of the corporations, by the corporations ...

Maine's Republican governor Paul LePage ordered a large mural depicting the illustrious history of unions in this country to be removed from the state's Department of Labor's premises.

"The mural has been removed and is in storage awaiting relocation to a more appropriate venue," said LePage press secretary Adrienne Bennett in a prepared statement. "We understand that not everyone agrees with this decision, but the Maine Department of Labor has to be focused on the job at hand."

... Administration officials said the change was needed to reflect a new image for the department, one not tilted toward organized labor. They said visitors to the lobby had complained that the mural is anti-business.

OK, then, so the new image for Maine's Department of Labor has been laid on the table in plain view: It is NOT there to encourage fair wages and safe working conditions. Seems like Maine is laying the groundwork to become the next state to attack public worker unions.

Some panels in the mural that LePage wants removed.

The Commissioner of Labor has also announced a contest to rename conference rooms that are currently dedicated to Labor heros such as Cesar Chavez and Frances Perkins. Hmmm. I can just see conference rooms in the Department of Labor named for Sam Walton and David Koch.

Awesome Women: Geraldine Ferraro

The Woman of the Day is Geraldine Ferraro, born in 1935 and died today. A  savvy New York Democrat, she was an attorney, a Democratic Party  notable, and a member of the U.S. House of Representatives (New  York/Queens). In 1984 she was embraced as a symbol of women's equality  when she became the first Italian-American and first woman to be a  major-party Vice Presidential nominee, selected by Walter Mondale who  tried to unseat Ronald Reagan.

My Awesome Woman posts were first written for and published to a closed Facebook group, and are republished here.

Billboard Liberation

We at the BLF have been assisting fatigued advertising copywriters to strengthen their corporate messages for over thirty years. Advertising is the language of our Culture, as BLF CEO Jack Napier noted almost as many years ago. And the primary use of language is to to communicate ideas. The most efficient and direct communication of an idea comes through the most elegant use of the least amount of words to communicate that idea. It’s quite clear from the image in this Stella Artois billboard ad what the message IS. The BLF merely wishes to assist this campaign by paring down the words in order to match that message most perfectly. - BLF Education Officer, R.O. Thornhill.
The improvement can be seen at 38th St and 8th Ave in midtown New York.
The BLF (www.billboardliberation.com) has been improving outdoor advertising since 1977. Prior campaigns have included work for Exxon, R.J. Reynolds, and Apple Computers.

 See more examples of liberated billboards on BLF's "clients" page.

Comment of the Day: Lethal Ejaculation

Commenting on the below video on YouTube, MultiChrisjb says:

Every time I ejaculate, I kill millions of potential humans. So I should be in Jail! This makes every man a mass murderer. I'll turn myself in tomorrow....

 

Comment of the Day: The Poor Koch Brothers

All the people in this "ad" are socialists, communists, nazis, subversives, and "tera-ists".The real PATRIOTS are the persons who stand up for the Koch brothers. Last time I heard, the poor bros were down to their last 18 billion. This is not acceptable. These greedy teachers should give it up now, for the good of the Koch bros.

-- YouTube comment on this well-done ad by Bold Progressives and Democracy for America by "Gallagherfreak100"