I used Credo (used to be Working Assets) for about 15 years, until I moved to Canada. In all that time, I had 3 problems and they were all resolved with 1 phone call each, in ten minutes or less. I wish they served Canada; I'd still be signed on ( Read more... )

And the clicks at this site always drop during the holidays. They're at about half normal as of now ( Read more... )

Here's a notice I just got from the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF ( Read more... )

We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien philosophies, and competitive values. For a nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.

-- John F. Kennedy

I guess MSNBC decided a quarter of a million angry viewers was enough pressure to blast their corporate heads out of their asses. Pardon the rude language but sometimes there's no polite way to say it.

You can post a congratulations note here: Leave a comment  1 

So much for freedom of the press! Keith Olbermann, apart from Rachel Maddow the only journalist left on TV (certainly the only newsman), was suspended by MSNBC for daring to contribute to 3 Democratic candidates. (No, no rules against it--their right-wing talking heads gave big bucks to neocon morons--but Keith didn't kiss enough ass ( Read more... )

"Voters who encounter any problems of any kind today are urged to call 1-866-OUR VOTE, or post a complaint online, or tweet with questions or concerns. Some 2,000 legal volunteers are on hand to resolve issues, and a live tally of incoming calls can be seen at the OurVoteLive.org website ( Read more... )

All Romance E-books has been running an interesting writing contest with a TERRIFIC first prize: $1000. Now, that's quite a bit of money for a 3000-word piece, and it's understandable that all the writers were pretty hot to win it ( Read more... )

After a couple of decades, the wife of Clarence Thomas is playing blame-the victim. The GOP's right-wing propaganda machine beat down whistleblower Anita Hill when she exposed him as a sexual predator (the PR flack who ran the operation recanted, apologized to Ms. Hill, and wrote a book about the incident). Mrs. Thomas is a Teaparty flake and is ( Read more... )

Because, hey, it's more convenient for corporations if they can pay people 25 cents an hour like they do in China...

Petition against this abomination:

http://www.democrats.com/defend-the-minimum-wage