Posted by William deBuys at 6:02pm, December 4, 2011.
TomDispatch
"...While that Arizona-California relationship guarantees full employment for battalions of water lawyers, a far bigger problem looms: climate change. Models for the Southwest have been predicting a 4ºC (7.2ºF) increase in mean temperature by century’s end, and events seem to be outpacing the predictions..."
Sunday, December 04, 2011
Feds Uncover 32 Tons of Pot in CA Tunnel
By Cynthia Hsu on December 1, 2011 11:19 AM
Findlaw Blotter
Federal authorities discovered a cross-border tunnel loaded with 32 tons of marijuana this week in San Diego, California. Several arrests were made in connection to the drug tunnel, in what is likely one of the biggest marijuana busts in U.S. history....
Findlaw Blotter
Federal authorities discovered a cross-border tunnel loaded with 32 tons of marijuana this week in San Diego, California. Several arrests were made in connection to the drug tunnel, in what is likely one of the biggest marijuana busts in U.S. history....
Friday, December 02, 2011
Could a Late Jon Huntsman Surge Spell the End of Mitt Romney?
Romney and others are indebted to Vulture banksters --
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Huntsman is the GOP Trojan Horse- Mr. De-regulat
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http://www
Huntsman is the GOP Trojan Horse- Mr. De-regulat
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I always thought Adam Carolla was a d*ck
Adam Carolla Rails Against Occupy ‘Ass Douches’ In Rant: ‘F**king Self-Entitled Monsters’
AUDIO (Dude's voice seriously grates on my nerves)
by Jon Bershad | 12:05 pm, December 1st, 2011
He sounds like he's talking about the top 1%, except he's using the right wing AssDOUCHE meme of the top pays all the taxes for the bottom earners. I would love to meet a dude raised in LA that didn't make me want to leave the room immediately. Some people try to lump San Diego in with LA, but believe me, that 2 hour drive opens up a completely different world.
AUDIO (Dude's voice seriously grates on my nerves)
by Jon Bershad | 12:05 pm, December 1st, 2011
He sounds like he's talking about the top 1%, except he's using the right wing AssDOUCHE meme of the top pays all the taxes for the bottom earners. I would love to meet a dude raised in LA that didn't make me want to leave the room immediately. Some people try to lump San Diego in with LA, but believe me, that 2 hour drive opens up a completely different world.
Thursday, December 01, 2011
These kinds of headlines just crack my ass up
'Sheriff of the Year' Busted in Meth-Sex Ring
By Stephanie Rabiner on December 1, 2011 5:58 AM | No TrackBacks
By Stephanie Rabiner on December 1, 2011 5:58 AM | No TrackBacks
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Pregnancy discrimination
Pregnancy Discrimination Still a Problem
By Stephanie Rabiner on November 23, 2011 3:02 PM
When my boss and co-worker found out I was pregnant all of the sudden I was helpless. It was amusing to me. I did physical work and one day I could do it and the next they felt the need to help me. I'm not quite sure how to add this, so I'll just throw it in there. One of my co-workers will always have a special place in my heart because he helped me lose my irrational fear of black men. He was the cook and a kind and gentle soul who would ask me "What are we feeding the baby this morning?" and fix me whatever I wanted for breakfast. I'll always be grateful for that sweet, shy man who was kind to me and my baby.
By Stephanie Rabiner on November 23, 2011 3:02 PM
When my boss and co-worker found out I was pregnant all of the sudden I was helpless. It was amusing to me. I did physical work and one day I could do it and the next they felt the need to help me. I'm not quite sure how to add this, so I'll just throw it in there. One of my co-workers will always have a special place in my heart because he helped me lose my irrational fear of black men. He was the cook and a kind and gentle soul who would ask me "What are we feeding the baby this morning?" and fix me whatever I wanted for breakfast. I'll always be grateful for that sweet, shy man who was kind to me and my baby.
Soon I was not getting any assignments and had to look for something else, and the next company didn't have any problem with me hauling my ass up a ladder to bring down boxes as large as I was. Until I started to show, that is, then it was unemployment again, which was fine actually because I was sick of trying to hide my pregnancy, and disability paid a little bit.
The child's father started pushing me to go back to work 2 weeks after the child was born and I had to tell him that the doctors all said that 6 weeks was necessary to to heal enough to be up and on my feet all day. He had agreed to pay the rent, but he never could on time even though he cleared three times the rent and he was paid monthly, which I learned years later. My job was to cover everything else except 1/2 the childcare, which he also never paid on time, so I did. I knew that I couldn't stay with that narcissistic asshole when he complained that his meal was too small. I shot back that if he paid his half of the childcare that his meals would be bigger. I cleared $150 a week and the childcare was $95 a week. I left him when the kid was 4 months old and never even considered living with his selfish ass again.
The kid is just finishing up the last few classes for a bachelor's degree. You would think that some things had changed in all that time.
Hmmmm.
The child's father started pushing me to go back to work 2 weeks after the child was born and I had to tell him that the doctors all said that 6 weeks was necessary to to heal enough to be up and on my feet all day. He had agreed to pay the rent, but he never could on time even though he cleared three times the rent and he was paid monthly, which I learned years later. My job was to cover everything else except 1/2 the childcare, which he also never paid on time, so I did. I knew that I couldn't stay with that narcissistic asshole when he complained that his meal was too small. I shot back that if he paid his half of the childcare that his meals would be bigger. I cleared $150 a week and the childcare was $95 a week. I left him when the kid was 4 months old and never even considered living with his selfish ass again.
The kid is just finishing up the last few classes for a bachelor's degree. You would think that some things had changed in all that time.
Hmmmm.
Sunday, November 27, 2011
Saturday, November 26, 2011
Clarence Thomas, Elena Kagan Asked To Sit Out Supreme Court Health Care Case
I can't believe the nerve, the gall, the chutzpah of "conservat
They better have really good securtity because I know I'm not the only only one who has had it with this CRAP.
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost
Friday, November 25, 2011
The Stream - Thanksgiving Day or "ThanksTaking" Day?
I watched "Black Robe" again yesterday. My mother was showing me old family photos years ago and I asked her who the indian woman was? She told me to watch that movie. Then she said something about my great grandfather getting in trouble with his wife for spending too much time trying to help the local indians on their reservation. Who the hell knows?
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
The revolution will not be won by soothing women with honeyed voices.
And that includes these two
Arianna Huffington
Pepper-Spraying Occupy: An Assault on Our Democracy
Posted: 11/21/11 08:23 PM ET
Linda P.B. Katehi
I think they should both go back to their patriarchal train wreck and do what they do best; soothe, but fight? Negotiate? Don't make me laugh.
Greek Uprising Shaped California Educator in Pepper-Spray Storm
November 22, 2011, 12:16 PM EST Bloomberg Businessweek.
Arianna Huffington
Pepper-Spraying Occupy: An Assault on Our Democracy
Posted: 11/21/11 08:23 PM ET
Linda P.B. Katehi
I think they should both go back to their patriarchal train wreck and do what they do best; soothe, but fight? Negotiate? Don't make me laugh.
Greek Uprising Shaped California Educator in Pepper-Spray Storm
November 22, 2011, 12:16 PM EST Bloomberg Businessweek.
Guess what's missing from the above article?
Greek military junta of 1967–1974 oy hint, hint
Amazon Warrior Women
Greek military junta of 1967–1974 oy hint, hint
Amazon Warrior Women
Saturday, November 19, 2011
Occupy protests will change the dialogue. The 1% cannot hide their use of thugs any more
AlterNet / By Joshua Holland
Caught on Camera: 10 Shockingly Violent Police Assaults on Occupy Protesters
Probably 97 percent of police act professionally toward protesters. But the other 3 percent are armed and dangerous, and know that they're unlikely to be held accountable.
A Children’s Treasury of American Cops Brutally Attacking Citizens
By KEN LAYNE (Wonkette)
1:38 PM NOVEMBER 19, 2011
How did America’s heavily militarized security guards for the 1% spend the work week?
This Is What Revolution Looks Like
Posted on Nov 15, 2011
AP / Seth Wenig
Occupy Wall Street protesters rally in a small park on Canal Street in New York on Tuesday.
By Chris Hedges
Police pepper spraying and arresting students at UC Davis
Caught on Camera: 10 Shockingly Violent Police Assaults on Occupy Protesters
Probably 97 percent of police act professionally toward protesters. But the other 3 percent are armed and dangerous, and know that they're unlikely to be held accountable.
A Children’s Treasury of American Cops Brutally Attacking Citizens
By KEN LAYNE (Wonkette)
1:38 PM NOVEMBER 19, 2011
How did America’s heavily militarized security guards for the 1% spend the work week?
This Is What Revolution Looks Like
Posted on Nov 15, 2011
AP / Seth Wenig
Occupy Wall Street protesters rally in a small park on Canal Street in New York on Tuesday.
By Chris Hedges
Police pepper spraying and arresting students at UC Davis
Thursday, November 17, 2011
The Villain Occupy Wall Street Has Been Waiting For
"...You would think that a former partner at the investment bank Solomon Brothers, which originated mortgage-b
Umm, no I woudn't think that. Certainly not after finding out that many wealthy and powerful people are friggin sociopaths
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Read the Article at HuffingtonPost
Umm, no I woudn't think that. Certainly not after finding out that many wealthy and powerful people are friggin sociopaths
http://pre
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost
Europe in the grip of drug-resistant superbugs
By Reuters
Thursday, November 17, 2011
"...K. pneumoniae is a common cause of pneumonia, urinary tract, and bloodstream infections in hospital patients. The superbug form is resistant even to a class of medicines called carbapenems, the most powerful known antibiotics, which are usually reserved by doctors as a last line of defense...."
Shit. Didn't smallpox from Europeans friggin wipe out a huge portion of Native Americans a few hundred years ago?
Thursday, November 17, 2011
"...K. pneumoniae is a common cause of pneumonia, urinary tract, and bloodstream infections in hospital patients. The superbug form is resistant even to a class of medicines called carbapenems, the most powerful known antibiotics, which are usually reserved by doctors as a last line of defense...."
Shit. Didn't smallpox from Europeans friggin wipe out a huge portion of Native Americans a few hundred years ago?
Wall Street is Just an Address
opednews.com
by Greg Palast and the Palast investigations team at Zuccotti Park Wall Street, Occupy Portland, Occupy Oakland, and Kinshasa, Congo
exclusive for OpedNews.com
by Greg Palast and the Palast investigations team at Zuccotti Park Wall Street, Occupy Portland, Occupy Oakland, and Kinshasa, Congo
exclusive for OpedNews.com
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
How neoliberalism created an age of activism
Decades of neoliberal economic policies have concentrated wealth and are now spurring a global backlash.
Juan Cole Last Modified: 15 Nov 2011 13:21
"...Whether in Egypt or the United States, young rebels are reacting to a single stunning worldwide development: the extreme concentration of wealth in a few hands thanks to neoliberal policies of deregulation and union busting..."
Juan Cole Last Modified: 15 Nov 2011 13:21
"...Whether in Egypt or the United States, young rebels are reacting to a single stunning worldwide development: the extreme concentration of wealth in a few hands thanks to neoliberal policies of deregulation and union busting..."
Saturday, November 12, 2011
I got nuthin' but Tbogg cracked me up with this
It’s A 300 World After All
By: TBogg Saturday November 12, 2011 10:15 am
By: TBogg Saturday November 12, 2011 10:15 am
Friday, November 11, 2011
"Completely and Utterly Fail in an Earthquake" :
The Fukushima story you didn't hear on CNN
by Greg Palast
November 10, 2011
"I've seen a lot of sick stuff in my career, but this was sick on a new level.
Here was the handwritten log kept by a senior engineer at the nuclear power plant:
Wiesel was very upset. He seemed very nervous. Very agitated. . . . In fact, the plant was riddled with problems that, no way on earth, could stand an earth- quake. The team of engineers sent in to inspect found that most of these components could "completely and utterly fail" during an earthquake.
"Utterly fail during an earthquake." And here in Japan was the quake and here is the utter failure.
The warning was in what the investigations team called The Notebook, which I'm not supposed to have. Good thing I've kept a copy anyway, because the file cabinets went down with my office building ....
WORLD TRADE CENTER TOWER 1, FIFTY-SECOND FLOOR
NEW YORK, 1986
[This is an excerpt in FreePress.org from Vultures' Picnic: In Pursuit of Petroleum Pigs, Power Pirates and High-Finance Fraudsters, to be released this Monday. Click here to get the videos and the book.] ..."
by Greg Palast
November 10, 2011
"I've seen a lot of sick stuff in my career, but this was sick on a new level.
Here was the handwritten log kept by a senior engineer at the nuclear power plant:
Wiesel was very upset. He seemed very nervous. Very agitated. . . . In fact, the plant was riddled with problems that, no way on earth, could stand an earth- quake. The team of engineers sent in to inspect found that most of these components could "completely and utterly fail" during an earthquake.
"Utterly fail during an earthquake." And here in Japan was the quake and here is the utter failure.
The warning was in what the investigations team called The Notebook, which I'm not supposed to have. Good thing I've kept a copy anyway, because the file cabinets went down with my office building ....
WORLD TRADE CENTER TOWER 1, FIFTY-SECOND FLOOR
NEW YORK, 1986
[This is an excerpt in FreePress.org from Vultures' Picnic: In Pursuit of Petroleum Pigs, Power Pirates and High-Finance Fraudsters, to be released this Monday. Click here to get the videos and the book.] ..."
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Wednesday, November 09, 2011
Some men do the most amazingly stupid things
PA Man Injected Semen Into Co-Workers Yogurt, Gets 2 Years in Prison
By Stephanie Rabiner on November 9, 2011 5:44 AM | No TrackBacks
Frankly, I think that men who seem to be thrilled with the infamous cum shot on the face should have it done to them before they are allowed to do it to someone else. It shows disdain, and a lack of respect, but it's nothing compared to putting it in someone's food, and I'm glad these disgusting pieces of shit went to jail.
By Stephanie Rabiner on November 9, 2011 5:44 AM | No TrackBacks
Frankly, I think that men who seem to be thrilled with the infamous cum shot on the face should have it done to them before they are allowed to do it to someone else. It shows disdain, and a lack of respect, but it's nothing compared to putting it in someone's food, and I'm glad these disgusting pieces of shit went to jail.
Tuesday, November 08, 2011
Duggar Family Expecting 20th Child: '19 Kids And Counting' Mom Pregnant
There are 7 billion people on the planet now, and without huge amounts of cheap energy supplies the earth can support around a billion and a half.
If each of the Duggars' children grows up and has familes HALF the size of the one they grew up in that means the Duggar grandchild
Hmmmm.
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost
Monday, November 07, 2011
Iran's Nuclear Ambitions And America's Misguidedly Dismissed Countervailing Option
"...As for "the threat of a belligeren
The Pentagon-A
By Pepe Escobar
Nov 2, 2011http://www
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The Pentagon-A
By Pepe Escobar
Nov 2, 2011http://www
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost
Charges dropped against first reporter arrested at Occupy Wall Street
NOVEMBER 4, 2011 11:17 AM
Columbia Journalism Review
Columbia Journalism Review
Sunday, November 06, 2011
Multiple Missteps Led To Drone Killing U.S. Troops In Afghanistan
Do you really think the people who make money selling these drones care about a few casualties
Northrop Grumman profit up nearly 50 percent
April 23rd, 2009
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Saturday, November 05, 2011
Yeah, so who took over these Bozo's jobs?
Top Farc rebel leader Alfonso Cano killed in Colombia
SATURDAY 5.11.2011 | 14:25
The Irish Times - Saturday, November 5, 2011
How the 'merchant of death' was snared
SATURDAY 5.11.2011 | 14:25
The Irish Times - Saturday, November 5, 2011
How the 'merchant of death' was snared
Friday, November 04, 2011
Stiglitz nails it again
The Globalization of Protest
Joseph E. Stiglitz
2011-11-04
"NEW YORK – The protest movement that began in Tunisia in January, subsequently spreading to Egypt, and then to Spain, has now become global, with the protests engulfing Wall Street and cities across America....
...The rise in inequality is the product of a vicious spiral: the rich rent-seekers use their wealth to shape legislation in order to protect and increase their wealth – and their influence...."
Joseph E. Stiglitz
2011-11-04
"NEW YORK – The protest movement that began in Tunisia in January, subsequently spreading to Egypt, and then to Spain, has now become global, with the protests engulfing Wall Street and cities across America....
...The rise in inequality is the product of a vicious spiral: the rich rent-seekers use their wealth to shape legislation in order to protect and increase their wealth – and their influence...."
Thursday, November 03, 2011
So what happened in Oakland yesterday?
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
Occupy Oakland General Strike Nov. 2, 2011
Busted! Occupy Oakland police infiltrators exposed on video.
OCTOBER 30, 2011 BY JEREMY BLOOM
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