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Big Polluter
Graphic by Mariann G. Wizard and Charlie Loving / The Rag Blog / June 2, 2010The Rag Blog
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Tagged British Petroleum, Cartoon, Charlie Loving, Mariann G. Wizard, Oil Spill
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Textbooks and the Confederacy : Teach the Whole Story
Image from photobucket.Texas textbooks:Let’s teach the truth about the Confederacy By Michael Lind / June 2, 2010 ‘Our new government is founded upon… the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man.’ — Alexander Stephens, Vice … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Austin, Civil War, Confederacy, Education, Public Schools, Sam Houston, Slavery, Texas, Texas History, Textbooks
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Mandela, Tutu, and ‘The Elders’ : Peace Leaders Condemn Israeli Attack
Former South Africa president Nelson Mandela is shown with The Elders Saturday, three years after launching the group in Johannesburg. Photo from AP.‘The Elders’:Peace leaders, Nobel laureatesDeplore Gaza flotilla attack See ‘German activists contest Israeli version,’ and ‘Media Criticism: Reporting … Continue reading
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Tagged Desmond Tutu, Direct Action, Gaza, Israel, Jimmy Carter, Media Criticism, Nelson Mandela, Palestinian Blockade, Peace Movement
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Bob Feldman : A People’s History of Afghanistan / 8
Afghanistan President Mohammad Daoud was killed, along with his family, in “a burst of gunfire” while resisting arrest in 1978. Photo from Wikimedia Commons.Part 8: 1977-1978A People’s History of Afghanistan By Bob Feldman / The Rag Blog / June 1, … Continue reading
This new Michael Caine vigilante revenge vehicle “thrills and titillates without any socially redeeming value.” And it does it with hints of “Reefer Madness.” But the film echoes recent events in the news — in Kingston, Jamaica, where police have … Continue reading
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Marc Estrin : Night Dreams of Another Life
Photo by Eric Pouhier / Wikimedia.Listening to our local Leiermann:Night dreams of another life By Marc Estrin / The Rag Blog / May 31, 2010 Every now and then — and again last night — I am awakened at 3 … Continue reading
TCEQ Blowing Smoke? : Protecting the Texas Environment
Image from Pegasus News / Dallas/Ft.WorthTexas’ lack of compliance:EPA challenges TCEQ over air quality By Ted McLaughlin / The Rag Blog / May 30, 2010 The state agency that is supposed to assure that pollution does not endanger the citizens … Continue reading
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Tagged Air Quality, Clean Air Act, Environment, EPA, Fort Worth, pollution, Rick Perry, TCEQ, Ted McLaughlin, Texas
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FILM / ‘Harry Brown’ : Shallow Pastiche Mirrors the News
Michael Caine in Harry Brown.What is Harry Brown trying to tell us? It thrills and titillates without any socially redeeming value. It blames the kids on the streets for the drug war and ignores the manufacturing of violence happening in … Continue reading
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Tagged Ed Felien, Film, Jamaica, Michael Caine, Organized Crime, Police Tactics, Vigilante Justice, War on Drugs
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What is Harry Brown trying to tell us? By Ed Felien / The Rag Blog / May 30, 2010 It was 95 degrees and I thought I’d take the afternoon off and slip into an air-conditioned theater and watch Michael … Continue reading
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Obesity And Osteoarthritis: Is There A Connection? Osteoarthritis is a degenerative joint disease that affects nearly 27 million residents of the United States, making it the most common form of arthritis [1]. Joint pain is the foremost symptom of osteoarthritis … Continue reading
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VERSE / Larry Piltz : New Atlantis and Banglateche
“Earth could not answer; nor the Seas that mourn…” Illustration by Adelaide Hanscom and Blanche Cumming (1905) for “The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam,” tr. Edward Fitzgerald / Wikimedia Commons. New Atlantis and Banglateche By Houma Cayenne Here beside my breathing … Continue reading
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Tagged British Petroleum, Ecology, Environment, Gulf Coast, Larry Piltz, Literature, Louisiana, Oil Spill, Poetry
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