rising poverty and the minimum wage. |
call me a crazy hippy, but 9-10/hr. isn't even enough. we need to mirror the 12$/hr. minimum wage in Denmark, the healthiest democracy, capitalist society in the world, flipping the inverted bel...
Posted by PK on Tue, 24 Jul 2007 09:18:00 PST |
how to destroy a city in 33 easy steps |
How to Destroy an African-American City in Thirty-Three Steps - Lessons From Katrina By Bill Quigley t r u t h o u t | Guest Contr...
Posted by PK on Mon, 09 Jul 2007 11:20:00 PST |
impossibilities of a sustainable wal-mart |
http://www.grist.org/comments/soapbox/2007/03/28/mitchell/in
dex.html?source=friend
Keep Your Eyes on the Size
The impossibility of a green Wal-Mart
By Stacy Mitchell
28 Mar 2007
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Posted by PK on Thu, 29 Mar 2007 08:20:00 PST |
AEI vs. IPCC |
thank god for the Guardian. Exxon funded "thinktank" (emphasis on the quotes) offers 10 G's to anybody who will undermind the latest from the IPCC, which i posted the first reports from the inde...
Posted by PK on Fri, 02 Feb 2007 09:50:00 PST |
latest global warming study: worse than thought |
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1995348,00.h
tml#article_continue
seriously, the term "global warming" is a pet peave of mine and i believe self-destructive of the real argument.&n...
Posted by PK on Tue, 23 Jan 2007 02:01:00 PST |
Our Urban Future |
http://www.tompaine.com/articles/2007/01/18/our_urban_future
.php
Our Urban Future
Chris Flavin
January 18, 2007
Christopher Flavin is president of the Worldwatch Institute and author of t...
Posted by PK on Mon, 22 Jan 2007 02:01:00 PST |
dinosaurs: the battle for economic supremacy |
if it was a truly capitalist world/country, the best economic model would win. without a doubt that is sustainability, but the dinosaurs seized control of power and wish to maintain the status q...
Posted by PK on Fri, 19 Jan 2007 11:38:00 PST |
State of Health Care |
STATE OF THE UNION State Of Health Care
The U.S. health care system is not healthy and Americans are worried. In his State of the Union address last year, President Bush promised to provide Americans...
Posted by PK on Thu, 18 Jan 2007 09:33:00 PST |
Bubble, bubble, toil and trouble... |
jesus christ!
what does it say about the state of a nation, so enthralled/corrupted by the purist of capitalist impulses, that the thought actually runs through my mind not to pass on information/know...
Posted by PK on Sun, 14 Jan 2007 11:30:00 PST |
Falling dollar and the parallels with the French revolution |
this is extremely long, but worth it
money quote:
Faced with the prospect of a continuing devaluation of paper money, the public began to see saving and caution as foolish, and the naturally thrifty F...
Posted by PK on Wed, 10 Jan 2007 07:28:00 PST |
