AFL - CIO Throws Gauntlet Down Today
Hillary's job may have just gotten much harder.More below.
View ArticleObama's Totally Bogus Rationale for TPP
The President has to really be kidding us with this one:
View ArticleRothstein on NPR: "We have government sponsored segregation"
in our cities".NPR this morning finally gave us some useful information regarding our race/poverty problem with their interview of Richard Rothstein of the Economic Policy Institute by NPR Morning...
View ArticleSTOP Trying to Make the GOP Look Bad
... and START making the democratic party look good to progressive voters, Labor, etc..Any ideas on how to make that happen?
View ArticlePsst, Buddy, Wanna Buy a Toll Road?
REAL Cheap??What a little toll road actually worth?More below the orange highway cone.
View Article"The Free Market is for Saps". Noam Chomsky
Chomsky said this, what? Fifteen years ago?But it's more profound now that we have another "trade deal" being rammed down our throats.
View ArticleCaitlyn and the Duggars are the "Real News", Not Politics
Thus further reinforcing my take: whomever occupies the White House, and whomever is running for the Office don't really matter much to the voters.
View ArticleChicago Police Dept. "Listening Tour", But You're Not Invited
Chicago Police Superintendent McCarthy really, really wants to know "what they are doing wrong", and has begun a "listening tour" to listen to Chicago citizens. Very good. except the schedule of the...
View ArticleIf Pelosi/Democrats Don't Horsetrade on Trade Deal
Finally Ms. Pelosi grows a spine... Maybe.More below.
View ArticleSolar Thermal Plant in CA Not Delivering per Plan
"The $2.2 Billion dollar Ivanpah solar thermal power plant in the Mojave Desert in California is delivering just 40% of expected electricity".More below the solar mirror.
View ArticleAmnesty International: "All 50 States Fail Global Use of Force Standards"
No big surprise here.The surprise (not) is the deadbeats in Congress refuse to do anything about this.
View ArticleTom Frank: "How Liberal Apologists" Help Set the Bar Low
Here's one reason why I'm not expecting big things from Hillary's economics vision speech tomorrow; bcause too many liberals don't believe anything big can be accomplished.And the liberal punditry...
View ArticleIllinois State Debt vs. Chicago Incarceration Rate
Because Chicago Mayor Emanuel and Illinois state "political leaders" prefer to keep their heads in the sand regarding how much money they are wasting on the failed war on drugs and incarceration, the...
View ArticleDunce Indiana Cops Just Made Chief Keef Famous
For the same reason expressed by activist Chicago priest Phleger, I'm no fan of Keef's lyrics... but Helloooooo?First Amendment Rights??
View ArticleThe Failure of Neoliberal Environmentalism
From Today's Salon:Establishment Dems are trying to take climate action while still satisfying corporate interests. That won't work.
View Article"How the Original Insult War with The Donald Was Waged"
Turns out the hilarious Spy magazine, published in the late 1980's and early 1990's, frequently took Trump to task-- and pulled no punches.Perhaps Jeb! can learn something from this?More below the...
View ArticleFAIL: Pope Francis Sides w/ Kim Davis
I'm not surprised the Pope dropped at least two bombs during his return flight to Italy.
View ArticleUpdate: Vatican Confirms the Pope Met With, and Thanked Kim Davis
The Vatican on Wednesday confirmed that controversial Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis met with Pope Francis on Thursday during his U.S. visit. Vatican spokesman the Rev. Federico Lombardi said he would...
View ArticleSens. Blumenthal & Murphy Introduce Background Check Law
October 2 - This morning at the Hartford Legislative Office Building, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced new legislation that would bar gun...
View ArticleThreat Assessment: How Communities Are Working to Stop Rampage Killings
"Inside the Race to Stop the Next Mass Shooter" is a great article in Mother Jones. I urge everyone to read it; there is hope for this horrible problem.Mass murder is not an impulsive crime—and therein...
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