Moyers & Company. Gates Foundation Critique - Techrights. From Techrights The Gates Foundation was described as a shell for tax avoidance by philanthropist and accounting expert, Sheldon Drobny.
Techrights has collected evidence that shows the same and will organize it here. Through the foundation, Bill, Melinda and Microsoft maintain pharmaceutical patent investments, tobacco investments, investments in alcoholic beverages, petroleum investments, investments in experimental and controversial crops, and even investments in news/media. Gates need not even pay tax, though he keeps control of the assets and uses that control to influence private and public policy.
Money talks and politicians can in turn be persuaded to buy from Microsoft. We have provided extensive evidence for the above claims in many past summaries which include the following (sorted in chronological order although we took a much closer look in later years). [edit] 2014 [edit] April [edit] January [edit] 2013 Most coverage posted in Identi.ca, Diaspora, and Twitter this year.
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And in this video we want to talk about just one of the more popular talking points so that we can see this tactic in action and that talking point is the always popular "CO2 is plant food" and therefore can't possibly have any negative effects on our climate. I call each of these talking points a "Fact Without A Point" because, while they are factually correct; when presented in a vacuum; with no additional context; they don't increase our understanding of the issue. The think tankers and politicians who love to use these simplistic ideas as proof or evidence that manmade global warming isn't real often use them in a hit and run fashion.
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After a 22-hour bargaining session involving ministers of the Charest government, university and college heads, and leaders of the major trade-union centrals, the student leaders agreed on May 6 to put the offer to a vote of their memberships without recommending acceptance. If the offer (the French-language text is here) were accepted: The 75% hike in tuition fees (now spread over seven years, but indexed) would remain, albeit with slightly liberalized access to scholarships and loans, and provision for repayment of loans geared to future income. A provisional committee would examine university budgets and propose possible cuts. Each dollar cut would go to reducing incidental fees not related directly to tuition (admission, registration, sports services, technology, etc.).
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To paraphrase Donald Rumsfeld, we work in the economy we have, not the economy we might want or wish to have at a later time. I cite. A primary issue for CPUSA in 1930 was membership -- recruiting members, keeping members after they were recruited, and enhancing leadership.
These problems were addressed yunder the generla theme of improving the organizational and political of shop and street nuclei. As a way of addressing the problem The Party Organizer published experiences from the specific districts. Chicago: a meeting was described wherein 'old leading members' argued over whether unemployment was developing on a mass scale and over whether workers were radicalized. Six new members from Indianapolis refuted the old members. 'All of the Indianapolis new members spoke at the Section committee and without exception, expressed one desire and hope, namely that they expect to remain in the Party in order to be able to FIGHT and to gain KNOWLEDGE. The reason the Party was failing was because they weren't meeting new members' expectations of political life and political knowledge. Russell Brand. Extraenvironmentalist. The Ecologist: Environment, Climate Change, News, Eco, Green, Energy - The Ecologist.
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In fact, I only read it by accident and did not delete it by some miracle of fate. Greek Success Story: The latest Orwellian Turn of the Greek Crisis. Greece’s Prime Minister recently flew to China, to woo Chinese investors.
In his bid to be persuasive, he adopted a radical narrative: Greece is a Success Story. A country that almost perished in 2012 is now on the mend; on the road to stabilisation and growth; a wonderful opportunity, currently, for investors to pick up ultra cheap investments and to benefit from the forthcoming growth. How much of this is true, however? Greek Prime Ministers and Finance Ministers have been upbeat for the past three catastrophic years. Mr Samaras’ narrative is, therefore, neither here nor there per se . PRIME ECONOMICS. Wonkblog. A Progressive Look At Economics and the Rest of the Screwed Up World. The Fight for Better Media Begins Here. Keeping an eye on the corporate education agenda, in Massachusetts and beyond. The Monkey Cage. The War of Ideas in the Middle East. The Electronic Intifada.
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Remember green jobs?
They were supposed to be a win-win for America, simultaneously creating new skilled jobs and moving us toward sustainability. But, as Michelle Chen details, the momentum has died: Though federal green initiatives have provided vital seed money for wind farms and solar-generation projects nationwide, the blue-collar workers who have the most to gain from the projected clean-tech boom are still struggling to find any job, much less a green one.
Of course, green jobs are not the boondoggle portrayed by right-wingers. Solar panel companies and green building firms are hiring people, just not fast enough to dent the unemployment figures. It's really sad. Discuss A New York Times editorial points out that software engineers and fast food workers are more similar than we might think: Both groups are affected by wage theft. ThinkProgress. Media Matters for America. JIMROMENESKO.COM. UP with Chris Hayes. Now playing Dissecting the notion of ‘Deporter-in-Chief’up next Can damage with Latino community be repaired? Will GOPers pivot away from anti-ACA message? Can ACA change voters’ minds in red states? Headlines making the news ‘This was torture by anybody’s definition’ Can public opinion on torture change?
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