Governor Cuomo Says New York Has A Spending Problem Up to 9800 workers in New York state could see layoffs starting as soon as June 15th, 2011. Labor concessions are not yet finished, so the number could be less than that. Governor Andrew Cuomo hopes to save the state $450 million with budget cuts. The […]
Unicorns Fly. Congress Stops Corporate Welfare. Right. DIALOGUE — May 12, 2011 Sen. Rockefeller: How much profit on a barrel of oil do you have to make to not be needful, of these subsidies that we think you don’t need, but you say your life depends on? At some point you know, you wouldn’t need […]
Endeavour Docked At ISS Italian astronaut Paolo Nespoli took this stunning photo of the shuttle Endeavour as he left the ISS in the Soyuz. The first ever of a shuttle docked with the International Space Station. An awesome photo. More at NASA. Here’s Nespoli @ Flickr. Newly released portraits show the International Space Station together with the […]
Social Media Trends Here is some interesting analysis given by NetProspex. The initial report was published in 2010, but it is probably still very relevant. Some cities are more social media savvy than others. The west coast is more social media savvy than the east coast. The midwest is the least social media savvy. California […]
Cantando el pedido en McAuto Here is a popular clip from Spain with a fast-food order from Spanish singer Xuso Jones. Jones has posted a number of covers on his channel, many of which have found a mid-level audience — his Jay Sean cover has been seen over 100,000 times. But this latest practical joke […]
German Bean Sprouts Could Be The Source A current CDC report warns U.S. travelers that are traveling to Germany of an organism causing an outbreak — E. coli O104:H4, producing Shiga toxin. Many people have been hospitalized, several requiring intensive care, and some people have died. It is reported over 20 people have died. Most […]
Libya‘s Blood For Oil: The Vampire War Who are we kidding? The United States, Britain and NATO don’t care about bombing civilians to contain rebellion. Their militaries bomb civilians every day without mercy. They have destroyed most of the community infrastructure of Iraq and Afghanistan before turning their sights on Libya. So what’s really going on […]
The Digital Vector Osama bin Laden. A household name that has been etched in our minds permanently. The breaking headline of the day. The omnipresent arm of the news has gripped our quintessence. Clenched in a frozen moment in time, a universal rush of momentum impels masses to quench the mind’s thirst for knowledge. The melee mobilizes the news […]
Flash Mob Dancers Embrace Freedom Of Expression On May 28, 2011, television host Adam Kokesh and some friends were arrested for silent dancing inside of the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Park which is located at Washington, D.C. A video shows a park policeman choking Kokesh. One writer commented that the dancers were acting disrespectful. What was the protest […]
Corporations Squeezing The Most Out Of Medicare It was March 19, 1997 when the FBI, the IRS and the Dept. of Health and Human Services knocked on the door of a company in El Paso,Texas. There was another government agency that was involved – Defense Department’s Criminal Investigation Service. The company under investigation was Columbia/HCA. […]