 to an 800-employee, $200 million company when he sold it last fall.
He told members of the Pettis County Pachyderm Club he is “a throwback guy,” whose has an outsider status as a first-time candidate for office.
“I love being the underdog. That’s where I am. I relish that role,” Spence said. “I am a believer that simple is better. Let s get rid of some of this clutter. Let’s get rid of some of these regulations. Let’s get rid of the people who make these regulations who have never been in the real world — who sit in a cubicle somewhere and tell us how to run our lives.”
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St. Louis businessman and prospective Republican gubernatorial candidate Dave Spence brought his largely self-financed campaign to Sedalia on Friday, accusing Gov. Jay Nixon of “cronyism” and decrying a number of state departments and regulations.
Spence, 53, served as president of plastics manufacturer Alpha Packaging for 27 years, a business he guided from 15 employees and $350,000 annual sales in 1985 to an 800-employee, $200 million company when he sold it last fall.
He told members of the Pettis County Pachyderm Club he is “a throwback guy,” whose has an outsider status as a first-time candidate for office.
“I love being the underdog. That’s where I am. I relish that role,” Spence said. “I am a believer that simple is better. Let s get rid of some of this clutter. Let’s get rid of some of these regulations. Let’s get rid of the people who make these regulations who have never been in the real world — who sit in a cubicle somewhere and tell us how to run our lives.”
Sunday, February 12, 2012
Mardi Gras: Made In China
mardi gras big deal in St. Louis.
wonder if folks know much of the beads, hats and party gear made in China?
this is a film from 05 preview
Saturday, February 11, 2012
St. Louis Beacon - Sinquefield: Proposed income tax repeal may be delayed until 2014 ballot
St. Louis Beacon - Sinquefield: Proposed income tax repeal may be delayed until 2014 ballot: "Wealthy financier Rex Sinquefield is personally seeking to make the case that eliminating Missouri’s income tax, and replacing it with a sales tax, would be an economic boon for the Show Me State.
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But Sinquefield, who is bankrolling an initiative-petition drive on the subject, acknowledged Thursday that getting Missourians to go along with such a drastic change in their state's taxation system may take several years and perhaps several elections.
Retired businessman Rex Sinquefield speaks during a lecture Thursday at Lindenwood University in St. Charles.
"It’s going to be extraordinarily difficult to persuade people that this is the thing to do," Sinquefield said during a lecture he delivered Thursday at Lindenwood University in St. Charles."
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But Sinquefield, who is bankrolling an initiative-petition drive on the subject, acknowledged Thursday that getting Missourians to go along with such a drastic change in their state's taxation system may take several years and perhaps several elections.
Retired businessman Rex Sinquefield speaks during a lecture Thursday at Lindenwood University in St. Charles.
"It’s going to be extraordinarily difficult to persuade people that this is the thing to do," Sinquefield said during a lecture he delivered Thursday at Lindenwood University in St. Charles."
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Friday, February 10, 2012
The Mike Wallace Interview
The Mike Wallace Interview
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will be discussed next meeting if time permits. soar 11-3 does believe in teaching history and labor history has been seriously neglected.
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Walter Reuther
1/25/58
Walter Reuther, president of the United Auto Workers, talks to Wallace about his plan for profit sharing for auto workers, which was being attacked as a "giant step toward socialism."
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will be discussed next meeting if time permits. soar 11-3 does believe in teaching history and labor history has been seriously neglected.
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Walter Reuther
1/25/58
Walter Reuther, president of the United Auto Workers, talks to Wallace about his plan for profit sharing for auto workers, which was being attacked as a "giant step toward socialism."
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Congressman Hill (IN-9) is on our side
old one
put out for HCan. Yes, the HCan that opposed single payer healthcare and I denounced at the meeting and at the big deal at Forrest Park college.
also rolled over on the single payer.
hcan does some good, but did put back quality healthcare for years in America.
no, the insurance companies did win and this vid in error on that fact.
Thursday, February 9, 2012
maddow st louis vet parade 2012
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Jennifer Granholm on how the US must win jobs from foreign nations
yes we do need jobs and a balanced economy, perhaps a planned economy
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
The New York Times Goes All In With The "1 Percenters" - Forbes
The New York Times Goes All In With The "1 Percenters" - Forbes
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It’s a classic American saga of top hats against hard hats, lions versus sheep, the one percenters and the forgotten 99. It’s a story about fundamental unfairness, corporate excess, and naked greed. There are exploited workers seething in revolt and spoiled plutocrats floating along on clouds of happy oblivion.
Somebody get The New York Times on the story. Wait a second – The New York Times is the story. So never mind.
New York Times employees plan an “urgent” Jan. 9 meeting to discuss their next move because its staff are incensed by the $15 million failure bonus given to outgoing CEO Janet Robinson. Robinson, whose disastrous tenure coincided with a drop in the parent company’s stock price from $40 to less than $8 in seven years, is getting $4.5 million to serve as a “consultant” this year (so the company can avail itself of 12 more months of that storied leadership--
another example of free market stuff. good the times watching out for the people
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It’s a classic American saga of top hats against hard hats, lions versus sheep, the one percenters and the forgotten 99. It’s a story about fundamental unfairness, corporate excess, and naked greed. There are exploited workers seething in revolt and spoiled plutocrats floating along on clouds of happy oblivion.
Somebody get The New York Times on the story. Wait a second – The New York Times is the story. So never mind.
New York Times employees plan an “urgent” Jan. 9 meeting to discuss their next move because its staff are incensed by the $15 million failure bonus given to outgoing CEO Janet Robinson. Robinson, whose disastrous tenure coincided with a drop in the parent company’s stock price from $40 to less than $8 in seven years, is getting $4.5 million to serve as a “consultant” this year (so the company can avail itself of 12 more months of that storied leadership--
another example of free market stuff. good the times watching out for the people
23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism
some of you might find this lecture of interest kinda long
from original vid poster on you tube
Speaker: Professor Ha-Joon Chang
Chair: Professor Robert Wade
This event was recorded on 5 October 2010 in Old Theatre, Old Building
We may like or dislike capitalism, but surely we all know how it works. Right? Wrong. Today, most arguments about capitalism are dominated by free-market ideology and unfounded assumptions that parade as 'facts'. This lecture in which Ha-Joon Chang will talk about his new book 23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism| tells the story of capitalism as it is and shows how capitalism as we know it can be, and should be, made better.
Paul Krugman: U.S. economy is not OK
Paul Krugman: U.S. economy is not OK
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In a better world — specifically, a world with a better policy elite — a good jobs report would be cause for unalloyed celebration. In the world we actually inhabit, however, every silver lining comes with a cloud. Friday's report was, in fact, much better than expected, and has made many people, myself included, more optimistic. But there's a real danger that this optimism will be self-defeating, because it will encourage and empower the purge-and-liquidate crowd.
So, about that jobs report: it was genuinely good, certainly compared with the dreariness that has become the norm. Notably, for once falling unemployment was the real thing, reflecting growing availability of jobs rather than workers dropping out of the labor force, and hence out of the unemployment measure.
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In a better world — specifically, a world with a better policy elite — a good jobs report would be cause for unalloyed celebration. In the world we actually inhabit, however, every silver lining comes with a cloud. Friday's report was, in fact, much better than expected, and has made many people, myself included, more optimistic. But there's a real danger that this optimism will be self-defeating, because it will encourage and empower the purge-and-liquidate crowd.
So, about that jobs report: it was genuinely good, certainly compared with the dreariness that has become the norm. Notably, for once falling unemployment was the real thing, reflecting growing availability of jobs rather than workers dropping out of the labor force, and hence out of the unemployment measure.
Read more: http://www.stltoday.com/news/opinion/columns/paul-krugman/paul-krugman-u-s-economy-is-not-ok/article_e97385d6-d00d-59f2-871d-004b4b91c8e9.html#ixzz1lhddBVLF
Monday, February 6, 2012
Senate votes today on anti-union FAA bill. Tell Democrats not to cave.
Senate votes today on anti-union FAA bill. Tell Democrats not to cave.
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he Senate votes today on the Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization bill—and as much as we need the FAA funded and open, we need 41 votes against this version of the bill. Since last summer, Democrats have stood strong against Republican attempts to make it all but impossible for airline workers to join unions through a provision that would have counted people who didn't vote in union representation elections as having voted no. But now, Harry Reid and Jay Rockefeller, the majority leader and the chair of the Senate Commerce Committee, have signed off on a "compromise" proposed by Republicans. If you know one thing about today's congressional Republicans, though, you can guess it's no compromise.
good time to stand up for labor
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he Senate votes today on the Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization bill—and as much as we need the FAA funded and open, we need 41 votes against this version of the bill. Since last summer, Democrats have stood strong against Republican attempts to make it all but impossible for airline workers to join unions through a provision that would have counted people who didn't vote in union representation elections as having voted no. But now, Harry Reid and Jay Rockefeller, the majority leader and the chair of the Senate Commerce Committee, have signed off on a "compromise" proposed by Republicans. If you know one thing about today's congressional Republicans, though, you can guess it's no compromise.
good time to stand up for labor
Retirees camp outside aluminum plant
Retirees camp outside aluminum plant
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Since Dec. 19, members of United Steelworkers Local 5668 and retirees of Century Aluminum have been holding an encampment outside the plant here in Ravenswood, W.Va., calling it “Occupy Century Aluminum.”
The company shut down in 2009 and sent out “health care termination” letters to the retirees. “The company basically told people they were going to steal every last thing they worked for,” stated Karen Gorrell, a spokesperson for Occupy Century Aluminum. “The notifications put so much stress on all of us, and as a result we lost a couple of our co-workers. So we decided to finally take action.”
The encampment has received a lot of support. Activists from various Occupy locations in the region have visited and made donations. Other labor unions have also expressed solidarity. On Jan. 25, United Steelworkers President Leo Gerard made an appearance and gave a speech where he called the Century Aluminum bosses “a bunch of rotten bastards for trying to take away people’s health care.”
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Since Dec. 19, members of United Steelworkers Local 5668 and retirees of Century Aluminum have been holding an encampment outside the plant here in Ravenswood, W.Va., calling it “Occupy Century Aluminum.”
The company shut down in 2009 and sent out “health care termination” letters to the retirees. “The company basically told people they were going to steal every last thing they worked for,” stated Karen Gorrell, a spokesperson for Occupy Century Aluminum. “The notifications put so much stress on all of us, and as a result we lost a couple of our co-workers. So we decided to finally take action.”
The encampment has received a lot of support. Activists from various Occupy locations in the region have visited and made donations. Other labor unions have also expressed solidarity. On Jan. 25, United Steelworkers President Leo Gerard made an appearance and gave a speech where he called the Century Aluminum bosses “a bunch of rotten bastards for trying to take away people’s health care.”
inside congressional trading eliz warren
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Saturday, February 4, 2012
Matt Taibbi Says No Public Option Will Cause Progressive Revolt in Congress
from 09 and Matt was correct
progressives really got off their butts
Friday, February 3, 2012
The Other Side of Apple - Must see for anyone who has an iPod or iPhone!
I do not use apple and no intention of doing so unless some consideration of labor standards met by this corporation.
Steve Jobs would have been aware of the conditions as ceo. dead and gone
Undocumented Workers Wanted In Kansas
someone has to pick the crops
good the gop wishes to have undocumented workers in Kansas
After the arrest of Josh Fox: Video feed of House Energy and Environment...
a little more on the previous post
Thursday, February 2, 2012
leo gerard on china auto part trade
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Wednesday, February 1, 2012
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