A New New Deal - defending the public
It was January 11, 1944. FDR was giving his State of the Union Address. A Democratic president, but he wasn't talking about bipartisan compromise or "shared sacrifice". He was talking about a...
View ArticleMaine bill would impose 24-hour waiting period
Cross posted at Dirigo Blue Rep. Eleanor Espling (R-New Gloucester) has introduced a bill that essentially places a 24-hour waiting period on a woman seeking an abortion. Espling's bill, An Act To...
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From Grandmas to Grungers: More Protests Planned in MICH and ALEC Story Makes...
Uh-oh… ALEC and Snyder’s Michigan EFM stories go National. Using GOP national strategy generated state budget crisis across the US, Rick Snyder plans statewide take over of local government, cities...
View ArticleStephen King Tells It Like It Is
The author Stephen King has always been a favorite for a variety of reasons. As Ive grown older I have grown fond of his politics as well. I love that he bought up sports radio in Maine and turned it...
View ArticleSo what are you willing to risk?
Do you know the origins of the celebration of May 1, May Day, as a worker's holiday? (everywhere but the US, of course, where the origins of the day lie....) It is derived from the events surrounding...
View ArticleIowa Republican accidentally admits a wee problem with the "Alaska Carry"...
Per Think Progress: The Republican-led Iowa state House is considering a bill that would allow Iowans to carry a weapon openly or concealed in public without a license, permission from a sheriff,...
View ArticleI am Scared!
Next week I turn 60 years old. Being a news junkie, I have carefully watched the news throughout my entire life, from the deaths of JFK, RFK and MLK, to the Great Society take form, the Viet Nam War...
View ArticleFrom Baghdad With Love
You don’t have to be a genius to see where the inspiration for the Republican bulldozing of worker’s rights in Michigan and Wisconsin comes from. All you need is a memory. The inspirational act...
View ArticleCan The Michigan Financial Emergency Law Be Frustrated By A Municipal...
Michigan is on the verge of enacting a "financial emergency" law. To call it draconian is to understate the case. I can imagine a number of legal problems with the law, but I am no Michigan law...
View ArticleOhio's SB5 Anti-Union Bill Is Beatable -- Here's Two Reasons Why
In March 2009, my 13 year old cousin Esme Kenney was out jogging near her home in Cincinnati when she was abducted, raped and murdered by a serial killer named Anthony Kirkland. During the aftermath,...
View ArticleYes Nukes?
(Reuters) - Tokyo Electric Power Co (9501.T) has begun preparation to release radioactive steam from a second reactor at its quake-struck Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power facility, a spokesman said. -...
View ArticleThe State of Public Education from a Student's Perspective (My First Diary)
I graduated from a relatively large public high school in a impoverished area in rural Maine last year, having completed all 12 years in the local public school system. In case you haven’t noticed,...
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IGTNT: 2 soldiers remembered
Since 2001, 1419 U.S. troops have lost their lives while serving in Afghanistan, and since 2003, 4439 U.S. troops have died while serving in Iraq. The IGTNT (I Got The News Today) series is a reminder...
View ArticleEtiKos: Dear Miss Mayta - Surveying the New World Order of DK4
Miss Mayta has been quietly lurking and calmly observing the chaos as Kossacks and Kogs find their way around DK4. There have been a few tumbles into the yawning maw of the orange bit bucket but...
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Liveblog1: melt down
Please Unrec this diary and rec Joanneleon Meltdown(s)? for the latest developments. Other diaries throughout the day have included: •Explosion Hits Japanese Reactor by Meteor Blades •Fukushima's...
View ArticleTop Comments 3.12.11: Spring Forward Edition
Time to play Which State is the Most Retrograde. Admittedly, there are a lot of contenders, depending upon your criteria. Education? You can go by drop-out rate, test scores, graduation, college...
View ArticleOvernight News Digest: Science Saturday (From Wisconsin to Japan edition)
Welcome to Science Saturday, where the Overnight News Digest crew informs and entertains you with this week's news about science, space, and the environment. Tonight's top story comes from the...
View ArticleI Am Not Afraid… I’m Mad as Hell!
The recent events in Madison have confirmed my belief that Democracy is under assault. Not from foreign terrorists, not from some drug lord, not from some mysterious Force of Evil. But, from our own...
View ArticleRadioactivity, part 1: Why Japan is giving iodine to its residents
As you may have read, the Japanese government plans to distribute tablets of potassium iodide to deal with potential exposure to radioactivity as a result of the radiation leaks at nuclear power...
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Update #2: The Week in Editorial Cartoons - Unprincipled Zealots and March...
Crossposted at Docudharma and The Stars Hollow Gazette Moammar Gadhafi by Clay Bennett, Comics.com, see reader comments in the Chattanooga Times Free Press
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