Curated By Tom George
Via Scoop.it – internetbillboards OSHA issues compliance directive to address workplace violence WASHINGTON – The Occupational Safety and Health Administration today issued a directive on Enforcement Procedures for Investigating or Inspecting Incidents of Workplace Violence. The directive establishes uniform procedures for OSHA field staff for responding to incidents and complaints of workplace violence and conducting [...]
Curated By Tom George
Via Scoop.it – internetbillboards An interesting op-ed piece in the Washington Examiner this past week calls into question whether or not the Administration, specifically OSHA under current management, is going rogue with the General Duty Clause (the piece is provided below or linked here). The General Duty Clause in the OSH Act (Section 5(a)(1)) basically [...]
Curated By Tom George
Via Scoop.it – internetbillboards United States Marine Corps. Sergeant Shamar Thomas in a spectacular moment defended the protesters of Occupy Wall Street while staring into the faces of thirty NYPD officers, and now countless other Marines have organized in an amazing show of solidarity. Sgt. Thomas’ gallant actions in standing up for American citizens being [...]
Curated By Tom George
Via Scoop.it – internetbillboards This story has been updated. Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann’s paid campaign team in New Hampshire has jumped ship from her political operation, WMUR reports. The news comes as only the latest bump in the road for the conservative congresswoman ahead of 2012. According to WMUR, five staffers left Bachmann’s Granite [...]
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Via Scoop.it – internetbillboards “In a highly developed society, the Establishment cannot survive without the obedience and loyalty of millions of people who are given small rewards to keep the system going: the soldiers and police, teachers and ministers, administrators and social workers, technicians and production workers, doctors, lawyers. . . . They become the [...]
Curated By Tom George
Via Scoop.it – internetbillboards As the number of Occupy Wall Street arrests nears 1,000, instances of police brutality continue to pile up. Felix Rivera-Pitre was punched in the face in New York during a march through the city’s financial district; Ryan Hadar was dragged out of the street by his thumbs at Occupy San Francisco; [...]
Curated By Tom George
Via Scoop.it – internetbillboards No one in 2008 could have anticipated that the greatest triumphs and signature moments in Barack Obama’s presidency would come in the realm of foreign affairs. But with the reports Thursday of the capture and possible death of Muammar el-Qaddafi in Libya, Obama’s successes overseas now dwarf his domestic accomplishments. President [...]
Curated By Tom George
Via Scoop.it – internetbillboards Two California lawmakers on Wednesday joined medical marijuana patients, dispensary operators and advocates to call for an immediate end to the federal government’s broad crackdown on dispensaries.Earlier this month, federal prosecutors announced plans for sweeping criminal prosecutions against medical marijuana dispensaries across California, threatening landlords with eviction, property seizures and even [...]
Curated By Tom George
Via Scoop.it – Pervasive Entertainment Times Guerrero’s post was retweeted once and then there was silence until two July 23 tweets — one from the Spanish user Gurzbo (r.reuters.com/wuc54s) and one from a retired high school chemistry teacher in Long Island, New York named Cindy tweeting as gemswinc. (r.reuters.com/xuc54s) Gurzbo’s post was not passed along [...]
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Via Scoop.it – Solidarity Economy Having taken a few minutes to actually listen to the protesters and read through the 99 Percent blog, we’ve discovered it’s quite simple to find out what the Wall Street occupiers want. We’ve compiled the grievances here, organized into five major issues. Show original Related Reading: Manhattan Toy WinkelEngage and [...]
Curated By Tom George
Via Scoop.it – internetbillboards “We just lost one of our greatest entrepreneurs, and a friend, Steve Jobs, last week.”… President Barack Obama invoked the public remembrances of Apple CEO Steve Jobs to help sell his stalled jobs package.Speaking in Pittsburgh, Obama said his jobs bill would enable more entrepreneurs to follow in Jobs’ steps, [...]
Curated By Tom George
Via Scoop.it – internetbillboards Where do some Republican presidential hopefuls, and even a member of the Kennedy clan, turn to boosttheir Facebook brand?To North Social, whose clients include GOP candidates from the Hermanator (aka Herman Cain), to Newt Gingrich and former California First Lady Maria Shriver. For example, Cain uses North Social’s Photo Showcase app [...]
Curated By Tom George
Via Scoop.it – Contentmarketing Video produced by Sara Kenigsberg. AMES, Ia. –- Well, that was lively. The Republican presidential primary debate provided plenty of fireworks Thursday night, a stark contrast to the two more sleepy affairs earlier this year. Michele Bachmann and Tim Pawlenty took off the gloves and threw several punches at one another. [...]
Curated By Tom George
Via Scoop.it – internetbillboards England’s youths are angry and rioting. And, because it’s 2011, they’re using technology to organize. Well, as much as a violent mob can be organized. But British Prime Minister David Cameron wants to cut them off. He’s very, very wrong. And he’s wrong for the exact same reason that the governments [...]
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And like that, he was dead. On May 1, less than one hour before midnight, President Barack Obama announced that U.S. Special Forces had killed Osama Bin Laden, the man behind 9/11. The decade since those attacks has been a tumultuous one. TIME takes a look back. The Death of Osama Bin Laden Nearly a [...]
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