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Yearly Archives: 2008
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Texas Jail Crisis : Pretrial Detention up nearly 50%
Dumping Debra and Donna: Counties should reduce pretrial incarceration if they can’t afford health costs By Grits for Breakfast | The Rag Blog | August 4, 2008 Over the last decade or so, even as crime has declined, most Texas … Continue reading
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Tagged Criminal Justice, Criminal Justice Reform, Incarceration, Texas
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Solar Power Breakthrough Stores Energy for Later Use
MIT’s Daniel Nocera.‘Now we can seriously think about solar power as unlimited and soon’August 2, 2008 CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Within 10 years, homeowners could power their homes in daylight with solar photovoltaic cells, while using excess solar energy to produce … Continue reading
Turning the American Dream Into Cold Cash
Jennifer Marcoe holds the opal ring she received on her first Mother’s Day. The ring is one of the treasures the family has had to pawn in order to make ends meet after husband Richard was laid off. The family … Continue reading
FILM : The Sociology of Wealth in the USA
Johnson and Johnson heir and filmaker Jamie Johnson.‘Johnson is obviously thoughtful and also disturbed by his view from the top of the class pyramid of American society’By Roger Baker / The Rag Blog / August 4, 2008 Having no choice … Continue reading
Foster Kids In Texas Get Lots of Meds
Copyright © Illustration by Olaf Hajek.They get ‘three times the amount of psychotropic meds as their non-fostered Medicaid counterparts’By Craig Malisow / August 4, 2008 As if they weren’t getting shafted enough, foster kids on Medicaid in Texas are receiving … Continue reading
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Tagged Health Care, Medicine, Mental Health, Pharmaceuticals, Psychotropic Medication, Texas, Youth
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Bill Richardson for Obama’s Veep? : Two Views
The nation’s only Hispanic governor, New Mexico’s Bill Richardson, formally announced his endorsement of Barack Obama Friday, March 21, in Portland, Oregon. Photo by Brandon / AP.Richardson is ‘a vicious politician’ and an ‘opportunist’By Mark Rudd / The Rag Blog … Continue reading
FILM : Arianna Huffington on ‘Swing Vote"
Kevin Costner in ‘Swing Vote’. Photo courtesy of Walt Disney Pictures.What the new film tells us about the ’08 race, and why Obama needs to put Kevin Costner on his iPodBy Arianna Huffington / August 4, 2008 The makers of … Continue reading
Barack Obama : Pride and Prejudice
Barack Obama the new Mr Darcy? Dominic Cooper played the part in the BBC adaptation of Jane Austen’s ‘Sense And Sensibility.’ Read ‘Mr. Darcy Comes Courting’ by Maureen Dowd below. Maureen Dowd hits the nail on the headBy Steve Russell … Continue reading
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Tagged Hillary, Jane Austen, Obama, Race, Racism, Women's Movement
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The High Costs of the Things We Like
The Climate Costs of a Glass of Milkby Raúl Pierri MONTEVIDEO – A simple glass of milk on the breakfast table can carry high environmental costs. Because of this, some farmers and scientists are looking for ways to reduce the … Continue reading
Painful Joke of the Day
How does a shitting President negotiate a peace agreement with Iraq? The answer is ….. ‘DEPENDS.’ Thanks to Diane, a Rag Blog reader / The Rag Blog / Posted August 3, 2008
Texas Republican Congressman Pete Sessions’ Week of Scandal
Republican Rep. Pete Sessions celebrates with supporters after claiming victory over Democratic Rep. Martin Frost for the Texas 32nd Congressional District House seat in November, 2004. Photo by Jeff Mitchell / Reuters.Self-styled ‘morality champion’ pays strippers with campaign money, raises … Continue reading
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Tagged Congress, Pete Sessions, Political Corruption, Political Scandal, Republican Party, Texas
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Another Piece of What Iraq Was Really About
Iraq arms sales request worth over nine billion dollars: PentagonAugust 1, 2008 WASHINGTON — The Pentagon said Friday it has notified Congress of proposed military sales to Iraq valued at more than nine billion dollars, including helicopters, tanks and armored … Continue reading
