I wonder if we could get Bebe to run for President of the US.....   He's at least as qualified as the present occupant, and he seems to know how to deal with acts of terrorism.

It's pretty difficult for me to make sense of anything much the right wing Zionists do, but when I see that the agenda is ethnic cleansing through a constant barrage of destruction, killings and theft of property and land, then it becomes clear that they are a vicious self centered cabal of people that look down on anyone not a tribe member. Racist and supremacist are key qualities and driving force in these terrorist actions against others who stand in the way of their twisted goals.

Then they have the gall to say the Palestinians are terrorists for fighting back against oppression? Ever notice how any Pal walking down the street is instantly a "militant" after an IDF bullet kills him. On paper a dead Palestinian is suddenly a militant, man, woman or child. In the rare occasion when an Israeli is killed and he is a victim, regardless of the circumstances. 
http://www.ifamericansknew.org/stat/children.html#source

There are eerie similarities, and i wouldn’t dought the power that be do this. Its would be the biggest joke ever if it they really are the same person, Obama should get an Oscar and a jail cell if it is true, i don’t know what to believe .

I would venture to say that the prevailing reason that folks join a union shop or seek work in a union workplace is for the increased wages and benefits, and that they view their dues as a small price to pay for substantially increased wages over the non-union shops.     And part of those dues are sometimes used to support pro labor candidates, pro labor legislation, and generally looking out for the interests of labor, just like any group of like-minded or like-employed folks do.  For example, I am a court reporter, self-employed.  Part of my membership dues to the National Court Reporters Association and the Minnesota Association of Verbatim Reporters and Captioners goes for lobbying efforts to look out for the interests of our members.  Without unions or private organizations like the ones I belong to, how does the working man have any voice other than their single vote?

And believe me, in a volunteer situation, like my state and national association, the members carry the burden and everyone gets the benefit, which is, on its face, patently unfair, IMHO.

But that aside, whatever their reason for not wanting to pay the union dues, they are free to do that.   The Supreme Court made that clear here, and you evidently also are working that way at your employer.  All I'm saying is then those non-union employees should have to negotiate their own salaries and benefits, and if the union happens to negotiate a better wage for their dues-paying members, well, that's part of the reward those dues-paying members are reaping for their dues.  Why should dues-paying members fund that representation and allow those who choose to not participate in paying the dues to get the same benefit nonetheless?

I guess compared to the terrorist muzzies killing in iraq this is mild for the religion of peace. Its actions like this that make it very hard to have any compassion for Palestinians. If this is how they work toward peace in Israel and the rest of the region is there any wonder why Israel doesn't want any part of it?  So, here's the challenge to ez, show us where Jews have kidnapped teens and murdered them for being muslim.  Show us where Jews have gone into muslim villages or shopping districts and set off suicide vests so they can kill as many innocent muslims as they can.

I read the background. I read the actual decision - have you?  You also can't even participate in this discussion without pretending that at least SOME of the background (the conservative position that NO ONE should be required to be a member of a union) doesn't exist. You want to lay down specific parameters in which this must be discussed. Well, sorry, Umair, but that doesn't hold water. The main plaintiff here happens to be a woman who was essentially paying herself as her home health care assistant for caring for her son (still not sure how that's legal, but hey - that's between her and Illinois). But the decision is way more far reaching than her particular circumstance. That silliness you spoke of, of hiring someone under the table doesn't apply here either - clearly, if someone is applying for assistance from the state to pay someone - and if the union is insisting that because they negotiated the standardized rate and conditions for it, you should pay dues - it's not under the table. 

if the union is responsible for getting your position the pay and benefits you will receive, why should you NOT be required to join the union there? Why should you receive the BENEFITS of union membership if you refuse to pay your dues? Isn't that freeloading off all the other employees who DO pay their dues?

And yet..... you didn't even acknowledge the answer. Predictable as the sunrise.

All of your questions are literally answered in the Forbes article that I linked.

Not when the ruling, in part, hinged on the sincerity of their religious convictions which obviously weren't strong enough to cause them to utilize religious 401k placings in order to avoid having assets tied up in companies that make the things they are supposed to be against.

I'm going to answer your question with another question. Trust me, the answer is in there - Do you (or most right wing conservatives) support ANY worker being mandated to join a union?

OK, go ahead - pretend that doesn't answer your question.

No, Umair, the stipend from Medicare is NOT supposed to be for 24/7 care. That's why I wonder why they're even allowing it to be paid to the mother. it's meant to provide for payment to an assistant to take a little pressure OFF the mother. What part of "Home Health Care ASSISTANT" boggles you so very much?

Read all about it in the only news coverage I could find that tells us the whole story!


I'm not sure what YOU'RE talking about but what the decision refers to is privately contracted PAs (Personal Assistants) that Medicaid pays for working poor to hire to help them out with child care. That's from the actual Supreme Court web site on the decision. Or do you think FOX News knows more than the Court about their ruling?

http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/13pdf/11-681_j426.pdf\

I read the FOX report. When one reads the decision and all the background, it's clear that what this family essentially did was to 'hire from within". Again, the check from Medicaid is not ostensibly for the care of the child - or in this case, an disabled adult - but rather a specific amount provided to pay for a home health care assistant. In this case, the family actually hired the mother, herself to do the job (I guess it's legal, since the state didn't tell them they couldn't do it).  Like I said, I read the actual decision, and it's very clear what it is about - hired assistants. I can't even see that as being applicable to The Harris family unless they did what I described - hired the mother. I could have missed something and I welcome someone pointing it out if I did.

What I say is that these workers will be singing a different tune down the road when they discover REAL thuggery in the form of corporate abuse of workers and an inability for them to get fair salaries and working conditions even though they have distinct skills. The pendulum has swung too far back. Unions were created because American industrialists treated workers like shit, and they banded together. Eventually, the Unions became the same kind of monster they started out to fight - full of corruption and greed, and there was a backlash. Now we're starting to swing back toward the conditions that existed when they got started. Unions will be back. Unions will be back. Bet on it.

At the moment, the twixt/tween market seems to have Divergent (awful) competing with The Fault in Our Stars (HATE, HATE, HATED it which is probably no surprise to you).  I'm in a book club (normally great selections) who picked the latter for last month's book and I wanted to poke both my eyes out before, during, and after. 

Hahaha!  You got love men who have only daughters and patiently endure not just their highs and lows, but all their friends too.   You're very fortunate to have escaped the Twilight series years.  Lol.
Every  girl (and boy) should have a dad like that.  If they did, I'm convinced we wouldn't have so many self medicated single mothers and boys living in their mama's basement.  

My understanding is that fluoride is deposited by the body into the bones, teeth, cartilage and joints as a way to shunt the deathly toxin away from the rest of the body.
In other words, once it goes in, it never comes out. Furthermore, the fluosilicic acid industrial waste being added my most water utilities includes other deadly toxins such as lead an arsenic, which are not present in naturally occurring fluoride.
That’s what’s so terrible about being forced to ingest it.

The story is a bit old, but I haven't been following it very closely:

Mother Jones has discovered that Hobby Lobby which is seeking exemption from certain aspects of the Affordable Care Act on religious grounds surrounding contraception benefit requirements (a case it has won), actually invests (through their retirement fund) in companies that produces emergency contraceptives and abortion related products.

According to Mother Jones:

These companies make up 3/4ths of Hobby Lobby's 401k assets.
Source: http://www.forbes.com/sites/rickunga...ous-objection/

Make sure your daughters have a great dad....every girl deserves to have one.   

This video is adorable, hilarious, and precious.  I'm not one to watch vids very often, but this one is a classic.  This guy could be my hub's clone from the outside to the inside...same exact sense of  humor in this same kind of scenario.  In fact, my daughter sent it to me with the caption "This is us 20 years ago!"   Watch:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkLozgvYvLs

The freedom of speech and expression is inclusive of the right to keep silent. In this case, Mr. Risen is protecting a right that is undervalued or utterly ignored in so many countries.

Is it more important to protect press and speech freedom so the public can obtain any information it needs, or is it more important to "secure" an evidence? When a country no longer has a free press, that country is under the threat of extensive corruption.

Mr. Risen is a perfect role model for all of us who have gone through many years of journalism education. Selling a source is a clear indicator of poor journalism.