Tag Archives: Washington Post
GE vs. Bernie part 2: On Hyperbole and Reality
Yesterday we pointed out that GE CEO Jeffrey Immelt attacked Bernie Sanders in a corporate propaganda piece masquerading as an op-ed in the Washington Post. Don’t hold your breath waiting for WaPo to allow Bernie to have the same free … Continue reading
GE vs. Bernie: Of Strawmen and Fukushima
Remember the days when Bernie was ignored and laughed at by the mainstream press? Apparently those days are over. How so, you might ask? Well, the Washington Post favored us with an unabashed corporate propaganda piece disguised as an “op-ed” … Continue reading
May Day 2015: 5 Reasons Working People Are Pissed…
A repost from last year…ain’t a damn thing changed, so I just changed the year, changed the title a little, but other than that—it’s exactly the same. Nothing changes on New Year’s Day. How long must we sing this song? … Continue reading
BoA SETTLEMENT=BS
Never fear, citizens! With this much-ballyhooed $16.65 billion settlement, our hero Eric Holder has swooped in like the proverbial mighty raptor eagle, ruler of the skies, and snatched the lowly serpent–a “BoA”–in its fearsome talons, to be sacrificed for the … Continue reading
NOT NEGATIVE, JUST TRUE: “EXPENSES SOAR, WAGES STALL”
A few days ago, the website of The Washington Post ran a story with this headline–“Happy Days No More: Middle-class families squeezed as expenses soar, wages stall.” No shit, Sherlock. The article tells us the following: “Wages for millions of … Continue reading
MAY DAY 2014: WORKING MEN SHOULD BE PISSED
So it’s International Worker’s Day…to paraphrase D. Boon from the video above, I’ll put it in simple words why working men (and women) are (or should be) pissed… 1. Banks got bailed out by workers while banks continue to prey … Continue reading