[The rate that student debtors will have to pay on their loans] is nine times higher than the rate at which the government loans money to the big banks. … Why should the big banks get a nearly-free ride while people trying to get an education pay nine times more? It isn’t right.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren

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That the Obama administration is now repeatedly declaring that the “war on terror” will last at least another decade (or two) is vastly more significant than all three of this week’s big media controversies (Benghazi, IRS, and AP/DOJ) combined.

Washington gets explicit: its ‘war on terror’ is permanent

Senior Obama officials tell the US Senate: the ‘war’, in limitless form, will continue for ‘at least’ another decade - or two

Glenn Greenwald

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Zombie Lehman Stalks Nonprofits for Swaps Payments


By Martin Z. Braun



The Buck Institute for Research on Aging in Novato, Calif., gave Lehman $2 million in October 2008 to cancel a swap contract used to manage fluctuating interest rates. Lehman says that was much less than the contract was worth. It wants $12.1 million more and has assessed at least an additional $4.7 million in interest, the research center said in its most recent financial statement. The amount Lehman is seeking is more than half of what Buck spent last year researching Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and other diseases. “Lehman is sort of a zombie-like bankruptcy entity: Instead of looking for brains, it’s looking for cash,” says Chip Bowles, a bankruptcy lawyer with Bingham Greenebaum Doll in Louisville who is not involved in any of the cases.

Zombie Lehman Stalks Nonprofits for Swaps Payments

The Buck Institute for Research on Aging in Novato, Calif., gave Lehman $2 million in October 2008 to cancel a swap contract used to manage fluctuating interest rates. Lehman says that was much less than the contract was worth. It wants $12.1 million more and has assessed at least an additional $4.7 million in interest, the research center said in its most recent financial statement. The amount Lehman is seeking is more than half of what Buck spent last year researching Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and other diseases. “Lehman is sort of a zombie-like bankruptcy entity: Instead of looking for brains, it’s looking for cash,” says Chip Bowles, a bankruptcy lawyer with Bingham Greenebaum Doll in Louisville who is not involved in any of the cases.

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In the 101 top-grossing family films…from 1990 to 2004, of the over 4,000 characters in these films, 75% overall were male, 83% of characters in crowds were male, 83% of narrators were male, and 72% of speaking were male. When the American Psychological Association commented on this research, they said, ‘This gross under-representation of women or girls in films with family-friendly content reflects a missed opportunity to present a broad spectrum of girls and women in roles that are non-sexualised.’

Natasha Walter, Living Dolls: The Return of Sexism, pages 69-70, 2010. (via bitemebeautiful)

Bringing this back as people have started reblogging this again and EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW THIS.

(via bitemebeautiful)

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Above: Stan Veuger, hip hop expert

The American Enterprise Institute’s Stan Veuger pens the worst listicle evaaarrr: “The 21 Greatest Conservative Rap Songs of All Time.”

Above: Stan Veuger, hip hop expert



The American Enterprise Institute’s Stan Veuger pens the worst listicle evaaarrr: “The 21 Greatest Conservative Rap Songs of All Time.”

The 40-hour workweek, as we know it, came from the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) of 1938. To ensure that workers can spend more time away from work, the FLSA discourages employers from demanding overtime by making overtime more expensive. By contrast, H.R. 1406 would encourage employers to demand longer hours because overtime is made less expensive. That’s because employers would be able to pay workers nothing at all for overtime work at the time the work is performed and could schedule comp time off at no extra cost to them (for example, during less busy periods when co-workers can pick up the slack).

‘Working Families Flexibility Act’ Doesn’t Give Flexibility or Support to Working Families (via robot-heart-politics)

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