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President or…

The Vigilant Lens | November 21st 2009 by Lens1

JIHAD? Wake up America!  Remember 9/11, remember Afghanistan, Iraq, Bailouts, the Patriot Act, war crimes, Katrina, Depression 2008-2015 and the deaths of hundreds of thousands. And furthermore, I want to know who this Bush criminal is. I’m proba read more

DGinter

Justice Mission: Legal Education in Rural Uganda

Global Shift | November 21st 2009

Yesterday, I attended an International Justice Mission (IJM) legal education held in a rural Ugandan church. IJM is an international human rights agency based in Washington, DC. IJM attorneys, social workers and other professionals work around the read more

Lens1

You Wanna Get High Man?

The Vigilant Lens | November 20th 2009 by Lens1

Does Howdy Doody got wooden balls man? Thanks to Homeland Security, almost 316,000 bongs made in China of all places, will never see the light of a lighter.  I say almost 316,000, because you know some of the Customs humans took a few home.  GL-5 p read more

uptownflavor10030

West Harlem Community Forum: From Trash to Treasure

UPTOWNflavor | November 20th 2009 by D. Bell

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ccv

The Climate Change movement

Climate Change Views | November 20th 2009

Hundreds of climate activists swarmed down a hill toward Britain’s largest coal-burning power plant Oct. 17 with the intention of shutting it down. Within minutes, dozens had broken through the perimeter fence, erected specifically for this protest read more

AllisonKilkenny

University of California: where students pay more for less

Allison Kilkenny: Unreported | November 20th 2009 by Allison Kilkenny

UCLA students protest tuition hikes (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) Chaos descended upon the University of California campus this week when thousands of student protesters faced off against armed police after UC’s Board of Regents approved a 32 percen read more

rbk50

Take this action now to pass health reform without Stupak-type re…

Gloria Feldt Heartfeldt Politics Blog | November 20th 2009 by regina

Looks like we'll be spending another exciting Saturday night in front of the TV watching Congress debating a health care reform. I'm awfully glad women are so important that our bodies and our health seem to be a center of attention. On the other ha read more

Lens1

Party on Kabul

The Vigilant Lens | November 20th 2009 by Lens1

President Hamid Karzai and several of his closest allies partied last-night like it was 1999! My man Hamid was just “re-elected” by the CIA, the DOD and Xe, for another five year contract worth billions. Word filtered down through the ran read more

seamjay

We and Our Earth

Saucy Seaside Postcards | November 20th 2009

    Energy is the life and soul of modernisation. Energy is the part and parcel of our daily life. It is not wrong to say that it has a very deep impact on our society and it looks like a desert to just imagine our so called sophistica read more

On Leaving the Sathya Sai Baba Cult – Ex Leaders and Rank-and-F…

Call For Media and Government Investigation of Sathya Sai Ba… | November 20th 2009

In 1999, came the publication (August-September) of three articles in a piece entitled: Sathya Sai Baba Exposed. These had been taken up from other sources by the editor, Duncan Roads, who, quite separately and via his own sources in Australia, had s read more

Sathya Sai Organization, Australia, Ex-Head Terry Gallagher’s T…

Call For Media and Government Investigation of Sathya Sai Ba… | November 20th 2009

Below follows my excerpt from a witnessing document from the former head of the Australian Sathya Sai Organization, Terry Gallagher. The full document is available here: Terry Gallagher’s Testimony See also:  (Excerpts)  ”Upon leaving the read more

velocityblog

QUOTE OF THE DAY.

VELOCITY blog. | November 20th 2009 by VELOCITY blog.

“The truth will set you free. But first, it will piss you off.” — Gloria Steinem read more

Lens1

When Everyone Goes Home

The Vigilant Lens | November 20th 2009 by Lens1

You’re stuck with yourself… Thanks Layne. Friday approaches.  Be vigilant. read more

Neath

Grand Rassemblement Devant Hydro-Québec

Walking Turcot Yards | November 19th 2009 by Neath

Send Hydro Quebec A Message, Sunday, November 22 at 5pm. Grand rassemblement devant Hydro-Québec : le dimanche 22 novembre à 17h. En prime, sachez que des personnalités du milieu artistique. politique. écologiste, syndicales et scientifique ser read more

sowinseeds

Annie Lennox honoured with Nobel Woman of Peace Award for inspiri…

Sowin' Seeds | November 19th 2009 by DAB

Annie Lennox has been presented with the Woman of Peace Award by former Soviet President and 1990 Nobel Peace Laureate Mikhail Gorbachev at the 10th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates in Berlin. Annie was chosen by 22 Nobel Peace Laureates for he read more

DGinter

Angered UCLA Students Protest Tuition Hike

Global Shift | November 19th 2009

Hundreds of students at the University of California took to the streets in protest today after the Board of Regents at the university approved a thirty-two percent tuition increase. The protests reflect the growing frustration of students who have t read more

FriesenPoint

The Kids Are Probably Not Alright

Friesen Point | November 19th 2009 by Dan

It’s been about a month since we all had to suffer through the clear hoax that was the “Balloon Boy,” and the painfully protracted fallout that led to federal charges and talk of deportation, so that means that we’re due for another kid read more

DGinter

Images of the UC Tuition Hike Protests

Global Shift | November 19th 2009

These videos speak for themselves. Thanks to all the people at ground zero who captured the images on film for the rest of us to see. Students Protest Tuition Hike on UC Campuses read more

DGinter

IJM Takes Us into the World of Slavery with a New Blog Series

Global Shift | November 19th 2009

“My boss is a such a slave driver!” “Look at my paycheck, I’m working for slave wages!” Both of these are common expressions you might hear while having coffee with a group of friends. But to Kanmani, who works in a rice read more

Our Project, The March 18 Movement, Won a ThinkSocial Award!

MidEastYouth | November 19th 2009

We are happy to share the with you the news that The March 18 Movement (OR318), won a 2009 ThinkSocial Award for “outstanding innovation” and representing a “powerful model for how social media can be used to address global problems”. We wou read more

rbk50

Dr. Nancy Tells It Like It Is: Stupak Isn't Fair to Women's Healt…

Gloria Feldt Heartfeldt Politics Blog | November 19th 2009 by regina

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Lens1

Rogue News Pushers, Klingon’s and a Lackluster California Riot

The Vigilant Lens | November 19th 2009 by Lens1

We start the day with Fox News! showing us video of thousands of Obama FEMA camp fodder, lined up and ready to slap down $1.99 for the book of Roguenss.  There goes the college fund! Being the lying Oligarchies that they are, Fox News! was showing v read more

wude72

Are Greens Anti-Progress? Eco-modernity vs Green Traditionalism

ecofollower | November 19th 2009 by travis

Image credit: FusedFilm.com Along with the idea that environmentalism is a religion, another irritating notion seems to keep cropping up recently—that environmentalism, or some environmental solutions, are just about taking us back to the pas read more

iwilder

Green Party Action Alert for Single Payer

on the Wilder Side | November 19th 2009 by iwilder

It’s time to take action again for SINGLE-PAYER NATIONAL HEALTH CARE!  We asked you to do this a few weeks ago.  We need you to send a message again.  It’s easy and it just takes a few minutes. Republicans call it “socialized med read more

uptownflavor10030

Free bikes change lives in Harlem

UPTOWNflavor | November 19th 2009 by D. Bell

By: Housing Works If you live in Harlem, you might see Joe C* riding by on his bicycle. He bikes seven days a week from his home at Stand Up Harlem House down to 96th Street. He puts his music on (really low) and heads south for 45 minutes, enjoying read more

hotspringsguy

The Idaho SFW FTL!

The Hot Springs Guy | November 19th 2009 by Hot Springs Guy

I’m getting a little tried of this anti-wolf business. The Idaho Sportsmen for Fish and Wildlife (see how they are trying to sound all official with their name resembling Idaho Fish and Wildlife) is having an animal killing derby featuring, you gu read more

iwilder

Update on scheduled execution of Robert Lee Thompson in TX

on the Wilder Side | November 18th 2009 by iwilder

Update/Sad news on Thursday evening: Robert Lee Thompson is dead. He was executed today. Perry rejects clemency in death penalty case Accomplice executed for 1996 convenience store slaying. By Mike Ward / Friday, November 20, 2009 “Rejecting a read more

Lens1

Jack Bauer’s To-Do List

The Vigilant Lens | November 18th 2009 by Lens1

Get drunk.  check Tell the President that there are no WMD’s.  check Go ahead and start the war on Iraq’s lack of WMD’s.  check Bribe, build and maintain a network of horse stables and Taco Bells to torture people to death in. read more

inlookout

Adopt a Gay American Hero today…

Inside, Looking Out | November 18th 2009 by Elvis

Gay actor and singer Chris Salvatore makes a heart-felt plea for us to adopt one of the many gay American heros whose lives have been stolen from us, simply for being who they were. Watch. Visit the Gay American Heroes Foundation for more info. read more

Lens1

Blame MoveOn and McCain

The Vigilant Lens | November 18th 2009 by Lens1

Today’s quotes that might shock a democrat/independent or three…off their couches of apathy. Frank Schaeffer is a former evangelist turned human.  Franks says the religious right is trawling for assassins. “The situation that I fin read more