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Chinese Workers are paid $1.84 an hour to produce I-Pad and I-Phones for the West

June 18, 2013

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Factories covered in suicide nets to stop workers leaping to their deaths 18 people have killed themselves at the facility iPhone, iPad and MacBook assembled in factory in Shenzhen Microsoft, Dell and Hewlett Packard products also built on site Apple have opened the doors to their Chinese ‘sweatshop’ factories where employees are paid as little […]

He’s Just too Zesty for Mom’s

June 17, 2013

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It WAS a mans world when it came to sex on commercial television. featuring women in bras, sexy sheer lingerie and bikinis selling everything from cigars, cars, mattresses  to burgers. Women had to use their  imagination. Sexy, as a man in a suit taking his wife to dinner or the man in the shower,   […]

Sacramento Pride 2013

June 16, 2013

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Pinky Up: I’m from San Francisco. When anyone would ask me about Pride in Sacramento, I would say you must be on time because 5 people walk in a small circle twice.         My eldest daughter from San Francisco  and her partner wanted to see Sacramento Pride Celebration. First things first, its […]

Italy’s small shops face extinction

June 15, 2013

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An estimated 21,000 small shops have closed since January Twenty-one thousand shops have closed in Italy since the beginning of the year, according to figures released today by the retail association, Confesercenti. If the rate of decline continues then 43,000 will be shut by the end of the year and there will be no small […]

Friday’s Mashed Potatoes 06/14/13

June 14, 2013

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Sunday: Neil Patrick Harris is Bigger!  Harvey Fierstein and Cyndi Lauper are going to be Richer! After winning six Tonys — including Best Musical — this past weekend, Kinky Boots will kick off a national tour beginning in Las Vegas in September 2014. Monday:  Good thing we live in the US of A.  The Russians and Chinese people […]

Latino voices missing in US media: It’s time to weigh in

June 13, 2013

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Sonia Sotomayor is the first-ever Latina Supreme Court Justice in the US [AP] Even though Latinos are increasing in number throughout the media landscape, their impact has yet to be felt. What do a pope, Pepsi campaign and American presidential election have in common? Because Latinos have been directly involved in each one of these […]

Lego Gets Mad

June 12, 2013

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Lego faces are becoming more angry, a New Zealand researcher has found. Lego faces getting angrier, study finds Scientist raises concerns about impact on child development, saying toymaker‘s themes are increasingly based on conflict The number of happy faces on Lego toy mini-figures is decreasing and the number of angry faces is increasing, a robot expert at […]

Sacramento City Council Approves Budget and gives themselves a bonus.

June 12, 2013

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Sacramento City Council members earn $55,000 a year.  Last night five members (plus the mayor) voted to gift themselves $43,500 in discretionary monies. The bonanza was cleverly drafted into a budget proposal that would increase police and fire personal as well as restore other city services. When citizens passed  Measure U  to temporarily increase taxes, […]

Kanye West making record executives crazy?

June 11, 2013

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Kanye West is driving Island Def Jam executives “crazy” with last-minute changes, a new producer and legal issues over his new album, “Yeezus.” Sources exclusively tell us that last week — just two weeks before the album drops — West brought in legendary producer Rick Rubin to help lay down additional tracks for the record, and Def Jam […]

What Do You Think People Misunderstand Most About Islam?

June 10, 2013

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