TheGIC.org's Blog – February 2010 Archive (5)

Why Bank Of America Fired Me

Jackie Ramos, a recently fired CSR at Bank of America tells her story on how she was canned for humanly caring for the customers and not collecting enough fees from people deeply into debt.… Continue

Added by theGIC.org on February 24, 2010 at 10:21am — 5 Comments

Massacres and Profits: A Brief History of the Olympics

by Maryann Abbs

http://www.no2010.com/node/17

Those who promote the Olympics are interested in power, prestige and profit.

Developers and construction companies stand to benefit from the public money spent on road construction and new sports facilities. Politicians get to preside over a large-scale spectacle. But what will the rest of us get from the [three-year] lead up to the Olympics? What will be the real legacy… Continue

Added by theGIC.org on February 18, 2010 at 9:00am — 2 Comments

OUT AGAINST THE 2010 WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES

ALL OUT AGAINST THE 2010 WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES! The 2010 Winter Olympics will take place in Vancouver & Whistler, on unceded Indigenous land, from February 12-28 2010. We call on all anti-capitalist, Indigenous, housing rights, labour, migrant justice, environmental, anti-war, community-loving, anti-poverty, civil libertarian, and anti colonial activists to come together to confront this two-week circus and the oppression it represents. We are organizing towards a global anti-capitalist and… Continue

Added by theGIC.org on February 15, 2010 at 8:48am — No Comments

Meteorite Hits Mexico Leaving Â 30 Meter Crater?

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Added by theGIC.org on February 12, 2010 at 4:15pm — 6 Comments

What is Quantum Physics?

By Andrew Zimmerman Jones

What Is Quantum Physics?:

Quantum physics is the study of the behavior of matter and energy at the molecular, atomic, nuclear, and even smaller microscopic levels. In the early 20th century, it was discovered that the laws that govern macroscopic objects do not function the same in such small realms.

What Does Quantum Mean?:

"Quantum" comes from… Continue

Added by theGIC.org on February 6, 2010 at 11:00am — 3 Comments