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5116 [lbo-talk] SEIU-CNA make peace -- rank: 1000
New York Times - March 19, 2009 <http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/19/health/19union.html> Two Unions, Once Bitter Rivals, Will Now Work Together By STEVEN GREENHOUSE Two of the nation s fastest-growing labor unions the Service Employees International Union and the California Nurses Association ended a bitter yearlong dispute on Wednesday by agreeing to work together to unionize hospital workers and push for universal health coverage. For the last year, the two unions have viciously d ...
Document Size: 8266
Author: Doug Henwood
Date: Thu Mar 19 07:37:10 PDT 2009
5117 [lbo-talk] Americans want growth, hang the environment! -- rank: 1000
<http://www.gallup.com/poll/116962/Americans-Economy-Takes-Precedence-Environment.aspx > For the first time in Gallup's 25-year history of asking Americans about the trade-off between environmental protection and economic growth, a majority of Americans say economic growth should be given the priority, even if the environment suffers to some extent....
Document Size: 5122
Author: Doug Henwood
Date: Thu Mar 19 07:09:42 PDT 2009
5118 [lbo-talk] $10 million for Vikram Pandit's office! -- rank: 1000
Citigroup Said to Commit $10 Million for New Executive Suite 2009-03-19 11:00:44.316 GMT By Erik Schatzker March 19 (Bloomberg) -- Citigroup Inc. plans to spend about $10 million on new offices for Chief Executive Officer Vikram Pandit and his lieutenants, after the U.S. government injected $45 billion of cash into the bank. Affidavits filed with New York s Department of Buildings show Citigroup expects to pay at least $3.2 million for basic construction such as wall removal, plumbing and fire s ...
Document Size: 9349
Author: Doug Henwood
Date: Thu Mar 19 07:07:18 PDT 2009
5119 [lbo-talk] Dodd: I did it, but because the Treasury made me -- rank: 1000
<http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/18/aig.bonuses.congress/index.html> Dodd: Administration pushed for language protecting bonuses (CNN) -- Senate Banking committee Chairman Christopher Dodd told CNN Wednesday that he was responsible for language added to the federal stimulus bill to make sure that already-existing contracts for bonuses at companies receiving federal bailout money were honored. Dodd acknowledged his role in the change after a Treasury Department official told CNN the ...
Document Size: 10445
Author: Doug Henwood
Date: Wed Mar 18 18:43:40 PDT 2009
5120 [lbo-talk] rushkoff to economy: drop dead -- rank: 1000
On Mar 18, 2009, at 4:52 PM, Joshua wrote: > What say you LBO'ers? Is there anything to this? Can a new society > be > built from the ashes of the old? Or do we just get fascism? And > why does > he insist on calling it "corporatism" instead of "capitalism"? So > many > questions... > > http://www.arthurmag.com/2009/03/16/let-it-die-rushkoff-on-the- > economy/ Rushkoff: "If the corporate supermarket chain s debt structure renders it in ...
Document Size: 5583
Author: Doug Henwood
Date: Wed Mar 18 14:17:48 PDT 2009
5121 [lbo-talk] Glenn Beck breaks down in tears, blubbers on-air AGAIN -- rank: 1000
On Mar 18, 2009, at 4:21 PM, Bill O'Connor wrote: > Maybe we can print out a transcript of the CNN segment and pretend > it's > a newspaper. :) Years ago, when I was doing a piece for FAIR's Extra! on TV coverage of Social Security, I read a bunch of transcripts of newscasts. Man, you never realize how short & shallow that shit is until you read it on a page. 200 words on the alleged solvency crisis is what passes for an in-depth report. Reading a transcript of that moron Wolf ...
Document Size: 5392
Author: Doug Henwood
Date: Wed Mar 18 13:29:30 PDT 2009
5122 [lbo-talk] FOMC: throwing everything they've got -- rank: 1000
<http://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/press/monetary/20090318a.htm> Press Release Release Date: March 18, 2009 For immediate release Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in January indicates that the economy continues to contract. Job losses, declining equity and housing wealth, and tight credit conditions have weighed on consumer sentiment and spending. Weaker sales prospects and difficulties in obtaining credit have led businesses to cut back on inv ...
Document Size: 7692
Author: Doug Henwood
Date: Wed Mar 18 11:26:13 PDT 2009
5123 [lbo-talk] The Nones Have it -- or do they -- rank: 1000
On Mar 18, 2009, at 12:50 PM, shag wrote: > Since this joint is kinda dead lately, I saw this referenced on > another > list, the American Religious Identification Survey came out recently > with > the headlines indicating that religiosity is declining in the u.s. <http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/pipermail/lbo-talk/Week-of-Mon-20090309/003726.html > USA Today - March 9, 2009 <http://www.usatoday.com/news/religion/2009-03-09-american-religion-ARIS_N.htm > Most religious gro ...
Document Size: 5849
Author: Doug Henwood
Date: Wed Mar 18 09:57:07 PDT 2009
5124 [lbo-talk] Dodd's gift to AIG -- rank: 1000
<http://gawker.com/5173647/meet-chris-dodd-the-senator-from-aig> Meet Chris Dodd, the Senator from AIG By John Cook, 11:33 AM on Wed Mar 18 2009, 1,330 views Two AIG executives fingered by the New York Post as recipients of blood-money bonuses personally donated to the presidential campaign of Chris Dodd, who inserted language into the stimulus package allowing for their bonuses. AIG execs Douglas Poling and Jonathan Liebergall, both of Connecticut, each donated $2,100 to Chris Dodd fo ...
Document Size: 5590
Author: Doug Henwood
Date: Wed Mar 18 09:11:20 PDT 2009
5125 [lbo-talk] no BS -- rank: 1000
[from a Financial Times piece on the Swedish bank bailout - how un- American!] Arne Berggren, the finance ministry official responsible for bank restructuring, is blunt about the approach he took. It was clear from the outset that the government would act as a commercial investor, demanding equity stakes in return for capital. "We were a no-bullshit investor - we were very brutal," he says. The authorities also insisted on control. "You take command. If you put in equity, you ...
Document Size: 5068
Author: Doug Henwood
Date: Wed Mar 18 08:38:15 PDT 2009
5126 [lbo-talk] "Off with those pants" - Bill O'Reilly reads erotic scenes from his book -- rank: 1000
On Mar 17, 2009, at 4:16 PM, shag wrote: > was that transcribed from mackris's memory or were there recordings? The speculation at the time was that she'd recorded the conversations. Doug
Document Size: 5262
Author: Doug Henwood
Date: Tue Mar 17 13:21:46 PDT 2009
5127 [lbo-talk] Gallup: 53% favor EFCA -- rank: 1000
<http://www.gallup.com/poll/116863/Majority-Receptive-Law-Making-Union-Organizing-Easier.aspx > Majority Receptive to Law Making Union Organizing Easier But most Americans not closely following news about union bill in Congress by Lydia Saad PRINCETON, NJ -- A new Gallup Poll finds just over half of Americans, 53%, favoring a new law that would make it easier for labor unions to organize workers; 39% oppose it. This is a key issue at stake with the Employee Free Choice Act now being co ...
Document Size: 5204
Author: Doug Henwood
Date: Tue Mar 17 11:33:35 PDT 2009
5128 [lbo-talk] Glenn Beck breaks down in tears, blubbers on-air AGAIN -- rank: 1000
On Mar 17, 2009, at 2:22 PM, SA wrote: > Haven't you figured it out? The particular events that occur in the > world are just epiphenomena of the set of abstractions described in > Vols. 1 through 3 of Capital and Mao's Little Red Book. Why bore > yourself with mere shadows on the wall when you could behold The > Idea on www.marxists.com? But that's not Marx's method at all. Capital is full of quotes from the contemporary press, parliamentary testimony, official gov reports, etc ...
Document Size: 5507
Author: Doug Henwood
Date: Tue Mar 17 11:29:59 PDT 2009
5129 [lbo-talk] Glenn Beck breaks down in tears, blubbers on-air AGAIN -- rank: 1000
On Mar 17, 2009, at 1:31 PM, Carrol Cox wrote: > Are you talking about individuals or "the society" when you write > "we"? > As an individual I found out about 50 years ago that I didn't "need" > to > read newspapers for myown purposes So you're proud of not really knowing what's going on in the world? From your cranky, ossified politics, I'm not surprised, but I would have thought you'd have some shame. Doug
Document Size: 5329
Author: Doug Henwood
Date: Tue Mar 17 10:48:39 PDT 2009
5130 [lbo-talk] Stewart's Wall Street bro -- rank: 1000
<http://www.nypost.com/seven/03172009/gossip/pagesix/bro_helped_jon_clobber_jim_159907.htm > New York Post [Page Six] - March 17, 2009 JON Stewart, the scourge of Wall Street and bane of CNBC, may have had a secret weapon in his corner to help him prep for his grudge match with "Mad Money" host, Jim Cramer - his older brother. As the Wall Street Journal recently pointed out, Stewart's brother, Larry Leibowitz, is head of US Markets & Global Technology at NYSE Euronext. (S ...
Document Size: 6608
Author: Doug Henwood
Date: Tue Mar 17 09:15:15 PDT 2009
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