Link: Going for Broke: How corporations are using bankruptcy to evade environmental clean-up costs. Cleanup should be a cost of doing business, but without secured bonds and other rock-solid forms of financial assurance, it’s easy for corporations to walk away from their obligations. Montana learned this lesson the hard way. (When toxic sites do not … Read more
It seems that the internet is abuzz with the possibility that Congress will end the Net Neutrality principle, which is the goose that laid the golden IP packet. Net Neutrality is the foundational idea that all parts of the internet should treat all packet traffic the same, regardless of its origin, function, or destination: all … Read more
Recently, former Mayor of Tempe and State Senator Harry Mitchell was enduced into entering the Congressional race against J.D. Hayworth in Arizona’s District 5. Though some were sore about the way the recruitment was handled, the result is that the competitiveness of the CD 5 race has been upgraded from a ‘safe Republican’ to a … Read more
Liberals will be gathering in their native habitat for socialization and cross-pollination of progressive ideas. The Drinking Liberally phenomenon can be observed, or participated in, if that’s your cup of tea, at the The Shanty starting at 6PM.