Beltway Confidential: In his Labor Day message to the nation, President Obama credits himself and his administration with having “pulled our country back from the brink” of economic disaster. “In the last several years, we have pulled our country back from the brink, through a series of tough economic decisions,” Obama writes. “While we have [...]
The Hill: Looking ahead to the president’s jobs address, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce sent an open letter to the White House and lawmakers Monday identifying measures which it says will boost employment and help stimulate the struggling economy. Chamber President Thomas Donohue called on the administration and lawmakers to pass pending trade deals, increase [...]
Talking Points Memo: Teamsters union president James Hoffa would say it all again if he could, he told TPM Monday. Hoffa riled up Fox News and the right wing Monday with a Labor Day speech in Detroit in which he called Republican members of Congress “sons of witches” and said union workers are ready to [...]
“I think we all have to take responsibility for our actions and our words. I have concerns about some of the language that is being used because I saw this myself in the late ’70s in San Francisco, this kind of rhetoric. It created a climate in which violence took place.”
ABC News: Despite President Obama’s repeated claims to change the tone in Washington, the White House has no comment this afternoon on Teamster Union leader Jimmy Hoffa Jr. calling Tea Party activists “sons of witches” who Democrats should “take out.” Hoffa made the incendiary statements before the president at a Labor Day rally in Detroit. [...]
Fox News: It may seem a cruel irony that the one U.S. automaker that took no bailout money is now at greater risk of a national strike as it continues labor negotiations with union leaders. Based upon initial tallies last week, rank and file Ford United Auto Worker members were leaning overwhelmingly toward a national [...]
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Daily Mail: One day, at the height of her fame in the mid-Seventies, Jane Fonda turned up on the doorstep of her ex-husband, Roger Vadim. She was lugging a bulging sack. Vadim’s glamorous new girlfriend let her in, thrilled to meet the movie icon at last. But her excitement soon turned to disbelief. The star [...]
Life News: The Planned Parenthood abortion business sent a fundraising email to its members over the weekend attacking pro-life Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who has become the leading Republican presidential candidate. If he receives the nomination, Perry would take on pro-abortion President Barack Obama, who has worked closely with Planned Parenthood to protect its taxpayer [...]
Real Clear Politics: “Now, the fact is our economy is stronger when workers are getting paid good wages and good benefits. Our economy is stronger when we have broad-based growth and broad-based prosperity. That’s what unions have always been about, shared prosperity,” President Obama said to a union crowd in Detroit, Michigan. Watch the video [...]
Via CBS News’ Mark Knoller who was live-tweeting Obama’s Labor Day speech.
BBC: Tanks could soon get night time invisibility thanks to a cloaking device that masks their infra-red signature. Developed by BAE Systems, the Adaptiv technology allows vehicles to mimic the temperature of their surroundings. It can also make a tank look like other objects, such as a cow or car, when seen through heat-sensitive ‘scopes. [...]
