After 75 years enshrined as one of the backbones of federal worker protection laws, Republicans in Congress want to eliminate overtime pay regulations in favor of extra time off under the guise of “flexibility.” Republicans have tried to fundamentally change the way workers that out extra time on the clock are treated for nearly two [...]
PUBLIC REACTIONS TO BOSTON BOMBING: SELECTIVE SYMPATHY AND IRRATIONAL FEAR. While a definitive “who did it?” narrative has yet to emerge, preliminary reactions show an all-too-familiar pattern, according to Glenn Greenwald. There is the typical quick assumption of a “Muslim” involvement that puts U.S. Muslims everywhere at fear of retaliation, and makes “heightened security” [...]
U.S NAVY PREPARES TO DEPLOY LASER “DEATH RAY” IN PERSIAN GULF After years of speculation that the Pentagon was working on a secret laser weapon project, euphemistically described as a “death ray” by observers, the Navy revealed the finished product this week. It’s a curious device that can shoot lethal laser rays at objects, [...]
THAT’S ONE GIANT STEP FOR WORLD LEUKEMIA SUFFERERS. An Indian court rules that a “copycat” (generic) version of a brand name drug cannot be prohibited by the patent claimed by the brand name company. This decision could have “ripple” effects on the availability of generics for people throughout the world. Prohibition of copycat [...]
STOCK MARKET RECORD HIGHS: THE RICH GET RICHER, EVERYONE ELSE GETS POORER… Last week saw the Dow Jones stock index shatter its all-time record highs, an occurrence trumpeted by the press and the Obama administration as a clear sign of a full turnaround from the depths of the Great Recession and proof of a [...]
WEST MUST “DEFEND THE PEOPLE OF KYRZAKSTAN BEFORE THE COUNTRY BECOMES ANOTHER SAFE HAVEN FOR TERRORISTS.” This oil rich country has resources sought by Russia, China and the U.S. but, apart from the remoteness of the country in central Asia, where world diplomats even have trouble locating it on the map, there is nothing [...]
A renewed legislative effort to raise the national minimum wage and give a boost to the millions of Americans mired in working poverty was a featured promise made by President Obama in Tuesday’s State of the Union address. But political reality is likely to intrude on the president’s vision as familiar foes of wage hikes [...]
A decade-long sea change in the world’s largest retailer has transformed Wal-Mart from solely a purveyor of cheap Chinese goods into a behemoth whose business model and profits now rely on groceries, much of it sourced within our own borders. But while the shift towards what the company insists is “locally sourced” foods may sound [...]
ISRAEL: GET YOUR GAS MASK, YITZAK! SYRIA MAY BE ABOUT TO “TRANSFER” ITS CHEMICAL WEAPONS TO THE HEZBOLLAH MILITIA IN LEBANON. Israeli warplanes, for the first time in six years, launch an airstrike keep inside Syria, allegedly targeting a convoy headed toward Lebanon with such weapons. Although analysts doubt that either Syria or its [...]
The percentage of American workers belonging to labor unions has sunk to a nearly century-old low, representing the changing dynamics of the nation’s workforce and the consequences of a headlong rush by lawmakers to adopt “pro-business” economic polices. Organized labor has come under assault by legislators from Capitol Hill to statehouses across the country [...]
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