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Sarah Palin: Lame, but not a theocrat
The United States of Jamerica | September 29th 2008 by Jamelle Bouie
I had always assumed that liberals/progressives had moved away from sounding breathless warnings about an “American theocracy” after George W. Bush was reelected and it became pretty clear that constitutionalism - despite taking a few hit read more
Citizens Dumping Personal Junk on Wall Street to Protest Bailout
CoffeeHouseStudio | September 25th 2008
By Sarah Lai Stirland, Wired.com.The Bush Administration has angered thousands of Americans with its vague $700 billion bailout proposal.An e-mail that began as a rallying cry from a lone journalist to an influential circle of friends to protest read more
Nothing Else Matters if We Don't Have Fair Elections
CoffeeHouseStudio | September 25th 2008
Posted by Melissa McEwan, ShakesvilleI can't believe that the Democrats did not make this issue a centerpiece of their legislation once they secured a Congressional majority. A month ago, Spudsy issued a reminder about the importance of ensuring t read more
POW: Okay. President: No Way.
"A Day In The Life Of..." | September 18th 2008
This was posted in late August but I had never seen it until now. I thought maybe I should post it just in case some of you haven’t. The article below was written by Doctor Phillip Butler, also a POW residing at the Hanoi Hilton, the same t read more
Hundreds Of Thousands Of Voters Being Purged From The Rolls....Ri…
Joshing Politics | September 8th 2008
Blog Safari #11
Electronic Village | September 6th 2008 by Wayne Hicks
Sometimes it is difficult to comment or read all of the unique and interesting blog posts out in the afrosphere. That is why we use this 'Blog Safari' concept. I hope you enjoy these blog post referrals:AlterNet - I Spent Years as a POW with John McC read more
Risibly Idiotic Right Wing Smears Against Obama: Collect All Fiv…
Buck Naked Politics | August 20th 2008 by Deb Cupples
Posted by Damozel | ....all by Brad from Sadly, No!. Teaser: read more
Who died and made you God?
New Age Bitch | August 10th 2008 by New Age Bitch
Yesterday the news of comedian Bernie Mac’s untimely death was all over the Twittersphere, which because I only use Alternet, BBCNews and CBC as my sources for news is the only place I would have heard about such an event. From the comments a read more
links for 2008-07-23
Andy Dickinson.net | July 23rd 2008 by Andy Dickinson
21 Free online photo editing tools :: 10,000 Words :: multimedia, online journalism news and reviews Mark Luckie has a great round up of free online photo editors - 21 of them! It’s a top post. (tags: editing free photography tools web) How T read more
Life Lessons of 2 Craigslist Ladies
The Explorers Blog | July 19th 2008 by Exploring Intimacy
In an article quickly becoming famous on the net, two middle aged women share their adventures of meeting and enjoying many, many men off Craigslist. For those not familiar, Craigslist is a free online classifieds service where people find jobs, che read more
Our Ruined Earth
Our Evolution | July 18th 2008 by Alexander M Zoltai
My focus today is what’s wrong in Our Family’s Home . . . From the Environment Section of AlterNet: Why Our Food Waste May Be Our Greatest Asset Composting is key to reducing waste costs, cutting global warming emissions, and increasing u read more
Changing Hearts And Minds On Gay Marriage
The Riot Grrrl Online Blog | July 13th 2008 by Greta
Changing Hearts and Minds on Gay Marriage This story comes from Alternet. Young activists are trying to reach out to conservative voters. A famous Chinese proverb teaches that a journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step. For Meg Sneed, a read more
Chomsky: Bush & Cheney Always Saw Iraq as a Sweetheart Oil Deal
CoffeeHouseStudio | July 12th 2008
By Noam Chomsky, Khaleej Times Online. Via: AlterNetU.S. war planners want an obedient client state that will house major U.S. military bases, right at the heart of the world's major energy reserves.The deal just taking shape between Iraq's Oil read more
Emerging from the Drug War Dark Age: LSD and Other Psychedelic Me…
Blogging the Singularity | July 11th 2008 by Chris Williamson
By Charles Shaw, AlterNet. Posted July 11, 2008. After a 40-year moratorium, credible research for treating illnesses and addictions with psychedelic compounds has made a miraculous comeback. The return flight from Switzerland was a mix of hope and read more
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Rabble Rouser's Forum | July 9th 2008 by Gabrielle David
Wal-Mart Broke MN Labor Laws Over 2 Million Times by Lindsay Beyerstein, ALTERNET, 07/03/08 A Minnesota judge awarded $6.5 million in damages to Wal-Mart employees for wage-and-hour violations. This is the third wage-and-hour court battle Wal-Mart read more
It’s like deja vu, all over again!
Eristic ragemail | July 7th 2008 by razzo martinez
“History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again.” Maya Angelou Maya Angelous’s quote is a timely reminder, as evidenced by the excellent article by Edmundo Rocha on “Immigration C read more
I Could'a Had Class ... I Could'a Been A Contender ...
The Garlic: All The Cloves Fit To Peel | July 2nd 2008 by J. Thomas Duffy
As we run out the clock, on the lamest - ever - court-appointed President (h/t Barry Crimmins), there's going to be a veritable roto-league of legacy wrap-ups.Well ... Actually ... They'll all look more like a criminal rap sheet.Yesterday, Brad Reed, read more
How to disappear completely!
Daisy's Dead Air | June 30th 2008 by Daisy
Left: Buddha statue at DIVINE CONNECTION, Black Mountain, NC. ~*~At AlterNet, Rob Peters asks Is Personal Blogging Fast-Fading?:Perhaps we've realized that blogging every day isn't as fun as it sounds. A happened-upon red swirl of autumn leaves bef read more
OBAMA AND THE DEATH PENALTY: WHERE DO YOU DRAW THE LINE?
Real Liberal Christian Church - Christian Commons | June 30th 2008 by Tom Usher
DNA has been being used a great deal lately to exonerate many on death row. Just think about the thousands who have been put to death by the state as a penalty for crimes they did not commit. That's not the only issue though. As the headline of this read more
Politics: Not all the lefties are infatuated with Obama
The Peoria Pundit | May 13th 2008
I found this article on AlterNet, a news service that promotes a left-of-center point of view: Obama likes to paint himself as an opponent of the war. He reminds voters of his one — and only one — speech opposing it. But he swiftly change read more
Please Make It Stop...
CoffeeHouseStudio | May 5th 2008
Bush Goes On Nominating His Brood...Meet Gus Puryear:Bush's Latest Villainous Nominee for a Lifetime JudgeshipThe unsolved murder of Estelle Richardson in her prison cell haunts the nation's top private prison litigator as he vies for a judgeship.In read more
Borrowing and appropriating
Daisy's Dead Air | April 9th 2008 by Daisy
Left: The CREEM magazine logo, which I loved and have been waiting for an excuse to use on my blog!The newest scuffle in Blogdonia concerns Big Blogger Amanda Marcotte liberally ummm, borrowing from another blogger, notably a Woman of Color. And bl read more
My Choice - Pro Choice
Mixter's Mix | January 23rd 2008 by Mixter
Yesterday was the 30th anniversary of Roe v. Wade. I was busy working and did not have time to blog, but I did read many articles and editorials about the subject, as well as many blogs. There are often many facts presented as reasons NOT to be for read more
Religion and Democracy
Mixter's Mix | January 19th 2008 by Mixter
"We've got to find a way to take the conservative symbolic message of faith talk out of American politics". Yes, yes and more yes!! This is the opening quote from an excellent article over at AlterNet. "The candidates have been falling all over ea read more
An Inconvenient Resurrection
Greedmonster | January 9th 2008 by Greedmonster
An agenda of quality media with quality articles of major current events wordlwide, in a reasonably objective manner. Because of information overload, commercial trivia, hype and generally... One is good, two is better, three is never enough for Gre read more
An Inconvenient Resurrection
BrianClarkeNUJ | January 9th 2008 by Greedmonster
An agenda of quality media with quality articles of major current events wordlwide, in a reasonably objective manner. Because of information overload, commercial trivia, hype and generally a... Are You Feeding Greedmonster ? Comfort the disturbed - read more
Prejudice in America
Cranky Daze | January 7th 2008 by Cranky Daze
AlterNet has posted an article today discussing (what the author believes) the lack of public political chats in this country related to race and (presumably) Barack Obama's candidacy. Is this really an issue in this 21st century Age of Enlightenment read more
Creeping Fascism: From Nazi Germany to Post 9/11 America
Greedmonster | January 7th 2008 by Greedmonster
An agenda of quality media with quality articles of major current events wordlwide, in a reasonably objective manner. Because of information overload, commercial trivia, hype and generally... One is good, two is better, three is never enough for Gre read more
Creeping Fascism: From Nazi Germany to Post 9/11 America
BrianClarkeNUJ | January 7th 2008 by Greedmonster
An agenda of quality media with quality articles of major current events wordlwide, in a reasonably objective manner. Because of information overload, commercial trivia, hype and generally a... Are You Feeding Greedmonster ? Comfort the disturbed - read more
AlterNet: The Mix is in the Message
Mixter's Mix | January 6th 2008 by Mixter
AlterNet is an award-winning news magazine and online community that creates original journalism and amplifies the best of dozens of other independent media sources. AlterNet's aim is to inspire citizen action and advocacy on the environment, human r read more
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