Saturday, October 8, 2011
Congressman From Koch Uninterested In Investigating Koch Industries’ Business Deals With Iran
Congressman From Koch Uninterested In Investigating Koch Industries’ Business Deals With Iran: ThinkProgress filed this report from the Values Voters Summit in Washington, DC. Last week, Bloomberg released a bombshell report on Koch Industries, the oil conglomerate owned by the secretive conservative billionaires David and Charles Koch. The report revealed that Koch Industries subsidiaries were doing business in Iran and using bribes to win contracts elsewhere. The [...]/
Friday, October 7, 2011
Congresswoman Betty Sutton helps the people’s voice be heard | OhioDaily
Congresswoman Betty Sutton helps the people’s voice be heard | OhioDaily
Submitted by Derek K
Congresswoman Betty Sutton took part in the Occupy Wall Street march today proving that at least some of our elected representatives still care about the people. She also has a petition you can sign to help your voice be heard to those on Wall Street. Read More Here
h/t Adrienne
Submitted by Derek K
Congresswoman Betty Sutton took part in the Occupy Wall Street march today proving that at least some of our elected representatives still care about the people. She also has a petition you can sign to help your voice be heard to those on Wall Street. Read More Here
h/t Adrienne
Kasich’s “Jobs Guru” claims government doesn’t create jobs
Kasich’s “Jobs Guru” claims government doesn’t create jobs--Plunderbund
In a recent TV ad funded by the Republican Governors’ Association, John Kasich claims his “team” is “keeping and creating jobs” in Ohio.
One member of this team is Mark Kvamme, Kasich’s proclaimed “job-creationguru” and now CFO of JobsOhio – the public-private organization created by Kasich and the legislature to help bring more jobs back to Ohio. Read More Here
h/t Adrienne
In a recent TV ad funded by the Republican Governors’ Association, John Kasich claims his “team” is “keeping and creating jobs” in Ohio.
One member of this team is Mark Kvamme, Kasich’s proclaimed “job-creationguru” and now CFO of JobsOhio – the public-private organization created by Kasich and the legislature to help bring more jobs back to Ohio. Read More Here
h/t Adrienne
Why Herman Cain Is The Koch Brothers’ Favorite Presidential Candidate
Why Herman Cain Is The Koch Brothers’ Favorite Presidential Candidate: Former pizza executive Herman Cain’s rise to the top of the Republican presidential pack will undoubtedly put smiles on the faces of two Omaha brothers: Charles and David Koch. The Koch Brothers are infamous for using their billions to finance the Tea Party and helping to gut business and environmental regulations. They have not been [...]/ Read More Here
Brown: 'Thank God' Warren Not Naked
[Personally, I don't care about Scott Brown taking off his clothes or not, I'm not going to look; but the rest of this video really has my interest--MIO]
Study: Wealthy Stockbrokers More Dangerous Than Psychopaths | Tea Party and the Right | AlterNet
Study: Wealthy Stockbrokers More Dangerous Than Psychopaths | Tea Party and the Right | AlterNet
By David Sirota
The findings are a reminder of why now -- more than ever -- we must refuse to succumb to political apathy and laissez-faire demagoguery.
Like most people living through this jarring age of economic turbulence and political dysfunction, you can probably recall a moment in the last few months when you thought to yourself that our lawmakers and corporate leaders are all crazy. And not just run-of-the-mill crazy, a la George Costanza's parents, but the kind of crazy that makes films like "Silence of the Lambs" and "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" so frightening. Read More Here
By David Sirota
The findings are a reminder of why now -- more than ever -- we must refuse to succumb to political apathy and laissez-faire demagoguery.
Like most people living through this jarring age of economic turbulence and political dysfunction, you can probably recall a moment in the last few months when you thought to yourself that our lawmakers and corporate leaders are all crazy. And not just run-of-the-mill crazy, a la George Costanza's parents, but the kind of crazy that makes films like "Silence of the Lambs" and "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" so frightening. Read More Here
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Why do conservatives want to keep gas prices high?
Why do conservatives want to keep gas prices high?
In 2008, the General Assembly passed nearly unanimously Governor Strickland’s energy policy which reversed the disasterous (in the words of the conservative Ohio Manufacturers Association) electricity deregulation policy passed in the 1990s (which, ironically, was strongly pushed by… the Ohio Manufacturers Association who later learned to regret their deregulation=better for business myopic world view.) Now, with Governor Kasich in office and complete GOP control of state government, the very policies the GOP supported way back in 2008 is under attack by pro-fossil fuel zealots with their outdated, Stone Age views on energy policy. Read More Here
ANALYSIS: Cain’s ’999′ Plan Would Cause Largest Deficits Since WWII, While Increasing Taxes For Most Americans
The 4 Billionaire 'Vultures' Trying to Pick Our Next President | News & Politics | AlterNet
The 4 Billionaire 'Vultures' Trying to Pick Our Next President | News & Politics | AlterNet
Stealing oil from Indian reservations, cheating dying workers out of compensation for asbestos-exposure claims, voter-roll purging -- just some of the work of these kingmakers.
This article is an original investigation by Truthout.org. The image used to illustrate this story is from a deck of cards created by author Greg Palast with Bob Grossman. View the full card here.
Hedge fund magnate Paul Singer likes to breakfast on decayed carcasses. What he chews down is sickening, but just as nausea-inducing are his new tablemates: billionaires Ken Langone and the Koch brothers, Charles and David. Read More Here
Stealing oil from Indian reservations, cheating dying workers out of compensation for asbestos-exposure claims, voter-roll purging -- just some of the work of these kingmakers.
This article is an original investigation by Truthout.org. The image used to illustrate this story is from a deck of cards created by author Greg Palast with Bob Grossman. View the full card here.
Hedge fund magnate Paul Singer likes to breakfast on decayed carcasses. What he chews down is sickening, but just as nausea-inducing are his new tablemates: billionaires Ken Langone and the Koch brothers, Charles and David. Read More Here
[Evil is real, and here are the names--MIO]
VIDEO: Corporate Media Shows Its Disdain For The 99 Percent Movement
VIDEO: Corporate Media Shows Its Disdain For The 99 Percent Movement: The 99 Percent Movement’s protests in Manhattan have entered their third week. As the movement continues to build momentum, sympathetic coverage has begun to come in from journalists, politicians, and even Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke. It’s been a while in getting to this point, however. Initial coverage of the protests often featured good-natured disdain [...]/ Read More Here
If Top 1% Hadn't Ripped Off Trillions, You'd Likely Be Making Thousands of Dollars More Right Now | | AlterNet
If Top 1% Hadn't Ripped Off Trillions, You'd Likely Be Making Thousands of Dollars More Right Now | | AlterNet
AlterNet / By Joshua Holland
The Occupy Wall Street movement is out to focus the nation's attention on decades of increasing inequality.
The corporate media appear to be obsessed with the idea that the Occupy Wall Street movement doesn't have a cohesive message. Of course, that misses the point: as Nathan Schneider wrote in Yes! magazine, “More than demanding any particular policy proposal, the occupation is reminding Wall Street what real democracy looks like: a discussion among people, not a contest of money.” Read More Here
AlterNet / By Joshua Holland
The corporate media appear to be obsessed with the idea that the Occupy Wall Street movement doesn't have a cohesive message. Of course, that misses the point: as Nathan Schneider wrote in Yes! magazine, “More than demanding any particular policy proposal, the occupation is reminding Wall Street what real democracy looks like: a discussion among people, not a contest of money.” Read More Here
Keith Olbermann reads the first collective statement of Occupy Wall Street
[Help this go viral, post it and pass it on, Keith did a wonderful job--MIO]
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Twenty-five people at the heart of the meltdown ... | Business | The Guardian
Twenty-five people at the heart of the meltdown ... | Business | The Guardian
The worst economic turmoil since the Great Depression is not a natural phenomenon but a man-made disaster in which we all played a part. In the second part of a week-long series looking behind the slump, Guardian City editor Julia Finch picks out the individuals who have led us into the current crisis. Read More Here
[With the economy still not good, let's look back and see how this mess started.--MIO]
What Are the Latest Revelations About Koch Industries?
by Lois Beckett
ProPublica
Bloomberg has published an in-depth investigation into business practices at Koch Industries, run by politically influential brothers Charles and David Koch. The story lays out what it suggests is a decades-long pattern of illegal and unethical behavior at Koch.
Both Bloomberg's story and Koch's official response are long and full of complicated details, and it's not easy to untangle it all. Here's our guide to what seem to be the newest, most significant allegations.
Undisputed: Koch's subsidiaries in Europe got contracts through bribes in at least six countries.
ProPublica
Both Bloomberg's story and Koch's official response are long and full of complicated details, and it's not easy to untangle it all. Here's our guide to what seem to be the newest, most significant allegations.
Undisputed: Koch's subsidiaries in Europe got contracts through bribes in at least six countries.
Pam Geller Linked Anti-Muslim Activist Calls For Mass Murder Of Congressmen, Muslims, Liberals And Journalists (Updated)
Pam Geller Linked Anti-Muslim Activist Calls For Mass Murder Of Congressmen, Muslims, Liberals And Journalists (Updated): The anti-Muslim activist John Joseph Jay has issued a call for the mass murder of the leadership of both parties in Congress, the governors of seven states, and prominent academics, along with a demand to “burn all mosques. period.” Jay helped in the founding of anti-Muslim activist Pam Geller’s group American Freedom Defense Initiative. AFDI [...]/ Read More Here[This is how crazy these people are--MIO]
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
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Top 5 Reasons Why The Occupy Wall Street Protests Embody Values Of The Real Boston Tea Party
Monday, October 3, 2011
How Unequal We Are: The Top 5 Facts You Should Know About The Wealthiest One Percent Of Americans
[Ad Watch]: Better Ohio’s latest ad, “Teachers,” should be titled “Uneducated”
[Ad Watch]: Better Ohio’s latest ad, “Teachers,” should be titled “Uneducated”
Fairfield County Republican Party Chairman Kyle Farmer is the star of Better Ohio’s latest commercial that squarely attacks hardworking teachers head on by insinuating much and providing no semblance of anything that could be termed “factual.” In the most ironic moment of the clip, the chairman mentions that he tells his students “you can’t believe everything you hear” and proceeds to back up that statement expertly for the remaining two-thirds of his time on-screen. Read More Here
Fairfield County Republican Party Chairman Kyle Farmer is the star of Better Ohio’s latest commercial that squarely attacks hardworking teachers head on by insinuating much and providing no semblance of anything that could be termed “factual.” In the most ironic moment of the clip, the chairman mentions that he tells his students “you can’t believe everything you hear” and proceeds to back up that statement expertly for the remaining two-thirds of his time on-screen. Read More Here
h/t Adrienne
[Can we grade him and adjust his salary? (It wouldn't go up, probably).--MIO]
Live Stream of Take Back the American Dream
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Governor’s office responds about Teacher Retesting; we correct them…again
Governor’s office responds about Teacher Retesting; we correct them…again
On September 18, we posted a letter that we sent to the Governor’s office, specifically Barb Mattei-Smith, requesting that she “cease the spreading of misinformation regarding the Teacher Retesting provision of HB153, especially your repeated statements that a similar program has had a measurable impact in the state of Massachusetts.” Read More Here
On September 18, we posted a letter that we sent to the Governor’s office, specifically Barb Mattei-Smith, requesting that she “cease the spreading of misinformation regarding the Teacher Retesting provision of HB153, especially your repeated statements that a similar program has had a measurable impact in the state of Massachusetts.” Read More Here
[I don't know what Ohio would do without the Blogs, since this Governor, is incorrect a large part of the time, It could make a person think that the misinformation was intentional--MIO]
h/t Adrienne
Morning Briefing: October 3, 2011
Morning Briefing: October 3, 2011: New York City police arrested 700 Occupy Wall Street protesters on the Brooklyn Bridge this weekend for obstructing traffic. Protesters, who chanted, “We are not criminals” and “Let us go,” allege that the police “tricked, trapped and then arrested them” after guiding them onto the roadway. A new study out today from the Brennan Center [...]/ Read More Here
Koch Brothers Flout Law With Secret Iran Sales - Bloomberg
Koch Brothers Flout Law With Secret Iran Sales - Bloomberg
In May 2008, a unit of Koch Industries Inc., one of the world’s largest privately held companies, sent Ludmila Egorova-Farines, its newly hired compliance officer and ethics manager, to investigate the management of a subsidiary in Arles in southern France. In less than a week, she discovered that the company had paid bribes to win contracts. Read More Here
In May 2008, a unit of Koch Industries Inc., one of the world’s largest privately held companies, sent Ludmila Egorova-Farines, its newly hired compliance officer and ethics manager, to investigate the management of a subsidiary in Arles in southern France. In less than a week, she discovered that the company had paid bribes to win contracts. Read More Here
Leading article: Greed is no longer good - Leading Articles, Opinion - The Independent
Leading article: Greed is no longer good - Leading Articles, Opinion - The Independent
There is still a sense of incongruity about the sight of people protesting against greed on the streets of New York. Isn't America supposed to be the one country where making it big is celebrated and where falling by the wayside, is, well, one of those things? Read More Here
There is still a sense of incongruity about the sight of people protesting against greed on the streets of New York. Isn't America supposed to be the one country where making it big is celebrated and where falling by the wayside, is, well, one of those things? Read More Here
Sunday, October 2, 2011
Charles Koch to Friedrich Hayek: Use Social Security! | The Nation
Charles Koch to Friedrich Hayek: Use Social Security! | The Nation
There’s right-wing hypocrisy, and then there’s this: Charles Koch, billionaire patron of free-market libertarianism, privately championed the benefits of Social Security to Friedrich Hayek, the leading laissez-faire economist of the twentieth century. Koch even sent Hayek a government pamphlet to help him take advantage of America’s federal retirement insurance and healthcare programs. Read More Here
There’s right-wing hypocrisy, and then there’s this: Charles Koch, billionaire patron of free-market libertarianism, privately championed the benefits of Social Security to Friedrich Hayek, the leading laissez-faire economist of the twentieth century. Koch even sent Hayek a government pamphlet to help him take advantage of America’s federal retirement insurance and healthcare programs. Read More Here
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