Bob Morris on Sep 27, 2010, 11:20 pm “This is a corruption of the democratic process. Texas oil companies have descended upon California to overturn a California law. There is a struggle playing out right here in California that the world does not know much about. Today, Valero and Tesoro are in a conspiracy. Not in a criminal conspiracy, but a cynical [...] Bob Morris on Sep 27, 2010, 6:13 pm Ritholtz sums it up well. Be sure to read the whole thing The new dynamic, however, has moved past the old Left Right paradigm. We now live in an era defined by increasing Corporate influence and authority over the individual. These two “interest groups” – I can barely suppress snorting derisively over that phrase [...] Bob Morris on Sep 27, 2010, 3:16 pm First it was the omnipresent Brown Bailout ads, then Groupon began deluging websites with ads. their No, I don’t think people will click on an ad if Adsense allows the same ads to run over and over again on a website. When viewing individual posts here, sometimes Brown Bailout or Groupon ads appeared in [...] Bob Morris on Sep 27, 2010, 10:30 am When people voted for change, I don’t think this is what they had in mind, which is Orwellian surveillance with the government promising to be good and not to abuse their peeking rights. Bob Morris on Sep 27, 2010, 9:45 am There have been no arrests as yet, after the FBI raided multiple homes of antiwar organizers. Activists have called it a massive fishing expedition, and that’s probably what it is. However, this is not an indication that the US is now a police state. It’s just not. I can understand why people are alarmed, but [...] Bob Morris on Sep 27, 2010, 5:30 am Interview with Joe Bageant by RT, a global tv network based in Russia “For some reason in this country, there’s always been an assumption that the poor, or the underclass, are the non-white people that live in this country, and the fact that there has always been a white underclass has become taboo,” remarked [...] Bob Morris on Sep 26, 2010, 10:30 pm Shweeb gets $1 million from Google’s philanthropic arm, Project 10^100, to test their pedal-powered monorail amusement park race as urban transportation. How could I make this up? Via GigaOM Bob Morris on Sep 26, 2010, 4:30 pm Lawyers who worked for victims of Catholic priest sexual abuse often end up divorced or have breakdowns or leave religion completely. “No one can handle these cases and come out of it the same. What happens to kids when they’re abused and what happens to their brains when they are abused is something that [...] Bob Morris on Sep 26, 2010, 11:30 am Joe Terborg did 12 years in prison on meth related charges and is now in BORG (Beyond Our Recognitions of God), a heavy metal band that crusades against meth use. Drummer Matt James: “It’s metal with a message. That’s pretty much what we try to go by. It’s not so much Christian. It’s not [...] Bob Morris on Sep 26, 2010, 7:20 am Why am I not surprised? TPM Muckraker broke the story. | Independent Voter NetworkArticles by Bob Morris on California and Arizona renewable energy, budget and border issues |
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