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Really interesting discovery available directly through the Gallup Polls, themselves - I believe it's safe to consider Gallup a somewhat dependable news source, that, if anything, I thought had a tendency to lean a bit right... Well, here's a story that has been a long time in coming and could significantly alter one's worldview (if one were open to such things in the first place...)
Head on over to Gallup and read more on how [The] Chinese [are] Struggling Less Than Americans to Afford Basics
Saturday, October 15, 2011
Chinese Struggling Less Than Americans to Afford Basics
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Poster: 51 Ways to Spark a Commons Revolution
From the fine folks over at "YES! Magazine" we get this article - a poster, really - showing 51 ways to spark a "commons" revolution.
For those not familiar with the term, here is a Wikipedia article about a (the!) classic essay dealing with the topic, entitled "Tragedy of the Commons"
As for the rest of you? Head on over to:
Poster: 51 Ways to Spark a Commons Revolution @ YES! Magazine
Sunday, October 2, 2011
A Report from the Frontlines: The Long Road to #OccupyWallStreet and the Origins of the 99% Movement
Been watching & waiting before discussing this, but I need to address the issue at *some* point - might as well be now! I'm still planning on getting to *one* of the "occupied zones" - be it NYC, Boston, Providence, Hartford, or even my old hometown of New Haven...
Meanwhile...
Given the delay in posting this, why don't we start with a summary of how things led to "Occupy Wall Street" and the "Occupy Together" "Occupations" around the country, Canada, (ex: Toronto, Vancouver) and other nations around the world!
Here's an article from http://ampedstatus.org that should do the job nicely: A Report from the Frontlines: The Long Road to #OccupyWallStreet and the Origins of the 99% Movement @ AmpedStatus
Friday, September 23, 2011
Freedom to die
From the article: "Despite the existence of charity care and county hospitals, though, the human cost of uninsurance persists. The best estimate I am aware of is that 45,000 people die every year because of their lack of insurance.
But, f**k them, because I've got mine. Am I right? They're lazy, irresponsible, poor, probably black, certainly unwashed and they have nice cell phones, so they are subhuman pieces of shit who deserve what's coming to them. And an individual mandate is an unconscionable impingement on my personal liberty.
This is, as best I can tell, the libertarian take on the ongoing crisis of the uninsured. We are all free, and some lucky duckies are free to die."
Read the whole story at the "Movin' Meat" blog: Freedom to die
Obama to GOP: If this is `class warfare,’ then get ready for a very long fight...
"The other day, Obama threw the charge of “class warfare” back in the GOP’s face, arguing that Republicans were the ones waging class warfare on behalf of the wealthy" Today he calls them out by name, and is ready for a long fight..."
Read the rest at "The Washington Post" Obama to GOP: If this is `class warfare,’ then get ready for a very long fight
A low in jobs, mobility, marriage for young adults
New 2010 census data show the wrenching impact of a recession that officially ended in mid-2009. It highlights the missed opportunities and dim prospects for a generation of mostly 20-somethings and 30-somethings coming of age in a prolonged slump with high unemployment.
Here is the story from the Associated Press: A low in jobs, mobility, marriage for young adults
Live Coverage: Occupy Wall Street
From "Reader Supported News'" we have a "live" feed from the financial district... Live Coverage: Occupy Wall Street
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia Says Executing An Innocent Man Is Not Unconstitutional
This little number comes to us via @Being Liberal and @Kelly Glover “This Court has never held that the Constitution forbids the execution of a convicted defendant who has had a full and fair trial but is later able to convince a habeas court that he is “actually” innocent. Quite to the contrary, we have repeatedly left that question unresolved, while expressing considerable doubt that any claim based on alleged “actual innocence” is constitutionally cognizable.” So, who cares that they may be innocent, they are sentenced to die so kill them."
Here's the back-story at "Addicting Info" Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia Says Executing An Innocent Man Is Not Unconstitutional
Mainstream media’s failure to cover Wall Street protests
Whomever controls the media controls the people... But, no, *our* (corporate-owned) networks would never engage in any coverage blackouts or partisan censorship...
Here is Will Bunch, author of ‘The Backlash,’ on mainstream media’s failure to cover Wall Street protests from the "Countdown with Keith Olbermann" show: Mainstream media’s failure to cover Wall Street protests
U.S. Justice System Murders Troy Anthony Davis
Recanted testimony, no DNA match, no real evidence to speak of, and still, they go ahead with the execution of a man most likely innocent...
Read more at "Addicting Info" U.S. Justice System Murders Troy Anthony Davis
Sunday, September 18, 2011
House GOP Rejects Tax Cuts For Middle Class
Well, we may be witnessing a seemingly contradictory and rather unusual tax turnabout amongst our elected officials. It seems that the Republican Party managed to find a tax cut that *they* don't like - most likely because the intended beneficiaries aren't going to be their longtime BFFs - the super-wealthy or multinational corporations. (You may still want to check outside for the arrival of flying pigs...)
The article from ThinkProgress goes on to say, "Republicans finally found a tax cut they didn’t like in the payroll tax holiday. What’s unusual about the payroll tax, which funds Social Security, is that cutting it almost entirely affects middle- and working- class people. Because the tax only applies to the first roughly $100,000 a person earns someone who makes $200,000 or $300,000 gets the same tax cut as someone making $100,000."
Read the rest of this amazing "feel-good" story (just kidding)
OK... read the rest of the article describing yet another Republican Party attack on the middle-class and working poor in its long-standing war against the working classes in: House GOP Rejects Tax Cuts For Middle Class @ ThinkProgress
Thursday, September 8, 2011
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