Monday, December 28, 2015

Jewish Extremist: 'Remove' The 'Vampire' Christians From Israel

Bernie Can't Win Because He's Old And 'Too Far Left'

maybe getting too fat as well

Bernie Sanders: Trump Dupes Poor Whites Into Supporting Billionaires

41% Of Trump Voters Want To Bomb Fake Country From Aladdin

Hedge Fund Managers’ Tax Rates

Hedge Fund Managers’ Tax Rates



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Sen. Bernie Sanders says firefighters, police officers, nurses and truck drivers all pay higher effective tax rates than hedge fund managers. That’s accurate for some in those occupations, but it’s not the case across the board.
Single firefighters, police officers and nurses who earn the median salary in those middle-class-sounding jobs, and with no children and standard income tax deductions, would pay higher effective tax rates than hedge fund managers, once we factor in payroll taxes. But a single truck driver earning the median salary would pay a slightly lower rate than the typical hedge fund manager. And once we consider other hypothetical situations — adding in a dependent child, or a nonworking spouse, or both — the hedge fund manager pays a higher effective rate than the other occupations at the median pay level.
If our firefighters, police officers, nurses and truck drivers earned some of the top salaries for their professions, they would pay a higher effective tax rate than our hedge fund manager. That’s still the case for all except the truck driver if they had one dependent child and filed as head of household.
Sanders has a point that some in the professions he cites would pay higher effective tax rates — once we factor in payroll taxes — than what a hedge fund manager (or someone who earns money through investments rather than wages) might pay. He’s objecting to the ability of those who manage investments for a living to pay capital gains tax rates, which are lower than most marginal income tax rates and substantially lower than the top income tax rate.
This issue was highlighted by investor Warren Buffett, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, in 2011, when he said that he paid a lower effective tax rate than the other workers in his office. Back then, the top capital gains rate was only 15 percent — it’s now 20 percent — but people who “make money with money,” as Buffett put it, can still pay lower effective tax rates than those who make their money through payroll jobs. It depends, however, on an individual’s circumstances, as we’ll show.

Clinton and Fossil Fuel Money

Clinton and Fossil Fuel Money



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Clinton’s 2016 campaign has not accepted any direct contributions from any corporation, oil and gas companies included. That would violate election law. Nor has her 2016 campaign accepted any money from PACs tied to the oil and gas industry.
So far in the 2016 campaign, Clinton has received about $160,000 in contributions from people who work for oil and gas companies, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. But those contributions would not run afoul of the group’s pledge.
A Republican super PAC, America Rising, scoffed at Clinton’s response, claiming that she has “literally taken millions of dollars from the oil and gas industry.” But the PAC is including money oil companies donated to the Clinton Foundation — which is a charitable foundation that is unaffiliated with the Clinton campaign and would have no bearing on the pledge.
In its press release, America Rising points to a Huffington Post analysis that found “[n]early all of the lobbyists bundling contributions for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s campaign have at one time or another worked for the fossil fuel industry.” Among them are current or former lobbyists for Chevron and TransCanada, the company that tried to build the Keystone XL pipeline. America Rising also points to millions of dollars donated byoil companies to the Clinton Foundation — a charitable foundation that is not affiliated with Clinton’s presidential campaign — and to the fact that Clinton owns shares of a mutual fund that invests in some oil and gas companies.

Saturday, December 19, 2015

USW Reaches Tentative Agreement with U.S. Steel | United Steelworkers

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USW Reaches Tentative Agreement with U.S. Steel

CONTACT: R.J. Hufnagel, (412) 562-2450, rhufnagel@usw.org
PITTSBURGH (December 19) – The United Steelworkers (USW) union’s bargaining committee reached a tentative agreement today on a new contract covering 18,000 workers at more than a dozen facilities across the United States.
The contract is subject to ratification from the members of 26 local unions at those facilities. That process is likely to take several weeks to complete. Details of the agreement will be announced following ratification.
“This has been a difficult year and a difficult round of bargaining, but I am proud of the way the brothers and sisters of the USW stood up and demanded fair treatment,” said USW International President Leo W. Gerard.
Bargaining between the company and the union began in June, in the midst of a crisis for American steelmakers. Illegally low-priced imports from China and elsewhere, along with a decline in oil and gas drilling brought on by low fuel prices, resulted in overcapacity across the globe. That drove prices and demand for steel down and led U.S. Steel and other companies to idle plants and lay off workers at factories around the country.

You’re A Mean One, Mr. Trump (Grinch Parody)

Thursday, December 17, 2015

Bernie Sanders for President | Event | Bernie Debate watch gathering in South City at The Purple Martin

Bernie Sanders for President | Event | Bernie Debate watch gathering in South City at The Purple Martin:



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Bernie Debate watch gathering in South City at The Purple Martin
Join with neighbors watching the Democratic debate at The Purple Martin!
TIME:
Saturday, December 19, 2015 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM EST
HOST:
Brooke Roseberry
CONTACT PHONE:
314-898-0011
LOCATION:
The Purple Martin (Saint Louis, MO)
2800 Shenandoah
Saint LouisMO 63104

Common Cause – Omnibus Bill Would Invite More Secret Money Into Elections

Common Cause – Omnibus Bill Would Invite More Secret Money Into Elections



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For Immediate ReleaseOmnibus Bill Would Invite More Secret Money Into Elections

Common Cause Urges Lawmakers to Keep Government Open While Forging New Deal on Spending

Posted on December 16, 2015 

Statement by Common Cause President Miles Rapoport
“If Congress can’t pass a clean omnibus appropriations bill, it should go back to the drawing board and pass a resolution to keep the government open while it crafts a new omnibus bill without ideological riders or giveaways to wealthy special interests. 
“Americans deserve a normal budgeting process. The backroom negotiations that spawned this budget “compromise” also produced riders that will bring more secret money into the 2016 elections and perpetuate media monopolies that are gradually choking local broadcast coverage of campaigns.
“One rider invites political operatives to continue funneling hundreds of millions of dollars from undisclosed sources into a handful of sham, nonprofit "social welfare" organizations, blocking the Internal Revenue Service from drawing bright line rules that might limit that practice.
“Another rider blocks the Securities & Exchange Commission from requiring public companies to disclose their campaign spending. Over one million Americans, including many institutional investors, have filed comments urging the SEC to move forward on this rulemaking. Americans overwhelmingly support disclosure because they understand it would let them hold politicians accountable for the sort of special-interest horse-trading that has resulted in this bill.

Tuesday, December 15, 2015

USA: Protesters mock GOP debate with giant Trump effigy

Sick Around America





very old one.  sad that obamacare solved little of the mess of healthcare in the land.    stock tip, buy insurance and pham stock; subsidized by taxpayers and more out of your pocket

Michele Bachmann Debates Bernie Sanders





old one, but good   from 2014

Inside the landmark climate change deal reached in Paris

Friday, December 11, 2015

Continental Can Company Top # 6 Facts

continental can was bought out by crown, cork and seal. forced retirees in saint louis, missouri have some not too nice things to say about their retiree benefits. very sad they were promised lifetime health benefits like the american can folks. lied to and more.

People, Not Drug Companies | Signherenow.org

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Wealthy pharmaceutical companies have never had it so good. Record profits while dodging taxes.
In 2013, the U.S. spent nearly 40% more per person on prescriptions than Canada, the next most expensive industrialized nation.
In 2014, the U.S. federal government paid $1 billion in government contracts to Pfizer who has $140 billion in untaxed profits stashed offshore.
In 2015, Martin “Pharma Bro” Shkreli increased the cost of an HIV/AIDS drug by 4,000% – charging patients $750 per pill.
Enough is enough! Tell Congress that it is time to hold the pharmaceutical industry accountable. They cannot be allowed to rake in record profits while avoiding paying their fair share of taxes.
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Alliance for Retired Americans

Joining Anonymous

I Am Fishead Are Corporate Leaders Egotistical Psychopaths )

How China's Pollution Became a National Emergency

The Devastating Effects of Pollution in China (Part 2/2)

The Devastating Effects of Pollution in China (Part 1/2)

Bill O’Reilly Challenges Trump On Muslim Ban

Anonymous Message:Donald Trump

Tuesday, December 8, 2015

TIME Announces Shortlist for 2015 Person of the Year | TIME

TIME Announces Shortlist for 2015 Person of the Year | TIME:



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Monday morning. The eight contenders are, in alphabetical order:
Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi, who as leader of ISIS has inspired followers to both fight in his self-declared caliphate of Iraq and Syria, and also stage attacks in countries like Tunisia and France.
Black Lives Matter activists, who have protested inequality towards African Americans, especially in their treatment by law enforcement.
Caitlyn Jenner, whose coming out as a transgender woman prompted widespread conversations about gender identity and issues of equality for the LGBT community.
Travis Kalanick, who as CEO of Uber drove his car-hailing company to a nearly $70 billion valuation, but also drew criticism about the downside of the sharing economy.
Angela Merkel, who as German chancellor has been at the center of major news events this year, from economic strife in the Eurozone to Europe’s ongoing migrant crisis.
Vladimir Putin, who as president of Russia has defied Western sanctions over his country’s military activity in Ukraine to play a critical but precarious role in the war on ISIS.
Hassan Rouhani, who as president of Iran is seeking to bring his country out of pariah status and repair its sanctions-crippled economy by pursuing a nuclear deal with the West.
Donald Trump, whose populist rhetoric has made him frontrunner in the race for the Republican presidential candidacy and stirred debate about the party’s future.
The 2015 Person of the Year will be unveiled on TODAY Wednesday morning, when the news will also be shared on Time.com. NBC is also asking readers to vote on which of the eight finalists should be named Person of the Year.

The Shortlist for TIME's Person of the Year

Events: Find an Event | Hillary for America--missouri

Events: Find an Event | Hillary for America:



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FRI, DEC 11, 2015, 5:00PM – 8:00PM

Hillary for St. Louis, MO Grassroots Organizing Event with Hillary Clinton

International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers Hall
2319 Chouteau Ave
#100
St. Louis, Missouri 63103
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Please join Hillary Clinton for a Grassroots Organizing Event in St. Louis, MO.

Doors Open: 5:00 PM
Program Start Time: 7:00 PM

If you have any questions please email grassroots@hillaryclinton.com or call 646-854-1432

This Supreme Court case could lock in GOP control of Congress: The dangerous new assault on voting rights

This Supreme Court case could lock in GOP control of Congress: The dangerous new assault on voting rights



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Automatically, excluding all persons below the age of 18 in redistricting would undercount people of color. This is because Black, Latino, Asian and Native American communities are on average significantly younger than the population at large—and particularly, White Americans. The median age among Latinos, for instance, is nearly a decade below the U.S. median population of 37.2 years. This trend continues among other communities of color, with average age being in the low- to mid-thirties. In contrast, the White population’s median age is 42 years. Considering these numbers, it becomes apparent that excluding young Americans—as the Evenwel plaintiffs argue must be done in redistricting—is a proxy to exclude people of color. Over one-half of Latinos and nearly a third of African American, Asian and Native Americans would not be counted during redistricting.
More problems would arise due to counting only the voting population in redistricting. The plaintiffs’ scheme would discount whole populations of residents who have not yet naturalized. As of January 2013, 8.8 million lawful permanent residents in the United States were eligible for naturalization, primarily people of color. If the scheme proposed in the Evenwel v. Abbott challenge were to take hold, millions of people who pay taxes, own businesses and send their kids to school would be shut out of representation.



Monday, December 7, 2015

Work 'Til We Die YouTube 240p

Poll: 1 in 3 Americans unhappy with Israeli influence on US politics

Gunman Family Lawyer Compares San Bernardino to Sandy Hook Conspiracy Th...

2015 St. Louis Scrooge of the Year

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2015 St. Louis Scrooge of the Year Candidates

David HumphreysDavid Humphreys, CEO of TAMKO Building Products
Nominated by United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 655
David Humphreys, CEO of TAMKO Building Products in Joplin, MO, is the ultimate enemy of working people. Ever since Missouri changed its campaign finance laws in 2008, Humphreys has thrown around his money in an attempt to buy off our state government. Humphreys doesn’t care about the working families of Missouri, so much so that he wants to do away with collective bargaining rights. In fact, he dumped $500,000 into a pro-Right-to-Work (for less) committee this past veto session. Humphreys represents everything that’s wrong today with Missouri politics: a system where wealthy individuals buy off elected officials to do their bidding at the expense of working people. David Humphreys’ attempts to destroy the Missouri middle class is why he deserves to be elected Scrooge of the Year. Vote for David Humphreys for St. Louis Scrooge of the Year here.
Mitch WaksMitch Waks, Cooperative Home Care, Inc.
Nominated by Service Employees International Union (SEIU) HealthCare and Show Me 15
Mitch Waks, owner of Cooperative Home Care, led the fight to defeat the increase in the St Louis minimum wage.  In his testimony before the Board of Aldermen, Mitch Waks stated that many of his workers didn’t deserve to get paid more than $9/hour, even though his company receives $17.78 in tax payer dollars for each hour of care provided!  After the minimum wage increase passed, a group of business leaders sued the City of St. Louis to try to stop the increase. Cooperative Home Care, Inc. was the first name plaintiff listed. He also lead the fight in Jefferson City to deprive the thousands of Missouri Homecare Union members from seeing their wages rise from $8.00 to $10.15. Vote for Mitch Waks for St. Louis Scrooge of the Year here.
About Scrooge of the Year

Sunday, December 6, 2015

Senate approves bill repealing much of ObamaCare | TheHill

Senate approves bill repealing much of ObamaCare | TheHill:



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“For too long, Democrats did everything to prevent Congress from passing the type of legislation necessary to help these Americans who are hurting,” McConnell said on the floor. “Today, that ends.”
The measure guts the law by repealing authority for the federal government to run healthcare exchanges, and scrapping subsidies to help people afford plans bought through those exchanges. It zeros out the penalties on individuals who do not buy insurance and employers who do not offer health insurance.
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), who is running for the Democratic presidential nomination, missed the final vote. 
The vote caps weeks of intense and at times acrimonious debate within the Senate GOP conference over how far the repeal should go.
Conservative Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), who are running for president, and Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) threatened to oppose a House-passed repeal bill for not going far enough.
Three moderates, Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine), Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), balked at it for including language defunding Planned Parenthood.
GOP leaders briefly floated the possibility of dropping the Planned Parenthood language but dropped the idea knowing it could spark a conservative backlash.

Thursday, December 3, 2015

How Much Did The NRA Buy YOUR Senator For?

"COCA-COLA: THE HISTORY OF AN AMERICAN ICON"

The U S Wastes Billions Training Foreign Armies YouTube 240p

Labor History in 2:00 » Blog Archive » December 3 Dissenters Jailed

Labor History in 2:00 » Blog Archive » December 3 Dissenters Jailed



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December 3 Dissenters Jailed

December 3, 2015
On this day in Labor History the year was 1916. That was the day that seven Australian members of the Industrial Workers of the World were sentenced to fifteen years in prison for their antiwar efforts during World War I. Other IWW members were sentenced to as many as five and ten years each.

Labor History in 2:00 » Blog Archive » November 28 The IBEW is Born

Labor History in 2:00 » Blog Archive » November 28 The IBEW is Born



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November 28 The IBEW is Born

November 28, 2015
On this day in Labor History the year was 1891. That was the day that the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers union began in St. Louis Missouri. At the time of the union’s founding the field of electrical work was very new.  Linemen often risked their lives for the job. 

How Donald Trump Partied During the Vietnam War

5A7191 Used Continental Can 318PDS 1Head Seamer, Packaging Machinery

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