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NC AFL-CIO Beclowns Itself In Video

Paging SooperMexican — the AFL-CIO in NC are ripping off your act, dude.

“Juicy Buns” AKA ‘Champion of the People’

VS

The Scrambler AKA ‘Champion of the Powerful’

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There’s more, this video is a promotion for a tax day protest:

Luchadoras to settle the score between the People, the Powerful on Tax Day

North Carolinians, tired of paying the costs for the lack of tax fairness – the cause of austerity politics in Congress and tax changes on Jones Street – will finally get a chance to settle the score between the people and the powerful when champions for both sides face off at a public showdown on Bicentennial Mall at high noon on Monday, April 15th – Tax Day.

What: #FairFight between the People & the Powerful
When: Monday, April 15th at high noon
Where: Bicentennial Mall, across the street from the legislature (16 W. Jones St, Raleigh, NC 27601)
Why: This Tax Day, it’s time to settle the score!

Reserve your ringside seat on Facebook!

After calling for Congress to repeal the sequester and for state lawmakers to stop shifting the tax burden off of North Carolina’s wealthiest citizens and corporations and onto low- and middle-income families, advocates for workers and for policies in the public interest announced what they are calling a “Fair Fight” at a press conference in Raleigh on Monday.

Just. Wow.

I’ve seen some lame attempts to stir up attendance at a protest before, this one takes the cake. Continue reading

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NC Legislature Looks To Make Right To Work Status Permanent

The North Carolina State Legislature is looking to make the state’s Right to Work status a permanent fixture.  The Carolina Journal Reports: RALEIGH — Backing up comments promising North Carolina would remain the “least unionized state in the United States,” Speaker … Continue reading

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The Morning Links (8/8)

These are the Morning Links for August 8, 2011     The Sunday Article: Get A Clue, Barry. The Lady’s Picks: Tottenham Riots in Pictures. Good God. The Blaze has video. More on the police just letting gangs riot and loot here. … Continue reading

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Tax Paid Protests Update: Denver

Hat Tip to one of my readers for this video. This is a piece that comes out of Denver, Colorado from a video blogger named Kelly Maher, who took some video of the pro-union protesters. I gotta say, I really … Continue reading

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