The Trans-Pacific
Partnership (TPP) is a terrible "trade" deal being negotiated in secret
by the governments of a dozen countries (including ours) colluding with
corporate interests.
Under the TPP, more
American jobs would be offshored. Internet freedom would be a joke.
Developing countries would lose access to lifesaving medicines. Unsafe
foods and products could pour into our country. And that’s just the tip
of the iceberg.
Our best shot to stop the TPP is right now.
The enactment of the TPP will hinge upon the passage of so-called “fast-track trade authority,” which would allow the president to sign off on the TPP before the American people or Congress ever have a chance to read it.
A fast-track bill was introduced in Congress yesterday. So we need to speak out today.
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Friday, January 10, 2014
Stop the Trans-Pacific Partnership
See this story, noting that fast track authority is being introduced in Congress this week, and why we should oppose it. Then consider the following from Credo Action:
Petition for a jobs bill and unemployment benefits extension
From the Daily Kos:
Speaker John Boehner opposes restoring emergency unemployment benefits because, he says, “the ultimate solution to joblessness is more jobs.”
He’s right: We do need more jobs. We also need a strong safety net to support long-term unemployed Americans and boost our economy.
Join Daily Kos and the DCCC to tell John Boehner: You’re right, we need more jobs. Pass a jobs bill now and restore emergency unemployment insurance.
Funny thing about Boehner saying we need more jobs: He’s been Speaker of the House for more than three years, but he hasn’t introduced a single jobs bill to put Americans back to work. Instead, he and his Tea Party caucus have done everything in their power to thwart Democratic jobs initiatives, while fulfilling the wish list of the top 1%. And now, he’s using the gridlock he’s caused as an excuse to attack President Obama and beat up on the unemployed.
John Boehner can’t have it both ways.
Sign the petition: We need more jobs. Pass a jobs bill and restore emergency unemployment insurance now.
Keep fighting,
Michael Langenmayr, Daily Kos
Speaker John Boehner opposes restoring emergency unemployment benefits because, he says, “the ultimate solution to joblessness is more jobs.”
He’s right: We do need more jobs. We also need a strong safety net to support long-term unemployed Americans and boost our economy.
Join Daily Kos and the DCCC to tell John Boehner: You’re right, we need more jobs. Pass a jobs bill now and restore emergency unemployment insurance.
Funny thing about Boehner saying we need more jobs: He’s been Speaker of the House for more than three years, but he hasn’t introduced a single jobs bill to put Americans back to work. Instead, he and his Tea Party caucus have done everything in their power to thwart Democratic jobs initiatives, while fulfilling the wish list of the top 1%. And now, he’s using the gridlock he’s caused as an excuse to attack President Obama and beat up on the unemployed.
John Boehner can’t have it both ways.
Sign the petition: We need more jobs. Pass a jobs bill and restore emergency unemployment insurance now.
Keep fighting,
Michael Langenmayr, Daily Kos
Jon Stewart nails regressives on benefits hypocrisy
He was on fire last night in his scathing and accurate diatribe against the specious logic of the regressives. They claim the poor are the takers when it's actually the rich, and every argument they use against the poor are applicable to the rich in spades but they just won't go there.
Thursday, January 9, 2014
Call Girl of Cthulhu
This link if from the producers with a brief video intro and other info. The plot:
"She's turning wet dreams… into NIGHTMARES. A virginal artist falls
in love with a call girl who turns out to be the chosen bride of the
alien god Cthulhu. To save her, he must stop an ancient cult from
summoning their God and destroying mankind."
Divine Multiplicity and polyphilia
At IPS Balder referenced a new book, Divine Multiplicity. A free Google preview is here. The reference let me to re-read this post quoting Faber from another book, Polydoxy. How a kennlinguist can interpret this staff as relativist is simply a
lack of the necessary intellectual software. I appreciate re-reading it now more
than the first reading back then.
His words on khora echo what I've written using Caputo and Derrida. I'm also reminded of recent posts on Murray and indeterminism. This appears as an infinite regress only to a Aristotelian logic, which I've accused the kennilinguists of using, and also accounts for their charge of relativism. He rightly points out that such a logic is based on substantialism (or essentialism), as is plain in kennilingus with its Causal ultimate and consciousness per se as forms of "an unmoved mover." I'd note that Bryant's version of substance does not fall prey to this logic.
His words on khora echo what I've written using Caputo and Derrida. I'm also reminded of recent posts on Murray and indeterminism. This appears as an infinite regress only to a Aristotelian logic, which I've accused the kennilinguists of using, and also accounts for their charge of relativism. He rightly points out that such a logic is based on substantialism (or essentialism), as is plain in kennilingus with its Causal ultimate and consciousness per se as forms of "an unmoved mover." I'd note that Bryant's version of substance does not fall prey to this logic.
The Truth in Settlements Act
This is an important piece of legislation from Senator Warren. Please read and consider signing the petition in support.
Almost a year ago, during my first banking committee hearing, I asked several federal regulators a simple question: When was the last time you took a Wall Street bank all the way to a trial for breaking the law?
The regulators were stumped. After some hemming and hawing, they said they didn't need to take the biggest banks to trial for breaking the law because settlement agreements were tough enough to enforce the law.
I was a little skeptical.
But here's the deal -- if the regulatory agencies are so confident that settlements are a good deal for the taxpayers they represent, then you would think they would be willing to publicly disclose the key terms and conditions of those agreements -- hang it right out there so everyone can see what a great job they did on behalf of the American people. But too many times, that isn't what they do.
Instead of making all the terms public, they announce a big "sticker price" for the settlement, then hide the details in fine print or fail to disclose that the company will get a big tax deduction or -- worst of all -- declare all the terms of the deal "confidential."
Senator Tom Coburn and I have introduced the bipartisan Truth in Settlements Act to require accessible, detailed disclosures about these agreements so the public can hold regulators accountable for these deals.
Sign up now to show your support for the Truth in Settlements Act.
Almost a year ago, during my first banking committee hearing, I asked several federal regulators a simple question: When was the last time you took a Wall Street bank all the way to a trial for breaking the law?
The regulators were stumped. After some hemming and hawing, they said they didn't need to take the biggest banks to trial for breaking the law because settlement agreements were tough enough to enforce the law.
I was a little skeptical.
But here's the deal -- if the regulatory agencies are so confident that settlements are a good deal for the taxpayers they represent, then you would think they would be willing to publicly disclose the key terms and conditions of those agreements -- hang it right out there so everyone can see what a great job they did on behalf of the American people. But too many times, that isn't what they do.
Instead of making all the terms public, they announce a big "sticker price" for the settlement, then hide the details in fine print or fail to disclose that the company will get a big tax deduction or -- worst of all -- declare all the terms of the deal "confidential."
Senator Tom Coburn and I have introduced the bipartisan Truth in Settlements Act to require accessible, detailed disclosures about these agreements so the public can hold regulators accountable for these deals.
Sign up now to show your support for the Truth in Settlements Act.
Wednesday, January 8, 2014
End hunger
Forget the regressives that want to cut food stamps and let kids starve. This is for the rest of us that have some sense of human compassion and want to help.
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