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Malik Rahim at the 2008 Green Party Convention
2008-07-16 17:45:00 Malik Rahim is an activist, who works with groups in New Orleans to support the rebuilding effort. Malik Rahim is now a candidate for Congress, U.S. House of Representatives for Louisiana, District 2. In this video, Malik Rahim speaks to the 2008 Green Party Presidential Convention in Chicago, Illinois. Malik is introduced by Brenda ... More About: Green Party , Malik
Christians: Help! The Gays Are Persecuting Us! News
2008-07-13 13:07:00 [From Pinke.biz] I’ve always struggled to understand the mindset of those opposed to gay marriage rights on religious grounds (which I’m quite sure is all opposed whether they realize it or not), but thanks to a new column in a publication called “The Christian Post” I have some insight: they’re going to get persecuted. Continue reading Christians : ... More About: News , Commentary , Rights , Gays
Cynthia McKinney Wins Green Party Presidential Nomination
2008-07-12 20:01:00 Cynthia McKinney won the Green Party of the United States presidential nomination at the July 12 GP-US Convention in Chicago . McKinney, a former Member of Congress from Georgia, received 313 of 532 first round votes to earn nomination by Greens delegates from across the country excited that she will be their standard bearer this year. ... More About: Nomination , Presidential
Green Party Presidential Candidate Forum
2008-07-12 05:31:00 The Green Party Presidential Candidate Forum was held tonight in at the Green Party US Annual Meeting/Convention at the Palmer House in Chicago. It was moderated by former Green Party of Illinois candidate for governor, Rich Whitney. The large ballroom was packed with Greens, and interest shown by the large amount of media present. All ... More About: Commentary , Nomination
Green Party Annual Meeting
2008-07-11 13:05:00 Well the Green Party Annual Meeting is underway in Chicago. On Thursday there were workshops and meetings of GP-US committees as well as state caucuses. The Presidential Nominating Convention is all day Saturday at the Chicago Symphony Center. There are more workshops and caucuses scheduled ... More About: Green Party
How Dare They Rip The Fourth Amendment?
2008-07-07 01:22:00 Joe Galloway Early next week the U.S. Senate will vote on an extension of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, with a few small amendments intended to immunize telecommunications corporations that assisted our government in the warrantless and illegal wiretapping it has grown to love. That such a gutting of the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution even made ... More About: Dare
Environmental and social justice groups unite in support of free software
2008-07-06 20:01:00 “When you turn on your computer, you’re making a political statement. If, like most people, your computer boots Microsoft Windows, the statement you’re making is that transnational corporations should control access to the most powerful public media that ever existed. ” New Internationalist Magazine Nov. 2006 In January and February ... More About: Software , Social , Commentary , Environment , Justice
Pesticide dealers announce indefinite strike
2008-07-06 19:39:00 By Mansoor Ahmad The Pakistan Crop Protection Association (PCPA) has announced going on strike indefinitely in order to register their protest over the Punjab government?s campaign against substandard pesticides that led to raids and arrests of a number of pesticide dealers and importers. A spokesman of PCPA told The News that the strike would continue until Punjab ... More About: Environment , Strike , Indefinite
Letter - McCain and Vietnam
2008-07-05 23:47:00 To the Editor: Re ?What We Learned in the War,? by Gail Collins (column, July 3): Moral courage is far more important and fragile than physical courage. Most of us show some bravery when facing immediate danger but waver in the face of ethical decisions when we have something to lose by doing the right thing. When it ... More About: Vietnam , Letter
Larry Harmon, longtime Bozo the Clown, dead at 83
2008-07-04 23:45:00 By JOHN ROGERS LOS ANGELES (AP) ? Larry Harmon wasn’t the original Bozo the Clown, but he was the real one. Harmon, who portrayed the wing-haired clown for more than half a century, died Thursday of congestive heart failure, said his publicist, Jerry Digney. He was 83.As an entrepreneur, Harmon licensed the character to others, particularly ... More About: Dead
Auditors: Nuclear plants not following fire rules -
2008-07-02 03:00:00 [From Yahoo! News] By H. JOSEF HEBERT, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON - Operators of nuclear power plants have yet to comply with some of the government’s fire safety rules three decades after they were issued, a congressional report said Monday. The Government Accountability Office said there were 125 fires reported at 54 power plants since 1995, an average ... More About: Environment , Nuclear , Plants , Fire , Rules
How Will Obama Be Different?
2008-07-02 02:40:00 [From http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/uc/200806 30/ltr080630.gif] More About: Obama
?Amanda? a muddled comedy about teen prostitution
2008-06-23 20:44:00 [From Reuters/Hollywood Reporter] By Richard James Havis LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - “Finding Amanda ,” a misguided comedy directed by “Analyze This” writer Peter Tolan, sinks under the weight of misogynistic jokes. Trying to win laughs by making women appear stupid and crass, it even features a gag about a woman getting raped by a member of her family: ... More About: Comedy , Commentary , Prostitution
Obama?s Baby Mama
2008-06-13 17:17:00 [From Yahoo News Via: On the Wilder Side] WASHINGTON (AFP) - US cable network Fox News found itself in hot water this week after referring to Barack Obama ’s wife as “Obama’s Baby Mama ” and asking if a gesture the Obamas exchanged was a “terrorist fist jab.” A graphic with the words “Outraged Liberals: Stop Picking on ... More About: Baby Mama
The Wrong Rub of the Green
2008-05-30 07:45:00 [From Green erComputing] By Andrew Binstock The golf expression “It’s the rub of the green” means the equivalent of “them’s the breaks.” It refers to the fact that you’re going to have your share of good luck and bad luck when your ball is on the green. Every so often you’ll hit a divot or other irregularity — ... More About: Environment , Wrong
Don?t I Deserve Quality Care?
2008-05-16 14:05:00 Don?t I Deserve Quality Care ? Originally uploaded by Grant Neufeld By Grant Neufeld More About: Commentary
Levy announces next step in anti-immigrant campaign
2008-05-16 02:44:00 [From Long Island Wins] Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy announced the next step in his campaign against Long Island’s immigrant community. He wants to introduce legislation requiring all licensed contractors to participate in the Federal e-verify system. This would mandate that before a worker can be hired, an employer must first file an electronic submission ... More About: Rights , Campaign , Anti , Step , Immigrant
[CA] State ban on gay marriage overturned
2008-05-16 02:07:00 [From SignOnSanDiego.com] State ban on gay marriage overturned By Greg Moran UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER May 15, 2008 The state Supreme Court struck down California’s law banning same sex couples from getting married, in a historic decision Thursday that declared the law unconstitutional discrimination. The decision will surely touch off an impassioned political fight. The 4-3 opinion is the high court’s most important ... More About: News , Marriage , Rights , Gay Marriage
Familiarity Breeds Contempt
2008-05-14 03:58:00 [From Truth Dig] More About: Humor , Commentary , Breeds , Contempt
Libertarian Bob Barr Challenging McCain?s Presidential Bid
2008-05-13 21:31:00 [From Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines] This isn’t the first time someone has accused Sen. John McCain of not being conservative enough, but now former Republican congressman-turned-Libertarian Bob Barr is upping the ante on his critique of McCain’s conservatism by running against him in this year’s presidential election. The Los Angeles Times: “The government has run amok fiscally,” ... More About: News , Commentary , Presidential
Sean Bell Shooting Verdict - Dr. Boyce Watkins Speaks
2008-05-07 04:16:00 [From Your Black World] The Sean Bell Acquittal is the Tip of the Racially-Divided Iceberg by Dr. Boyce Watkins www.BoyceWatkins.com Like the rest of the world, the Sean Bell verdict shocked me out of my socks. I was taken aback that the officers in the case were acquitted of all criminal charges. The case hurt me because, like Sean ... More About: Commentary , Shooting , Verdict
THE NATIONAL BLACK POLICE ASSOCIATION: THE SEAN BELL VERDICT EMBOLDENS LACK
2008-05-07 04:06:00 [Via Black Prof] The Statement below is by Christopher C. Cooper, JD on behalf of The National Black Police Association, Chicago, IL, cooper@sxu.edu The acquittals of the three New York City Policeman who killed unarmed Sean Bell further damages the psyche and perception of the justice system by people of color. There was blatant disregard by Judge Cooperman, ... More About: Commentary
Department of Bad Ideas: The Rice Cartel
2008-05-05 20:10:00 [From Globalisation Institute] Written by Tim Worstall A recent entrant for our department of bad ideas collection, the creation of a rice cartel: Protests erupted yesterday from rice-importing nations as Samak Sundaravej, Thailand’s Prime Minister, proposed a cartel of South-East Asian rice exporters that would seek to gain more control over the price of grain. In the wake ... More About: Ideas , Commentary , Department , Rice , Cartel
After Listening to the Rev. Jeremiah Wright at the National Press Club
2008-05-01 15:47:00 Edge Left: After Listening to the Rev. Jeremiah Wright at the National Press Club by David McReynolds I’ve just finished listening to the speech of Rev. Jeremiah Wright to the National Press Club, carried on MSNBC - all 48 minutes including questions and answers. Earlier I had been catching the general drift of things ...
Univ. of Missouri finally fills the Ken Lay Chair of Economics.
2008-04-26 07:19:00 [From Think Progress ] Nine years after former Enron CEO Kenneth Lay donated $1.1 million of Enron stock to fund an economics professorship in his name, the University of Missouri (MU) has finally filled the chair. Though MU hoped to “use the chair to bring in world-renowned economists from other universities,” it ... More About: News , Economics , Finally , Chair
Moving Boxes: Recycle This
2008-04-26 07:11:00 [From The Budget Ecoist] Ahhhh…the joys of moving! All those boxes, the newspaper, the packaging peanuts! It’s enough to make an Eco Warrior go mad! We’ve previously posted tips on how to recycle and reuse packaging peanuts. But let’s face it, from an environmental perspective, packaging peanuts are, well, peanuts in terms of the bigger picture. ... More About: Environment , Moving , Recycle
Flickr
2008-04-20 04:49:00 This is a test post from , a fancy photo sharing thing. More About: Commentary , Flickr
Old lady signing the petiton
2008-04-20 04:48:00 Old lady signing the petiton Originally uploaded by Kacper (tow.zwierz) More About: Commentary , Lady , Signing
Can People Have Meat and a Planet, Too?
More articles from this author:2008-04-16 17:58:00 [How about just skipping meat for healthier and more environmentaly friendly proteins? -RS] [From New York Times Blog] By Andrew C. Revkin Muscle cells (in this case mouse) can be cultured in the lab. (Karim Sultan/Utrecht University) The world has seen the first international conference on manufacturing meat. This is the process, tested so far only at laboratory scale, ... More About: News , Environment , People , Meat , Planet 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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