Posts Tagged ‘certain death’
Rising from the Ashes Thursday
* Confusion Reigns Over Legality of Anti-Union Bill Passage in Wisconsin. I offered in the MetaFilter thread last night my suspicion that having this bill overturned on procedural or state-constitutional grounds could be Walker’s face-saving exit strategy at this point; it’s been very common over the last few decades for Republicans to pass transparently illegal or unconstitutional legislation as red meat for the base, only to raise additional cash when “activist judges” throw the legislation out. If the lack of quorum genuinely tied his hands, illegitimately claiming to have passed the law anyway lets Walker still claim to have won. It’s certainly being reported that way.
* Watching Twitter last night was inspiring, despite the defeat. Calls for a general strike in particular are exiting; that’s something I’d never expected to see happen here. (The last was apparently in 1934.) The class war is definitely happening out in the open in the moment: Wisconsin GOP Bill Allows State to Fire Employees for Strikes, Walk-Outs. No strike yet.
* Elsewhere in union-busting news: The many lies of Chris Christie, in the New York Times.
* Flying cars: just one year away.
* And you always knew it: science proves running a lot will kill you.
Written by gerrycanavan
March 10, 2011 at 9:57 am
Posted in Look at what I found on the Internet
Tagged with activist judges, Candide, certain death, Chris Christie, class struggle, everything is trying to kill you, flying cars, futurity, general strike, labor, manifestos, New Jersey, politics, Republicans, right to organize, running, science, Scott Walker, the courts, the humanities, unions, Voltaire, Wisconsin
Hurricane Ike
Just out over the wires: People sheltering at ground level at Galveston Bay when Hurricane Ike hits face “certain death,” the weather service warns.
Written by gerrycanavan
September 12, 2008 at 2:15 am
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged with certain death, Galveston Bay, Houston, Hurricane Ike, hurricanes, natural disasters, weather