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  Social Security advocates fear payroll tax cut news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101212/ap_on_bi_ge/us_payroll_tax_holiday

  WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama's plan to cut payroll taxes for a year would provide big savings for many workers, but makes Social Security advocates nervous that it

  Chicago sheriff says no to enforcing foreclosures - www.cnbc.com/id/39745284/Chicago_sheriff_says_no_to_enforcing_foreclosures CHICAGO - Two of the largest U.S. mortgage servicers havesaid they will resume home foreclosures, but a big-city sheriff has news for them: he won't enforce their foreclosure evictions.

  Number Of Adult Americans Living With Their Parents Has Exploded (CHART) www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/10/number-of-adult-americans-living-with-their-pa...Empty nest parents, be warned: the number of adults aged 25 to 34 who are living with their parents has exploded, according to this rather shocking chart put together by

  A Race to Capture a Bounty From Shipping www.nytimes.com/2010/12/12/us/12port.html?pagewanted=1&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=a2...Without the $625 million deepening project, a breed of huge ships loaded with foreign-made iPods, furniture and other goods that will soon be able to traverse a newly widened Panama Canal will head elsewhere. And with them would go potentially billions of dollars in business.

Beats the hell out of catnip

Robert Reich: Why the Obama Tax Deal Confirms the Republican Worldview

www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-reich/post_1408_b_794177.html?utm_source=DailyBrie...
In other words, the problem isn't big government. It's power and privilege at the top.

Workers bracing for "right-to-work" assault » peoplesworld

www.peoplesworld.org/workers-bracing-for-right-to-work-assault/
The right-wing Republican agenda is becoming more apparent as we inch closer and closer to January 2011 and the start of the new legislative session. Missouri Republicans will hold 26 of 34 state senate seats and 106 of 163 House seats giving them a veto proof majority – and the ability to set the legislative agenda.

snopes.com: Internet Petitions

www.snopes.com/inboxer/petition/internet.asp

US Judge orders New Jersey nursing home to rehire two employees

www.nlrb.gov/shared_files/Press%20Releases/2010/R-2803.pdf
Both were fired during a union organizing campaign

$18.9 billion: House OKs a modest raise for NASA | floridatoday.com | FLORIDA TODAY

www.floridatoday.com/article/20101209/NEWS02/12090321/1086/
WASHINGTON — NASA would receive a modest funding boost under a spending bill the House approved Wednesday, although lawmakers still are negotiating overall government spending.

Compromise , nope!

Stop the Lies! | American Federation of State,
 County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME)

Why Tax Cuts Don’t—and Won’t—Create Jobs

Institutional Insanity

Obama Faces Liberal Revolt over Tax Cut Deal

If Obama Will Not Fight for Fair Taxes and Fiscal Stability, What Will He Fight For?

Stop the millionaire bailout

Special test edition

Be a good kitty and eat what Fox is feeding you.

Last Lonely Eagle

If Democrats are the big spenders, why do Republican states get the money

Republicans Filibuster Tax Cuts for the Bottom 99%

One In Seven Creditworthy Americans Can't Pay Bills

1. One Penny More a Pound
2. Millions Bracing for Cutoff of Unemployment Aid A Silicon Bubble Shows Signs Of Reinflating
3. Jobs Report: So Much for Momentum 
4. Florida Woman Dies After Medicaid Program Outsourced To Private Insurers Denies Her Liver Transplant

One Penny More a Pound
www.nytimes.com/2010/12/04/opinion/04sat3.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=a211
Fair trade is finally coming to the tomato fields of Florida, where farmworkers have won a remarkable victory in a 15-year struggle for better pay and working conditions. Last month, they struck a deal with growers to raise workers’ pay and to create an industry code of conduct, a health and safety program and a system to resolve worker complaints.

Millions Bracing for Cutoff of Unemployment Aid

www.nytimes.com/2010/12/04/us/04unemployed.html?nl=todaysheadlines&adxnnl=1&emc=...
More than two million jobless Americans are entering the holiday season seized with varying levels of foreboding, worry or even panic over what lies ahead as they cope with the expected cutoff of their unemployment benefits.

A Silicon Bubble Shows Signs Of Reinflating

dealbook.nytimes.com/2010/12/03/a-silicon-bubble-shows-signs-of-reinflating/?nl=...
In a memorable scene in the movie “The Social Network,” Sean Parker, the investor played by Justin Timberlake, leans over the table and tells the founders of Facebook in a conspiratorial tone: “A million dollars isn’t cool. You know what’s cool? A billion dollars.”

Jobs Report: So Much for Momentum

economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/12/03/so-much-for-momentum/?nl=todaysheadlines&e...
For more than a month now, you could have made a case that the recovery was gaining momentum. Stocks were generally rising. Retail sales over the Thanksgiving weekend were strong. Job gains had been accelerating.
But you can’t make that case very well any more.
This morning’s jobs report – the first broad look at the economy’s performance in November — was disappointing and weak

Florida Woman Dies After Medicaid Program Outsourced To Private Insurers Denies Her Liver Transplant

thinkprogress.org/2010/11/24/woman-medicaid-jeb-bush/
One of the most destructive practices of private health insurance companies is the practice of denying care to customers for frivolous reasons. Earlier this year, the Department of Health and Human Services started including denial rates on its information section about health insurance companies on HealthCare.gov, in an effort to inform the public about this practice by the industry.