#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Erika Eichelberger reports that Treasury Secretary Jack Lew won't adopt his predecessor's stance against banking regulations: http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2013/04/jack-lew-wont-take-stand-against-wall-street-deregulation “Last year, then-Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner slammed a series of bills that would have deregulated Wall Street banks. But this year, as a slate of nearly identical bills is being considered by the House Financial Services Committee, newly minted Treasury Secretary Jack Lew has declined to oppose them. The bills are presented as technical fixes to the 2010 Dodd-Frank Financial Reform Act, which was aimed at preventing another 2008-style financial crisis. Most of them aren't.”…http://www.twitpic.com/clok1y
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #TeaParty Green-led Brighton & Hove is world's first 'One Planet Living' programme city http://greenparty.org.uk/news/2013/04/18/green-led-brighton-and-hove-is-worlds-first-one-planet-living-programme-city/ Green politicians nationally are celebrating as Green-led Brighton & Hove City Council, the first Green-led council in the UK, became the world's first planned 'One Planet City'. The city's Sustainability Action Plan officially received independent accreditation from BioRegional for its plans to enable residents to live well within a fairer share of the earth's resources. BioRegional is an award winning charity with an international reputation for developing sustainable solutions. The Action Plan sets out how the city can meet all the international targets under BioRegional's recognised…http://www.twitpic.com/clhg78
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #TeaParty 200,000 policyholders may miss payouts from Equitable Life http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2013/apr/24/equitable-life-policyholders-miss-payouts As of last month National Savings & Investments, had made 35% of the payments worth £577m but spent 72% of its budget More than 200,000 people who took out policies with collapsed insurer Equitable Life may never get their share of £1.5bn compensation because the government cannot trace them, according to the official spending watchdog. Failure to track down the ageing policyholders could mean that up to 20% of those entitled to compensation will lose out, the National Audit Office has warned, in a hard-hitting report released that accuses the Treasury of poor preparation in setting up the redress scheme…http://www.twitpic.com/clhhd1
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #TeaParty Billionaire Dan Loeb Turtles, Flees Investor Conference, After Political Affiliations Exposed http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/taibblog/billionaire-dan-loeb-turtles-flees-investor-conference-after-political-affiliations-exposed-20130422 Last week, I wrote an article about hedge fund king Dan Loeb's involvement with StudentsFirstNY, a group that lobbies against defined benefit plans in public-sector retirement funds. What made that story interesting was that Loeb takes money from defined benefit plans, so turning around and supporting a group that campaigns against guaranteed benefits for teachers and other public-sector workers seemed like a peculiarly ugly form of betrayal, particularly coming from someone who doesn't need to worry too much about his own retirement. Entitled “Dan Loeb Simultaneously Soli…http://www.twitpic.com/clhk2n
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #TeaParty States Looking to Expand Ballot Access More Often Than Restrict It in 2013 http://blog.aflcio.org/Blog/In-The-States/States-Looking-to-Expand-Ballot-Access-More-Often-Than-Restrict-It-in-2013 Despite a widespread pattern of state legislatures attacking the voting rights of Americans, the Brennan Center for Justice shows, in a new report, that states have actually been much more likely in 2013 to seek to expand voting rights than to limit them…http://www.twitpic.com/clhm3x
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #TeaParty [VIDEO] Three Years of SDO http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sdo/news/first-light-3rd.html In the three years since it first provided images of the sun in the spring of 2010, NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory has had virtually unbroken coverage of the sun's rise toward solar maximum, the peak of solar activity in its regular 11-year cycle. This video shows those three years of the sun at a pace of two images per day. SDO’s Atmospheric Imaging Assembly captures a shot of the sun every 12 seconds in 10 different wavelengths. The images shown here are based on a wavelength of 171 angstroms, which is in the extreme ultraviolet range and shows solar material at around 600,000 kelvins (about 1.08 million F). In this wavelength it i…http://www.twitpic.com/clhy35
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #TeaParty 'MAGIC WAND' BOMB DETECTOR CREATOR FOUND GUILTY OF FRAUD http://www.vice.com/read/magic-wand-bomb-detector-creator-found-guilty-of-fraud?utm_source=vicetwitterus The bomb detector that 56-year-old British millionaire James McCormick peddled sounded too good to be true. It could sense C-4 at a range of 600 yards. And it could be programmed to root out other contraband, too. The pistol-sized device’s simple metal antenna would magically point to where explosives, ivory, even 0 bills were hidden. Authorities in countries like Georgia, Romania, Niger, Thailand, Saudi Arabia, and Iraq, where McCormick was able to sell the detector, could, with a flick of the wrist, stop smuggling, organized crime, and deadly terrorist attacks. Guess what? McCormick was full of shit. His…http://www.twitpic.com/clhz8a
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #TeaParty The Socialist is the official magazine of the Socialist Party USA. http://socialistparty-usa.net/the-socialist.html Issue #2 2013 Read the full issue on-line (pdf) donload the full issue Individual Articles Parallels of Counterculture – Bennett Foster Punk & Politics – Greg Pason Art – Morgan Brown Art – Paul Garner Photography – Brian Newberry Photography – KS Liberato Photography – Lauren Avery Music – Steve Walker Music Review – Fresh Roots Music Poetry – Steve Clarke Poetry – Kimberly Ortizhttp://www.twitpic.com/cli3dj
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #TeaParty ABA White Papers http://nader.org/2013/04/19/aba-white-papers/ Three White Papers regarding civil liberties and executive power. ABA Task Force on Treatment of Enemy Combatants http://nader.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/ABA-Task-Force-on-Treatment-of-Enemy-Combatants.pdf ABA Task Force on Presidential Signing Statements http://nader.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/ABA-Task-Force-on-Presidential-Signing-Statements.pdf ABA Task Force on Domestic Surveillance http://nader.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/ABA-Task-Force-on-Domestic-Surveillance.pdfhttp://www.twitpic.com/cli5gs
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #TeaParty Prominent Public Figures Write President Obama Urging Criminal Justice Reform & Support for Youth PROMISE Act http://www.thepeacealliance.org/issues-advocacy/youth-promise-act/endorsements.html Over one hundred prominent public leaders, entertainers and civil rights icons have written a letter to President Obama urging him to support major criminal justice reform for our youth. And, specifically, they called for his support of the Youth PROMISE Act. Read the full letter below. Some of the signers include: Will Smith Michael Moore Lil Wayne Cameron Diaz Scarlett Johannson Rev. Al Sharpton Susan Sarandon Russell Simmons Roseanne Bar Kim Kardashian Jamie Foxx Kerry Washington Sir Richard Branson Woody Harrelson Nicki Minaj Jim Carrey Eva Longoria…http://www.twitpic.com/cli6jl