How do you make money on failing companies? (tags)
This article is a question to the people who understand capitalism. I'll start with an explanation of what I know; you can elaborate in comments.
Furious Homeowners Occupy Lobby of Fannie Mae in Pasadena (tags)
Members of the Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment (ACCE), Occupy Fights Foreclosures (OFF), Occupy Los Angeles (#OccupyLA), the Home Defenders League (HDL), and Strategic Action for a Just Economy rallied at Fannie Mae in Pasadena, CA to demand that the Federal Housing Finance Agency end its policies prohibiting principal reduction for underwater homeowners.
An Event for All Musicians... and Bring Your Dad for FREE! (tags)
The swap meet for all things music is June 7, 2014.
Marijuana dispensaries love their govenrment monoplies (tags)
Marijuana dispensaries don't want marijuana legalized because it will cut into the profits from their government issued license to steal
Venice Flea'd Boardwalk sells commercial junk, once again, forever ? (tags)
Venice Boardwalk has a new ordinance that went into effect, was momentarily enforced by the LAPD, and has deteriorated back to what is was for too long = a junky cheap flea market, Since the very same vendors - that were made to not sell non-art which is now illegal, but they have brazenly returned ... to sell their re-sale mdse. to look-like-crafts-or-not- even-pretend-art and get away with what they did before...illegally but loopholed as long as they are not caught in the act of selling the stuff... art be damned...barely exists here. Rules and ordinances can be ignored. Bullying and being sly is what makes Venice work. How Sad, ugly, a loss for Venice.
Viktor Bout: Victimized by US Injustice (tags)
injustice
City Council loans Berkeley Housing Authority $300,000 to privatize public housing units (tags)
On April 3, 2012, the Berkeley Housing Authority asked Berkeley's City Council for $400,000 in general funds from Berkeley's Housing Trust Fund (HTF), to cover the costs associated with the privatization and sale of Berkeley's 75 public housing units to some out of state billionaires!
WI Guv Walker PUNKED by Blogger (tags)
The Buffalo Beast, a great blog, punked Scott Walker. The beast posed as David Koch, and managed to get a long convo in with Walker about the situation in Madison
Orange County Judges Allows Violent Batterer to Sell Victims Property (tags)
In Orange County, justice is upside down and backwards in family court
Blackwater Founder in Deal to Sell Company to LA-Based Investors (tags)
Erik D. Prince, founder of the private security firm formerly known as Blackwater Worldwide, has reached a deal to sell his embattled firm to a small group of investors based in Los Angeles who have close ties to Mr. Prince, according to people briefed on the deal.
The Socialist Party Los Angeles County Local Endorses Prop. 19 Socialist Leaders Urge Cali (tags)
As the Socialist Party USA opposes America's phony "War on Drugs", the potential passage of California's Prop 19 provides an excellent opportunity for a closer legislative alignment with the Socialist Party's platform. The Party explicitly calls for the decriminalization of drug use and the redirection of funds spent on the so-called "War on Drugs" to comprehensive community-based rehabilitation programs.
Green U.S. Senate Candidate Favors Repealing Federal Marijuana Laws (tags)
"As I officially kick off my campaign for the U.S. Senate today, one of the first declarations I make is to call for the repeal of all federal laws on the books which make it a criminal act for people to grow, sell, and use marijuana for medicinal, recreational, and industrial purposes."
Landlord Crybabies Forced To Ellis Because Landlording Became So Unpleasant (tags)
If being a landlord is so unpleasant, why don't you just sell your building without evicting the tenants?
Berkeley public housing residents demand resignations (tags)
Berkeley's Public Housing Residents Say "Hell No" To The Privatization Of Their Housing & Demand Resignation Of Housing Director!
Clueless at City Hall: Foreclosures and Tenants (tags)
Ordinances designed to protect tenants when a house enters foreclosure can have ramifications for the property owner, neighbors and taxpayer.
MICK STREETER BROKER RE GARAMENDI CONDEMNATION OF TITLE COMPANIES RIGHTEOUS TITLE . (tags)
I AM A LAWYER. THIS TUTORIAL IS PROVEN IN MY UCC FILES I DO IT EVERY DAY. ITS THE ONLY WAY TO PASS RIGHTEOUS TITLE TO ANY ASSET OF COLLATERAL
Google Street View Maps Gentrification (tags)
Google's new Street View feature maps the territory of gentrification.
Carlyle in talks to sell %9.9 management stake to Chinese (tags)
Carlyle Group is in talks to sell up to 9.9 per cent of itself to China’s Social Security Fund in a move that would make it the latest American buyout firm to sell a stake in its management company to the Chinese.
PalCo Bankruptcy Plan; Maxxam Sells Redwoods to Developers (tags)
At Pacific Lumber's Chapter 11 bankruptcy hearings, parent corporation Maxxam (Houston, TX headquarters) submits plan in Corpus Christi court to sell land for development to pay off their debt to creditors and continue logging with even less restrictions on their remaining land. CA residents are excluded from any decision making process in the bankruptcy proceedings.
Cheney Orders Media To Sell Attack On Iran (tags)
Cheney Orders Media to Sell Attack on Iran (for Israel)
Liberty Quarry- A Rock Hard Sell (tags)
As Granite Construction continue to pay millions to bolster their propaganda campaign, to sell Liberty Quarry, SOS has gained tremendous public support, collecting small donation and some grocery monies, to educate the public about a future industrial menace.
Your house at zero cost (tags)
Today there are many people speculating in real estate as they did in the stock market. Buy something and wait for the market to go up and then sell.
AJLPP Oppose Another US-Arroyo Sell Out of Philippine Sovereignty. (tags)
SOFA, another grand sell-out”. This is how the Alliance for Just and Lasting Peace (AJLPP)-USA characterize the treasonous action of puppet president when it signed the RP-Australia Status of Forces Agreement. (SOFA) The AJLPP never forget that the United States and Australia connived in supprting the US-Marcos dictatroship and its active involvement in the counter insurgency war against the Filipino and the Moro people since the end of World War II. Expect that the terrorism of the Arroyo regime is further emboldened by VFA and SOFA treaties and the military intervention and hegemonic superpower support of the US and its regional junior partner Australia."
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Government nannies shake down latinos selling elote (corn on the cob) (tags)
Valley corn sellers targeted Health officials give warnings, fines to those lacking permit
Ways to support palestine (tags)
26 ways to show solidarity
Seething Contempt Diplomacy (tags)
It could have been worse; much worse. Bush could have been smart.
A Dissenter's Must-See Video - "Censored in America - 2004 in Protest" (tags)
Censored in America - 2004 in Protest by Kali Autumn Lynn Sunday, Dec. 26, 2004 at 12:49 AM kali@insurgentvoice.org 2004 Was yet another banner year for censorship and repression of free speech. Yet millions of Americans hit the streets in protest. This video shows America in action and makes you wonder, but for our sell out media, what kind of popular movement would we have today? Please go to:http://cleveland.indymedia.org/news/2004/12/14073.php (If this link does not function, PLEASE try the Cleveland IMC....you will love this!)
California's Sex Offender Database: Is Your Home at Threat Level Red? (tags)
The easily accessible Megan's Law Database could have a negative impact on California, raising fears, achieving little and impacting real estate values.
Ledge Sit and Hunger Strike in DC Government Building Needs Support (tags)
Help Support DC fight for shelter. A homeless activist is currently doing a hunger strike while sitting on a 5-story ledge in the Wilson Building (city hall and mayor's offices), until there is shelter in SW DC. Join the fight
The elite corporate media thinks that the masses that are stupid, it is they who are stupid for believing the corrupt corporate pr machine.
Adbusters takes on Nike at its own game
White House sold war with ‘smoke & mirrors’ (tags)
Which is worse, a president who doesn’t know what’s going on and is manipulated by others, or a president who launches a war knowingly using false or misleading information to sell it to the American people?
With the Indian team waiting for the one day finals to play in Australia Whatever be the result of the game but after returning to home ,the people will see players in a new avatar, that is their endorsement packages will increase and we will see them encashing their popularity through commercial-ads ,inaugurations , interviews or might be judging the various contests.
The Demonization of Slobodan Milosevic (tags)
Another brilliant article by political analyst Michael Parenti challenging the orthodox viewpoints about the causes of the disintegration of Yugoslavia.
Sorry to remind you of a cheesy song, but, "so this is Christmas and what have you done?"
Students Stand up to Summer Work Company (tags)
National group of students rally against unethical business practices of summer work company.
Attention FBI agents: Why does Amazon.com aid and abet terrorists? (tags)
Why is it O.K. for a multi-billion dollar company to sell and distribute information over the internet that will help aid and abet "terrorists"; but not O.K. for some teen to post a reference on his WWW site linking it to a site that contains similar information?
JOIN ARNOLD for Governator? (tags)
Arnoldo is tackling his "Join Arnold" campaña to the people as trying hard to sell a cheap content tele-novela or wholly wood movie, but he cannot make stupid no one with his silence approach to each of the real issues.
Family fued at libertarian Media Giant (tags)
Freedom has long advocated a libertarian point of view on the editorial pages of its 28 daily papers and 8 tv stations. Today the company is one of the nation's largest newspaper publishers estimated to be worth about $2 billion.
Psychiatric professionals have managed to convince us that without pharmaceutical intervention most of us would be sad, depressed, hyperactive, psychotic zombies. ... They ... have convinced millions of Americans that the simple solution to all of the so-called "mental illnesses" and "disorders" that seem to be plaguing so many of us is…drugs. ...studies that show as side effects….. suicide, depression, violent ideation and... SUICIDE as a SIDE EFFECT?
Bremmer sells Iraq...gee wonder who he'll sell it to? (tags)
Gee you think the Iraqi's might be allowed to have something to say about if thier companies and resources should be sold and to who? We are bringing them Democracy and Freedom after all...aren't we?
Sell your US Savings Bonds (tags)
Now is the time
She's Got Money To Look Her Best (tags)
She's got money to look the best. I've got money to look the unbest.
mitchell crooks on brutality (tags)
Police brutality.
Gnome$ for peace- How to Stop the Attack (tags)
Boycott the dollars and bring peace to the world. The more people you can persuade to join you in becoming a Gnome for Peace, the better the chance there is of weakening the dollar and the American economy by enough to prevent or limit a war.
Ashcroft is at it again (tags)
Drugs
USA CENSORS IRAQ REPORT again and again
More (imp)Unity/Whose bloody axis of evil? (tags)
Shortly after 9/11, this advertising display went up outside Macy’s at Santa Monica Place mall, and stayed up for several months. I was never sure if they were using patriotism to sell men’s shirts and ties, or men’s shirts and ties to sell patriotism. Beneath the obvious and rather crude commercial message, I discerned a subtext, a kind of subliminal and perhaps subconscious story hidden behind the advertising burka. I’ve tried here to unveil that message.
Iowa labor maps Election 2002 fight (tags)
WATERLOO, Iowa – The 46th convention of the Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO, opened here Aug. 14 with a blistering attack on the policies of the Bush administration. It ended two days later with a plan of action aimed at electing worker-friendly candidates to Congress and the Iowa legislature, with a special emphasis on re-electing Sen. Tom Harkin.
How many know the truth about the scam called wall street???
FIGHT AGAINST MUSIC MULTINATIONALS AND COPYRIGHT (tags)
Chaussette Verte is an Italian-French electric jazz band that is fighting against showbusiness.
PepsiCo goes after Indy Rock (tags)
PepsiCo has just begun a marketing campaign for its new energy drink called "Amp" (http://www.ampenergy.com). What is different about this marketing scheme is that they are using Indy rock bands to sell it!!!
Earthlink Shuts Down Activist Site (tags)
A jab at Earthlink's "activist" ad campaign.
NERVOUS FRENCH DON GASMASKS (tags)
New fashion trend sweeps Paris.
Trickle-Down Patriotism-Nationalism-Capitalism (tags)
Corporations get billions for "Bailouts", Employee's get pink slips..... USA trickle down theory-practice in capitalist stock market. A PEACEFUL WORLDWIDE PROTEST AGAINST WAR - WAR is TERROISM! Sell Your Corporate Stock for PEACE! SUFFER THROUGH PEACE - NOT WAR!
A PEACEFUL WORLDWIDE PROTEST AGAINST WAR - WAR is TERROISM! (tags)
WAR is TERROISM! Sell Your Corporate Stock for PEACE! SUFFER THROUGH PEACE - NOT WAR! A PEACEFUL WORLDWIDE PROTEST AGAINST WAR AND U.S. ECONOMIC AND GOVERNMENTAL WAR POLICY.
Sell Your Corporate Stock for PEACE! SUFFER THROUGH PEACE - NOT WAR! (tags)
Sell Your United States Corporate Stock for PEACE! (And before they are worth less.) 911 - 2001 An EMERGENCY call asking for HELP in STOPPING U.S. World Capitalistic and Militaristic Domination.
WRFG 89.3 FM 100,000 Watts Airs Key News in Farm Crisis:Middle America's Crisis! (tags)
This is a rough transcript from today's broadcast of our 100,000 watt radio station. Heather Gray has done work in interviewing a wide range of human-rights activists. Including people who work with her at the 12 state Federation of Southern Cooperatives: an outgrowth of the Civil Rights Movement that took seed in 1967.
I could only take so much crap. May you give them more of the same, until they understand.
THE Independent Media Center's FUNDRAISER AND FLEA MARKET (tags)
Help us fund our new documentary by giving us your "stuff".