March 9, 2014
Actually It’s Not Adam, Eve, Or Steve
It’s Adam and Eve, Not Adam and Steve.
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February 26, 2014
An Indefensible Economic System
Someone needs to explain to me why there are so many Americans making average or even substandard wages who continue to defend the capitalistic status quo. I think this is where Robert Reich is correct, that people are simply afraid. In a labor market where employers have all the power, people just feel lucky to have a job.
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February 25, 2014
Arizona’s SB 1062 Is Not Religious Freedom, It’s State-Sanctioned Discrimination
Here they go again.
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February 24, 2014
Guns Only Make You FEEL Safer
New Rule: Gun-lovers must admit they are servicing paranoia not safety by owning a firearm.
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February 15, 2014
Mergers Like Comcast-Time Warner Are NEVER Good For Customers
When one massive corporation merges with another massive corporation, the result is never good for customers. The spinmeisters can say what they will, but these mergers are not done to benefit customers, instead they are done to service greed. This is the capitalist formula: Grow, and grow some more, and then when it seems there’s no more growth potential, do whatever you can to grow yet again. And for many very large companies, it is the merger that has allowed them to continue to appease those shareholders. Comcast CEO Brian Roberts calls this a “pro-consumer” merger. “The combination of Time Warner Cable and Comcast creates an exciting opportunity for our company, for our customers and for our shareholders,” said Roberts in a media conference call. But that is a lie, as mergers like Comcast-Time Warner do not lead to lower prices and higher competition, they lead to the exact opposite, and that is hardly “exciting” for customers. But he is right about one thing, this is exactly what the shareholders want. These mergers are not about doing right by the customer, they are about doing right by the shareholders, and that includes top executive compensation.
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February 12, 2014
Dear Racist: You Are The Problem
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February 11, 2014
King Barack Hussein Obama, The Tyrant From Chi-Town, Orders All Dissenters Arrested (SATIRE)
Shit just got real.
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February 7, 2014
Uninformed, But Headstrong: Obama Derangement Syndrome Revisited
“Some people are more certain of everything than I am of anything.” – Robert E. Rubin, former Treasury Secretary
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February 6, 2014
Winter Storm Power Outages Reveal Problem For EVs
Yesterday the Philadelphia area was hit with an ice storm only thirty-six hours after a snow storm dumped as much as nine inches of snow in and around the city. The force of gravity combined with the weight of the wet snow and half an inch of ice proved too much for many trees in the greater Philadelphia area, resulting in what can only be referred to as “The Great Treepocalypse of 2014.”
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February 4, 2014
Coca-Cola Banks On Tolerance And Inclusion With Multilingual Super Bowl Ad
Some thoughts borrowed and adapted from a status update by a Facebook friend. UPDATE: Who also wrote an article about it
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