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1934 Minneapolis Teamster Strike (Source: marxist.org) Erik Loomis at Lawyers, Guns and Money has been doing an excellent series of illustrated posts that chronicle some of the major events in American labor history (a total of 26 so far). This week the focus is on Minneapolis in 1934: On May 16, 1934, a mere week [...] Bank run 1933 “Provopoulos told me that of course there’s no panic but there’s great fear which can evolve into panic,” he said. The panic will be coming soon enough. Pimco says 17-nation Euro currency union will not last Just because shale oil is theoretically recoverable doesn’t mean it’s economically or environmentally desirable to do so. Steve Hynd explains why. Well, this is maddening and nonsensical. A goofy carbon emissions trading scheme in Germany makes it cheaper to return to coal than continue moving towards clean energy. George Zimmerman had broken nose, black eye. FBI may charge George Zimmerman with a hate crime. Can you imagine what it will be like outside the courthouse during the trial, with protesters from all sides there? Field-workers, Goodrich Tobacco Farm, near Gildersleeve, Conn., 1917. Lewis Wickes Hine, American. (Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C.) Last month the US Department of Labor bowed to political pressure spearheaded by agribusiness lobbyists like the American Farm Bureau Federation and cancelled its planned revision of safety rules for farm child labor, a follow-on [...] Toronto Hydro is installing smart transformers and equipment. Among the benefits are real-time reports on performance which allow action to be taken immediately, tracking illegal power use, and isolating problems to a single household rather than shutting down power for thousands. Filmmaker Amy Berg recounts a harrowing story of child abuse and how a serial child molester went free for the better part of two decades in this documentary. Oliver O’Grady was a Catholic priest who served in a number of parishes in Southern California during the 1970s and ’80s. O’Grady was also a habitual child [...] Chas. H. Yale's forever Devil's auction, U.S. Printing Co., c1899 (Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C.) After a couple of weeks with a higher than average number of firearms being found by TSA agents, the period between April 27th and May 3rd, 2012, was quieter. Firearms: 23 - 22 loaded; 1 unloaded 1 artfully concealed prohibited item [...] The reason why liberals don’t march against Obama is that pavement hurts their kneecaps – Dennis Perrin (on Facebook) |  | ||||
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