The Downward Spiral
A Requiem for the American Dream
Thursday, June 7, 2012
Strauss Discount Auto Shutting Down All 46 Stores
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From North Jersey.com : Strauss Discount Auto, the 93-year-old company founded in Newark, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection ...
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New "Reality" Show Treats Evictions As Entertainment
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If you read my blog on a regular basis, you might get the impression that I hold out no hope of our sick civilization managing to save its...
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States Explore New Ways to Tax Motorists for Road Repair
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I've covered this topic before, but since the dumbass idea of taxing drivers for the miles they drive instead of just raising gasoline...
Wednesday, June 6, 2012
Supervalu Cutting 2,500 More Jobs in Albertson's Stores
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I've posted a couple of previous stories about layoffs in the Supervalu grocery chain, but this is the biggest one yet. Bloomberg ha...
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Caterpillar: CEO Pay Hiked 60%, Yet Company Wants Wage Concessions From Workers
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Sometimes, a story will speak for itself without needing me to make any additional comment. Here is the Sky Valley Chronicle with the de...
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Recall Election Wankery in Wisconsin
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Congratulations, Wisconsin. Exactly 18 months after the protests at your state capitol that seemed to provide so much promise of a real c...
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Tuesday, June 5, 2012
Bathtub Photo Lands Coal Activist in Child-Porn Hot Water
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In my May 5th post, Pretty Hate Machine , I wrote that anyone who is thinking of standing up to the forces of destruction in our society n...
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Why Are Pension Plans On The Ropes? It's The Math, Stupid
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An article appeared on Saturday about yet another municipal government out in California struggling with exploding pension costs. In both ...
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Monday, June 4, 2012
Central State Hospital (Georgia) to Lay Off 280 Workers
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One of the few "bright" spots in the latest monthly jobs report was the supposed growth in health care industry employment. And...
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Spoiled Rotten Nation: $3,000 For "Thingamajigs"
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You really can't make this stuff up. On Friday, the very day President Hopey-Changey got slammed by the latest monthly jobs report, ...
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The Latest Monthly Jobs Report Spells BIG Trouble for Obama
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Last Friday’s Monthly Jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Lying Statistics, the first one to be released after the settling of the Republ...
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Saturday, June 2, 2012
Saturday Night Video: "Dad/Depression" by Marc Maron
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As someone who has a close relative who suffers from manic depression, this brilliant stand up comedy bit from Marc Maron has always resona...
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