Archive for July, 2009

Peru: It’s A Jungle Out There

Filed under: Environment | Latin America — by Will Kirkland 07/24/2009 @ 11:53:43 AM
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[caption id="attachment_22759" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Dawn on the Tambopata"][/caption]The sun rises at 6 a.m. in the jungles along the Tambopata River in eastern Peru. Faint whispers of light are just … [Keep reading >>]

Losing My Religion for Equality, by Jimmy Carter

Filed under: FrontPage | Religion — by Bob Meyer 07/24/2009 @ 11:06:14 AM
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After several years of trying to bring about change from the inside, Jimmy Carter has announced that he’s severing his ties with the Southern Baptist church over its treatment of … [Keep reading >>]

Sneak Preview with the Inimitable Ernestine

Filed under: FrontPage — by Bob Meyer 07/24/2009 @ 11:00:03 AM
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Sneak Preview of California OneCare Ad Campaign
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UPDATE! WATCH ERNESTINE ON BILL MOYERS, FRIDAY, 7/24, 9 PM! … [Keep reading >>]

Suppressed: Evidence of Receding Polar Ice Cap

Filed under: Climate Change | FrontPage — by Bob Meyer 07/24/2009 @ 10:10:13 AM
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Revealed: Secret Evidence of Global Warming Bush Tried to Hide–
Photos Show Dramatic Difference in Polar Ice Cap in Just One Year … [Keep reading >>]

Don’t Turn the Page on History

Filed under: FrontPage — by Bob Meyer 07/24/2009 @ 9:39:08 AM
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It’s become a mantra. We must look forward, not backward. As if these were mutually exclusive alternatives. The problem is, our president seems to be fostering this dichotomized thinking. But … [Keep reading >>]

Healthcare Apartheid?

Filed under: FrontPage — by Bob Meyer 07/23/2009 @ 6:22:55 PM
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For the past six weeks or so, I’ve been trying to grasp what’s really at stake–beyond the various smokescreens and obfuscations–in the national healthcare debate, especially with all the back-and-forth … [Keep reading >>]

We Need an Energy Revolution

Filed under: Climate Change | Energy | FrontPage — by Bob Meyer 07/23/2009 @ 5:54:28 PM
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Lest it appear that over the past week this blog has morphed into a satellite of sanders.senate.gov, I should stipulate that there are other politicians I admire besides the senator … [Keep reading >>]

Torture Rears its Ugly Head–in John Yoo’s Classroom

Filed under: FrontPage | Torture — by Bob Meyer 07/23/2009 @ 4:57:47 PM
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This is guerrilla theater of the highest order.

A popular Australian comedy show took the fight over the US’s torture program straight to John Yoo’s law class at the University … [Keep reading >>]

Right to Rent: Helping the Market to Find a Bottom

Filed under: Economy | FrontPage — by Bob Meyer 07/22/2009 @ 10:59:18 AM
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For two years, Dean Baker has been floating the idea of a right-to-rent option that would provide significant help for homeowners facing foreclosure and that might even be politically palatable, … [Keep reading >>]

CA Dems Favor Exit Strategy from Afghanistan

Filed under: Afghanistan | FrontPage — by Bob Meyer 07/22/2009 @ 10:21:17 AM
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From Tom Hayden:

CALIFORNIA DEMOCRATS FAVOR EXIT STRATEGY FROM AFGHANISTAN

The California Democratic Party, long in the vanguard of anti-war politics, is officially endorsing the Afghanistan exit strategy legislation by Rep. Jim … [Keep reading >>]

Corruption, American Style

Filed under: FrontPage — by Bob Meyer 07/21/2009 @ 9:03:41 AM

venal: 1 : capable of being bought or obtained for money or other valuable consideration : made matter of trade or barter : PURCHASABLE; especially : open to corrupt influence … [Keep reading >>]

Sotomayor and the Gingrich Gang

Filed under: Politics | Republicans — by Will Kirkland 07/19/2009 @ 7:48:20 PM
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Frank Rich does a very nice job in the Sunday NY Times, of linking the disgusting GOP display in the Sotomayor hearings with the Gingrich “revolution” of 1994. Enjoy.

the … [Keep reading >>]

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