Bill Moyers Breaks Down The Biggest Financial Scandal You’ve Never Heard Of
How can a greedy banker in London hurt thousands of public employees in Baltimore? Like this. Source: UPworthy
Month: July 2012
SSHIX Meeting Squelches Public Comments
Given Gov. Sandoval’s recent statements relative to whether to or not to bebin planning for implementation of NV’s Health Care exchanges, many where looking forward to being able to comment on his stance at Thursday’s Silver State Health Insurance Exchange Board meeting.
Weekend Voting Act Introduced in Congress
In 1792, a law was passed allowing each of the states to conduct presidential elections at any point in the 34 days before the first Wednesday in December. This was the date when the meetings of the Electors of the U.S. president
Briefs Filed to Stop Monsanto’s Patent Infringement War against Family Farmers
— Reposted with permission from EcoWatch.org. Organic Seed Growers and Trade Association Eleven prominent law professors and 14 renowned organic, Biodynamic, food safety and consumer nonprofit organizations have filed separate briefs with the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit arguing farmers have the
Berkley Supports Minimum Wage Increase
Released: July 17, 2012 Contact: Xochitl Hinojosa 702-675-6722 or 702-483-1826 Colin Milligan 702-675-6711 or 702-582-9643 SHELLEY BERKLEY CONTINUES FIGHTING FOR NEVADA MIDDLE-CLASS BY SUPPORTING MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE Earlier Today, Shelley Was Proud To Become Original Co-Sponsor On Minimum Wage Bill For Nevada Middle-Class Families; Effort Will Help Families Put
Economic Rapture Might Be around the Corner
If the deficit disappears, our economic nightmare might finally come to an end. — By Salvatore Babones It’s January 25, 2001, the first week of the Bush presidency and more than half a year before the September 11 attacks. Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan
The ‘Freedom’ to Refuse Health Insurance
Raise your hand if you don’t want any health insurance. — By Mitchell Zimmerman As the writer Anatole France once said, “The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges.” The right to refuse to
Ohio Fracking Wastewater Test Reveals Toxic Mess
— by Beth Buczynski, originally published on Care2 | July 8, 2012 The natural gas industry, and it’s supporting case of puppet politicians, continue to claim that fracking has no negative impact on the environment or local drinking water supplies. There are many incidents of
The ‘Monsanto Rider’: Are Biotech Companies About to Gain Immunity from Federal Law?
— AlterNet / By Alexis Baden-Mayer and Ronnie Cummins — July 6, 2012 The Secretary of Agriculture would be required to grant a permit for the planting or cultivation of a genetically engineered crop, regardless of environmental impact. While many Americans were
SNAP is NOT “Wasteful Spending” as the GOP would have you believe
Every five years, Congress passes a bundle of legislation, commonly called the "Farm Bill" that sets national agriculture, nutrition, conservation, and forestry policy. The last Farm Bill was passed in 2008, and expires in 2012. The current iteration of the “farm bill”