Friend of mine bass player Micky Metts had a band called “The Futures” mentioned in a new book Hit Girls: Women of Punk in the USA, 1975-1983
The women of Hit Girls are now rightfully exalted to cult status where their collective achievement is recognized and inspiring to new generations of women rockers. Included are interviews with: Texacala Jones, Stoney Rivera, Mish Bondaj, Alice Bag, Nikki Corvette, Penelope Houston, and many more formidable and infamous women who made their voices heard over the screaming guitars. These pioneering women were more than novelty acts or pretty faces–they were fully contributing members and leaders of mixed-gender and all-female bands long before the call for “girls to the front.”
Federal Trade Commission Proposes Historic Ban On Noncompete Agreements
The agency said banning use of the clauses would raise wages for workers across the country.
The Federal Trade Commission issued a major proposal Thursday that would bar employers from using noncompete agreements to lock workers into their jobs and keep wages down. Employees who sign noncompetes are forbidden from taking a job at a competing company for a certain period of time. The FTC said the agreements create an “unfair method of competition” for workers and therefore violate federal law. Lina M. Khan, the commission’s chair, said in a statement that the freedom to jump ship to a different employer was at the “core” of economic liberty. “Noncompetes block workers from freely switching jobs, depriving them of higher wages and better working conditions, and depriving businesses of a talent pool that they need to build and expand,” Khan said. The agency estimates that a ban could increase wages for U.S. workers by as much as $296 billion per year.
The Nassau County GOP calls on George Santos to RESIGN.
Meanwhile, House Republican leadership remains SILENT about the fraudulence of George Santos, claiming that the matter should be “handled internally.” “Handling it internally” is code for not handling it at all.
Common Dreams @commondreams
“House Republicans are openly plotting to hold the full faith and credit of the United States hostage—threatening to blow up our entire economy—because they want to force cuts to Social Security and Medicare,” said one House Democrat.
As NYC’s Food Stamp Crisis Worsens, State Agency Withholds Relief
Over half of New York City food stamp applicants are forced to wait for their benefits to arrive as staff at the understaffed Human Resources Administration fail to keep pace with demand. The state’s Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance has declined to issue a waiver that would relieve the backlog.
Jan 3 2023 #Bitcoin was launched on this day 14 years ago.
On the 3rd of January, 2009 Satoshi Nakamoto mined the genesis block…and so here we are today! 🙌
Happy 14th birthday Bitcoin!
Willy Woo @woonomic Jan 5
Income taxes and fiat was born of war and to this very day the two are used to fund ongoing wars.
Very few people understand #Bitcoin is a solution to human ethnics.
Cassandra B.C. @michaeljburry Jan 1
Inflation peaked. But it is not the last peak of this cycle. We are likely to see CPI lower, possibly negative in 2H 2023, and the US in recession by any definition. Fed will cut and government will stimulate. And we will have another inflation spike. It’s not hard.
Historical #Bitcoin prices on Christmas:
2013 – $682
2014 – $319
2015 – $456
2016 – $896
2017 – $14,027
2018 – $3,815
2019 – $7,275
2020 – $24,665
2021 – $50,430
2022 – $16,831
In a world of uncertainty you need something that actually works.
In a world of full of empty promises you need something that you can rely on. #Bitcoin