…yeah I know you did not ask!
They have started using a different brand/type of toilet paper at work. It is no more than 60 grit. It might be less. I may ask my boss if I can file Workman’s Comp or get a stand up desk.
Where have all our freedoms gone?
WHERE HAVE ALL THE LEADERS GONE
With deepest, deepest apologies to Pete Seeger
Where have all the children gone?
Long time passing
Where have all the children gone?
Long time ago
Where have all the children gone?
Grown to cynics every one
When will we ever learn?
When will we ever learn?
Where have all the cynics gone?
Long time passing
Where have all the cynics gone?
Long time ago
Where have all the cynics gone?
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How Much Do You REALLY Love That New iPhone?
Another sad account of Foxconn and Apple and the high human cost of your iPhone: iEmpire: Apple’s Sordid Business Practices Are Even Worse Than You Think
Someone please tell what is right about unfettered capitalism be practiced globally with US in the lead.
Here is a link to a Forbes article listing the top 400 richest people in America. Number 400 has a net worth of $1 billion. Number 1 on the list, Bill Gates, has a worth of 59 billion. Six of the folks on this list made their wealth from Wal*Mart. Steve Jobs is number 39 with a paltry $7 billion. Michael Dell is number 18 with a worth of $15 billion.
Go to the top of the list and find the “source” heading. Click on Continue reading “How Much Do You REALLY Love That New iPhone?”
This Is Mind Blowing…
This is one of the most mind blowing things I have heard in a while…
This is from a wonderful radio program / podcast Radio Lab. Check them out at RadioLab.org
“Can you make your own universe? We usually think of the universe as ‘everything that exists,’ so how could you make another one?”
The Dying Middle Class
I do not know a lot about BusinessInsider.com, but it does not strike as a progressive or liberal leaning web site. Their stated view is that of business, and business in this country is definitely not in the liberal camp. All that makes it even more interesting that they would run the following article: 30 Statistics That Show The Middle Class Is Dying Right In Front Of Our Eyes
A couple quotes from the article to titillate your curiosity.
“Every single day, more Americans fall out of the middle class and into poverty In fact, more Americans fell into poverty last year than has ever been recorded before. The number of middle class jobs and middle class neighborhoods continues to decline at a staggering pace.””
“Today, only 55.3 percent of all Americans between the ages of 16 and 29 have jobs.”
IMHO, the Occupy Wall Street movement has it right. As long as the wealth gap grows the problem will continue. As long as corporations control our government and politicians it is not going to get any better. The sad part is that so many Americans have bought in to the rhetoric of Libertarians, the Tea Party, etc. As long as we continue to buy the proposition that any tax is bad, the rich will continue to be under taxed and the diminishing middle class will carry the burden. As long as we continue with the myth of rugged individualism in this country will we not do the things we need to do to have a sane society. As long as we continue to support businesses that have marched our jobs overseas, the headlong rush to all of us fighting over jobs flipping burgers will go on. At some point we need to dig our collective heads out of our asses and fight back. I wish I was hopefully that we will.
Sigh…
Tough Guy CPR With The Bee Gees
Just to keep it clear and unconfused — the emergency number in the U.S.A is 911
Interesting enough, Queens’ Another One Bites The Dust also has the right beat for CPR. I think I will stay with the Bee Gees Stayin’ Alive.
Rev. Joe’s Random Thought # 5,876
…yeah I know you did not ask!
I was feeling studly. I thought the sales clerk was digging on me. After all she seemed to be looking at me coyly. When I got back in ye ole pick-em-up truck I glanced in the mirror. There dangling from my left nostril like a clown’s red handkerchief was a bolus of desiccated mucus. So much for being studly…
Rev. Joe’s Random Thought # 4,209
…yeah I know you did not ask!
I was buying a book of “forever” stamps at the Post Office. With all their financial problems I wanted to ask the clerk if they were going to be around long enough for me to use these “forever” stamps. I thought better of it.
Add Your Own Caption
This is a billboard by a church in Auckland, New Zealand
Add your on text.
I’m going with — “Oh Jesus!” or perhaps — “Damn…what wild ass story am I going to sale to Joseph so he will still marry me!”
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On the off-chance that the picture is a mystery to you, it is supposed to be the Virgin Mary holding a stick from a pregnancy test that reads positive.
Rev. Joe’s Random Thought # 5,651
…yeah I know you did not ask!
A coworker had on a green Santa Claus hat. I started to ask her, “Does that make you the Anti-Santa Claus?” Some things are best left unsaid in the Bible belt hat is the South.