Overworked America: 12 Charts that Will Make Your Blood Boil | Mother Jones

Seeded on Tue Jun 21, 2011 1:49 AM EDT (MotherJones.com)

In the past 20 years, the US economy has grown nearly 60 percent. This huge increase in productivity is partly due to automation, the internet, and other improvements in efficiency.

business, economy, jobs, exploitation, overwork, poor-versus-rich

Woman beaten at McDonald's; employees shout encouragement and videotape.

Seeded on Sat Apr 23, 2011 3:07 PM EDT (CBS Baltimore)

A woman is badly beaten inside a local McDonald's during the dinner rush with employees and customers looking on. Instead of helping, employees stood and shot video of the incident and encouraged the two attackers.

TSA fires employee -- for being a "witch"

Seeded on Mon Mar 28, 2011 6:28 PM EDT (msnbc.com)

The TSA has fired a woman for being a Wiccan, and then in an attempt to cover their backsides fabricated a list of minor infractions to justify their actions. This is what government abuse looks like.

Demand Justice for a murdered American Soldier

Seeded on Tue Mar 8, 2011 6:31 PM EST (Democracy Now!)

LaVena Johnson supposedly committed suicide in Iraq, or at least, that's what the Army would have you believe. She had a broken nose, burned hands, loose teeth, abrasions and bruises all over her body, acid burns on her genitals and a bullet in her head.

Debt Commission puts out primlinary proposals: $4 trillion in deficit cuts

Seeded on Wed Nov 10, 2010 4:49 PM EST (CNN)

In a surprise move Wednesday, the co-chairmen of President Obama's fiscal commission released their preliminary proposals to curb growth in U.S. debt.

politics, government, debt, policy

Hero engineer thanked for hitting car on purpose

Seeded on Sat Oct 23, 2010 1:58 PM EDT (The Seattle Times)

A Boeing manager and engineer by training, Duane Innes of Kent is credited with saving the life of a driver who'd lost consciousness on Highway 167. Innes pulled his minivan in front of the runaway truck before it slammed into other vehicles.

us-news, heros

Net Neutrality: much ado about nothing

Seeded on Mon Oct 26, 2009 8:37 PM EDT (Examiner)

For all of the hype going on over the FCC's proposed rules about Network Neutrality, it really comes down to a few very short, common sense rules.

Grocer ordered to pay for singing while she worked

Seeded on Thu Oct 22, 2009 11:02 PM EDT (BBC News)

Sandra Burt, 56, who works at A&T Food store in Clackmannanshire, was warned she could be fined for her singing by the Performing Right Society (PRS).

Wisdom... in one line.

Thu Oct 22, 2009 10:09 AM EDT

Sometimes the most profound wisdom comes in short sentences. It encapsulates a simple, yet sublime concept into that which is easily remembered and brought to the front of our minds when it can do us the most good. Share yours!

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wisdom

Earth to Mars in 39 days

Seeded on Tue Oct 20, 2009 1:06 AM EDT (Canada.com)

A new NASA rocket engine, designed partly in Canada, raises the revolutionary possibility that a manned trip to Mars could take less than three months instead of two years.

science

Do we have a right to health care?

Seeded on Mon Oct 19, 2009 5:31 PM EDT (Examiner)

As the debate over health care reform rages, a commonly heard argument on both sides of the debate is "Americans have a right to health care!", or on the other side "it is unconstitutional for the Federal government to nationalize health care!"

Health care reform: only solutions, part III

Seeded on Mon Oct 19, 2009 3:25 AM EDT (Examiner)

Yet another installment of everyone's favorite topic: health care reform ideas!

US will delay Afghan troop decision until voting fraud probe results

Seeded on Sun Oct 18, 2009 7:50 PM EDT (BBC News)

The White House has said that it will take no decision on sending more troops to Afghanistan until it determines the new government is a "true partner".

Rebranding America

Seeded on Sun Oct 18, 2009 3:51 PM EDT (The New York Times)

But an America that's tired of being the world's policeman, and is too pinched to be the world's philanthropist, could still be the world's partner.

politics

Teabaggers and Republicans: two names for the same thing

Seeded on Sun Oct 18, 2009 12:07 PM EDT (Examiner)

As the Teabagging "movement" emerges from its infancy, it is becoming more and more clear that they are not "Americans concerned by big government", but are merely another wing of the Republican Party.

Where is our health CARE reform?

Seeded on Sat Oct 17, 2009 3:47 PM EDT (Examiner)

Health insurance reform is making progress. But where is our health care reform?

Judge denies marriage license to interracial couple

Seeded on Thu Oct 15, 2009 6:16 PM EDT (msnbc.com)

A Louisiana justice of the peace said he refused to issue a marriage license to an interracial couple out of concern for any children the couple might have.

politics

Now THAT is "Socialism": Finland to guarantee its citizens broadband access

Seeded on Thu Oct 15, 2009 1:43 AM EDT (CNET.com)

Finland's Ministry of Transport and Communications has made 1-megabit broadband Web access a legal right, YLE, the country's national broadcasting company, reported on Wednesday.

technology

Health care reform: only solutions, part II

Seeded on Mon Oct 12, 2009 3:59 PM EDT (Examiner)

'Tis the season for health care reforms. Everyone is talking about it. Or at least, every policy geek is talking about it.

health, care, reform

Pay now, benefit later

Seeded on Mon Oct 12, 2009 2:50 PM EDT (Examiner)

The major health care bills under consideration in Congress all share a striking similarity: they enact their funding mechanisms immediately, but delay the benefits for three years.

Obama Takes aim at Don't Ask Don't Tell

Seeded on Sun Oct 11, 2009 1:32 AM EDT (Examiner)

President Barack Obama today pledged to end the US Military policy known as "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" in front of an enthusiastic crowd of 3,000 at the annual dinner for the Human Rights Campaign, a civil rights advocacy group.

human-rights, politics, military, gay-rights, equality

To our friends on the right: please grow up

Seeded on Sun Oct 11, 2009 12:30 AM EDT (Examiner)

Since January the electorate has been inundated with the shrill cries from the pundits of the right wing. Not a day goes by without hearing some new complaint: foreigner, gay, socialist, Marxist, communist, baby killer. Obummer, Nobama, Oblahblah.

politics, gop, liberal, conservative

Candy in childhood linked to violence in adults

Seeded on Fri Oct 9, 2009 3:15 PM EDT (US News & World Report)

Children fed candy and sweets on a daily basis are more likely to be convicted of violent crimes as adults, a new study finds.

New Antimatter collider

Seeded on Fri Oct 9, 2009 3:10 PM EDT (The Register (UK))

A top British atom-smasher boffin says that next-generation antimatter accelerators being planned to replace today's Large Hadron Collider (LHC) are at significant risk of "destroying themselves", as they rend the very fabric of the universe apart in their search for cosmic secre …

What is to become of Independents

Seeded on Thu Oct 8, 2009 12:40 PM EDT (Examiner)

The implosion of the Republican party in this last election can be directly measured not only by the drop in those who identify themselves as Republicans, but also in the near one-for-one rise in those that call themselves Independent.

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If you swore alliegience to the Flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, then shut up about God already.

While I hate that prop 8 ever passed, and I hate that a bunch of ignorant bible-thumpers have infringed upon the rights of other Americans who pay every bit as much tax as the rest of us, the court's decision is correct.

I just wanted to let you know that this is actually incorrect. Since we are a republic, the minority is represented with equal weight to the majority. As such there becomes a conflict where the people could not possibly decide the matter.

In a republic where equal rights are the law, the government has no right to affect whether or not a person may marry and since men and women are considered equal under the law, no more weight can be given to which sex is appropriate. Not allowing people of the same sex is actually a violation of civil rights since it assigns a higher value both to a certain type of citizen and to a citizen of a certain sex. So, in closing, being that it is a violation of civil rights in a nation that is a Republic gay marriage is a right and cannot be voted away but is required to be upheld by the Judicial branch.
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