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Does anyone ever question what political party in the United States does the best job dealing with poverty and why?
Workers in Right to Work states earn about $5,300 a year less, have less health care with higher poverty rates, and work related deaths are 51% higher because unions can’t speak up about worker safety.
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Predicting our Future from current Science Fiction
Are today’s science fiction authors the canaries in the coal mine, and should we pay close attention to what they are writing about the future—or is it already too late?
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Time for a Pivot? Kindle Unlimited and Marketing in 2015
M. Louisa Locke Everywhere I hang out as an author, I see blog posts discussing the effect of the introduction of Kindle Unlimited (KU) on authors’ sales. For those authors just waking up to this discussion, Kindle Unlimited is the subscription service Amazon introduced in July. Subscribers pay a monthly fee and can borrow all the books they want that…
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If Jeb Bush Runs for President, Remember This
Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: If Jeb Bush should run for President, this article bears re-reading. Bush spoke at a rightwing policy conference in Michigan, where he “trashed” public schools. “MACKINAC ISLAND, Mich. — Jeb Bush praised charter schools and slammed traditional public schools and teachers unions in a speech here Wednesday, saying that public education “dumbs down standards…
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My Vegan Journey and why I never had a chance to say, “Let lips do what hands do.” (Viewed as Single Page)
For the last thirty-two years, I have belonged to one of the smallest minorities in America.
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“Sacrifice the earnings of the elderly, or the government will be shut down.” – U.S. Legislators
Originally posted on Reclaim Reform: The legislative extortion this year is horrible for the elderly, but not all of the elderly. Extortionists divide-and-conquer by promising some that they will not be hurt – this time. Who will be paid what they are legally entitled to since it is their own earned compensation (pension)? Who won’t be hurt? Retired engineers? Retired…
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Listening to Anthony Cody talk about The Educator and the Oligarch
Originally posted on Crazy Normal – the Classroom Exposé: The Oligarch is Bill Gates. The Educator is Anthony Cody, who has gone toe-to-toe with the Gates foundation in private conversations and publicly for several years. Cody’s book, The Educator and the Oligarch, covers what he has learned while in the trenches battling a billionaire and his vast, entrenched organization, and…
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Brainwashing Americans for Extremism, Power and Profit: part 3 of 3
Should private sector corporations have total freedom to do whatever it takes to make a profit?
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Brainwashing Americans for Extremism, Power and Profit: part 2 of 3
The use of brainwashing techniques is used by the Right-to-Life crowd when they claim that “Abortion is murder, because it kills babies.”