I just read an amazing piece in Mother Jones: “The Way to Go In Iraq,” by Peter Galbraith. I’ll be honest, I am against the war, have been from the beginning, yet I don’t really know what is going on over there. I hear about “benchmarks” but don’t know what those benchmarks might be or …
You really need to see this! (hat tip to Pam Spaulding at Pandagon) (link to Crooks & Liars)
(hat tip to Auguste at Pandagon for the pic) THE BILL OF RIGHTS Amendments 1-10 of the Constitution (with particular sections directly under attack by the Bush administration in bold) The Conventions of a number of the States having, at the time of adopting the Constitution, expressed a desire, in order to prevent misconstruction or …
I feel very uncomfortable in crowds, particularly political crowds. Somewhere in the back of my brain a warning starts flashing, something to do with sameness, mob mentality, the overwhelming loss of individuality. Heck, I don’t even like seeing Rocky Horror Picture Show live because having a group of people all performing the same actions, saying …
No, really.From Daily Kos: RIAA has secured the right to collect royalties on all songs regardless of who controls the copyright. RIAA operates under the assumption that they will collect the royalties for the “sound recording copyright” and that the artists who own their own copyright will go to SoundExchange to collect at a later …
Feministing posts about a Georgia High School and this year being the first desegregated prom. Yes, this year. Link Alternet has a story about how the Bush Administration is working to privatize our water supplies. Great, a requirement of life in the hands of multi-national corporations, what a great idea that is. Link Contrary to …
Check it out: Postal regulators have accepted a proposal from media giant Time Warner that would stifle small and independent publishers in America. The plan unfairly burdens smaller publishers with higher postage rates while locking in special privileges for bigger media companies. Mother Jones covers the story here. After almost a year of hearings, last …
The US Copyright Board has become a puppet for the RIAA and are on course to dismantling independent internet radio. If you listen to any internet radio, please check out the following links: Save Our Intenet Radio Kurt Hanson’s Radio and Internet Newsletter I had given up on radio for years, but then discovered Radio …
From TomPaine.com: Immoral Lack Of Care Casey Aden-Wansbury March 02, 2007 Casey Aden-Wansbury is the Director of Communications at the Children’s Defense Fund . . . . Health coverage can be provided to every child in America in 2007. The funding necessary to expand coverage to all children and pregnant women would be …
Materials: To play “Geneva Conventions: The Drinking Game” you need copies of the conventions as ratified by nearly every country in the world (including the US), your favorite alcoholic beverages (because you are sure-as-shit going to need some drinking), and a group of your friends. Preferably bi-partisan. The Peace Pledge Union provides a good and …