Health care rebates could average $127
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Employers do not have to pass their rebates on to workers, and can also take them as a discount on next year's premiums.
Insurers serving large employers face a stiffer requirement. Under the law, they must spend 85 percent of premiums on medical costs. The study found that 125 plans covering 7.5 million people at large employers will give back a total of $541 million.
Most plans operated by major national employers are exempt from the requirement. The biggest companies usually set aside money to cover most of their workers' medical expenses. Typically they hire an insurer to administer their plan, but they do not buy full coverage from the insurer.
Separately, a Goldman Sachs report estimated insurers would pay rebates of $1.2 billion. Among major insurers, UnitedHealth would pay $307 million, Aetna $177 million, WellPoint $94 million and Coventry $50 million.
Supporters of the requirement say it will keep insures from padding their profits at the expense of unsuspecting consumers.
Monday, April 30, 2012
Graduates, meet Oligarchy, your new overlord
Graduates, meet Oligarchy, your new overlord
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Those of you with practical degrees have probably never heard of an oligarchy. Let me define it for you. It is a society in which power and wealth belong to a privileged few, but its most telling feature is the lack of a large and robust middle class.
The middle-class thing is what's most important. A person could argue that power and wealth are always concentrated among a privileged few. What was it George Orwell said in "Animal Farm" — all animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others?
The America in which I grew up was distinguished by a massive and powerful middle class. The middle class drove the country.
That has changed. The middle class is shrinking. People fall out of it every day.
I won't bother you with theories about why this is happening. I suspect much of it has to do with globalization and the transfer of manufacturing jobs to lower-cost countries.
Some of you will be fortunate and will become functionaries in the oligarchy. Maybe you will be accountants or engineers. But eventually — and probably sooner rather than later — you will become obsolete and will fall out of the middle class.
Many of you, particularly those of you with liberal arts degrees, will head directly into the growing underclass.
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Those of you with practical degrees have probably never heard of an oligarchy. Let me define it for you. It is a society in which power and wealth belong to a privileged few, but its most telling feature is the lack of a large and robust middle class.
The middle-class thing is what's most important. A person could argue that power and wealth are always concentrated among a privileged few. What was it George Orwell said in "Animal Farm" — all animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others?
The America in which I grew up was distinguished by a massive and powerful middle class. The middle class drove the country.
That has changed. The middle class is shrinking. People fall out of it every day.
I won't bother you with theories about why this is happening. I suspect much of it has to do with globalization and the transfer of manufacturing jobs to lower-cost countries.
Some of you will be fortunate and will become functionaries in the oligarchy. Maybe you will be accountants or engineers. But eventually — and probably sooner rather than later — you will become obsolete and will fall out of the middle class.
Many of you, particularly those of you with liberal arts degrees, will head directly into the growing underclass.
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Year later, Corps stands by decision to breach Birds Point levee
Year later, Corps stands by decision to breach Birds Point levee
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But the Southeast Missourian reports that farmers in the floodway are still reassessing the cost to them. The Food and Agriculture Research Policy Institute estimates that crop losses alone amounted to $85 million, and a broader economic impact exceeded $156 million.
The corps had authority to intentionally breach the levee to relieve pressure from the flooding Mississippi River, in part to save nearby Cairo, Ill. The breach on May 2 flooded 130,000 acres of Missouri farmland.
The corps says the decision prevented more than $112 billion in damages along the Mississippi River and its tributaries.
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But the Southeast Missourian reports that farmers in the floodway are still reassessing the cost to them. The Food and Agriculture Research Policy Institute estimates that crop losses alone amounted to $85 million, and a broader economic impact exceeded $156 million.
The corps had authority to intentionally breach the levee to relieve pressure from the flooding Mississippi River, in part to save nearby Cairo, Ill. The breach on May 2 flooded 130,000 acres of Missouri farmland.
The corps says the decision prevented more than $112 billion in damages along the Mississippi River and its tributaries.
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Paul Krugman: The amnesia candidate
Paul Krugman: The amnesia candidate
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Yes, it does. Mr. Romney constantly talks about job losses under Mr. Obama. Yet all of the net job loss took place in the first few months of 2009, that is, before any of the new administration's policies had time to take effect. So the Ohio speech was a perfect illustration of the way the Romney campaign is banking on amnesia, on the hope that voters don't remember that Mr. Obama inherited an economy that was already in free fall.
How does the campaign deal with people who point out the awkward reality that all of the "Obama" job losses took place before any Obama policies had taken effect? The fallback argument — which was rolled out when reporters asked about the factory closure — is that even though Mr. Obama inherited a deeply troubled economy, he should have fixed it by now. That factory is still closed, said a Romney adviser, because of the failure of Obama policies "to really get this economy going again."
Actually, that factory would probably still be closed even if the economy had done better — drywall is mainly used in new houses, and while the economy may be coming back, the Bush-era housing bubble isn't.
But Mr. Romney's poor choice of a factory for his photo-op aside, I guess accusing Mr. Obama of not doing enough to promote recovery is a better argument than blaming him for the effects of Bush policies. However, it's not much better, since Mr. Romney is essentially advocating a return to those very same Bush policies. And he's hoping that you don't remember how badly those policies worked.
For the Bush era didn't just end in catastrophe; it started off badly, too. Yes, Mr. Obama's jobs record has been disappointing — but it has been unambiguously better than Mr. Bush's over the comparable period of his administration.
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Yes, it does. Mr. Romney constantly talks about job losses under Mr. Obama. Yet all of the net job loss took place in the first few months of 2009, that is, before any of the new administration's policies had time to take effect. So the Ohio speech was a perfect illustration of the way the Romney campaign is banking on amnesia, on the hope that voters don't remember that Mr. Obama inherited an economy that was already in free fall.
How does the campaign deal with people who point out the awkward reality that all of the "Obama" job losses took place before any Obama policies had taken effect? The fallback argument — which was rolled out when reporters asked about the factory closure — is that even though Mr. Obama inherited a deeply troubled economy, he should have fixed it by now. That factory is still closed, said a Romney adviser, because of the failure of Obama policies "to really get this economy going again."
Actually, that factory would probably still be closed even if the economy had done better — drywall is mainly used in new houses, and while the economy may be coming back, the Bush-era housing bubble isn't.
But Mr. Romney's poor choice of a factory for his photo-op aside, I guess accusing Mr. Obama of not doing enough to promote recovery is a better argument than blaming him for the effects of Bush policies. However, it's not much better, since Mr. Romney is essentially advocating a return to those very same Bush policies. And he's hoping that you don't remember how badly those policies worked.
For the Bush era didn't just end in catastrophe; it started off badly, too. Yes, Mr. Obama's jobs record has been disappointing — but it has been unambiguously better than Mr. Bush's over the comparable period of his administration.
Monday, April 23, 2012
Editorial: Lots of 'ifs' in Missouri's latest nuclear gambit
Editorial: Lots of 'ifs' in Missouri's latest nuclear gambit
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On Thursday, Gov. Jay Nixon and executives from Ameren and nuclear-industry giant Westinghouse announced a grand plan to seek a $452 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to develop the next generation of nuclear reactors: small, modular units that produce about 225 megawatts of power compared to the 1,000-megawatt monsters now in disfavor.
If Westinghouse gets the grant, it says it intends to design and build the first units for use at Ameren's Callaway County plant, working with researchers at the University of Missouri's engineering programs in Columbia and Rolla, thus planting the seeds for a multi-billion-dollar industry based right here in the Show-Me State.
If a chunk of that $452 million is spent in Missouri, it would be a welcome boost to the state's economy.
The key word here is "if."
If Westinghouse gets the grant, and if Congress appropriates the money, and if a market actually develops for new nuclear power, and if the smaller reactors are financially feasible, and if the industry ever figures out what to do with its dangerous waste, then, yes, the agreement could be, as Mr. Nixon said Thursday, "transformational."
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On Thursday, Gov. Jay Nixon and executives from Ameren and nuclear-industry giant Westinghouse announced a grand plan to seek a $452 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to develop the next generation of nuclear reactors: small, modular units that produce about 225 megawatts of power compared to the 1,000-megawatt monsters now in disfavor.
If Westinghouse gets the grant, it says it intends to design and build the first units for use at Ameren's Callaway County plant, working with researchers at the University of Missouri's engineering programs in Columbia and Rolla, thus planting the seeds for a multi-billion-dollar industry based right here in the Show-Me State.
If a chunk of that $452 million is spent in Missouri, it would be a welcome boost to the state's economy.
The key word here is "if."
If Westinghouse gets the grant, and if Congress appropriates the money, and if a market actually develops for new nuclear power, and if the smaller reactors are financially feasible, and if the industry ever figures out what to do with its dangerous waste, then, yes, the agreement could be, as Mr. Nixon said Thursday, "transformational."
Saturday, April 21, 2012
Friday, April 20, 2012
Welcome to WICD ABC Newschannel 15 - Champaign, Illinois! mitch daniels
Welcome to WICD ABC Newschannel 15 - Champaign, Illinois!:
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"Protesting in Champaign
The protesters want to send the message to the Republican party and the Tea party, Americans have the right to labor organizations. The protest came just hours before Indiana Governor Mitch Daniel makes the key note speech at the Champaign County Republican Lincoln Day Dinner.
Thursday, April 19 2012, 18:08 PM CDT"
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"Protesting in Champaign
The protesters want to send the message to the Republican party and the Tea party, Americans have the right to labor organizations. The protest came just hours before Indiana Governor Mitch Daniel makes the key note speech at the Champaign County Republican Lincoln Day Dinner.
Thursday, April 19 2012, 18:08 PM CDT"
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The 1% Economy
this is part of the training program of the 99% spring training program
worth watching for history and more
Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels speaks in Champaign | NewsTalk 1400 WDWS-AM
Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels speaks in Champaign | NewsTalk 1400 WDWS-AM:
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I was at the demonstration yesterday. good turnout, good speeches and good time.
folks from Granite City soar and from all over came to rally
alas, seems little news coverage. somewhat standard media coverage for labor events
'via Blog this' he is good speaker
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I was at the demonstration yesterday. good turnout, good speeches and good time.
folks from Granite City soar and from all over came to rally
alas, seems little news coverage. somewhat standard media coverage for labor events
'via Blog this' he is good speaker
Thursday, April 19, 2012
‘Don’t let Rio Tinto tarnish the Olympic Games’ unions warn
‘Don’t let Rio Tinto tarnish the Olympic Games’ unions warn
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WHERE: The Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, Broad Sanctuary, Westminster, SW1P
Union members and workers will be handing out medals to Rio Tinto shareholders’ saying ‘Don’t let Rio Tinto tarnish the Olympic Games’ at its AGM in London tomorrow (Thursday 19 April).
Workers Uniting, the world’s first global union, along with other unions are protesting over the four month-long lockout of 780 United Steelworkers (USW) members in Alma, Quebec, Canada. The dispute is over Rio Tinto’s plans to replace retiring employees with contract workers on half the wages with no benefits at its profitable smelter in Quebec, Canada. When the workers refused to accept, Rio Tinto locked them out.
The unions will bring to shareholders’ attention Rio Tinto’s unethical and illegal actions in Canada and the damage this is doing to the reputation of the London 2012 Olympics by tarnishing it with the company’s reprehensible labour practices. Rio Tinto, one of the sponsors of the 2012 London Olympics, is providing 99 per cent of the metal for the London Olympic medals.
Unite is supporting the USW, which is calling for the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to drop the company as an official supplier of the 2012 London Games because the company’s treatment of its own workers does not live up to the Olympic spirit and disrespects the Olympic values of fair play.
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WHEN: Thursday 19 April 2012, 10:00WHERE: The Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, Broad Sanctuary, Westminster, SW1P
Union members and workers will be handing out medals to Rio Tinto shareholders’ saying ‘Don’t let Rio Tinto tarnish the Olympic Games’ at its AGM in London tomorrow (Thursday 19 April).
Workers Uniting, the world’s first global union, along with other unions are protesting over the four month-long lockout of 780 United Steelworkers (USW) members in Alma, Quebec, Canada. The dispute is over Rio Tinto’s plans to replace retiring employees with contract workers on half the wages with no benefits at its profitable smelter in Quebec, Canada. When the workers refused to accept, Rio Tinto locked them out.
The unions will bring to shareholders’ attention Rio Tinto’s unethical and illegal actions in Canada and the damage this is doing to the reputation of the London 2012 Olympics by tarnishing it with the company’s reprehensible labour practices. Rio Tinto, one of the sponsors of the 2012 London Olympics, is providing 99 per cent of the metal for the London Olympic medals.
Unite is supporting the USW, which is calling for the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to drop the company as an official supplier of the 2012 London Games because the company’s treatment of its own workers does not live up to the Olympic spirit and disrespects the Olympic values of fair play.
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Images of US Soldiers With Afghan Corpses (Graphic NSFW)
I have kin serving overseas. I am not amused.
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Monday, April 16, 2012
Economy killers: Inequality and GOP ignorance--paul Krugman
Economy killers: Inequality and GOP ignorance
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America emerged from the Great Depression and the Second World War with a much more equal distribution of income than it had in the 1920s; our society became middle-class in a way it hadn’t been before. This new, more equal society persisted for 30 years. But then we began pulling apart, with huge income gains for those with already high incomes. As the Congressional Budget Office has documented, the 1 percent — the group implicitly singled out in the slogan “We are the 99 percent” — saw its real income nearly quadruple between 1979 and 2007, dwarfing the very modest gains of ordinary Americans. Other evidence shows that within the 1 percent, the richest 0.1 percent and the richest 0.01 percent saw even larger gains.
By 2007, America was about as unequal as it had been on the eve of the Great Depression — and sure enough, just after hitting this milestone, we plunged into the worst slump since the Depression. This probably wasn’t a coincidence, although economists are still working on trying to understand the linkages between inequality and vulnerability to economic crisis.
Here, however, we want to focus on a different question: Why has the response to the crisis been so inadequate? Before financial crisis struck, we think it’s fair to say that most economists imagined that even if such a crisis were to happen, there would be a quick and effective policy response
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America emerged from the Great Depression and the Second World War with a much more equal distribution of income than it had in the 1920s; our society became middle-class in a way it hadn’t been before. This new, more equal society persisted for 30 years. But then we began pulling apart, with huge income gains for those with already high incomes. As the Congressional Budget Office has documented, the 1 percent — the group implicitly singled out in the slogan “We are the 99 percent” — saw its real income nearly quadruple between 1979 and 2007, dwarfing the very modest gains of ordinary Americans. Other evidence shows that within the 1 percent, the richest 0.1 percent and the richest 0.01 percent saw even larger gains.
By 2007, America was about as unequal as it had been on the eve of the Great Depression — and sure enough, just after hitting this milestone, we plunged into the worst slump since the Depression. This probably wasn’t a coincidence, although economists are still working on trying to understand the linkages between inequality and vulnerability to economic crisis.
Here, however, we want to focus on a different question: Why has the response to the crisis been so inadequate? Before financial crisis struck, we think it’s fair to say that most economists imagined that even if such a crisis were to happen, there would be a quick and effective policy response
Sunday, April 15, 2012
Editorial: Latest in voting hypocrisy: Republicans target military voters
Editorial: Latest in voting hypocrisy: Republicans target military voters
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No one in the Legislature is more committed to trampling on this right than Rep. Shane Schoeller, the third-term Republican from Willard who is running for secretary of state.
Mr. Schoeller not only wants to ask voters to weaken the state constitution and then disenfranchise any state voters who lack a specific form of government-issued photo identification, now he also wants to take away the right of absentee voters — including members of the armed services — to mail in their ballots.
House Bill 2109 is horrendous for a variety of reasons. Examining its origins, its sloppy construction and its potentially devastating results sheds light on how far modern conservative ideals have drifted from what Mr. Reagan had espoused for the Republican Party.
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No one in the Legislature is more committed to trampling on this right than Rep. Shane Schoeller, the third-term Republican from Willard who is running for secretary of state.
Mr. Schoeller not only wants to ask voters to weaken the state constitution and then disenfranchise any state voters who lack a specific form of government-issued photo identification, now he also wants to take away the right of absentee voters — including members of the armed services — to mail in their ballots.
House Bill 2109 is horrendous for a variety of reasons. Examining its origins, its sloppy construction and its potentially devastating results sheds light on how far modern conservative ideals have drifted from what Mr. Reagan had espoused for the Republican Party.
Nothing new since Caligula: Wealth always has been concentrated
Nothing new since Caligula: Wealth always has been concentrated
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No, we are not experiencing “Income inequality on a scale to make Caligula blush.” From time immemorial, wealth has always, and everywhere, been highly concentrated. And political power along with it. The overwhelming majority of people were poor and counted politically for nothing. Society was divided into two classes -- the Rich and the Poor. Only in the last century was extreme concentration of wealth reversed, although only moderately, and temporarily, in certain developed countries. Today America is once again a nation divided, no longer between the Rich and the Poor, but between the Rich and the Rest.
Adam Smith tells us with brutal incisiveness that “Wherever there is great property there is great inequality. The affluence of the rich excites the indignation of the poor”. This, he says, is why government has been established -- for “the security of property”. Government “is in reality instituted for the defence of the rich against the poor, or of those who have some property against those who have none at all.” Little has changed since his day, except that the poor in our own country are today a small, although shameful, minority.
The rich of Smith’s day (and of all preceeding ages) were nobles and landed aristocrats. Government belonged to them of hereditary right and served their interests. For example, to help pay for Great Britain’s wars against Napoleonic France, income tax (paid by the property-owning few) was imposed and excise taxes (paid by everyone) were increased. When the war was over, only income tax was repealed.
Today’s rich are super-rich businesspeople and powerful commercial, financial and industrial interests.
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No, we are not experiencing “Income inequality on a scale to make Caligula blush.” From time immemorial, wealth has always, and everywhere, been highly concentrated. And political power along with it. The overwhelming majority of people were poor and counted politically for nothing. Society was divided into two classes -- the Rich and the Poor. Only in the last century was extreme concentration of wealth reversed, although only moderately, and temporarily, in certain developed countries. Today America is once again a nation divided, no longer between the Rich and the Poor, but between the Rich and the Rest.
Adam Smith tells us with brutal incisiveness that “Wherever there is great property there is great inequality. The affluence of the rich excites the indignation of the poor”. This, he says, is why government has been established -- for “the security of property”. Government “is in reality instituted for the defence of the rich against the poor, or of those who have some property against those who have none at all.” Little has changed since his day, except that the poor in our own country are today a small, although shameful, minority.
The rich of Smith’s day (and of all preceeding ages) were nobles and landed aristocrats. Government belonged to them of hereditary right and served their interests. For example, to help pay for Great Britain’s wars against Napoleonic France, income tax (paid by the property-owning few) was imposed and excise taxes (paid by everyone) were increased. When the war was over, only income tax was repealed.
Today’s rich are super-rich businesspeople and powerful commercial, financial and industrial interests.
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Horrigan: The GOP in 2052
Horrigan: The GOP in 2052
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In the spring of 2052, the pressures that had been building since the Great Seclusion finally erupted. The last 2 million Republicans, barricaded since 2041 within the borders of Kansas, kept safe by one of those 15-foot electrified fences that their ancestors once had proposed to keep Mexicans out, met for what was billed as the Last Caucus.
Eighty-eight year old Sarah Palin, the party's Dowager Empress since the tragic loss of her husband, eaten by the world's last free-ranging polar bear when his snowmobile was stranded on an ice floe, called the meeting to order. As honorary chairwoman, she spoke for 90 minutes before reluctantly surrendering the gavel to Rush Hudson "Hud" Limbaugh IV, the putative heir of the famous radio host and one of his later wives.
"My friends," said Hud. "The time has come. Everything we had feared has come to pass. White people are a minority in this country and white Republicans are a minority within a minority. It started back in '11, when more minority babies were born than white babies, and now those babies have grown up.
"Some of you remember the shock of aught-eight when President Malia Obama's father was elected. A black president!"
Hud Limbaugh stopped to choke back tears. He continued, his voice cracking:
Eighty-eight year old Sarah Palin, the party's Dowager Empress since the tragic loss of her husband, eaten by the world's last free-ranging polar bear when his snowmobile was stranded on an ice floe, called the meeting to order. As honorary chairwoman, she spoke for 90 minutes before reluctantly surrendering the gavel to Rush Hudson "Hud" Limbaugh IV, the putative heir of the famous radio host and one of his later wives.
"My friends," said Hud. "The time has come. Everything we had feared has come to pass. White people are a minority in this country and white Republicans are a minority within a minority. It started back in '11, when more minority babies were born than white babies, and now those babies have grown up.
"Some of you remember the shock of aught-eight when President Malia Obama's father was elected. A black president!"
Hud Limbaugh stopped to choke back tears. He continued, his voice cracking:
Saturday, April 14, 2012
Saint Louis Bank Robbery (1959) - Full Movie
old classic
many of the real estate shown is still there today.
only copy besides this is a vhs in the library
Mitt Romney criticizes Obama at NRA convention
Mitt Romney criticizes Obama at NRA convention
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ST. LOUIS • Facing the prospect of a less than enthusiastic crowd at Friday's National Rifle Association convention, Mitt Romney, who has a mixed record on gun issues, brought in his own secret weapon.
"My sweetheart," Romney told the audience, "Ann Romney."
Mitt Romney — who once vowed not to erode tough state gun laws in his home state — may never win the hearts and minds of gun owners in this campaign.
But, given their disdain for the Democratic incumbent, he will likely win their votes, one reason Friday's speech was a pivot toward the general election.
The former Massachusetts governor in effect clinched the nomination on Tuesday, when Rick Santorum, a former Pennsylvania senator, suspended his campaign.
Appearing in front of the nation's largest gun rights group, Romney sought out a larger audience, homing in on economic issues and continuing his campaign's pitch to middle-class women that began this week when a Democratic commentator brought Ann Romney into a d
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ST. LOUIS • Facing the prospect of a less than enthusiastic crowd at Friday's National Rifle Association convention, Mitt Romney, who has a mixed record on gun issues, brought in his own secret weapon.
"My sweetheart," Romney told the audience, "Ann Romney."
Mitt Romney — who once vowed not to erode tough state gun laws in his home state — may never win the hearts and minds of gun owners in this campaign.
But, given their disdain for the Democratic incumbent, he will likely win their votes, one reason Friday's speech was a pivot toward the general election.
The former Massachusetts governor in effect clinched the nomination on Tuesday, when Rick Santorum, a former Pennsylvania senator, suspended his campaign.
Appearing in front of the nation's largest gun rights group, Romney sought out a larger audience, homing in on economic issues and continuing his campaign's pitch to middle-class women that began this week when a Democratic commentator brought Ann Romney into a d
Read more: http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/mitt-romney-criticizes-obama-at-nra-convention/article_cb7285c4-7529-5067-91c6-e92cfc56d230.html#ixzz1s1Kb9DL7
Friday, April 13, 2012
Thursday, April 12, 2012
Koch Brothers Behind WI Governor Walker's Union Busting
story from last year.
what has changed? some progress made in the recall governor department
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
WHO: Dementia cases projected to triple worldwide by 2050 – USATODAY.com
WHO: Dementia cases projected to triple worldwide by 2050 – USATODAY.com
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ome 35.6 million people were living with dementia in 2010, but that figure is set to double to 65.7 million by 2030, the U.N. health agency said Wednesday. In 2050, it expects the number of dementia cases to triple to 115.4 million.
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ome 35.6 million people were living with dementia in 2010, but that figure is set to double to 65.7 million by 2030, the U.N. health agency said Wednesday. In 2050, it expects the number of dementia cases to triple to 115.4 million.
Most dementia patients are cared for by relatives, who shoulder the bulk of the current estimated annual cost of $604 billion, WHO said.
St. Louis businesses welcoming this week's NRA convention
St. Louis businesses welcoming this week's NRA convention
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5 p.m. Thursday • NRA Foundation banquet
9 a.m. Friday • Exhibit floors open
1 p.m. Friday • Political forum, including GOP presidential candidates
7:30 p.m. Saturday • Entertainment forum, including broadcaster Glenn Beck
7 a.m. Sunday • Prayer breakfast; exhibits close at 5 p.m.
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NRA convention highlights at America's Center
9 a.m. Friday • Exhibit floors open
1 p.m. Friday • Political forum, including GOP presidential candidates
7:30 p.m. Saturday • Entertainment forum, including broadcaster Glenn Beck
7 a.m. Sunday • Prayer breakfast; exhibits close at 5 p.m.
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Monday, April 9, 2012
Sunday, April 8, 2012
nra annual meeting in St. Louis, april 13-15
Join us for the 141st NRA Annual Meetings and Exhibits at America's Center in the heart of St Louis, MO April 13-15, 2012.
With over 500 exhibitors covering 340,000 square feet of exhibit hall space, educational seminars, celebrities, and fun filled special events, bring the whole family- there will be something for everyone! Spend the day exploring the products from every major firearm company in the country, book the hunt of a lifetime in our exclusive outfitter section, and view priceless collections of firearms in our gun collector area. You'll also see knives, wildlife art, shooting accessories, hunting gear, ATV's, and much more!
Note: The city of St. Louis prohibits the carrying of firearms at the America's Center Convention Complex.
With over 500 exhibitors covering 340,000 square feet of exhibit hall space, educational seminars, celebrities, and fun filled special events, bring the whole family- there will be something for everyone! Spend the day exploring the products from every major firearm company in the country, book the hunt of a lifetime in our exclusive outfitter section, and view priceless collections of firearms in our gun collector area. You'll also see knives, wildlife art, shooting accessories, hunting gear, ATV's, and much more!
Note: The city of St. Louis prohibits the carrying of firearms at the America's Center Convention Complex.
Saturday, April 7, 2012
Friday, April 6, 2012
soulard market tomorrow raise the rate- Missouri Jobs with Justice
Have you Signed?
#GiveMOaRaise #CapTheRate
Tell us you'll be at
Soulard Farmers Market this Saturday, April 7
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Dear G
If you haven't signed our petitions yet to raise Missouri's minimum wage $1 to $8.25/hour and cap Payday Lending interest rates at 36% - we are going to be very close to where you live this Saturday morning! We are very close to reaching our goal of 40,000 signatures, and collecting the 120,000 we need across the state to qualif each of these two initiatives for the November ballot. We want you to put us over the top!
Email me, Aaron Burnett, and tell me if you want to meet us at Soulard Farmers Market this Saturday, April 7, between 8am - 11am and sign these two important petitions for economic justice in Missouri.
Already signed them? We want to know where!
Did you sign the petitions in your church or union meeting? Or did you encounter one of our volunteers in Florissant, at a Fish Fry, on South Grand, in Forest Park, or elsewhere? Let me know in a quick email - we want to know where our people found the petition in the streets.
Onward,
Aaron Burnett
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with luck, I will be there. Then intend to shop for Easter goodies at Soulard Market
#GiveMOaRaise #CapTheRate
Tell us you'll be at
Soulard Farmers Market this Saturday, April 7
8a - 11am
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Tell us where!
Dear G
If you haven't signed our petitions yet to raise Missouri's minimum wage $1 to $8.25/hour and cap Payday Lending interest rates at 36% - we are going to be very close to where you live this Saturday morning! We are very close to reaching our goal of 40,000 signatures, and collecting the 120,000 we need across the state to qualif each of these two initiatives for the November ballot. We want you to put us over the top!
Email me, Aaron Burnett, and tell me if you want to meet us at Soulard Farmers Market this Saturday, April 7, between 8am - 11am and sign these two important petitions for economic justice in Missouri.
Already signed them? We want to know where!
Did you sign the petitions in your church or union meeting? Or did you encounter one of our volunteers in Florissant, at a Fish Fry, on South Grand, in Forest Park, or elsewhere? Let me know in a quick email - we want to know where our people found the petition in the streets.
Onward,
Aaron Burnett
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with luck, I will be there. Then intend to shop for Easter goodies at Soulard Market
3 Corporate Myths that Threaten the Wealth of the Nation | Economy | AlterNet
3 Corporate Myths that Threaten the Wealth of the Nation | Economy | AlterNet
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April 5, 2012 |
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Corporations are not working for the 99%. But this wasn’t always the case. In a special 5-part AlterNet series, William Lazonick, professor at UMass, president of the Academic-Industry Research Network, and one of the leading expert on the American corporation, along with journalist Ken Jacobson and AlterNet’s Lynn Parramore, will examine the foundations, history, and purpose of the corporation to answer this vital question: How can the public take control of the business corporation and make it work for the real economy?
The wealth of the American nation depends on the productive power of our major business corporations. In 2008 there were 981 companies in the United States with 10,000 or more employees. Although they were less than two percent of all U.S. firms, they employed 27 percent of the labor force and accounted for 31 percent of all payrolls. Literally millions of smaller businesses depend, directly or indirectly, on the productivity of these big businesses and the disposable incomes of their employees.
Nixon supports proposed pipeline project
Nixon supports proposed pipeline project
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The Flanagan South Pipeline, proposed by Enbridge Inc. in Calgary, Alberta, would run around 600 miles from Flanagan, Illinois to Cushing, Oklahoma, crossing 11 counties in the Show-Me State.
The pipeline would follow the existing Spearhead Pipeline System.
“Major investments in domestic pipelines create skilled construction jobs, support community growth and ensure reliable access to North American energy,” Nixon said in a prepared statement.
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The Flanagan South Pipeline, proposed by Enbridge Inc. in Calgary, Alberta, would run around 600 miles from Flanagan, Illinois to Cushing, Oklahoma, crossing 11 counties in the Show-Me State.
The pipeline would follow the existing Spearhead Pipeline System.
“Major investments in domestic pipelines create skilled construction jobs, support community growth and ensure reliable access to North American energy,” Nixon said in a prepared statement.