Harry Morgan, 'M*A*S*H' and 'Dragnet' Actor, Dies at 96 - NYTimes.com

You will be missed!

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Boeing NRLB case: A tug-of-war over middle-class jobs - May. 20, 2011

There's a new battle brewing between big business and labor. A factory in South Carolina could soon be home to 1,000 new workers assembling Boeing's newest commercial jet.

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Exxon: We pay plenty in taxes

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FDIC now (temporarily) insures the Mega Rich bank accounts in FULL.

The FDIC has instituted a temporary insurance provision that guarantees a non-interest bearing demand account in FULL in addition to the $250,000 limit on other accounts.

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LIVE POLL Moral Arguments for Soaking the Rich

Between 1980 and 2005, the richest 1 percent of Americans got more than four-fifths of the country's income gains. Does anybody seriously believe that the other 99 percent didn't deserve to take home a much larger share? (For some reason a Poll isn't available to me right now.

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McDonald's says it may drop healthcare benefits

McDonald's told federal regulators it would be "economically prohibitive" for its insurance carrier to continue to cover hourly workers unless it receives a waiver excluding it from the 80% requirement, the memo said.

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The UFCW of Nevada pays temporary workers minimum wage to demand fair treatment and wages from Wal-Mart

Welcome to George Bush's America, Where the culture is so corporate that even the unions outsource their strike work.

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America is fast becoming a Third World Country

A long read, but well worth it. At 47 years of age, I have seen the begining and the slow slide of the decline of the American Dream. Plus, the 'slaughter' of the middle class all in the name of Profit.

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Tax cuts: Small biz fact check

Republicans say raising taxes on the wealthy would cause small businesses to pull back on hiring. Many leading Democrats say that's nonsense. Who's right?

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Balance the Debt simulation game.

With all the tax talk and deficit talk lately, here is your chance to see if you have what it takes to enact policy to balance the budget. You can spend minutes or hours; your choice. A moving graph charts your progress. Good Luck!

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Woman stabbed 45 times in attack that killed 4

Convicted murderer then scrawled an insult to her on a wall in blood, officials say

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Egg Recall Factory Inspection Photos

Just under the shown photo is a link to 32 photos taken during an inspection. Not exactly the squeaky clean place you see in documentaries. Appalling. Another example of corporate conscientious, hahahahaha.

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The Solar 'Katrina' Storm That Could Take Our Power Grid Out For Years

John Kappenman, 55, an obscure electrical engineer from Duluth, Minnesota, is determined to save civilization from the mother of all blackouts. If he succeeds, the daily life of billions around the world will continue undisrupted.

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Bernanke sees 'moderate growth;' long road to recovery

Speaking to politicians attending the annual meeting of the Southern Legislative Conference in Charleston, S.C., Bernanke said the nation's economy is growing at a "moderate" pace, but has a "considerable way to go to achieve a full recovery."

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As spending by wealthy weakens, so does economy.

Wealthy Americans aren't spending so freely anymore. And the rest of us are feeling the squeeze. The question is whether the rich will cut back so much as to tip the economy back into recession -- or if they will spend at least enough to sustain the recovery.

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Senate to vote on $27 billion in aid for desperate states

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., had pushed back the vote by two days to amend the legislation after learning it would increase the deficit by $4.9 billion despite offset measures. The amended bill has no impact on the deficit.

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Corporate cash hoarding isn't sustainable

Non-financial companies in the S&P 500 index reported $837 billion in cash at end of March, a hefty 26% increase over the previous year's $665 billion, according to S&P. These are unusually high levels -- companies are holding cash reflecting 10% of their value today.

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What happened the year you were born.

One of those 'lists' of what happened the year you were born. This one has a twist, the facts are laid out in typewriter style. It does take some time and there are a few pics too.

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The Middle Class in America Is Radically Shrinking.

The rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer at a staggering rate. Once upon a time, the United States had the largest and most prosperous middle class in the history of the world, but now that is changing at a blinding pace.

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With Stocks, It's Not the Economy

Stocks are no longer mirrors of national economies; they are not — as is so commonly said — magical forecasting mechanisms.

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"The average age of the world's greatest civilizations has been two hundred years....."

"The average age of the world's greatest civilizations has been two hundred years. These nations have progressed through this sequence.

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The Electromagnetic Pulse Threat (EMP) Weaponed and Solar

"An estimated 80 percent of the population would die within a year of an EMP strike from starvation or disease or would freeze to death, according to William Graham, who was chairman of the congressional Commission to Assess the Threat to the United States from Electromagnetic  …

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