A most interesting read on how Canada explores solutions to close the increasing gap between the country’s richest & the poorest. http://m.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/how-paying-peoples-way-out-of-poverty-can-help-us-all/article2011940/?service=mobile
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Like many others, I am a news junkie. The bright worm moon light has woken me up a bit earlier than usual & what do I reach for? My Droid & this fantastic thing called a news widget. A touch of my finger & I’m abreast of what is going in in Libya [...]
After not having written for a couple of weeks, I’m going writing stir-crazy — my brain has been holding onto images, but I’ve been so busy with my pet care business and the business of making an honest wage, that I have only had the luxury of having inumerable disconnected thoughts running around my [...]
I wasn’t up at the crack of dawn posting furiously along with the rest of the world on the results of yesterday’s election, where the American people voted the Democratic party out of their majority. I really needed to sit and think, without giving a gunshot opinion.
The defeat of the Democrat party [...] Like most of the people in the rest of the world, I’m devastated by the aftermath to our human race that the tragic earthquake in Haiti has wrought. I was watching Anderson Cooper on CNN last night as he was talking with Sanjay Gupta about the night Sanjay had spent after operating on a [...]
If you are looking for a fast and easy way to get a donation to the victims of the Haiti earthquake, the Red Cross has set up a text message donation number. Directly from the White House blog, http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/01/12/thoughts-and-prayers-haiti:
For those interesting in helping immediately, simply text “HAITI” to “90999″ and a donation [...] The California budget and economy is falling apart. 21,000 state employees are getting layoff notices in about a minute. Those remaining will be forced to take 2 day furloughs per month — but at least they’ll still have their work. The federal stimulus package was just signed by Obama, so over time, some lost [...]
Globally, many countries are having to take stake in life-blood companies — in the US, banks like Bank of America, Citibank; in the auto industry, Chrysler and GM — and, well, you’ve read the news. The more money that gets infused into the failing businesses, the more nationalization will be taking place. As [...]
The hurt keeps on coming. This morning Microsoft announced their 2nd quarter results and with the global economy still limping along, put plans in place to lay off 5,000 staff over the next 18 months, included 1400 who got their pink slips today.
Always go to the source: http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2009/jan09/01-22fy09Q2earnings.mspx In light of the [...] Do you have to be at the office or on the road tomorrow? Don’t despair — if you have access to the internet, you can watch this historic inauguration live and online at CNN: http://www.cnn.com/live/ Plus CNN has partnered with Facebook, so if you sign up, you’ll be able to join millions of [...]
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