#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Secrets and Lies of the Bailout http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/secret-and-lies-of-the-bailout-20130104 The federal rescue of Wall Street didn’t fix the economy – it created a permanent bailout state based on a Ponzi-like confidence scheme. And the worst may be yet to come It has been four long winters since the federal government, in the hulking, shaven-skulled, Alien Nation-esque form of then-Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson, committed 0 billion in taxpayer money to rescue Wall Street from its own chicanery and greed. To listen to the bankers and their allies in Washington tell it, you'd think the bailout was the best thing to hit the American economy since the invention of the assembly line. Not only did it prevent another Great D…http://www.twitpic.com/cpgscw
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#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Oxford students and alumni to protest over Shell Earth sciences funding http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/may/09/oxford-students-alumni-protest-shell?CMP=twt_gu Campaigners say the partnership undermines the university's credibility and conflicts with its work on climate change Students and alumni of Oxford University will protest this afternoon at the opening of a new lab in its Earth sciences department that is funded with £5.9m from oil company Shell. Campaigners say the partnership – which will see the climate and energy secretary, Ed Davey, attend the Shell Geoscience Laboratory's official opening on Thursday – undermines the university's credibility and conflicts with its work on climate change. Oxford alumni including environmental campaigner J…http://www.twitpic.com/cph6h0
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty 'Working Families Flexibility Act' Doesn't Give Flexibility or Support to Working Families http://www.aflcio.org/Blog/Political-Action-Legislation/Working-Families-Flexibility-Act-Doesn-t-Give-Flexibility-or-Support-to-Working-Families In a perfect gift for mothers, just short of Mother's Day, House Republicans have once again introduced legislation with a charming title and a potentially devastating impact for working women and families. According to the bill's sponsors, the “Working Families Flexibility Act,” or H.R. 1406, would give employees the “freedom” to determine work schedules and time off. In reality, this bill would provide more work and less pay…http://www.twitpic.com/cph7lm