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Death and Joblessness

luckyrooster — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 20:02:40 +0000

Suicide Dogs the Long-Term Unemployed. What Can Be Done to Help Them? Related posts:

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Were You Born on the Wrong Continent?

luckyrooster — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 12:03:24 +0000

Americans may believe the United States is set up for the middle class, and Europe is set up for the bourgeois. Or let's put it this way: America is a great place to buy kitty litter at Wal-Mart and relatively cheap gas. But it is not designed for me, a professional without a lot of money. That's who Europe is for: people like me. Related posts:

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The Horror Show

luckyrooster — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 13:57:30 +0000

By BOB HERBERT From NY Times The employment situation in the United States is much worse than even the dismal numbers from last week’s jobless report would indicate. The nation is facing a full-blown employment crisis and policy makers are not responding with anything like the sense of urgency that is needed. The employment data for July, released by [...] Related posts:

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First Punish The Unemployed, Then Declare War On The Employed

luckyrooster — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 23:31:30 +0000

Over the past few months, Congressional Republicans and skittish Democrats who've lingered too long at the Deficit Panic Kool-Aid Stand have made life extraordinarily difficult for the most vulnerable members of society -- the nation's unemployed. Related posts:

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Google and Verizon ‘near deal to end net neutrality’

luckyrooster — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 17:06:50 +0000

Google and Verizon 'near deal to end net neutrality' Search giant said to be close to agreeing a deal that would let the telecoms company prioritise categories of online content Related posts:

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Whites Racially Profiled, Asked for Their “Papers” To Be on Native American Land

luckyrooster — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 21:38:38 +0000

In a hilarious spoof of Cops sure to redden the face of every cracker nativist in Sand Land and beyond, L.A.'s "Josh on the street" skewers Arizona's "papers please" law by flippin' the script on white folks and asking them for their documentation to be on what was originally Native American land. Related posts:

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Professors as Welfare Queens?

luckyrooster — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 20:18:35 +0000

Long-time Liberals join neocons in attack on professors and colleges: Hacker and Dreifus' "Higher Education?". Related posts:

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James Arthur Baldwin was born on this date in 1924

luckyrooster — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 08:18:33 +0000

James Arthur Baldwin was born on this date in 1924. He was an African-American novelist and essayist. Related posts:

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The World’s Happiest Countries

luckyrooster — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 03:40:05 +0000

he five happiest countries in the world--Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden and the Netherlands--are all clustered in the same region, and all enjoy high levels of prosperity. Related posts:

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Senate Votes to Double Fines, Jail Time for Pot Brownies

luckyrooster — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:06:09 +0000

Last night the United States Senate voted to double the penalties for the nation’s newest existential threat: brownies made with marijuana! Related posts:

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