GRITtv with Laura Flanders

For those of you that may not read firedoglake (one of my favorite progressive blog sources), Laura Flanders, the host of  “RadioNation”  heard on Air America Radio  and author of “BUSHWOMEN: Tales of a Cynical Species”, and most recently, Blue Grit: Making Impossible, Improbable, and Inspirational Political Change in America) provides commentary and has recently started GRITtv. I have been watching it and really like what I see.

Check it out:

Tonight on GRITtv: an excerpt from AFTERSHOCK: American Voices, a film by Anne Derwent and Bob Gray; TAKE BACK THE COURTS from the National Campaign To Restore Civil Rights; a Civil Liberties Roundtable with Anthony Romero, Executive Director, American Civil Liberties Union,Vincent Warren, Executive Director, Center for Constitutional Rights, David Golove, Hiller Family Foundation Professor of Law at NYU School of Law; Reverend Billy’s May Day at Union Square; a roundtable discussion on economic justice with Ethel Long-Scott of Women’s Economic Agenda Project and Ana Maria Archila of Make the Road New York; our first YouTube commenter Mr. Everybody Got Issues; and a One on One Interview with Kevin Phillips, Author, Bad Money: Reckless Finance, Failed Politics, and the Global Crisis of American Capitalism . Phew! And a commentary from Laura Flanders.

 

And check out the full hour of GRITtv here.

They provide content that is hardly discussed on the MSM (for obvious reasons), by many folks that we read and subscribe to on the web, in a round table discussion format. I can’t help but wonder how they manage the logistics and quality, for this doesn’t appear low budget.

Laura is a great host, providing discussion that doesn’t waver far from subject. Interesting and well-done.

They also have follow ups at firedoglake.

WTF Thursday: Citizen’s Donations Pay For Larry Craig’s Legal Woes

Somehow or another, I have a sneaky feeling that those who have contributed to Larry Craig probably are so ignorant and brainwashed that you will STILL give, no matter what he was caught doing (even if found with one in his mouth).

But doesn’t it piss any of you rednecks off that he would take your donations for his re-election campaign and pay for the legal fees regarding his nob-polishing antics?

I’m just sayin’…

For those of you who still support this man-meat loving hypocrite, just send money directly to his male prostitute friends and forget you ever heard anything from me.

Another One Biting The Dust?

This one, in and of itself, is quite strange, seeing how GE is so damn profitable in its military and other ventures. I just so happen to have been working on a good sized expansion for the GE Decatur, AL plant ($50K in conveyors and other components). I worked with the engineers to spec in our conveyors and have quoted them to all the systems integrators who were going to bid the job.

Now, this news (which also explains the “slight delay” from the engineer in charge).

 

General Electric may auction appliance unit

In a page-one story, the Wall Street Journal reports that “General Electric Co. (GE) plans to start an auction for its appliances business,” according to people familiar with the matter. If completed, the “sale could end more than 100 years of GE’s involvement with appliances.” The Journal notes, “With appliance sales getting hit by the slowing U.S. economy and the housing bust, jettisoning the business could help GE reach its long-term goal of boosting profits by at least 10 percent annually.”
        In a story on the front page of its Business Day section, the New York Times adds, “The division, based in Louisville, Ky., has faced increased pressure in recent years from Chinese manufacturers, which have been growing at double-digit rates thanks in part to significantly lower costs.”
        According to Bloomberg, GE has “hired Goldman Sachs Group Inc. to explore options that include a spinoff or auction.”
        The AP reports, “The sale could yield between $5 billion and $8 billion.” The company “last year took in $11.6 billion in its sale of its plastics division.” GE “Chief Executive Jeff Immelt has been under pressure to restructure the industrial and financial conglomerate, particularly since last month’s surprising first-quarter earnings report that profit fell 6 percent.”
        Reuters and BusinessWeek also covered the story.