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Guernica / Un-bearing
Seeded on Sat Mar 10, 2012 9:46 AM EST ()
Even though I’d been taking birth control pills and never missed a single dose, I still got pregnant.
So long since I wrote for the pure joy of it... a random excitation
Fri Mar 9, 2012 2:28 PM EST
When it rains words are warming. Just as a window with snow falling past is somehow affirming that shelter is good. Such a small comfort in uncomfortable times breeds a sense of guilt. A random living that one wishes were level, like the field on a wild run..
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German Solar Power Covers Energy Deficit of Frances Nuclear Sector
Seeded on Mon Mar 5, 2012 1:08 AM EST ()
Remember last year when Germany decided to speed up its phasing out of nuclear power and switch to clean energy and everyone (not in the clean energy industry) got freaked out about how German electricity prices would rise and the country would just start importing electrici …
Guernica / The Storytellers of Empire
Seeded on Sun Feb 26, 2012 3:08 PM EST ()
I grew up in Pakistan with two Americas. One was the America of To Kill a Mockingbird and Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, of the young Michael Jackson and Laura Ingalls Wilder, of Charlie’s Angels and John McEnroe and Rob Lowe’s blue eyes.
Paul Stoller: The Face of Poverty in America
Seeded on Wed Feb 22, 2012 1:05 AM EST (The Huffington Post)
It's not hard to see the face of poverty in America. You can see it on any street in just about any town -- homeless people who sit on park benches, poor people who line up at the food pantry, or out of work people who wait for hours in the unemployment office.
6 Ways Food is Being Used as a Weapon
Seeded on Sat Feb 18, 2012 5:13 PM EST ()
Hungry people will do anything for food, which means that those who have control over food can use it as leverage.
Economic Un-Equalibrium
Sat Feb 18, 2012 2:45 AM EST
It's common knowledge that from the start of President G.W. Bush's reign, our economy has been failing.
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Occupy Bellingham Learning Two Sides To Dissent
Fri Feb 17, 2012 8:07 AM EST
Occupy Bellingham is a local movement to Whatcom County, Washington, where the participants act locally in solidarity with the general principles and actions of the larger Occupy Wall Street movement.
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The Army Way
Wed Oct 26, 2011 10:15 PM EDT
The Army WayHow far would you go for someone you love, how about for someone you don't know and will never meet. For that millionaire in the who lives in the sky rise to the person in middle America who hopes to have a place to call home the next night.
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This Rebellion is teaching us Every Minute.. today it taught me Pain is difficult to Overcome alone
Fri Sep 30, 2011 8:57 PM EDT
This afternoon a woman used the human microphone to tell the over 3000 (my estimate watching the livestream) people in that sea of people at the New York occupation, that the people she represents, and I'm paraphrasing here, have known this kind of 'treatment' everyday.
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Death Of Winsome
Sun Sep 12, 2010 4:01 PM EDT
I could swear I saw you yesterday. Although your appearance was somewhat different, the face appeared to be the same. Gone were the stilts and white face replaced by full Rob Halford regalia.
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The Danger of American Fascism
Seeded on Mon Oct 19, 2009 9:43 PM EDT (After Downing Street/ New York Times)
By Henry A. Wallace An article in the New York Times, April 9, 1944. What is a fascist? How many fascists have we? How dangerous are they?
A plea for help...
Sat Sep 26, 2009 9:57 PM EDT
Hello my friends. I would very much appreciate it if you took the time to read the following, and to offer any guidance, help, or expertise you may have to share.
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May 19 Global Day of Action for Troy Davis
Seeded on Mon May 18, 2009 10:37 PM EDT ()
Amnesty International USA condemned in the strongest terms the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals' decision April 16 to reject Troy Davis' petition for a new trial on the well-substantiated claim that he is innocent.
Winning poems in Boynton contest
Seeded on Sun May 10, 2009 11:47 AM EDT ()
25 poems contained within...
A recitation of the history of human thought. It is fortunately collective and secular!
Sat May 9, 2009 9:24 AM EDT
Islamic Scholars have asked me ''Iqbal, Newton had an Islamic influence in his education. I forgot his name, do you know whom I am speaking about?'' I started to reply and the response developed as a new dialogue.
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In U.S. Report, Brutal Details of 2 Afghan Inmates' Deaths
Seeded on Sat May 9, 2009 1:43 AM EDT (The New York Times)
Even as the young Afghan man was dying before them, his American jailers continued to torment him.
A new Senate report says Bush officials quickly abandoned 'humane' interrogation techniques.
Seeded on Wed Apr 22, 2009 12:15 AM EDT (Newsweek)
When the U.S. military began sending terror suspects to Guantanamo in 2002, President Bush proclaimed that it was unwavering U.S.
Can we talk? A progressive plea to fundamentalist Christians (et. al.) re our family feud
Mon Apr 13, 2009 3:32 PM EDT
A recent article on newsvine offered hope and encouragement to so-called "Fundamentalist Christians".
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The First Puppy Makes a Big Splash
Seeded on Sun Apr 12, 2009 6:37 AM EDT (The Washington Post)
The identity of the first puppy -- the one that the Washington press corps has been yelping about for months, the one President Obama has seemed to delight in dropping hints about -- leaked out yesterday.
My Struggle with the Epidemic of Diabetes
Thu Apr 2, 2009 10:39 AM EDT
It started with feelings of complete exhaustion in the middle of golf rounds. An active one time marathoner, I felt that if I didn't eat I wouldn't make it up the next small hill toward the flag.
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A Telescope to the Past as Galileo Visits U.S.
Seeded on Sat Mar 28, 2009 1:19 PM EDT (The New York Times)
PHILADELPHIA — It looked like the kind of toy telescope a child might have made with scissors and tape — a lumpy, mottled tube about as long as a golf club and barely wider in girth, the color of 400-year-old cardboard, burning with age. The spyglass, one of two surviving, h …
Do New Bulbs Save Energy if They Don't Work?
Seeded on Sat Mar 28, 2009 12:30 PM EDT (The New York Times)
SAN FRANCISCO — It sounds like such a simple thing to do: buy some new light bulbs, screw them in, save the planet. But a lot of people these days are finding the new compact fluorescent bulbs anything but simple.
Thieves steal Bellingham car mechanic's entire livelihood
Seeded on Sun Mar 22, 2009 2:00 AM EDT (The Seattle Times)
BELLINGHAM — Two vehicles stolen from the Smith Kia dealership last week have been recovered by local law enforcement. But the news isn't so good for the dealership's mechanic, Tim Griffith, 43. His tools — 20 years' worth — were stolen as well.
Why There Won't Be a Revolution
Seeded on Sun Feb 8, 2009 2:23 PM EST (Newsweek)
The poor you will always have, the good book says, but as for the rich man, he will wither away like a delicate flower in the midday sun.
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JPMorgan trading flap stirs Congress - May. 14, 2012- Local NATO hosts red-faced over 'Red Zone' militarization plan - Chicago Sun-Times
“This was a security decision and we were not involved,” the mayor’s communications director Sarah Hamilton wrote in an email to the Sun-Times.
- NATO In Chicago: Joliet Prison Considered For Detained Protesters, Cop Recording Ban Won't Apply
Strange. After all of this time inside the workings of a 'down' economy, the reaction of a citizenry, and movements everywhere, the powers that be still continue to 'plan' for the worst rather then address the concerns. How do we house mass arrestees. Rather then, let's take a m …
- Why the Occupy Movement Frightens the Corporate Elite
We've listened to these voices for as long as they've been listening to theirs. It's time to think for ones self, consider the way this has unfolded in the past, see those who these very voices have 'disallowed', and allow them. His voice is continually beating down already bea …
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rev the engine............ i've always like the sound of yours:)
Some day I'm going to be inspired enough by your encouragement to finally post something original on my own column! Til then-
None who knew him had any doubts
None who doubted him did anything but pout
No matter, all, as he was hope itself
And lived, oh God, sharing his soul's wealth
Don't worry, Trog, I love you too. (not just Winnie and Geminga)
There's room in my heart for lots of people!
— nearing
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— Saysimba
Just wanted to say thanks for your pitch to nearing on staying in the U.S. You said every thing I wanted to say. We need folks like her now, more than ever. Thanx again.
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43 yr old custom cabinet maker in Bellingham, WA. Overly obsessed with politics and science.
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