Low-Wage Jobs Are California’s Achilles’ Heel

Low-Wage Jobs Are California’s Achilles’ Heel Annette Bernhardt: The inequality debate often focuses on globalization and new technology, but we know that the decline of unions and the falling real value of the minimum wage have also played critical roles. READ HERE SHARED FROM

SUNDAY, 23 MAY 2015 The Most Important LA City Election in the 21st Century Michael Haas: David Ryu refused contributions from developers, and promised never to accept any money from developers while in office. READ MORE California’s Death Penalty: All Cost, No Justice Natasha Minsker: Since the death penalty was reinstated in California in 1978, taxpayers have spent over $4 billion to prop up the defunct system. There are currently 750 men and women on death row. Most die of old age, not execution. READ HERE Scouts and the LGBT Community Carl Matthes: Between internal challenges and potential legal conflicts, the Boy Scouts of America finds itself in an unsustainable position. READ MORE American Exceptionalism Forever Murray Polner: LBJ’s accomplishments at home were “titanic” compared to JFK’s. In comparison with LBJ, JFK’s domestic accomplishments were inflated and LBJ’s undervalued. READ MORE Low-Wage Jobs Are California’s Achilles’ Heel Annette Bernhardt: The inequality debate often focuses on globalization and new technology, but we know that the decline of unions and the falling real value of the minimum wage have also played critical roles. READ HERE

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May 24, 2015, 12:08 pm

Sanders worries of ‘political gossip’ dominating campaign coverage

By Devin Henry

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Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said on Sunday that the media is “doing pretty well” covering his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination against frontrunner Hillary Clinton, but he’s worried about “political gossip” taking over as the campaign moves on.

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Delta Made 'The Internetest Safety Video On The Internet'

The Daily Digg Sunday, May 24, 2015 WE GOT MEMED Delta Made 'The Internetest Safety Video On The Internet' digg.com Meme-morial Day weekend came early this year. 'THEY'RE SAYING BOO-URNS' We've Found Harry Shearer's Replacement For 'The Simpsons' digg.com Brock Baker does impressions, and apart from Principal Skinner he seems to have mastered the Shearer repertoire. THE TATTOOED MAN IN THE VAN Organized Crime And The Japanese Right Wing digg.com "Uyoku dantai" are Japanese nationalist right-wing groups of which there are over 1,000 in Japan with about 100,000 members in total. VICE caught up with Masaya Kudo, a Right-Wing activist and leader of his own group, "Nihon-no-Kai" as he explained his philosophies and concerns regarding the Right-Wing movement today and their ties to the Yakuza. BETTER LUCK NEXT TIME Smooth Batter Catches Ball That Hit Him, Tosses It Back To Pitcher Like It's No Big Deal digg.com Eh-hem... Sir? I believe this belongs to you. Perhaps you should watch where you're throwing. #TBT Say 'Hebbo!' To Tarvuism digg.com In the way back year of 2008 someone made up a joke religion called Tarvuism. What is it? We have no idea. All we know is that it's so easy to join. THE HUMAN BODY WAS NOT MEANT TO 'BUBBLE' This Is The Worst Cramp Of All Time Or There's A Bunch Of Worms Under This Dude's Skin digg.com This has to be some viral marketing for a new "Alien" movie right? Get more stories on Digg.com → TENDER, IT'S HOW PEOPLE MEAT Tender is the easy way to connect with new and interesting meat around you. Who knows, you might even find your soulmeat. Credit: Marcello Gómez Maureira

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Activists damage habitat in Seattle bay during Shell oil protests

Activists damage habitat in Seattle bay during Shell oil protests

May 23rd, 2015

by John Donovan. 

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SEATTLE | BY ERIC M. JOHNSON: World | Sat May 23, 2015 2:00am BST

Activists damage habitat in Seattle bay during Shell oil protests

Photo Credit: REUTERS/JASON REDMOND

Environmental activists who fanned out in small boats across a Seattle bay over the weekend in a protest over Royal Dutch Shell (RDSa.L)’s plans for Arctic oil exploration in the have damaged “precious habitat” on the sea floor, a state official said on Friday.

Cables used to moor a 4,000 square foot (370 square metre) floating barge dubbed “The People’s Platform” to the floor of Elliott Bay became wrapped around an old steel piling and pulled it over, disturbing aquatic habitat, Department of Natural Resources spokesman Joe Smillie said.

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U.S. Senators urge Obama administration to block Arctic oil drilling

U.S. Senators urge Obama administration to block Arctic oil drilling

May 23rd, 2015 

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Politics | Fri May 22, 2015 

U.S. Senators urge Obama administration to block Arctic oil drilling

When Shell lost control of a drilling rig that year it “put numerous lives at risk, including those of the Coast Guard crews” and those of 18 people on the rig…

A group of 18 mostly Democratic U.S. senators on Friday urged the Obama administration to stop Royal Dutch Shell’s preparations for oil exploration in the Arctic, saying the region has a severely limited capacity to respond to accidents.

The senators, from both coasts and several Midwestern states, sent a letter to Interior Secretary Sally Jewell, urging her to retire Arctic leases in the Chukchi Sea.

Jewell’s department earlier this month conditionally approved Shell’s exploration plan in the Arctic. The move means the company is likely to return to the Chukchi Sea this summer for the first time since a mishap-filled drilling season in 2012.

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Shell CEO backs fossil fuels, climate change warnings -Guardian

Shell CEO backs fossil fuels, climate change warnings -Guardian

May 23rd, 2015 

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Markets | Fri May 22, 2015 7:35pm EDT

Shell CEO backs fossil fuels, climate change warnings -Guardian

The world’s fossil fuel reserves cannot be burned unless some way is found to capture their carbon emissions, Royal Dutch Shell Plc Chief Executive Officer Ben van Beurden said on Friday.

In an interview published in Britain’s Guardian newspaper, Van Beurden forecast that global energy use would produce “zero carbon” by the end of the century, and that his group would get a “very large segment” of its earnings from renewable power.

The interview came a day after Van Beurden slammed as a “red herring” calls to divest from energy companies as part of the fight against climate change, in particular the “Keep it in the Ground” campaign led by the Guardian.

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Posted in: Alaska, Alternative Energy, Alternative Fuels, Arctic, Ben van Beurden,Chukchi Sea, Climate Change, Environment, Oil, Oil Spill, Pollution, Reuters, Royal Dutch Shell Plc.
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Woman chains herself to anchor of Shell support ship in Bellingham

Woman chains herself to anchor of Shell support ship in Bellingham

May 23rd, 2015 

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MAY 22, 2015, BY Q13 FOX NEWS STAFF

Woman chains herself to anchor of Shell support ship in Bellingham

A woman has chained herself to an anchor of a Shell support ship in Bellingham Bay, Bellingham police say. She can be seen at left.

BELLINGHAM — A woman has chained herself to the Arctic Challenger, a support ship for Shell Oil’s drill rig, in Bellingham Bay, the Bellingham Police Department confirmed Friday night.

She has been identified as Chiara Rose, a Western Washington University student.

“We have spoken with the ship, the Port and the female and will not be taking action to remove her,” a police spokesman said. “The ship is not leaving for several days and we will not risk resources or the female.”

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