#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty No one had to die in Oklahoma http://socialistworker.org/2013/05/23/no-one-had-to-die-in-oklahoma Alan Peck, who has relatives living near devastated Moore, Okla., considers how a rational society would prepare for disasters like the recent F5 tornado. WHEN MY eyes caught the words “thoughts are with Oklahoma” on a friend's Facebook status update, my heart skipped a beat. As I hurriedly scanned the first article that I found, I saw the words “devastation” and “Moore,” and my stomach tightened. I dialed my father's house and got that line-disconnected signal. The tears followed. I was pretty sure that the Moore Medical Center, which the article had described as “destroyed,” was where my father works…or, now, worked. Reports were…http://www.twitpic.com/csrco9
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty RAILROADS HIRE MANY VETS RETURNING FROM WAR http://www.neilyoung.com/lwwtoday/ Mark Major once led a team of soldiers in combat in Iraq. Now he leads a team of railroad employees. The difference, he says, is obvious: “I'm not getting shot at anymore.” But it's the similarities between serving in the military and working for the railroad that draw Major and many other former military members to this type of work. “For a veteran — a person who thrives off excitement, a mission and a chain of command — you tend to seek out companies like that,” said Major, who has worked for Union Pacific for about two years. As thousands of American soldiers return to the civilian workforce after se…http://www.twitpic.com/cspa79
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Unless you watch 24hr cable 'news,' then it's like a box of chickens…http://www.twitpic.com/csi99h
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Austria Gives Ground in Effort to Curb Bank Secrecy http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/23/business/global/european-union-leaders-meet-on-tax-avoidance.html?ref=global-home Austria Gives Ground on Tax Avoidance The European Union inched closer to ending bank secrecy on Wednesday when Austria agreed to start sharing personal bank account information with other countries as long as similar rules also applied to tax havens like Switzerland that are not part of the bloc. It was the first time that Austria, long considered a tax haven for the wealthy, agreed to a deadline for disclosing such information after rebuffing calls for greater transparency for a decade. The country said it expected to reach an agreement in principle on the matter by the end of the year. That news, at a summit …http://www.twitpic.com/csh9os
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Patriotic Yardsticks for Unpatriotic Giant Corporations http://nader.org/2013/05/16/patriotic-yardsticks-for-unpatriotic-giant-corporations/ Why are big, global U.S. corporations so unpatriotic? After all, they were created in the U.S.A., rose to immense profit because of the toil of American workers, are bailed out by American taxpayers whenever they’re in trouble, and are safeguarded abroad by the U.S. military. Yet these corporate goliaths work their tax lawyers overtime to escape U.S. taxes. Many pay less than you do in federal income taxes. Imagine corporations, like General Electric, have not paid federal income taxes on U.S. profits for years. Mega corporations have abandoned U.S. workers by entrenching “pull-down” trade agreements that mak…http://www.twitpic.com/csbfye
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty I'M HUNTING DOWN THE FAT FETISHIST WHO HAS MY STOLEN LAPTOP http://www.vice.com/read/plumbergeddon?utm_source=vicetwitterus There's nothing like the feeling that washes over you when you realize you've had something important stolen. It's an unsettling blend of confusion and sorrow that should really only be reserved for the sudden death of a relative or times you watch Gaspar Noé films after a night of weird, powdered psychedelics. The worst thing about it is that, unless you're the Koch brothers and the stuff that's been pinched is the contents of your safe, it's unlikely that you're ever going to see your stolen belongings again. The police just don't have enough time to follow up every phone that goes missing at 4 AM. Howe…http://www.twitpic.com/csbwut