India Factory Workers Revolt, Kill Company President
This is what class warfare actually looks like. Chanting and singing in the park is just chanting and singing in the park.
Solar Trade War Looms As U.S. Considers Tariffs On China
Solar Trade War Looms As U.S. Considers Tariffs On China
the U.S. Commerce Department announced it had found “reasonable basis to believe or suspect” that Chinese subsidies of solar panels imported to the U.S. were in violation of international trade agreements.
Do we really need to call trade war when the US has an export surplus in Solar technology?
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The absurdity of this claim is clearly revealed if one considers capital gains that accrue to short sellers, who pay rather than receive dividends while their positions are open. Following the logic of the argument, one would be forced to conclude that short sellers are taxed at an effective rate of negative 20%, thereby receiving… Continue reading Untitled
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We’ve got to stop the debates,” McCain told Meet The Press‘ David Gregory. “Enough with the debates, because they are driving up our candidates’, all of them, unfavorability. We have enough of that. They’ve turned into mud wrestling instead of an exposition of all our candidates views. And it’s time to recognize who the real… Continue reading Untitled
Justice Unit Co-Chaired by NY AG Eric Schneiderman to Probe Mortgage-Backed Securities – WNYC
Justice Unit Co-Chaired by NY AG Eric Schneiderman to Probe Mortgage-Backed Securities – WNYC
New York Attorney General Eric Schniederman helping to launch the federal government’s new financial fraud unit in Washington, D.C. on Friday after being tapped by the president to co-chair the fraud-fighting unit.
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Paul and his associates decided in the late 1980s to try to increase sales by making the newsletters more provocative. They discussed adding controversial material, including racial statements, to help the business, the person said. Ron Paul, “Shrewd Businessman” (via ron-paul)
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It was his newsletter, and it was under his name, so he always got to see the final product. . . . He would proof it,’’ said Renae Hathway, a former secretary in Paul’s company and a supporter of the Texas congressman. Ron Paul signed off on racist 1990s newsletters, associates say – The Washington Post
How Right-Wing Libertarians, John Birchers and Conspiracy Freaks Are Trying to Hijack the Occupy Movement
I Googled “Occupy Federal Reserve,” and the first result was a link to Infowars, a Web site run by Alex Jones, a Texas-based wingnut radio host. Jones, a longtime Ron Paul supporter, believes that the government staged both the World Trade Center attacks and the Oklahoma City bombings; that the Gates Foundation is a eugenics operation; and that the government has been taken over by agents of the New World Order who are planning to release a cancer-causing monkey virus.
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If Newt is going to talk about a moon base, he should have the self respect to propose it while sitting in a wheelchair and stroking a fluffy white cat.
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fact-checking should be about checking facts — not about trying to impose some sort of Marquess of Queensbury rules on how you’re allowed to use facts. Aside from undermining the mission, this makes the whole thing subjective — notice that Politifact wasn’t even analyzing what Obama said, they were analyzing their impression about what he… Continue reading Untitled