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Are you being farmed?: WSJ uncovers more FaceBook privacy concerns…

Posted on October 18, 2010 by kwilder

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Do you farm? If you do…companies and advertisers on FaceBook may be farming for information about you AND your friends…

(excerpt from) The Wall Street Journal
“Facebook in Privacy Breach
Top-Ranked Applications Transmit Personal IDs, a Journal Investigation Finds”
by Emily Steel and Geoffrey A. Fowler / October 18, 2010

A pull quote:

“…The Journal found that all of the 10 most popular apps on Facebook were transmitting users’ IDs to outside companies.

The apps, ranked by research company Inside Network Inc. (based on monthly users), include Zynga Game Network Inc.’s FarmVille, with 59 million users, and Texas HoldEm Poker and FrontierVille. Three of the top 10 apps, including FarmVille, also have been transmitting personal information about a user’s friends to outside companies.

Most apps aren’t made by Facebook, but by independent software developers…”

A Green Governor in New York State? : Only The Blog Knows Brooklyn

Posted on October 17, 2010 by iwilder

A vote for Hawkins and Mattera is a vote for a more inclusive multi-party system like in other countries. Or so says Pechefsky: “50,000 votes for governor gets you ballot status, ballot status means it is much easier to get people on the ballot in City Council and State legislature races.” In other words: a vote for a Green candidate is a vote for Greens and that could create a regular spot for the Greens on New York ballots.

via A Green Governor in New York State? : Only The Blog Knows Brooklyn.

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Alan Singer: Green Party vs. Tea Party at Hofstra Gubernatorial Debate

Posted on October 17, 2010 by iwilder

Hawkins and the Greens appear to be the only alternative to anti-union Tea Party budget-cutters Cuomo and Paladino. In their Green New Deal, proposal, the Green Party demands a living wage for all working families, cradle-to-grave Medicare, publicly owned and controlled banks to manage state pension money, housing subsidies and stronger rent control, and invest in environmentally friendly development. These include a ban on “hydrofracking” for natural gas and the construction of new “carbon-free” mass transit. Their full platform is available online at http://gpnys.com and http://www.howiehawkins.org.

via Alan Singer: Green Party vs. Tea Party at Hofstra Gubernatorial Debate.

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Redlich, Hawkins Talk Debate | Politics on the Hudson

Posted on October 17, 2010 by iwilder

Still, Hawkins said he would lay out his case for a progressive income tax and a “green” stimulus plan.

“I think the way I get through is I contrast my prosperity plan with the austerity plans of the major party candidates,” he said. “That green new deal is is full employment, fully-funded educated and a big green stimulus project.”

He thinks Cuomo, who leads Republican Carl Paladino by double digits in statewide polls, may not be counting on him to give a spirited performance, but Hawkins said he plans to.

via Redlich, Hawkins Talk Debate | Politics on the Hudson.

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Food Politics: Taking A Look At Howie Hawkins for New York Governor

Posted on October 17, 2010 by iwilder

Ban corporate-owned farms. Support family farms with price supports, credit, and tax relief. Financial and technical assistance incentives to convert farms to organic methods. Bypass corporate food middlemen by supporting farmer-owned processing and marketing cooperatives and consumer-owned food cooperatives. Full organizing rights and decent wages for farmworkers.

via Food Politics: Taking A Look At Howie Hawkins for New York Governor.

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Newsday’s Ellis Henican: Hawkins & Redlich have “actual issues of concern”

Posted on October 17, 2010 by iwilder

Who does that leave? Howie Hawkins and Warren Redich from the Green and Libertarian parties seem like bright enough fellows with actual issues of concern, but Greens and Libertarians are rarely elected governor of New York.

via Tip for Cuomo in debate: Don’t say very much. by Ellis Henican

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N.Y. Candidates for Governor Crowd Stage – WSJ.com

Posted on October 17, 2010 by iwilder

The quiet charmer of the group is the Green Party’s Howie Hawkins, a Dartmouth College graduate who works as a truck-unloader for UPS and names reading as his favorite pastime.

via N.Y. Candidates for Governor Crowd Stage – WSJ.com.

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On the Heels of Whiteygate, Whitney is shut out of Chicago Debates

Posted on October 17, 2010 by iwilder

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Just days after Rich Whitney‘s name was found to be misspelled on voting machine throughout Chicago, the Green Party candidate for governor is now finding himself locked out of three Chicago debates, including one going on tonight at Elmhurst College, 8 p.m.

Tonight’s debate, along with the League of Women Voters on Oct 20 and WTTW Channel 11 on Oct 28 debates, are set to include only Brady and Quinn, leaving out the only other established party candidate, Rich Whitney, despite heavy lobbying from Green Party representatives and supporters.

The debate exclusions come after a very successful debate among the three established party candidates in Southern Illinois — including Whitney — in Carbondale, far outside the Chicago political monopoly.

Whitney won hands down.

wrote David Ormsby in a piece for examiner.com. Read more »

Filed under: Action Alert!, activism, debate, election, Election 2010, elections, governor, grassroots democracy, Green Party, new york, New York State Politics, News, politics, Senate, third party, US Politics | Tagged: Democratic Party (United States), Elmhurst College, green, Illinois Green Party, LeAlan Jones, rich whitney, Rod Blagojevich, Southern Illinois | 6 Comments »

The Case Against Fluoride: Toxifying the Tap (via Food Freedom)

Posted on October 17, 2010 by iwilder

By Rady Ananda In July of this year, the United Nations declared access to clean water a human right. The United States was among 41 nations that abstained from supporting the resolution. Since October 15th is Blog for Water Day, a close inspection of a common US practice – fluoridating city water supplies – is in order. The subject of water fluoridation has been controversial for decades, but a new book, The Case Against Fluoride, won the accola … Read More

via Food Freedom

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Doubts About Cuomo’s Support of Gay Rights | Greens for Greens ™

Posted on October 17, 2010 by iwilder

“He plays catch-up on our issues,” said Libby Post, who founded Empire State Pride Agenda, the influential gay-rights group that pushed for the same-sex marriage legislation last year. “I don’t think his heart is really there. He does not have a record you can look to.”

via Doubts About Cuomo’s Support of Gay Rights | Greens for Greens ™.

Filed under: governor, new york, New York State Politics, News, politics | Tagged: andrew cuomo, Carl Paladino, Empire State Pride Agenda, Gay Lesbian and Bisexual, law, marriage equality, new york, politics, united states | Leave a Comment »

The Real Face-offs in the 10/18/10 NY Guv Debate

Posted on October 17, 2010 by iwilder

Below is excellent pre-debate commentary by Ian Wilder. For post-debate commentary from Kimberly Wilder (with Ian’s post-debate in comments) please go: here.

Also, you can find full video of the live debate: here.

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OK, the corporate media keep playing up the face-off between Paladino and Cuomo like it is some kind of WWE event. I realize that they are their boys, but someone’s gotta point out that not only isn’t this Connecticut, but you couldn’t slip a Koch family contribution between their economic austerity plans.

Real face-offs.

Rent Strike: In one corner, we have the largest landlord in Western New York, Republican candidate Carl Paladino, and in the other corner we have the founder of the Rent is Too Damn High Party, Jimmy McMillan. Can you see McMillan asking Paladino how much he rakes in from rents to individuals and to NY State? It’s funny how those who yell the loudest about the state spending too much usually have pockets full of the state’s cash.
Cheaters: Then we have Kristin Davis of the Anti-Prohibition Party, who’s claim to fame is being Eliot Spitzer‘s Madam. She has a point in that the Madam goes to jail and the “John” — Eliot Spitzer — goes scot-free. She should be questioning Carl Paladino on that concept since he thought that no one would notice that he has a 10-year-old child by his mistress and constant traveling companion. Was he so confident because he thought that, as the man, it’s ok to cheat? He must, since he has the gall to speak out on the sanctity of marriage. I hope Kristin Davis gives Paladino this year’s Sarah Palin Worst Parent Award for running for office when it would expose your child to ridicule in the press. Read more »

Filed under: Action Alert!, activism, debate, election, Election 2010, elections, governor, grassroots democracy, Green Party, hofstra, howie hawkins, long island, Long Island Politics, media, new york, New York State Politics, News, platform, politics, rants, third party, US Politics | Tagged: andrew cuomo, black panther party, Carl Paladino, Charles Barron, connecticut, Eliot Spitzer, green, howie hawkins, Jimmy McMillan, Kristin Davis, Mad Hatter, new york, Rent Is Too Damn High Party, Tea Party movement, united states, Western New York | 2 Comments »

NY1 Online: Green Party Candidate For Governor Howie Hawkins On “Inside City Hall” 10/14/10

Posted on October 17, 2010 by iwilder

Green Party Candidate for Governor Howie Hawkins made his pitch to run New York State in an interview on Thursday’s edition of “Inside City Hall.”

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NY1 Online: Green Party Candidate For Governor …, posted with vodpod

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RSVP now for “No Impact Man” 10/21/10

Posted on October 17, 2010 by iwilder

The Sustainability Institute at Molloy College invites you to attend our Sustainable Film Series, on Thursday October 21, 2010.

Seating is limited. Please RSVP at 516-678-5000 ext. 7562

Filed under: Calendar, Ecology, economy, Environment, events, film, local, long island, Long Island Politics, Long Island schools, News, politics, sustainability, sustainable, video | Tagged: Business and Economy, Colin Beavan, Documentary film, long island, Molloy College, new york, no impact man, sustainability, Travel and Tourism, united states, Volleyball | Leave a Comment »

Green Party New York: Poll: 58 Percent of Voters Say a 3rd Political Party is Needed

Posted on October 17, 2010 by iwilder

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Howie Hawkins traveled to Rochester alone. No massive campaign machine in sight. What you get from this Green Party candidate for governor is an earnest discussion of tax and ethics reform. “People say ‘you sound like the democrats used to sound.’ New deal democrats don’t exist any more,” Hawkins explains. ‘The new democrats are like the old republicans.”

A recent Gallup Poll shows more than half of voters – 58% – say a third political party is needed because both republicans and democrats do a poor job of delivering on what’s important to them. Three out of four “swing” voters – those registered to no political party – say they want a third option.

via Green Party New York » Blog Archive » Poll: 58 Percent of Voters Say a 3rd Political Party is Needed. with video

Green Party candidates across US win debates, while others battle exclusion (www.onthewilderside.com)
Guv cand Hawkins (G-NY) Supports Ban on Hydrofracking for Natural Gas; WFP & Cuomo don’t (www.onthewilderside.com)
Green Party New York: Guv cand Hawkins calls for a ban on Genetically Modified Foods (www.onthewilderside.com)
NY Demands To Know “Where Are The F#$%-ing Jobs?” In Hawkins Campaign Video (www.onthewilderside.com)
Voters Want a Third Party (outsidethebeltway.com)
Green Party New York ” Howie Hawkins: Voters Want Something Other than Just Tea Partiers (www.onthewilderside.com)

Filed under: 3rd party, activism, election, Election 2010, elections, governor, grassroots democracy, Green Party, howie hawkins, media, new york, New York State Politics, News, politics, third party, US Politics | Tagged: green, howie hawkins, new york, Political party, politics, The Gallup Organization, united states, voting | Leave a Comment »

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