Archive for Corporate World
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Occupy Wall Street Store Now Online – Support The Movement
Occupy Wall Street items and merchandise has been created and is now available online at the Occupy Wall Street Store. Available Occupy Wall Street items include tee shirts, bumper stickers, buttons, caps, original OWS underground newspapers, and more. Created to fill the need of those who suppor...
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UnionFacts.com is Shameful Anti-Union Propaganda
UnionFacts.com is anything but union facts. The truth is the Center for Union Facts is a secretive front group for individuals and industries opposed to union activities. It is part of lobbyist Rick Berman's family of front groups including the Employment Policies Institute. The domain name w...
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RT.com – The Alternative To Mainstream News
I've given up on getting honest news reporting on our American main stream news. I needed an alternative to mainstream news. These mainstream news stations are owned by the corporations who advertise on them. It is the corporations that controls the content we see on ABC, CBS, NBC, MSNBC, Fox, and a...
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Bank of America $5 Debit Card Fee
Bank of America, one of the bail out recipients of taxpayer money, is thanking their customers by instituting a $5 monthly fee for using a debit card to make purchases. That is, you will be charged $5 for using your own money. If you swipe your debit card only once during the month, a McDonalds $1 m...
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American Mainstream News Media Is Losing Intelligent Viewers
Previously, I had written an article about American television. This one is about mainstream news outlets and the reporting done in America - and I use the word, "reporting" loosely. Gone are the days of Walter Cronkite, whom I only remember vaguely as some "old guy" on the television. My mother ...
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Zazzle.com Shows Anti Bradley Manning Policy Stance
Being an honorably discharged veteran I took an interest in Bradley Manning, the accused Wikileaks source of secret documents and videos, when the story first broke of his arrest and incarceration. I made a donation to his legal fund. I also created some Zazzle products, using the proceeds of tho...
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Pennsylvania Utility PPL Electric Makes Record Profit At Expense Of Customers
Let's give Pennsylvania energy regulators a big hand for making a corporation like PPL wealthier, while sucking more money from the wallets of Pennsylvania residents. No doubt the state of Pennsylvania didn't have a problem with the cost increase to the residents. Larger bills mean more taxes and fe...
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NPR Reveals No Free Speech Philosophy In Firing Juan Williams
National Public Radio (NPR) showed its' true liberal colors and demonstrated that anyone who doesn't follow their agenda will be removed. So much for tolerance and allowing people to voice a personal feeling. Juan Williams, a news analyst for NPR appeared on a recognized conservative network, FOX...
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PennDot Bills Innocent Amputee For Guardrail Damage To Highway
Is it any wonder how PennDOT can afford to pay a half dozen workers to lean on shovels while only one is working and it takes them all day to perform a 1 hour job? Mary Ann Mulawka had a semi run her off the road last January. She almost lost her life that snowy day on Interstate 80, through ...
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5 Supreme Court Justices Backstab American Citizens With Corporation Campaign Finance Law
We doubt the majority of Americans understand how badly this Supreme Court decision has screwed us all. A bitterly divided Supreme Court ruled back in January that the government may not ban political spending by corporations in candidate elections. The 5-to-4 decision was a vindication, the...
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Beware Of Fake Employment News Websites
Fake news websites have increased to the point that I think the FTC needs to get involved in controlling their appearance with a stronger hand – possibly a sledgehammer. Believe me, I have no love for the FTC, but I have even less for the scam news websites. It must have been about 3 years ago ...
