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Monthly Archives: December 2009
Rush Limbaugh : Get Well, Class Clown
Rush Limbaugh. From “Republican Clowns” / Daniel Kurtzman / Ask.com.Sick, sick, sick…Rush Limbaugh, Class ClownBy Carl R. Hultberg / The Rag Blog / December 31, 2009 There’s one in every classroom. Competing with the teacher for attention, cracking jokes, disrupting … Continue reading
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Tagged Broadcast Media, Carl R. Hultberg, Clowns, Education, Indigenous People, Public Schools, Republican, Right Wing Media, Rush Limbaugh
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Bernardine Dohrn : Gaza Freedom March: Reimagining Change
UPDATE: See ‘Gaza Freedom march converges on Midan Tahrir,’ Below. Above, photo from Palestine Chronicle / Aljazeera. Below, holocaust survivor Hedy Epstein, center, and Gaza Freedom March activists in Cairo Tuesday. Photo by Amr Nabil / AP / Christian Science … Continue reading
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Tagged Bernardine Dohrn, Cairo, Egypt, Gaza, Middle East, Palestine, Peace Movement
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VERSE / Larry Piltz : From God’s Lips to Yours
“A Marriage Proposal.” Wood engraving by Barnard from an 1877 issue of The Illustrated London News / Old-Print.com. From God’s Lips to Yours Happy New Year! At the calendar’s turn past choice becomes clearas our marriage strolls into its fourteenth … Continue reading
UT-Austin’s Kuperman : Bomb Iran’s Nukes
Image from Crusader Rabbit.UT non-proliferation ‘expert’ calls forMilitary strikes against Iran nuclear facilities [Alan J. Kuperman is] ‘director of the Nuclear Proliferation Prevention Program at the University of Texas at Austin,’ but his Christmas eve call to war relies on … Continue reading
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Tagged Iran, Israel, Middle East, New York Times, Nuclear Weapons, U.S. Aggression, UT-Austin, Zionism
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FARC in Colombia : A History of Armed Resistance
“Por la nueva Colombia, la patria grande y socialismo.”(“For the new Colombia, the greater fatherland, and socialism.”) — FARC motto. Photo from HubPages. Armed struggle for land reform and justice:Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia By Marion Delgado / The Rag … Continue reading
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Tagged Colombia, FARC, Latin America, Marion Delgado, Resistance Movements, Revolutionary Movements, South America
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James Retherford : Sweeping Away the Snow
Art by Mark Fiore. See link to animation below.Citizens of the earth:Best wishes in bad times By James Retherford / The Rag Blog / December 29, 2009 Pardon me if I use this greeting to sweep away the usual seasonal … Continue reading
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Tagged American Society, Animation, Christmas, Consumerism, Economy, James Retherford, New Years, U.S. Foreign Policy
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Health Care Reform : Our Christmas Eve Present
Congress’ health care reformPromises huge returns for all ‘Their principal job is to reinforce the great ideas of yesterday while suppressing the great ideas of tomorrow.’ — Deepak Chopra on skeptics. By Janet Gilles / The Rag Blog / December … Continue reading
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Tagged Congress, Health Care, Health Care Reform, Janet Gilles, Politics
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Corruption in Panama : Former President on the Lam
Panama’s ex-President Ernesto Pérez Balladares earlier this year. Panama’s ‘Toro’ is currently wanted by law enforcement, if not by Panama’s voters. Photo from telemetro.com.Panama’s ‘Toro’ goes underground Warrant issued for arrest of ex-President Ernesto Pérez Balladares for laundering money from … Continue reading
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Tagged Central America, Eric Jackson, Latin America, Panama, Political Corruption
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Avatar : Contradictions of Cameron’s Animation Masterpiece
The contradictions of capital-intensive history:James Cameron’s animation masterpiece The stunning experience of nature, culture, and politics does achieve an important spiritual reversal of the Cowboys and Indians plot. By Greg Moses / The Rag Blog / December 28, 2009 “I’ll … Continue reading
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Tagged Animation, Entertainment, Fantasy, Film, Green Technology, Greg Moses, Imperialism, Mythology, Science Fiction
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Carl Davidson : Obama, the Democrats, and the Months Ahead
Carl Davidson. Photo by Thomas Good / Next Left Notes.A report and perspective from the rust belt:Obama, the Democrats and the months aheadBy Carl Davidson / The Rag Blog / December 28, 2009 Carl Davidson will be Thorne Dreyer’s guest … Continue reading
Deadly Environment : Latin American Anti-Mining Activists Murdered
A close up of murdered anti-mining activist Marcelo Rivera’s eyes on a mural painted in front of the cultural center that he founded in San Isidro, El Salvador. Photo by Dominque Jarry-Shore / The Dominion.Grassroots movements met with deadly violence:Mining … Continue reading
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Tagged El Salvador, Environment, Latin America, Mexico, Mining, Pollitical Violence, Social Movements, Val Liveoak
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