You Won't Believe These Suez Canal Conspiracies
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Friday, May 27, 2011
more on Honeywell lockout in Metropolitis
one of the top items of the Afl legislation day in Springfield, Il. yesterday. Some very tough leglislation on the matter before the Illinois leglislature on some of the hazards of the Honeywell lockout. Soar groups sent reps to the AFL meeting and did lobby some of the elected ones.
Soar 11-3 supports the workers.
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Liberals warn McCaskill, Democratic senators on entitlement cuts
Liberals warn McCaskill, Democratic senators on entitlement cuts
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from article:
"Conservatives in Congress aren't the only ones taking heat in the brewing fights over cutting Medicare and popular government programs.
A coalition of liberal groups is telling Democratic senators in Missouri and three other states who are up for re-election next year that signing on to such cuts would be perilous to their political futures.
The groups -- Progressive Change Campaign Committee, Democracy for America, MoveOn.org and Credo Action --commissioned polls suggesting strongly that cuts in key entitlements would be unwelcome with voters.
In Missouri, a poll conducted by PPP, a Democratic-aligned polling firm, showed that cuts in Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security would be especially unpopular.
The poll in Missouri of 1,050 likely voters found that 19 percent would support reducing Medicare expenditures while 77 percent opposed Medicare trims.
The survey question was phrased this way: In order to reduce the national debt, would you support or oppose cutting spending on Medicare, which is the government health insurance program for the elderly?
A similar question on Medicaid found that 32 percent would support cuts to reduce the national debt while 63 percent would oppose them. For Social Security, 17 percent would support cuts; 76 percent oppose them.
Stephanie Taylor, co-founder othe Progressive Change Campaign Committee, said in a statement: "Senator McCaskill should not support needless compromises on these issues and instead go on the offense by investing in jobs and making oil companies, Wall Street and the rich pay their fair share in taxes."
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note to Claire: if you wish to be a republican, switch parties. enough of the right wing bull.
You are going to be a hard sell if you do not immediately support medicare, medicaid and social security as it is or better. If not, better pass a good unemployment extention for you will need it
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from article:
"Conservatives in Congress aren't the only ones taking heat in the brewing fights over cutting Medicare and popular government programs.
A coalition of liberal groups is telling Democratic senators in Missouri and three other states who are up for re-election next year that signing on to such cuts would be perilous to their political futures.
The groups -- Progressive Change Campaign Committee, Democracy for America, MoveOn.org and Credo Action --commissioned polls suggesting strongly that cuts in key entitlements would be unwelcome with voters.
In Missouri, a poll conducted by PPP, a Democratic-aligned polling firm, showed that cuts in Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security would be especially unpopular.
The poll in Missouri of 1,050 likely voters found that 19 percent would support reducing Medicare expenditures while 77 percent opposed Medicare trims.
The survey question was phrased this way: In order to reduce the national debt, would you support or oppose cutting spending on Medicare, which is the government health insurance program for the elderly?
A similar question on Medicaid found that 32 percent would support cuts to reduce the national debt while 63 percent would oppose them. For Social Security, 17 percent would support cuts; 76 percent oppose them.
Stephanie Taylor, co-founder othe Progressive Change Campaign Committee, said in a statement: "Senator McCaskill should not support needless compromises on these issues and instead go on the offense by investing in jobs and making oil companies, Wall Street and the rich pay their fair share in taxes."
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note to Claire: if you wish to be a republican, switch parties. enough of the right wing bull.
You are going to be a hard sell if you do not immediately support medicare, medicaid and social security as it is or better. If not, better pass a good unemployment extention for you will need it
Sunday, May 22, 2011
Cops Have Device That Steals ALL Information From Your Cell Phone! Text ...
about $150 one of many devices for privacy invasion.
how much a raise you recieve? MSN video: CEO Pay Inequities
Check out this great MSN video: CEO Pay Inequitieshttp://money.msn.com/money-video/default.aspx?vid=c1a3083c-0976-401f-b682-c14692655c8f
how much a raise you get?
how much a raise you get?
Report: Out-of-Pocket Medicare Costs Double Under Republican Plan | AFL-CIO NOW BLOG
Report: Out-of-Pocket Medicare Costs Double Under Republican Plan | AFL-CIO NOW BLOG
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I suspect the figures and estimates on the low end. Medical care inflation for the last decade is 100% just by itself.
of course, should we adopt true universal healthcare such as HR676, this would drop drastically
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I suspect the figures and estimates on the low end. Medical care inflation for the last decade is 100% just by itself.
of course, should we adopt true universal healthcare such as HR676, this would drop drastically
Saturday, May 21, 2011
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Seniors, Guns and Money By PAUL KRUGMAN
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/13/opinion/13krugman.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/13/opinion/13krugman.html?_r=2&ref=opinion
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from article:
"This has to be one of the funniest political stories of recent weeks: On Tuesday, 42 freshmen Republican members of Congress sent a letter urging President Obama to stop Democrats from engaging in “Mediscare” tactics — that is, to stop saying that the Republican budget plan released early last month, which would end Medicare as we know it, is a plan to end Medicare as we know it.
Now, you may recall that the people who signed that letter got their current jobs largely by engaging in “Mediscare” tactics of their own. And bear in mind that what Democrats are saying now is entirely true, while what Republicans were saying last year was completely false. Death panels!
Well, it’s time, said the signatories, to “wipe the slate clean.” How very convenient — and how very pathetic."
more at times
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/13/opinion/13krugman.html?_r=2&ref=opinion
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from article:
"This has to be one of the funniest political stories of recent weeks: On Tuesday, 42 freshmen Republican members of Congress sent a letter urging President Obama to stop Democrats from engaging in “Mediscare” tactics — that is, to stop saying that the Republican budget plan released early last month, which would end Medicare as we know it, is a plan to end Medicare as we know it.
Now, you may recall that the people who signed that letter got their current jobs largely by engaging in “Mediscare” tactics of their own. And bear in mind that what Democrats are saying now is entirely true, while what Republicans were saying last year was completely false. Death panels!
Well, it’s time, said the signatories, to “wipe the slate clean.” How very convenient — and how very pathetic."
more at times
Workers Come Out Strong At End of Missouri Legislative Session | AFL-CIO NOW BLOG
Workers Come Out Strong At End of Missouri Legislative Session | AFL-CIO NOW BLOG
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alas, I do not think workers did so well in Missouri. In fact, we lost ground over last few years and regained nothing. Hillbillies rule in Missouri and that is a fact in Jefferson City.
Loss of a representative in congress in St. Louis area bodes ill as well.
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alas, I do not think workers did so well in Missouri. In fact, we lost ground over last few years and regained nothing. Hillbillies rule in Missouri and that is a fact in Jefferson City.
Loss of a representative in congress in St. Louis area bodes ill as well.
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Democracy Now: "Getting Wise to Breitbart's Lies"
interesting take on university of missouri flap
always be wary of short clips that may have been edited
Tell Jerry McNerney To Stop Bankrupting Medicare
odd teabaggers would have attack ad when asking Obama to rein the dems on Medicare.
Monday, May 16, 2011
GOP reply to Obama's address 5-10
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teabag babble. attack medicare and social security and you unlease the wrath of the public.
the Ryan plan clearly attempts to "privatize" many programs and the more you read, the more one is upset and angry.
Saturday, May 14, 2011
Is Wal-Mart returning to its "Buy American" roots? - May. 12, 2011
Is Wal-Mart returning to its "Buy American" roots? - May. 12, 2011
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note: things are a matter of how they phrase them. most would call the big W's Buy American program as spin, pure and simple. A unit could be a single apple or it could be a flat screen by definition
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note: things are a matter of how they phrase them. most would call the big W's Buy American program as spin, pure and simple. A unit could be a single apple or it could be a flat screen by definition
Friday, May 13, 2011
Healthcare: Sanders vs Paul Paul believes public healthcare is slavery
public healthcare is slavery? what a moron
Boeing: Labor board trying to accomplish what union couldn't in negotiations - The Hill's Transportation Report
Boeing: Labor board trying to accomplish what union couldn't in negotiations - The Hill's Transportation Report
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union folks might wish to keep track of this. NLRB finally does some good for labor for a change. Lord, its been some time since that occured
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union folks might wish to keep track of this. NLRB finally does some good for labor for a change. Lord, its been some time since that occured
Thursday, May 12, 2011
Single-Payer Plan reintroduced in senate
Good work Bernie. Alas, snowball's chance this congress.
Yes, Gop and teabaggers will oppose; but some of our own will do the same. Remember those single payer folks led out of senate chambers in handcuffs? I do and so does Soar 11-3
"Most Basic Values" JP Morgan Chase video
I have knowledge in my zip code of "false" forclosures, paper dropping off to wrong folks in civil collections and more.
Last year, civil debt collectors dropped off papers for a person that lived at my home years ago and even after being notified they tossed papers on my front porch. I went to court and lawyer flat out lied to me.
what is being done?
good question, what is being done except folks rights being violated?
why no immigration reform? Immigrants For Sale
folks on both sides of immigration reform should take note. big money no matter how it turns out unless we enact a sane immigration policy.
don't hold breath waiting
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
He May Be a Communist must watch for university of missouri
maybe I should share this with the red baiters at the University of Missouri.
perhaps the one below is more understandable to university. After all, we cannot begin another red witch hunt without propper propaganda on the subject
more of u of mo flap Show Me Progress:: Because a right wingnut website which posts doctored videos is always credible?
Show Me Progress:: Because a right wingnut website which posts doctored videos is always credible?
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kinda glad I did not get my degree from University of Missouri. Any institution that makes such a snap judgement and throws its own to the wolves is not a valid university. welcome back black lists and communist witch hunts.
sad, one sees this again in their lifetime.
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kinda glad I did not get my degree from University of Missouri. Any institution that makes such a snap judgement and throws its own to the wolves is not a valid university. welcome back black lists and communist witch hunts.
sad, one sees this again in their lifetime.
gop in New York state--killing medicare might not be best polatform
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pay attention politicos and fearless leaders. tampering to the negative on social security and or medicare is not in your interests.
start fixing medicare by negoation of drug prices and put billions back into program. seems such a nonbrainer
gop on debt from abc
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with tax increases "off the table", you can imagine what they are talking about cutting.
time for dems to call their bluff
Monday, May 9, 2011
more on Missouri redrict fight: Clay & Carnahan: Partisan Redistricting Plan Would...
St. Louis Activist Hub: Clay & Carnahan: Partisan Redistricting Plan Would...: "Ok, so maybe that wasn't their exact wording, but I think it covers the basic idea. Here's their joint press release: Clay and Carnahan Say..."
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this is older story and this battle lost to dems
why does the term "democrat" almost mean the same in Missouri as "loser"? only difference many can see is that loser can be by chance and democrats seem to lose by being cowards.
being yellow does not guarantee anything except shame and misery. that is not why folks voted dem.
no wonder so many dems stayed home last election
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this is older story and this battle lost to dems
why does the term "democrat" almost mean the same in Missouri as "loser"? only difference many can see is that loser can be by chance and democrats seem to lose by being cowards.
being yellow does not guarantee anything except shame and misery. that is not why folks voted dem.
no wonder so many dems stayed home last election
Lessons from the raw politics of redistricting
Lessons from the raw politics of redistricting
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from article
politics of redistricting
By STEVE KRASKE The Kansas City Star
' The thing I love about redistricting fights is that they strip all the bark off the trees.
The raw ambitions of every member of Congress are exposed for all the world to see. Winners and losers stand out clearly. Conclusions are easy to draw.
Which politicians fought for the common good? Who was just out for themselves?
Last week, the right honorables in Jefferson City overrode Gov. Jay Nixon’s veto of the proposed boundaries of the state’s eight congressional districts, finalizing a new map.
As I’ve written before, this process is the most brazen, bare-knuckled task in all of politics. Its chief goal in Missouri, and so many other states, is to draw a map that will allow incumbents to easily win re-election.
It’s a sham that results in more ideological members of Congress. Reform is desperately needed.
But I digress. Here’s what we learned, and it was a lot:
•Republicans win — again.
This is becoming a habit for the Missouri GOP. In a bid to fortify then congressman Dick Gephardt’s presidential ambitions 10 years ago, Democrats ceded a lot of turf, and Republicans profited.
This time around, Republicans controlled the process with their big majorities in both the House and Senate.
But that doesn’t diminish what they achieved here. They’ve basically taken a 50-50 state and flipped it into one for six Republican congressmen and just two Democrats.
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from article
politics of redistricting
By STEVE KRASKE The Kansas City Star
' The thing I love about redistricting fights is that they strip all the bark off the trees.
The raw ambitions of every member of Congress are exposed for all the world to see. Winners and losers stand out clearly. Conclusions are easy to draw.
Which politicians fought for the common good? Who was just out for themselves?
Last week, the right honorables in Jefferson City overrode Gov. Jay Nixon’s veto of the proposed boundaries of the state’s eight congressional districts, finalizing a new map.
As I’ve written before, this process is the most brazen, bare-knuckled task in all of politics. Its chief goal in Missouri, and so many other states, is to draw a map that will allow incumbents to easily win re-election.
It’s a sham that results in more ideological members of Congress. Reform is desperately needed.
But I digress. Here’s what we learned, and it was a lot:
•Republicans win — again.
This is becoming a habit for the Missouri GOP. In a bid to fortify then congressman Dick Gephardt’s presidential ambitions 10 years ago, Democrats ceded a lot of turf, and Republicans profited.
This time around, Republicans controlled the process with their big majorities in both the House and Senate.
But that doesn’t diminish what they achieved here. They’ve basically taken a 50-50 state and flipped it into one for six Republican congressmen and just two Democrats.
'
Saturday, May 7, 2011
St. Louis Activist Hub: Is Child Labor Back in Missouri?
St. Louis Activist Hub: Is Child Labor Back in Missouri?: "Senator Jane Cunningham's proposal to roll back Child Labor Laws in Missouri was widely mocked , both in Missouri and nationally . But after..."
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Laura is good ally
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Laura is good ally
Friday, May 6, 2011
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Monday, May 2, 2011
Five Scary Things About The House Republican Budget You Haven't Heard. Today: Raising The Eligibility Age For Medicare. | The New Republic
Five Scary Things About The House Republican Budget You Haven't Heard. Today: Raising The Eligibility Age For Medicare. | The New Republic
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thank you gop and teabaggers for my children and grandchildren. raising the age of medicare to 67 and reducing, that is one hell of a plan for the under 55ers.
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from article:
"By now, virtually everybody has heard about the Medicare voucher scheme that House Republicans want to implement starting in 2022. Instead of getting comprehensive, government-run insurance, seniors would have to enroll in private insurance, using a federal subsidy too skimpy to pay for adequate coverage. According to estimates from the Congressional Budget Office, seniors would become responsible for about two-thirds of their personal medical expenses. Many seniors would endure significant hardship as a result.
But that’s not the only Medicare change in the House Republican budget. Under current law, you become eligible for Medicare on the day you turn 65. If the Republicans get their way, you wouldn’t become eligible for the new Medicare voucher until the day you turn 67.
The change would happen gradually, with the eligibility age rising two months every year, starting in 2022. And, in the grand scheme of things, it's not like that many people are between the ages of 65 and 67 anyway. But think for a second about who those people are--and the insurance options they'd have available to them without Medicare.
Remember, the House Republican budget would also repeal the Affordable Care Act. That would leave insurance companies free to charge higher premiums, restrict benefits, or deny coverage altogether to individual applicants who have pre-existing conditions. Given the relatively high incidence of conditions like hypertension, arthritis, and vision problems among older Americans, it's safe to assume many seniors would have trouble finding affordable coverage--if, indeed, they could find coverage at all.
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thank you gop and teabaggers for my children and grandchildren. raising the age of medicare to 67 and reducing, that is one hell of a plan for the under 55ers.
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from article:
"By now, virtually everybody has heard about the Medicare voucher scheme that House Republicans want to implement starting in 2022. Instead of getting comprehensive, government-run insurance, seniors would have to enroll in private insurance, using a federal subsidy too skimpy to pay for adequate coverage. According to estimates from the Congressional Budget Office, seniors would become responsible for about two-thirds of their personal medical expenses. Many seniors would endure significant hardship as a result.
But that’s not the only Medicare change in the House Republican budget. Under current law, you become eligible for Medicare on the day you turn 65. If the Republicans get their way, you wouldn’t become eligible for the new Medicare voucher until the day you turn 67.
The change would happen gradually, with the eligibility age rising two months every year, starting in 2022. And, in the grand scheme of things, it's not like that many people are between the ages of 65 and 67 anyway. But think for a second about who those people are--and the insurance options they'd have available to them without Medicare.
Remember, the House Republican budget would also repeal the Affordable Care Act. That would leave insurance companies free to charge higher premiums, restrict benefits, or deny coverage altogether to individual applicants who have pre-existing conditions. Given the relatively high incidence of conditions like hypertension, arthritis, and vision problems among older Americans, it's safe to assume many seniors would have trouble finding affordable coverage--if, indeed, they could find coverage at all.
Sunday, May 1, 2011
Big tobacco prevails in St. Louis lawsuit by hospitals
Big tobacco prevails in St. Louis lawsuit by hospitals
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I was on this jury panel. alas, I suspect I was booted because of my involvement in a "get out the vote" activities sponsored by tobacco.
Kinda glad by the way if that was the "hospital's" position. also, it was strange; security at court building extra rude. Lack of training of deputies very evident and security was not the concern it seemed--being in charge seemed the goal.
so goes St. Louis
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I was on this jury panel. alas, I suspect I was booted because of my involvement in a "get out the vote" activities sponsored by tobacco.
Kinda glad by the way if that was the "hospital's" position. also, it was strange; security at court building extra rude. Lack of training of deputies very evident and security was not the concern it seemed--being in charge seemed the goal.
so goes St. Louis
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