Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
U.S. Plunges, privileged snake-oil black-souled execs dancing in cash
Executives' Pay at Big Companies Rose 23 Percent Last Year | Truthout
The government bails out Wall St., is read to go bankrupt, and some cagey privileged snake-oil black-souled execs have upped their median salaries above $10 million per year.
As a friend once reported, "Picture ain't right."
"...Brace yourself.
The government bails out Wall St., is read to go bankrupt, and some cagey privileged snake-oil black-souled execs have upped their median salaries above $10 million per year.
As a friend once reported, "Picture ain't right."
"...Brace yourself.
The final figures show that the median pay for top executives at 200 big companies last year was $10.8 million. That works out to a 23 percent gain from 2009. The earlier study had put the median pay at a none-too-shabby $9.6 million, up 12 percent.
Total C.E.O. pay hasn’t quite returned to its heady, prerecession levels — but it certainly seems headed there. Despite the soft economy, weak home prices and persistently high unemployment, some top executives are already making more than they were before the economy soured...."
D. Tutu Lays it out re: Ending Nuclear Evil | Truthout
Ending Nuclear Evil | Truthout
"Eliminating nuclear weapons is the democratic wish of the world’s people. Yet no nuclear-armed country currently appears to be preparing for a future without these terrifying devices. In fact, all are squandering billions of dollars on modernization of their nuclear forces, making a mockery of United Nations disarmament pledges. If we allow this madness to continue, the eventual use of these instruments of terror seems all but inevitable."
"Eliminating nuclear weapons is the democratic wish of the world’s people. Yet no nuclear-armed country currently appears to be preparing for a future without these terrifying devices. In fact, all are squandering billions of dollars on modernization of their nuclear forces, making a mockery of United Nations disarmament pledges. If we allow this madness to continue, the eventual use of these instruments of terror seems all but inevitable."
Saturday, July 2, 2011
Phoenix sets record heat for day at 118 degrees - Yahoo! News
Phoenix sets record heat for day at 118 degrees - Yahoo! News
What can you say? We could ask those in Phoenix what they think about the global warming.
What can you say? We could ask those in Phoenix what they think about the global warming.
Exxon oil spill prompts evacuations | KGET TV 17
Exxon oil spill prompts evacuations | KGET TV 17
Again? Again. And again, and again....
Again? Again. And again, and again....
Hemingway, Hounded by the Feds - NYTimes.com
Hemingway, Hounded by the Feds - NYTimes.com
How much of our (non-existent) federal budget goes to hounding writers and the innocent?
Awful, and not sustainable.
How much of our (non-existent) federal budget goes to hounding writers and the innocent?
Awful, and not sustainable.
Barry Estabrook - 'Tomatoland' - How Industrial Farming 'Destroyed' The Tasty Tomato : NPR
Barry Estabrook - 'Tomatoland' - How Industrial Farming 'Destroyed' The Tasty Tomato : NPR
We need enlightened sustainability, not just lowest common denominator techniques.
Like almost everyone, the everyday supermarket tomatoes I ate X decades ago were tasty. Not anymore.
To find them now: go to a backyard, or a farmer's market: heirloom, local, organic, delicious. And funny looking!
We need enlightened sustainability, not just lowest common denominator techniques.
Like almost everyone, the everyday supermarket tomatoes I ate X decades ago were tasty. Not anymore.
To find them now: go to a backyard, or a farmer's market: heirloom, local, organic, delicious. And funny looking!
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