Friday, September 23, 2011

Ishtarmuz's Blog

Ishtarmuz's Blog

911 First Responder

IMF Survey: Cooperation Will Pay Off if World Acts Now—Lagarde

IMF Survey: Cooperation Will Pay Off if World Acts Now—Lagarde

Moving Planet: September 24th! | Greenpeace International

Moving Planet: September 24th! | Greenpeace International

Off the Charts Blog | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities | Blog Archive | Deep Poverty on the Rise

Off the Charts Blog | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities | Blog Archive | Deep Poverty on the Rise

ALEC Exposed: Now Tell the IRS to Investigate - Common Cause

ALEC Exposed: Now Tell the IRS to Investigate - Common Cause

Poverty pervades the suburbs

Poverty pervades the suburbs

Expanded Coverage, Better Patient Protections Mark First Year Of The Patient’s Bill Of Rights

Expanded Coverage, Better Patient Protections Mark First Year Of The Patient’s Bill Of Rights: pToday marks one year since the Affordable Care Act’s Patient’s Bill of Rights went into effect. The White House unveiled the regulations in 2010 to expand coverage and better control costs for patients before the full health care reform law goes into effect in 2014. And so far, people are seeing a difference, according to [...]/p

Conservatives Say It Out Loud: They Hate Democracy | Truthout

Conservatives Say It Out Loud: They Hate Democracy | Truthout

Undermining democracy on purpose.

Russians move to bolster Arctic forces

Russians move to bolster Arctic forces

The men who crashed the world - Meltdown - Al Jazeera English

The men who crashed the world - Meltdown - Al Jazeera English

Greed and treachery explained.

The men who crashed the world - Meltdown - Al Jazeera English

The men who crashed the world - Meltdown - Al Jazeera English

Wall Street Journal Readers Name US Chamber of Commerce in the “Top Corruption-Related Story of the Year”

Wall Street Journal Readers Name US Chamber of Commerce in the “Top Corruption-Related Story of the Year”: pWall Street Journal readers were asked to name the “Top Corruption-Related Story of the Year.”  So far, the easy winner is the US Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber is one of the major forces behind the destruction of a livable climate and a sustainable US economy (see “The Chamber is so extreme they oppose R&D [...]/p

Labor Market Policy Research Reports, Sept. 19 – 23, 2011

Labor Market Policy Research Reports, Sept. 19 – 23, 2011

Republicans Bash No Child Left Behind, Then Bash Obama For Trying To Unravel It

Republicans Bash No Child Left Behind, Then Bash Obama For Trying To Unravel It: pLast night’s Republican debate in Florida was filled with candidates’ tirades about the federal government’s role in education. No Child Left Behind, the sweeping and unpopular education law signed by President George W. Bush, was singled out for criticism, with Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) and Gov. Rick Perry (R-TX) saying they’d do away with it [...]/p

Federal Lawsuit to Challenge DEA's Denial of Marijuana Science | AlterNet

Federal Lawsuit to Challenge DEA's Denial of Marijuana Science | AlterNet

Why 2,000 People Needed to Occupy Wall Street: Banks Are Raking in Profits While Taxpayers Are Getting Screwed | | AlterNet

Why 2,000 People Needed to Occupy Wall Street: Banks Are Raking in Profits While Taxpayers Are Getting Screwed | | AlterNet

Should there be a maximum wage? -- New Internationalist

Should there be a maximum wage? -- New Internationalist

News September 23 - Newsroom: Bernie Sanders - U.S. Senator for Vermont

News September 23 - Newsroom: Bernie Sanders - U.S. Senator for Vermont

West 'Wing Week of 9/23/2011

A Billionaires' Coup in the US | Common Dreams

A Billionaires' Coup in the US | Common Dreams

With Phone-Hacking Cover-up Unraveling, News Corp. Faces More Legal Questions In U.S.

With Phone-Hacking Cover-up Unraveling, News Corp. Faces More Legal Questions In U.S.

Beautiful

Debunking the Myth that Regulations on Big Business are "Job-Killers" | | AlterNet

Debunking the Myth that Regulations on Big Business are "Job-Killers" | | AlterNet

Will Wall Street Break with the GOP Over Government Spending to Fix the Economy? | | AlterNet

Will Wall Street Break with the GOP Over Government Spending to Fix the Economy? | | AlterNet

6 Right-Wing Sports Team Owners Bankrolling Their Radical Agenda With Your Tax Dollars | | AlterNet

6 Right-Wing Sports Team Owners Bankrolling Their Radical Agenda With Your Tax Dollars | | AlterNet

Interactive Map of Public Pension Plans; How Badly Underfunded are the Plans in Your State?

Interactive Map of Public Pension Plans; How Badly Underfunded are the Plans in Your State?