2013 archive
The Voter Fraud Fraud 0
A case of Republican projection.
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“Cyber-Community Policing” 0
Coming soon to a peephole near you!
Probably not illegal, but definitely creepy.
I am particularly impressed by the whole fake profile thing, which probably violates the TOS of the sites they are using.
The Care and Feeding of Bonus Babies 0
She’s been much in the news for banning telecommuting at Yahoo.
You remember Yahoo. They mounted a large ad campaign a decade or so ago to convince people to use a brand name to mean “web search.”
And then people did start using a brand name to mean “web search.” They called it “google.”
Now we know how she could manage to build a nursery at her workplace so she can bring her baby to work with her.
The award disclosed Wednesday supplements Mayer’s annual salary of $1 million and $56 million in long-term stock compensations that she received after Yahoo lured her away from Google (GOOG) to become its CEO last July.
That’s a bonus of about $1,270 per hour or a total hourly rate of twice that, not counting the stock.
In three days, she gets paid more than the quite arbitrary annual “poverty leveL” for a family of eight in the United States.
And she’s not even on Wall Street, where bonus babies make the big bucks.
Think about it.
Safety Net for Me, but Not for Thee (Updated, Kicked to the Top) 0
Gall, unmitigated.
“Peter lost his battle with cancer, and my father found himself with a mountain of medical bills that he could never afford to pay,” Weatherford told lawmakers on the floor of the House of Representatives. “It was the safety net that picked my father up. It was the safety net that picked my family up.”
According to his father, it was Medicaid.
Later in the story, the pol is quoted as saying his father must be mistaken, it couldn’t possibly have been Medicaid. Oh noes.
Addendum:
Surprise, Republicans. It’s not just for “the urban poor” (and we know who you mean when you use that term).
It’s for anyone who needs it.
Nothing To Do, Nowhere To Go 0
Wait till Republican sequestian dressage sweeps the nation. That’ll fix this.
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The less-volatile four-week moving average fell by 7,000 to 348,750, the lowest since March 8, 2008.
The number of people continuing to receive jobless benefits rose by 3,000 to 3.09 million in the week ended Feb. 23. The continuing claims figure doesn’t include Americans receiving extended unemployment benefits under federal programs.
Chavez 0
The common U. S. view of Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez is similar to the common U. S. view of any foreign leader whose policies are unpopular with Wall Street’s masters of the universe:
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Dictator! Subersive! Threat! And, of course, Commie!
Der Spiegel offers a non-U. S. and certainly more balanced view. A nugget:
After meeting Chávez years ago, the writer Gabriel García Márquez said he didn’t know if he had just spoken to a visionary capable of saving Latin America or a dreamer who would turn into a common Latin American despot.
The Republican War on Women 0
Republicans’ skeevy preoccupation with lady bits continues (and, sadly, Republicans don’t have a monopoly on skeevy, as much as they seem to want one):
Legacy 0
George the Worst’s Great and Glorious Patriotic War for a Lie in Iraq continues to bestow its bounty:
In his final report to Congress, Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction Stuart Bowen’s conclusion was all too clear: Since the invasion a decade ago this month, the U.S. has spent too much money in Iraq for too few results.
Read the rest.
Hold Republicans accountable.
Do not allow their efforts to erase George the Worst from the record succeed.
It’s All in a Name 0
Chauncey Devega explains.
Worst-Pressed List 0
MarketWatch counts down the ten companies with the worst reputations.