July 17, 2013

Fourpence a day

July 16, 2013

Fire in the hole

July 16, 2013

Minimum Wage

July 16, 2013

Battle of Blair Mountain

Find a vein and drain the black gold.
Hoping to god, that the timbers hold ...
... 14 hour shifts and such a meager wage
And Mother Jones can’t help us now anyway.
We’ll take the roads. We’ll take the train by force.
O deliver us Lord from the gathering storm
Lay down your bible, take up your gun.
Blair Mountain, here we come.
Red bandanas tell us what side you’re on.
We’re the Rednecks of the union - 1921 ...

July 16, 2013

Slavery by Another Name

July 16, 2013

The Wobblies

July 14, 2013

it's been a long a long time comin but i know a change is gonna come oh yes it will

i go to the movie and i go downtown
somebody keep telling me don't hang around
it's been a long a long time comin
but I know a change gonna come
oh yes it will

July 10, 2013

That claim seems arise from the fertile imaginations at Legal Schnauzer

In late 2008, Amy Goodman had a guest who claimed Rove had gone to Sweden in the summer of 2008 to help dismantle the welfare state:

Bush, Rove Tied to Effort to Dismantle Sweden’s Social Welfare Program
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2008
http://www.democracynow.org/2008/12/9/bush_rove_tied_to_effort_to

Five years later, the Swedish welfare state has not been disassembled to my knowledge

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2010
Is Karl Rove Driving the Effort to Prosecute Julian Assange?
http://legalschnauzer.blogspot.com/2010/12/is-karl-rove-driving-effort-to.html

Legal Schnauzer in late 2010 used the 2008 Goodman interview as the only actual "evidence" in its speculation that Rove was behind the Assange prosecution. Unfortunately, Legal Schnauzer badly garbled the facts, and treated the Goodman interview as TWO interviews, one in 2008 and another in 2009. This suggests a rather sad inattention to detail -- and it suggests that Legal Schnauzer is not particularly attentive or careful in its readings

And, of course, it would have been astonishingly prescient of Mr Rove to visit Sweden in the summer of 2008, anticipating that Mr Assange would be in Sweden in the summer of 2010. But in fact the 2008 Goodman interview doesn't mention Assange at all

Rove did briefly visit the RW Timbro Think Tank in Sweden in the summer of 2008. His visit was covered by Sweden's TV-4. Before that, he seems to have visited briefly in the 1980s:

... Timbro has invited one of the America's leading strategists and campaigners, Karl Rove, to this year's political week in Almedalen. We face an historic presidential election in the United States and interest is huge in Sweden. Just a Newsweek, Wall Street Journal and Fox News Channel regard Karl Rove as a valued expert commentator, we put a high value on his insights and perspectives on American politics, says Billy McCormac, Communications Timbro. Karl Rove will speak at an event in Visby ...
Karl Rove gästar Almedalen 2008
12 JUNI, 2008
http://timbro.se/artiklar/karl-rove-gastar-almedalen-2008

... From Per Heister, former CIO of the Conservatives, I learned that Rove was here for "one or two days" in the early 1980s, to teach the Conservatives about fundraising, one of Rove's specialties. Per Heister sounds almost amused by our brief conversation.
-What are your malicious plans with this information? I think I know who you are, he asks.
No plans at all, is my answer ...
2005-02-04
Vad gjorde Karl Rove hos moderaterna?
http://www.aftonbladet.se/ledare/fredagmed/article263312.ab;jsessionid=18DDC39A6395DE3460E75BE7E83092B5.mobila

July 9, 2013

There were multiple suggestions of suicidal intent:

Officer: Suicide led to wariness about Bradley Manning
2:29 p.m. EST November 28, 2012
... Oltman and others have testified that psychiatrists who examined Manning at Quantico repeatedly recommended that his conditions be eased. But Oltman, whose command included the brig, said he was skeptical about at least one of those recommendations because another detainee had killed himself in December, 2009, after his custody status was reduced based upon the advice of the same doctor, Navy Capt. William Hochter, the psychiatrist assigned to the brig ...
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2012/11/28/bradley-manning-trial/1732263/

Bradley Manning testifies about detention in Wikileaks case: 'I totally started to fall apart'
By Courtney Kube, NBC News
29 Nov 2012 8:39pm, EST
... He said that on June 30, 2010, he had a mental break from reality. Manning said that he doesn't remember yelling uncontrollably, screaming, mumbling, or making a noose out of his bedsheets, describing everything from those hours as foggy and hazy. Manning acknowledged that he "certainly contemplated" suicide ... Manning said he was "elated" to be back on U.S. soil ... Manning answered a question about any suicidal tendencies by saying that he is "always plotting, but never acting" ... That statement would haunt him for the duration of his time at Quantico. Manning was placed on suicide risk when he arrived at Quantico ...
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/11/29/15551532-bradley-manning-testifies-about-detention-in-wikileaks-case-i-totally-started-to-fall-apart?lite

Bradley Manning says he considered suicide while in military custody
By Larry Shaughnessy, CNN Pentagon Producer
updated 7:10 AM EST, Fri November 30, 2012
... He contemplated suicide in Kuwait ... "The degree of concern of his safety and security was higher than anything I'd previously seen," Hocter said of Manning's time at Quantico ... To show he wasn't a danger, Manning said he told a non-commissioned officer in the brig at one point that he could have used the "waist band of my underwear or my flip flops" to hurt himself, but hadn't done so ...
http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/29/justice/manning-wikileaks

Bradley Manning’s noose shown at hearing
By JOSH GERSTEIN | 11/30/12 1:36 PM EST Updated: 11/30/12 6:21 PM EST
FORT MEADE, Md. — Military prosecutors unveiled a dramatic exhibit Friday to illustrate why officers were legitimately concerned that accused WikiLeaks source Bradley Manning might commit suicide while he was in custody: a salmon-colored bedsheet that had been knotted into a noose. Army Maj. Ashden Fein pulled the noose from a paper bag shortly after beginning questioning Manning during a pretrial hearing on his claim that the strict conditions he was subjected to for nearly nine months at a Marine Corps brig in Quantico, Va. amounted to unconstitutional punishment ...
http://www.politico.com/story/2012/11/bradley-mannings-noose-shown-at-hearing-84455.html

Wikileaks informant Bradley Manning: a 'history of self-harm and suicidal thoughts'
By ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTER
PUBLISHED: 21:47 EST, 2 December 2012 | UPDATED: 20:55 EST, 5 December 2012
... Jordan said under cross-examination by defense attorney David Coombs that besides the mental-health report, he considered evidence that Manning had contemplated suicide after his arrest in Iraq in May 2010. The evidence included a noose Manning had fashioned from a bedsheet while confined in Kuwait, and a written statement he made upon arrival at Quantico in July 2010 that he was 'always planning and never acting' on suicidal impulses ... Jordan said he considered the opinion of the brig psychiatrist, Navy Capt. William Hocter, that Manning was no longer at risk of self-harm. But Jordan said the weight he gave to Hocter's views was tempered by the fact that another detainee had recently killed himself after his custody status was reduced on Hocter's advice ...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2242098/Wikileaks-informant-Bradley-Manning-history-self-harm-suicidal-thoughts.html

July 9, 2013

I'm not conflating the terms:

... Glenn Greenwald’s third party dreamin ...
At a talk given the day after the 2010 election .. Greenwald gave a talk at the University of Wisconsin, and expressed the hope that Democrats might suffer the same fate in 2012 ... But it was his approach to politics that got members of the Young Americans for Liberty — a Paulite Libertarian group that co-sponsored the event — excited:

... He said Democrats have stigmatized the idea of supporting third parties or not voting at all ... He .. praised not just Wikileaks and Bradley Manning .. but also tea partyers who strike fear into the hearts of politicians by “acting very threateningly,” and “taking guns and machine guns” to their protests ...
http://blog.reidreport.com/2011/04/re-rise-of-the-naderites-glenn-greenwalds-third-party-dreamin/

Edward Snowden Is A Ron Paul Supporter
The Huffington Post | By Amanda Terkel
Posted: 06/10/2013 9:46 am EDT | Updated: 06/11/2013 11:02 am EDT
... Snowden .. is a fan of former Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) ... Snowden donated $250 to the libertarian's presidential campaign twice in 2012. Paul has long railed against government secrecy and intrusion into private life. Snowden told The Guardian that he voted for a third-party candidate in 2008 ...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/10/edward-snowden-ron-paul_n_3414992.html

Have We All Been Fooled By Edward Snowden?
Author: T. Steelman July 6, 2013 10:49 am
... His disdain of President Obama and his policies was apparent and he bitched about them with “increasing frequency.” But there are two issues where, I believe, where Snowden’s true colors shine very clearly. This is one:

http://www.addictinginfo.org/2013/07/06/have-we-all-been-fooled-by-edward-snowden/

Bruce Fein Joins Ron Paul 2012 Campaign
46 Responses
by RonPaul.com on August 25, 2011
... The Ron Paul 2012 Presidential Campaign announced today that .. Bruce Fein will join the campaign as senior advisor on legal matters ...
http://www.ronpaul.com/2011-08-25/bruce-fein-joins-ron-paul-2012-campaign/