Quarterly profits baby! One of the things destroying the world we live in. Source: Firms are ‘almost eating themselves’ Andy Haldane tells Newsnight – YouTube   Continue reading Firms are ‘almost eating themselves’ Andy Haldane tells Newsnight 

Shareholders must stop sucking companies dry at the expense of innovation, investment and the wellbeing of the workforce Source: ‘Quarterly capitalism’ is short-term, myopic, greedy and dysfunctional| Will Hutton | Comment is free | The Guardian Continue reading ‘Quarterly capitalism’ is short-term, myopic, greedy and dysfunctional | The Guardian

A solid majority in the House of Representatives has voted to block efforts in some states to require labeling of GMOs. Source: House To States: Don’t You Dare Demand GMO Labels : … Continue reading House To States: Don’t You Dare Demand GMO Labels : NPR

Funny stuff! Not a fan of companies/groups pretending to be one thing when they are exactly the opposite. Continue reading AFSCME Trolls ALEC

The donors at the very top of the money pyramid provided the financial fuel for many of the attack ads and other messages from independent organizations that filled the airwaves last year. … Continue reading No member of 114th Congress elected without money from the 1% of the 1%

It’s hard to imagine a situation where this most recent 86 billion euro ($94.1 billion) Greek bailout will succeed where the first 110 billion euro ($120.4 billion) Greek bailout in 2010 failed. Or where … Continue reading Recent Greek Bailout a Sign of Political Crisis and Syriza Failure

The best part: “Your payment is due: July 27th, 2015” Source: Reddit: This is the cost of a Rattlesnake bite in America : pics Continue reading This is the cost of a Rattlesnake bite in America

Schauble: “Most member states are not yet fully prepared to accept the necessary constraints on national sovereignty. But trust me the problem can be solved.” Continue reading Creditors Said “There Is No Point In Holding Elections” In Bailed Out Countries

It’s a real shame, because Greece has been destroyed by the EU. Continue reading Greece Vs. The Euro: A Financial Coup d’Etat?

It will take Greece another 20 years from now to regain the employment lost by the imposed policy austerity. The Left Platform of Syriza appears to be the only Greek political element … Continue reading If Greece signs the 3rd bailout, it will take 20 years for it to recover

A blast from the past Continue reading All your base are belong to us

Which businesses are pushing most for the proposed EU-US trade deal TTIP? Who’s influencing EU negotiators? Corporate Europe Observatory’s eight new info-graphics reveal the corporate lobby behind the TTIP talks. Source: TTIP: … Continue reading TTIP: a corporate lobbying paradise