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The biggest whiners – “The Music Indus...
Again the music industry has it’s head up is a$$ trying to bully everyone that does not move to their whims.
Here is another great story that confirms the above statement.
“A 20/20 report from 1980 shows how the music industry has falsely complained over the years that it’s dying, back then blaming FM radio, home taping, and physical piracy for massive job layoffs and declining profits.
There’s nothing more refreshing in the morning than a good laugh, and that’s exactly what I got this morning thanks to a video unearthed from the depths of 1980. It’s a 20/20 report on the state of the music industry nearly three decades ago and in it we see Joe Smith, President of Elektra-Asylum records, ironically lamenting the mounting profit losses and subsequent massive job layoffs.
It’s obviously a familiar refrain we’ve heard for more than a decade now, though the threats and perceived bogeyman have changed.”
Take some time to read this article and watch the videos.
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Will Obamacare cost you?
IF you work for Boeing and are in management it will. What if you don’t? Lets look at the following from (AP). Someone has to pay for the uninsured and that someone is a working class person who received benefits from their employer. So, if a major company like Boeing is expecting a cost increase so will the company you work for. Therefore look for less benefits or higher cost of the benefits you are currently getting, and you owe this all to Obamacare.
“WASHINGTON (AP) — Aerospace giant Boeing is joining the list of companies that say the new health care law could have a potential downside for their workers.
In a letter mailed to employees late last week, the company cited the overhaul as part of the reason it is asking some 90,000 nonunion workers to pay significantly more for their health plan next year. A copy of the letter was obtained Monday by The Associated Press.
“The newly enacted health care reform legislation, while intended to expand access to care for millions of uninsured Americans, is also adding cost pressure as requirements of the new law are phased in over the next several years,” wrote Rick Stephens, Boeing’s senior vice president for human resources.”
The full (AP) article is available here.
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Your credit score, good, bad, do you know?
When was the last time you checked your credit score? Maybe you should now. This site allows you to request a free credit file disclosure, commonly called a credit report, once every 12 months from each of the nationwide consumer credit reporting companies: Equifax, Experian and TransUnion.
Get the facts here Your annual credit report
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Simply Hired – job search site
“Search thousands of job boards and company career sites all in one place!” Quote for this web site. If your looking, this is another resource to add to your search criteria for the position you need to support your family.
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Web Censorship Bill – Must Read
“A markup on SJC Chairman Leahy’s IP infringement bill was postponed late Wednesday, as staffers anticipated the chamber would finish legislative work and adjourn for recess before the hearing could commence,” says Politico.
A group of 87 prominent engineers who played critical roles in the development of the Internet have also voiced their objections to the COICA in a joint letter submitted to the US Senate Judiciary Committee.
“If enacted, this legislation will risk fragmenting the Internet’s global domain name system (DNS), create an environment of tremendous fear and uncertainty for technological innovation, and seriously harm the credibility of the United States in its role as a steward of key Internet infrastructure,” they warn. “In exchange for this, the bill will introduce censorship that will simultaneously be circumvented by deliberate infringers while hampering innocent parties’ ability to communicate.”
Read the full review an content at the following site:
Web censorship bill
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News for geeks
My favorite news site along with Slashdot is Original Signal. This site has the best aggregates of all the geek, technical, hardware, Internet, and business news all in one place. It is my home page for everything technical both hardware and software related. I find that I can keep up with all the latest in the worlds of geeks at this site.
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News for News junkies
Are you a news junkie, or do you want to make sure you don’t miss anything that goes on that might affect what you do or what you plan to do? If this sounds like yourself, I have a new site that just might be your new home page.
Popurls tries to have something for everyone news related and they do. This site is full of news articles, news links, and stuff on just about everything that might be considered current news. It may take you a while to look through everything there but take you time and scroll down to see it all.
After you finished with you first visit you can customize the site to show what is most relevant to you if you want to take the time to register and make the changes.
Check out the site here
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What happened in Music on this day?
If you like to keep up on music history this will be of interest to you. The following site each days post what happened in music on this day in history. It list birthdays of musicians, record releases, song releases, and much more. It is nice site to bookmark in your music category. Take a leisure stroll down todays date in music history.
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Just the facts
With my last post you might wonder where can I get actual facts about all the stories I hear on the news and read on Internet blogs. There is actually a web site that does not takes sides and only reports the facts of the current new articles you hear and read. Based at the University of Pennsylvania, this site DOES report only the facts as far as I can tell. I have verified a number of stories they post and everything is above board.
Check it out for yourself at FactCheck.org
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US Government – Congress – rating = 0
The Pew Research center does all kinds of ratings about just about everything political, government, etc. Back in April they published an article the said our faith in the Congress and our government were at it lowest since back in 1994. In the article there a number of interesting charts to view. I know you don’t have to look at charts to know how poor congress and the federal government are performing, but take a look anyway.
