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Rag Radio : Bill Kirchen is ‘Titan of the Telecaster’
Bill Kirchen performs at the KOOP Surfin’17-A-Go-Go benefit at Antone’s in Austin, Feb. 4, 2012. Photo courtesy Ted and Linda Branson / KOOP / The Rag Blog.‘Titan of the Telecaster’:Commander Cody’s Bill Kirchen on Rag Radio By Thorne Dreyer / … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin Musicians, Bill Kirchen, Commander Cody, Guitarists, Interview, Music History, Rag Radio, Sixties, Thorne Dreyer
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BOOKS / Roger Baker : Richard Heinberg’s ‘The End of Growth’
Another ‘inconvenient truth’:Richard Heinberg’s The End of Growth “The central assertion of this book is both simple and startling: economic growth as we have known it is over and done with.” — Richard Heinberg, introduction to The End of Growth … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, Global Economy, Peak Oil, Richard Heinberg, Roger Baker
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Richard Raznikov : Vaginal Penetration in Virginia
The GOP’s uterus inspection device. Image from Little Green Footballs.Vaginal penetration in Virginia:Just lie back and enjoy it By Richard Raznikov | The Rag Blog | February 22, 2012 Yes, I do appear to be outraged much of the time, … Continue reading
Ron Jacobs : Creeping Fascism? Ask the Cop on the Corner
Police state shown busily creeping. Image from The End of the World.Ask the cop on the corner:Creeping fascism The infant U.S. police state is no longer learning to crawl; it has learned to walk and will soon be stomping its … Continue reading
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Tagged Civil Liberties, Fascism, Occupy Movement, Patriot Act, Police Repression, Police State, Ron Jacobs, Surveillance
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Harry Targ : Hoosier Teach-In and the Question of Historical Narratives
Members of Occupy Purdue demonstrate on Dec. 11, 2011. Photo by Steven Yang / The Exponent.Hoosier teach-in:Narratives of labor and elections posebig questions for Occupy movement By Harry Targ | The Rag Blog | February 22, 2012 WEST LAFAYETTE, Indiana … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Harry Targ, Indiana, Labor History, Occupy Movement, Occupy Wall Street, Progressive Movement
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Danny Schechter : We Are Drowning Here
“Drowning Man,” by David Galletly / 2headedsnake.We are drowning here:War, banks, and dumbed-down media “At a time like this, scorching irony, not convincing argument, is needed. Oh had I the ability, and could reach the nation’s ear, I would, pour … Continue reading
Lamar W. Hankins : Jessica Ahlquist and the Modern Day Puritans
Sixteen-year-old Jessica Ahlquist sued Cranston High School in Cranston, Rhode Island, for displaying an eight-foot tall prayer banner in the school gym. Photo by Gretchen Ertl / NYT / Facebook.‘City upon a hill’:Our modern-day Puritans andthe saga of Jessica Ahlquist … Continue reading
Bruce Melton : Climate Change Texas: The Worst-Case Scenario is Happening
Austin, Texas, Late Summer 2011: This is not autumn in Central Texas. These are cedar trees (juniperus Asheii). The fall leaf drop does not begin here until about mid-October and extends through the first of the year. These cedar trees … Continue reading
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Tagged Bruce Melton, Climate Change, Climate Science, Environment, Global Warming, Texas Drought, Texas Wildfires
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Danny Schechter : Special Ops Now Define Expanding Wars
Special Ops warrior. Image from Military Pictures.Special Ops now definethe Pentagon’s expanding wars These Special Ops units often operate outside the chain of command and, as they become institutionally stronger, tend to dominate military decision making. By Danny Schechter | … Continue reading
Harry Targ : ‘Plausible Deniability’ Since the Eisenhower Years
President Eisenhower (shown here as Supreme Allied Commander, Dec., 28, 1944) projected competing images of Imperial America. Photo from AP.On plausible deniability:U.S. foreign policy since the Eisenhower years By Harry Targ / The Rag Blog / February 15, 2012 I … Continue reading
