Nuclear Reactions and other state news briefs

Some short articles I've run across today... South Carolinians will get to air their nuclear reactions to SCE&G's plans for Fairfield County: ... . Scana Corp.-owned SCE&G and state-owned utility Santee Cooper plan to build the $10 billion ... . Hearings set for proposed SC nuclear reactors State welcome centers on interstate highways [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 16:01:33

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DrumBeat: January 12, 2009

A novel plan for economic stimulus What's different now? In the 1930s, even though the U.S. economy collapsed, we still had a surplus of natural resources -- we were then the world's No. 1 producer of oil and coal. Fast forward 80 years. Despite the recent temporary dip in the price of gas and heating oil, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 14:02:56

In Case You Forgot, AP Still Reminding Palin's a 'Failed Republican Vice Presidential Candidate'

I don't know. Maybe the Associated Press thinks that no one is aware that John McCain lost his race for the White House? ... of a report on Alaska state workers having sent around some race tinged joke emails, the AP helpfully reminds ... , who knew she lost? The AP is reporting on some race-y emails that were reported to them by a state [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 08:56:04

Erie PA Today News, Events and Info for today, Monday, January 12, 2009

Rehrig Pacific Company closed their manufacturing facility in Raymond, New Hampshire and is moving the operations to their facility in Erie, PA at 1738 West 20th Street. Products made at New Hampshire include plastic milk crates, soda-bottle holders, garbage receptacles and recycling bins. Forty employees were laid-off. Rehrig said [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 12:49:02

What The Rise And Fall In Housing Has Done

The Ventura County Star reports from California. “Thousands of Ventura County residents were pushed out of their homes last year, and many more were left hanging on by a thread — a situation exacerbated by mounting job losses. In Ventura County, December foreclosure filings surged 37 percent from November and 97 percent from a year ago, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 18:16:59

Massive Surge In Municipal Bankruptcies Coming

John Moorlach, the accountant who predicted the 1994 Orange County bankruptcy sees Up to 10 Municipal Bankruptcies in Coming YearThe accountant who ... the $2.7 trillion U.S. market for state, county and city debt next year as public finances worsen amid ... , Rio Vista, with a population of 8,000, and Isleton, a 10th as large, have said budget gaps and deb [more...]

Date: 2008-12-28 11:20:00

Prepared text of Gov. Jon Corzine's State of the State speech

Happy New Year and thank you all for attending today's State of the State. Reverend Clergy; Senate President Codey; Speaker Roberts; Majority Leaders Sweeney and Watson Coleman; Minority Leaders Kean and DeCroce; Chief Justice Rabner and Justices of the Supreme Court; Members of the Legislature; Members of my Cabinet; Congressmen Pallone, Payne, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 01:13:00

Weasel Words

Weasel Words:  Grammar says that weasel words are words or phrases which are intentionally vague. Arguably, they hide important information like who exactly made a certain argument or just what a statistic means. There is considerably less substance in weasel words. Most people agree that weasel words are bad [more...]

Date: 2008-12-26 21:11:41

I said all this a million times but now that it is too late, a believable source: Martial Law, the financial bailout, and war by Prof. Peter D. Scott!

Global Research, January 8, 2009Paulson’s Financial BailoutIt is becoming clear that the bailout measures of late 2008 may have consequences at least as grave for an open society as the response to 9/11 in 2001. Many members of Congress felt coerced into voting against their inclinations, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 13:00:00

Portugal Sustains

"Art has a function of teaching about the human condition. We live in hope, hope is fundamental" - Manoel de OliveiraManoel de Oliveira (photo and quote above) is a living example for the Potuguese people of how to force their way out of the low growth/low per capita income trap into which they have steadily stuck their neck [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 14:35:00

Martial Law, the Financial Bailout, and War By Prof. Peter Dale Scott

Global Research, January 8, 2009 Paulson’s Financial Bailout It is becoming clear that the bailout measures of late 2008 may have consequences at least as grave for an open society as the response to 9/11 in 2001. Many members of Congress felt coerced into voting against their inclinations, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 14:05:21

Forecast for legal work under Obama

By Maria Kantzavelos When Chicago’s own Barcrack Obama is sworn in this month, making history as the nation’s first African-American president and inheriting an economy in crisis and two wars, lawyers in the city will be among the many observers on the lookout for how the next four years will play out [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 22:07:32

More free FICO credit scores

The company that devised the complex formula used to calculate your FICO credit score today said it is expanding a program it’s devised that provides free access to the all-important number. Fair Isaac Corporation said it had made agreement with the Penssylvania State Employees Credit Union to provide its online checking and credit card [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 23:53:23

Scroll for Updates:BREAKING: State Of Illinois Refuses to Do Business with Bank of America Because Republic Windows & Doors Was Denied Loans Due To Deadbeat Status

UPDATE: Ill. gov. jumps in to sit-in at shuttered plant Gov. Rod Blagojevich ordered all state agencies Monday to stop doing business with Bank of America ... ?  =)) ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Republic Windows & Doors closed their union doors [more...]

Date: 2008-12-08 18:00:08

None

It is true that we cannot depend on government alone to create jobs or long-term growth ... than continuing with more and more government deficit spending.Hiring more government employees union ... an inability to lend and borrow stops growth and leads to even less credit.~President-elect Barack Obama [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 23:48:56

News and Commentary

Children Heavily Represented Among 917 Dead, Say Officialsby Michael Jansen - Irish Times / Common DreamsHealth officials in Gaza said yesterday that the Palestinian death toll since Israel began its offensive against the Strip on December 27th had reached 917 and the number of wounded 4,100 [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 08:42:00

Franken to Coleman: Where's The Beef?

request to prevent certification of the recount until claims regarding alleged double-counted ballots are resolved. Nor will it require any further efforts from the counties in pursuit of such ballots. The Court decided simply that Coleman hadn't presented enough evidence, [more...]

Date: 2008-12-23 07:19:00

January 10 2009: Hornswoggled Absquatulation

Russell Lee Tobaccy Candy 1940 Pool hall, Shasta County, California Ilargi: The revolving doors between Washington and Wall Street are swinging like never before. Lawrence Summers and Robert Rubin are the finance powerhouses in the upcoming Obama administration. They were in the exact same place 10 years ago [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 16:28:00

Obama Cabinet Update (Version 10.0) -- Rep. Hilda Solis As Labor Secretary

There are reports that President-elect Obama (D) has selected Rep. Hilda Solis (D-CA) to be the next Secretary of Labor ... , here's from Solis' campaign website on labor issues: The daughter of a union family, Hilda is widely ... Act, a bill that restores the right of workers to form a union. For too long, President Bush [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 22:37:42

Tom Daly’s assistant, Renee Ramirez, is running for Clerk-RecorderPosted by: Art Pedroza  :  Category: "The OC", Fresh Juice, OC GOP, john lewis, tom daly

Will Tom Daly’s assistant, Renee Ramirez, replace him? Who will you support for Orange County Clerk-Recorder?Hugh Nguyen, Assistant County ClerkLaura Saucedo Cunningham, Political ConsultantRenee Ramirez, Assistant County Clerk-RecorderArt Brown, Buena Park CouncilmanNone of the AboveView Results Loading ...UPDATE: A pajarito reports that Renee Ramirez was registered as a Decline to State Voter since 2003. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-22 22:15:41

Will there be a worldwide re-think on globalisation?

The current financial and economic crisis sweeping across the world is merely in its early stages. The worst is yet to come.What’s frightening is bona fide economists are warning that the meltdown would be protracted and it would be years before the world can begin to see real recovery [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 19:08:26

Posts about Online Sales of Photography as of January 12, 2009 - stephenbaugh.com 01/12/2009 19 Steps To Building A Nationwide Law Practice Part 1 - importantcredit … - and Yourself - on the Web January 11th, … such as virtual tours, photo galleries, e-newsletters, search … in the New Year and Buying New Bed Pillows - realestate.reviewnews [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 08:38:27

MCEA Sets its Annapolis Agenda

Following are the remarks of MCEA President Bonnie Cullison at the union's legislative breakfast this past Saturday. In attendance was the vast majority of Montgomery's statehouse delegation. Note the union's positions on the state school aid miscalculation, GCEI and teacher pensions [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 19:00:00

Taking It To The Bank (UPDATED)

At a rally held outside Bank of America’s (BOA) ... , including officials from the Service Employees International Union (whose Illinois state council sponsors this website), American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, and United Auto [more...]

Date: 2008-12-10 23:59:10

State of Ohio Using All the Tools to Cut Costs

An article today in the New York Times highlights some of the things employers are doing to trim budgets around the edges in hopes of saving a few ... will be using the ability to provide full customer service in their business units as a major [more...]

Date: 2008-12-22 12:00:45

Blagojevich Arrest Muddies Illinois Political Waters

Blagojevich Arrest Muddies Illinois Political Waters The arrest of Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich on corruption charges has far reaching political implications. (Amanda Rivkin/AFP/Getty Images) Update, 5:10 p.m. ET: A special election to fill the Senate seat vacated by President-elect Barack Obama appears to be growing more and more likely [more...]

Date: 2008-12-09 15:59:25

Riga 2009, Buenos Aires 2001

Chalk up another in a string of neo-liberal economic failures ... in the old city above levels found in Berlin. Over 85% of all household and corporate debt in Latvia was contracted in foreign currencies, a proportion similar to Argentine dollar debt before [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 00:12:47

Afternoon update 01.15.09

Governor calls for courage in fixing budget – Calling for "a year of political courage," Gov ... of the Service Employees International Union, Local 1000, protested outside the Capitol at noon today after the governor's morning state of the state address. Sacramento Bee article Corrections officer union [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 02:09:44

Premier Members FCU’s Rowe to Serve as March of Dimes March for Babies Chair

Premier Members FCU’s Rowe to Serve as March of Dimes March for Babies Chair BOULDER, Colo., Sept. 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Premier Members Federal Credit Union’s President and CEO, Rhett B. Rowe, will serve as the 2010 volunteer chair of March for Babies for the Boulder area. Rowe has committed to raise $50,000 in new revenue for the event, which is a charitable walk and the largest annual March of Dimes fundraiser. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-21 19:23:22

Millions misspent by Irvine-based California Avocado Commission

In the “what a crock of guac!” department, we offer this: The obscure, ... $2 million on questionable credit card purchases and employee perks; lavish hotel stays replete ... ’s report. The report, released Friday by the California Department of Food and Agriculture [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 16:12:32

Martial Law, the Financial Bailout, and the Afghan and Iraq Wars

Peter Dale ScottPaulson's Financial BailoutIt is becoming clear that the bailout measures of late 2008 may have consequences at least as grave for an open society as the response to 9/11 in 2001. Many members of Congress felt coerced into voting against their inclinations, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 10:21:00

GOPUSA ILLINOIS Daily Clips - December 14, 2008

GOPUSA ILLINOIS Daily Clips for December 14, 2008 includes news and commentaries on the following topics: Republican Party candidates, ... in 2000 of Blagojevich watching George Ryan shooting a gun in the state crime lab.) http ... can harm a state's economic vitality - Mike Hughlett and Wailin Wong http://www.chicagotribune.com [more...]

Date: 2008-12-14 14:08:28

Riots in Latvia: the Violent Side of the Crisis

A rally organized against the Latvian government turned into a violent protest ... measures, notably deep budget cuts that slash state employees ... . Latvia, which joined the European Union in 2004, had enjoyed a reputation as an economic "tiger [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 16:12:27

COUP DE ETAT IN DETROIT HOTEL/CASINO UNION…UNITE HERE international bosses attack newly elected officers of local 24

from LOCAL 24, UNION OF NEEDLETRADES, TEXTILE AND INDUSTRIAL EMPLOYEES - HOTEL EMPLOYEES AND RESTAURANT EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION, CTW/CLC:Local Hospitality Union Under Siege in DetroitChicago Parent Organization Attempts Undemocratic ... parent of UNITE HERE Local 24, the union of hospitality workers in Detroit, attempted to seize [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 02:31:01

Obama Appointment That Has Rules for Herself, Then Rules for Everyone Else

-By Warner Todd Huston We have to start this posting with some questions to each of you dear readers out there. Do you like your vote to be secret? ... (EFCA) and the EFCA will do just that; take away the secret ballot from potential union members [more...]

Date: 2008-12-22 15:47:40

NEW YORK CITY ELECTRICIANS LOCAL 3 WINS NLRB CASE AGAINST TWO GARMENT DISTRICT ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS…the bosses are blocked from forcing their electricians to join a bogus union, “local 363″

from the NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD: NOTICE: This opinion is subject to formal revision before publication in the bound volumes of NLRB decisions. Readers are requested to notify the Executive Secretary, National Labor Relations Board, Washington, D.C [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 09:40:11

Media & Politics (one section only today)

Media & Politics (one section only today) 08-Jan-09 Permanent link to MTA daily media news Class Warfare (by Susie at Suburban Guerrilla) rom Daily Kos…: “If the lines had continued to track closely together as they did prior to the 1970s, the MINIMUM WAGE would be more than $19 an hour. THE MINIMUM WAGE!!! [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 19:07:20

Text of key questions, answers about furloughs

Following is an FAQ that Gannett gave employees today about the company's just-announced mandatory, unpaid one-week furloughs.Q ... Publishing, which is beginning its program immediately; USA Today, broadcast and digital. Union [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 17:10:00

Are the Russians stepping up their propaganda war in America?

I was very much surprised to see a headline story on the Drudge Report announcing “Pravda: Earth on the Brink of an Ice Age.. ... newspaper of the Soviet Union and an official organ of the Central Committee of the Communist Party [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 08:05:22

2008 Terrorism

As 2008 comes to a close we must look back at America's security and terrorism in general around the world.  We also wonder what the new year will bring under Barack Obama's leadership.  Will he favor the far Left and close Guantanamo Bay?  Where will the detainees go? [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 01:13:07

Verizon Wireless Completes Purchase Of Alltel; Creates Nation’s Largest Wireless Carrier

.fullpost{display:inline;} Acquisition Will Expand Nation’s Most Reliable Wireless Network and Deliver Advanced Wireless Broadband Network to Millions More Customers Across the United StatesBASKING RIDGE, NJ — Verizon Wireless, a joint venture of Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) and Vodafone (NYSE LSE: VOD) [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 10:52:00

Media & Politics

Media & Politics 07-Jan-09 Permanent link to MTA daily media news The Heretik Freedom Rider: Bush Goes Out a Winner (by Margaret Kimberley at the Black Agenda Report) Bush is leaving office in the popularity basement, but his checklist of accomplishments is full [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 18:33:23

Obama Appointment That Has Rules for Herself, Then Rules for Everyone Else

We have to start this posting with some questions to each of you dear readers out there. Do you like your vote to be secret? Free of coercion? ... ) and the EFCA will do just that; take away the secret ballot from potential union members [more...]

Date: 2008-12-22 15:50:56

2,150 STEELWORKERS LAID OFF AT US STEEL GRANITE CITY WORKS

from the ST LOUIS POST-DISPATCH:Recession may force extended idling of Granite City Works National Steel’s plant in Granite City. ( David Carson/P-D) ... that hit the domestic steel industry at the end of 2008.As the credit crisis this fall caused [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 01:11:22

TRANSPORT & LOGISTIC NEWS * WORLDWIDE

Briefing Weekly Newsfrom Freight Forwarding* USA - UTi appoints UPS executive as CEOUS-based global multimodal forwarder UTi has recruited a senior UPS executive as its new CEO, a move which looks set to result in changes to the company’s corporate culture [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 15:02:00

Workplace and Employment Age Discrimination and the Baby Boomer

With the epidemic of layoffs, downsizing, and outright job terminations, ... to employers having at least 20 employees (including state and local governments), to employment agencies ... employees and job applicants who are at least 40 years old. This is how the age discrimination laws [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 18:21:58

The disposition of dangerous young offenders

In 1993, I was invited to submit a brief on the disposition of dangerous young offenders by the ‘Young Offenders Project’ of the Department of Justice in Canada. What follows is my brief.WARNING: It is not for the squeamish. Many of the young criminal elements of today (and in the past) [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 13:22:00

US v. Blagojevich & Harris -- the criminal complaint

Text version: UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT  NORTHERN  DISTRICT OF   ILLINOIS, EASTERN DIVISION         UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   V.  ROD R. BLAGOJEVICH, and JOHN HARRIS I, the undersigned complainant being duly sworn state the following is true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief [more...]

Date: 2008-12-09 17:03:21

Campaign Material – brief on charter of demands for the Indefinite Strike from 20th January 2009

1. Grant Rs 10000 as minimum wage as per 15 ILC Norms.The Demand of the Central Govt. employees before the wage revision Commissions, whenever such a Commission had been set ... of the incapacity of the Govt. to afford such a wage structure. The underdeveloped state of economy [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 14:26:00

Prevent A CU To Bank Conversion: Playing Not To Lose [Conversion]

By Christian MullinsThere are about 16,000 credit unions and banks in the United States, ... unions.Naturally, some credit union members will object and try to block the move, whether it’ ... different skill sets.Playing Not To Lose is all about blocking the credit union’s conversion [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 19:50:21

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