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Researchers Find 40-Fold Increase in Carcinogenic Compounds in Gulf (via Food Freedom)

Posted on October 2, 2010 by iwilder

By Dan Froomkin Huffington Post Researchers testing the waters off Louisiana in June found hugely elevated levels of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, or PAHs, some of which are known carcinogens. The researchers from Oregon State University say that a device taking samples just off the shore of Louisiana's Grande Isle registered a 40-fold increase in PAHs between May and June. What's worse is that the sampling device was specifically designed to … Read More

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Stating the Obvious – NRC ignores Public Safety (via Perambulations & Ruminations)

Posted on October 2, 2010 by iwilder

They go by the name Nuclear Regulatory Commission, but it might as well be called the Nuclear Industry’s office of rubber stamping. Basically, they’ve done nothing to ensure that the public will be safe from the hazards inherent in the operation of nuclear power plants. The Union of Concerned Scientists last week issued a report finding that dozens of safety violations at the nation’s nuclear power plants have been routinely ignored by the NRC. T … Read More

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Cynthia McKinney: Bike4Peace – Recursive Loops – October 6 Proclamation for My Daddy

Posted on October 2, 2010 by iwilder

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Well, first of all I have to apologize to Uncle Ernie and Reverend Sandra Decker. I didn’t get my information to you on time–and to all of you, too! But, I hope you’ll understand why when I give this update.

But first, I need to add that one of my favorite books of all time is “Godel, Escher, Bach,” in which there is something called a “recursive loop.” Part of the reason for my lateness with this final, wrap-up Bike4Peace 2010 report is that, toward the end of our ride, I became involved in several recursive loops that made me very busy; so much so that the time for writing lapsed while I was coursing the various loops.

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Alan Singer: In New York Gubernatorial Campaign, It’s Getting Easier to Be Green

Posted on October 2, 2010 by iwilder

Before I go any further, I need to state that I am a tee-shirt wearing member of the New York State Green Party (we don’t have membership cards). The Green Party is running Howie Hawkins, a teamster from the Rochester area who works for UPS for governor and Gloria Mattera, a health professional and community organizer from Brooklyn for lieutenant governor. I think the Green Party campaign is different from the campaigns of the other minor candidates and from the major parties and bears close attention, not because they will win anything, but because they have the potential to reshape political dialogue in the state and the nation.

Howie Hawkins and Gloria Mattera were in Brooklyn on Sunday, September 26th, to participate in a giant block party called the Atlantic Antic. After the block party we met and spoke together at a Green Party fund-raiser in Park Slope, Brooklyn.

Jon Stewart has accused minority parties on the left and right of promoting extremism and of irrationality. In the case of the New York Greens, Stewart is definitely wrong! Hawkins and Mattera are two of the most rational and thoughtful people I have met in the political arena. They make the Democratic and Republican Party candidates look like the irrational extremists.

via Alan Singer: In New York Gubernatorial Campaign, It’s Getting Easier to Be Green.

Filed under: 3rd party, election, Election 2010, elections, governor, grassroots democracy, Green Party, new york, New York State Politics, politics | Tagged: brooklyn, green, howie hawkins, Jon Stewart, new york, New York Greens, politics, Republican Party | Leave a Comment »

United State’s drones kill 18 people in Pakistan

Posted on October 2, 2010 by kwilder

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Headline at Huffington Post:
CIA escalates drone was in Pakistan

and

(excerpt from) Reuters
US drone strikes kill 18 militants in Pakistan
By Haji Mujtaba / Sat Oct 2, 2010 9:06am EDT

(Reuters) – Two U.S. drone attacks killed 18 militants in Pakistan on Saturday, intelligence officials said, after recent NATO incursions raised tensions with an ally critical to Washington’s war effort in Afghanistan.

The United States has escalated pilotless drone aircraft missile strikes against al Qaeda-linked militants in Pakistan’s northwest, with 21 attacks in September alone, the highest number in a single month on record…

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Hawkins Jobs Plan Would Provide Jobs; Cuomo Just Wants More Handouts to Businesses

Posted on October 2, 2010 by iwilder

The Hawkins for Governor jobs plan is much simpler – and more effective – than Mr. Cuomo’s

Green Party of NY Governor candidate Howie Hawkins said the Cuomo work plan would be ineffective, just more tax breaks and handouts for businesses:

Herbert C. Hoover

We are in the greatest recession in 70 years. You have to spend to get out of a recession. You have to put more money into the hands of the low and moderate income households, not the rich, in order to provide a fiscal stimulus. Giving out a $3,000 tax break to a business for a new job won’t create new jobs if you haven’t stimulated demand. There’s nothing new in Cuomo’s plan. Even Herbert Hoover had a better plan than Cuomo. It’s the same old trickle-down economics that has been failing to create jobs in the real economy of producing goods and services for three decades. Tax cuts for business don’t trickle down to middle and working class folks.”

A Green New Deal

1. A WPA-style jobs program for full employment. Read more »

Filed under: Action Alert!, activism, economy, election, Election 2010, elections, new york, New York State Politics, News, politics, progressive politics, third party, US Politics | Tagged: Deficit, Economic, Green New Deal, Herbert Hoover, Income tax, Progressive tax, Public transport, Sustainable energy | Leave a Comment »

Green Party Candidate Says NY Gov’s Race Is Like “Jersey Shore” | The New York Observer

Posted on October 2, 2010 by iwilder

“What is this, The Real Candidates Of Erie County?” said [NY Green Party Governor candidate] Howie Hawkins, an anti-nuclear activist who ran for the U.S. Senate as the Green Party candidate in 2006. “Actually, the constant bickering reminds me more of Jersey Shore. Maybe Cuomo should hire Snooki as his Press Officer. [Wait, what will Josh Vlasto do then?—DF] That’s about the level we’re at now.”

The Green Party is in a precarious state in New York. In order to automatically qualify for a ballot line, they must receive 50,000 votes for governor. The last time this happened was 1998, when the party nominated Grandpa Al Lewis from the television show The Munsters, [who was well-known in NY as a social justice activist]. In 2006, the writer Malachy McCourt fell about 8,000 votes short.

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“Both want to cut taxes for the wealthy and cut compensation for working New Yorkers,” Hawkins said. All that’s left to argue about is ‘who’s the bigger man?’ — and the media’s falling for it. Given the chance to debate, I can provide New Yorkers with a competing vision.”

via Green Party Candidate Says Gov’s Race Is Like “Jersey Shore” | The New York Observer.

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THE CAROLINE LUCAS TAPES (via The Whistler)

Posted on October 1, 2010 by iwilder

Pizza Girl is on holiday this month but we have an exclusive and probing interview by 8-year-old Hermione Fisher-Gate of Guildford Road with our MP Caroline Lucas. Are the queues long at the Westminster canteen? Do they have vegan options of the day? I haven’t spent a great deal of time there so far – the odd rushed coffee! I’m not vegan, but I’m cam … Read More

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Guv cand Hawkins (G-NY) Condemns FBI Raids on Antiwar Activists

Posted on October 1, 2010 by iwilder

The only way that the Green Party can regain ballot status in NY is to get 50,000 votes for their Governor candidate in 2010. This opportunity comes only once every four years, and it only applies to the Governor’s race. Gaining ballot status will enable the Green Party to run more peace candidates, more single-payer candidates, more anti-fracking candidates, and more sustainable energy candidates. The last time that the Green Party of New York State had ballot status it set the record for running the most Green candidates of any state.

Says FBI Should Focus on Corporate Crime Wave

Howie Hawkins, the Green Party candidate for NY Governor, today condemned the recent FBI raids and investigations of antiwar activist in six states as an attack on the antiwar movement and constitutional rights.

Hawkins said the FBI should focus more on the corporate crime wave
associated with the banking and home foreclosure crisis.

On Friday, Sept. 24, FBI swat teams and agents carrying with Grand Jury subpoenas raided the homes of several antiwar and social justice activists in Minnesota, Michigan, and Illinois. FBI agents also contacted other activists in Wisconsin, North Carolina, and California.

Filed under: 3rd party, 9-11, Action Alert!, activism, economy, election, Election 2010, elections, governor, grassroots democracy, Green Party, new york, New York State Politics, politics, Press Release, third party, US Politics | Tagged: Civil Liberties, FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Freedom Road Socialist Organization, green, national security, new york, terrorism, united states, Washington Post | Leave a Comment »

Shinnecock’s receive federal recognition!

Posted on October 1, 2010 by kwilder

(excerpt from)
27East/Southampton Press
Shinnecocks get final word, become 565th recognized tribe
By Brendan O’Reilly / Oct 1, 10 4:59 PM

The Shinnecock Indian Nation received word Friday afternoon from its tribal attorneys that it is now officially the 565th Native American tribe to earn recognition from the U.S. government, according to Shinnecock Tribal Trustee Lance Gumbs… Read more »

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NY State Elections 2010: Ballot info posted at NYS BOE website

Posted on October 1, 2010 by kwilder

Update: You can see the NYS ballot pdf at Ballot Access News: here.

New York voters can see the candidates and parties who made the NY State election ballot for Tuesday, November 2, 2010: here. (link is finnicky as of 10/26)

Filed under: 3rd party, green, Green Party, new york, New York State Politics, News, politics, third party | Tagged: Anti-Prohibition, Freedom Party, Governor Race, Green Party, libertarian, NY State, NY State ballot, NY State politics, nys ballot, NYS Board of Elections, NYSBOE, Rent is Too Damn High, Taxpayers Party, Tea Party | 3 Comments »

LI Concert Notes #64 10/1/10

Posted on October 1, 2010 by iwilder

FMSH Members Concert: If you are a member of the Folk Music Society of Huntington and would like to perform at the annual Members Concert on Saturday, December 4, please contact Lee Ann Rush at wordplay101@yahoo.com right away. Performer selection is currently in progress.

Here’s some great Live Music on Long Island. Venue addresses/phones/URLs at end of all listings. Please scroll down. The Folk Music Society of Huntington (FMSH) is posting this list on: www.fmshny.org/LI-ConcertNotes.htm or go to www.fmshny.org and click on “LI Concert Notes” Corrections and Comments are welcome. Support Live Music on Long Island.

Gary Schoenberger

Concerts

Day Date Time Artist Venue

Fri 10/1 7:30 The Kennedys Garden Stage (UUCCN), Garden City

Fri 10/1 8:00 Anna Dagmar, Premik Russell Tubbs, Steven Schmidt Peacesmiths, Amityville

Fri 10/1 9:00 Rhythm Kings Duo Popei’s, Coram

Fri 10/1 8:00 Paula Poundstone Patchogue Theatre, Patchogue

Fri 10/1 7:00 Gail Storm Jack Haylards, Oyster Bay

Fri 10/1 7:00 Open Mic with Liza Coppola Custer Institute, Southhold

Fri-Sun 10/1,2,3 Jazz Fest East Islip Public Library, E Islip

Sat 10/2 7:30 Pat Wictor & Lipbone Redding FMSH,Congregational Church,Centerport

Sat 10/2 7:00 Wavelength(Denise Romas/Ray Jensen) LI’s Best Desserts, Port Jefferson

Sat 10/2 8:00 Jeff Jacobs, Guy Pezullo, Maria Fairchild Homegrown Music Café, Port Jeff Station

Sat 10/2 8:00 Betty Buckley Pathogue Theatre, Patchogue

Sun 10/3 2:00 Beaucoup Blue & Little Toby Walker University Café, Stony Brook

Tue 10/5 9:30 Buddy Merriam & Back Roads Checkmate Inn, Setauket

Filed under: Calendar, events, local, long island, Long Island Music, long island music scene, Long Island Politics, music, open mic, original music, poetry | Tagged: Congregational Church, England, Folk Music Society of Huntington, Garden City, Heckscher Park, long island, port washington, UUCCN | 8 Comments »

Guv cand Whitney (G-IL) Trumps Competitors in Tribune Debate and Proves Why He Should Be Included in Future Debates

Posted on October 1, 2010 by iwilder

Rich Whitney

Rich Whitney, the Illinois Green Party governor candidate, participated in a debate with all four of the other ballot-qualified competitors for governor today before the Chicago Tribune editorial board. The spirited and at time rancorous debate pointed out significant differences between all five candidates.

Before an audience of 42 people, topics such as the budget deficit and remedies, taxes, education, ethics and governing philosophy were discussed.

Rich Whitney focused on

the need to restructure the state’s system of taxation to increase revenues,
bring fairness to middle-and-lower-income taxpayers,
institute a new tax on derivative trading,
establish a state bank and implement a forensic audit to eliminate wasteful spending.

Whitney emphasized that this was the only realistic approach to restoring health to the budget, schools, colleges and vital social services — and thereby create the foundation for economic recovery and real job opportunities for all.

Filed under: 3rd party, activism, debate, election, Election 2010, elections, Green Party, News, third party | Tagged: Bill Brady, Chicago Tribune, Civil and political rights, green, health care, Illinois Green Party, rich whitney, Scott Lee Cohen | 5 Comments »

Some humor for a rainy day…

Posted on October 1, 2010 by kwilder

Found on: About.com

David Letterman:

“The good news is that scientists have found a giant Earth-like planet, and it may support human life. Whatever you do, don’t tell British Petroleum.”

And another one from Letterman… Read more »

Filed under: Anti-War, Ecology, Environment, Green Party, international politics, Iraq, News, politics, progressive politics, war | Tagged: Comedy, David Letterman | 1 Comment »

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