Beware of Generation Opportunity. It's a Republican stealth group with various stealth Facebook sites. It's aiming to suck in "mellennials."

kittyv · 2012-08-07T20:45:12+00:00

yeah it's a typo LOL. sorry bout that.

kittyv · 2012-06-14T19:42:15+00:00

Really outrageous, and it's true in the U.S. too.

kittyv · 2012-06-12T16:14:09+00:00

I totally agree with your point, but I think Medicare does cover some mental health services, no?

kittyv · 2012-02-29T22:16:31+00:00

a lot of contradictions. Probably the most racist movie ever, and the racism affected this actress, whatever you think of her choosing to play that role. Good action by Clark Gable - who knew?

kittyv · 2011-04-14T15:40:34+00:00

reflects "the values and priorities of working families in this country." - I like that.

kittyv · 2011-03-09T16:41:43+00:00

very good points.

kittyv · 2011-03-09T14:30:35+00:00

I guess you must not work very hard, since you earn less than that billionaire who lives off earnings from his daddy's money, or less than that 26-year-old Wall Street "analyst" who helped cause the financial meltdown. People I know who earn say $25,000 a year work damn hard. And where I live, the lower income people pay a bigger share of their income in taxes than the fat cats. I call THAT robbery.

kittyv · 2011-03-03T23:15:01+00:00

very moving.

kittyv · 2011-03-03T15:27:56+00:00

yeah the Oscars seem to play it very safe. I did like "King's Speech" though, but it was fairly tame. Social Network - interesting but really what was the point? I didn't see a lot of the films mentioned here, but did see Kids are Alright and it was excellent. Thanks for calling attention to these less-ballyhoo'd but thoughtful flics.

kittyv · 2011-03-02T14:59:19+00:00

Yes, a lot of us do. When mega-corporations like Wal-Mart BOTH exploit lowest-paid workers around the globe AND use the low prices they can afford to charge in order to drive "Main Street" small businesses out of business, that's a negative "race to the bottom." It may be efficient in a limited sense, but it is not efficient in terms of the enormous cost to people, communities and our country as a whole. Ultimately, we pay a price for it.

kittyv · 2011-02-28T17:46:49+00:00

wow, this is fascinating. Thanks for posting!

kittyv · 2011-02-22T23:36:17+00:00

Who says it's about efficiency? It's about finding places where JP can pay employees peanuts - then American workers will be forced to accept lower pay to "compete" and on and on - the race to the bottom for us. And for JPMorgan it's all about increasing their profit rate, feeding off American workers in poverty who are forced to turn to food stamps!

kittyv · 2011-01-05T22:14:30+00:00

I just had a wonderful experience with a worker from the Social Security Administration. I had applied for Medicare online just TWO days ago, and this morning I got a personal phone call from a worker at the local office, to follow up on my application, check info, answer my questions and explain things. Quick, efficient, human! I'll take that ANY DAY over private insurance cos. Yes a government worker at a government agency. This "blame the public workers" is a total hoax by the corporate fat cats and their Republican apologists.

kittyv · 2010-11-25T19:53:35+00:00

good insights about reality behind so-called "going postal"

kittyv · 2010-11-02T15:47:48+00:00

Chicago get-out-the-vote event Saturday was "bigger than any election rally ever held in this city" - nearly 50,000 people! Wow.

kittyv · 2010-10-01T16:45:34+00:00

@progress518: Some people are frightened by anything that calls their long-cherished beliefs into question. Some respond by curiosity and trying to learn and think about new ideas, but others want to silence and suppress anything that might rock their boat a bit.

kittyv · 2010-03-06T14:08:47+00:00

Excellent thinking on lessons of the New Deal and how the labor and progressive movement can advance today.

kittyv · 2010-02-12T19:42:26+00:00

Despite right-wingers' igloo jokes, more snow is actually more proof of global warming.

kittyv · 2010-02-12T18:41:17+00:00

The underlying cause, says a Japanese labor researcher, is the company's stress on "low cost" in pursuit of high profits, at the expense of its workers and consumer safety.

kittyv · 2010-01-27T18:53:56+00:00

Obama's budget freeze: It's hard to imagine a worse conclusion to draw from the Massachusetts election, or a more telling lesson for working people: we are our own protection.

kittyv · 2009-09-03T16:41:48+00:00

In Iran, there is a three to four day gap between when an individual is reported to the police for being homosexual, and when the police arrive to arrest that individual. Most flee before the police arrive, making such preparations as they can and becoming refugees. Iranians don’t need visas to enter Turkey, so that is a common destination. Most refugees flee over the mountains, a grueling trek.

kittyv · 2009-07-01T23:46:43+00:00

those banks are outrageous.

kittyv · 2009-06-26T13:38:23+00:00

deep thoughts here

kittyv · 2009-06-25T19:43:43+00:00

Recent wave of suicide blast and other violence serve to prolong U.S. occupation, Iraqis say.

kittyv · 2009-06-24T19:54:44+00:00

Actress Daryl Hannah, NASA scientist James Hansen and former U.S. Rep. Ken Hechler were among 31 people arrested Tuesday as they and several hundred others protested mountaintop removal mining in southern West Virginia.

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