April 2, 2012
Pink Slime Economics

The Republican budget, with its secret plans to close mystery loopholes, may be the most fraudulent ever

February 21, 2011

soupsoup:

‘We Stand With You as You Stood With Us’

Statement to Workers of Wisconsin by Kamal Abbas of Egypt’s Centre for Trade Unions and Workers Services.

English translation here.

February 21, 2011
"

Are you sick of high paid teachers? Teachers’ hefty salaries are driving up taxes, and they only work 9 or 10 months a year! It’s time we put things in perspective and pay them for what they do - baby sit! We can get that for less than minimum wage.

That’s right. Let’s give them $3.00 an hour and only the hours they worked; not any of that silly planning time, or any time they spend before or after school. That would be $19.50 a day (7:45 to 3:00 PM with 45 min. off for lunch and plan — that equals 6 1/2 hours).

Each parent should pay $19.50 a day for these teachers to baby-sit their children.

Now how many do they teach in day…maybe 30? So that’s $19.50 x 30 = $585.00 a day. However, remember they only work 180 days a year!!! I am not going to pay them for any vacations.

LET’S SEE…. That’s $585 X 180= $105,300 peryear. (Hold on! My calculator needs new batteries).

What about those special education teachers and the ones with Master’s degrees? Well, we could pay them minimum wage ($7.75), and just to be fair, round it off to $8.00 an hour. That would be $8 X 6 1/2 hours X 30 children X 180 days = $280,800 per year.

Wait a minute — there’s something wrong here! There sure is!

The average teacher’s salary (nation wide) is $50,000. $50,000/180 days = $277.77/per day/30 students=$9.25/6.5 hours = $1.42 per hour per student–a very inexpensive baby-sitter and they even EDUCATE your kids!)

WHAT A DEAL!!!!

"

— World-shaker

February 21, 2011
soupsoup:

Libyan Embassy in London has just seen its flag taken down and replaced by the protesters’ flag.

soupsoup:

Libyan Embassy in London has just seen its flag taken down and replaced by the protesters’ flag.

February 21, 2011
soupsoup:

Egyptian army announces border with Libya is open, sets up camp, hospitals at border to tend to the wounded http://j.mp/e5eD3f #Libya#Feb17
Bless you Egypt.

soupsoup:

Egyptian army announces border with Libya is open, sets up camp, hospitals at border to tend to the wounded http://j.mp/e5eD3f #Libya#Feb17

Bless you Egypt.

February 21, 2011
kateoplis:

A Libyan airforce pilot walks next to his Mirage F1 fighter jet after landing at Malta for political asylum amid a bloody crackdown on anti-government protesters in Libya. The two defectors confirmed Qaddafi’s orders to strafe the crowds from the air. There are reports of a massacre of protesters in the central Green Square of Tripoli, with “too many bodies to count.”

kateoplis:

A Libyan airforce pilot walks next to his Mirage F1 fighter jet after landing at Malta for political asylum amid a bloody crackdown on anti-government protesters in Libya. The two defectors confirmed Qaddafi’s orders to strafe the crowds from the airThere are reports of a massacre of protesters in the central Green Square of Tripoli, with “too many bodies to count.”

(via soupsoup)

February 21, 2011
soupsoup:

think4yourself:
Think Progress » Bachmann’s Son Joins AmeriCorps Program, Which She Once Called A ‘Re-education Camp’ Unfit For Her Kids
irony’s a bitch

soupsoup:

think4yourself:

Think Progress » Bachmann’s Son Joins AmeriCorps Program, Which She Once Called A ‘Re-education Camp’ Unfit For Her Kids

irony’s a bitch

February 21, 2011
Libyans fight to determine their own destiny

December 4, 2010
Chanukah fourth night

Chanukah fourth night

November 23, 2010
dailyme:

The ferris wheel at the Christmas market on the Alexanderplatz is reflected in a puddle at rainy and foggy weather in Berlin on Monday, Nov. 22, 2010. The Christmas markets in Berlin open on Monday for the Christmas season. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

I wamtt to visit Germany and party like it’s the interwar years.

dailyme:

The ferris wheel at the Christmas market on the Alexanderplatz is reflected in a puddle at rainy and foggy weather in Berlin on Monday, Nov. 22, 2010. The Christmas markets in Berlin open on Monday for the Christmas season. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

I wamtt to visit Germany and party like it’s the interwar years.

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