"You were once wild here. Don't let them tame you." ― Isadora Duncan

Should banks be held accountable for betting against their own 'loses'?

After the two trillion loss and all that 'sorrow' from Diamond, I am wondering if we, the billpayers are feeling any sympathy for them?

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Local NATO hosts red-faced over 'Red Zone' militarization plan - Chicago Sun-Times

“This was a security decision and we were not involved,” the mayor’s communications director Sarah Hamilton wrote in an email to the Sun-Times.

NATO In Chicago: Joliet Prison Considered For Detained Protesters, Cop Recording Ban Won't Apply

Strange. After all of this time inside the workings of a 'down' economy, the reaction of a citizenry, and movements everywhere, the powers that be still continue to 'plan' for the worst rather then address the concerns. How do we house mass arrestees. Rather then, let's take a m …

Why the Occupy Movement Frightens the Corporate Elite

We've listened to these voices for as long as they've been listening to theirs. It's time to think for ones self, consider the way this has unfolded in the past, see those who these very voices have 'disallowed', and allow them. His voice is continually beating down already bea …

Seniors' Social Security Garnished for Student Debts

The majority of these debts are being imposed on young people, who have a potential 40 years of gainful employment ahead of them to pay the debt off. But a sizeable chunk of US student loan debt is held by senior citizens, many of whom are not only unemployed but unemployabl …

Breathing While Latino; Laws Boom for Private Prison Profits

body counts, making it illegal to survive, and the profits that come from it....

Student Loans Cripple Entire Generation: economy creaks under $1T in student loan debt

this is wrong.  

In Praise of Single Mothers

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Let the Love live

I've been reading a lot of Motherless children posts around the great big internet. Some of them are so terribly sad. Not because they now live their lives without their mothers, but, because they have been unable or unwilling to let go of the 'death time' and grab hold of the lo …

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Talk to You Later

The chair creaks as we sit and chuckle its not a rocking chair just old. We've been sitting together like this for 20 years now, just talking. and creaking together. the old stories make me feel ... connected in such isolating times, no anchor. Not to worry though I just wanted t …

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Chicago office workers told to dress down during NATO summit: "Look like protesters" - Consumer News - Crain's Chicago Business

CBRE Inc., which manages the office building at 1 E. Wacker Drive, has told tenants their employees should stay away from wearing suits, urging workers to "look like a protester," according to an email sent by one tenant to its employees, which was obtained by Crain's.

Chicago Police, NATO Protesters Have Heated Confrontation During Traffic Stop (VIDEO)

After police search the car, the conversation returns to the upcoming protests, and one alleged police officer mentions the 1968 Democratic Convention, which famously erupted into violence in Chicago when demonstrators clashed with police and the Illinois National Guard. "S …

Working, Workers, and the abandonment of one's pride and principal

"I gotta pay the bills!", 'My family needs come first', 'We can't eat cardboard', and then there's "I'm gonna get mine". Far and away the one I hear most often in defense of taking a job that asks one to fore sake all that they know is right and moral is, "The rent is coming due" …

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A Question Was Asked: And no real Answer was Given

I did what I generally never do this morning, I printed out an article to actually hold it in my hands and read it, after having read it on the screen in front of me. Strange as it may seem (to some) it made all the difference in understanding the article, and also finding how t …

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Feather Meal: A Previously Unrecognized Route for Reentry into the Food Supply of Multiple Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products (PPCPs) - Environmental Science & Technology (ACS Publications)

Antimicrobials used in poultry production have the potential to bioaccumulate in poultry feathers but available data are scarce.

Human genes engineered into experimental GMO rice being grown in Kansas

(NaturalNews) Unless the rice you buy is certified organic, or comes specifically from a farm that tests its rice crops for genetically modified (GM) traits, you could be eating rice tainted with actual human genes. The only known GMO with inbred human traits in cultivation  …

Where Tolerance and a Healthy respect for the 'nature' of Justice, Come from

Years ago, when I was a young mother, my father stated often and with purpose, the perspective he was raised with. It always bothered me in the beginning when he did this, and years later I can confirm that I understand why it 'bothered' me. However, today, I am clearly aware of  …

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As Students Revolt over Cutbacks and Debt, NYC Occupy Stages May Day "Free University" for the 99%

It would be very useful to include some 'classes' on how to survive when racism, discrimination, economic enslavement play a daily role in ones life.... include classes that are taught by those who survive the result of these violations... the low wage worker's experience, the h …

Georgia Inmate Gives Birth in Cell, Baby Dies - ABC News

What's wrong with this 'article'? Several things.

WSJ: Black Boxes Are Real, But Alex Jones Is "Paranoid"

The Wall Street Journal admits that mandatory black boxes will be spying on us but then labels Infowars “paranoid” for being concerned about the intrusion.

Assessment Skills 101: Poll - Hypocrit, Ignorant or gatekeeper

A man is in full view of his comrades, willing to be arrested for taking part in an action against, oh, say.... coal trains. He carries signs, he goes to meetings, he even lays on the tracks in protest and gets arrested with fellow protesters. Then, you go to the neighboring tow …

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