Common Dreams – by Andrea Germanos, staff writer

The nation’s biggest industry is fostering a poverty-wage, low-benefit workplace, charges restaurant worker advocate Saru Jayaraman.

Co-founder and co-executive director of Restaurant Opportunities Centers (ROC) United and author of the bestsellingBehind The Kitchen Door Jayaraman appeared on Up with Chris Hayes on Saturday and brought to light some of conditions that leave food industry workers forced to work sick and rely on food stamps.
Continue reading “Worker Advocate: Nation’s Biggest Industry Fostering Poverty-Causing Wages”

china militaryThe Shark Tank – by JAVIER MANJARRES

The U.S.  Navy, considered to be the #1 Navy in the world, is now looking over its shoulder at Red China, as the communist government is pushing to surpass the U.S., as the top floating military in the world. Along with retro-fitting and revamping its Naval supplies ships, the Chinese have now unveiled its very first aircraft carrier,the Liaoning.

While the U.S. Navy has 11 aircraft carriers to boast about, could China have several more carriers. If you are Floridian, note that note one U.S. aircraft carrier is based in Florida. You would think that Mayport Naval station in Jacksonville would have one, right? Continue reading “Chinese Navy Continues Growing, First Carrier Launches”

Before It’s News – by Live Free or Die

A Florida man whose bedroom has been ‘swallowed’ by a sinkhole is presumed dead. What in the world is going on with our Earth that so many sinkholes have been ‘popping up’ across the planet recently? Does this have anything at all to do with a ‘Nibiru Earth Wobble’ as this story from a Beforeitsnews contributor might argue? This particular sinkhole was found to be ‘not made by human beings’ and was still expanding, according to this story from Raw Story. Continue reading “Florida Man Swallowed By Sinkhole, Presumed Dead; Why All The Sinkholes Recently?”

Retired NBA player Dennis Rodman is welcomed by Son Kwang-ho, vice chairman of North Korea's Olympic Committe, as he arrives at an airport in Pyongyang on Tuesday.NY Daily News – by Bill Hutchinson

Nutty ex-NBA star Dennis Rodman has a new best friend — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

Rodman, the heavily pierced and tattooed unofficial American ambassador, and the dictator with nuke missiles hung out courtside at a basketball game Thursday in the North Korean capital Pyongyang.
Continue reading “‘Friend for life’: Ex-NBA star Dennis Rodman becomes buds with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un”

Peter King Marco RubioHuffington Post – by Jason Linkins

When House Republican leaders yanked the Hurricane Sandy relief bill from the floor back at the beginning of January, the move didn’t sit well with Republicans from the region affected by the superstorm. Rep. Frank LoBiondo (R-N.J.), feeling sandbagged, got into a heated exchange with House Speaker John Boehner soon after the decision was made to adjourn without taking up the relief bill. Rep. Michael Grimm (R-N.Y.) told reporters that he was “utterly devastated.” From New Jersey, Gov. Chris Christie declaimed that the House had “failed that most basic test of public service,” adding, “Shame on you. … [This] is why the American people hate Congress.” (Curiously, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg greeted the news with something of a bemused shrug.) Continue reading “Peter King Lashes Out At Marco Rubio, Says He’s Playing New Yorkers For ‘Suckers’”

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JOHANNESBURG (AP) — They bound his hands to the rear of a van, and then sped off, dragging the slender taxi driver along the pavement as a crowd of onlookers shouted in dismay. The man was later found dead.

A gut-wrenching video of the scene is all the more disturbing because the men who abused the Mozambican immigrant were uniformed South African police officers and the van was a marked police vehicle. The graphic scenes of the victim struggling for his life shocked a nation long accustomed to reports of police violence. Continue reading “SAfrican police drag man, who later dies”