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• An update on Lynne Stewart and how you can help

  
  OntheWilderSide — Authority: 482
  Lynne Stewart’s bail has been revoked, and she is now being held in jail after the Second Circuit ruled on her and the government’s appeals on Tuesday, November 17, 2009. You can read the opinion and other motions to stay  [ at http://lynnestewart .org/ ]Lynne Stewart053504-054MCC/NY150 Park RowNew York, NY ...
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• Rev Billy prophetic: Reports say Bloomberg spent $102 million dollars

  
  OntheWilderSide — Authority: 482
  On election day, November 3, 2009, a whimsical post appeared at the Reverend Billy for Mayor of NYC website. Reverend Billy’s campaign claimed that, since he had just won $100 million dollars in the lottery, Reverend Billy now had a fair chance to beat Mayor Bloomberg for Mayor. Here is the headline: “REV. BILLY ...
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• Arlo Guthrie and family have two apearances this weekend: Carnegie Hall and NJPAC

  
  OntheWilderSide — Authority: 482
  On this Saturday after Thanksgiving, November 28, 2009, Arlo Guthrie and his family will be performing at Carnegie Hall. My guess is, it would be nearly impossible to get tickets if you don’t have them already. The Carnegie Hall tradition dates back to Pete Seeger and the Weavers. Although, Arlo Guthrie has been ...
  2 days ago

• They call it “Black Friday”, we call it “Buy Nothing Day”

  
  OntheWilderSide — Authority: 482
  KW: Sorry that we did not post more about this sooner. There is usually a lot of buzz about these events, and we didn’t catch the buzz early enough this year. But, well, we hope you will not go line up today and try to buy a big screen tv. Buy it tomorrow. Or don’t [...]
  2 days ago

• LAPD’s New Police Chief Charlie Beck: Reformer or Redeemer?

  
  The LA Progressive — Authority: 142
  Was Beck truly the best man for the job, or a nice parting gift to Bratton and a pacification gift the Police Protection League. We certainly shouldnt be afraid to ask the question, as suspicious as... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
  4 days ago

• The Democratic Party is a bad, “Yo Mama” joke

  
  OntheWilderSide — Authority: 482
  Thanks to Green Party Watch for the tip.Dan Kairis is running for Congress, 14th District, in Illinois. Kairis filed signatures to run on the Green Party line. Those challenges are being brought by someone who is receiving help from lawyers connected to the Democratic Party of Illinois. Among the accusations is that ...
  5 days ago

• Blue State, Red Governor

  
  (((Billy))) The Atheist — Authority: 461
  When I graduated from college with an honours degree in history, I moved to Rhode Island and spent about a year selling cars (well, it was  a history degree, right?).  I enjoyed Rhode Island.  Nice state.  Rather liberal.  Delightfully bizarre.  But, like the rest of New England, definitely a blue state. The ...
  5 days ago

• In Illinois: Green Party Opposes Navistar Facility

  
  OntheWilderSide — Authority: 482
  A DuPage County Green Party press release from November 24, 2009. The contact person is Patrick Kelly at patrick.kelly at dupagegreens dot orgGreens Oppose Proposed Navistar FacilityThe DuPage County Green Party is speaking out against the proposedNavistar heavy industrial diesel engine testing complex to be built ...
  5 days ago

• A New New Plan

  
  The Expanding Life — Authority: 412
  A while ago, I posted A New Plan , and I meant what I wrote at the time. But, things change, sometimes very quickly. What changed for me as I trotted along the path of my new plan was that I missed blogging. I dis covered that I am a blogger at heart. So, now I’m a two-blog woman, a blogamist instead of a ...
  6 days ago

• Green Party calls for moratorium on Tasers in Suffolk

  
  OntheWilderSide — Authority: 482
  “The Green Party of Suffolk is outraged to discover that Suffolk County has been using Tasers against its residents,” said its chair Roger Snyder. “It is inconceivable that Suffolk has continued to use Tasers after residents have died after being tasered.”Snyder outlined the Green Party’s plan to protect the ...
  6 days ago

• Breaking the Back of America

  
  (((Billy))) The Atheist — Authority: 461
  Conservatives are the backbone of America.  Their respect for the Constitution of the United States, their respect for the laws of America, their respect for the President of the United States of America (whether they agree with his political views or not), their battles for equal rights for all humans, and their ...
  1 week ago

• Progressive towards what?

  
  California Greening — Authority: 426
  California Republicans look back with fond memories of the days when Reagan was Governor. Little do they remember that he actually raised taxes. It is rather President Reagan that they quote, and Nancy Reagan that they follow. Her most famous words were "Just say no." And Republicans have been doing that ever since. ...
  1 week ago

• hassle index "California is far worse than any other state in the union, by a very significant margin"

  
  The COFFEE SHOP — Authority: 430
  ◼ Businesses leaving California... Duh! r21 ◼ Jobs moving out of state - Cost, complex regulations cited by firms sfgate Discouraged by high costs and strict regulations, just under 60 percent of California business leaders interviewed for a new study said they have policies to restrict job growth in the ...
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• Maxwell Wheat asks the President to read a poem with each military discussion

  
  OntheWilderSide — Authority: 482
  Maxwell Corydon Wheat, Jr.First Poet Laureate of Nassau County, New York2007-09November  11, 2009The Honorable Barack ObamaPresident of the United StatesThe White House1600 Pennsylvania AvenueWashington D. C. 20500Open Letter to President Barack Obama: Moments for Poetic Language in Military DecisionsDear ...
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• Nader’s open letter to President Obama: Advice on Afghanistan

  
  OntheWilderSide — Authority: 482
  Consumer advocate Ralph Nader has run for President of the US on the Green Party line, and most recently as an independent. There have been calls for Nader to run for Senate against incumbent Chris Dodd in Connecticut.The following open letter was posted at votenader.org, and also sent as an e-mail announcement.Advice ...
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• Please call now! Update on scheduled execution of Robert Lee Thompson in TX

  
  OntheWilderSide — Authority: 482
  Dear Fellow Abolitionists,NCADP is forwarding the below action at the request of our Texas Affiliate, the Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty.  It is a very rare thing for the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles to recommend clemency, so this is one of those unusual moments when your communication to Texas ...
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• The power of writing in: Candidates win in PA, and other write-ins listed in media

  
  OntheWilderSide — Authority: 482
  KW: Perhaps because I am a poet, I find writing in to be a powerful tool, even if the idea or candidate I write in does not win. At least I get to express what I believe and what I demand (in order to get my vote the next time.) The usual people who see [...]
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• 2010: A progressive strategy to win

  
  Progressive Democrats of America Blog — Authority: 131
  By Brent Budowsky | The HillProgressives throughout the nation should rally around a strategy that could bring a surprise victory in the 2010 elections with a clear electoral plan and a program that is patriotic, ...
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• Early polls for 2010 NY Governor and Attorney General races

  
  OntheWilderSide — Authority: 482
  These stats are great research for third parties to see who the competition might be for statewide office, and what voters are thinking about their NY government. There is a link to a detailed Siena poll with a long list of candidates. At the bottom of this post, I listed all the names-only of the [...]
  1 week ago

• Democrats and Republicans are both anti-choice: Vote Green Party

  
  OntheWilderSide — Authority: 482
  Greens blast the anti-choice Stupak Amendment in the Democrats’ health care bill, predict voter anger and defections from the Democratic Party over the amendmentGreen Party leaders today called the Stupak Amendment in the recently passed US House bill on health care reform a disaster for women’s reproductive ...
  2 weeks ago

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