#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Plan to 'Occupy Central ' last resort http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/englishnews/20130328/news_20130328_56_911577.htm# One of the organisers of the 'Occupy Central' movement – which could result in a mass takeover of Central next July – has stressed that this would be a last resort. Speaking on an RTHK radio programme, legal scholar Benny Tai expressed the hope that Beijing would allow universal suffrage in the city's 2017 chief executive poll, and that the method of election would comply with international standards. Occupy Central's controversial plan was officially launched at a news conference yesterday. Organisers say they're confident of persuading 10,000 people to join the act of civil disobedience…http://www.twitpic.com/cf69pi
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Kaupthing’s top bosses indicted over rigging http://www.icenews.is/2013/03/21/kaupthings-top-bosses-indicted-over-rigging/ Kaupthing bank that collapsed during the great meltdown of 2008, is now in the news for other reasons. Nine senior executives, including former executive chairman Sigurður Einarsson, have been charged in Reykjavik, for allegedly manipulating markets by using the bank’s own funds to buy Kaupthing shares in the hope of propping up its price. The Guardian reports that in one of the largest fraud prosecutions out of Iceland in recent years, these shares were allegedly bought in the names of major clients with almost 42% of Kaupthing shares held by the bank as collateral. Einarsson, a Chelsea resident, was effectively barred…http://www.twitpic.com/cedhqj
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty TUjobs to attend Offshore Technology Conference 2013 http://www.icenews.is/2013/03/21/tujobs-to-attend-offshore-technology-conference-2013/ According to various online news sources, representatives of the Norway oil recruitment website, TUjobs.com, will be attending the 2013 Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) held in Houston, Texas, as part of the Norwegian pavilion hosted by Innovation Norway. In a quote by Jan M. Moberg, publisher of TUjobs.com, via online news source news.randburg, Moberg states that it is a first for the company, but they are there to learn, spread their services and help international employers in their quest for talent. According to Moberg, TU Media, the founder of TUjobs, has a long history in helping both Norwegian and int…http://www.twitpic.com/ceepvp
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Wikileaks Was Just a Preview: We're Headed for an Even Bigger Showdown Over Secrets http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/taibblog/wikileaks-was-just-a-preview-were-headed-for-an-even-bigger-showdown-over-secrets-20130322 I went yesterday to a screening of We Steal Secrets, Oscar-winning director Alex Gibney's brilliant new documentary about Wikileaks. The movie is beautiful and profound, an incredible story that's about many things all at once, including the incredible Shakespearean narrative that is the life of Julian Assange, a free-information radical who has become an uncompromising guarder of secrets. I'll do a full review in a few months, when We Steal Secrets comes out, but I bring it up now because the whole issue of secrets and how we keep them is increasingly in the news, to the point wher…http://www.twitpic.com/ce53u5
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Jamie Dimon Agrees With Occupy Wall Street: 'Too Much Inequality' http://www.dailyfinance.com/on/jamie-dimon-economic-inequality-jpmorgan-occupy/ Jamie Dimon has said many notable things over the years, from calling a multibillion dollar trading loss “a complete tempest in a teapot” to answering a critical analyst's doubts by explaining, “That's why I'm richer than you.” The JPMorgan Chase (JPM) CEO made news again Tuesday, while delivering the keynote address at the 2013 Annual Greater Louisville Inc. meeting. According to Chris Otts of The Courier-Journal, Dimon told his audience that the United States has “too much inequality.” This isn't a novel insight — the Occupy Wall Street protests were predicated on this idea, expressed through the …http://www.twitpic.com/ce6b5u
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Judge Limits Fair Use, But Only Slightly http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2013/03/judge-limits-fair-use-only-slightly Last week AP won a court case against Meltwater, a company that allows organizations to keep track of where and how they're mentioned in the press. Meltwater provides its clients with the headline and a few snippets from each article that mentions them, and contends that this is fair use. AP argued that it isn't, and asked Meltwater to pay a license fee for using AP's content. James Joyner isn't impressed: Now, this strikes me as silly. Meltwater is in no ways a rival news service. It’s not a news service at all. It’s a way for an organization to keep track of its coverage in the world press. The think tank that employs me …http://www.twitpic.com/ce5e8g
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Are Americans Too Stupid For Democracy? http://www.alternet.org/belief/are-americans-too-stupid-democracy#.UUnOqY3MuPs.facebook How can we rationally pursue our self-interests when we don't know what's going on? In 2011, Newsweek asked 1,000 Americans to take the standard U.S. Citizenship test, and 38 percent of them failed. One in three couldn't name the vice-president. A 2009 study in the European Journal of Communications looked at how informed citizens of the U.S., UK, Denmark and Finland were of the international news of the day, and the results weren't pretty ( PDF). “Overall,” the scholars wrote, “the Scandinavians emerged as the best informed, averaging 62–67 percent correct responses, the British were relatively close behind with 59 percent,…http://www.twitpic.com/cd1cak
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Bloc Québécois denounces cuts $ 55 million http://www.blocquebecois.org/horizon2015/textes.php?t=8428 TRANSLATED FROM FRENCH BY GOOGLE CHROME TRANSLATOR Ottawa, Tuesday, March 12, 2013 – “Two weeks before the next budget, the federal government signals are disturbing. In the 2013-2014 spending plan released recently, the federal government provides $ 55 million in cuts in the budget of the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec (CED Quebec). If no shift is made in the budget, there are hundreds of companies from all regions of Quebec will pay the price of the withdrawal of federal and private services will and means to ensure their development. This is also bad news for workers and the unemployed who are already dealing with the ideological reform of employment insurance. Together, these two measures are an undrinkable cocktail for the Regions of Quebec, “said the leader of the Bloc Quebecois, Daniel Paille . Estimates in 2013-2014, it is written black on white that the federal government will cut the budget of Quebec in December from 18% in a single year. This increase from 308 906 006 254 931 372 à dollars, a reduction of close to 55 million dollars. “Companies in the region are faced with the realities of their own: instability of the local market, high transport costs, poor infrastructure, modern communication tools absent from the territory, and expensive air transport deficient difficulty of recruiting labor from skilled labor, lack of governmental research, difficulty in marketing their products abroad. The government should help companies that allow people to live in the region and occupy the territory to overcome these difficulties. Cut mine in the economic development of regions turn to a diversified economy that values and transforms resources. Reducing the budget of Quebec in December, the federal government will contribute to the depletion regions of Quebec, “said for his part, Jean-François Fortin , MP for Haute-Gaspésie-La Mitis-Matane-Matapedia-spokesman Bloc Québécois for Regional Development. “Regions of Quebec are already severely affected by the reform of the employment insurance. However, make cuts in December Québec is a new attack against the regions of Quebec. Currently, the federal government not only does not help the economic health of the regions of Quebec, but there night by ensuring that citizens regions do not have access to quality services they deserve and for which they pay, “said Daniel Paille . “We urge the Conservative government not to make cuts in the budget in December Québec. Ultimately, the Bloc Québécois wants the budget allocated to the agency to be transferred to the Government of Québec, more sensitive to the economic needs of the regions of Quebec. As we approach the next budget, the federal government has a responsibility to ensure that its decisions do not exacerbate the effects of the difficult economic environment. The Bloc Québécois has submitted to the Minister of Finance rigorous proposals that would prevent a return to fiscal balance jeopardize the economic development of all regions. It is not too late to make a change of direction, “concluded Daniel Paille . Related: http://www2.macleans.ca/category/quebec-election-blog-central/http://www.twitpic.com/cd0rs1
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Is Weibo Twitter’s evil twin? http://www.rnw.nl/english/article/weibo-twitter%E2%80%99s-evil-twin Social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook played critical roles during the Arab Spring. Can Weibo, the world’s most popular social network, play a similar role in promoting democracy in China? By Michael Anti Twitter was created in 2006 but only rose to popularity in China three years later. The trigger was a massive blaze that nearly destroyed the uncompleted headquarters of Chinese state television station CCTV in Beijing. The news spread rapidly via Twitter and the Chinese realized its potential. Twitter potential For English speaking users, the 140-character limit is enough for more or less one sentence. But for Chinese …http://www.twitpic.com/ccjn1j
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Mexico: a country of silence http://www.rnw.nl/english/article/mexico-a-country-silence Drugs cartels are silencing the Mexican press. More and more Mexican newspapers are deciding to stop reporting crime news. And drugs cartels are increasingly succeeding in influencing the editorial line of the Mexican media. Journalists, bloggers and editors who criticise the activities of organised crime groups face death, kidnapping, decapitation or mutilation. by Pablo Gámez The Mexican daily, El Zócalo de Saltillo, is the latest newspaper to stop reporting any news about organised crime. The decision comes three days after members of a criminal organisation posted signs in various towns in the state of Coahuila threatening the Zó…http://www.twitpic.com/ccj6xm