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SPORT / Dave Zirin : The Redemption of Tim Tebow?
One of the hottest items on the sports marketing scene is the Tebow number 15 jersey with “Jesus” on the back.Tebow redeemed?Tim Tebow is awful,but he finds a way to win He’s not awful in the turgid unwatchable way that, … Continue reading
Harry Targ : Higher Education, Capitalism, and the ‘Paterno Effect’
Virtual Penn State Nittany Lion by Avatar Sculptor Cheen Pitney / Cheen Pitney’s Peacefools.The ‘Paterno effect’:Thinking about capitalism,higher education, and moral repugnance By Harry Targ / The Rag Blog / November 21, 2011 “And when I think of all the … Continue reading
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Tagged Campuses, Capitalism, Harry Targ, Higher Education, Joe Paterno, Penn State, Political Economy, World History
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Ted McLaughlin : Playing the Debt Blame Game
Chart from brillig.com.With forgetful elephants…Playing the debt blame game By Ted McLaughlin / The Rag Blog / November 20, 2011 The Treasury Department admitted this week that the national debt of this country has, for the first time, topped $15 … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Economy, National Debt, Ted McLaughlin
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FILM / David McReynolds : Clint Eastwood’s ‘J. Edgar’
Clint Eastwood’s J. Edgar It is precisely because Eastwood has made the sexual angle central to the film, without playing games with it, that the film is so powerful. By David McReynolds / The Rag Blog / November 17, 2011 … Continue reading
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Tagged Clint Eastwood, David McReynolds, FBI, Film, J. Edgar Hoover
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Mike Davis : Ten Immodest Commandments
Following in Charlton Heston’s immodest footsteps.Ten immodest commandments What, indeed, have I learned from my fumbling-and-bungling lifetime of activism? By Mike Davis / The Rag Blog / November 17, 2011 A friend in Canada recently asked me if the Sixties’ … Continue reading
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Tagged FDR, Mike Davis, Occupy America, Occupy Wall Street, Sixties, Social Change
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Bill Freeland : With ‘Occupy,’ the People are the Point
Image from Addicting Info.‘Occupy America’: The people are the point By Bill Freeland / The Rag Blog / November 17, 2011 The “Occupy” movement, which began as a small gathering in a private park near Wall Street in New York … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill Freeland, Civil Rights Movement, Economic Crisis, Occupy America, Occupy Wall Street, Sixties
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Rabbi Arthur Waskow : Burn Their Books, Mayor Bloomberg
People’s Library at Occupy Wall Street. Photo by David Shankbone / Flickr. NYPD apparently destroys ‘American cultural history’ More than 5,000 books in the Occupy Wall Street library were reportedly thrown away when police moved in to remove protesters from … Continue reading
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Tagged Michael Bloomberg, New York, Occupy Austin, Occupy Wall Street, Rabbi Arthur Waskow
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Susan Van Haitsma : Anti-War GI’s March in Killeen Vets Day Parade
Representatives of IVAW and Under the Hood Cafe marched in the Killeen Veterans Day Parade. Photo by Susan Van Haitsma / The Rag Blog.The burdens of war:Anti-war GI’s on Veterans Day By Susan Van Haitsma / The Rag Blog / … Continue reading
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Tagged Anti-War GIs, Anti-War Vets, Ft. Hood, IVAW, Susan Van Haitsma, Under the Hood
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SPORT / Dave Zirin : The World Joe Paterno Made
Penn State fans. Image from The Big Lead.Fan culture, rape culture,and the world Joe Paterno made The pain might run deeply in Happy Valley but the cancer runs deeper. By Dave Zirin / The Rag Blog / November 14, 2011 … Continue reading
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Tagged Dave Zirin, Football, Joe Paterno, Penn State, Sexual Abuse, Sports
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Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman : Post-Buckeye Election Protection?
Political cartoon by Steve Bell / About.com.Can we transform labor’s Buckeye victoryinto a new era of election protection? By Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman / The Rag Blog / November 14, 2011 The crushing defeat Ohio’s working people dealt 1% … Continue reading
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Tagged Bob Fitrakis, Election Fraud, Election Theft, Free Elections, Harvey Wasserman
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