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METRO | Austin transportation follies: $4 billion on IH-35 is a fool’s game
Widening roads in cities like Austin only makes congestion worse as political pressure works against smart transportation planning. By Roger Baker | The Rag Blog | March 17, 2016 Don’t get involved in partial problems, but always take flight to … Continue reading
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METRO EVENT | ‘War is Trauma’
By Alice Embree | The Rag Blog | March 16, 2016 Event: War is Trauma Exhibition Dates: Saturday, March 19, 2016, 1-4 p.m. Where: First Unitarian Universalist Church of Austin Address: 4700 Grover Ave., Austin, TX 78756 Admission: Free AUSTIN … Continue reading
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METRO EVENT | ‘Living on the Hyphen’
By Alice Embree | The Rag Blog | March 14, 2016 Event: ‘Living on the Hyphen’ Dates: Thursday-Sunday, March 31-April 3, 2016 Times: Thursday-Friday, 8 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday, 2 p.m. & 8 p.m Where: Rollins Studio Theatre, The Long Center Address: … Continue reading
Posted in Metro, RagBlog
Tagged Asian-American, Dance, Leng Wong, Living on the Hyphen, Metro, Multiculturalism, Theater
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The Donald Virus: ‘Who’s Gonna Build
Your Wall?’
This shoe was not cobbled to order for Mr. Trump. It just happens to fit his foot. By Steve Russell | The Rag Blog | March 11, 2016 I think it’s viral when several people who don’t know each other … Continue reading
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Tagged Border Wall, Donald Trump, Drug War, Immigration, Music Video, Rag Bloggers, Steve Russell, Tom Russell
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¡Bienvenidos al siglo de la astronomía de ondas gravitacionales!
La detección de LIGO es la medición más precisa jamás realizada en la historia de la humanidad y marca cinco hitos para la física. El sonido de dos agujeros negros colisionando. Imagen de ligo.caltech.edu. Por Cecilia Colomé | The Rag … Continue reading
Posted in Español
Tagged Astronomía, Cecilia Colome, Ciencia, Español, Ondas Gravitacionales
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Parachute opens, sunflowers & stolen bikes, New Age networks, thinking about the champs, 1983
The big open field suddenly rushed closer and I hit the ground with a grateful, relieved, welcome thump and tumble. By Michael James | The Rag Blog | March 2, 2016 [In this series, Michael James is sharing images from … Continue reading
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Hillary Clinton and the declining
American empire
The war against the Qaddafi regime that destroyed Libya’s social fabric was enthusiastically endorsed by Secretary of State Clinton. By Harry Targ | The Rag Blog | March 1, 2016 “I think President Obama made the right decision at the … Continue reading
Posted in Rag Bloggers, RagBlog
Tagged 2016 Elections, Bernie Sanders, FDR, Harry Targ, Hillary Clinton, Libya, Middle East, Ottoman Empire, Qaddafi, Rag Bloggers, Regime Change, U.S. Imperialism
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METRO | Operation Texas: LBJ’s secret rescue mission on the eve of the Holocaust
One Texas scholar insisted that Johnson’s strong spiritual conviction and moral obligation fueled this alleged clandestine undertaking. By Ivan Koop Kuper | The Rag Blog | February 24, 2016 HOUSTON — On the evening of December 30, 1963, a little … Continue reading
Posted in Metro, RagBlog
Tagged Agudas Achim, Anti-Semitism, Erich Leinsdorf, Holocaust, Ivan Koop Kuper, Jim Novy, LBJ, LBJ Library, Louis Gomolak, Metro, Murray Diskin, Operation Texas, Rag Bloggers, Texas History
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Welcome to the century of gravitational
wave astronomy!
LIGOS’ detection is the most precise measurement ever made in human history and marks five milestones for physics. The sound of two black holes colliding. Image from ligo.caltech.edu. By Cecilia Colomé | The Rag Blog | February 24, 2016 Leer … Continue reading
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Tagged Albert Einstein, Astronomy, Astrophysics, Black Holes, Cecilia Colome, General Relativity, Gravitational Waves, LIGO, Rag Bloggers, Roy Kerr
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Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the 60’s underground press, Part III: The ‘countercultural’ underground papers
The underground press was everywhere you looked: on campus and off, in urban, suburban, rural, ghetto, barrio, in every state of the Union. By Ken Wachsberger | The Rag Blog | February 23, 2016 [This is the third of a … Continue reading
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Tagged Alternative Media, Joint Issue, Ken Wachsberger, Rag Bloggers, Sixties, The Rag, Thorne Dreyer, Underground Press, Underground Press Series
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RAG RADIO PODCASTS | Political Guru Glenn W. Smith, Environmentalist & Poet Taylor Brorby, Texas State Rep. Elliott Naishtat
Smith tries to decipher the weird world of presidential politics; Brorby discusses his book on the literature of fracking; Naishtat, a Texas progressive icon, talks about his exit from politics. Interviews by Thorne Dreyer | The Rag Blog | February … Continue reading
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Tagged Elliott Naishtat, Glenn W. Smith, Interviews, Podcasts, Rag Radio, Taylor Brorby, Thorne Dreyer, Tracey Schulz
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METRO | Scalia Files: The truth is out there
Too bad Agatha Christie was not a fellow guest, because there has to be foul play. By Steve Russell | The Rag Blog | February 21, 2016 AUSTIN — An obese 79-year-old man in a sedentary occupation goes to bed … Continue reading
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Tagged Alex Jones, Alpine Texas, Antonin Scalia, Brewster County, Conspiracy Theories, Glenn Beck, Jade Helm 15, Metro, Michael Savage, Rag Bloggers, Steve Russell
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