Month: March 2009

FRIDAY MI Colleges Protest Student Shooting

Friday March 20 will see student protests in downtown Grand Rapids over Derek Copp’s shooting and the drug war policies that empowered the shooting. Grand Valley State University student protests will be joined by...

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House Passes 90% Tax on Bonuses

The House of Representatives just passed by a vote of 328-93 a law to tax bonuses at a 90% rate for employees that work at corporations that have received $5 billion or more in bailout funds. The bill is retroactive to the...

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The Battle to Be the Angriest

At least Gail Collins gets it: Liddy, a retired insurance executive who took over A.I.G. six months ago at the behest of the Treasury Department, said he had asked most of those who got a bonus to give at least half back. This...

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On Faux Populism and Outrage Fatigue

You can see how the opportunities for outrage are going to be endless. ZOMG! Citibank is installing a SUB-ZERO fridge in their new executive suites! How fucking DARE they? What arrogance! I shouldn’t even bother writing...

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