Friday, August 19, 2011

Latest Mideast News: Israeli Air Strike Kills Boy in Northern Gaza

Latest Mideast News: Israeli Air Strike Kills Boy in Northern Gaza: GAZA, August 19, 2011 (WAFA) – An early Friday morning Israeli air strike on northern Gaza left one Palestinian boy dead and 17 others injur...

Wednesday, August 17, 2011

social-security-mistakenly-reports-deaths-cnnmoney: Personal Finance News from Yahoo! Finance

social-security-mistakenly-reports-deaths-cnnmoney: Personal Finance News from Yahoo! Finance One in every 200 deaths -- are incorrectly entered into its Death Master File, which contains the Social Security numbers, names, birth dates, death dates, zip codes and last-known residences of more than 87 million deceased Americans. That averages out to 38 life-altering mistakes a day

‪AFLCIONow's Channel‬‏ - YouTube

‪AFLCIONow's Channel‬‏ - YouTube Petition2Sign~~Again an attack on American Workers !! Verizon workers have gone on strike, and we need to support them.
In the past four years, Verizon made more than $19 billion in profits and paid its top five executives more than a quarter of a billion dollars. But it is still trying to outsource even more jobs, demand workers pay more for benefits and undermine their retirement security. 45,000 Verizon workers went on strike to stop these attacks on the middle class.
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Support Growing for Verizon Strikers | AFL-CIO NOW BLOG

Support Growing for Verizon Strikers | AFL-CIO NOW BLOG Petition2Sign~~Again an attack on American Workers !! Verizon workers have gone on strike, and we need to support them.
In the past four years, Verizon made more than $19 billion in profits and paid its top five executives more than a quarter of a billion dollars. But it is still trying to outsource even more jobs, demand workers pay more for benefits and undermine their retirement security. 45,000 Verizon workers went on strike to stop these attacks on the middle class.
http://act.aflcio.org/c/18/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=2661

Saturday, August 6, 2011

DailyTech - Police: Mock us in Cartoons, go to Prison

DailyTech - Police: Mock us in Cartoons, go to Prison The First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, the guiding document of Washington and other U.S. states, reads:

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

In this case both the police department appears to be hoping to violate both the freedom of speech and freedom of press protections.

U.S. physicians call for new approach to address national 'epidemic of mass incarceration'

U.S. physicians call for new approach to address national 'epidemic of mass incarceration' The largest facilities housing psychiatric patients in the U.S. are not hospitals but jails, the authors write. Major depression and psychotic disorders are four to eight times as prevalent among inmates as in the general population. However, only 22 percent of state prisoners and 7 percent of jail inmates receive mental health care while incarcerated.

Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Occupy and Liberate Quartzsite Arizona (4)

Occupy and Liberate Quartzsite Arizona (4) The town of Quartzsite Arizona is said to be under siege by a corrupt police chief who is said to be harassing and bullying residents who are political opponents. One woman was recently arrested at a town council meeting for trying to expose corruption in Quartzsite Arizona http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=156105127799068