Monday, October 31, 2011

Christian Groups Make Plans To Protect #OccupyLSX Protesters At St. Paul's Cathedral

Christian Groups Make Plans To Protect #OccupyLSX Protesters At St. Paul's Cathedral - http://pulse.me/s/2EP9Z

Spy Boss: Cyber-Attacks Reaching Danger Levels: http://bit.ly/tcARhy

Herman Cain’s performance as CEO was rather dismal: http://bit.ly/vR57uS

Friday, October 28, 2011

Dylan Ratigan: The politician that raises the most money wins the elections

Alternet reporter: Oakland police has a recent history of brutality and had been under investigation by the federal government.

Alternet reporter: Oakland police has a recent history of brutality and had been under investigation by the federal government prior to the Olsen incident. Occupy

Thursday, October 27, 2011

Exxon profit rises 41 percent, shares rise: http://bit.ly/rPGe4y

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Former Goldman Sachs director surrenders: http://bit.ly/uwturr

Lobbyist on Romney big-money event today in DC: 'Mitt is the guy': http://ping.fm/7uyxP

Joe Scarborough: Barack Obama is "owned" by Wall St.

Photo: Woman in wheelchair engulfed in tear gas cloud at Occupy Oakland protest: http://bit.ly/vdwgsz

Anti-Wall Street demonstrators march in Oakland: http://bit.ly/uljdWy Occupy

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Herman Cain's Ridiculous New Campaign Ad (video): http://bit.ly/tRxZrY

Occupy Wall Street beta tests a new way of living: http://bit.ly/udU17v

Police clear Occupy protesters near Oakland's City Hall: http://ping.fm/0IkKH

OccupyIsrael: Tel Aviv: Protest leaders call for 'national strike': http://bit.ly/vZwZjI

Monday, October 24, 2011

Murdoch's former top man admits payout to reporter: http://bit.ly/nMYzAR

280,000 Nationwide Teaching Jobs in Danger Following Senate Vote: http://bit.ly/nKGGyr

Sunday, October 23, 2011

Self-described Redneck Party in Tennessee plans to protest Gov. Walker: http://bit.ly/nL2WRm

Falling for New Neocon Propaganda: http://bit.ly/oluRkr

Texas Politicians Fight to Stop Confederate Flag License Plate: http://ping.fm/eBJuZ

Too Many Guns in too many hands: 1 Killed, 7 Injured in Fort Worth Shooting: http://bit.ly/qcPxcn

Ron Paul: Taxation is "Theft", "Immoral"

Why Dems are winning the money war: http://ping.fm/JCYcp

Occupy Chicago: 130 arrested in city park protest: http://bit.ly/qh5Y8p

GOP candidates would cut federal judges' power: http://bit.ly/nteYcf

Demonstrations, Poll Fuel NY Millionaire Tax Push - Long Island Press http://ping.fm/Xlvle

Saturday, October 22, 2011

Anti-WalMart Demonstration In Washington - Lez Get Real http://ping.fm/idrPB

Mars Probe Prepared for Launch into Orbit http://ping.fm/7T5LJ

Accused spy admits affair with ex-MP http://ping.fm/jdq0B

Occupy Wall St. Comes to Toms River - Patch.com http://ping.fm/mVPJ4

Occupy Augusta members donate to LePage's food drive - Bangor Daily News http://ping.fm/Lhj48

Hundreds rally in support of Iranian opposition
(AP) http://ping.fm/L4KgPhttp://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111022/ap_on_re_us/us_iran_opposition

Atlanta mayor issues 2nd ultimatum to Occupy Atlanta protesters to leave downtown park or be arrested http://ping.fm/tC2ho

Hundreds march across I-5 Bridge - The Columbian http://ping.fm/3u92m

'Occupy' Protesters Form Second London Camp http://ping.fm/Iu1Ug

German Satellite Expected to Hit Earth Sunday - ABC News http://ping.fm/pttwy

Romney says he could back Perry http://ping.fm/3SaCu

Libyans urged to unite after death of Gaddafi http://ping.fm/Fcrpi

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Police in Des Moines Take Different Approach than Iowa City, Arrest ‘#OccupyWallStreet’ Protesters http://bit.ly/qzcCfT

OccupyWallStreet sympathizers in Indiana take over Statehouse lawn: http://bit.ly/p5RzqL

Monday, October 10, 2011

Study says collective bargaining helps communities: http://bit.ly/psisP8

Free-Trade Pacts Kill jobs and Labor Rights

This article by David Bacon, appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle:

President Obama broke one of his campaign commitments last week and put up three free-trade agreements for a vote in Congress. Business interests promise they'll bring us jobs. Experience tells us those promises are worthless.

Nineteen years ago, when the North American Free Trade Agreement was before Congress, supporters said it too would create jobs and protect labor rights. Before agreeing to new free-trade treaties with Colombia, South Korea and Panama, Congress should look at the dismal record.

Obama Push for Free Trade Deals "Shows Contempt for Occupy Wall Street"

This commentator gets it right. The article appears in the Huffington Post:

If you thought President Obama's expressions of sympathy for the Occupy Wall Street movement meant he was suddenly going to stand up for "the 99%," think again. Obama has just submitted to Congress the Chamber of Commerce-backed Colombia, Panama, and Korea Free Trade Agreements. And now, thanks to maneuvering by Obama and his business-friendly Chief of Staff William Daley and U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk, they're on an accelerated schedule in Congress. According to a report in The Hill, they will be voted on Wednesday, where they're expected to pass.

Obama's move is a brazen display of contempt for the Occupy Wall Street movement's calls for jobs, economic, and environmental justice as well as human rights. These trade agreements achieve a rare trifecta of progressive punching: it's hard to imagine a single initiative that at one time could so infuriate anti-corporate activists, labor unions, and environmentalists at the very moment that these disparate movements are finally finding solidarity and support in the streets.

Free Trade Agreement to Become Law Without a Fight

Despite all the marching and protesting, Congress and this President are about to betray the 99% on behalf of the 1%. There was almost nothing said about by the left-wing media that has been so vocal in defense of the rights of working people. Free trade has devastated job creation in America and benefitted corporations that have outsourced our economy. Is it any wonder that Republicans, which opposes everything this President proposes, have supported this FTA. This is an unholy alliance directed at robbing Americans that which they have few of - jobs. And it happened under the very noses of the unions that claim to represent working Americans. This also shows that isn't enough to just march and decry the control Wall St. has over America. We need to stand for and against specific policies that the government is foisting on us:

Congress is expected to approve free trade agreements with South Korea, Colombia and Panama that have been pending since the presidency of George W. Bush. Supporters of the treaties -- the first completed in the Obama administration -- say the pacts could boost exports by $13 billion a year and foster tens of thousands of American jobs.

The House takes up the three agreements on Tuesday, along with legislation pushed by Obama and Democrats to help workers displaced by foreign trade. Both chambers could sign off on the measures by Wednesday night.

...Opponents argue that the currency sanctions would do little to help the U.S. job market because more expensive Chinese goods would simply be replaced by goods from other low-wage countries such as Vietnam and Bangladesh. They say companies such as Wal-Mart would continue buying Chinese items because they are deeply involved in investment in China, a fast-growing export market.

Sunday, October 9, 2011

Sharon Waxman, on Reliable Sources: OccupyWallStreet is "organic" and "leaderless" like Arab Spring

There is a strong correlation between corporate investment and jobs created: http://bit.ly/noRQrP

Howard Schultz: Defund the politicians, Washington is “Dysfunctional”: http://bit.ly/oA2vJe

Starbucks' Howard Schultz: Washington is "dysfunctional"; economy is not getting better.

Economist Martin Wolf: We can't have a double-dip recession because we never got out of the first one.

Saturday, October 8, 2011

Iraq, siding with Iran, sends essential aid to Syria's Assad - Washington Post http://ping.fm/7lAA3

Syrian Security Forces Fire on Kurdish Mourners - Wall Street Journal http://ping.fm/ypRqY

Killing of Opposition Leader in Syria Provokes Kurds - New York Times http://ping.fm/RcinZ

2 Killed at Funeral for Syria Activist - Voice of America http://ping.fm/6iYfp

Andrew M. Cuomo announced plans to give $400 million in taxpayer incentives to a host of corporate giants with a track record of outsourcing American jobs. http://bit.ly/rqdNrI

Syrian Forces Fire on Funeral, 2 Killed - TIME http://ping.fm/Ip9ra

Deadly gunfire at funeral of Syrian opposition leader - CNN http://ping.fm/1t514

2012 politics on docket for high court http://ping.fm/k0XWJ

Syria security forces 'open fire at Kurd's funeral' - BBC News http://ping.fm/0F1ch

Fact Check: Romney misfires on defense http://ping.fm/UwqQZ

Friday, October 7, 2011

Tavis Smiley: Are blacks too deferential to this President. What is the price? Silence? OccupyWallStreet

Next march: Why not demand a job from Wall Street since they used our tax dollars to create their record profits. OccupyWallStreet

Jeff Madrick on Keith Olbermann's 'Countdown': OWS needs a set of principles/demands to force politicians into action.

U.S. Park Police say second day of "occupation" of FreedomPlaza has been peaceful so far; no arrests. occupydc #o... http://ping.fm/sE31n

Gingrich: I'd ignore Supreme Court if need be http://ping.fm/HUElf

Video: North Korea’s starving children http://ping.fm/UJWmx

Syrian forces kill seven protesters - activists http://ping.fm/wyTRr

Mitt Romney's Foreign Policy: George W. Bush Redux? http://ping.fm/0TP7T

Case Study On How Lobbyists Are Undermining Dodd-Frank http://ping.fm/lREZh

Keith Olbermann: The Obama administration doesn't "really get it" when it comes to OccupyWallStreet

Thursday, October 6, 2011

Fewer Workers Insured As More Are Employed Part-Time, Study Finds: http://huff.to/mZVeUf

US Turns Blind Eye To Colombia’s Questionable Human Rights Record: http://bit.ly/p5lKyX OccupyWallStreet OccupyDC

Central America murder rate near crisis point: U.N.
(Reuters) http://ping.fm/GIulvhttp://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20111006/wl_nm/us_un_homicide

Pat Buchanan: Both Parties to Blame for Exporting Jobs which has Destroyed the Middle Class: http://bit.ly/oX2XUc

North Korean Children Facing Starvation http://ping.fm/1vwq9

Wall Street protests mark 20th day http://ping.fm/Mg23D

Giuliani to do ads for nuclear plant near NYC http://ping.fm/vFbFI

Unions lend muscle, resources to Wall St. protests - "We're in it together, and we're in it for the long haul.": http://bit.ly/q0Ufz4

Pat Buchanan: Both parties are to blame for exporting American jobs abroad and thus destroying the middle class.

Secret panel can put Americans on "kill list'
(Reuters) http://ping.fm/byxC3http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20111006/ts_nm/us_cia_killlist

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Democrats Resist Colombia Free-Trade Accord on Lack of Worker Protection - Bloomberg http://ping.fm/KmjR9

Palin won't run for president in 2012 http://ping.fm/mygZA

Cuts to heating assistance could devastate poor Michigan residents http://ping.fm/jGCrG

Kaiser: Uninsured overwhelmingly come from working families http://ping.fm/7Apvk

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Oligarchs' lawsuit hears of 'corrupt' Russia http://ping.fm/HOLf1

Boehner dismisses move to punish China on currency http://ping.fm/i7Y16

Greece has weeks left before bankruptcy http://ping.fm/T73nW

@HuffPostPol: Rick Perry: Longtime defender of the Confederate flag http://huff.to/q0dA3X

The People's Platform - Free Trade Harms America

The People's Platform - Free Trade Harms America

We mustn't remain silent while another free trade agreement passes Congress and destroy millions of more American jobs.

Monday, October 3, 2011

Fannie Mae Ignored Foreclosure Misdeeds, Report Says http://ping.fm/NbgE8

Patriotic Millionaires Echoes Occupy Wall Street (PHOTOS, VIDEOS) http://ping.fm/ZQuAS

Video: Visitors insist Rick Perry's camp had offensive name http://ping.fm/mFgSr

Construction spending increased 1.4 percent in August but remains well below healthy levels http://ping.fm/u70HC

Three Berlusconi Aides to Stand Trial for Allegedly Recruiting Women for Prostitution http://ping.fm/Je1SL

Jewish Radicals Suspected in Burning of Mosque in Israel http://ping.fm/LuzXG

Chris Matthews: Obama is too "debonair." He needs to show more passion.

California solar company makes its way without subsidies http://ping.fm/Nmsh2

Poll: Half of U.S. says Afghan war not a success http://ping.fm/HBXIw

Sunday, October 2, 2011

Free Trade will not help workers in Colombia - Washington Times http://ping.fm/pAj8m

Free Trade will not help workers in Colombia

This appears in the pro-right, pro-business Washington Times:

President Obama's recently mentioned that free trade agreements are pending approval in Congress. One of these is with Colombia, South America, the country where I was born and where I lived until I was 21 years old.

From that insiders perspective following is my personal knowledge flavored by my understanding of Colombian culture and politics. I also have definite views of what the Free Market treaties have done to our American economy.

Competing on a non-level playing ground has not been very successful for the American worker. Making goods in a country that has rational economic, labor, and environmental structures is a lot more expensive than in a country that doesn't have them.

This combined with very low labor costs makes competition very hard if not impossible.

Mothers With Depression 'Suffer In Silence'

Sky News:

Up to 35,000 mothers each year in England and Wales are struggling with post-natal depression and not getting the help they need, according to a charity poll.

Panetta Warns Israel Getting More Isolated: http://bit.ly/mRcvZZ

Budget cuts are slowing down U.S. courts: http://bit.ly/mZWUvW

CIA worker linked to Pakistan deaths held in US after fight: http://bit.ly/rk5pdH

Albuquerque protesters 'Occupy Wall Street' in New Mexico http://ping.fm/LiFOV

Herman Cain: Rick Perry Is 'Insensitive' Toward Black People http://ping.fm/JQ3Pn

U.S. economy protests spread - Video http://ping.fm/Cz3sy

Reports say Tibetans protest in southwest China
(AP) http://ping.fm/F77Mwhttp://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111002/ap_on_re_as/as_china_tibet_protest

Syrian tanks seize city 'from deserters http://ping.fm/hHRKS

Rep. Bachmann missed every House vote in September http://ping.fm/TKTbZ

Saturday, October 1, 2011

Mixed Job Picture When Romney Was Massachusetts Governor http://ping.fm/G8FKT

United Auto Workers Overwhelmingly Vote Down Truck Maker Oshkosh's Contract Offer http://ping.fm/V0zwO

Despite Anti-Terrorism Success, Obamas 2012 Hopes Still Tied to Economy http://ping.fm/H60P2

Capitol Hills Dysfunction Long in the Making http://ping.fm/EVpMH