Any job stimulus bill that gets passed by U.S. Congress will be much too little much too late. That’s because the upcoming, publicly announced, layoffs will shut down nearly half a million jobs!
Chicago based Gray & Christmas Incorporated added up all the publicly announced future job layoffs, and it came to 480,000 jobs. 70% […] Continue Reading…
“The government may only compel a citizen to assist in law enforcement when there is imminent danger. There was no imminent danger here, and therefore the Operator’s Fourth Amendment rights were violated.”-John Samuelsen, Transport Workers Union Local 100
On the day that thousands of protestors took the Brooklyn Bridge, the NYPD forced […] Continue Reading…
“The plan is to win. The plan is to be successful. So while some folks may hear that we are departing in 2014 as a result of the Lisbon conference and the transition, we’re actually going to be here for a long time.”-John Allen, General USMC
The original publicly, and loudly stated goal […] Continue Reading…
Just because the main stream media isn’t reporting it, doesn’t mean it’s not happening. For months now U.S. supported Israel has been launching ground raids into West Bank and Gaza Strip, while also launching air strikes on Gaza Strip.
Now the United Nations is finally saying something about it! The United Nations Office […] Continue Reading…
Yet more proof that the Danish government’s tax on fat is about making money, not being healthy. According to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, only 10% of Danes are obese!
On a recent BBC World Have Your Say program, a Danish politician said that the purpose of a democratic representative government is to […] Continue Reading…
“I spent seven years at the University of Michigan getting a PHD in Medieval European History, and I realized that I wasn’t making a difference there, and I thought I can make more of a difference on the street organizing people, getting the 99% out to have a voice.”-Occupy LA protestor
October 3, protestors in […] Continue Reading…
The Supreme Court refused to hear a case concerning Constitutional Privacy Rights for people who’ve been arrested. Specifically the ability of police to search your cell phone for info.
By refusing to hear the case, the Supreme Court essentially upheld a lower court’s ruling that no search warrant is needed to search your personal belongings […] Continue Reading…
Since I posted part 4 of Pacific Ring of Fire Seismic Events, the United States Geological Survey added one more quake to it’s “Largest and Deadliest Earthquake” list; the March 11 earthquake near Japan.
But have there been more large quakes this year, not qualifying for the USGS title of “Deadliest”, but still large, and […] Continue Reading…
According to Federal numbers, the percentage of unemployed young men in Idaho is more than the national average.
In 2009 the national average was 17%, in Idaho it hit 20%! Idaho’s 2010 rate was around 18%.
Unemployment claims are down, but according to Idaho Labor Department officials that’s because people just don’t qualify for unemployment assistance […] Continue Reading…
Delta Dental of Idaho is going to cut insurance payments to dentists by as much as 13%.
Delta officials say they have to do it to keep costs down to employers who offer their employees the Delta Dental plan.
Idaho dentists say they will have to jack up prices to make up the difference. One dentist […] Continue Reading…