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March 11, 2015

Note to wing nut conservatives. Having an iPhone doesn't make you member of the press

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Conservatives live in their own alternate universe.

March 10, 2015

Florida Governor Scott may be on to something here...

If he bans the word murder then the murder rate will go to 0%. If he bans the word hot there will be no more hot weather in Florida.

March 6, 2015

FDA study finds little evidence of antibiotics in milk

Source: Associated Press

In response to concerns, the agency in 2012 took samples of raw milk from the farms and tested them for 31 drugs, almost all of them antibiotics. Results released by the agency Thursday show that less than 1 percent of the total samples showed illegal drug residue.

Read more: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_FDA_ANTIBIOTICS_IN_MILK?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2015-03-05-17-46-28

March 4, 2015

If I forged documents I would be a convicted criminal....

but bank employees and chief executives just a pay "settlement" and walk free.

http://www.nationalmortgagenews.com/news/distressed/jpm-to-pay-50m-settlement-for-robo-signing-other-bankruptcy-fouls-1045771-1.html

JPMorgan Chase has agreed to a $50.4 million settlement with the Justice Department for robo-signing documents sent to homeowners in bankruptcy and for related abuses.
February 27, 2015

NYTimes editorial board is delusional. The R's have never supported the middle class...

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/27/opinion/wisconsin-workers-and-the-2016-election.html

The Republican-dominated Senate in Wisconsin passed a bill this week to weaken the state’s private-sector unions. Similar to “right-to-work” laws in 24 other states, the bill would prevent unions from requiring dues or other fees from workers they represent in collective bargaining, a crippling constraint


They want to bust all unions and cut all workers wages to the way they were 100 years ago.



January 30, 2015

But, But if you give benefits and pay a decent wage your profits suffer...

http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2015/01/costco_to_return_22_billion_to.html#incart_river

Costco Wholesale Corp., the largest U.S. warehouse-club chain, plans to return $2.2 billion to shareholders through the payment of a special dividend after its cash hoard swelled.


January 30, 2015

ACLU Files Suit Against debtors Prisons & collection fees

https://www.aclu.org/criminal-law-reform-racial-justice/aclu-challenges-debt-collection-practices-target-poor

The American Civil Liberties Union today filed a federal lawsuit challenging debt collection practices that have resulted in the jailing of people simply because they are poor. The case was brought on behalf of Kevin Thompson, a black teenager in DeKalb County, Georgia, who was jailed because he could not afford to pay court fines and probation company fees stemming from a traffic ticket.


Because everything is a crime in modern day A'murika.

January 17, 2015

Maybe Romney can give the poor cake to win 2016?

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The 47% will believe him this time! NOT!

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