Wisconsin Salaries? I had to laugh.

I was forwarded an email the other day. I'll let it speak for itself!

Continue reading this entry ...

The 5 Worst Promoters of Nonsense

The James Randi Educational Foundation (JREF) promotes critical thinking through grants for outstanding educators, scholarships to inspire skeptical students, and annual conferences showcasing the best of skeptical thought—but every April Fools Day, the organization honors the  …

Why Isn't Wall Street in Jail? Financial crooks brought down the world's economy — but the feds are doing more to protect them than to prosecute them

Over drinks at a bar on a dreary, snowy night in Washington this past month, a former Senate investigator laughed as he polished off his beer.

Canadian unions join protests in Madison, Wisconsin

"Walker's bill represents a direct attack on workers' rights," says John Gordon, President of the 180,000-member Public Service Alliance of Canada. "Public sector workers shouldn't have to pay for the financial crisis they didn't create.

Musings on Sarah Palin and lactation.

During a recent discussion with reporters, Michelle Obama advocated breastfeeding. Comments made soon after by Michele Bachmann and Sarah Palin were quickly repeated on TV news shows and blogs around the country, as well as around the world.

Continue reading this entry ...

Seven Huge Flaws in Conservative Philosophy

1. Wealth Equals Intelligence:

Continue reading this entry ...

13 Products Most Likely To Made By Child Or Forced Labor (PHOTOS)

Some of our most basic purchases are produced by children. Though hard data is scant, it's estimated that there are 115 million children worldwide in forced labor.

Bea Arthur Was A Truck-Driving Marine

While she strangely denied serving in the armed forces, military records show that the actress Bea Arthur spent 30 months in the Marine Corps, where she was one of the first members of the Women's Reserve and spent time as a typist and a truck driver.

Big Rock Challenge: Michigan's got a rock bigger than Plymouth Rock

The McGulpin Rock, on the shore of Lake Michigan west of Mackinaw City, is about five times the size of Plymouth Rock and has a recorded history dating five years before the Pilgrims landed in 1620.

Muslim, Jewish doctors team up to help Detroiters | detnews.com | The Detroit News

The Interfaith Health Fair concept was born out of Muslim and Jewish organizations seeking better relations with each other and also hoping to give something back to the impoverished community.

Database: Michigan foreclosure rates by ZIP Code

Search this database to find foreclosure rates by ZIP.

Update on dying 7 year-old girl and her adult cyberbully

An Ann Arbor family wants a dying 7-year-old Trenton girl who has been cyber-bullied over her genetic disease to know this: People care.

O'Donnell Stumbles In Explaining Her Opposition To Health Law During Debate

During tonight's Delaware Senate debate, Christine O'Donnell was full of contradictions.

Dearborn mayor rebukes Nevada candidate's remarks | detnews.com | The Detroit News

"She doesn't know what she's talking about," said O'Reilly on Friday about Angle's comments. "I'm going to send her a letter and invite her to take a tour of Dearborn. I think she would be amazed."

Ye twenty-seventh letter of ye alphabet.

Inspired by a Newavine discussion - forgive me if I don’t remember which one - I went in search of documents from America’s colonial era. As I pondered ...

Continue reading this entry ...

Toxie's Dead

Toxie, Planet Money's pet toxic asset, died this week. She was killed by one of the worst housing busts in U.S. history.

Americans Vastly Underestimate Wealth Inequality, Support 'More Equal Distribution Of Wealth': Study

Nice link to a Duke / Harvard study showing that Americans don't want a huge wealth gap, but don't understand how bad it has become and seem unable to see how closely the gap parallels the pursuit of GOP fiscal policies...

Student loan debt rose 25% in '09

Across the country, student loan debt is approaching $850 billion and recently surpassed credit card debt.

The 14 WORST Toys For Girls (PHOTOS)

If you thought Malibu Barbie was a poor role model, how about Pole Dancing Dolly?

In the Sherrod controversy, do shoot the messenger

If a house is burned to the ground, you can whine about the firefighters or criticize the building material -- but first you blame the guy who started the fire, right?

Inside Job: "Bet Against the American Dream"

Summary from This American Life:

Help the Economy- Save Jobs - BUY AMERICAN!!! Made in the USA is not dead

Everyone has heard repeatedly to buy American made goods to help keep jobs here. The problem is that it's usually very hard for the average consumer to know exactly what's "made in USA" anymore.

Continue reading this entry ...

7 "Hot" Products: Radioactive Gifts and Gadgets of Yesteryear [Slide Show]

Every era has its essential consumer products—witness the ubiquity of cell phones and iPods today. In the first half of the 20th century, what gave some gifts their "gotta-have-it" allure is, in retrospect, rather alarming: radioactivity.

The Real Size of the Bailout

The price tag for the Wall Street bailout is often put at $700 billion—the size of the Troubled Assets Relief Program. But TARP is just the tip of the iceberg of money paid out or set aside by the Treasury Department and Federal Reserve.

Latest Comments

Profile

took43583

Articles Posted: 2
Links Seeded: 37
Member Since: 8/2008Last Seen: 10/04/2011

took43583 has not filled out a bio yet.

Recommendations

Books

  • _The Social Transformation of American Medicine—
  • _Limbo: Blue-Collar Roots, White-Collar Dreams—
  • _The Working Poor: Invisible in America— by David

took43583's Feeds

Subscribe to took43583's content using the feeds below. Use RSS for your newsreader and JSS to insert onto your own blog:
  • Articles
  • Seeds