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Encountering my hero at the DMV

Posted on February 20, 2009 by kwilder

A story from Kimberly: My husband Ian and I had a car die this week. So, we had to buy an even older used car. That put me at the Department of Motor Vehicles in our lovely, suburban, Long Island, New York. On the way out, I noticed that, in the back of the room, […]

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Al Sharpton: Live streaming re: The Post

Posted on February 20, 2009 by kwilder

It’s 5:28pm EST. Press conference over. Still lots of people and chanting. Interesting to watch. 5:30pm. I think live streaming is turned off? Notes below. http://www.tmz.com/2009/02/20/sharpton-calls-in-reinforcements/ Great coverage. Live streaming of the demonstration at the NY Post, and press conference with Al Sharpton and others. Al Sharpton  is discussing the waiver for Murdoch to have […]

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Tonight! Cynthia McKinney in California

Posted on February 20, 2009 by kwilder

Below is a listing of 3 upcoming events for former Congresswoman and 2008 Green Party candidate for President, Cynthia McKinney. The first one is for tonight, Friday, February 20, 2009. 6:30pm potluck/7:30pm forum in Topanga Canyon, California. [hq2600] From Cynthia McKinney:Weekend Calendar Friday, February 20, 2009 11:45 AM From: “HQ” / Cynthia McKinney Hi!  I […]

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From the Farmingville filmaker: A Class Apart 2/23/09

Posted on February 20, 2009 by iwilder

A CLASS APART A Mexican American Civil Rights Story will broadcast on PBS American Experience Monday, February 23 @ 9:00 (check local listings) www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/class <http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/class> www.caminobluff.com <http://www.caminobluff.com> www.facebook.com/pages/A-Class-Apart/38365902140 <http://www.facebook.com/pages/A-Class-Apart/38365902140> “A powerful reminder of the civil rights movement. One to watch.” – Austin American-Statesman “Necessary viewing.” – San Antonio Express-News Produced and Directed by Carlos Sandoval […]

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Making spanking worse: Spanking of children in Missouri Schools

Posted on February 20, 2009 by kwilder

Update – More research on spanking is: here. Evidently, in Missouri, teachers are still allowed to spank children in school. I think that is appalling. And, it makes me think that some activists should probably focus on making sure no schools in any state are allowed to use corporal punishment on children. It is outrageous […]

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Should the/will the NY Post boycott end?

Posted on February 20, 2009 by kwilder

Latest update: The NAACP, Al Sharpton, Spike Lee and others have determined that an apology is not enough. The boycott continues. The goal is to have new policies on diversity at the Post, and also for the government to reconsider the waiver Rupert Murdoch has to own more than one major media outlet within the […]

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Obama Does Not Release Ill-treated Guantanamo Detainee, Despite Court Order

Posted on February 19, 2009 by iwilder

URGENT ACTION APPEAL – From Amnesty International USA To read the current Urgent Action newsletter, go to http://www.amnestyusa.org/urgent/newslett.html ———————————- For a print-friendly version of this Urgent Action (PDF): http://www.amnestyusa.org/actioncenter/actions/uaa04909.pdf 19 February 2009 UA 49/09          Legal concern/Ill-treatment USA                 Mohammed el Gharani (m), Chadian national, aged 22 More than a month after a US federal judge ordered that […]

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If you are a patriot…boycott the NY Post!

Posted on February 19, 2009 by kwilder

Update: Friday morning, Feb 20th. After first asserting it had done nothing wrong, the NY Post finally made a half-hearted apology last night. There was a rally planned for this evening at 5pm, and it seems like Al Sharpton and other groups who took offense, will be mulling over the next step. The boycott is […]

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IL Green Party Slams Cullerton on Campaign Finance Reform

Posted on February 19, 2009 by iwilder

Green Party leaders in Illinois ripped Senate President John Cullerton’s comments opposing campaign finance reform in Illinois. According to Joseph Ryan of the Daily Herald, Cullerton told the newspaper’s editorial board that “he thinks Illinois’ wide-open campaign system is just fine” and that disclosure is all that is necessary. (Ryan’s blog entry is at http://blogs.dailyherald.com/node/1447.) […]

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Lots of news about Al-Zeidi: appeared in court, strategy set, adjourned date set

Posted on February 19, 2009 by kwilder

“What made me do it was the humiliation Iraq has been subjected to due to the U.S. occupation and the murder of innocent people,” al-Zeidi said. “I wanted to restore the pride of the Iraqis in any way possible, apart from using weapons.” Summary from the AP story: 1.Al-Zeidi appeared in court, with no signs […]

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Sea level rising threat like ‘giant snail’, environmentalists say — Newsday.com

Posted on February 18, 2009 by iwilder

Sea level rising threat like ‘giant snail’, environmentalists say — Newsday.com Posted using ShareThis

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Obama Orders 17,000 Troops to Afghanistan

Posted on February 18, 2009 by iwilder

from DemocracyNow.org In his most significant military decision to date, President Obama has ordered an additional 17,000 US troops to Afghanistan. The move fulfills a campaign pledge to increase the size of the US occupation. The new deployments will take effect in May, increasing the US occupation force to 55,000—a 50 percent rise. Another 32,000 […]

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Trial for journalist/shoe tosser Muntadhar Al-Zeidi is tomorrow – Thursday

Posted on February 18, 2009 by kwilder

Iraqi journalist Muntadhar Al-Zeidi will face trial tomorrow, Thursday, February 19, 2009. Update is: here

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Injustice in West Virginia:

Posted on February 18, 2009 by kwilder

(excerpt from) Ballot Access News West Virginia Legislators Introduce Clearly Unconstitutional Election Law Bills February 17th, 2009 Recently, two election law bills have been introduced in the West Virginia legislature that are clearly unconstitutional. Senators Robert Williams (D-Bridgeport) and Robert Plymale (D-Ceredo) have introduced SB 271, to require declared write-in candidates to pay a filing […]

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