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Friday, August 26, 2011
FDL: Captive Labor Is The New Corporate Exploited Resource SHARE
When the process is exploitative and the true underlying motives are profit-driven, it is nothing more than a way to replace immigrant labor with a labor force on the inside, making things for the outside, and it has absolutely nothing to do with correction, rehabilitation or reducing crime. It is yet another borderline criminal enterprise cloaked in the guise of greater good. Are we really bringing slavery back? Sneaking in a little slavery that no one notices at first because the slaves are part of a secret society that is out of sight and out of mind?
FDL: Captive Labor Is The New Corporate Exploited Resource SHARE
When the process is exploitative and the true underlying motives are profit-driven, it is nothing more than a way to replace immigrant labor with a labor force on the inside, making things for the outside, and it has absolutely nothing to do with correction, rehabilitation or reducing crime. It is yet another borderline criminal enterprise cloaked in the guise of greater good. Are we really bringing slavery back? Sneaking in a little slavery that no one notices at first because the slaves are part of a secret society that is out of sight and out of mind?
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Saturday, July 30, 2011
Is Standard and Poor's Manipulating US Debt Rating to Escape Liability for the Mortgage Crisis? SHARE
And the more we looked at the timeline of events, the more we wondered how the intertwining dramas of a) S&P downgrade threats, b) the liability that the ratings agencies may have for their role in the 2008 financial meltdown, and c) the GOP's attempts to insulate the ratings agencies from b) are all impacting each other.
Is Standard and Poor's Manipulating US Debt Rating to Escape Liability for the Mortgage Crisis? SHARE
And the more we looked at the timeline of events, the more we wondered how the intertwining dramas of a) S&P downgrade threats, b) the liability that the ratings agencies may have for their role in the 2008 financial meltdown, and c) the GOP's attempts to insulate the ratings agencies from b) are all impacting each other.
Thursday, July 7, 2011
The Breaking Point By: Jane Hamsher SHARE
We'll fight this, because it's the right thing to do. We will probably lose. But we will make it as painful as possible for any politician from any party to participate in this wholesale looting of the public sphere, this "shock doctrine" for America. And maybe along the way we'll get a vision of what comes next. Because what we believe in as Americans, and what we stand for, is not something the Democratic party represents any more.
The Breaking Point By: Jane Hamsher SHARE
We'll fight this, because it's the right thing to do. We will probably lose. But we will make it as painful as possible for any politician from any party to participate in this wholesale looting of the public sphere, this "shock doctrine" for America. And maybe along the way we'll get a vision of what comes next. Because what we believe in as Americans, and what we stand for, is not something the Democratic party represents any more.
Friday, June 17, 2011
Eric Kingson: With AARP Supporting Social Security Benefit Cuts, It's Time to Burn My AARP Card SHARE
An article by Laura Meckler in today's Wall Street Journal reports that "AARP, the powerful lobbying group for older Americans, is dropping its longstanding opposition to cutting Social Security benefits" The shift, which has been vetted by AARP's board and is now the group's stance, could have a dramatic effect on the debate surrounding the future of the federal safety net, from pensions to health care, given the group's immense clout.
Eric Kingson: With AARP Supporting Social Security Benefit Cuts, It's Time to Burn My AARP Card SHARE
An article by Laura Meckler in today's Wall Street Journal reports that "AARP, the powerful lobbying group for older Americans, is dropping its longstanding opposition to cutting Social Security benefits" The shift, which has been vetted by AARP's board and is now the group's stance, could have a dramatic effect on the debate surrounding the future of the federal safety net, from pensions to health care, given the group's immense clout.
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
FDL: Misery Doesn't Love Company by jeffroby SHARE
We've seen an enormous increase in misery, with millions consigned to unemployment, foreclosure, homelessness, hunger and disease right here in the United States. So the poor must be rising up, right? Nope....But at the least, given the uncertainty of that relationship between misery and rebellion, you'd think the emiseristas might want to make some argument as to why intensifying misery in THIS country at THIS time will engender revolt. But no such arguments are forthcoming, only repetition of the mantra.
FDL: Misery Doesn't Love Company by jeffroby SHARE
We've seen an enormous increase in misery, with millions consigned to unemployment, foreclosure, homelessness, hunger and disease right here in the United States. So the poor must be rising up, right? Nope....But at the least, given the uncertainty of that relationship between misery and rebellion, you'd think the emiseristas might want to make some argument as to why intensifying misery in THIS country at THIS time will engender revolt. But no such arguments are forthcoming, only repetition of the mantra.
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
FDL: Waking the Dead SHARE
Are citizens whose deaths are caused by societal malfeasance then killed non-violently? A sheriff with a gun on his hip serving foreclosure papers to an elderly widow is that violence or non-violence? Four or five hundred workers displaced so that share holders might earn an extra penny per share and a government that not only condones this behavior but encourages it. How is this in anyway different other than format from Pol Pot? How is depriving workers of a chance to make a decent living in anyway different other than format from killing off the buffalo? The compassion of a government in Washington is the same as it was for the Native Americans when it answers, tough! Too bad and sucks to be you!
FDL: Waking the Dead SHARE
Are citizens whose deaths are caused by societal malfeasance then killed non-violently? A sheriff with a gun on his hip serving foreclosure papers to an elderly widow is that violence or non-violence? Four or five hundred workers displaced so that share holders might earn an extra penny per share and a government that not only condones this behavior but encourages it. How is this in anyway different other than format from Pol Pot? How is depriving workers of a chance to make a decent living in anyway different other than format from killing off the buffalo? The compassion of a government in Washington is the same as it was for the Native Americans when it answers, tough! Too bad and sucks to be you!
Monday, April 11, 2011
Arun Gupta: The American Dream As We Know It Is Obsolete SHARE
Unless unions counter with a powerful idea -- such as "labor creates all wealth" -- they will remain stuck in a downward spiral. (Not that this idea, the labor theory of value, is unproblematic, but it does possess tremendous ideological, rhetorical and political force in the war with capital.)
Arun Gupta: The American Dream As We Know It Is Obsolete SHARE
Unless unions counter with a powerful idea -- such as "labor creates all wealth" -- they will remain stuck in a downward spiral. (Not that this idea, the labor theory of value, is unproblematic, but it does possess tremendous ideological, rhetorical and political force in the war with capital.)
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Tuesday, April 5, 2011
David Michael Green: When Pigs Rule SHARE
The reduction of the American voter's choices down to two options -- catastrophic or catastrophic with nice words -- has very real consequences. This game is played for keeps. People are not making it anymore. The middle class has been shrinking for three decades. Foreclosures are off the charts. People are literally dying from lack of health care. Children are literally dying from lack of health care. And every day, we in the richest polity that ever existed on the planet not only fail to address those crimes, we exacerbate them with the actions of the Walkers and Christies and Cuomos and Obamas of this country. It's no longer a question of whether we'll adopt the destructive policies of the regressive oligarchy, merely a question of how fast we do it.
David Michael Green: When Pigs Rule SHARE
The reduction of the American voter's choices down to two options -- catastrophic or catastrophic with nice words -- has very real consequences. This game is played for keeps. People are not making it anymore. The middle class has been shrinking for three decades. Foreclosures are off the charts. People are literally dying from lack of health care. Children are literally dying from lack of health care. And every day, we in the richest polity that ever existed on the planet not only fail to address those crimes, we exacerbate them with the actions of the Walkers and Christies and Cuomos and Obamas of this country. It's no longer a question of whether we'll adopt the destructive policies of the regressive oligarchy, merely a question of how fast we do it.
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Katherine Reynolds Lewis: Unpaid jobs: The new normal? SHARE
With nearly 14 million unemployed workers in America, many have gotten so desperate that they're willing to work for free. While some businesses are wary of the legal risks and supervision such an arrangement might require, companies that have used free workers say it can pay off when done right.
Katherine Reynolds Lewis: Unpaid jobs: The new normal? SHARE
With nearly 14 million unemployed workers in America, many have gotten so desperate that they're willing to work for free. While some businesses are wary of the legal risks and supervision such an arrangement might require, companies that have used free workers say it can pay off when done right.
Monday, March 28, 2011
Bin Quick: American Oligarchs And Their Puppets SHARE
Unfortunately, the battle won't be between Capital and Labor, it will be between ignorant rural racists fundamentalist and urban labor secularist. Since no other country can manage our regime change, we are just as likely to end up with a Hitler as a Washington. Obama could have been another FDR but he clearly didn't have the necessary tools or character for the challenge. We needed FDR but instead we elect Herbert Hoover/James Buchanan( a caretaker that did nothing in the face of a crisis or imminent disaster).
Bin Quick: American Oligarchs And Their Puppets SHARE
Unfortunately, the battle won't be between Capital and Labor, it will be between ignorant rural racists fundamentalist and urban labor secularist. Since no other country can manage our regime change, we are just as likely to end up with a Hitler as a Washington. Obama could have been another FDR but he clearly didn't have the necessary tools or character for the challenge. We needed FDR but instead we elect Herbert Hoover/James Buchanan( a caretaker that did nothing in the face of a crisis or imminent disaster).
Saturday, March 26, 2011
Pete Kasperowicz: CBO: Taxing mileage a 'practical option' for revenue enhancement SHARE
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) this week released a report that said taxing people based on how many miles they drive is a possible option for raising new revenues and that these taxes could be used to offset the costs of highway maintenance at a time when federal funds are short.
Pete Kasperowicz: CBO: Taxing mileage a 'practical option' for revenue enhancement SHARE
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) this week released a report that said taxing people based on how many miles they drive is a possible option for raising new revenues and that these taxes could be used to offset the costs of highway maintenance at a time when federal funds are short.
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Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Allison Hantschel: FDL Late Night: Cheeseheads Unite SHARE
The national press discovered Wisconsin this month, thanks in part to the Packers winning the Super Bowl, but mostly due to tens of thousands of people who told the governor where to stick his union-busting bill and his crappy attitude and his contempt for working people. Since then it's been an onslaught of satellite trucks and protest tourists, who want to be where the action is but may be perplexed by the local customs. So I've put together some information and advice about my native state that those blowing into town to bigfoot local reporters would do best to heed.
Allison Hantschel: FDL Late Night: Cheeseheads Unite SHARE
The national press discovered Wisconsin this month, thanks in part to the Packers winning the Super Bowl, but mostly due to tens of thousands of people who told the governor where to stick his union-busting bill and his crappy attitude and his contempt for working people. Since then it's been an onslaught of satellite trucks and protest tourists, who want to be where the action is but may be perplexed by the local customs. So I've put together some information and advice about my native state that those blowing into town to bigfoot local reporters would do best to heed.
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Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Troopers would "absolutely' use force on Wisc. protesters if ordered, police union president tells Raw SHARE
"I guess that's the one ironic thing about this," he continued. "Last night my wife asked me to make a sign for her to take down there to protest. On that day, I thought to myself I could be making a protest sign for my wife to take down there ... Then I could be down there confronting my wife with the protest sign that I made. God, you see ... That's ... That's my job."
Troopers would "absolutely' use force on Wisc. protesters if ordered, police union president tells Raw SHARE
"I guess that's the one ironic thing about this," he continued. "Last night my wife asked me to make a sign for her to take down there to protest. On that day, I thought to myself I could be making a protest sign for my wife to take down there ... Then I could be down there confronting my wife with the protest sign that I made. God, you see ... That's ... That's my job."
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
David Edwards: Adbusters: The left Built Huffington, and We Can Tear It Down Too SHARE
The purchase of the Huffington Post by AOL left many of the progressive writers and readers that made the site into a powerhouse looking for a new home.Adbusters magazine set out to unite those disaffected former supporters of Arianna Huffington's flagship site by suggesting they use social media to promote alternatives.
David Edwards: Adbusters: The left Built Huffington, and We Can Tear It Down Too SHARE
The purchase of the Huffington Post by AOL left many of the progressive writers and readers that made the site into a powerhouse looking for a new home.Adbusters magazine set out to unite those disaffected former supporters of Arianna Huffington's flagship site by suggesting they use social media to promote alternatives.
Sunday, January 23, 2011
FDL: The Blue Collar Life SHARE
The real truth, the truth that the men in suits secretly fight with every inch of their being is that this man, is the real threat. He knows more than they do, he has paid his dues (in more ways than one). He knows what he is looking at when the man in the suit goes into the bar, or gets drunk on the golf course for the fourth Sunday in a row.
He knows that these men go to the doctor when they are sick and that they don't pay their own premiums. He knows that they will get stitches for a cut while he uses duct tape so that his supervisor doesn't know he got hurt on the job. He will lie if he gets hurt on the job because he wants to keep his job.
FDL: The Blue Collar Life SHARE
The real truth, the truth that the men in suits secretly fight with every inch of their being is that this man, is the real threat. He knows more than they do, he has paid his dues (in more ways than one). He knows what he is looking at when the man in the suit goes into the bar, or gets drunk on the golf course for the fourth Sunday in a row.
He knows that these men go to the doctor when they are sick and that they don't pay their own premiums. He knows that they will get stitches for a cut while he uses duct tape so that his supervisor doesn't know he got hurt on the job. He will lie if he gets hurt on the job because he wants to keep his job.
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Monday, January 17, 2011
FDL: When the Socialists and Anarchists Came to Town in 1912 SHARE
On November 1, 2007 fifty-one workers at the Redco plant in my old hometown of Little Falls, New York went on strike in response to a company decision to deny new workers the kind of health and pension benefits that had made Redco, and its predecessor companies, desirable places for lifelong employment. Located on the tiny island where Christian Hansen first began to manufacture "Junket" custard in 1891, the plant was sold to Salada in 1958, then to Kellogg in 1969, and in 1988 to a German-based transnational, the Teekanne Group.
FDL: When the Socialists and Anarchists Came to Town in 1912 SHARE
On November 1, 2007 fifty-one workers at the Redco plant in my old hometown of Little Falls, New York went on strike in response to a company decision to deny new workers the kind of health and pension benefits that had made Redco, and its predecessor companies, desirable places for lifelong employment. Located on the tiny island where Christian Hansen first began to manufacture "Junket" custard in 1891, the plant was sold to Salada in 1958, then to Kellogg in 1969, and in 1988 to a German-based transnational, the Teekanne Group.
Friday, December 31, 2010
FDL: We Screwed Ourselves with Success SHARE
We could comfort ourselves with the idea that this economic crisis could have been far worse, had it not been for the success of the social safety net we've created since the Great Depression. But that's just denial talking. We have to do something about this situation; while we cannot morally create any more pain for our fellow Americans, we surely must tell their stories.
FDL: We Screwed Ourselves with Success SHARE
We could comfort ourselves with the idea that this economic crisis could have been far worse, had it not been for the success of the social safety net we've created since the Great Depression. But that's just denial talking. We have to do something about this situation; while we cannot morally create any more pain for our fellow Americans, we surely must tell their stories.
Saturday, December 18, 2010
Jon Walker: In Tax-Cut Capitulation, House Democrats Again Redefine Pathetic SHARE
Not standing up for the constitutional rights of the institution and demanding the Senate change so as to treat the House as a proper co-equal was a serious dereliction of duty....The Senate stole all of the House's power, and the House Democrats didn't even put up a fight.
Jon Walker: In Tax-Cut Capitulation, House Democrats Again Redefine Pathetic SHARE
Not standing up for the constitutional rights of the institution and demanding the Senate change so as to treat the House as a proper co-equal was a serious dereliction of duty....The Senate stole all of the House's power, and the House Democrats didn't even put up a fight.
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Thursday, December 2, 2010
Jane Hamsher: The Game is Rigged SHARE
It's Christmas time, you bastards. People can't feed their kids. You continue to shovel trillions of dollars at the banks. And all of you -- Pelosi, Reid, Obama -- you fail the test not only of leadership, but of basic human compassion. Of having any kind of a moral compass.
Jane Hamsher: The Game is Rigged SHARE
It's Christmas time, you bastards. People can't feed their kids. You continue to shovel trillions of dollars at the banks. And all of you -- Pelosi, Reid, Obama -- you fail the test not only of leadership, but of basic human compassion. Of having any kind of a moral compass.
Sunday, November 7, 2010
Olbermann back Tuesday SHARE
After a weekend of speculation, Phil Griffin, the president of MSNBC, has announced Keith Olbermann's fate:
Olbermann back Tuesday SHARE
After a weekend of speculation, Phil Griffin, the president of MSNBC, has announced Keith Olbermann's fate:
