Williamsburg Bridge Into Manhattan Occupied!

Peregrin Wood 5/1/2012
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Just as hundreds of protesters from Brooklyn poured into Bryant Park, hundreds of others left to protest restaurant exploitation of immigrant workers. The May Day general strike and protests for economic justice appear to be having a strong impact so far today.

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As Americans March On May Day, Where is The Democratic Party?

Peregrin Wood 5/1/2012
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Democratic readers, maybe I’m missing something. Prove me wrong. Find just one national Democratic Party leader who has endorsed, or even acknowledge, today’s May Day protests for economic justice.

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Schumer Sells Out American Jobs For Mere Baubles

Peregrin Wood 4/29/2012
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Senator Charles Schumer loves to talk about the need to pass legislation that will create American jobs, but here he is, introducing legislation that discourages American manufacturing – for the sake of glittery false gemstones.

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Romney Thinks We All Have Millionaire Parents

Peregrin Wood 4/27/2012
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Mitt Romney never had to worry about student loans, and his politically-connected parents could arrange for him to have every advantage. Upon graduating from college, Mitt Romney used his inherited fortune to buy his way into a stable business. He didn’t have to build one from scratch.

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May Day General Strike Coming Together

Peregrin Wood 4/27/2012
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Next Tuesday, May 1 will be a day of General Strike in communities across the United States. It’s a day of no working, no school, no banking and no shopping, with 123 American cities planning participation so far.

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Middletown, CT set to March on Bank of America 4/27/2012

Jim Cook 4/26/2012
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For a movement that is supposed to be dead, Occupy is curiously active. Take this word sent to Irregular Times by Daniel Pflaker of Wesleyan University today: What: #Occupy march on Bank of America Where: Wesleyan University’s Olin Library When: …

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Protests Against Financial Injustice Come Surging Back

Peregrin Wood 4/24/2012
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Protest today hit Wells Fargo bank, accused of taking public money while refusing to work with homeowners to avoid foreclosure. Tomorrow, protests against the burden of student loan debt will take place across the country.

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Patrick Leahy Wants To Help The Ski Set With Cheap Imports

ITimes 4/20/2012
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He talks about preserving American jobs, but yesterday, Senator Patrick Leahy introduced legislation that will, if passed, protect exemptions from reasonable import fees for foreign-made ski boots.

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The Foreign 4-Propylbenzaldehyde Mystery

Peregrin Wood 4/18/2012
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There are seven commercial suppliers of the industrial chemical 4-Propylbenzaldehyde in the United States of America. They are: 3B Scientific Corporation Honest Joy Holdings Rieke Metals, Inc. Oakwood Products, Inc. Riedel-de Haen AG Platte Valley Scientific, LLC ASDI Incorporated Why, …

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Protest To Raise Restaurant Minimum Wage of 2.13 In DC Today

jclifford 4/17/2012
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On a protest to raise the $2.13 minimum wage in restaurants and on efforts to oppose the Colombia Free Trade Agreement.

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Pizza Express

Jim Cook 4/17/2012
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Well, if that don’t beat all: a pizza vending machine. Have any of you actually tried a slice?  What was it like?

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Writing Luxury

Peregrin Wood 4/16/2012
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The practical functions of these pens are the same. They release ink onto a piece of paper. They don’t have have features like audio recording or data storage. For the price of the most expensive pen here, a person could buy 120 laptop computers.

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Centrist? Billionaire Michael Bloomberg Says a Living Wage for Workers is Downright Soviet

Jim Cook 4/14/2012
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When groups like Americans Elect refer to the “sensible center” while drawing up lists of names of acceptable presidential contenders — names like Evan Bayh, Erskine Bowles, Tim Pawlenty, Mitch Daniels, David Walker and Michael Bloomberg — they’re appealing to …

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Which Watch Wealth?

Peregrin Wood 4/12/2012
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Two watches. One costs just over $125. The other watch costs more than 20 times that much. What’s the difference?

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A Cup In A Bag

jclifford 4/11/2012
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Intercontinental hotels and Courtesy Products seem trapped in a system where profit is squeezed out of every smallest corner of operations. That may seem like smart business, but to see these cheap and cheapening practices makes me feel trapped by association.

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Luxury Handbag Challenge

Peregrin Wood 4/10/2012
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Without searching elsewhere online, can you identify which of these handbags is the extreme luxury handbag from Hermes? Can you explain what makes it worth $8,630.00 more than the handbag from Target?

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Are you Moving your Money from Bank of America on 4/13?

Jim Cook 4/9/2012
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Occupy activists are asking people who hold Bank of America accounts to shut them down and move their funds to a credit union or community bank on April 13. Do you have a Bank of America account?  If you do, …

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Kiva Frowns but we Smile when Microloans Default

Jim Cook 4/8/2012
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For every sweatshop-free t-shirt we sell at Skreened, we set aside a dollar to donate to some form of economic development for the poor people living overseas. Initially, we participated in microloans under the Kiva system, thinking that the non-profit’s …

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