March 2013
3 posts
Happy International Women's Day. Here are 10... →
motherjones:
(No. 11, it goes without saying, is Mama Jones.)
Marc Jacobs' 'faux fur' garments actually use the...
It’s a faux fur fakeout — Marc Jacobs jackets being sold at Century 21 department stores actually contain dog hair. Even if the labels say otherwise, the “faux fur” garments sold by the retailer are made with the fur of cuddly Chinese raccoon dogs, a breed that’s often skinned alive for its soft coat.
February 2013
6 posts
How Donors Trust distributed millions to...
The secretive funding channel known as the Donors Trust patronised a host of conservative causes. The Guardian reports.
Burger King reveals its burgers were contaminated... →
Burger King has revealed that some of its burgers were contaminated in the horsemeat scare, as the tainted food crisis threatened to undermine the confidence of consumers, and major retailers tried to protect their reputations.
Horsemeat row: Aldi is latest to drop Silvercrest →
Large amounts of horsemeat were found in some burger samples manufactured at the Silvercrest plant in County Monaghan, which supplied Aldi Ireland.
Both Tesco and the Co-op have already dropped Silvercrest as a meat supplier.
Aldi UK has suspended its contract with British firm Dalepak after traces of horse DNA were found in its burgers.
January 2013
1 post
Report: Most of the 360 chimpanzees owned and...
From The NY Times: “Health Agency Moves to Retire Most Chimps Used for Research”:
The report, approved by the N.I.H. Council of Councils, is the latest step in a process that began more than two years ago when the agency began to review its use of chimpanzees in research. Its recommendations will be open to public comment for 60 days, and in late March, Dr. Francis S. Collins, the...
December 2012
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September 2012
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U.S. Envoy to Libya Is Killed in Attack
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/13/world/middleeast/us-envoy-to-libya-is-reported-killed.html?smid=fb-share
As a person who may not agree with religious doctrine, I certainly respect those who do, but I have to say this pushes even my buttons. We may not be angels but if there was a place where we actually tried to see the promotion of freedoms, was Libya. Then to be repaid by this wicked...
July 2012
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June 2012
7 posts
Attorney-general Holder in contempt over Fast and... →
This is a political distraction one of many the GOP will use during the election season all trying to score brownie points and really not serving the people but merely serving their own interests. This was an effort to track down bulk ordered weapons bought in the US and shipped to Mexican drug cartels. The real issue is why are the NRA supporting bulk weapon sales that they know are going to...
Enemies and Allies for ‘Friends’ →
“Fox & Friends” finds both big ratings in the morning and dismay from Democrats.
If this ragged end of right wing news is the only place Romney will be interview I say forget about it. Do not raise to their bait if they want to throw raw meat in the morning to a mangy right wing stalwarts let them. The more you leave them to rant amongst themselves the more ridiculous they will appear. Who...
Democrats, GOP debate political non-profits'... →
I would like to know if the average American is dumb or just doesn’t care. This election is witnessing a massive deluge of money being spent by super rich individuals and often their super rich corporations. Who cares you ask well they are drowning out the voice of the average working American. Who cares? They care as you/we stand by they are buying their way even further to the White...
Cuomo Proposal Would Restrict Gas Drilling to a... →
A proposal by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo would restrict the controversial process known as hydraulic fracturing primarily to a struggling area near the Pennsylvania border.
Now this is something you don’t hear me say often! I give up! Yes, I have come to the realization that Fracking is here to stay and frankly there is nothing we can do about its future. There is by far hundreds of millions...
Editorial: House GOP targets financial cops –... →
Of course the GOP wants to limit money spent on these oversight depts. Wall St pays them millions to. The GOP are the best at making you look at small spending that they exaggerate but forget public subsidies in the multi billions we pay to BIG OIL every year! Of course thats were they get paid too. Cutting the penny spending depts while bloating subsidies to oil and gas is not telling the truth...
Obesity Ills That Won’t Budge Fuel Soda Battle by... →
I have to be very blunt and politically incorrect but its about time we started telling people that they are fat and being comfortable with it! You tell your friends all the time they look ill or whatever. Well why do we find it hard to say they are fat!? Yes Fat its a problem for us all at all ages and all classes. But sadly in some areas Adult excepting their obesity is making their children...
Families caught in foreclosure crisis unite in... →
Unless we address the issue of underwater mortgages the economy of this country will not improve. It is estimated that 32% of mortgages are in negative equity, underwater whatever euphemism you like to use. Thats crazy over one third of main street American wealth is negative and not going anywhere! The majority of these owners this situation was not of their doing. They did as well all do...
May 2012
6 posts
Using shale gas over coal does not help climate,... →
“As a result of the massive expansion of shale gas exploration, according to Scottish Widows, shale gas and its fugitive emissions now contribute about 20% of the US’s total greenhouse gas output, and this amount is rising. Natural gas has overtaken agriculture as the US’s biggest source of methane.”
As explained in this article a major investor in this industry is having...
Strategy on Rival’s Career Holds Pitfalls for... →
Attacks by President Obama’s campaign against Mitt Romney’s work in private equity have strained the relationship between Democrats and the financial industry.
Simply put Wall St doesn’t support you (Dems) thats why they gave 57% of their donations to the GOP candidates. Thats why they spent and sent 100’s of millions of $ to Washington to stop your every turn. Their Leaders spent...
April 2012
5 posts
Creeping Racism, "Justified"
Theses are just 2 example that clearly set out whats going on in the south on our boarder. The Boarder State politicians are flagrantly whipping up fear in their electorates to give themselves public profiles and get fear mongered votes in the process. This is a sign of things to come the use of justice as a tool to sugar coat racism and to legitimize it in law. This is a slippery slope and...
More American workers sue employers for overtime... →
Over the past 10 years and especially seen during the Great Depression (from 2008) working and their productivity in the USA has increased. It is one of the highest in the West and proportionally compared is the least rewarded by it workers. Before the recent down turn Corporations squeezed ever more from their worker with very little rewards (see previous blogs). With onslaught of the a...
‘Super PAC,’ Eyeing General Election, Aims Blitz... →
Amid a growing perception that Mitt Romney will be the party’s nominee, the biggest of the Republican “super PACs” is set to begin its first major anti-Obama advertising campaign.
Hold on to your hats, its going to be a very long and nasty bumpy ride.
We are going to see an unprecedented onslaught of total made up lies slung at Obama. Lies are what the GOP do best and forgetting what they once...
Nasa scientist: climate change is a moral issue on... →
Sounds so very dramatic!! How can this relate to Slavery? A great deal and this article points to the moral reasons very well but does miss the economic issues. During the period of slavery many people and countries like the US became very wealthy. Slavery was the cornerstone to developing the modern world we live and enjoy today. During the abolitionist period there were many calls then by...
Nobody Minds Dyeing the Egg, but the Chicken Is... →
Farmers and other poultry experts say coloring chicks is harmless, but animal rights activists say it turns live birds into holiday playthings that are quickly discarded.
What the hell? All this seems silly a concern about dying chicks. But we really are missing the point, encouraging children to use living creatures as temporary playthings to be discarded is cruel and wrong. And not like that...
March 2012
23 posts
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Death sentences and executions for 2011, via Amnesty International:
At least 20 countries were known to have carried out executions in 2011. Even including newly-independent South Sudan, this is a reduction from 2010, when 23 countries were reported to have implemented death sentences, and shows a steep decline against the figure recorded a decade ago, when 31 countries...
U.S. Inches Toward Goal of Energy Independence →
Declining oil consumption and new energy production have brought the United States closer to a goal that has tantalized presidents since Richard Nixon.
I am not naive enough to think this dash for gas can be stopped and I also would like to see the US energy independent. This country will be much better off for it. But I know this dash for it will shower riches on a few and the environment will...
Tennessee bill protects teachers who challenge... →
Sometimes I think American intellect is heading for the Dark Ages. Together with Climate Change, evolution denial and the Church playing a greater role in kids education is a recipe for total heads up your own asses!! Seriously people how on earth are we expected to develop and sustain ourselves in a global world if we stick our heads up our own asses because science continues to disprove the...
Keystone XL pipeline: Obama to oil progress as... →
So it looks like we are going to get the pipeline after all !! Well I have to say I am not surprised at all. If they are going to build one half of it you know we are getting the rest and all that comes of it. Sadly I really don’t think we will benefit from it, its design to be shipped elsewhere. But we will certainly have a disaster with it. Its really funny that it took a solidly...
Climate change: make industry pay for carbon... →
Well why not? Companies like Apple had $100 billion in spare cash they just gave to shareholders! There are many others just like it as most US Corporations are sitting on mountains of cash. If they are not going to give their workers a reasonable pay increase rather than the piddling 3% every year why not make them pay for what their companies are doing to the environment? ! As the...
Nobel peace prize winner defends law criminalising... →
There is nothing Peaceful if your President wants to throw innocent in people jail just for being gay! So much for the Nobel Peace Prize!!!! Shame on you! By publicly supporting anti gay rhetoric that endorses hate, will encourage violence. You’d think a country wracked with corruption, violence, child slavery and every horror in Hemmingway’s vocabulary some home spun compassion for...
Karzai Lashes Out at NATO Over Deaths →
President Hamid Karzai said he was at “the end of the rope” over the deaths of Afghan civilians.
ts always a terrible tragedy when innocent people get killed. But Mr Karzai I am at the “end of my rope” with spending my tax payers money on your god forsaken country. And when we are gone, we’ll see how much rope you need then!
Justice Department Investigation Is Sought in... →
Trayvon Martin, who was black and unarmed, was shot by a neighborhood crime watch volunteer who is white and Hispanic. The shooter has not been arrested and is claiming self-defense.
How is it that the person paid to protect you shoots you in broad daylight with witnesses and hasn’t even been charged? This is a very sad situation that if not addressed soon could become a racial hot spot....
Women Figure Anew in Senate’s Latest Battle →
Senate Democrats are beginning a push to renew the Violence Against Women Act, the once broadly bipartisan 1994 legislation that now faces fierce opposition from conservatives.
Yet more evidence of Anti Women obstructionism from the GOP! It’s becoming so obvious now, I think it’s representative of what the GOP always was:- the women’s place is in the home doing what the man...
WatchLo and behold, there is choice. You don’t have to vote GOP or Democratic for US President in November. Dr. Jill Stein is 8 for 8 in Green Party primaries, and well on her way toward the nomination.
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Obama Campaign Fears Uphill Climb Raising ‘Super... →
Democrats are warning supporters that a huge cash advantage mustered by Republican groups could overwhelm President Obama in the fall.
This like always is the Dems failing, underestimating the GOP. Yes, Obama will raise record amounts of cash and yes the GOP will bankrupt itself with the Primaries. But They can, we can’t!!! That’s the difference, they are expecting 100’s of...
Ozone layer scientist who 'saved the world' dies →
Why is it in the 80’s we could respond to an alarming environmental situation of our making because of the work of this man? This is a scientist, someone with no agenda but finding shit out about stuff and showing people facts. Fast forward to the 2000’s and the very same people are derided as quacks and crazies! Yes the same people that save the Ozone Layer and thus countless...
As Stars Rally for Candidate, Rival Objects →
Elizabeth Warren has drawn support for her Massachusetts Senate campaign from all over the country, a fact her opponent is trying to use against her.
This is so friggin rich coming from a candidate whose campaign cash machine is Wall St. So, Warren goes to Hollywood and get cash support from Cher, who friggin cares! She’s up against an opponent who has the total support of Wall St,...
Super Tuesday: Republicans fail to awake from... →
Now I hate to be a nay sayer But…! To all you liberals out there saying, Yay! Romney isn’t getting through to his own party great news for Obama!! Well if there is one thing about the GOP that liberals always get wrong and that is a cornered GOP. The GOP are vicious in their determination to win. And will do nothing to get it. We on the left always forget that. So here’s my...
The End of a Myth | OnEarth Magazine →
For anyone who cares and wants to know what we are doing to our oceans. This article, although the introduction could have been edited out is a very good example of what we are doing and the consequences of it. Its all about killing everything and poisoning the rest really. From the air we breath to the food we eat the future of the oceans are dependent on the vital smallest beings we can...
Cato Institute Is Caught in a Rift Over Its... →
The Cato Institute says that Charles Koch’s Republican activism threatens its reputation for independent research.
Well, well, well. If you are going to play with fire expect to get burnt. For all its so called independence CATO is a right wing mouth piece and now not satisfied with that the Koch’s want to control it further. These 2 people are so blatantly using their money to control...
Drones in Texas and Tanks in Tampa: Inside the... →
Sometimes it’s always a good idea to stop and think about the fear based decision we make and that our government makes. Big business has certainly cashed in on it whether its identity theft or home security. But more and more are we seeing military tactical methods of law enforcement and monitoring. From mining our date searches from drones flying over head. All for our security? 1 in...
