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Black Ribbon Campaign against Susan G. Komen Foundation
by erica20 2/2/2012 - 1:45 pm
Well, I did it--I updated my Facebook status with the following: [Read more]
Black Ribbon Campaign in Honor (?) of the Komen Foundation
by erica20 2/1/2012 - 9:03 pm
I am thinking of doing a FB status update to start this off. I think it might have broad appeal. Thoughts?
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Please update your status and/or wear a black ribbon if you agree....
Dear Komen Foundation,
Breast cancer doesn't care about a woman's religious or political beliefs, and neither should you. Hopping into the political arena by pulling money for cancer screening from Planned Parenthood goes way beyond your mission. Plus, it sends a message that it doesn't matter to you if SOME women get breast cancer or not. That is just low. [Read more]
Can I get a tax accountant up in here, please?
by erica20 1/27/2012 - 6:10 pm
I know you guys are having a fine time over there deciding whether Mitt Romney's religion should/does matter, and that is awesome.
But when there's a break in the action, I'd love it if some of you more economic-smart folks would be interested in figuring out the following:
(Or if you've seen anyone else share these numbers it would be great.)
1. How much would Romney have paid in taxes if the "Cayman Capitalist" loophole were closed? (i.e. no offshore accounts)
2. How much more total Federal revenue if the Cayman Capitalist loophole were closed? (for all taxpayers) [Read more]
Take their money, lose my vote
by erica20 1/26/2012 - 10:35 am
The article about referees "blowing the whistle" on oil companies was quite energizing. (Heh heh.) So I'm recycling this comment from 2010.
Important parts bolded--the rest included for context. Main point is that Progressives, "True" Conservatives and Economic Tea Partiers have reason to agree on the issue of big money in politics.
Dr. Reich, [Read more]
But what did Lady Gaga think of the SOTU speech?
by erica20 1/24/2012 - 11:55 pm
I had the feeling that ordinary Americans might have liked the President's speech tonight more than Congress did--even, in some spots, than Democratic members of Congress did.
Is it possible that Spring has come to Narnia, and Washington will be the last to know?
Cayman Capitalism is Dead! Long Live Legitimate Commerce!
by erica20 1/22/2012 - 1:36 pm
Okay, so maybe we're not quite there yet, but a girl can dream, right?
Watching the veil of the Mitt Romney temple break in twain, not over Mitt's religion but from the godless way he actually makes his money--what a pleasant surprise. It's kind of comforting to know that when finally confronted with Cayman Capitalism in all its Reptilian glory...
The one dollar message, slightly framed: introducing GeorgeGives.org!
by erica20 12/16/2011 - 9:28 pm
Dan K's "one dollar message" made me decide to get back in the saddle on a crazy idea which has been languishing in internet limbo for a couple of years now.
Dagbloggers, I bring you "GeorgeGives.org" in which we write messages on dollars, give them to homeless people (or anyone you think needs a dollar, if you're not into giving money to homeless people) and keep track of what happens to the money by recording the serial numbers as the bills move around the country. [Read more]
Mitt's religion doesn't matter: Or, get ready for Wall Street's Koch-upation of America!
by erica20 10/13/2011 - 3:50 pm
Articleman just wrote a great and very logical piece about how Mitt Romney's Mormon beliefs will make it tough for him to get the Republican nomination, given the fact that voters tend to distrust Mormons and dislike Mitt. Although I see his point, I'm pretty sure Romney's Mormonism isn't going to make much difference in either the nomination race or the race for the presidency--unless the Dems decide to make an issue of it, which seems unlikely. Here's why. [Read more]
"Dear 1%..." Does there need to be more?
by erica20 10/11/2011 - 6:51 pm
I'm trying to write this quickly so I may make a mess of it but please bear with me...
I was reading Synchronicity's post and also DanK's, and thinking about the critique that OWS doesn't have a unified message, etc.
Here's what I came up with:
"Dear 1%,
We are not going to let you run our country based on the idea that shitty is the new fair.
Thank you,
The Other 99%"
I think it gets at the big themes of representation and fairness that I've heard from pretty much everyone I've seen at OWS. But is it, as Synchronicity points out, too easily ignorable? [Read more]
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There Will Be No Saviors for the GOP in 2012
Outstanding article:
Prominent Republicans keep hoping for someone to rescue them from its slate of mediocre candidates. But the party’s biggest problem is the ideological bloodlust of its base.
The bombshell dropped in Saturday’s Playbook, the chattering-class email sent out every morning by the Politico’s Mike Allen. If Mitt Romney fails to win Michigan next Tuesday, a few high-powered Republicans have started saying, the party needs to go back to square one and recruit a new candidate. Yes, maybe it does. But what will that fix? Not much. What the party needs is not simply a new candidate. It needs someone with the courage to stand up and say that the GOP has gone completely off the deep end—and that the party could run an amalgam of Ronald Reagan and Mahatma Gandhi and he wouldn’t win as long as the party’s inflamed base keeps with its current attitudes. But it lacks such a person utterly. It’s a party made up of on the one hand unprincipled cowards, and on the other of people devoted to principles so extreme that they’d have serious trouble attracting more than about 42 percent of the vote.
The report continues with viable and on target points.
Read the article at http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/02/21/michael-tomasky-there-will-be-no-saviors-for-the-gop-in-2012.html- Add new comment
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Greek Debt 'Relief' Leaves Greece w/Higher Debt
The 'rescue package' appears to reduce interest rates on some bonds held by hedge funds and banks, while more than making up for that 'relief' with a new EU loan which is more than the purported savings on the previous bonds. This is 'relief'? For Greece or hedge funds and banks?
...The deal in Brussels gives Greece its second financial lifeline in less than two years — a combined package of foreign loans equivalent to about €22,000 ($29,000) for every Greek citizen, children included. National debt already amounts to about €32,000 ($42,300) each....
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Being Strong: Why Russia needs to rebuild its military.
By Vladimir Putin, ForeignPolicy.com, Feb. 21, 2012
[....] It is no surprise that some are calling for resources of global significance to be freed from the exclusive sovereignty of a single nation. This cannot happen to Russia, not even hypothetically [....]
Editor's note: A longer version of this article appeared in the Russian newspaper Rossiiskaya Gazeta.
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Billionaire Sheldon Adelson Says He Might Give $100M To...
By Steve Bertoni, Forbes Magazine, Feb. 21, 2012
[....] The man whose net worth, by Forbes’ calculations, has jumped more ($21.6 billion) during the Obama administration than any other American — Mark Zuckerberg included — wants to take the president out for economic reasons. “What scares me is the continuation of the socialist-style economy we’ve been experiencing for almost four years. That scares me because the redistribution of wealth is the path to more socialism, and to more of the government controlling people’s lives. What scares me is the lack of accountability that people would prefer to experience, just let the government take care of everything and I’ll go fish or I won’t work, etc.”
“U.S. domestic politics is very important to me because I see that the things that made this country great are now being relegated into duplicating that which is making other countries less great. … I’m afraid of the trend where more and more people have the tendency to want to be given instead of wanting to give. People are less willing to share. There are fewer philanthropists being grown and there are greater expectations of the government. I believe that people will come to their senses and not extend the current Administration’s quest to socialize this country. It won’t be a socialist democracy because it won’t be a democracy.” [....]
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Supreme Court HealthCare Arguments Extended To Six Hours
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court has added another 30 minutes to upcoming arguments over President Barack Obama's health care overhaul. The sessions now will span six hours over three days in late March.
The breakdown of the three central topics to be heard are in body of report.
This is a critical decision for all.
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