RIP Daniel Ellsberg. When asked if he was afraid about spending his entire life in prison for leaking the Pentagon Papers and exposing the genocidal war criminals behind the Vietnam War, this was his response:
@TheAtlantic - I do not like bubbles in my Coke. They prick my mouth and make me choke! I do not want them, there or here. I do not want them in my beer!
BREAKING: The Teamsters have authorized a strike at UPS.
By a resounding 97%, the members of the union have authorized leadership to call a strike of 340,000 workers.
It would be the largest single employer strike in U.S. history.
BREAKING: The Supreme Court has ruled in favor of a concrete company that wanted to sue a union because a strike cost them money.
The 8-1 decision means the company, Glacier Northwest Inc., can sue the union over a strike where truck drivers left wet concrete in their trucks.
It begins with the words.
Nothing happens without them. Sometimes, the writing achieves transcendence, but, in every case, it’s seminal. I got to a give a brilliant speech recently, which not only explicated my and my brother’s characters, it illuminated an entire narrative. 1/3
It’s time for us to move to a 32-hour work week with no loss in pay. We can reduce the stress level in our country and allow Americans to enjoy a better quality of life.