March 25, 2013

Defeating Useless Rich People

Another excellent article on combating the destructive moochers infesting our society.

snip:

"To counter the domination of America’s rentier oligarchs, we need an Anti-Rentier campaign that would unite unlikely groups: owners of productive businesses as well as workers, populist conservatives and liberal reformers. An Anti-Rentier movement would distinguish businesses that make profits by providing worthwhile goods or services in innovative ways from rentier interests that passively extract exorbitant tolls and fees from the economy without adding any value."


http://www.salon.com/2013/03/25/defeating_useless_rich_people/

March 24, 2013

Wash. Post Fails to Print Article Critical Of Media Leading Up to Irag War

What a fucking surprise.

The Washington Post Editorial Board, who were cheerleaders for the war, were silent on the anniversary of the war it helped inflame.

Now they refuse to print an article that was critical of the lap dog media because the article

snip:
"it didn't draw the "broader analytical points or insights" the paper was looking for on the topic of Iraq War"

The same guys will be beating the war drums in the future and have learned nothing except to cover bury their shit before it starts to stink.




http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/24/washington-post-iraq-media-failure_n_2944227.html

March 24, 2013

I hate this for profit, price gouging, health care system

Article in local paper describes this:

A woman has an illness that no insurance company will cover and she won't make it till exchanges are set up, nor does she have the money to buy insurance from the pre-existing condition pool.

Our Red State Gov pulled funding for people who don't earn enough money or can't get insurance.

She just turned 26 so she is off her parents plan.

She can apply for SSDI and maybe get some coverage with that but she will die before the paperwork is finished.

She is basically told to go home and die.

There is your actual death panel brought to you by private insurance and Red State Tea Baggers.

I hate them all.

March 22, 2013

Don't arrest me

For clipping the article on how you can't clip an article or so says Federal Judge.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/03/21/federal-judge-clipping-news-articles-violates-copyright-law/

Probably only a commercial thing, but it does give one pause.

March 22, 2013

Rich Moochers Destroying the Economy

snip

"In a previous column detailing the true “makers” and “takers” in America, I argued that the greatest threat to American capitalism today comes not from public taxation supporting public programs, but from “private taxation” in the form of excessive private “rents” that subsidize private sector parasites or “rentiers” (like landlords, lenders and providers of health insurance and healthcare). These excessive private taxes or rents are costs on productive enterprise that can be as crippling as excessive public taxation."

Article details who the real takers are.





http://www.salon.com/2013/03/22/how_rich_moochers_ruin_america/

March 19, 2013

Vets Can't Get Hired

In the local newspaper it said that local businesses won't hire vets because of concerns the returning troops might have PTSD.

Let me get this right, the famous "job creators" who waved flags, put on flag pins, put yellow ribbons on their escalades, made millions from war related contracts, shouted down war opponents, boycotted the Dixie Chicks now won't hire the very people they cheered off to war.

What disgusting people.

March 14, 2013

Pope and the Dirty War

A pretty comprehensive account of new Pope's activities during the Dirty War in Argentina. Takes into account competing views of his behavior. Make your own judgement.

http://www.thestar.com/news/world/pope/2013/03/14/pope_francis_election_stirs_up_argentine_dirty_war_allegations_supports_call_it_unfair.html

March 14, 2013

No services in Detroit, Millions to Wall Street

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-03-14/only-wall-street-wins-in-detroit-crisis-reaping-474-million-fee.html

snip: The only winners in the financial crisis that brought Detroit to the brink of state takeover are Wall Street bankers who reaped more than $474 million from a city too poor to keep street lights working.


Gotta pay that debt, you know. A shining example of Disaster Capitalism.

March 13, 2013

Strange HTML Presentation

Do you know what is causing the site to come up as HTML? thanks

March 13, 2013

I am concerned for the safety of the 47% video individual.

Given the number of trolls, gun nuts, baggers, militia guys, and general wingers out there I fear the guy who made this film will have to go into the Witness Protection Program.

In our society the number of dangerous winged monkeys motivated by Ailes and Faux News is vast.