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A rally (almost) held for Al-Zeidi the eloquent shoe-thrower

Posted on March 10, 2009 by kwilder

Photo of rally from AP is: here Please note that Muntadhar Al-Zeidi, the Iraqi journalist and war correspondent who protested then US President Bush’s surprise visit to Iraq, will be in court again on Thursday, March 12th. (excerpt from) suomenkuvalehti.fi Iraq Protest

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Two Supreme Court Decisions: Minority districts AND independent candidates (via Nader)

Posted on March 9, 2009 by kwilder

(excerpt from) The Boston Globe/AP Story Court refuses to expand minority voting rights March 9, 2009 Story 1: Limits protection of Voting Rights Act WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court ruled Monday that electoral districts must have a majority of African-Americans or other minorities to be protected by a provision of the Voting Rights Act. The 5-4 decision, […]

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Nader and Romanelli travails in Pennsylvania update

Posted on March 6, 2009 by kwilder

This story touches on prospects of the Nader case in Pennsylvania. The courts in Pennsylvania used challenges to Nader’s petitions (and, separately, to Carl Romanelli’s petitions) to not only kick those candidates off the ballot, but to then “punish” them, by having to pay the lawyer’s fees for the other side. The other side were […]

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Hillarious! Jon Stewart displays CNBC’s financial incompetence

Posted on March 5, 2009 by kwilder

Jon Stewart Gives CNBC Financial Advice. CNBC’s Rick Santelli shouted at the amount of money that might go to actual homeowners with failing mortgages…Jon Stewart reacts.

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Long Island Wins: Government report faults police/immigration deputization

Posted on March 5, 2009 by iwilder

Long Island Wins :: Government report faults police/immigration deputization. Originally posted using ShareThis (Excerpt from) Long Island Wins by Pat Young The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has just issued a report finding major problems with the deputization of the police as immigration enforcement officers. Referred to as “287g agreements” after the section of the law […]

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IL GP congratulates congressional primary winner Matt Reichel

Posted on March 4, 2009 by iwilder

The Illinois Green Party congratulates Matt Reichel, who earned 34% of the vote to win yesterday’s Special Primary in the 5th Congressional District.  Runners up include Deb Gordils (32%), Mark Fredrickson (14%), Alan Auguston (13%) and Simon Ribeiro (1%). The outcome of the primary had been uncertain until this afternoon, when the Chicago Board of […]

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Like Pelosi’s Congress with Bush Impeachment, Obama White House Declares Single-Payer Universal Healthcare “Off the Table”

Posted on March 4, 2009 by iwilder

Green Party urges widespread protest over President Obama’s exclusion of Single-Payer/Medicare For All advocates from the March 5 health care reform summit at the White House Two protests scheduled: in front of the White House on Thursday, March 5, organized by Physicians for a National Health Program and other single-payer groups; “Burn Your Health Insurance […]

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Results from 3/3/09 Illinois Congressional primary

Posted on March 3, 2009 by kwilder

Election results from primary for Congress in Illinois: Democrat. Republican. Green Party.

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In Illinois Congressional race today: 23 candidates vie for Rep. Emmanuel’s seat (Dem, Rep, Green)

Posted on March 3, 2009 by kwilder

KW: An interesting primary. It is unusual for a third party to have 5 candidates in their primary, as the Green Party does in this race. The winner of the three primaries will run against each other in a special election on April 7th 2009. Check back here this evening for results and analysis. The […]

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Cynthia McKinney: Ruminations on President Obama’s Tenure Thus Far and “Acceptable Punditry” 3/2/09

Posted on March 2, 2009 by iwilder

I have played around with this idea for hours now, on whether or not to write this piece.  But the events of the last few hours, I believe, mandate that I raise my voice once again. I have read and re-read President Obama’s Joint Congressional Address.  All of the “acceptable punditry” have spoken and given […]

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Wild conspiracy theory: Who was really behind Power Shift 2009?

Posted on March 2, 2009 by kwilder

Live streaming of the Power Shift/Capitol Climate Action demo against the Capitol coal plant in DC: here. KW: I thought this one up on Friday before Power Shift 2009. I am publishing it after Power Shift is mostly over. (with the anti-coal demonstration in DC underway.) Didn’t want to burst anyone’s bubble.

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Live streaming of Capitol anti-coal demo (plus global warming)

Posted on March 2, 2009 by kwilder

Link to live streaming of the Capitol Climate Action rally and civil disobedience in D.C. Comments on speech by Vandana Shiva. Thoughts on global warming, climate change, and energy.

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Shouldn’t MoveOn Oppose Obama on Afghanistan?

Posted on March 1, 2009 by iwilder

The opinion piece: Shouldn’t MoveOn Oppose Obama on Afghanistan? (Initially posted using ShareThis) An opinion piece in The Nation, written by John Nichols. Excerpt: …Democratic leaders in Congress might have been willing to compromise with the Bush administration on Iraq back in 2002. But MoveOn said “no.” And MoveOn was right. Now, more than ever, […]

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Chuck D on D.L. Hughley: Cynthia, Rosa, and the Green Party

Posted on March 1, 2009 by iwilder

from David A. Kirschenbaum, Boog City publisher and NYC Green Party member i’m up late, surprise, and on d.l. hughley breaks the news, his cnn show, he has on chuck d and michael steele, new rnc head, and chuck d talked about race in republican party not being prevalent, feeling excluded, then he says (and […]

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