Koch Brothers Continue Their Canadian Takeover *-By Emma Pullman at DeSmogBlog* *March 27, 2011-* On Friday, the Canadian government fell to a vote of non-confidence. As Canadians prepare to head to the polls for an early May election, the oily architects of the Tea Party, mega-funders of climate ...
Weekly Standard: The Paranoid Style in Liberal Politics *(Awww- Poor Koch Brothers! Poor little brutally oppressed billionaires!-CD) * *April 4, 2011-* David Koch’s secretary told him the news. This was in February, during the rowdy standoff between Wisconsin governor Scott Walker and demonstrators ...
Palm Beach Post: Gov. Rick Scott's drug testing policy stirs suspicion *March 26, 2011-* One of the more popular services at Solantic, the urgent care chain co-founded by Florida Gov. Rick Scott, is drug testing, according to Solantic CEO Karen Bowling. Given Solantic's role in that marketplace, critics are again asking ...
Seattle PI: The Koch brothers move north *March 25, 2011-* They’ve bankrolled the Tea Party movement in the U.S., and underwritten climate change skeptics, and now billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch are upping their involvements in Canada. Koch Industries is registering to lobby ...
Salon: Billionaire self-pity and the Koch brothers *-By Glenn Greenwald* *March 27, 2011-* Since the financial crisis of 2008, one of the most revealing spectacles has been the parade of financial elites who petulantly insist that they are the victims of societal hostility: political officials heap ...
TRIANGLE'S ECHOES: The Unfinished Struggle for Worker Protection, Safety and Health WATCH ON YOUTUBE:
Michigan Messenger: Jails may be privatized under Emergency Manager law Even private police could be considered *March 21, 2011-* In addition to allowing previously negotiated union contracts to be voided, Michigan’s new Emergency Manager law gives appointees the authority to privatize police services and jails. Indeed, ...
The Young Turks: Massive London Protests - U.S. Next? WATCH ON YOUTUBE:
NJ.Com: N.J. Turnpike toll collectors union files lawsuit to delay vote on privatization *March 24, 2011-* The union that represents toll collectors and other employees on the New Jersey Turnpike filed a lawsuit in federal court today asking a vote to privatize their jobs be delayed. Gov. Chris Christie has been pushing for privatization ...
