Don't Drink the Tea. Think With the WE.
Apr
2011
26
An op-ed in Sunday’s Missouri News-Leader by Sarah Lampem (D-Springfield), state representative for the 138th District, exposes the flaws in Missouri Senate Bill 188, an amendment to the Missouri Human Rights Act. The article suggests that the bill makes employee discrimination claims more difficult to see through: The bill changes it so...
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Apr
2011
26
The New York Times reports that Arizona and South Dakota are the latest states to face lawsuits from the National Labor Relations Board. The National Labor Relations Board has told state officials that it will soon file federal lawsuits against Arizona and South Dakota in seeking to invalidate those states’ constitutional amendments that...
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Apr
2011
26
Recently, legislation was introduced that attempts to change the value of the mathematical constant pi from 3.14159265 to just simply 3. This ridiculous idea came from Congresswoman Martha Roby (R-Alabama) who calls it the Geometric Simplification Act. Huffington Post had the scoop: The bill comes in response to data and rankings from the...
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Apr
2011
25
Yes, we’re reliving that past — never learn, can’t hear. And oddly it’s not just the GOP’s overreach, the endlessly compromising Obama, too-greedy-to-fail Wall Street banksters, U.S. Chamber of Commerce billionaires and arrogant Forbes 400. America’s entire political, financial and economic psyche is infected, as if...
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Apr
2011
25
Giffords speaks most often in a single word or declarative phrase: “love you,” “awesome,” even “get out” to doctors in her room at the end of a taxing day. She longs to leave the rehab center, repeating “I miss Tucson” and wheeling herself to the doors at the end of the hall to peer out. ...
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Apr
2011
24
The Transportation Security Administration has pulled off what is being characterized as the nation’s largest federal employee unionization vote in history. The vote, in which two unions, American Federation of Government Employees and National Treasury Employees Union, wound up in a virtual tie (8,369 to 8,095), showed the resurgence in...
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Apr
2011
23
The PCCC Recall Committee and Democracy for America (DFA) are asking people to contribute $3 to the ongoing State Senator recall effort in Wisconsin. Five GOP State Senators have been recalled. Three campaigns remain in need of signatures by May 2nd. The $3 contributions are being used to keep a television ad running in Wisconsin. ...
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Apr
2011
23
Statements issued by two worker supportive groups in New Hampshire take aim at middle class-crushing legislation being forced down Concord’s throat. The International Union of Painters and Allied Trades (IUPAT) District Council 35 reported on its member actions: Ignoring a torrential rainstorm, District Council #35 members joined Labor and...
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Apr
2011
23
We were truly shocked at the number of hits our SHARK WHISPERER post got, so we’re back with another animal-centric blurb. The people have spoken. To animals. Kevin Richardson is a “lion behaviorist” known for his research and animal interactions in Africa. But he’s not that Kevin Richardson that really bad 90s pop music...
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Apr
2011
23
You know your legislative actions are extreme when major news publications do not even feel the need to use their opinion pages to denounce your agenda as hyper-partisan and detrimental. Yesterday’s Miami Herald did just that with “Republican Legislative Agenda Targets Major Democratic Donors”. MH suggests that beyond the banning...
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Apr
2011
22
A very interesting read from the Wisconsin State Journal: “Labor’s last stand? Missouri a prototype for Walker’s policies.” The article looks at Governor Walker’s policies in Wisconsin through the lens of Missouri, where similar actions were taken. Missouri, now the state where “the public-private pay gap is...
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Apr
2011
22
This video may be by a British band, it may skew a bit Indie, but, heck, it’s Friday and this is simply a gorgeous depiction of the oppressed overcoming the oppressor. In light of this, it is the ultimate message of the moment for the middle class, for decency in America, for the necessary will ...
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