A new reality show of soldiers and celebrities playing war games showcases our national religion: military worship
The new military-themed reality show from NBC, entitled "Stars Earn Stripes," "enthusiastically melds warfare and fame," as a Washington Post review today put it. But it's really only more of the same corporate brainwashing.
Congressman Kucinich Demands Investigation Of Nuclear Safety Agency
WASHINGTON--(ENEWSPF)--August 15 - Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) is today demanding the Inspector General of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, which oversees safety at our nation's nuclear power plants, investigate the agency's handling of the reopening of Davis-Besse in northern Ohio after cracks were discovered in the shield building.
HR347 'Trespass Bill' Quietly Criminalizes Protest
HR347 targets Occupy protestors, makes protest of any type potentially a federal offense with anywhere from a year to 10 years in federal prison.
Anglo Irish Bank's ex-CEO arrested for fraud
Fraud detectives arrested the former chief executive of Anglo Irish Bank and charged him Tuesday over a conspiracy to hide colossal losses at the bank that brought the nation to the brink of bankruptcy.
The Road to Oligarchy
Bernie Sanders' testimony at the Senate Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights held a hearing on "Taking Back Our Democracy: Responding to Citizens United and the Rise of Super PACs".
America for Sale: A Report on Billionaires Buying the 2012 Election
A list of billionaire families donating at least $250,000 to campaigns.
Congress Protects Its Own Health Care In Repeal Vote
When Congress passed the health care law, it required members of Congress to get their insurance on exchanges with the rest of the public. But in voting to repeal that law, Republicans and a handful of Democrats were also voting to go back to the old system where the lawmakers get a sweeter deal than the rest of the country.
Immelt appointment has labor worried, but mostly quiet
Obama's announcement that General Electric Chairman and CEO Jeffrey Immelt will serve as chair of the President's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness has set off a bit of alarm among unions and other labor groups already concerned about the direction of White House trade policy.
Fracking: What Cuomo Won't (or Can't) Tell You
The Great Fracking Race will only bring more natural gas to market which will be piped to U.S. coasts and sold overseas. This will make some small cadre of gas executives and their investors very rich, while possibly leaving behind incalculable amounts of environmental damage.
City defies court order - reduces their pay to minimum wage
Scranton, Pennsylvania is reducing the pay of city workers to the federal minimum wage. Mayor Chris Doherty said his administration is going forward with a plan to unilaterally slash the pay of 398 workers to the federal minimum of $7.25 an hour with today's payroll, insisting it is all the city can afford.
"The risks of drilling are understood and can be mitigated"
"Oil rigs generally don't cause spills." "There won't be any spills." Slideshow of oil corporation CEO's.
These workers want to buy the factory.
With an agreement from Serious Energy to give workers the opportunity to buy the plant themselves, New Era Windows was looking at a bright future. But after months of stalling, the company suddenly announced that all bids were due immediately, and rigged the process to ensure that New Era didn't have a chance.
Just 6 countries export 74% of the world's weapons
And guess which one is on top... far and again.
How Washington sold our soul for Saudi crude
Buzzflash interviews Robert Baer, a case officer for the Directorate of Operations for the Central Intelligence Agency from 1976 to 1997. He worked out of the Middle East.
