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Austin : Cyclist Lance Armstrong Now Champion Water Guzzler
Lance Armstrong’s Austin home, with a swimming pool and an acre of gardens, used 330,000 gallons of water in July. Photo by Jay Janner / Austin American-Statesman.‘In July, Mr. Armstrong, who won the Tour de France seven times, used a … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin, Environment, Lance Armstrong, Sports, Texas, Water Conservation
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Bill Moyers and Prof. Andrew J. Bacevich on The Limits of Power
Andrew J. Bacevich, retired Army colonel and Boston University professor, is interviewed by Bill Moyers.Former Army colonel Bacevich urges us ‘to take a step back and connect the dots between U.S. foreign policy, consumerism, politics, and militarism’August 15, 2008 See … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, Consumerism, Foreign Policy, History, Military Industrial Complex, Philosophy, U.S. Military, Video
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BOOKS : Bob Dylan’s Poetic Pause in Hollywood on the Way to Folk Music Fame
‘T dare not ask your sculpturer’s name/with glance back hooked, time’s hinges halt.’ BOB DYLAN From a text in “Hollywood Foto-Rhetoric: The Lost Manuscript,” accompanying a photo of Marlene Dietrich at Gary Cooper’s funeral in 1961. Photo by Barry Feinstein … Continue reading
Pat Buchanan : Blowback From Bear-Baiting
Raging Bear: Vladimir Putin. ‘Saakashvili’s blunder probably means permanent loss of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.’ By Pat Buchanan / August 15, 2008 Mikheil Saakashvili’s decision to use the opening of the Olympic Games to cover Georgia’s invasion of its breakaway … Continue reading
Dem Convention Protesters Call Makeshift Jail ‘Gitmo On Platte’
Police build massive ‘holding cell’ inside warehouseBy Russell Haythorn / August 16, 2008 DENVER — The discovery of a makeshift jail in Denver’s warehouse district is causing outrage among some protesters. The jail was apparently constructed to house protesters during … Continue reading
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Tagged Civil Liberties, Criminal Justice, Democratic Convention, Denver, Direct Action, Peace Movement, Social Action
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Jackson Browne Sues John McCain for Using ‘Running on Empty’ in Ad
‘The McCain campaign has a track record of using music without permission’ By Geoff Boucher | August 14, 2008 Jackson Browne is suing John McCain for using the song “Running on Empty” in a campaign ad — and the veteran … Continue reading
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Tagged Campaign Advertising, Jackson Browne, McCain, Music, Musicians, Rock 'n Roll, Student Activism
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Obama Smearmeister Jerome Corsi Frequent Guest on White Supremacist Radio
White supremacist talk show host James Edwards with cohorts. Photo from The Political Cesspool Photo Gallery.Author of new book attacking Obama called ‘luminary’ by rising star of white Confederate mediaBy Jeffrey Feldman / August 14, 2008 Media Matters is now … Continue reading
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Tagged Authors, Books, Obama, Obama Smear Campaign, Racism, Right Wing Media, Talk Radio, White Supremacists
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BOOKS : The Lies of Jerome Corsi: Inside the Deceptions of the #1 Best-Selling Anti-Obama Book
The following is a comprehensive review, and debunking, of Jerome Corsi’s book with the oh-so-clever title, The Obama Nation : Leftist Politics and the Cult of Personality. Corsi, it should be noted, is the architect of swiftboating and a man … Continue reading
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Tagged Authors, Books, Obama, Obama Smear Campaign, Right Wing, Video
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Suffocating Dead Zones Spread Across World’s Oceans
With more than 400 oxygen-starved dead zones in global coastal waters, scientists are calling for such dead zones to be recognised as one of the world’s great environmental problems.Critically low oxygen levels now pose as great a threat to life … Continue reading
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Tagged Dead Zones, Eco-Systems, Ecology, Environment, Marine Life, Oceans, Science
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Houston : Army Recruiter Suspended for Threatening High School Student
Recorded threat sparks bipartisan call for investigationA story involving an Army recruiter in Texas last week has led to a bipartisan call for an investigation. The recruiter from the Greenspoint Recruiting Station in Houston was suspended after a recording of … Continue reading
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Tagged Broadcast Media, Congress, Houston, Military Recruiting, Recruiting Abuses, Texas, U.S. Army, U.S. Military
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Deployed U.S. Troops Donate to Obama by Six to One Margin
‘Tremendous shift from 2000, when the military vote leaned heavily towards the Republicans’By Luke Rosiak / August 14, 2008 During World War II, soldiers crouching in foxholes penned letters assuring their sweethearts that they’d be home soon. Now, between firefights … Continue reading
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Tagged Campaign Contributions, GI's, November Election, Obama, Presidential Campaign, U.S. Military
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