Prince Harry censors his "risque anecdotes." Emma Roberts is pursued by two men at the same party. Sean Penn and Scarlett Johansson are, metaphorically, sittin' in a tree. Gossipmongers of the world, unite: It's May Day gossip. More » Rallies and demonstrations have taken part in dozens of countries to mark May Day. HAVANA (AP) -- Hundreds of thousands of Cubans marched through Havana and other cities on Sunday to mark May Day in a demonstration touted as a vast show of support for economic changes recently approved by the Communist Party - even though the people holding placards and shouting slogans haven't seen the details yet.... ...from The Virtual Stoa. (Scott) Investor's Business Daily's Monica Showalter has a good page-one story on the thirtieth anniversary of Chile's private social security system. She has been in touch with the Chilean architect of the system, Jose Pinera, who told her that he set the May 1 date for implementation of the system in order to alter the meaning of the May Day holiday into a celebration of genuine empowerment. Pinera has sought to retrieve the day from the Marxists and replace it with something honorable. For inspiration, Monica even sent Pinera John Hinderaker's "A dishonorable holiday" post for inspiration. Coincidentally, John's post featured a photo of thugs in Santiago, Chile. The Marxist types are a miserable minority in Chile. Monica urges readers to take a look at Pinera's twitter search feed showing a stream of ordinary Chileans sending Pinera their thank-yous for his pension design. The real Chile is speaking through those tweets of appreciation. Monica says that she wrote this article because she is amazed at how insipid our public debate over Social Security entitlement solvency is: "Any reform of Social Security is always painted as a contest of stealing grandma's check and doing nothing. Obama just loves ... Workers' day marked worldwide with marches demanding better working conditions and higher wages. HAVANA (Reuters) - Hundreds of thousands of Cubans paraded through Havana's Revolution Square on Sunday in a May Day celebration that touted recently approved economic reforms in one of the world's last communist countries. Several hundred thousand people marched in May Day parades throughout Russia. The ruling party United Russia said 25,000 turned out chanting… T.J. Holmes talks to CNN's Nadia Bilchik about international laughter day coming up on May 1. A selection of the best images from around the world Tens of thousands took to the streets across the globe for May Day on Sunday, to press for workers' rights amid tough economic times and to back an array of other causes. Labour Day in Greece has been marked by a transport strike to protest against austerity measures`the government has introduced because of the… (05-01) 03:42 PDT ISTANBUL, (AP) -- Activists marking international workers' day Sunday staged a massive march of 200,000 in Turkey's capital and rallied in cities around the world to demand more jobs, better work... They still haven't gotten to the actual budget yet, but they've passed a bill that allows for some extra "non-tax revenue" plus a bunch of accounting gimmicks, which makes their less-penurious-than-the-House budget possible. The Texas Senate, digging publicly for money while it battles quietly over a proposed budget, approved a "non-tax revenue" bill that would [...]
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Sunday, May 1, 2011
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