WI Budget Bill and the Gutting of Medicaid
Little known and much overlooked in our call to solidarity with Wisconsin public employees is a provision buried in the bill that lays the foundation for gutting Medicaid in the state. From the Cap...
View Articletwitternation - @jamesfranco edition
Coming to you from deep in Uptown Houston, welcome to the February 2011 edition of my ongoing community-building diary series twitternation, where you'll meet the eleven people actor James Franco...
View Article"You're healed"
One of my favorite books is Malleus Maleficarum , that is, The Hammer of Witches, which is an all-purpose guide to the investigation and prosecution of terrorism. Oops, did I say terrorism? I meant...
View ArticleOn Sacrifice and Hypocrisy.
From the eternally yammering mouth of Sarah Palin: In the posting addressed to "union brothers and sisters," Palin says Wisconsin taxpayers shouldn't be asked to pay for benefits "that are not...
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Eyes on Egypt & Region Liveblog #115
You are in the the 115th Child Diary of the Liveblog of the 2011 uprisings throught North Africa and the Middle East. We stand with our international friends and their courageous struggle for...
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IGTNT: Semper Fidelis - A Marine From Florida
Semper Fidelis More than a motto, a way of life that distinguishes the Marine Corps bond from any other. It goes beyond teamwork – it is a brotherhood and lasts for life. Latin for "always faithful,"...
View ArticleWhen will MSM cover Madison and other protests?
As I surfed the TV news and news cable channels today, no one was talking about Madison and everyone was talking about Republicans and spending cuts; the focus was not on jobs or worker rights, but on...
View ArticleSolidarity Rally St. Paul--Video
I had to work but left to go to the rally in front of the Capitol. Didn't know how many would be there so parked a ways away on Summit avenue in front of the good old J.J Hill House--our own railroad...
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San Francisco Rally for Libya
Today was a day for Solidarity. Solidarity with our workers here in the US and the people in Libya and elsewhere who are suffering under unbelievably horrible dictators. Interestingly, the police did...
View ArticleReport from Atlanta - disappointed
Maybe I had unrealistic expectations, but I walked away from our demonstration feeling disappointed.
View ArticleFire Shep Smith!
Shep Smith has for years hosted Studio B for Fox News Channel and has developed a reputation for being the voice of reason on the "Flare and Ballast" network. He's finally gone too far, now, by...
View ArticleTexas Solidarity Rally Pictures
I went to the Solidarity Rally in Austin today and took some pictures. It was an overcast day but everyone was in good spirits and well behaved. i would estimate the crowd at several hundred, maybe...
View ArticleIs the Arab world unready for freedom?
That is the opening line of Unfit for Democracy?, the latest opinion piece from Nicholas Kristof, online now and appearing in tomorrow's New York Times. I am going to suggest that people may want to...
View ArticleAnonymous to target Koch
Anonymous targets Koch bros with #OpWisconsin: Anonymous, the notorious collective of unnamed Internet activists, is declaring war on the controversial Koch brothers. In a press release this weekend...
View ArticleBiographies - Better than Ever
Biographies for the general reader are better than ever and I don’t think it’s just my imagination. My personal, untested, lay theory is that for all the great biographical subjects the big facts are...
View ArticleSo Bad They're Good: Gothics
I’ve been reading all my life. Really. I was one of those peculiar children who figured out what the funny black scratches on paper meant almost before I was out of diapers. My poor mother nearly...
View ArticleIn the World of the Blind, We're Often Led Off the Cliff
I’m not the greatest fan of the BBC. There are loads of things about it which I hate. I’m not so enamoured of paying the equivalent of $300 per year just for the privilege of having a television in my...
View ArticleAmerica can Seize Just like an Engine
I bet Rush Limbaugh loves his black Mayback 57S. I bet he can't help unconsciously beaming like a kid at Christmas whenever his mind wanders and suddenly he's daydreaming about the feel of it's...
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