#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty #FirstWorldProblems Del. patient sues over 8-month erection http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/06/11/patient-sues-botched-implant/2413455/ Daniel Metzgar had a problem that wouldn't go away. The Newark, Del., truck driver lived with an erection that lasted about eight months — a result of a botched surgical procedure by a Wilmington, Del., urologist who performed a penile implant on him in 2009, according to a medical malpractice lawsuit being heard this week in New Castle County Superior Court. Wherever the 44-year-old went, his condition got in the way, said Metzgar's attorney, Michael C. Heyden. Retrieving the morning newspaper became a problem. Riding his motorcycle was, too. Even family events became uncomfortable because, as Heyden …http://www.twitpic.com/cwr1v2
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty The Homeland Security Apparatus: Fusion Centers, Data Mining and Private Sector Partners http://www.prwatch.org/node/12122 Following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, a nationwide “homeland security”/”counter terrorism” apparatus emerged. Components of this apparatus include the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the National Counterterrorism Center, and state/regional “fusion centers.” Fusion centers, by and large, are staffed with personnel working in “counter terrorism”/ “homeland security” units of municipal, county, state, tribal and federal law enforcement/public safety/”counter terrorism” agencies. To a large degree, the “coun…http://www.twitpic.com/cvofdg
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Appeals court upholds voter ID law http://www.wisn.com/news/appeals-court-upholds-voter-id-law/-/9373668/20358308/-/isxkxf/-/index.html#ixzz2UogmERIE Law requires voters to show photo ID A Wisconsin law requiring voters to show photo identification at the polls is constitutional, a state appeals court ruled Thursday. The 4th District Court of Appeals decision stems from a lawsuit the League of Women Voters filed challenging the mandate. The league argued the law violates the Wisconsin Constitution's explicit language on every person's right to vote. Dane County Circuit Judge Richard Niess sided with the league in March 2012, ruling the requirement would disenfranchise voters who lack the resources to obtain photo identification. The appeals court reversed his decision, conclu…http://www.twitpic.com/cudrs3
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty [VIDEO] Dissent or Terror: Counterterrorism Apparatus Used to Monitor Occupy Movement Nationwide http://www.democracynow.org/blog/2013/5/22/dissent_or_terror_counter_terrorism_apparatus_used_to_monitor_occupy_movement_nationwide Newly revealed documents show how police partnered with corporations to monitor the Occupy Wall Street movement. DBA Press and the Center for Media and Democracy have obtained thousands of pages of records from counterterrorism and law enforcement agencies that detail how so-called fusions centers monitored the Occupy Wall Street movement over the course of 2011 and 2012. These fusion centers are comprised of employees from municipal, county and federal counterterrorism and homeland security entities, as well as local police departments, the FBI and the Department of Hom…http://www.twitpic.com/csr2qr
#occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty [VIDEO] Our Values @Work: IBEW, San Diego Building Trades Support Affordable Housing http://blog.aflcio.org/Blog/Community-Services/Our-Values-Work-IBEW-San-Diego-Building-Trades-Support-Affordable-Housing At a time when income inequality is rising and the middle class is shrinking, Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 569 and the San Diego County Building and Construction Trades Council are doing their part to help working families not only survive, but thrive in the face of significant economic obstacles. The Southern California-based unions operate the National City Park Apartments, which support low- to moderate-income families by providing affordable housing in a nice, but expensive, neighborhood…http://www.twitpic.com/cl2eiq
#occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Looting Main Street http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/looting-main-street-20100331 How the nation's biggest banks are ripping off American cities with the same predatory deals that brought down Greece If you want to know what life in the Third World is like, just ask Lisa Pack, an administrative assistant who works in the roads and transportation department in Jefferson County, Alabama. Pack got rudely introduced to life in post-crisis America last August, when word came down that she and 1,000 of her fellow public employees would have to take a little unpaid vacation for a while. The county, it turned out, was more than billion in debt — meaning that courthouses, jails and sheriff's precincts had to be closed so that Wall …http://www.twitpic.com/ckap0l