Christie Misrepresents State Workers’ Contract | FactCheck.org. Chris Christie is misrepresenting the facts about New Jersey union contract negotiations under his predecessor. Christie has been battling state unions since becoming New Jersey governor in 2010. On CBS’ “Face the Nation” Feb. 27, he exaggerated the generosity of contract terms negotiated (and renegotiated) by Democratic Gov. Jon Corzine’s administration….
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News item: “Pending Home Sales Fall for Second Straight Month” — shouldn’t this be considered *good* news? Houses should not be seen as investments but as places to live. Nobody should have to pay a speculator’s ravenously inflated price for a home.
It is astonishing to watch history unfolding in North Africa. For the first time in my memory, Americans are paying attention to the people of the region and not their autocratic rulers.
Earth is a pretty nice planet, and it’s especially nice to be alive right now. Antibiotics keep us from dying of minor problems like tooth abscesses; cars are pretty affordable for the average American family; we’re not engaged in a fratricidal war. At least, not in the western hemisphere. We have some very stunning things on…
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The history of humankind over the past 4 millenia has been written by alcohol, edited by fear, and published by delusional dreams. This is a subject that fascinates me, and I intend to research it extensively. Some of the questions I would like answered are: To what extent were history’s violent clashes, not related to relief from starvation, the…
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I love this picture! via Manhattan Cat Specialists’s Photos – Wall Photos | Facebook.
Adam Green, co-founder of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee writes: Today, President Obama repeatedly stated that he ‘can’t persuade’ Senate Republicans to end tax cuts for the rich. In addition to undercutting his ‘yes we can’ mantra, the sad reality is that President Obama never even tried to persuade Republicans to do the right thing. He…
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Paul Krugman, New York Times, November 12 2010.The Hijacked Commission. How National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform is the same old Republican bullshit advocating the destruction of middle class safety nets as a means of funding tax breaks for the wealthy.
This is taken from the November 12 2010 version of Huffington Post. It’s something that should be plastered on every billboard in the country. David Fiderer Author of the forthcoming ‘Insider’s Game: How Markets Are Rigged’ Posted: November 10, 2010 08:46 AM The Bush Tax Cuts and the Republican Cult of Economic Failure There’s no such thing as a free…
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Not wanting to sound like Andy Rooney, but: I am sick of being told to “support our troops” or “thank a veteran”. Let me explain. Americans have never been able to think impartially about America as a big power. Some think America is God’s chosen land; others that might makes right; still others, most of us, I…
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