Normally I don’t post the Daily Links on the weekend. But today I am. TAKE THAT SOCIETAL CONVENTIONS!!! Today is January 21st. On this date in 1950, George Orwell died of a hemorrhaged lung while in a hospital in London. Ever wonder if he were alive today if he’d release 1984 with a new title? 2008 , perhaps? In any case, consider this an Open Thread . We must stop this corporate takeover of American democracy | Sen. Bernie Sanders “Blah blah blah. Bleh blah Kochs. Koch blah Citizen’s United blee. Buh buh bread pudding kablooey. Fist shake!” Mexican Murder Training Camps Are Very Real and Very Scary | Atlantic Wire “As the Houston Chronicle reported back in April, Mexican officials found very little evidence of guns lots of proof that sledgehammers were used in the killing of the 200 dead people dug up from deep pits in San Fernando.” Video: Tony Katz refs fight between Fred Thompson & John Sununu | TIRNation.com Video: Violinist turns ill-timed cellphone call into some fun | CBS News Heh. Today’s Word of the Day comes from Dictionary.com , remora (REM-er-uh): noun 1. An obstacle, hindrance, or obstruction. 2. Any of several fishes of the family Echeneididae, having on the top of the head a sucking disk by which they can attach themselves to sharks, turtles, ships, and other moving objects.
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Daily Links – January 21, 2012
New York Times: ” Advisers Work to Put Positive Spin on Romney’s Career in Corporate Buyouts ” Politico: ” White House event more for media than CEOs? ”
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The Daily Grind: Bush Tops Obama
AP Exclusive: Third Worker Says Harassed By Cain WASHINGTON (AP) — A third former employee says she considered filing a workplace complaint over what she considered aggressive and unwanted behavior by Herman Cain when she worked for the presidential candidate in the 1990s. She says the behavior included a private invitation to his corporate apartment. She worked for the National Restaurant Association when he was its head. She told The Associated Press that Cain made sexually suggestive remarks or gestures about the same time that two co-workers had settled separate harassment complaints against him. The employee described situations in which she said Cain told her he had confided to colleagues how attractive she was and invited her to his corporate apartment outside work. She spoke on condition of anonymity, saying she feared retaliation. Cain’s campaign declined to comment. I don’t know if it is time to stick a fork in this particular deep crust but things aren’t looking good for the Cain Campaign. Declined to comment? What planet does his campaign think they are living on?
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Herman Cain’s Sex Scandal Just Became More Fun
Whether she enters the fray or not, Sarah Palin touched on one of the key issues in the 2012 campaign when she spoke out against crony capitalism, the government picking winners and loser and asking career politicians what their corporate supporters expect in return for their contributions. If the New York Times story published below
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Solyndra: Crony Capitalism at Work
Coffee Party 2.0? (AlterNet) — Tonight, in New York City’s venerable Town Hall, Van Jones, arguably the most visible progressive “organizer” in America, and surely one of the country’s best orators, steps up to assume a bigger role — that of major progressive strategist and visionary. Tonight is Jones’ opening gambit in a large-scale, ambitious effort to create what many hope will be the progressives answer to the Tea Party. Jones, with major support from MoveOn.org and other groups, will present a big-picture vision for mobilizing progressive forces of many types and stripes under the patriotic umbrella brand of the “American Dream Movement.” The goal is nothing less than a broad “open source” movement of millions who, via organizing, house parties, events, technological savvy, and electoral activity, will attempt to shift America’s focus away from the budget-cut mentality and the protection of big corporations and banks, to the human and economic support of tens of millions of unemployed and downsized Americans, including returning war vets and young people. (The event, which also features musical group the Roots, will be streamed live beginning at 8:15pm EDT on many Web sites, including AlterNet. Tune in tonight.) There is much anticipation for this moment, and more than a little skepticism. Many have been wringing their hands, wondering why progressives seem so impotent in the face of the Tea Party. We’ve been hugely disappointed in the Obama administration for not mounting a more populist, people-oriented challenge to the corporate and banking dominance of our economic system, which has resulted in both the bailout of the banks, and the obscene shift of wealth to an increasingly small number of super-rich Americans. Jones hopes to offer an answer. Keep reading… HT: Brian
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Van Jones And MoveOn.org Start New Group Billed As The “Progressive Answer To The Tea Party”…
