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Hissyspit's JournalRepublican Lawmaker Tells Worker Wanting Higher Minimum Wage to ‘Get a Job’
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/07/05/republican-lawmaker-tells-worker-wanting-higher-minimum-wage-to-get-a-jobRepublican lawmaker tells worker wanting higher minimum wage to ‘get a job’
By David Edwards
Thursday, July 5, 2012 16:13 EDT
A worker in Florida got an earful from Rep. C.W. Bill Young (R-FL) on Wednesday when he asked the congressman to support a bill that would raise the minimum wage to $10 an hour.
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“Ten bucks, that would give us a living wage,” the constituent points out.
“How about getting a job?” Young snaps.
“I do have one, $8.50 an hour,” the man insists.
“Why do you want that benefit?” Young grumbles. “Get a job.”
“I do have a job, but it’s not enough to get by on,” the man explains as Young turns away.
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Judge: George Zimmerman's New Bond: $1 Million
Source: Reuters / Orlando Sentinel
Judge: George Zimmerman's new bond: $1 million
By Rene Stutzman, Orlando Sentinel
11:33 a.m. EST, July 5, 2012
A Sanford judge today ordered George Zimmerman, the Neighborhood Watch volunteer who shot and killed Trayvon Martin, an unarmed 17-year-old, released on $1 million bail.
It was not immediately clear how long it would take the 28-year-old Zimmerman to arrange his release.
Defense attorney Mark O'Mara said Friday that Zimmerman's legal defense fund had a balance of $211,000, more than enough to cover the 10-percent non-refundable portion charged by most bonding companies.
That's because Zimmerman's wife had testified under oath that the couple was nearly destitute when bank records show money was pouring in from a support-George-Zimmerman website at the rate of $1,000 a day.
On the day Shellie Zimmerman testified that the couple was broke, she and her husband had access to $130,000, a defense financial expert testified Friday.
Read more: http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2012-07-05/news/os-george-zimmerman-bond-decision-20120705_1_bond-jail-george-zimmerman
"1776" (1972) - The Signing
From the Columbia released film of the musical play "1776", this is the scene in which the Continental Congress signs the Declaration of Independence. It's the finale of the film - end titles and music are included. Music by Sherman Edwards.
"1776" starred William Daniels (John Adams), Howard Da Silva (Benjamin Franklin), Ken Howard (Thomas Jefferson), Donald Madden (John Dickinson), David Ford (John Hancock), and John Collum (Edward Rutledge). Both the DVD and the VHS versions are available for purchase at Amazon.com NOTE: There is available a fully restored DIRECTOR'S CUT version, on DVD.
WikiLeaks Begins Release of 'Syria Files:' Over 2.4 Million Documents From 680 Entities
Source: Wikileaks.org
Today, Thursday 5 July 2012, WikiLeaks began publishing the Syria Files – more than two million emails from Syrian political figures, ministries and associated companies, dating from August 2006 to March 2012.
This extraordinary data set derives from 680 Syria-related entities or domain names, including those of the Ministries of Presidential Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Finance, Information, Transport and Culture.
Over the next two months, ground-breaking stories derived from the files will appear in WikiLeaks (global), Al Akhbar (Lebanon), Al Masry Al Youm (Egypt), ARD (Germany), Associated Press (US), L’Espresso (Italy), Owni (France) and Publico.es (Spain). Other publications will announce themselves closer to their publishing date.
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The range of information extends from the intimate correspondence of the most senior Baath party figures to records of financial transfers sent from Syrian ministries to other nations.
Read more: http://wikileaks.org/syria-files/
http://www.itv.com/news/update/2012-07-05/wikileaks-release-syria-files
Wikileaks releases 'Syria files'
Last updated Thu 5 Jul 2012
Wikileaks has released what it says is a collection of more than two million emails from Syrian political figures. The cache includes files from, "Syrian political figures, ministries and associated companies."
Wikileaks claim the files range from, "intimate correspondence of the most senior Baath party figures to records of financial transfers from Syrian ministries to other nations."
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is quoted on the website as saying:
"The material is embarrassing to Syria, but it is also embarrassing to Syria’s opponents. It helps us not merely to criticise one group or another, but to understand their interests, actions and thoughts. It is only through understanding this conflict that we can hope to resolve it."
ACTA Defeated in EU Parliament
Source: Blottr
ACTA defeated in EU Parliament
Posted : Wed 4 July 2012 - 12:09pm
Last Updated : Wed 4 July 2012 - 12:16pm
The Anti Counterfeit Trade Agreement has been defeated in the EU Parliament with 478 votes to 39. The Parliament decided to reject ACTA once and for all which was seen as a threat to internet freedom. The Trade Agreement is a multinational treaty aiming at fighting the "trade of counterfeit goods".
However it triggered widespread outcry across the world with many of its opponents accusing ACTA to have been secretly negotiated, threatening fundamental rights, freedom of expression and online privacy.
In February, thousands of people demonstrated throughout Europe against the treaty.
Rick Falkvinge, founder of the Swedish Pirate Party said "This is a day of celebration. This is the day when citizens of Europe and the world won over unelected bureaucrats who were being wooed and lobbied by the richest corporations of the planet" on his blog.
Read more: http://m.blottr.com/breaking-news/acta-defeated-eu-parliament
Google Doodle For The 4th: Woody Guthrie (July 14 His 100th Birthday)
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Pete Seeger & Bruce Springsteen: "This Land Is Your Land"
This land is your land, this land is my land
From California to the New York Island
From the Redwood Forest to the Gulf Stream waters
This land was made for you and me.
As I went walking that ribbon of highway
I saw above me that endless skyway
I saw below me that golden valley
This land was made for you and me.
I roamed and I rambled and I followed my footsteps
To the sparkling sands of her diamond deserts
While all around me a voice was sounding
This land was made for you and me.
When the sun came shining, and I was strolling
And the wheat fields waving and the dust clouds rolling
A voice was chanting, As the fog was lifting,
This land was made for you and me.
This land is your land, this land is my land
From California to the New York Island
From the Redwood Forest to the Gulf Stream waters
This land was made for you and me.
There was a big high wall there that tried to stop me;
Sign was painted, it said private property;
But on the back side it didn't say nothing;
This land was made for you and me.
Nobody living can ever stop me,
As I go walking that freedom highway;
Nobody living can ever make me turn back
This land was made for you and me.
In the squares of the city, In the shadow of a steeple;
By the relief office, I'd seen my people.
As they stood there hungry, I stood there asking,
Is this land made for you and me?
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CNN is reporting that Anderson Cooper is straight
Retweeted by David Shuster
https://twitter.com/TimesPublicEdit/status/219815451457363972
GlaxoSmithKline Settles Fraud Charges for $3 Billion (Largest Case of Health Fraud in U.S. History)
Source: Reuters
GlaxoSmithKline settles fraud charges for $3 billion
Mon Jul 2, 2012 10:48am EDT
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - GlaxoSmithKline Plc has agreed to plead guilty to criminal charges and pay $3 billion to settle the largest case of healthcare fraud in U.S. history, according to court filings and prosecutors.
The settlement includes $1 billion in criminal fines and $2 billion in civil fines in connection with the sale of the drug company's Paxil, Wellbutrin and Avandia products.
Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSBRE8610S720120702?irpc=932
Tom Tomorrow: Health Care Reform Glossary Updated
Daily Kos Link: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/07/02/1104346/-Health-care-glossary-updated
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NY Attorney General Probing U.S. Chamber of Commerce for Allegedly Laundering AIG Money for Lobbying
http://www.republicreport.org/2012/tax-exempt-groups-under-investigation-illegal-lobbying-efforts-u-s-chamber-commerce-targetedNY Attorney General Probing U.S. Chamber of Commerce For Allegedly Laundering AIG Money For Lobbying, Political Commercials
New York state will investigate the U.S. Chamber of Commerce for unfair corporate influence in elections.
POSTED AT 6:12 PM BY MEHRAD YAZDI
Yesterday, New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman issued a subpoena targeting a foundation affiliated with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce for illegally funneling $18 million to the Chamber for its political campaigning and lobbying efforts.
The New York Times reports:
Watchdog groups claim that the grants given to the National Chamber Foundation from the Starr Foundation had subsequently been loaned to the Chamber of Commerce to be used to finance lobbying in Congress and run issue advertising in the 2004 presidential and Congressional elections.
Schneiderman’s investigation is significant because it targets the use of tax-exempt groups that funnel money into politics while hiding donors:
The biggest such groups, including Americans for Prosperity, which is backed by the billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch, and Crossroads Grassroots Policy Strategies, which was founded by Karl Rove and other Republican strategists, are expected to spend hundreds of millions of dollars this year on issue advertisements against candidates to sway the outcome of the presidential and Congressional elections.
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