Monthly Archives: August 2013

Lots of Inventing Out There

Posted on August 29, 2013 by Arlen Grossman

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Posted in Quotations | Tagged George Braque, only falsehood has to be invented, truth exists | 2 Comments

Highest Paid Public Employee: Compare Your State

Posted on August 29, 2013 by Arlen Grossman

Read Article Here: Deadspin.com

Posted in Economics, Education, labor, Sports | Tagged Deadspin.com, higher education, highest paid public employees | Leave a comment

“Helpless Before the Corporate Onslaught”

Posted on August 28, 2013 by Arlen Grossman

RISE UP OR DIE By Chris Hedges/ OpEdNews/ May 20, 2013 We stand helpless before the corporate onslaught. There is no way to vote against corporate power. Citizens have no way to bring about the prosecution of Wall Street … Continue reading →

Posted in Barack Obama, civil liberties, Democratic Party, Economics, economy, environment, government, inequality, labor, law, media, politics, poverty, protest, Wall Street | Tagged Appalachian Mountains, Bradley Manning, capitalism, Claude McKay, corporations, Espionage Act, globalization, Herman Melville, Joe Sacco, Julian Assange, laissez-faire capitalism, Lakota Indians, Moby-Dick, Mumia Abi-Jamal, NDAA, Newspeak, rise up or die, whistle-blowers, WikiLeaks | Leave a comment

AND THE POOR GET POORER

Posted on August 27, 2013 by Arlen Grossman

Some Filthy Facts About the Rich By Paul Buchheit/ Nation of Change/ August 26, 2013 First of all, who are they? Mostly the 1%. But the top 2-5% have also done quite well, increasing their inflation-adjusted wealth by 75 percent from 1983 … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics, economy, finance, government, inequality, labor, poverty, taxes, Wall Street | Tagged 300 richest Americans, 400 richest Americans, derivative markets, donations, Nation of Change, Paul Buchheit, stock market, top 1%, Walton family, wealth | 38 Comments

DON’T READ THIS — CLASSIFIED INFORMATION

Posted on August 24, 2013 by Arlen Grossman

Thirteen Things the Government is Trying to Keep Secret from You By Bill Quigley/ Common Dreams/ August 23, 2013 Forbes.com “We believe most Americans would be stunned to learn the details of how these secret court opinions have interpreted…the Patriot … Continue reading →

Posted in Barack Obama, civil liberties, government, intelligence, Justice, law, law enforcement, media, politics, scandals, Terrorism | Tagged 13 Things the government is trying to keep secret, Alan Grayson, Bill Quigley, classified, Common Dreams, Dianne Feinstein, Edward Snowden, FBI, FISA, government database, House Intelligence Committee, James Clapper, Mike Rogers, National Security Agency, NSA, NSL, Patriot Act, privacy, Ron Wyden, Senator Mark Udall, surveillance | 2 Comments

Prescient Question By Thoreau

Posted on August 24, 2013 by Arlen Grossman

BPR Quote of the Day

Posted in environment, philosophy, Quotations | Tagged Henry David Thoreau, What's the use of a fine house | 2 Comments

TPP–MUCH WORSE THAN EVEN NAFTA

Posted on August 24, 2013 by Arlen Grossman

The Trans-Pacific Partnership is not about free trade. It’s a corporate coup d’etat–against us! Both Bush & Obama have kept negotiations secret about this nuclearized NAFTA By Jim Hightower/ Hightower Lowdown/August, 2013 In 2002, it was reported that British Prime Minister … Continue reading →

Posted in Barack Obama, Democratic Party, Economics, economy, Education, environment, government, labor, law, media, Republican Party, scandals, trade, Wall Street | Tagged Alan Grayson, Big Pharma, Bill Clinton, drug prices, food safety, fracking, George W. Bush, Hightower Lowdown, internet freedom, Jim Hightower, Michael From an, multinational corporations, NAFTA, procurement, Robert Rubin, Ron Kirk, SOPA, TPP, Trans-Pacific Partnership., transparency | Leave a comment

“CORPORATE TOTALITARIANISM” EXPOSED

Posted on August 23, 2013 by Arlen Grossman

Bradley Manning and the Gangster State By Chris Hedges/ Truthdig/August 22, 2013 AP/Patrick SemanskyArmy Pfc. Bradley Manning after a … Continue reading →

Posted in Afghanistan, Barack Obama, civil liberties, foreign policy, government, intelligence, Iraq, Iraq war, Justice, law, media, military, Pakistan, politics, prisons, Terrorism, war, Yemen | Tagged Bradley Manning, Bradley Manning and the Gangster State, Chris Hedges, collateral murder, David Coombs, Denise Lind, Edward Snowden, Fort Meade, Glenn Greenwald, Howard Zinn, kangaroo trial, Reuters journalists, torture, war crimes, WikiLeaks | Leave a comment

WTF Are We Doing To Ourselves

Posted on August 22, 2013 by Arlen Grossman

Posted in cartoon, Economics, economy, Education, finance, government, health care, inequality, military, political cartoon, politics, poverty, prisons, taxes | Tagged for-profit schools, free higher education, military spending, Nordic countries, Occupy posters, Silhouette Man, student debt, WTF is wrong with Americans | Leave a comment

“CREATING AN ORWELLIAN STATE” – AMAZING VIDEO INTERVIEWS

Posted on August 21, 2013 by Arlen Grossman

original source unknown If you had any doubts America has been transformed into an increasingly oppressive police state, this Democracy Now broadcast might just dispel those doubts. The video features three targeted American citizens–the interviews start at about 13:00…… Click … Continue reading →

Posted in Barack Obama, civil liberties, government, immigration, intelligence, Justice, law, media, military, politics | Tagged Amy Goodman, data mining, Democracy Now, domestic surveillance, George W. Bush, Jacob Applebaum, Juan Gonzalez, Julian Assange, Laura Poitras, NSA, police state, spying, WikiLeaks, William Binny | Leave a comment

Monthly Archives: August 2013

Lots of Inventing Out There

Highest Paid Public Employee: Compare Your State

“Helpless Before the Corporate Onslaught”

AND THE POOR GET POORER

DON’T READ THIS — CLASSIFIED INFORMATION

Prescient Question By Thoreau

TPP–MUCH WORSE THAN EVEN NAFTA

“CORPORATE TOTALITARIANISM” EXPOSED

WTF Are We Doing To Ourselves

“CREATING AN ORWELLIAN STATE” – AMAZING VIDEO INTERVIEWS

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