IS AMERICA DEALING WITH THE NEEDS OF ITS GROWING HOMELESS POPULATION? NOT EVEN CLOSE, SAYS DIANE NILAN. Ever since the War on Poverty became the War on the Poor and the federal government opened its boondoggling agenda of “10 year plans” to “eradicate” homelessness, most U.S. communities have managed to ignore the immediate needs [...]
“THERE ARE ALWAYS WAYS TO WORK FOR PEACE.“ So says Kathy Kelly, describing some of her work with Afghan Peace Volunteers. Besides urging international action to demand and enforce a cessation of hostilities in the country, APV supports a collective of Afghan women who work to create vital supplies of bedding and warm clothing [...]
IT’S ELECTION TIME, ISN’T IT? TIME FOR BOTH PARTIES TO DO A LITTLE CHINA-BASHING. Both Romney and Obama vie for union votes by blaming trade policies of China for the woeful state of the labor economy in the U.S. Romney accuses Obama is being too “soft” on China while the President announces at a [...]
Corporate tax avoidance is first and foremost on the kinds of an increasing number of large American corporations that are picking up their company headquarters and moving overseas. Flush with breaks and loopholes provided by Congress that have enabled them to pay rates far below the advertised U.S. corporate tax, businesses are nonetheless fleeing America’s [...]
LIBERALS, DON’T GET TOO ENTHRALLED BY THE “ROBERTS COURT” IN THE WAKE OF ITS RULING ON OBAMACARE. (Reader Supported News) Bill Blum issues this warning, noting that the upholding of “Obamacare” in last week’s decision may have been a victory of sorts for health care “coverage” since it sustained the “individual mandate” on grounds that [...]
With its constantly expanding roster of iPod’s, iPhone’s and iPad’s, Apple has become one of the most respected and well-liked brands on the planet. It’s ability to get consumers to splurge on upscale tech devices has made it one of the most profitable, too: Apple has the largest cash reserves of any corporation in the world. But [...]
GREAT NEWS FOR FLOWER LOVERS; NEW FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS WILL MAKE YOUR ZINNIAS CHEAPER. (New York Times) After five years of political stalemate, a rare bipartisanship is achieved as Congress approves trade agreements with Colombia, Panama and South Korea. Progressive and union leaders may rail that it means the loss of jobs as the production [...]
TODAY IS THE 10th ANNIVERSARY OF INVASION OF AFGHANISTAN….BUT WHO IS CELEBRATING IT? (Antiwar.com) Certainly not President Obama, who is in the midst of a re-election campaign in which peoples’ minds are focused on retaining their jobs and their economic benefits in a recessionary period. While the majority of Americans—and the overwhelming majority of Afghans—oppose [...]
AMERICAN FLAGS ARE ALREADY MANUFACTURED IN CHINA; WILL TRUCK NUTS BE NEXT? (Dissident Voice) David Macaray observes the continuing loss of all kinds of U.S. manufacturing to China, including now the “dog poop” and “fake vomit” novelty industry. He wonders when the Chinese will move as well into the production of a popular item called [...]
DOES THE FOURTH AMENDMENT APPLY TO YOUR IRISES AND FINGERPRINTS? THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT DOESN’T THINK SO… (Al Jazeera) “Mobile biometrics.” It’s a phrase with a futuristic ring to it, but this technology is not out of a science fiction novel. It is very real, and it is about to get a major boost via [...]
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