Monday Night in the Blogosphere

LA Times Raises Newsstand Prices - Fishbowl LA

'Orange County Register' Presses Hum With Optimism - NPR

Journo remembers the night he shot someone - Kevin Roderick

Furloughs | On chances for another Q1 furlough - Gannett Blog

Pay to Play: The Era of Free News Is Ending - Daily Download

If it bleeds, it leads — online, but not as much in print - Poynter

Philadelphia newspapers latest to charge for online access - MarketWatch

Newspaper Industry Decline – The Infographic - Newspaper Death Watch

Corporate Magic: Turning Employees Into Contractors - Frying Pan News

KC STAR ANNOUNCES LAYOFFS IN TIME FOR HOLIDAYS - Bottom Line

Win a Car and Change a Life

Winning at the Race of Life 

Can you remember when you were a child & you didn't get the gift you wanted under your Christmas tree? Now, (for just $20) you are in a position to put a gift under someone else's tree & this beautiful Hotrod could end up in YOUR driveway! Watch: http://tinyurl.com/WinAShelby

 

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Today in Labor History

December 10 -- SOURCE: Union Communications Services, Inc.

First sit-down strike in U.S. called by IWW at General Electric in Schenectady, N.Y. - 1906

International Human Rights Day, commemorating the signing at the United Nations of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which states, in part: “Everyone has the right to form and join trade unions for the protection of his interests” - 1948

American Federation of Teachers Local 89 in Atlanta, Georgia, disaffiliates from the national union because of an AFT directive that all its locals integrate. A year later, the AFT expelled all locals that refused to do so - 1956

(All Labor has Dignity: People forget that Dr. Martin Luther King was every bit as committed to economic justice as he was to ending racial segregation. He fought throughout his life to connect the labor and civil rights movements, envisioning them as twin pillars for social reform. As we struggle with massive unemployment, a staggering racial wealth gap, and the near collapse of a financial system that puts profits before people, this collection of King's speeches on labor rights and economic justice underscore his relevance for today. They help us imagine King anew: as a human rights leader whose commitment to unions and an end to poverty was a crucial part of his civil rights agenda.)

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I just signed a petition to President Barack Obama: Popular support for the Employee Free Choice Act

Edward Santos in Need of Prayers

From the left Fred Kirby, Ed Santos, and Edward Padgett

Our friend Eddie Santos, a former pressman at the Los Angeles Times, has been diagnosed with stomach cancer and needs our prayers to battle this fight for his life. A happy go lucky spirit Eddie is easy to have a great time with and always gives a smile at anyone that crosses his path.

And remember a silent prayer is answered with a silent response, so verbalize your prayers out loud for Eddie.

Bruce Jingles Helping Others

From the left Edward, Sonya, and Bruce Jingles

 

 

 



I seem to cross paths with many individuals that make a different in the lives of others and Bruce Jingles happens to be a blessing to others. Tonight Bruce will be doing what he does best, bringing laughter and smiles to the crowd, but he's donating his time and energy to raise funds for cancer patient Andrew Nieto. For a small donation of $10.00 you also can be a blessing by helping someone in need. Thank you Bruce.

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Barbara Christian - Roy Thomas Scholarship Fund

If you are concerned about one or more of the following at Cal
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2) Help us get the word out. Forward this email widely and post <http://www.blackcalgives.com/>www.blackcalgives.com on social media. Try not to post a naked link - share how getting a degree from Cal made a difference, or about the power of showing up for the next generation. Something short and sweet can create a movement that will change lives.

If you were a low income student, struggling with rising tuition and fees and overwhelming cost of living expenses, how would $4,000 a semester impact your choice to attend college? How would it impact your work schedule when you got there? How would the extra time freed from work impact your grades? How would informed, caring mentors impact your personal and professional decisions?

Will you stand up and impact the life of a Black college student at UC Berkeley by donating at <http://www.blackcalgives.com/>www.blackcalgives.com? At minimum, please share this post with others.

Thanks,

Dr. Erin Conner Ngeno
UC Berkeley Alumni

 

Website: Black Cal Gives

Winning at the Race of Life - Car Give Away

Follow the link below and enter for your chance to win an incredible car with trailer included!! (Taxes covered) Now can you think of a better way to help people in need this Christmas & WIN a really cool prize???

 

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Today in Labor History

December 08 --  SOURCE: Union Communications Services, Inc.

25 unions found the American Federation of Labor (AFL) in Columbus, Ohio; Cigarmaker’s union leader Samuel Gompers is elected president. The AFL’s founding document’s preamble reads: “A struggle is going on in all of the civilized world between oppressors and oppressed of all countries, between capitalist and laborer...” - 1886

(Unions for Beginners: It is a time when unions have returned to the front pages of newspapers and blogs and demonstrators are in the streets of America every day. It is a time when the right wing has tried to strike the final blow against what remains of the right to collective bargaining. It is a time when millions of members of the middle class are falling through the cracks in a downward economic trend that parallels the decline of unions. It is this time when people are turning again to the history of unions. Unions for Beginners provides an introduction to that essential history.)

114-day newspaper strike begins, New York City - 1962

President Bill Clinton signs The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) - 1993

Nearly 230 jailed teachers -- about one-fourth of the 1,000-member Middletown Township, N.J. staff -- are ordered freed after they and their colleagues agree to end a nine-day strike and go into mediation with the local school board - 2001

Faced with a national unemployment rate of 10 percent, President Barack Obama outlines new multibillion-dollar stimulus and jobs proposals, saying the country must continue to "spend our way out of this recession" until more Americans are back at work. Joblessness had soared 6 percent in the final two years of George W. Bush’s presidency - 2009

Working Class Heroes

#LaborHistory: Dec 8, 1886 -via- 'Rip and Ron'

"It was Gompers practical guidance that kept the AFL productive. Keeping with his principles of striving for goals with tangible and realistic ends the AFL supported numerous basic priori

ties; including the eight hour work day and an end to child labor. The AFL was designed to certain autonomy to each respective Union so as to keep peaceful relations. Primarily the National Council of the AFL serves to lobby for or against legislation affecting the labor community as well as promoting the creation of new unions and recognizing them as members of AFL when they became large enough." - from http://logannelson.tripod.com/afl.htm

 

Winning at the Race of Life

Winning at the Race of Life shared an album: A Place Called Skid Row.

There are a lot of people in need in our own backyards and across the country. According to a recent Los Angeles Times article, tens of thousands of homeless people make Los Angeles the regions fastest-growing homeless population with 6,500 being entire families! We really need everyone on your Facebook page and email list to give just $20 to make a difference. We have found that if we give people an option to give, they won't. Water always takes the path of least resistance and satan talks to the ear gates and says, "Don't give, everyone else gives, so you don't need to." Click this link and give today: http://WinAShelbyCobraCar.com/ Thankyou for supporting the families that are in BIG TIME need on your end and on ours!

A Place Called Skid Row

We are providing appx. 300 fresh, hot meals for the homeless on skid row. We are told there are over 5,000 living on the streets in Los Angeles alone. In this challenging economy, you are helping us make a big difference to those who are in desperate need. Many of the homeless asked for their picture to be taken in hopes to help Winning at the Race of Life receive more funding for this project. They really look forward to seeing "brother Sammy" and our Winning Team to get a barbecued meal, clothing, bibles, live music, fellowship & prayer. If you would like to make a donation (of any amount) please do so on this page. (Bible's and blankets are also requested). Thank you. 

 

TOGETHER we ARE making a difference.

By: Winning at the Race of Life

Pressmen Gathering Next Tuesday - Dec. 11, 2012

The Pressmen love nothing better than gathering together to recall the days/nights working together and remembering the wild times at the Los Angeles Times in it's heyday.

Next Tuesday another party is set in Palmdale at 5:00pm, I hope to see you there?








Who: Any former or current Los Angeles Times Employees
Where: El Torito
When: Tuesday, December 11, 2012 - 5:00pm


El Torito
1161 W Rancho Vista Blvd
Palmdale, CA 93551-3935
(661) 274-4502

Pictured from the left Ronnie Pineda, Pete Mastin, and Bill Conover

A Film About the end of American Newspapers

BLACK AND WHITE AND DEAD ALL OVER

About the film

This film is an in-depth look at the newspaper industry’s struggle to remain financially viable and to keep the presses rolling. Using interviews with prominent journalists such as Bob Woodward and David Carr, we detail the industry’s financial death spiral as readers abandon print for online news sources. But if newspapers die, who will conduct investigative journalism that will hold public officials accountable?

Please feel free to share our trailer with others who are concerned about the state of investigative journalism in America and the future impact it will have on our democracy.

Our website is still under construction. Check back soon for updates.

Friday Morning in the Blogosphere

Already-short stories now even shorter? - Gannett Blog

Two deaths on Skid Row in less than 12 hours - Blog Downtown

Things looking ‘a bit less grim’ for U.S. newspapers - Romenesko

What to do with $175,000 in pot found in your back yard - LAObserved

Folding flyers strain Transcontinental’s bottom line - The Globe and Mail

A Thoughtful L.A. Times Editorial on Andrea Alarcon - Frying Pan News

Daily Beast Cuts Newsroom Jobs as Newsweek Goes Online - Bloomberg

Forthcoming Documentary Looks at Impact of Newspaper Declines - NDW

Washington Post reportedly considering adding a paywall - Washington Post

In San Diego, Tis’ the Season for Daily Newspaper Melancholy - Fishbowl LA

Pearl Harbor Day 2012

http://www.PearlHarborDay.org
Taken from a documentary about WWII, this is a short section about the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941. [Reader's Digest Classic Collection-World War II Combat Chronicles ©MMIV Questar Inc.]

Education versus Intelligence

Sammy Maloof and I feed many well educated men and women on Skid Row Los Angeles, how did the educated end up on the streets I often ask?

Today in Labor History

December 07 -- SOURCE: Union Communications Services, Inc.

Heywood Broun born in New York City. Journalist, columnist and co-founder, in 1933, of The Newspaper Guild - 1888

Steam boiler operators from 11 cities across the country meet in Chicago to form the National Union of Steam Engineers of America, the forerunner to the International Union of Operating Engineers. Each of the men represented a local union of 40 members or fewer - 1896

More than 1,600 protesters staged a national hunger march on Washington, D.C. to present demands for unemployment insurance - 1931

United Hatters, Cap & Millinery Workers International Union merges into Amalgamated Clothing & Textile Workers Union - 1982

Delegates to the founding convention of the National Nurses United (NNU) in Phoenix, Ariz. unanimously endorse the creation of the largest union and professional organization of registered nurses in U.S. history. The 150,000-member union is the product of merger of three groups - 2009

Working Class Heroes

Today in #LaborHistory: Dec 7, 1896 -via- 'Rip and Ron'

The National Union of Steam & Operating Engineers was organized. In 1918 they changed their name to International, and in 1928 dropped the word Steam from their name. Today they are the IUOE.

"This founding convention also adopted a Declaration of Principles, most of which are still valid today. The delegates pledged support of the American Federation of Labor ... endorsed the union label ... urged adoption of a uniform license law nationally ... and vowed to secure a higher standard of wages for it members." - from http://www.durfees150.com/operator.html

What Would You Have Done if You Found Marijuana?

Will Campbell, Edward Padgett, and former Los Angeles Times writer Mack Reed.





Gawker Article

Someone in Los Angeles is Trouble, and It’s Not the Dude Who Found $175,000 Worth of Weed in His Backyard

 

 

Dobel Tequila and Perry Farrell

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Dec 06, 2012Contact: Melissa Jones, media(at)theconfluencegroup.com


Janes’ Addiction’s latest album, The Great Escape Artist, is now available FOR FREE courtesy of a revolutionary new partnership with Dobel Tequila and the band’s legendary front-man and creator of Lollapalooza Music Festivals, Perry Farrell. Participants located in the United States can download the free album by liking the Dobel Facebook link here which will lead you to the album download page.

The free album is just one part of an innovative new campaign Dobel Tequila recently launched in the U.S. to bring more art and music to the masses. The partnership with Dobel Tequila also includes a new video featuring a candid interview with the iconic Perry Farrell and shots from Jane’s Addiction’s end of tour shows in San Francisco and Los Angeles in October 2012.

Take a look at the new video here: http://vimeo.com/52095101 and make sure to like Dobel’s Facebook page (www.facebook.com/dobeltequila).

The campaign also includes high-end giveaway items including an exquisite photography book from legendary music industry photographer Danny Clinch featuring amazing photographs shot at the inaugural Lollapalooza Festival in Sao Paolo, Brazil with Perry Farrell and Dobel Tequila.

The new book will be made available to participants in the U.S. in a series of giveaways along with other unique items signed by Perry Farrell. More interviews and other exclusive material with Perry Farrell will continue to be shared as the Dobel campaign unfolds.

“Perry is one of the most creative and inspiring people in the world,” said a Dobel Tequila spokesperson. “With his culture-defining international music festivals, to his on-stage music performances, DJ’ing, design and other collaborations, he embodies the inspirational, entrepreneurial, devil-may-care lifestyle that defines Dobel Tequila.”
“When you’re going to tell your friends about a product, you gotta have belief in it” said Perry Farrell. “I like drinking Maestro Dobel – It gets me set for creative designery. I savor it at the start and end of every show.”

About Perry Farrell:
Perry Farrell is one of the most influential and original musical figures in recent history. Dubbed as the “Godfather of Alternative Rock,” Farrell fronts Jane’s Addiction, which formed in 1985. Creating a new genre and musical movement, Farrell and Jane’s Addiction changed the music scene and paved the way for bands such as Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Alice in Chains, and STP. As well as being a groundbreaking musician, he is the creator and founder of Lollapalooza. Launched in 1991, Spin magazine listed Lollapalooza as the #1 tour that changed the world. The first of its kind, Lollapalooza quickly established itself as a lifestyle festival, pushing the envelope and exposing concert goers to a subculture of ‘alternative’ living and art, and provided a platform for numerous environmental and human-rights causes as well. As a constant creative force, Farrell continues to push his own artistic horizon as a music producer, electronic music performer and visual artist, as well as a rock icon.

About Dobel Tequila:
Maestro Dobel is a Single Estate, 100% Agave tequila. The crystal clear spirit comes packaged in a heavily embossed bottle inspired by vintage laboratory glassware used by the Maestro Tequileros (master distillers) in early part of the last century.

Teen Challenge Christmas Banquet

LOS ANGELES COUNTY TEEN CHALLENGE

Cordially invites you to

End of the Year Christmas Banquet

"Where is the one who has been born King of the Jews? We saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him"

Monday, December 10th, 2012
Calvary Assembly of God
25501 Oak Street, Lomita

6:30 pm Refreshments
7:00 pm Dinner and Program

Enjoy the New Creation Choir and Testimonies

and be reminded of the Power of God's Grace and Glory

Join us for this peaceful and inspirational time as we commence the Christmas Season!

Admission $12.00 per person

Order by mail Teen Challenge P.O. Box 01589, Los Angeles, CA. 90001

For tickets, Reservations, R.S.V.P. Contact Theresa Burgan Tel: 323.282.2317

Today in Labor History

December 06

African American delegates meet in Washington, D.C., to form the Colored National Labor Union as a branch of the all-white National Labor Union created three years earlier. Unlike the NLU, the CNLU welcomed members of all races. Isaac Myers was the CNLU's founding president; Frederick Douglas became president in 1872 - 1869

The Washington Monument is completed in Washington, D.C. On the interior of the monument are 193 commemorative stones, donated by numerous governments and organizations from all over the world; one of them is from the International Typographical Union, founded in 1852.

 In 1986 the ITU merged into the Communications Workers of America - 1884


361 coal miners die at Monongah, W.V., in nation's worst mining disaster - 1907

International Glove Workers Union of America merges into Amalgamated Clothing Workers - 1961

United Mine Workers begin what is to become a 110-day national coal strike - 1997

Working Class Heroes

Today in #LaborHistory: Dec 6, 1917 -via- 'Rip and Ron'

The Great Halifax, Nova Scotia, explosion. A munitions ship collided with another ship setting off the explosion. The massive explosion killed more than 1,800 people, injured another 9,000--including blinding 200--and destroyed almost the entire north end of the city of Halifax, including more than 1,600 homes. The resulting shock wave shattered windows 50 miles away, and the sound of the explosion could be heard hundreds of miles away.

"In December, 1917, Halifax, Nova Scotia, was the hub of the Dominion of Canada. World War I had brought activity and prosperity to the port. The harbour was crowded with wartime shipping." - from http://museum.gov.ns.ca/mma/atoz/HalExpl.html
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"An explosion in Halifax Harbour at 9 a.m., wrecked the city, causing the death of perhaps 3000 persons, injuring as many more, destroying the homes of twice that number and causing an, as yet, incalculable destruction of property. The explosion was caused by the collision of two steamers, the French Mont Blanc, carrying a quantity of nitro-glycerine and TNT, and the Belgian relief steamer Imo." - from http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~canbrnep/hfxexp.htm

"This website will take you through that terrible day and the days that followed. It will show how the Halifax Explosion and the hard lessons it taught affect our lives today." - from http://www.cbc.ca/halifaxexplosion/

Navino - Clean & Pure - Nov 2012

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How bad was coverage of the port strike? - LA Biz Observed

It was pretty bad - frankly, some of the worst local business reporting I've seen in a while. There's a lot to find fault with, but it starts with the one number that has dominated news reports (and was parroted by local officials) for the past week: That the economic impact of the walkout was running $1 billion a day. LAT columnist Mike Hiltzik explains why that number was bogus from the start:

The cargo reaching Los Angeles/Long Beach over the last eight days hasn't been tossed into the sea as a dead loss. Much of it has been diverted to other West Coast ports or to the Panama Canal. The Marine Exchange of Southern California, which tracks vessel traffic, says 20 ships have been rerouted, leaving 13 container vessels at anchor as of Tuesday. The idled vessels contain about $650 million in cargo, a port spokesman told me. Some cargo is still making its way across the Pacific, some at a slower pace ordered by shippers hoping to stall its arrival until the strike is over.

How bad was coverage of the port strike? - LA Biz Observed 
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CHRISTMAS COBRA CAR GIVEAWAY

Winning at the Race of Life® 

Contact: Janeen Ferdinand ............................................FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tel: 626.292.2258
Email: winashelbycobra@yahoo.com

WIN A BEAUTIFUL 1966 ERA SHELBY AC COBRA AND HELP THOSE IN NEED CHRISTMAS COBRA CAR GIVEAWAY 

There are many families in desperate need this holiday season; they are without homes, jobs, food or clothing. Celebrating Christmas isn’t even a thought as their main concerns are eating, or locating a warm place to sleep at night. We can only imagine the minds of the fathers and mothers who are being tormented because they cannot give their kids something to eat, let alone buy them a present. It is a privilege to step up and be a blessing to those in need and we need your help.

If you think about it, the best exercise for the heart is to reach out and lift someone up and what you make happen for others, God will always make happen for you. As people look for a place to give to this year, why not make a difference by giving where you can actually see what takes place from your giving? Will you help Hollywood Stuntman Sammy Maloof, Winning at the Race of Life (a non-profit organization) along with Vietnam Veteran of the year; Bob “Mr. Inspiration Wieland” reach the goal before Christmas? For the cost of lunch, you will be a pivotal role in feeding, mentoring and clothing underprivileged children, helping our Veterans, troops and their families, single mothers and widows.

Because of your giving, YOU could be the WINNER of a BEAUTIFUL, CUSTOM, 1966 ERA Shelby AC Cobra with a 20 foot enclosed trailer. Total package valued at $170,000 (taxes included). We believe your seeds should bring you back a harvest.

Please visit http://WinAShelbyCobraCar.com/ and make a donation of $20 or more. Share this with as many people as you can before Christmas to help us meet the needs of those in desperate need, bring joy to their hearts and a smile to their face. Thank you.

Winning at the Race of Life® (WRL) is a 501(c) (3), non-profit organization founded by Hollywood stuntman, speaker and author Sammy Maloof changing lives by putting on unforgettable stunt shows, feeding the poor and homeless, providing mentorship programs for children and teens in need, supporting our troops and giving children and "young at heart" adults the tools they need to WIN at the race of life. Sammy is also a hotrod shop owner currently in development of his own reality TV show. Team Inspire Non-Profit Foundation is founded by Vietnam Veteran of the year Bob “Mr. Inspiration” Wieland who walked across America on his hands, former strength and conditioning coach for the Green Bay Packers, Bench Press Champion and People Magazines 20 most Amazing Americans. Keep in mind, Bob Wieland is a man with no legs encouraging those with legs to take a step of faith.

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For more information about this event and to schedule an interview with Sammy Maloof and Bob Wieland, please call Janeen Ferdinand at 626.292.2258 or e-mail winashelbycobra@yahoo.com Websites: http://SammyMaloof.com http://www.BobWieland.com

Dave Brubeck Rest in Peace

Album: At Carnegie Hall (1963)
Artist: Dave Brubeck Quartet
Song: Pennies From Heaven
Track: 4

Every so often you're lucky to be in the right place at the right time. And we were the lucky ones, those of us who were in Carnegie Hall on Friday night. That was the night the Dave Brubeck Quartet reached swinging heights few of us had ever heard it attain before. It was begun predictably as a good Brubeck concert, but nothing out of the ordinary. We were all there on this Washington's Birthday because we like to listen to Brubeck, and we were hearing pretty much what we had expected to hear. And so we were satisfied. Then suddenly it happened -- right after the start of the third number. Don't ask why. Probably nobody can explain it. But it happened all right, and what had begun as a quite good Brubeck concert burst abruptly into a great one. From then on, this turned out to be the night the Dave Brubeck Quartet was really swinging. This was the night it fell into a groove few, if any of us, had ever realized it could find. This was one of those nights when everything turned out right. During intermission I sat with Dave and Paul Desmond in their dressing room. They were very happy. A great rapport had established, because they were feeling exactly what we had been feeling out front. They knew even better than we did that this was a special night. Some days later Dave still exultant about what had happened at Carnegie Hall, remarked, "The group had reached swinging heights like that before. What was lucky is that this concert was recorded!" - George Simon

Positive Energy

Titus 3:10 

As for a person who stirs up division, after warning him once and then twice, have nothing more to do with him.

Today in Labor History

December 05  -- SOURCE: Union Communications Services, Inc.

Unionists John T. and James B. McNamara were sentenced to 15 years and life, respectively, after confessing to dynamiting the Los Angeles Times building during a drive to unionize the metal trades in the city.  They placed the bomb in an alley next to the building, set to detonate when they thought the building would be empty; it went off early, and an unanticipated gas explosion and fire did the real damage, killing twenty people. The newspaper was strongly conservative and anti-union – 1911

Ending a 20-year split, the two largest labor federations in the U.S. merge to form the AFL-CIO, with a membership estimated at 15 million - 1955

AFL-CIO President John Sweeney welcomes the collapse of World Trade Organization talks in Seattle, declaring "No deal is better than a bad deal" - 1999

The U.S. Dept. of Labor reports employers slashed 533,000 jobs the month before -- the most in 34 years -- as the Great Recession surged. The unemployment rolls had risen for 7 months before that and were to continue to soar for another 10 months before topping 10 percent and beginning to level off late the following year - 2008

(23 Things They Don’t Tell You About Capitalism is a concise blast of eye-opening economic truth-telling; essential reading to understand where free market thinking falls short and how we got to the mess we’re in today. If you've wondered how we did not see the Great Recession coming, Ha-Joon Chang knows the answer: We didn't ask what they didn't tell us about capitalism. This is a lighthearted book with a serious purpose: to question the assumptions behind the dogma and sheer hype that the dominant school of neoliberal economists -- the apostles of the free market -- have spun since the Age of Reagan.)

Working Class Heroes

Today in #LaborHistory: Dec 5, 1933 -via- 'Rip and Ron'

The 21st Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was approved by Utah - the 36th state to do so - thereby repealing the 18th Amendment, effectively ending Prohibition of beer and wine (up

to 16% alcohol).

"The Women's Christian Temperance Union, which had been promoting Prohibition for many years, believed alcohol was the cause of many, if not all, social ills." - from http://www.repealday.org/

"By the end of the 1920s, even many prominent Prohibition advocates realized that Prohibition had failed and advocated for its repeal. Congress passed the 21st Amendment in February 1933." - from http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/05/dec-5-1933-ratification-of-21st-amendment-ends-prohibition/

"Clandestine distilleries grew like mushrooms in the city and countryside alike. Speakeasies flourished and the liquor flowed, even finding its way into the White House during Harding's administration. Alliances between politicians and gangsters assured the public would not want for alcohol." from http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/snpmech2.htm

 

Wednesday Morning in the Blogosphere

The stars of the Blooob Internet Television Show

 

 



Online newspapers turn to paywalls - Fox47

Why The Daily is counting its days - Jeff Jarvis

News Corp., Gives E-Newspapers Another Try - The Street

Walmart and Costco: Worlds of Difference - Frying Pan News

With eye toward buying, GCI's cash reserves jump - Gannett Blog

Plain Dealer tells Guild it plans to cut about one-third of staff - Poynter

Local Newspapers Now Charge for Unlimited Website Access - Ksee24

Student Newspaper Editor Hopes to Soon Become Legal - Fishbowl LA

Marijuana Decriminalization Drops Youth Crime Rates - San Diego Free Press

New York Times Seeks Buyouts From 30 in Newsroom - Broadcast Union News

Today in Labor History

December 04  --  SOURCE: Union Communications Services, Inc.

President Roosevelt announces the end of the Works Progress Administration (WPA), concluding the four-year run of one of the American government's most ambitious public works programs. It helped create jobs for roughly 8.5 million people during the Great Depression and left a legacy of highways and public buildings, among other public gains - 1943

(Kings in Disguise: A Graphic Novel is an award-winning tale, set in the height of the Great Depression, received rave reviews long before graphic novels became the phenomenon they are today. Hailed as one of the top 100 comics of all time by The Comics Journal, Kings in Disguise now reemerges as a classic.)
UAW President Walter Reuther elected president of the Congress of Industrial Organizations - 1951

Cesar Chavez jailed for 20 days for refusing to end United Farm Workers' grape boycott - 1970

Working Class Heroes

Today in #LaborHistory: Dec 4, 1867 -via- 'Rip and Ron'

Oliver Kelley founded 'The Order of Patrons of Husbandry', better known as the Grange. Originally an organization of farmers, they were natural allies of Labor in the struggles of workers; they became a formidable political force.

"Here, sitting around a plain wooden table, a small group of seven earnest men, planned what was destined to become a vital force in preserving and expanding American democracy." - from http://baysidegrange.org/patronsofhusbandry

"The Grange smartly recognized the importance of including women, who often proved to be the organization's most dedicated members." - from http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/oliver-kelley-organizes-the-grange

George Wayman Doolittle Rest in Peace



George Wayman Doolittle
 

From Emmett Jaime:

"I received a call from Louis Aguilar informing me that George passed away on Nov.27. For those who don't get the Times heres a brief description of the obit. After a long battle with heart disease. His obit came out on the Dec.2nd sunday edition. In it it tells George was born in Natchitoches,Louisiana, raised on a farm, joined the Armed Services 4 days after his 17th birthday and served during WWII. After getting out and moving to Los Angeles got a job at the LA Times and worked there for 42 years. Services will be held on Thursday, Dec.6th at 2pm at Forest Lawns Cemetery in Cypress,Ca. I will try to attend and hope to see a nice turn out for Georges funeral".

Los Angeles Times Obit

Winning at the Race of Life

For the cost of lunch, not only will you be helping children, adults & our Veteran and their families in need, YOU could be the WINNER of this BEAUTIFUL car and custom enclosed trailer valued at $170,000! Please visit http://WinAShelbyCobraCar.com/ Make your donation of $20 or more and share this with as many people as you can BEFORE CHRISTMAS Thankyou. Your gifts are SAVING LIVES!

 

 

 

IF YOU MISSED OUR CHARITY EVENT LAST YEAR WHERE WE GAVE AWAY A 1969 CHEVELLE, HERE'S YOUR CHANCE TO WIN ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL HOTROD! There are SO many people in desperate need this holiday season. Many without homes and jobs. Their loved ones have died. They are facing serious illness. Many of them will not be celebrating Christmas this year. We are determined to change that. We have found the best exercise for our heart is to reach out and lift someone else up and what we make happen for others, God will make happen for us. Many people are looking for a place to give to this year. Why not make a difference by giving where you can actually see what takes place from your giving? Will you help us reach our goal before Christmas? For the cost of lunch, not only will you be helping Sammy Maloof and our team mentor children and adults, help our Veterans, troops and their families by providing much needed prayer, mentoring and finances, YOU could be the WINNER of this BEAUTIFUL car and custom enclosed trailer valued at $170,000! Please visit http://WinAShelbyCobraCar.com/ & get your ticket by donating $20 or more and share this with as many people as you can! Thankyou. Your gifts are SAVING LIVES!

The Compassionate Friends Worldwide Candle Lighting

We want to thank our friends at Annie's Mailbox for featuring a letter today from TCF's Executive Director, Patricia Loder, about next Sunday's Dec. 9 Compassionate Friends Worldwide Candle Lighting in memory of all children who have died. Please visit http://tinyurl.com/AnnieWCL2012 to read the letter. For more information about the Worldwide Candle Lighting and to locate your nearest WCL service, visit http://tinyurl.com/tcfwcl. Services are being added each day. If there is no service Dec. 9 in your area, just light a candle for an hour at 7 p.m. local time wherever you may be. Please share this post with your friends and share with us below the names of the children you will be remembering with your candles on that day!! We do this that their light may always shine . . .

Today in Labor History

December 03 -- SOURCE: Union Communications Services, Inc.

Textile strikers win 10-hour day, Fall River, Mass. - 1866

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors passes an ordinance setting an eight-hour workday for all city employees - 1867

IWW union Brotherhood of Timber Workers organized - 1910

Canada’s Quebec Bridge, spanning the St. Lawrence River, opened to traffic on this day after the deaths of 89 construction workers in the course of the job. A flawed design was blamed for a 1907 collapse that killed 75; another 13 died in 1916 when a hoisting device failed as the central span was being lifted - 1919

General strike begins in Oakland, Calif., started by female department store clerks - 1946

The express passenger train "20th Century Limited" ends over 60 years of service when it takes its last run from New York City to Chicago - 1967

5,000 union construction workers in Oahu, Hawaii march to City Hall in protest of a proposed construction moratorium by the City Council - 1976

Arrests began today in Middleton, NJ of teachers striking in violation of a no-strike law. Ultimately 228 educators were jailed for up to seven days before they were released following the Middleton Township Education Association's agreement to take the dispute to mediation - 2001

Working Class Heroes

Today in #LaborHistory: Dec 3, 1910 -via- 'Rip and Ron'

Lumber workers in Western Louisiana formed Brotherhood of Timber Workers Union. A response to a decade or more of mistreatment and abuse by employers - the 'Lumber Barons.'

"These labor disorders led to the formation in 1906 of the Southern Lumber Operators' Association, whose primary concern was to prevent organized labor from gaining any foothold in area lumber mills." - from http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/ocbbb
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"Everywhere, except in the Lake Charles district of Louisiana, where the I. W. W.'s influence has already begun to make itself felt, the workers took the promise of the Trust that, if they would return to work and not form a labor union, the Trust pledged its "word of honor" to restore the old wages and hours just as soon as "prosperity" came back." - from http://www.workerseducation.org/crutch/pamphlets/lumber/ch010.html

"The movement spread quickly across Eastern Texas and Western Louisiana in response to a decade of substandard living conditions, regimented lives, and a lack of job security." - from http://cenlamar.com/2007/05/09/the-historic-tale-of-the-brotherhood-of-timber-workers/

High Ground Trailer

The Journey Home is an Uphill Battle.
A Don Hahn Production of a Michael Brown Film.

HIGH GROUND follows a team of veterans returning from combat in Afghanistan and Iraq as they set out to climb a towering Himalayan peak to overcome challenges and heal the mental and emotional ravages of war.

Bruce Jingles in Hawthorne this Monday

 

 

This Monday, Bruce Jingles is in Hawthorne at The Falcon Inn at 930pm. Free admission and drink specials. Plus, a great lineup. See you there.