Archive for December, 2008

Mustafa Arrives!

Filed under: Citizen Action | No More Victims Bay Area — by Will Kirkland 12/31/2008 @ 5:31:07 PM
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Mustafa Gazwan’s arrival at SFO was covered by local channels 2, 5 and 7. The Channel 2 coverage, or here, is particularly good.

Beth Ashley, in the Marin I J, … [Keep reading >>]

Happy New Year!

Filed under: Art & Culture — by Will Kirkland 12/31/2008 @ 4:53:19 PM
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Asia starts first. Short vid from BBC. Fun.

Slides at HuffPo … [Keep reading >>]

Dismal Inaction In Bush’s OSHA

Filed under: Environment | Health & Welfare — by Will Kirkland 12/30/2008 @ 8:15:06 AM
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A long investigative piece in the Washington Post is worth reading. One is staggered. After all the shouting about cost benefit analysis the conservatives made under Reagan one … [Keep reading >>]

Studs: I Never Met a Petition I Didn’t Like

Filed under: Heroes — by Will Kirkland 12/30/2008 @ 8:02:14 AM
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Recommended by a good friend and I am happy to pass it on to all of you. The late Studs Terkel talks about being blacklisted and the joys of … [Keep reading >>]

Israelis: 5,000: Palestinians: 1,100

Filed under: Middle East | War — by Will Kirkland 12/30/2008 @ 7:40:04 AM
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If the blood orgy between Israelis and Palestinians were a sporting event this would be the score as of now. No end in sight.

This latest Israeli onslaught brings the … [Keep reading >>]

2008

Filed under: Art & Culture | Humor — by Bob Meyer 12/30/2008 @ 7:21:39 AM

From This Modern World … [Keep reading >>]

Rather Says CBS Caved

Filed under: Media | Reporters — by Will Kirkland 12/30/2008 @ 7:04:29 AM
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Long ago and far away Dan Rather and CBS 60 Minutes broadcast a report that then President and candidate, G. W. Bush, had been given special treatment in the Texas … [Keep reading >>]

Sex and Money: Are Women Different?

Filed under: Economy | Sex — by Will Kirkland 12/30/2008 @ 5:23:25 AM

Dean Baker, writing in TruthOut

“It is hard not to notice that two of the regulators who stand out for doing the right thing in this incredible financial mess … [Keep reading >>]

Regarding Madoff, and Many Others….

Filed under: Corruption — by Will Kirkland 12/29/2008 @ 7:47:57 PM
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Is Your Boss a Psychopath?

By Alan Deutschman

Odds are you’ve run across one of these characters in your career. They’re glib, charming, manipulative, deceitful, ruthless — and very, very destructive. And … [Keep reading >>]

Labor and the Progressive Agenda

Filed under: Events | Labor / Unions — by Will Kirkland 12/29/2008 @ 7:30:57 PM

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Teaching Lessons

Filed under: Israel | Middle East | Terrorism — by Will Kirkland 12/29/2008 @ 7:14:04 PM
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Two remarks about the presumptions underlying the Israeli attacks on Gaza.

“Israel is striking at the Palestinians to “teach them a lesson.” That is a basic assumption that has accompanied the … [Keep reading >>]

Cynthia McKinney Joins Gaza Relief Boat

Filed under: Citizen Action | Israel | Middle East — by Will Kirkland 12/29/2008 @ 5:34:31 PM
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CNN is reporting, with pictures, that the Israelis rammed the boat, forcing it to terminate its mission. McKinney is blistering the interview.

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Update II

Kucinich criticizes Israel; wants U.N. probe

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