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The Pipeline to Nowhere : Lipstick on a Pork Barrel
Gov. Palin andFederal Coordinator for Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Projects, Drue Pearce at AGIA signing ceremony last year.‘The pipeline exists only on paper. The first section has yet to be laid, federal approvals are years away and the pipeline will … Continue reading
Thomas Cleaver : The Republicans and Socialism for the Rich
Mr. Burns, the one secretly in charge: ‘Excellent!”Who says the Republicans don’t believe in socialism?By Thomas Cleaver / The Rag Blog / September 17, 2008 …Or at least socialism for the rich, when their incompetence threatens to kill them all. … Continue reading
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Tagged Bank Bailouts, Banking, Economic Collapse, Economy, Finance, Republican Party
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Roger Baker : This Ain’t Your Father’s ‘Economic Crisis’
Great Depression: Sign of the times.‘This is not something like the Great Depression that can be corrected by a decade of hard times and even war’By Roger Baker / The Rag Blog / September 16, 2008 I think that now … Continue reading
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Tagged Depression, Economic Collapse, Economic Recovery, Economy, Great Depression
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Reefer Madness Lives : Pot Arrests at All-Time High
Cannabis arrests now comprise nearly 47.5 percent of all drug arrests in the United States, 89% of them for mere possession.By Paul Armentano / September 16, 2008 If denial is the first sign of addiction, then Drug Czar John Walters … Continue reading
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Tagged Criminal Justice, Drug Czar, Drug War, Marijuana, Nonviolent Crimes
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Baptist Minister Howard Bess of Alaska Says Sarah Palin Scares Him
Reverend Howard Bess, who wrote a book Palin wanted banned and who fought her on abortion and gay rights, says the country should fear her election By David Talbot | September 16, 2008 The Wasilla Assembly of God, the evangelical … Continue reading
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Tagged Alaska, Censorship, Christianity, Evangelical Christians, Fundamentalism, Gay Rights, Presidential Campaign, Sarah Palin
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Houston : Media Restricted From Covering Hurricane Ike’s Devastation
Devastation caused by hurricane Ike: media coverage was restricted. Photo from Getty Images.Television reporter Wayne Dolcefino presses Gov. Rick Perry: ‘That is unprecedented and quite honestly not appropriate’By Amanda / September 15, 2008 Yesterday in a local report on KTRK-TV … Continue reading
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Tagged Censorship, Electronic Media, Freedom of Press, Galveston, Houston, Hurricane Ike, Media, Texas
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Anchorage : Massive Protest Greets Sarah Palin
Demonstrators in Alaska say ‘No!’ to Sarah Palin.Alaska Women Reject Palin: ‘ Never, have I seen anything like it in my 17 and a half years living in Anchorage’By AKMuckraker / September 14, 2008 See Video below. ANCHORAGE — I … Continue reading
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Tagged Alaska, Political Protest, Presidential Campaign, Sarah Palin, Social Action
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Landmark Ruling : Cell Phone Location Protected by Fourth Amendment
Boston artist Nick Rodrigues’ Personal Cell Phone Booth won’t protect him from triangulation or global positioning.Chalk up one small victory for privacyBy William Michael Hanks / The Rag Blog / September 15, 2008 A powerful and easily-implemented feature of cell … Continue reading
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Tagged Cell Phones, Civil Liberties, Federal Courts, Fourth Amendment, Privacy
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Newpapers Distribute Fear DVD : Delivering Propaganda, As If It is Toothpaste
‘Dozens of local newspapers in “swing” election states — from Altoona to Las Vegas (and my own Charlotte Observer) — have been paid to distribute a film designed to spread fear about our national security.’By William E. Jackson, Jr. / … Continue reading
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Tagged Corporate Media, Mainstream Media, McCain Campaign, Militant Islam, Newspapers, Propaganda
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Tina Fey as Sarah Palin on Saturday Night Live
‘Fey stood beside her good friend and fellow castmate Amy Poehler, whose Hillary Clinton has been one of the high points of recent “SNL” history’ By Maureen Ryan / September 14, 2008 See Video and transcript, below. As it used … Continue reading
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Tagged Actresses, Entertainers, Hillary, Humor, Parody, Politics, Presidential Campaign, Sarah Palin, Satire, Saturday Night Live, Television, Tina Fey, Video
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Denton, 9/11 : SDS Rallies Students to End War
Denton: Jason Netek, far left, and a U.S. Marine Corps Reservist identified as ‘Chad’ argue about the war in Iraq as members of the Denton chapter of Students for a Democratic Society prepare for an anti-war march starting at the … Continue reading
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Tagged 9/11, Anti-War Demonstration, Denton, Peace Movement, SDS, Social Action, Texas, U.S. Foreign Policy
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British Jury : Threat From Global Warming Justifies Protesters’ Breaking Law
Five of the ‘Kingsnorth Six’ at the top of the 200m chimney of power station.Jury cleared six Greenpeace activists of £35,000 worth of criminal damage to a coal-fired power stationBy Michael McCarthy / September 11, 2008 The threat of global … Continue reading
