Tag Archives: Unions

Smashing the Duo-Normative Diarchy Goes Full Brazilian

Posted on November 7, 2015 by The Political Hat

     We have already seen “thruples” of three persons fight against the duo-normative diarchy, including three women, three men, and mixed sex triads, from the United States to Thailand, with political support in the United Kingdom.  Now legal recognition in Brazil … Continue reading →

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U.K.’s Labour Party Goes Old School Cuckoo Socialist

Posted on September 25, 2015 by The Political Hat

     M.P. Jeremy Corbyn was overwhelmingly elected as leader of the U.K.’s Labour Party.  His love for Osama bin Laden and hatred for the United States is well known, but his picks for the “Shadow Cabinet” are demonstrating just how bats**t … Continue reading →

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Scott Walker, Time Lord

Posted on February 18, 2015 by The Political Hat

     The New York Times declared that Scott Walker, who assumed the Governorship of Wisconsin in 2011, caused through his governorship the firing of teachers in… 2010. “Mainly, though, The Speech was about waging war on public employee unions, particularly the … Continue reading →

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Capital and Labor United Against Workers

Posted on July 15, 2014 by The Political Hat

     Workers at a Tennessee Volkswagen plant have already voted against forming a union, but they are going to get a union anyway, and with the support of Volkswagen itself.      The United Auto Workers is forming a chapter regardless of the … Continue reading →

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Quick Takes – Public School’s Religious Discrimination, Speaking English a H8 Crime, and Education sans Parents

Posted on March 31, 2014 by The Political Hat

     Another “quick takes” on items where there is too little to say to make a complete article, but is still important enough to comment on.      The focus this time: Education      Despite the fact that under both Federal and state non-discrimination … Continue reading →

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Free to Choose Friday (Part 8)

Posted on February 28, 2014 by The Political Hat

     Each Friday for the next few months, an episode of Milton Friedman’s ten-part Free to Choose will be posted.      The eighth episode: Who Protects the Worker Tweet

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The Inequivalency of Unions

Posted on February 25, 2014 by The Political Hat

     Workers at a Volkswagen plant in Tennessee voted against organizing under the United Auto Workers (UAW).  This happened despite the fact that Volkswagen was fully supportive of this, and gave the UAW free rein to campaign as they liked.      In … Continue reading →

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And Thus to an American Pertinax?

Posted on October 24, 2013 by The Political Hat

     From the IRS, which responded to Obama’s channeling of Henry II (“Will No One Rid Me of This Meddlesome Priest Tea Party?”), to the National Park Service, who have a deliberate strategy of making life difficult for people to win … Continue reading →

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Impotent Rage: Liberal Superhero

Posted on September 24, 2013 by The Political Hat

     The latest Grand Theft Auto game includes, as previous GTA games have, of including watching in-game T.V. shows that helped to expand the in-game universe.  In the Grand Theft Auto V, however, one of the shows was a show about … Continue reading →

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The Coming California Peasants Revolt?

Posted on September 16, 2013 by The Political Hat

     California’s, and to a great degree America’s, breadbasket is the Central Valley.  It is one of the state’s largest industries, but also the type of work that the coastal elite and the Silicon Valley/Hollywood axis dismisses as being something for … Continue reading →

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