Saturday, March 29, 2014

Saturday Morning Cartoons--South Park parodies Monty Python's "Dead Parrot" sketch

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I found this over at Americablog, and it is just fricking brilliant!  Seems like the creators of South Park created a parody of Monty Pytho...
Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Supreme Court hears arguments in Hobby Lobby case for corporation's religious rights

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Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby Stores Inc, where Hobby Lobby is challenging the Affordable Ca...

Jack Daniels faces Tennessee "Whiskey Rebellion"

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I found this story through the Yahoo Food Section, with the source story from the Wall Street Journal.   Starting with the Yahoo Food Story...
Saturday, March 22, 2014

Saturday Morning Cartoongs--Top Ten Worst Nostalgic Cartoons

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For today's Saturday Morning Cartoons, how about the Top Ten Worst Nostalgic Cartoons?  Presented by Pause / Break Reviews, it appears ...
Thursday, March 20, 2014

Target's new, anti-union video

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I found this Gawker story , via Daily Kos.   From Gawker.com: Target is America's third-largest retailer. It is also as staunchly ant...

Time Warner CEO to get $80 million golden parachute for two months work

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Robert Marcus, chief executive officer of Time Warner Cable, could receive a "golden parachute" pay package worth up to $79.9...

Welcome to Just-In-Time Retail--Otherwise known as On-Call Scheduling

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I found this Nation story: A century ago, the misery of New York’s urban poor was embodied by the iconic scene of the morning shape-up at...
Wednesday, March 19, 2014

J.C. Penny worker fired for telling truth about "fake" prices

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Oh my.  This is just a scandalous Huffington Post story: J.C. Penney is going to war against a former employee who outed the department s...

New measure allows Michigan students to get free college tuition

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This is an interesting Raw Story article: Students in Michigan could receive free college tuition in exchange for a fixed percentage of t...

How many types of orgasms can a woman really have?

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I'm not sure I have a comment on this story from Salon.com.   But it is rather interesting:  The elusive female orgasm has been the s...

Scientists discover new "Chicken from Hell" dinosaur

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I found t his story through TPM.com: Scientists discovered a new species of dinosaur that looks like a cross between a bird and a reptile...

Mediocre coffee for $50 a pound

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I found this story off the Los Angeles Times: Much about the art and science of the consumer market is mysterious, but nothing's stra...

McDonald's workers file suits over wage theft in three states, McDonald's settles for $500,000

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This DKos story came out last week.  Apparently McDonald's workers filed lawsuits against the company and several franchise owners in ...

Wall Street is buying up U.S. farmland

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I found this story off Daily Kos, and was fascinated by it.  The original source story is through Mother Jones: A recent report by the ...
Saturday, March 15, 2014

Saturday Morning Cartoons--All the monsters in Scooby Doo--Where Are You?

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Time to return to Saturday Morning Cartoons.  This is an interesting video featuring all the monsters in Scooby Doo--Where Are You televisio...

Quiznos files for bankruptcy

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The headline says it all.  From CNN Money.com: First, Sbarro. Now, Quiznos. Quiznos has filed for bankruptcy protection, five days af...
Wednesday, March 12, 2014

Wall Street bonuses just keep rising

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I found this New York Times story via Daily Kos.   From The New York Times: On Wall Street, profits are down and the number of workers is...
Monday, March 10, 2014

After losing $1 billion bet, hedge fund is now lobbying to bring a company down

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This really should be defined as a WTF moment.  From The New York Times: WASHINGTON — At a Midtown Manhattan steakhouse last June, Willi...

Democrats are abandoning the Middle Class

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I found this Kevin Drum post, where Drum responds to this American Prospect story by Sean McElwee , on why the American voters vote against...

McDonald's manager tells worker to "Put a bullet" in her head

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I found this story through the Daily Kos, which links to an MSNBC story:   Workers rallied at a Chicago McDonald’s Saturday afternoon ...