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Walter Cronkite and the Meltdown at Three Mile Island
CBS anchor Walter Cronkite reports on the catastrophic meltdown at the Three Mile Island nuclear plant, March 28, 1979.Walter Cronkite, Three Mile Island and ‘Lamar’s Folly’ in the Climate Bill The nation — the world — cannot afford more Three … Continue reading
Lifeguard on Duty : Swimming with the Investor Class
Photo from donsafer.com.Whose Recovery?: Swimming with the Investor Class ‘Never was a rich man who didn’t get his money off a poor man’s back,’ is what Paul would say. Which is another way of claiming that all Real Value comes … Continue reading
Cost of Health Care Reform : Wails of Indignation from the Right
Graphic from sibson.com. ‘According to the logic of those now shedding crocodile tears, we ought, in order to remain truly American and truly free, retain the precious liberties of our people to be illiterate, to suffer accidents without indemnification, as … Continue reading
Honduras : The Stalemate Continues; Repression Steps Up
Roberto Micheletti (left) and Manuel Zelaya in friendlier times. (Though Micheletti doesn’t look all that friendly.) Photo by La Prensa, Honduras. At the end of the meetings on July 19, [Costa Rican President Óscar] Arias asked for another 72 hours … Continue reading
Houston : Walter Cronkite’s Map
Now it’s Dan’s By Dan Earhart / The Rag Blog / July 20, 2009 Here is my work space. The map has no roads. I look at it every day. It used to hang in the KTRH newsroom in Houston … Continue reading
Refusing to Deploy : The Court Martial of Victor Agosto
Victor Agosto and Jackie at Under the Hood Cafe in Killeen, Texas. Jackie made the sign for Victor who is facing a court martial for refusing to deploy to Afghanistan. Photo by Alice Embree / The Rag Blog.GI resisters need … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Alice Embree, Anti-War GIs, Fort Hood, Peace Movement, Texas, U.S. Military
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‘For All Mankind’ : Remembering the Apollo Astronauts’ Epic Derring-Do
Al Reinert’s stunning ‘For All Mankind’ screens tonight as we observe the 40th Anniversary of man’s greatest adventure By Thorne Dreyer / The Rag Blog / July 20, 2009 See ‘Tumbling Models: Some of “The Right Stuff,”‘ by Thomas Cleaver, … Continue reading
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Tagged Al Reinert, American History, Documentary, Film, Filmmakers, For All Mankind, Independent Film, NASA, Thorne Dreyer
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Marijuana : It’s High Time to Tax the Pot Crop
It’s time for the government to cash in on the marijuana crop.Time to tax marijuana [With] budget deficits and a worsening recession, it only makes sense to stop spending money to fight marijuana use and start taxing that use to … Continue reading
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Tagged Agriculture, California, Drug Law Reform, Economy, Marijuana
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The Demand Crisis and the Wall Street Pirates. Aaaargh!
The Demand Crisis We could demand that all the pirate trunks of ‘toxic assets’ be loaded onto flatbed trucks and driven back to California where they belong. Overnight, California would need no more IOU’s. By Greg Moses / The Rag … Continue reading
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Tagged Capitalism, Economics, Finance, Financial Crisis, Wall Street
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Through the Windshield
Seen at the corner of E. 12th St. and Pleasant Valley Rd., in Austin, Texas,an unlikely art sale. Perhaps it’s the heat…Mariann Wizard The Rag Blog
John Ross on the Mexican Elections : The Dinosaur is Back
Jurassic fallout from the Mexican election:The dinosaur is back, but for how long? By John Ross / The Rag Blog / July 16, 2009 Also see ‘No more environmental pretensions: The Green PRI,’ By John Ross, Below. MEXICO CITY — … Continue reading
Freedom of Choice : No Nanny State
The Marlboro Man: The picture of Lance Cpl. James Blake Miller, now an Iraq War vet, raised a stink among anti-smoking activists when it appeared in scores of newspapers in 2004. Photo by Luis Sinco. It does not matter whether … Continue reading
