Archive for October, 2010

Inside Job: A Must See Movie

Filed under: Art & Culture | Corruption | Economy | Movies — by Will Kirkland 10/30/2010 @ 12:38:27 PM
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One of the most dispriting things about Inside Job, the new documentary/advocacy film by Charles Ferguson who made No End In Sight, an inside-the-war documentary of the Iraq invasion, is … [Keep reading >>]

Stewart & Colbert Rally On

Filed under: Humor | Politics — by Will Kirkland 10/30/2010 @ 12:21:52 PM
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CA Election Updates

Filed under: California | Climate Change | Energy | Environment | Politics — by Will Kirkland 10/30/2010 @ 12:15:31 PM
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Poll: Lt. governor, attorney general races tight
A Field Poll released Saturday shows Democratic San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom with a slight lead over Republican Lt. Gov. Abel Maldonado, 42 percent to 37 … [Keep reading >>]

Climate Change: Policy and Politics – Updates

Filed under: Energy | Environment | FrontPage — by Will Kirkland 10/30/2010 @ 11:07:47 AM
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Just days before election day the California Air Resources Board revealed its 3,000 page Cap and Trade draft regulation, set in motion by AB32 — which Prop 23 on the … [Keep reading >>]

The Food Poll That Failed

Filed under: Humor — by Guest 10/29/2010 @ 2:35:23 PM
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Last month, a world-wide survey was conducted by the UN. The only question asked was:

“Would you please give your honest opinion about solutions to the food shortage in the … [Keep reading >>]

Habermas and German Culture

Filed under: Books — by Will Kirkland 10/29/2010 @ 2:23:46 PM
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My goodness!  Jurgen Habermas, long the leading figure in the famed Frankfurt School, dear to New Lefties everywhere, appears on the NY Times Op-Ed page today, and in a translation that … [Keep reading >>]

Halliburton: Corporate Criminal Acts. Again

Filed under: Disaster — by Will Kirkland 10/29/2010 @ 1:43:30 PM
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“Halliburton officials knew weeks before the fatal explosion of the BP well in the Gulf of Mexico that the cement mixture they planned to use to seal the bottom of the well … [Keep reading >>]

Explosives Headed to US Stopped in London and Dubai

Filed under: Terrorism — by Will Kirkland 10/29/2010 @ 1:33:45 PM
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“Two packages containing explosive devices originating in Yemen and bound for two places of Jewish worship in Chicago set off a global terror alert that began when one package was … [Keep reading >>]

How Bad Would a GOP Rout Be for the Country? Very Very Bad

Filed under: Economy | Elections — by Will Kirkland 10/29/2010 @ 1:29:26 PM
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Krugman
…future historians will probably look back at the 2010 election as a catastrophe for America, one that condemned the nation to years of political chaos and economic weakness.
Let’s hope that … [Keep reading >>]

Buying Your Own Laws

Filed under: Congress | Corruption — by Will Kirkland 10/29/2010 @ 11:29:40 AM
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This morning’s piece on NPR’s Morning Edition, chilled me as much as any corruption story I’ve heard in the last several years.  It’s really worth understanding how our laws — … [Keep reading >>]

Child Soldiers? US Funding to Continue

Filed under: War — by Will Kirkland 10/29/2010 @ 11:21:00 AM
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“The Obama administration quietly waived a key section of the law meant to combat the use of child soldiers for four … [Keep reading >>]

Know Nothing Baggers

Filed under: FrontPage — by Will Kirkland 10/28/2010 @ 5:07:58 PM
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From Kos

They’re pissed off! Even if they don’t have the facts to tell you why.
Rachel chatted with some Joe Miller supporters campaigning on a street corner, but before she could … [Keep reading >>]

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