Monday, November 24, 2014
Becky For Mayor: Raise The Minimum Wage In Tampa
This simple and elegant answer to income inequality must be used if we want to see real economic growth in our city. here
Move Florida’s gubernatorial elections to presidential years
That’s how it used to be in Florida—until segregationists in the 1960’s grew worried that increased voter turnout would threaten their grip on state politics. So they amended the state constitution to move gubernatorial elections to midterm years, Sign the petition
Don't Buy Koch
List of familiar Koch products and brands:
-American Greetings
-Angel Soft
-Angel Soft Ultra
-Brawny paper towels
-Dixie products
-Insulair cups
-Mardis Gras napkins
-Perfect Touch cups, paper products
-Quilted Northern
-Sparkle paper towels
-Vanity Fair napkins & paper towels
-Zee Napkins
-Georgia-Pacific Office products
-Spectrum paper
-Georgia-Pacific's enMotion paper towel dispenser
-Georgia-Pacific's engineered lumber
INVISTA Brands
-INVISTA’s PET polymer is used in oxygen-sensitive packaging for food and beverages.
-ADI-PURE® Adipic Acid
-ANTRON® Carpet Fiber
-C12™ Intermediates
-COMFOREL® Fiber
-COOLMAX® Fabric
-CORDURA® Fabric
-DACRON® Fiberfill
-DYTEK® Idea Intermediates
-FLEXISOLV® Solvent Solutions
-LYCRA® Fiber
-LYCRA HyFit® Fiber
-OXYCLEAR® Barrier Resin
-POLYCLEAR® PET
-POLYSHIELD® Resin
-SENZAA™ Additive
-STAINMASTER® Carpet
-SUPPLEX® Fabric
-SUPRIVA™ Fiber
-TACTEL® Fiber
-TECGEN® Garments
-TERATE® Polyols
-TERATHANE® Polyether Glycol
-TERRIN™ Polyols
-THERMOLITE® Fabric
El Centro Español De Tampa
Was the most affluent of the city’s social clubs — those organizations that provided immigrants with social services ranging from medical care to banking to entertainment from the late 1800s through the mid-1900s. Centro Español had almost 10,000 members of Spanish descent, two cemeteries and two large clubhouses that measured over half a city block — one each in Ybor City and West Tampa. here
Sunday, November 23, 2014
American's Priorities And GOP Lawmakers' Priorities: Not Quite The Same
American's Priorities
1. Access to lower cost student loans--80% support.
1. Access to lower cost student loans--80% support.
2. Increase spending on infrastructure--75%
3. Raising the minimum wage--65%
4. Emergency funding for fighting Ebola in Africa--60%
5. Climate change/reducing carbon emissions--59%
6. Building Keystone Pipeline--54%
4. Emergency funding for fighting Ebola in Africa--60%
5. Climate change/reducing carbon emissions--59%
6. Building Keystone Pipeline--54%
GOP Lawmakers' Priorities
1. Authorize Keystone Pipeline.
1. Authorize Keystone Pipeline.
2. Repeal ACA ("Obamacare")
3. Pass the "Hire More Heroes" (veterans) Act.
4. Pass Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement
3. Pass the "Hire More Heroes" (veterans) Act.
4. Pass Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement
5. Lower corporate taxes.
6. Thwarting Obama on Immigration Executive Action.
7. Reign in the EPA and roll back environmental regulations.
6. Thwarting Obama on Immigration Executive Action.
7. Reign in the EPA and roll back environmental regulations.
Tampa Under Surveillance
Florida gives Bill Cosby standing ovation
GOP Propaganda
GOP Propaganda>Guess What Americans Thought About Obama's Speech here
Fact>Poll: Americans Broadly Back Obama’s Immigration Executive Action
Voters overwhelmingly backed President Obama’s move: 67 percent viewed it favorably, while just 28 percent viewed it unfavorably. The support was fairly bipartisan, with 91 percent of Democrats, 67 percent of Independents, and 41 percent of Republicans viewing the executive action favorably. Among Tea Party Republicans, however, 64 percent opposed the policy while just 30 percent viewed it favorably. here
Protests Expected In St. Pete
When the decision of whether to indict Ferguson Cop Darren Wilson comes down, there are plans for protests and civil disobedience in St. Petersburg. On Friday WMNF interviewed Omali Yeshitela about those plans. He’s chair of the African People’s Socialist Party. here
Saturday, November 22, 2014
Dean/Warren 2016
Democracy for America (DFA), a progressive
group that grew out of former Vermont governor Howard Dean’s unsuccessful
presidential campaign, just released an unscientific survey of their roughly one
million members asking for their preferences in a hypothetical race for the
Democratic nomination in two years. Elizabeth Warren, the former Harvard Law professor and consumer advocate was the clear
favorite, garnering 42 percent of the respondents, while Clinton trailed a
distant third with only 23 percent. We voted for Howard Dean. here
Labels:
DFA,
Elizabeth Warren,
Hillary Clinton,
HOWARD DEAN
The President Speaks on Fixing America's Broken Immigration System
Why the majority voted for him, (twice).
The Blue Wall: Midterm Elections “was a dark week for Republicans
GOP strategist and
Columnist at the Houston Chronicle who goes by the handle GOPLifer, Chris Ladd, has declared that the week of the Midterm Elections “was a dark week for Republicans here
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