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Fwd: re: iPhones
From: "David Segal" <info@demandprogress.org>
Date: Aug 11, 2012 2:29 PM
Subject: re: iPhones
To: "Lee Nelson" <technologiclee@gmail.com>
Lee,
Please read on: We're partnering with our friends at SumOfUs.org in an effort to hold Apple -- the world's most profitable corporation -- accountable for extraordinary abuses. If you've already signed this petition, please forward this email to your friends or click here to share on Facebook
On the other side of the world, a young girl is also swiping those screens.
Sound like a horror story? According to recent reports, scenarios like this are a waking nightmare for many workers in Apple's Chinese supply chain.[1]
Tell Apple: You're the most profitable company in the world.[2] It's time to treat your workers ethically.
Right now we're partnering with corporate accountability group SumOfUs.org because we have a huge opportunity as citizen-consumers:
That's right, after vowing to fix its problems, Apple is turning a blind eye as many workers now report lower wages and forced overtime, along with continued, humiliating punishments by management.
Tell Apple that it's time to start treating workers like human beings, with safe, legal hours and a living wage.
Can Apple truly reform? Absolutely. Apple is the richest company in the world, posting a record-breaking gross profit margin for the last quarter of 45.7%[7].
Why are we targeting Apple specifically? This is a bigger problem than Apple, but no company is in a better position to improve things than Apple: Its record profits and eye-popping cash-on-hand have come off the backs of workers pushed to the brink -- and sometimes beyond -- by its tight deadlines and impossible demands.
According to an anonymous Apple executive quoted in a major exposé in the New York Times, all Apple has to do is demand change, and it'll happen:
Tell Apple to improve conditions in the factories that make its products in time for the next iPhone to be made ethically.
[1]http://act.demandprogress.org/go/631?t=6&akid=1450.1940580.9KV_vMers
[2]http://act.demandprogress.org/go/633?t=9&akid=1450.1940580.9KV_vM
[3]http://act.demandprogress.org/go/634?t=11&akid=1450.1940580.9KV_vM
[4]http://act.demandprogress.org/go/635?t=13&akid=1450.1940580.9KV_vM
[5]http://act.demandprogress.org/go/636?t=15&akid=1450.1940580.9KV_vM
[6]http://act.demandprogress.org/go/637?t=17&akid=1450.1940580.9KV_vM
[7]http://act.demandprogress.org/go/638?t=19&akid=1450.1940580.9KV_vM
[8]http://act.demandprogress.org/go/639?t=21&akid=1450.1940580.9KV_vM
[9]http://act.demandprogress.org/go/640?t=23&akid=1450.1940580.9KV_vM
[10]http://act.demandprogress.org/go/641?t=25&akid=1450.1940580.9KV_vM
[11]http://www.isuppli.com/PublishingImages/Press%20Releases/2011-03-12_iPad2_BOM.png
[12]http://act.demandprogress.org/go/632?t=27&akid=1450.1940580.9KV_vM
[13]http://act.demandprogress.org/go/642?t=29&akid=1450.1940580.9KV_vM
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The Feynman Files: The professor's invitation past the Iron Curtain | Muckrock
After the drama surrounding the Soviet Invitation, the FBI’s involvement with Feynman was reduced until 1958, when the White House requested a routine investigation into his background for consideration for the position of Scientific Advisor to President Eisenhower. Perhaps the investigation was the final straw for the man who had always eschewed red tape and bureaucratic incompetence: Feynman asked to be put on the FBI’s “Do Not Contact” list.
Sunday, June 3, 2012
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Friday, June 1, 2012
Fwd: Submit your 99airlines slogan
From: Garlin Gilchrist II, MoveOn.org Political Action <moveon-help@list.moveon.org>
Date: Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 11:51 AM
Subject: Submit your 99airlines slogan
To: Lee Nelson <technologiclee@gmail.com>
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Dear MoveOn member,
We just launched 99airlines, our program to fly airplane banners over high-profile Mitt Romney events with messages from the 99%.
And what's the coolest part? You get to decide what the banners say! If you could fly a message over Mitt Romney's head, what would it be?
Will you suggest a short, pithy, memorable phrase for a 99airlines banner? Or check out and rate other people's ideas?
Click here to submit or vote for a 99airlines banner.
Imagine if Mitt Romney and his Super PAC friends had to deal with the sights and sounds of airplanes following them everywhere, reminding Americans how Romney stands for corporations and the 1%. Reporters at the events will film and write about the banners—it'll drive Romney and his corporate backers crazy.
That's why we're taking it to Romney, exposing him as Mr. 1%. Here's the banner we flew over a Romney fundraiser in Boston last week.
We're ready to fly a whole lot more over his high-profile appearances this summer, including fundraisers and a major event with Latino political leaders.
We need you to submit your ideas today. And the highest-rated, most shared, and most timely messages from the 99% will get flown over Romney's head. So get your ideas online today!
Click here to submit or vote for a 99airlines banner.
MoveOn members stepped up and funded 99airlines as a way to combat the Super PAC ads and corporate money that will flood into this year's election. We're transforming Mitt Romney's 1% fundraising tour into an airborne progressive message machine that will be seen by the people at the events and the media covering them.
They've got millions of dollars, but we've got more people and more creativity than they can muster. If you submit your ideas—-and make sure as many people as possible rate and contribute ideas—99airlines can define Mitt Romney and the people he represents in a visible, memorable way.
Click here to submit or vote for a 99airlines banner.
Thanks for all you do.
–Garlin, Elena, Emily, Victoria, and the rest of the team
Want to support our work? We're entirely funded by our 7 million members—no corporate contributions, no big checks from CEOs. And our tiny staff ensures that small contributions go a long way. Chip in here.
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Thursday, May 31, 2012
Fwd: When the Knockoff is More Ethical Than the Original
From: The Daily GOOD <hello@goodinc.com>
Date: Thu, May 31, 2012 at 1:29 PM
Subject: When the Knockoff is More Ethical Than the Original
To: GOOD Readers <technologiclee@gmail.com>
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Saturday, May 19, 2012
Fwd: [MCM] 3 NATO protesters charged with "terrorism for possession of explosive devices"—i.e., beer-making equipment...
From: "Mark Crispin Miller" <markcrispinmiller@gmail.com>
Date: May 19, 2012 3:01 PM
Subject: [MCM] 3 NATO protesters charged with "terrorism for possession of explosive devices"—i.e., beer-making equipment...
To: <newsfromunderground@googlegroups.com>
Three anti-NATO protesters face terrorism charges
By Eric Johnson
CHICAGO | Sat May 19, 2012 12:27pm EDT
May 19 (Reuters) - Three anti-NATO protesters arrested in a late-night raid days before start of the 60-nation summit have been charged with terrorism for possession of explosive devices, police and their attorney said on Saturday.
But supporters of the three men arrested Wednesday evening at a residence in the Bridgeport neighborhood of Chicago disputed the charges and said the police had confused beer-making equipment with explosives.
The Chicago Police Department said the men were charged on Friday with conspiracy to commit terrorism, providing material support for terrorism, and possession of an explosive incendiary device. They were the only people charged among a group of nine arrested at the same time.
"The charges are utterly ridiculous. CPD doesn't know the difference between home beer-making supplies and Molotov cocktails," said Natalie Wahlberg, a member of the Occupy Chicago movement protesting over income inequality.
The National Lawyers Guild, the group of volunteer lawyers representing the protesters, said police "broke down doors with guns drawn and searched residences without a warrant or consent," according to a statement on the group's Facebook page.
The police department declined to comment on the details of the raid conducted by a special investigation unit.
Thousands of security personnel have been deployed to monitor demonstrations in the week leading up to the two-day NATO summit that starts Sunday. President Barack Obama and representatives from some 60 countries are to discuss the war in Afghanistan and other international security issues.
The three men charged are: Brian Church, 20; Jared Chase, 24; and Brent Vincent Betterly, 24. Church and Betterly are from Florida, and Chase is from New Hampshire, the Chicago Tribune reported, citing a police official.
Police officials would not confirm the men's places of origin to Reuters. A bond hearing for the three charged is scheduled for Saturday afternoon.
"NLG attorneys are questioning why it took the city 48 hours, the limit on holding arrestees without a court hearing, to impose such serious charges," the lawyers' group said. "(Police) have provided no evidence of criminal intent or wrongdoing on the part of the activists."
One of the six people released on Friday, Darrin Annussek, 36, said he was handcuffed in a police interrogation room for 18 hours, not allowed to go to the bathroom, and was never questioned. Police have declined to comment on his detention.
Those charged had been surrounded by squad cars outside a pharmacy last week and questioned by police over their plans during NATO, their lawyer said.
On Friday, roughly 2,500 people protested loudly but peacefully, mostly over economic issues, at a downtown Chicago plaza and throughout the surrounding streets.
Police said more than a dozen people have been arrested related to NATO, mostly for trespassing. One man was arrested during the protests after he climbed a bridge tower to rip down a banner advertising the NATO summit, police said. (Reporting by Eric Johnson; Editing byJackie Frank)
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Minimum wage for a representative democracy.
"Put the politicians on minimum wage and watch how fast things change."
I say,
"Lets make the deal complete with HUD housing, food stamps and medicare. But no freebies, they have to start at the back of the line at the Department of Health and Human Services and fill out the paperwork like every everyone else. It has to be real so no interns and cell phone service off with overdue bill. Next they take bus to minimum wage job, - That would be representative democracy."
Thursday, April 19, 2012
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Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Fwd: Air Quality Egg on Kickstarter
From: Pachube <newsletter@pachube.com>
Date: Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 1:26 PM
Subject: Air Quality Egg on Kickstarter
To: technologiclee@gmail.com
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