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Singin’ on Sunday – Nation Beat
Nation Beat A Vida Tava Tao Bao Which nation, and which beat? What makes this group special is that it offers no simple answers. They are rhythm gatherers, harvesting the fruit of 500 years of cultural crossbreeding, which is why … Continue reading
Texans by the Thousands Rally to Protest California’s Prop. 8
Photo by Laura Skelding / Austin American-Statesman.A rally against Proposition 8, which banned same-sex marriages in California, drew more than 2,000 to Austin City Hall Plaza on Saturday. Protests were held in Dallas and Houston and across the U.S. Thousands … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin, Dallas, Gay Marriage, Gay Rights, Houston, Proposition 8, Social Action, Social Protest, Texas
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Gay Rights Activist Aravosis: ‘Utah Is a Hate State’
Mormon Temple in Salt Lake City, Utah.Church Action Prompts Tourist Boycott of Utah By Brock Vergakis / November 15, 2008 SALT LAKE CITY — Utah’s growing tourism industry and the star-studded Sundance Film Festival are being targeted for a boycott … Continue reading
MEDIA / The Minnesota Recount and the Manufactured ‘Debacle’
Recount (Heaven help us) Florida style. Sen. Norm Coleman, R-Minn., and Democratic challenger Al Franken. Photo from wdcpix.com, Wikimedia Commons. The news media’s tendency to compare any recount to the “butterfly ballots and hanging chads” made famous during Florida’s 2000 … Continue reading
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Tagged 2008 Elections, Mainstream Media, Media, Media Review, New York Times
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The TSA and Airport Security: A Dismal Failure
The Things He CarriedBy Jeffrey Goldberg / November 2008 Airport security in America is a sham—“security theater” designed to make travelers feel better and catch stupid terrorists. Smart ones can get through security with fake boarding passes and all manner … Continue reading
Israel: Murdering Palestinians Through Starvation
The Red Cross says the diets of those living in the impoverished Gaza Strip are deteriorating. Photo: AFP/Getty/Mahmud Hams.Chronic malnutrition in Gaza blamed on IsraelBy Donald Macintyre / November 15, 2008 The Israeli blockade of Gaza has led to a … Continue reading
Blackwater Scandal Redux : Smuggling Prohibited Weapons in Dog Food Sacks
Blackwater insider: Company executives made the decision to smuggle the weapons and silencers in the dog food ‘because it’s a war over there and our guys need them.’By Brian Ross and Jason Ryan / November 14, 2008 Also see ‘Indictment … Continue reading
The Misrepresentations About the War in Georgia
Photo: Time.Why did the West ignore the truth about the war in Georgia?By Mary Dejevsky / November 12, 2008 The US and UK left the impression that Russia was the guilty party Thank goodness, they might be thinking at the … Continue reading
The Wall Street Bailout Is "Borderline Criminal"
Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Friends announcing terms of the bailout.In Praise of a Rocky TransitionBy Naomi Klein / November 13, 2008 The more details emerge, the clearer it becomes that Washington’s handling of the Wall Street bailout is not … Continue reading
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Tagged Bank Bailouts, Banking, Criminal Justice, Wall Street Bailout
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