Obama’s Kabuki Jobs Council, Brought to You By “Nut on China” Jeff Immelt

By: emptywheel Friday January 21, 2011 6:02 am

No matter how many times GE’s CEO Jeff Immelt gets up on a podium or in an op-ed and feigns an interest in American jobs, his actions make him the poster child for everything wrong with the U.S. economy right now.

And that’s what Obama is rolling out, as he moves into campaign mode, to convince Americans he’s going to do a damn thing about jobs.

Google, Verizon Negotiate the Selling of the Internet

By: David Dayen Thursday August 5, 2010 12:35 pm

The first word we heard about the Google-Verizon deal was that they would keep basic net neutrality protections for computer-based Web browsing, but not extend it to mobile devices. But the latest news is that the deal would put tiers on the entire Internet.

Don’t Be Evil? Google’s Schmidt Says PATRIOT Means You Have No Privacy

By: emptywheel Thursday December 10, 2009 12:50 pm

Eric Schmidt implies that all your searches are available to the Feds.

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