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Gentle Rage: Clyde Bellecourt Remembers the Birth of the American Indian Movement
Clyde Bellecourt, one of three founders of the American Indian Movement (AIM) in 1968.‘We had to create our own institutions. Even today, we can do that all across America.’By Brenda Norrell / August 13, 2008 SAN FRANCISCO — Clyde Bellecourt … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, American Indian Movement, Direct Action, Indigenous People, Native Americans, Sixties, Social Action
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Berkeley Scientists : World In ‘Mass Extinction Spasm’
Amphibians are dying even in remote Sierra Nevada.Scientists: Humans To Blame ‘Behind all this lies the heavy hand of Homo sapiens’ By John Boitnott / August 12, 2008 “There’s no question that we are in a mass extinction spasm right … Continue reading
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Tagged Amphibians, Eco-Systems, Ecology, Endangered Species, Environment, Fauna, Mass Extinction, Science
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Pastors Go Postal : The Tacky Trial of Diva Osteen
Victoria Osteen and mega-church televangelist husband Joel. Continental Airlines flight attendant Sharon Brown told jurors that she could tell Victoria Osteen was “headstrong” during the December 2005 incident that led to Brown’s lawsuit against Osteen. Photo by Steve Ueckert / … Continue reading
By Bending Light, Researchers Appear Closer to Creating Invisibility Cloak
The fantasy-like technology offers practical uses, like making computer chips even smallerBy John Johnson, Jr. / August 12, 2008 Long the stuff of fantasy, practical invisibility shields have been brought a step closer to reality by researchers who say they … Continue reading
Warrior John McCain : Far More Dangerous Than Bush
John McCain at Forward Operating Base Warrior in Kirkuk, Iraq. Photo by Staff Sgt. Margaret Nelson‘McCain can see no alternative to military victory, no matter what the cost’By Steve Weissman / August 12, 2008 During the hottest days of the … Continue reading
BORRRRING : Republicans Just Can’t Get it Up for Convention
Enthusiasm gap: All the excitement’s in DenverBy Richard T. Cullen / August 11, 2008 While excitement is building for a Democratic Party convention capped by Barack Obama’s historic acceptance speech before a sold-out, 75,000-seat football stadium, the GOP convention the … Continue reading
Drawn and Quartered
Mike Keefe / Denver PostThe Rag Blog / Posted August 13, 2008
BOOKS : Small Schools: Public School Reform Meets the Ownership Society
‘Read Small Schools to get angry and radicalized’By Jill Davidson Small Schools: Public School Reform Meets the Ownership Society by Michael Klonsky and Susan Klonsky (Routledge, 209 pages, $26.95) Mike and Susan Klonsky’s Small Schools: Public School Reform Meets the … Continue reading
Emerging from the Drug War Dark Age : A Psychedelic Drug Revival
Alex Grey’s Oversoul.LSD and other psychedelic medicines make a comebackBy Charles Shaw After a 40-year moratorium, credible research for treating illnesses and addictions with psychedelic compounds has made a miraculous comeback. The return flight from Switzerland was a mix of … Continue reading
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Tagged Alternative Medicine, Drug War, Drugs, Healing, LSD, Medicinal Drugs, Mental Health, Psychedelics
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Limbaugh : ‘Edwards Might be Attracted to a Woman Whose Mouth Did Something Other Than Talk’
Limbaugh blowing smoke about Elizabeth Edwards: ‘Could it be that she doesn’t shut up?’By J.M. / August 12, 2008 On the August 12 broadcast of his nationally syndicated radio show, Rush Limbaugh said of former Sen. John Edwards’ recent disclosure … Continue reading
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Tagged Electronic Media, Elizabeth Edwards, John Edwards, Right Wing Media, Rush Limbaugh, Talk Radio
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Some Web Firms Say They Track Behavior Without Explicit Consent
‘Increasingly, there are no limits technologically as to what a company can do in terms of collecting information’By Ellen Nakashima / August 12, 2008 Several Internet and broadband companies have acknowledged using targeted-advertising technology without explicitly informing customers, according to … Continue reading
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Tagged Advertising, Google, Internet, Internet Marketing, Privacy, Surveillance, Technology
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Rush to Arctic As Warming Opens Oil Deposits
US Coast Guard Cutter Healy will embark on Arctic Voyage this week to determine the extent of the continental shelf in Alaska and to map the ocean floor, data that could be used for oil and natural gas exploration. Photo … Continue reading
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Tagged Arctic Ice Cap, Ecology, Energy, Environment, Global Warming, Oceans, Oil Exploration
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