Rail CEOs to Investors: “Bomb Trains” Safe At Almost Any Speed Editor’s Note: This is Steve Horn’s latest piece that originally appeared over at DeSmogBlog. Check out more of Steve’s work from DeSmogBlog and give everyone at DeSmogBlog some love – visit their site for some of the best research debunking misinformation about climate science on the web. Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) recently…
#PAGov: Corbett’s Ghostworker Gets Larger Pension Payments While Attacking Pensions
#PAGov: Corbett’s Ghostworker Gets Larger Pension Payments While Attacking Pensions Oh the hypocrisy. For the past year,Governor Corbett has been attacking the people who keep Pennsylvania, the government entity, running by creating this makers and takers argument when it comes to the pension crisis he’s been campaigning on. During this time, the governor has been attacking,…
Fighting For Universal Healthcare in Vermont
Fighting For Universal Healthcare in Vermont Hello everyone! Sean here… I am currently in Vermont with Put People First PA! and with groups from Maryland, Maine and Washington DC to help the Vermont Workers Center come up with ways to fund their universal healthcare system, which begins in 2017. I’ll be blogging more about this later,…
Green Billionaires Club? David Vitter Owns Stock in Coal Utilities Fighting EPA Carbon Rules
Green Billionaires Club? David Vitter Owns Stock in Coal Utilities Fighting EPA Carbon Rules On July 30, the Republican minority of the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, headed by Sen. David Vitter, released a report titled “The Chain of Environmental Command: How a Club of Billionaires and Their Foundations Control the Environmental Movement and Obama’sEPA.” Critics of the…
#PAGov: What Corbett Admin Official Admitted to is Probably Illegal
#PAGov: What Corbett Admin Official Admitted to is Probably Illegal As the Ronald Tomalis scandal unfolded, acting Department of Education Secretary Carolyn Dumaresq admitted to cleansing emails on a nightly basis, and that’s probably extremely illegal. Now the conservative leaning Pittsburgh Tribune is calling the Corbett administration out on that admission. They wrote: First, there are the……
AIDS Advances May be Compromised by Legislative Inaction
AIDS Advances May be Compromised by Legislative Inaction Researchers at Temple University in Philadelphia may have found an entry-way to the cure for AIDS. Once the HIV virus enters the body it can lie dormant for years. It can also evolve into AIDS. But, until now, it could never be removed. It’s far too early to claim…
#PAGov: Corbett Keeps PSD in Perpetual Crisis Mode
#PAGov: Corbett Keeps PSD in Perpetual Crisis Mode What Governor Corbett is doing to public education in Philadelphia is pretty sadistic. When faced with crisis, Governor Corbett chooses to keep the Philadelphia School District in perpetual crisis mode. School district won’t open in time? Attack the teachers union, give the lowest possible amount of money to…
#PAGov: Tom Corbett’s $140,000 Name Plate
#PAGov: Tom Corbett’s $140,000 Name Plate I am away from my computer and blogging from my tablet and wireless keyboard so please mind the lack of hyperlinks in this blog… Last week the Pittsburgh Post Gazette released a bombshell story revealling that Governor Tom Corbett’s former education secretary, Ron Tomalis, is a ghost worker in the…
Documents: Cheniere Fuels ALEC’s New Push for Fracked Gas Exports
Documents: Cheniere Fuels ALEC’s New Push for Fracked Gas Exports Editor’s Note: This is Steve Horn’s latest piece that originally appeared over at DeSmogBlog. In this piece, Steve reports on documents obtained under WI’s Public Records Acts and gives them some necessary context. Check out more of Steve’s work from DeSmogBlog and give everyone at DeSmogBlog some love – visit their site for some of the best…
Faculty Union Issues Statement in Response to PASSHE Retrenchment Letters
Faculty Union Issues Statement in Response to PASSHE Retrenchment Letters Editor’s Note: Late this afternoon, the Association of Pennsylvania State College and University Faculties (APSCUF) issued the following press release in response to the retrenchment notices issued to five PASSHE universities yesterday. Raging Chicken Press received the press release after Kevin Mahoney’s piece on this issuewas…
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