UN torture expert criticizes Obama for not investigating previous administration TOP HEADLINES Why is Barack Obama writing GOP talking points? by John Nichols Granny D dies at 100: She walked across the USA for campaign finance reform Why the oppressed must tell their own story from Toward Freedom Top US home-school texts dismiss evolution THE [...]
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Haiti crisis updates, Satan’s letter to Pat Robertson
Posted in News, Video, WWW, tagged AP, Daily Show, Haiti Tales, Hillary Clinton, Jon Stewart, Pat Robertson, Rachel Maddow, Reuters, Satan on January 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Outside Haiti capital, much despair and little aid from AP Haitians in mass exodus from Port-au-Prince from Reuters Death of UN’s Haiti leadership confirmed from Haiti Tales Consolidated information exchange on missing persons Hillary Clinton lands in Haiti, Obama pledges $100m Satan’s letter to Pat Robertson: Dear Pat Robertson, I know that you know that [...]
News you might have missed this weekend
Posted in News, WWW, tagged AIG, Bill Moyers, Bono, broadband plan, CNET, community organizing, Conan O'Brien, Counterpunch, Daily Beast, Facebook, FCC, gay marriage, Huffington Post, Jay Leno, Multichannel News, Natural News, net neutrality, privacy, Project Censored, Rachel Maddow, Reclaim the Media, Shepard Fairey, Stephen C Webster, Teamsters, Telephony Online, Tim Geithner, TV Everywhere on January 10, 2010 | 1 Comment »
What Obama should say in his State of the Union address TECHNOLOGY Why is the White House backing away from net neutrality? FCC delays new national broadband plan for another month ‘TV Everywhere’ takes even more public interest advocacy heat TASER’s new weapon: Mobile phone monitoring for parents POLITICS How the Teamsters beat Goldman Sachs, [...]
The fight on the right, Progressive inertia
Posted in News, Video, WWW, tagged Alternet, Ars Technica, Blackwater, censorship, China Smack, CJR, Dave Zirin, Jeremy Scahill, Mashable, Pearl Jam, Rachel Maddow, Reynolds Journalism Institute, Ron Paul, Tech Dirt, Yes Men on January 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Are progressives depressed or too privileged to make change? from Alternet Blackwater & Khost bombing: Is CIA deceiving Congress? by Jeremy Scahill Why don’t TV weathermen believe in climate change? from CJR Apartheid lawsuit goes forward against Ford, GM, IBM 2010 Census uses word ‘negro’ raising memories of Jim Crow WATCH KFC ad: Placate threatening [...]
Will coal help Kentucky phenom John Wall play basketball?
Posted in WWW, tagged Dave Zirin, John Wall, Kentucky Wildcats, Rachel Maddow, Raw Story on October 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
TV news host Rachel Maddow invited sports writer Dave Zirin on her show to talk about the funding behind the basketball program. Read more about the political economy of sports by clicking each of these links. Wall’s eligibility is in question, as reported by AP. Meanwhile, donors want to fund a $7M dorm for student-athletes [...]
Thursday reading
Posted in News, WWW, tagged Absolute Radio UK, Acorn, Adam Carolla, App Rising, e-voting, FCC, hemp, Huffington Post, iLike, Infinite Dial, Jared Polis, Lala, Liz Cheney, marijuana, Media Shift, National Security Letter, net neutrality, propaganda, Public Knowledge, public media, Rachel Maddow, Raw Story, Save the Internet, Sequoia, TechDirt, torture music, Westword, white spaces on October 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Pentagon used psyops on US public from Raw Story Musicians demand info on their music used for torture AT&T staff told to complain about net neutrality to FCC Oops: Sequoia reveals e-voting code from Tech Dirt Rep. Polis narrowly avoids net neutrality disaster Broadband stimulus has failed to date from App Rising Rachel Maddow challenges [...]
News updates from Saturday
Posted in WWW, tagged Allison Kilkenny, Ansel Herz, Bill Moyers, Cindy Sheehan, Commentary Magazine, CPAC, Free Expression Policy Project, Glenn Beck, Huffington Post, Iraq War, John Yoo, Justice Department, Media Channel, Michael Isikoff, Michael Winship, Politico, Rachel Maddow, Ron Paul, Sam Stein, Stephen C Webster, straw poll, Student Press Law Center, The Atlantic, True/Slant on February 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
– “Down with occupation, down with stealing NGOs, return Aristide” – TOP STORIES Majority of Americans think Iran has the bomb by Allison Kilkenny Operation New Dawn by Cindy Sheehan Should we call the IRS attack terrorism? from The Atlantic What are we bid for American justice? by Bill Moyers & Michael Winship FREE SPEECH [...]
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