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Alan Pogue : My History With Violence
Alan Pogue and Tracey, the woman whose life he saved. The photo was taken by D’Ann Johnson on Nov. 4, 2008, during the trial of Willie McDade, Alan’s assailant. “One late night in late April of this year, Alan Pogue … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Pogue, Austin, Criminal Justice, Drug Culture, Photographers
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Hot Damn! Marijuana in the News
Three news hits suggest that Marijuana Prohibition may be going up in smoke By Thorne Dreyer / The Rag Blog / February 27, 2009 Yes friends and neighbors, who would have thunk it, but marijuana prohibition may just be entering … Continue reading
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Tagged Drug Law Reform, Eric Holder, Marijuana, Medical Marijuana, Prohibition
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Larry Piltz : Intimate Resurrection
Intimate Resurrection I rise from your grave looking for youseven weeks after your passingseven weeks after you were pluckedfrom your cold reposeswaddled in linen and longingpressed tenderly to my cleft breastcarried slowly through the doorsof your life one last timeand … Continue reading
Dr. Stephen R. Keister : Health Care Reform? Follow the Money
Sen. Ted Kennedy has been leadiing “quiet negotiations” on health care reform. Photo by J. Scott Applewhite / Pool / UPI. Our nation invests twice as much as most nations in medical costs, 31% of which goes to insurance company … Continue reading
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Tagged Congress, Health Care Reform, special interests, Universal Health Care
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Stimulus Denier Jindal Blows Rebuttal, Bails Out to Disneyland
Graphic by Larry Ray, The Rag Blog, with apologies to Mickey. Even Rush Limbaugh had to scratch around in the back of his painful plaudit pantry to try to put some sort of positive face on Jindal’s threadbare recitation. By … Continue reading
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Tagged Bobby Jendal, Conservatives, Disneyland, Economic Stimulus, Republican Party
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Winter Soldier : GI’s Against the War Tell Their Stories
Winter Soldier: February 28, Austin, Texas The Winter Soldier event provides an opportunity for peace activists and veterans to come together in common cause. These current wars, as with Vietnam, are waged in our name and funded by our tax … Continue reading
David P. Hamilton: Socialized Medicine Works for Me
Universal Health Care Now stencil art recycled vinyl LP clock by artbymags / Margaret CobleVA health care and Medicare are ‘good medicine’ In essence, health care should be a human right, not a commodity. It should not be restricted to … Continue reading
‘Bank Holiday’ Coming? Obama and the Crippled Economy
The Bush near-depression spirals downward while President Obama’s powers to act seem circumscribed . . .there are many interrelated parts of this deep economic crisis. Nothing improves until the banks are again stable and are lending money. The banks in … Continue reading
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Tagged Economic Crisis, Economic Recovery, Finance, Stimulus Bill
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Saucer Specials?
Cartoon by Ralph Solonitz / The Rag Blog.[Ralph Solonitz’ cartoons also appear on MadasHellClub.net.] The Rag Blog
Long Strange Trip : Austin’s 13th Floor Elevators and Still Trippin’ Tommy Hall
Tommy Hall in his Tenderloin apartment in San Francisco. Photo by Jamie Soja. The story of the Thirteenth Floor Elevators – Austin’s favorite psychedelic sons – is rich, rowdy and textured. They sparked a counterculture, birthed a sound and inspired … Continue reading
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Tagged 13th Floor Elevators, Austin, Musicians, Psychedelia, Rock 'n Roll, San Francisco, Sixties
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Dr. Stephen R. Keister : Where Our Health Care Money Goes
William McGuire, former CEO of United HealthGroup, was paid $54.1 million, not counting stock options. Photo by G. Paul Burnett / NYT. One wonders just what motivates these [Republican] clowns. One could conjecture that it is an abiding, almost religious … Continue reading
Blind Justice in Texas : Judge Keller Faces Impeachment Trial
Texas Judge Sharon Keller, and Michael Richard, who was executed after Judge Keller closed her door to his appeal. Keller photo by Elena Grothe / Austin American-Statesman. Photo of Richard from Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Sharon Keller – presiding … Continue reading
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Tagged Criminal Justice, Texas, Texas Courts, Texas Death Row
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