Can't make it to Netroots, have 2 registrations for sale

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Saturday May 26, 2012 · 6:02 PM PDT

2012/05/26 · 18:02

These are early bird registrations -- two of them -- and I just can't make it this year. I'd love for someone else to have them. If interested, e-mail me at brilliantatbreakfast at gmail dot com...I'l listen to all reasonable offers.

Solidarity with Verizon workers

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Saturday August 06, 2011 · 6:55 PM PDT

2011/08/06 · 18:55

It hasn't gotten much coverage, but the Communications Workers of America and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers is likely going on strike at midnight tonight.

The New York Times reports:

Officials with the union, the Communications Workers of America, said Verizon was demanding so many concessions — on health coverage, pensions and other matters — that it would set workers back 50 years.
Verizon executives say far-reaching concessions are needed because of a long-term drop in revenue and profit in its land line telephone business and because of intense competition in television and Internet services.

The Communications Workers and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, which represents another 10,000 workers at Verizon, have both threatened to strike at 12:01 a. m. Sunday, when their contracts expire, unless a settlement is reached by then. The strike would involve telephone repair technicians, customer service representatives and cable installers from Massachusetts to Virginia.

In a statement issued at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Candice Johnson, a spokeswoman for the Communications Workers, said negotiations “are not moving forward.”

“Over months of negotiations, there has been no real bargaining by Verizon management,” Ms. Johnson said. “In fact, every major concession demand — more than 100 in all — remains on the table. Even at the 11th hour, with contracts set to expire, Verizon continues to seek to strip away 50 years of contract gains.”

Commentary after the flip...

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Saturday October 25, 2008 · 3:56 AM PDT

2008/10/25 · 03:56

Note: If this had been an isolated incident that has happened to just me, I would not diary it here. But I posted this at my blog and already two people have come forth with the same experience. So if you have had a credit card hold put on your charge account after making donations to Democrats, I hope you'll post your comments on my original post. I would say to do it here except that this post is going to disappear quickly. Thank you.

No, I am not joking. Tonight I got a message from Bigass Bank asking me to call to verify charges that had put a security hold on my credit card account. I called Bigass Bank back, and got an overly-friendly young man who was clearly in Bangalore congratulating me on my vigilance in ensuring the integrity of my account.

Have you experienced a security hold on your charge account after donating to Democrats?

114 votes Vote Now!

Have you experienced a security hold on your charge account after donating to Democrats?

Yes

3 votes

Not yet

77 votes

I don't have a credit card

18 votes

Chocolate chip cookie

16 votes

How Real Life Works: Lessons I've Learned.

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Friday August 08, 2008 · 5:13 PM PDT

2008/08/08 · 17:13

I wrote this as a comment and it was suggested that I do a diary. So here goes.

As a middle-aged married woman who supported John Edwards whole-heartedly, I feel sucker-punched in the gut. Not because I'm a moralizing scold, but because people from North Carolina told me he was a phony, and I liked what I heard and decided to follow my gut -- and my gut was wrong.

So be it. He isn't the first politician who lied.

As a middle-aged woman in a long-duration marriage who had the good fortune to meet Elizabeth Edwards at a fundraiser at my home last summer, I feel as if one of my own girlfriends had been betrayed. There's also the element of "If it could happen to her, it could happen to me."

more...

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Tuesday July 01, 2008 · 9:51 AM PDT

2008/07/01 · 09:51

Is anyone else feeling dispirited? Am I only the one who's getting tired of being "Sister Souljah"-ed every time there's a presidential election?

The issue is not whether I'm going to vote for Barack Obama in November, because of course I will. The issue is why it is that EVERY SINGLE TIME, our Democratic nominees are never able to articulate any kind of progressive vision in an effective manner, instead choosing to run on "We won't make any Scary Changes; we're as traditional and conservative as they are, only we aren't completely, utterly bats**t crazy."

Is this really the best we can do? Is this the best our candidates can do?

[more on the flip]

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Barack Obama is:

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Barack Obama is:

Doing what he needs to in order to win

15 votes

Selling us out because it's what was required to get the Clintons' support and/or the superdelegates

2 votes

Selling us out because he genuinely believes in spying and integration of church and state

6 votes

A true progressive who will do the right thing once elected; just trust him

5 votes

The ambitious empty suit his detractors said he was.

11 votes

Simply "reaching across the aisle" to set at ease the minds of people who see him as a "scary Muslim"

8 votes

Air America Idol -- support Sam Seder and Marc Maron

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Tuesday May 06, 2008 · 8:40 AM PDT

2008/05/06 · 08:40

First time diarist; usually I'm at my own space. Air America, in its infinite non-wisdom, has been "trying out" guest hosts while trying to heal the gaping wound that happens in a radio lineup when you try to strongarm your marquee name and she decides to take a powder.

More after the jump....

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Tuesday July 04, 2006 · 4:24 AM PDT

2006/07/04 · 04:24

I'm so busy with my own blog that I've never had time to put up a diary here before. But I received an e-mail this morning that I wanted to share. I'm not sure what I think. The writer makes some valid points, but since this is a site supporting Jim Webb, I wanted to post it for comment. Read More

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Can't make it to Netroots, have 2 registrations for sale

Solidarity with Verizon workers

Warning: Political contributions to Democrats may put a security hold on your credit card

How Real Life Works: Lessons I've Learned.

Is this the best we can do?

Air America Idol -- support Sam Seder and Marc Maron

First diary - an e-mail I received today