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Scuba's JournalEver notice that when an "international incident" pops up, the level of outrage in the US media ...
... is in direct proportion to the oil and mineral reserves in the country in question?
Bonus question: How come McCain and his warmongering buddies don't advocate we invade North Korea?
Where Have All the Raises Gone?
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/03/opinion/where-have-all-the-raises-gone.htmlBut that is only a partial explanation, because declining and stagnant wages predate the latest downturn. Understanding the causes is essential for determining the policies needed to create good jobs. Research by three economists Paul Beaudry, David Green and Benjamin Sand goes beyond familiar explanations for wage stagnation like global competition and labor-saving technology. Examining the demand for college-educated workers, they found that businesses increased hiring of college graduates in the 1980s and 1990s in adapting to technological changes. But as the information technology revolution matured, employer demand waned for the cognitive skills associated with a college education.
As a result, since 2000, many college graduates have taken jobs that do not require college degrees and, in the process, have displaced less-educated lower-skilled workers. In this maturity stage, the report says, having a B.A. is less about obtaining access to high paying managerial and technology jobs and more about beating out less-educated workers for the barista or clerical job.
The findings help to explain the trajectory in wages for workers with bachelors degrees. From 1979 to 1995, their average pay rose modestly, by 0.46 percent on average annually, while wages declined for the non-college-educated who make up the vast majority of workers. From 1995 to 2000, wages grew for all educational groups, but since 2002 pay for the less educated has declined while pay for the college educated has largely stagnated.
What Should “Racism” Mean?
http://weeklysift.com/2014/02/17/what-should-racism-mean/?w=500&h=333
Of course, it didnt take long to uncover similar photos of previous presidents, none of which had raised any particular outrage at the time. But everybody forgot again, and so we had an almost identical flap last September. This just makes me furious, one woman tweeted. He was raised so badly.
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Other such scandals involve the First Lady: Did you know that Michelle had the audacity to wear an expensive gown to a recent state dinner, like first ladies have been doing, well, forever? Compare to this 2005 WaPo column in which Laura Bush is said to look regal and thats a compliment. Until 2009, the First Lady was supposed to look regal. Remember Jackie Kennedy? But when Michelle dresses up, shes Marie Antoinette.
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So heres the $64,000 question: Is that racist? It depends on what you think racist means. Conservatives will not only answer the question No, theyll be insulted that you even raised it (and will probably launch into their canned everybody-who-disagrees-with-Obama-is-a-racist-to-you-people riff). Thats because conservatives have adopted a very restricted definition of racism: Racism is conscious hatred towards people of another race.
Apparently the only good veteran is a dead veteran
Employee appreciation day at McDonald's
He said "make me do it" so they showed up to make him, but were arrested.
http://www.politico.com/story/2014/03/keystone-xl-white-house-protest-104153.htmlMore than 300 anti-Keystone XL protesters were arrested Sunday afternoon outside the White House in the latest push by environmentalists to convince the Obama administration to reject the Canadian oil pipeline.
I never did get that "make me do it" line. We elected him so he would do the things he said he would when he campaigned.
Who's teaching our dietitians? Snack companies
http://www.jsonline.com/business/whos-teaching-our-dietitians-snack-companies-b99214072z1-248110081.htmlFrito-Lay explains to dietitians how it removed trans fats from its Lay's potato chips and other snacks. The makers of high fructose corn syrup encourage them to question a study that ties the prevalence of the sweetener derived from corn to higher rates of Type 2 diabetes. And the company famous for its Frosted Flakes cereal teaches about the benefits of fiber.
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The practice has raised ethical concerns among some who say it gives the food industry too much influence over dietitians. They argue that companies use the classes as a way to cast their products in a positive nutritional light. Not to mention that companies often collect the contact information of dietitians to mail them samples or coupons, in some cases to share with their patients.
"It's not education. It's PR," says Andy Bellatti, a dietitian based in Las Vegas who helped found Dietitians for Professional Integrity, a group of about a dozen dietitians who are calling for an end to the practice.
Signs you live in the 21st Century
-- You have a list of 20 phone numbers to reach five people.
-- You chat several times a day with a Nigerian prince over e-mail, but you can't name your next-door neighbor.
-- When paying a cashier, you only know how to respond to "credit or debit" -- what the hell is "cash"?
-- You think "music in the air" refers to free downloads.
-- You lose touch with any family member who doesn't have an email address.
-- Second-day delivery takes way too long.
-- You need PowerPoint to explain what you do for a living.
-- You think that life is a lame game, but at least it has cool graphics
Scott Walker campaign is paying for attorney working to fight John Doe investigation
http://www.bluecheddar.net/?p=38148Steven Biskupic is one of the attorneys named in a state appeals court order, the Wisconsin State Journal reported Friday (http://tiny.cc/erxzbx ) .
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In its last campaign finance statement, Friends of Scott Walker reported paying Biskupics firm $86,000 in legal fees. Asked earlier this month whether the payments were related to the John Doe probe, the governor responded, Im not getting into the details of it.
Does WHO IS PAYING for an attorney to fight an investigation shed light on who is the likely TARGET of that same investigation?
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