The connection between Michigan's EFM power grab, Rep. Fred Upton and Big Oil/Gas

Seeded on Wed Apr 20, 2011 7:24 AM EDT (eclectablog.com)

Benton Harbor today, Saugatuck tomorrow?

politics, michigan, republican, aubrey-mcclendon, tea-party, benton-harbor, saugatuck, rick-snyder, governor-rick-snyder, al-pscholka

Wisconsin Salaries? I had to laugh.

Tue Apr 5, 2011 5:11 AM EDT

By Roy Batty (Clipped by took43583)

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

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schools, politics, wisconsin, unions, spending, lying, data, facts, hyperbole, cherry-picking

The 5 Worst Promoters of Nonsense

Seeded on Sat Apr 2, 2011 10:41 PM EDT (James Randi Educational Foundation)

Seeded by smithichie (Clipped by took43583)

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 …

news, science, james-randi, pigasus-awards, scientist-pigasus-award

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

Seeded on Sun Mar 13, 2011 6:07 PM EDT (Rolling Stone)

Seeded by economics101 (Clipped by took43583)

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.

fbi, sec, fraud, banks, us-news, ponzi

Canadian unions join protests in Madison, Wisconsin

Seeded on Sat Feb 26, 2011 8:02 PM EST (CNW Group)

"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.

politics, wisconsin, scott-walker, union-busting, koch-brothers, canadian-union

Musings on Sarah Palin and lactation.

Sun Feb 20, 2011 9:34 PM EST

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.

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children, democrats, republicans, babies, obama, breast-feeding, nursing, not-news, breastfeeding, infants

Seven Huge Flaws in Conservative Philosophy

Tue Jan 25, 2011 12:22 PM EST

By maximillio (Clipped by took43583)

1. Wealth Equals Intelligence:

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

Seeded on Mon Dec 20, 2010 10:06 PM EST (The Huffington Post)

Seeded by American Idle (Clipped by took43583)

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.

labor, agriculture, industry, child-labor, world-news, services, slave-labor, department-of-labor, labor-practices, productrs

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Bea Arthur Was A Truck-Driving Marine

Seeded on Sat Dec 11, 2010 8:24 PM EST (thesmokinggun.com)

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.

entertainment, military, marine-corps, bea-arthur, usmc, maude, golden-girls, staff-sergeant

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

Seeded on Sun Nov 21, 2010 10:07 AM EST (The Detroit Free Press)

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.

michigan, great-lakes, lake-michigan, mcgulpin-rock

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

Seeded on Sat Nov 13, 2010 7:17 PM EST (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.

muslim, insurance, health, health-care, volunteer, detroit, jewish, uninsured, interfaith

Database: Michigan foreclosure rates by ZIP Code

Seeded on Fri Nov 12, 2010 7:18 AM EST (The Detroit Free Press)

Search this database to find foreclosure rates by ZIP.

economy, michigan, detroit, us-news, recession, zip-code, housing-bubble, foreclosure, housing-crisis

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

Seeded on Fri Oct 15, 2010 11:06 PM EDT ( Ann Arbor News, Blogs, Events & Discussion - AnnArbor.com)

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.

detroit, us-news, facebook, ann-arbor, huntingtons-disease, cyberbullying, jennifer-petkov, kathleen-edward, trenton-mi

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

Seeded on Thu Oct 14, 2010 12:27 PM EDT (Think Progress)

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

politics, republicans, health-insurance, u-s-politics, health-care-reform, tea-party, 2010-elections, christine-odonnell, affordable-care-act

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

Seeded on Sat Oct 9, 2010 4:27 PM EDT (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."

politics, michigan, detroit, united-states, republican, dearborn, tea-party, 2010-elections, sharron-angle

Ye twenty-seventh letter of ye alphabet.

Mon Sep 27, 2010 10:47 AM EDT

By Erik the Read (Clipped by took43583)

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 ...

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history, britain, ireland, the, shakespeare, ye, script, thorn, scribe, misinterpretation

Toxie's Dead

Seeded on Sat Sep 25, 2010 7:11 PM EDT (NPR)

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

business, economy, housing-bubble, mortgage-fraud, countrywide, financial-crisis, toxic-assets, subprime-mortgage-lenders

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

Seeded on Fri Sep 24, 2010 1:30 AM EDT (The Huffington Post)

Seeded by Matthew-480753 (Clipped by took43583)

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...

business, great-recession, unequal-distribution, america-unfair, unemployment-americans

Student loan debt rose 25% in '09

Seeded on Sat Sep 11, 2010 11:22 PM EDT (The Detroit Free Press)

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

education, student-loans, sallie-mae, stafford-loans, plus-loans

The 14 WORST Toys For Girls (PHOTOS)

Seeded on Thu Sep 2, 2010 10:38 PM EDT (The Huffington Post)

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

fashion, toys, sexism, dolls, cosmetics, role-models

In the Sherrod controversy, do shoot the messenger

Seeded on Sun Jul 25, 2010 6:32 PM EDT (The Detroit Free Press)

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?

bloggers, journalism, racism, naacp, us-news, andrew-breitbart, jourmalism, shirley-sherrod

Inside Job: "Bet Against the American Dream"

Seeded on Sat Apr 17, 2010 10:58 AM EDT (This American Life, ProPublica)

Summary from This American Life:

business, sec, wall-street, citigroup, banks, hedge-funds, deutsche-bank, merrill-lynch, jpmorgan-chase, goldman-sachs

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

Sat Feb 27, 2010 7:56 AM EST

By AmusedinVa (Clipped by took43583)

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.

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economy, jobs, politics, shopping, directories, consumer-spending, made-in-usa, buy-american

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

Seeded on Sun Dec 27, 2009 12:05 AM EST (Science News, Articles and Information | Scientific American)

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.

chemistry, radiation, science, ceramics, snake-oil, radioactivity, worker-safety, consumer-safety, fiestaware

The Real Size of the Bailout

Seeded on Thu Dec 24, 2009 8:36 AM EST (MotherJones.com)

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.

washington, wall-street, chase, politics, citigroup, finance, aig, federal-reserve, treasury-department, bailout

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