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Yearly Archives: 2008
One Family Is Changing the Face of Christmas
Colin Beavan plays with his daughter Isabellaat Washington Square Park near their home.Photo: Paul Dunn/YES! MagazineChristmas with No PresentsBy Colin Beavan / November 26, 2008 One family’s daring experiment: Christmas without all the stuff. If Christmas is about presents, then … Continue reading
Dude. 2,700-Year-Old Marijuana Stash Found in China.
Marijuana: A Tribute.‘The 789 grams of dried cannabis was buried alongside a light-haired, blue-eyed Caucasian man, likely a shaman of the Gushi culture, near Turpan in northwestern China.’By The Canadian Press / November 27, 2008 OTTAWA – Researchers say they … Continue reading
Texas Toll Road Soup : The Environment, Federal Funding and Peak Oil
U.S. 281 N Toll Road near San Antonio. ‘”It’s been obvious to us from day one that TxDOT was willing to do and say anything to get a toll road on U.S. 281,” said Terri Hall of Texans Uniting for … Continue reading
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SOFA* Finally Gets Through Iraqi Parliament
Iraqi parliament approves landmark US military pactBy Salam Faraj / November 27, 2008 BAGHDAD – Iraq’s parliament on Thursday approved a landmark military pact that will see all US troops withdraw by the end of 2011, eight years after the … Continue reading
Thanksgiving: No Reason for Indians to Celebrate
See video “Thanksgiving: A Native American View” below. Native Blood: The Myth of ThanksgivingBy Mike Ely It is a deep thing that people still celebrate the survival of the early colonists at Plymouth — by giving thanks to the Christian … Continue reading
Gimme Shelter : Pilots ‘n Paws Offers Dogs at Risk a Ticket to Ride
“I’m leavin’ on a jet plane.” Photo by Joyce A. Davis / USA Today.‘These are wonderful dogs that simply had the bad luck of winding up in a place where there are too many pets in shelters,’ says Pilots N … Continue reading
Thorne Dreyer : The American Voting Public? Not that Bright.
Kathleen Parker, having fed publicly on the bones of the Republican Party and the evangelical movement within it, now suggests that the dumbing down of America reaches far beyond the walls of the Grand Old Party. By Thorne Dreyer / … Continue reading
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A Bulldog for the Underdog : Jim Mattox Laid to Rest
Yellow Dog Democrat pays respects: Photo by Tom Blackwell / The Rag Blog. This wonderful yellow dog attended the funeral of Attorney General Jim Mattox in Austin on Tuesday. Here he waits while the casket was loaded on a horse … Continue reading
