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• Domestic Violence PSA “Hit the Bitch” Stirs Controversy

  
  Battered Women, Battered Children, Custody Abuse — Authority: 145
  Note: Cross posted from [wp angelfury] Battered Mothers Rights - A Human Rights Issue . Permalink Domestic Violence PSA “Hit the Bitch” Stirs Controversy Filed under: Activism , Domestic Abuse , Domestic Violence , Hate Crimes , Intimate Partner Assault , Violence against women — ...
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• War, Peace, & Abuses of Power: David Swanson in Fresno, CA

  
  Democrats.com - The Aggressive Progressives! — Authority: 588
  Q&A; video that follows this one is at: http://youtube.com/afterdowningstreet
  3 hours ago

• Human interest piece: Randian libertarians are hilarious

  
  Hanlon's Razor — Authority: 138
  This is just some Sunday light reading to wrap up your weekend and keep you in a good mood. So Will shoots me a link with the rather frightening headline “Libertarian freedom activist forcibly hospitalized and drugged,” which understandably alarmed me. I mean, we all recall the famed G20 kidnapping videos, and ...
  4 hours ago

• Ways of Volunteering Your Time

  
  Umazon Blog — Authority: 131
  Volunteering — building a community bond, and supporting the poor in the vicinity. To quote the old saying, “charity begins at home”. However, organizing this is often quite difficult, and let’s remember that’s free time that could be used to do some good. So, a number of companies are making themselves ...
  5 hours ago

• Rudy! again

  
  On the Western Banks of the Shenandoah — Authority: 116
  Krystle points out that Rudy Giuliani is leaning towards taking on Hillary-clone Kirsten Gillbrand for the NY Senate Special in 2010. She points out that Governor may be a better fit for “America’s Mayor.” However, there’s an untold story. From Political Wire on October 26th : “Andrew Cuomo has secretly ...
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• California (How Neoliberalism Works)

  
  Gerry Canavan — Authority: 487
  The current crisis in the UC system came up again and again at the recession conference this weekend, and not only because a certain former Duke Lit student seems to have the uncanny ability to insert himself, Where’s-Waldo-style, in the center of  every photo coming out of the student protests. How the ...
  6 hours ago

• Learning Organic Farming: Looking Back or Moving Forward?

  
  TreeHugger — Authority: 720
  Image credit: Soil Association From its Organic Products Awards to debating whether air freighted produce can be organic , the UKs Soil Association has long been both an advocate for, and a pioneer of, organic foods. Now their Organic Farm School initiative is offering farmers, small holders and food enthusiasts ...
  8 hours ago

• Social Networking == Social Division?

  
  Karl Martino — Authority: 422
  You would think after 40 years of the Internet, we would come to a better understanding that the Web either helps us connect, or helps us segregate. Youd be wrong. danah boyd: "The Not-So-Hidden Politics of Class Online" PDF 2009 : were seeing a social media landscape where participation "choice" leads to a ...
  8 hours ago

• Featured Author: Diego Casaes

  
  Global Voices Online — Authority: 729
  This past week at the Brazilian Digital Culture Forum [pt] I had a chance to meet up with Diego Casaes, a dedicated Global Voices author and translator from Salvador, Brazil. Much of Diegos writing on Global Voices has spread awareness about legislative threats to online freedom in Brazil, such as the infamous “ ...
  8 hours ago

• SAVING HUMAN LIVES AND OLIVE TREES IN PALESTINE

  
  Desertpeace — Authority: 581
  By Mazin Qumsiyeh, PhD Today over 150 Palestinians and internationals participated in an activity to reclaim and plant olive trees on a threatened hill in an area called Um Salamuna.  Um Salamuna already lost significant amount of its land to colonial Jewish-only settlements like Efrata and Migdal Oz. The ...
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• BC NDP Convention Minus 5 Days: Why We’re the Natural Governing Party of BC

  
  Politics, Re-Spun — Authority: 107
  I had this amazing daydream a few weeks after we failed to win the election last May. The NDP is the naturally governing party of BC, so when the legislature was to open earlier this fall/summer, the NDP MLAs should stroll in there and behave as if we actually represent the poorest 95% of British Columbians, which we ...
  9 hours ago

• Whats Thanksgiving really all about?

  
  The Smirking Chimp - News And Commentary from the Vast Left-Wing Conspiracy — Authority: 635
  The Thanksgiving holiday is just around the corner, but this year I am tempted to skip the festivities. While some Americans mark this holiday as an occasion to give thanks and gratitude for their perceived blessings, that benign and admirable purpose too often takes a back seat to what Thanksgiving has become in ...
  10 hours ago

• Sad News about MA GRP member John White Hallowell III

  
  OntheWilderSide — Authority: 483
  from SeacoastOnline.com.John “Jack” White Hallowell III died Monday, Nov. 16, 2009.He was born April 1, 1936, in Cambridge, Mass. He attended the Dublin School in Dublin, and went on to receive his bachelor’s degree from Harvard University.Mr. Hallowell worked as an equity actor in New York, Boston, Philadelphia ...
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• TMI again!

  
  Howard's Notebook — Authority: 136
  "THREE MILE ISLAND – November 21, 2009 (WPVI) — A radiation leak at Three Mile Island contaminated about 100 employees Saturday afternoon, according to a TMI official…"   6ABC.COM    How many of you were alive in 1979?  How many of you remember the event at Three Mile Island in 1979?    ...
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• DFL, Cowardly Establishment GOP Strategist Criticizes Bachmann

  
  Let Freedom Ring — Authority: 138
  It isn’t a secret that some within the GOP establishment prefer keeping Michele Bachmann arm’s distance away. In fact, it wouldn’t surprise me if Michele wore that as a badge of honor. Nonetheless, the establishment snipers persist like they did in this City Pages hit piece : But more importantly, ...
  15 hours ago

• So Much Garbage!

  
  Gaiatribe — Authority: 128
  Most American households produce large amounts of garbage.  All of it has to go somewhere.  This week’s “Change the World Wednesdays” challenge is about raising awareness of how much garbage you produce. Change the World Wednesdays This week, collect your garbage rather than toss it out. Continue ...
  16 hours ago

• Act ASAP: Letters of support for a stiff sentence for Chris Thompson

  
  Westside BikeSIDE! — Authority: 504
  Apparently road rage felon Christopher Thompson has accumulated a stack of letters attesting to his good character, seeking a lenient sentence for his violence in Mandeville Canyon . The prosecutor, District Attorney Mary Stone, is seeking letters giving the counterpoint to that - attesting to the seriousness of ...
  18 hours ago

• Hey, Congressman Robert Wexler: In the EU, this would be ILLEGAL!

  
  Something better to do — Authority: 417
  November 21, 2009 Congressman Robert Wexler 2241 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 Fax: (202) 225-5974 Dear Congressman Wexler, In May 2008, a letter from you to one of your supporters was forwarded to the Jews for Obama listserv with the introduction, “As you all know, Congressman Wexler has ...
  19 hours ago

• Being There

  
  AAA-Fund Blog — Authority: 142
  What if you invited six of your friends to a dinner party and only one came ? AAA-Fund’s “ Meet the CA Attorney General Candidates ” Town Hall caused quite a stir — triggering stories in both the San Gabriel Valley Tribune and the Daily Breeze .  Earlier, three of the six candidates had rsvp’d for our ...
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• Sathya Sai Baba 84th Birthday Celebrations. Will 21st Century India Tolerate The Shame That Is Puttaparthi?

  
  Call For Media and Government Investigation — Authority: 121
  Unimaginable splurgings of pomp, ceremony and conspicuous waste attend, year after year, Sathya Sai Baba’s imperial-like birthday celebrations. The global financial meltdown will not have melted down his vast reserves of gold. Many politicians from right across India’s political spectrum fall at Sathya Sai ...
  22 hours ago

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