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He speaks of the Wobblies and how they organized mining camps in the West. They Wobblies once marched on a lumber camp intending to unionize it. The local sheriff backed by a band of goons, blocked their way. The Wobblies said, freedom of speech is the law. The sheriff said, I’m the law [...] Chris Bowers at Open Left squeals about why aren’t those damn lazy kids today out in the streets protesting, and where the outrage like there was in the halcyon days of 60 protests. However, the protests stopped. And so, we have new outrages. This is because there is a direct correlation between the amount of [...] We are pleased to announce that the Wyoming Meth Project launched its latest public service messaging campaign today. The research-based campaign includes a new series of television, radio, online, and outdoor ads that show the devastating impact Meth can have on the friends and family of those who use the drug. Acclaimed filmmaker Darren [...] Hi. I’m here to take a meeting for Bob You can scoot the little guy around and interact with others too. Perhaps one day conferences will be entirely populated by robots with participants sitting home in their jammies. Well, what’s more likely given our workaholic culture, is you’ll be attending multiple conferences simultaneously. [...] Bloomberg has a superb investigative reporting piece on the apparent rampant criminal behavior of investment banks and advisers in Guaranteed Investment Contracts in the municipal bond market – something which cost the public billions. “The whole investment process was rigged across the board,” said Charlie Anderson, who retired in 2007 as head of field operations [...] Here’s why. Utilities could start giving away LED bulbs to consumers once they hit $20: the energy saved would allow them to postpone building new power plants and make up for the cost of the bulbs Home Depot just started selling them in the low $30 range. $20 is not far off. [...] Today’s elections have nothing to do with throwing out incumbents and everything to do with affirming the status quo. Not a single candidate who opposes the war in Afghanistan is expected to win. It will take a lot more than partisan primaries to end the war. [...] Filling up the milk truck DJ is now making his delicious cheese in bulk at his ranch here in Utah. He picked up 632 gallons of cow milk for the new batch yesterday. They also make goat milk cheese from their ever-expanding herd. They built their own cheese-making facility, which has passed all inspections, [...] Toss a ciggy on a beach and get fined $500. Dump a corporate sea of oil, however, and the government calls you a “partner” and wishes you well in cleaning up your own mess. Why hasn’t the Obama administration already confiscated BP, at least as collateral against the company eventually paying every cent of clean-up [...] Just when you thought banksters couldn’t get any slimier… They are buying tax liens from municipalities, adding on usurious fees, then grabbing the property if the owner can’t pay. Pond scum, all of them. Why is this even legal? And why isn’t the Obama Administration and Congress working to outlaw this disgusting predatory behavior? [...] |  | ||||
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