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Class War Corporate Statism Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Politics As Usual
Government, Enron style
Taibbi has an excellent piece on how Obama is lying when he covers up for the banks. It’s worth reading the whole thing, but here’s the conclusion: But by taking a dive on fraud, and orchestrating mass cover-ups like the coming foreclosure settlement fiasco, what they’re doing instead is signaling to the world that not only are our financial markets corrupt, but our government is broken as well. The problem with companies like Lehman and Enron is that their executives [...]
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Class War The Shadow Knows
Rich people less empathetic than the poor
Boy, that one’s a shocker, huh? Bookmark It
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Just Plain Crazy
Accidents will happen
When a gun is involved, even minor accidents can kill people. And that’s the thing about guns, right? Someone else’s slip of the hand, carelessness or anger can result in the death of another human being. It doesn’t seem like it should be so controversial to have more common-sense rules in place. Unfortunately, the NRA believes that any rules are an affront to reason and they’ve bought enough politicians to block them. I don’t know what it’s like in rural [...]
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Higher Ground
My favorite time of the year
Yes, it’s Global Orgasm for Peace Day! Make an “O” face for peace… Bookmark It
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My So-Called Life
Grumble, grumble
Last night, I fried my ergo keyboard by spilling a glass of water on it. (Yes, I did take it apart and tried to dry it. No dice.) So not only did I have to order a new ergonomic keyboard, I had to go pick up a $10 cheapie this morning so I can continue to work. And let me tell you: It’s hard to use a regular keyboard when you’re used to the ergonomic kind. I keep hitting the [...]
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The joys of swearing
I wish my mother could see this. She was always telling me my vulgar language was the mark of a poor vocabulary, and I’d respond, “Well, I guess I shoot that theory to shit!” Bookmark It
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Class War Corporate Statism Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
How companies stole worker pensions
Via Alternet, this excerpt from Retirement Heist: How Companies Plunder and Profit From the Nest Eggs of Americans Workers, by Ellen E. Schultz: In December 2010, General Electric held its Annual Outlook Investor Meeting at Rockefeller Center in New York City. At the meeting, chief executive Jeffrey Immelt stood on the Saturday Night Live stage and gave the gathered analysts and shareholders a rundown on the global conglomerate’s health. But in contrast to the iconic comedy show that is filmed [...]
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Class War Politics As Usual
How to make colleges free
By dismantling all the provate-sector supports for which we’re already paying. Via Rortybomb. Bookmark It
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10:14 am
yeah, those kind of moves suggest that the u.s. is concerned about an israeli strike against iran (or is planning one itself–something i doubt, see the other thread from earlier in the week). under most scenarios for a strike against iran, iran retaliates by striking the oil facilities of u.s. allies along the persian gulf coast. publicly giving the UAE better bombs is a signal to iran.
10:33 am
This is what happens when the Zionists are in charge of US foreign policy. The Defense Department has already sold lots of these bunker buster bombs to Israel. Iran is not the villian in all of this. Israel is. The State of Israel is permitted, by the West, to violate international law whenever it likes. The State of Israel is permitted, by the West, to violate human rights on a massive scale over long periods of time. The State of Israel is permitted, by the West, to have 500 nuclear bombs in its arsenal, an ongoing nuclear weapons program never inspected by the IAEA, and the right to never sign the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. Yet Iran is condemned by the West for even thinking about having a nuclear energy program. “We can’t allow them (Iran) to have the knowledge of how to make a nuclear weapon,” said Hillary Clinton. According to Hillary and the rest of the Zionists it’s a death sentence for Iran to even ‘know’ how to make a nuclear bomb. Isn’t it time for some fairness and sanity? Isn’t it time to sanction Israel?