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Why The Supercommittee Will Fail
The Supercommittee was destined to fail; it was determined from the beginning.Why?Because there is no reason for it to succeed, at least for Republicans.The $1.2 trillion dollars in automatic budget cuts that will take place if the Supercommittee can not come to a compromise, as they are expected to announce today, will come mostly from defense, with a 10% cut in militaristic spending. The other spending cuts will come from "domestic sources" and a 2% cut in Medicare.However, Republican legislat
Stopping Black Friday is Getting Attention
Until November 25th, most of my attention will be placed into promotion for my other blog, Stop Black Friday. Since there is only a small window of time in which that will be relevant, it will receive priority for the moment.That blog is getting major attention, having inspired two articles from independent outside sources within a week of its christening. There must be something to this.Stop Black Friday TheStreet ArticleStop Black Friday Business Insider ArticleVisit the original blog here.
84 Year Old Activist Pepper Sprayed in Occupy Seattle
The picture below is of 84 year old Dorli Rainey, a community activist from Seattle. She was pepper sprayed while protesting on November 15th.Don't these cops get it? Outside of the appalling cowardice they are showing personally, professionally, this is just a bad move. Movements and uprisings are fueled by actions and images such as this, not quelled. I think some stupid Seattle cop just gave the entire protest new life.
