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Monthly Archives: September 2009

G-20 Pittsburgh: Welcome to Police State America

Posted on September 24, 2009 by RagBlog

Police officers go through their initial drills in July 2009 for G-20 protest response.Photo: Darrell Sapp/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.Police Harassment Greets G-20 ProtestersBy Robert S. Eshelman / September 22, 2009 Pittsburgh plays host this week to the G-20 summit, a gathering of … Continue reading →

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CodePink in Austin : Mourning the War Dead

Posted on September 23, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

CodePink’s Fran Hanlon leads a Mourning March across the Congress bridge Monday in Austin, to inform the public of the war’s death toll. Photo by Michael Baldon / The Daily Texan.CodePink for peace, not bloodMourners march against death toll of … Continue reading →

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Ragamuffin Reverie : Star Wars and Repubs

Posted on September 23, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Republican singles bar?Enough crooks to go around… On the left as well as on the right, there are those who anthropomorphize ‘government’ as a criminal conspiracy that has existed since H. sap crawled out of the slime. By Steve Russell … Continue reading →

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Republicans Profit by Abandoning Conservatism for Demagoguery

Posted on September 22, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Behind Republican Success:They Are No Longer ‘Conservatives’ By Sherman DeBrosse / The Rag Blog / September 22, 2009 Pundits have been writing that the Republicans will pay a heavy price for their tactics of distortion, rejection of bipartisan outreach, and … Continue reading →

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A Magic Film : The Butterfly Circus

Posted on September 22, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Stop and Watch: The Butterfly Circus By Larry Ray / The Rag Blog / September 22, 2009 This is not my usual post. This is something very special I want to share with you. Something, I feel, that is very … Continue reading →

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Going Nuclear : Tom Friedman’s ‘Idiocy Atomique’

Posted on September 22, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

‘Green Advocate’ Tom Friedman is nuclear booster In denial verging on psychosis, Friedman says France has ‘managed to deal with all the radioactive waste issues without any problems or panic.’ By Harvey Wasserman / The Rag Blog / September 22, … Continue reading →

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Wall Street Tycoons : Why Are None Behind Bars?

Posted on September 22, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Royal / Capitalist Banker series / mejuan.Why haven’t any Wall Street tycoons been sent to the slammer? The absence of what many would call justice stands out all the more because past financial crises always had their villains. by Kevin … Continue reading →

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A Lifestyle Alternative : The Gift Economy

Posted on September 21, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Jesse James Retherford. The gift economy and the sustainable community Within a moral economy the social significance of individuals is defined by their obligations to others, with whom they maintain continuing relationships. It is the extended reproduction of the relationship … Continue reading →

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A Few Bad Acorns and the Right Wing Crusade

Posted on September 21, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

In defense of ACORN: The right-wing crusade against ACORN is a far bigger fraud than any misdeeds a few employees might have committed By Joe Conason / September 21, 2009 For many years the combined forces of the far right … Continue reading →

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Jack Herer : Cannabis Champ Stricken

Posted on September 21, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Jack Herer, champion for legalization of cannabis.Author, leader of movement to legalize cannabis:Jack Herer has massive heart attack By Mariann G. Wizard / The Rag Blog / September 21, 2009 Jack Herer, the father of the U.S. cannabis legalization movement, … Continue reading →

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Glenn W. Smith : Coyote Nation

Posted on September 21, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Our wily neighbor. Photo by Scott Stewart / AP. You know why coyotes do so well? Because they are not ideologues. By Glenn W. Smith / The Rag Blog / September 21, 2009 Coyotes have come to the city. I … Continue reading →

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Fear and Loathing in Mexico : A Pandemic of Paranoia

Posted on September 21, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Coming back to earth: Preacher Jose Mar Flores Pereira (Josmar) and federal cop after faux hijacking of AeroMexico plane in Mexico City, September 9, 2009. Photo by Jorge Dan Lopez / Reuters.Fear and Loathing south of the border:Paranoia goes pandemic … Continue reading →

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