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Yearly Archives: 2010
Haiti : Why Voodoo Won’t Do
Above, the National Palace in Puerto Principe. Photo from EPA / Zumapress.com. Below, destroyed housing in Port-au-Prince. Photo by Logan Abassi / Getty Images.Why Voodoo won’t do:Haiti and the superstructure of failure By Sid Eschenbach / The Rag Blog / … Continue reading
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Tagged Earthquake, Haiti, History, Natural Disasters, Sid Eschenbach
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Rage Against the Machine : Diebold and the Massachusetts Election
Illustration by Doug Potter / The Austin Chronicle.Hacking the vote:Will Diebold steal the Senate? As Bay Staters vote to fill Ted Kennedy’s Senate seat, most will be marking scantron ballots to be run through easily hackable electronic counters made by … Continue reading
Texas Songwriter Vince Bell : One Man’s Music
Vince Bell. Photo by David Byboth.One Man’s Music:Three-Day Ride to the Kitchen By Vince Bell / The Rag Blog / January 18, 2010 Legendary Texas singer/songwriter Vince Bell will be Thorne Dreyer’s guest on Rag Radio, Tuesday, January 12, 2-3 … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin, Music History, Progressive Country, Rag Radio, Singers, Songwriters, Texas, Vince Bell
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Texas’ Dr. Death : Executing the Mentally Retarded
Daniel Plata, a mentally retarded criminal saved from execution in Texas, is shown in picture on a bookshelf at his home. Photo by Michael Stravato / The Texas Observer.Cruel and unusual in Texas:Executing the mentally retarded ‘When you have junk … Continue reading
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Tagged Capital Punishment, Criminal Justice, Mental Retardation, Texas, Texas Death Row, Texas Observer
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Willie Mitchell and Mary Daly : Partners in Demise
Above, Willie Mitchell with his axe and, below, Mary Daly with hers (a labrys, a traditional symbol of the Goddess).Intertwined obit:Soul man and radical feminist leave the stage By Carl R. Hultberg / The Rag Blog / January 17, 2010 … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Carl R. Hultberg, Deaths, Feminism, Jazz, Lesbians, Musicians, People, Soul Music, Theology
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Larry Ray : Haiti’s Horror Hits Home
Disasters past and present:Haiti’s horror hits home By Larry Ray / The Rag Blog / January 17, 2010 GULFPORT, Mississippi — Many of my fading memories of destruction, death and total loss have come back into sharp focus as I … Continue reading
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Tagged Earthquake, Gulf Coast, Haiti, Katrina, Larry Ray, Natural Disasters, New Orleans
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Honduras : Micheletti Becoming ‘Second Pinochet’?
‘Congressman for Life’ Roberto Micheletti. Art by Brazilian cartoonist Carlos Latuff / IndyBay.Honduran coup consolidating power:Micheletti named ‘Congressman for Life’ By David Holmes Morris / The Rag Blog / January 17, 2010 As violent repression continues, the powers that be … Continue reading
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Tagged Central America, Coups d'etat, David Holmes Morris, Honduras, Latin America, Manuel Zelaya, Roberto Micheletti
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Marc Estrin : GREED — A Bedtime Story
GREED — A Bedtime Story By Marc Estrin / The Rag Blog / January 26, 2010 I won’t bore or appall you with the toxic sludge spewing out of the mouths of our CEOs justifying — sans apology — their … Continue reading
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Tagged Authors, Capitalism, Corporate Corruption, Fiction, Greed, Marc Estrin
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Texas : Rick Perry Throws Kids Under the (School) Bus
Image from ConnectAmarillo.Governor Perry ignores student needs:Turns down $700 mission in fed funds Among the Republican leadership in Texas, politics is much more important than educating children or solving social problems. By Ted McLaughlin / The Rag Blog / January … Continue reading
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Tagged Education, Public Schools, Republican, Rick Perry, Right Wing Extremists, Ted McLaughlin, Texas
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Texas : Rick Perry Throws Kids Under the (School) Bus
Image from ConnectAmarillo.Governor Perry ignores student needs:Turns down $700 million in fed education funds Among the Republican leadership in Texas, politics is much more important than educating children or solving social problems. By Ted McLaughlin / The Rag Blog / … Continue reading
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Tagged Education, Public Schools, Republican, Rick Perry, Right Wing Extremists, Ted McLaughlin, Texas
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