Fifty years. In the course of human history, it’s a pretty short time. In the course of the history of the United States, it’s a significant portion. In the life of man, it’s amazingly long. 50 years ago today, President Lyndon Baines Johnson signed one of the two or three significant bills that were enacted in his administration. Among the others were the establishment of Medicare and the Voting Rights Act (which has been since decimated). The one that took life today, 50 years ago was the Civil Rights Act of 1964. It was a seminal event to me. Because I knew what discrimination felt like, and because I had seen what and how the South- and the North and the West and the Midwest- treated folks different from the majority.
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The Supreme Court Decisions- and Restaurants
Friday,(link here) I discussed a slew of SCOTUS (Supreme Court of the United States) decisions afforded us by the Roberts’ Court- the most pro-business (read “Big Business”) Supreme Court ever. Well, here is a case they just decided, that small businesses can overturn without going to court- by using public opinion against one specific Big Business.
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SCOTUS decides that Civil Rights don’t matter anymore
I’ve written about the Supreme Court before (in general and also with a scientific analysis of its biases). This has been the most pro-business Supreme Court (SCOTUS) ever, so it is not surprising that decisions like the ones offered this week (as of this writing) are being promulgated. We knew this from decisions that were announced a few years ago, when SCOTUS ruled that businesses get more rights than individuals. (Citizen’s United basically claims that corporations are people. But, people need to act morally and ethically- while Big Business claims that there are no such scruples required of business.)
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Prophet. Profit. Homonyms only.
Have you noticed the media complaining that the message of Occupy Wall Street protesters is muddled? That there is no leader? Yet, in spite of their seeming disarray, it is clear the common plaints are job scarcity, the Wall Street bailouts, and the imbalance in pay-scales. Continue reading Prophet. Profit. Homonyms only.