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Angry Bear
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Congressman Agrees To Miss Graduation: "'We expressed deep concern over Lantos's record especially with regard to the war in Iraq, the support of the Patriot Act and his inability to look at the Israel/Palestinian situation fairly,' said Fisher, who is president of the American Federation of Teachers Local 2121."
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Tornado damage: "Here are the pictures from my journey to Hallam, NE. I heard on the radio that they needed additional volunteers so I fired up my ham radio gear and headed down. They bussed us from Princeton into Hallam where volunteers helped to clean up after the devastating tornados"
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Abuse of prisoners is not an exception; it's an American tradition: "When President Bush announced in his speech Monday night that the U.S. intends to demolish Iraq's notorious Abu Ghraib prison and pay to build a new maximum security facility in Baghdad, I thought, now, there's something that the United States really knows how to do.
We know how to build prisons.
And no wonder. The U.S. has more of its citizens behind bars than any other country" ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
We know how to build prisons.
And no wonder. The U.S. has more of its citizens behind bars than any other country" ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
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What Would Dick Think? (WWDT): "On January 17, 1991, Speicher's plane was hit by an air-to-air missile over Iraq's western desert. On the basis of the evidence (e.g. no signs of ejection or parachute, no activation of rescue beacon, fellow pilots saw his plane explode in a ball of flame and blow apart), he was officially declared killed in action.
Speicher remained K.I.A. for ten years, until January 2001, when the secretary of the Navy changed his status to M.I.A. Sen. Pat Roberts (R Kansas), an advocate for regime change in Iraq, was the prime mover behind the change.
On scanty and dubious evidence, Speicher's status went to 'probably survived' in March 2002 to 'missing/captured' on October 11, 2002, the day after Congress authorized military action in Iraq, becoming just the second person in human history to rise from the dead (Praise the Lord). In the 10 years since his disappearance, he had also been promoted twice to the rank of captain." ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Speicher remained K.I.A. for ten years, until January 2001, when the secretary of the Navy changed his status to M.I.A. Sen. Pat Roberts (R Kansas), an advocate for regime change in Iraq, was the prime mover behind the change.
On scanty and dubious evidence, Speicher's status went to 'probably survived' in March 2002 to 'missing/captured' on October 11, 2002, the day after Congress authorized military action in Iraq, becoming just the second person in human history to rise from the dead (Praise the Lord). In the 10 years since his disappearance, he had also been promoted twice to the rank of captain." ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
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MemoryBlog: Artist Enters Nightmare World of Orwell and Kafka: "Steve Kurtz was already suffering from one tragedy when he called 911 early in the morning to tell them his wife had suffered a cardiac arrest and died in her sleep. The police arrived and, cranked up on the rhetoric of the "War on Terror," decided Kurtz's art supplies were actually bioterrorism weapons."
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Blog Left: Critical Interventions Warblog: "Iraq is emerging as one of the US's biggest little wars, certainly the most unnecessary and perhaps fateful one"
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:: jakeneck | freers of the lead world ::: "SHOOT TO KILL ORDERED AT G8 IN GEORGIA...RNC & DNC?
In correlation with this “state of emergency” the commander of the police forces has ordered a: “SHOOT TO KILL” order, that will pertain to all individuals that the police themselves feel are “threatening” the lives of “world leaders” that will be gathering for the event. This order will only go into effect if the governor is capable of issuing a state of emergency. But, you did hear me right, “SHOOT TO KILL.”" ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
In correlation with this “state of emergency” the commander of the police forces has ordered a: “SHOOT TO KILL” order, that will pertain to all individuals that the police themselves feel are “threatening” the lives of “world leaders” that will be gathering for the event. This order will only go into effect if the governor is capable of issuing a state of emergency. But, you did hear me right, “SHOOT TO KILL.”" ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
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Flash Mob Wiki - interesting steps to an active collective action mind set.
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USATODAY.com - Cheney says it's too soon to tell on Iraqi arms: "Cheney said he's effective working behind the scenes and doesn't believe voters will choose the next president based on running mates. 'Am I the evil genius in the corner that nobody ever sees come out of his hole?' he said. 'It's a nice way to operate, actually.'" (emphiss mine)
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Cartoonist Unions: A Legacy of Artists Helping Artists: "The following pages are a compilation of an exhibit tracing the history of labor unions in screen cartooning."
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Santa Rosa Press Democrat // News for California's North Bay and Redwood Empire: "Workers at a Petaluma hotel cast ballots Friday in a union election brought about by a $2.75 million city loan to the hotel's owners."
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Workers to strike at Hopkins, GBMC, Sinai - 2004-05-28 - Baltimore Business Journal: "About 2,500 hospital workers at three Baltimore hospitals, frustrated by stalled labor negotiations, have announced plans for a two-day strike in early June."
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Voices of Civil Rights
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Welcome to Bush is Lord
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The Wage Slave Journal: "[Rep.] Jan Schakowsky [(D-Ill.)] told me about a recent visit she had made to the White House with a congressional delegation. On her way out, she said, President Bush noticed her 'OBAMA' button. 'He jumped back, almost literally,' she said. 'And I knew what he was thinking. So I reassured him it was Obama, with a 'b.' And I explained who he was. The President said, 'Well, I don't know him.' So I just said, 'You will.''"
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The Blogging of the President: 2004: "Not only did the media see through the partisan political gambit, but they called him out on it:"
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Boing Boing: Saving Phone Messages as a Living Memorial: I have several years worth, including some from a friend that passed in a car accident.
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GEORGE W. BUSH SAYS...
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morons.org - Feds Trying to Track Visitors of Activist Website: "The Secret Service is attempting to get the logs of visitors to an electronic-voting watchdog site."
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The Blogging of the President: 2004: "2. When you engage in actual fighting, if victory is long in coming, then men's weapons will grow dull and their ardor will be damped. If you lay siege to a town, you will exhaust your strength.
3. Again, if the campaign is protracted, the resources of the State will not be equal to the strain. Sun Tzu" ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
3. Again, if the campaign is protracted, the resources of the State will not be equal to the strain. Sun Tzu" ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
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mousemusings weblog: "'Bans on overbearing campus recruiters became so common that President Bush addressed the issue in the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. The bill stated: 'Any secondary school that receives federal funds under this Act shall permit regular United States Armed Services recruitment activities on school grounds, in a manner reasonably accessible to all students of such school.' "
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The Nation: "To launch a Minuteman in those days, one had to 'unlock' the missile by dialing in a code -- the equivalent of a safety catch on a handgun. However, Blair reports, the US Strategic Air Command was worried that a bunch of sissy safety features might slow things down. It ordered all locks set to 00000000 -- and in launch checklists, reminded all launch officers like Blair to keep the codes there. 'So the 'secret unlock code' during the height of the nuclear crises of the Cold War,' Blair says, 'remained constant at 00000000.'"
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Eschaton: "HANNITY: Should -- why would Al Gore associate with a group that is that left wing and that radical? What if he spoke before the Klan? Would that -- would we not hold him in judgment for that?" Only on FOX News
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morons.org - Reuters Journalists Abused in Iraq by American Soldiers: " Three journalists working for Reuters were detained by US soldiers near Fallujah, imprisoned, and brutalized for several days before their eventual release."
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Daily Kos || Political Analysis and other daily rants on the state of the nation.: "Former Gov. Bill Janklow pardoned his son-in-law in 2002 for three drunken-driving and marijuana-possession convictions, according to documents unsealed Thursday on orders from South Dakota's highest court.
All together, 218 previously sealed pardons were made public, after the practice of keeping such actions secret was challenged by news organizations. All but four of the pardons were issued by Janklow." ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
All together, 218 previously sealed pardons were made public, after the practice of keeping such actions secret was challenged by news organizations. All but four of the pardons were issued by Janklow." ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
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Confined Space: "This is a wonderful story about a group of garment workers and teenage girls tired of seeing their seamstress mothers suffer, who joined with a team of medical professionals, ergonomics experts, state health officials and product designers to bring customized ergonomic chairs to Oakland garment factories."
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NathanNewman.org - News and Views: Lies and No Child Left Behind: "Officials across the country, including Republicans in states struggling to implement the reforms required, have complained that the administration has shortchanged them, cutting the education funds originally promised and dumping the additional costs on the states."
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disjointed.org - The Onion Infographic? disjointed looks nice, posting scarry stuff though
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Jim Moore's Journal: Soldier died with his doubts...:
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Refusing For Israel: "January 2002, a group of Israeli reserve officers and combat
soldiers returned from their duty in the Gaza strip, and drafted a letter that would change they way Israelis conceive the military control of the occupied territories. This document came to be known as the Combatant's Letter." ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
soldiers returned from their duty in the Gaza strip, and drafted a letter that would change they way Israelis conceive the military control of the occupied territories. This document came to be known as the Combatant's Letter." ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
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The Alternative Information Center: Alternative Teaching Day: "The Student's Coalition of TAU is the first student movement, or, rather, the first umbrella organization unifying various student movements, to bring to a joint action of such movements as Meretz, Balad, Hadash, ha-Avoda, Forum of Student Activists at TAU, and many independent activists as well."
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Black voters screwed yet again: "The Sideshow links to this interview with reporter Greg Palast. Palast's work is published mainly in the British press, since the American press doesn't like to report on the ways the US is still failing Democracy 101."
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Alas a Blog: "The Independant reports that UN troops have been buying sex from teenage refugees in the Congo - some as young as 13. The girls, of course, have no real choice - they're facing starvation, and they often have children of their own to feed as well. The soldiers taking advantage of their desparation are the scum of the earth."
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Lean Left: Florida Elections Now Suspect: "The problem with doing away with the witness signature should be obvious to anyone who has lived in Miami. Absentee ballot fraud has long been a problem in South Florida, with candidates often buying ballots, or worse, stealing them from unsuspecting people in nursing homes and condominiums. A city of Miami election in 1997 was overturned after such fraud."
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Oak Ridger - News: "While official contract negotiations won't be going on today, union representatives expect to make a counter offer by the close of business on deals that impact more than 2,000 hourly workers at Oak Ridge federal facilities."
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komo news | WestFarm Workers Ratify Contract: "SEATTLE - Teamsters members have reluctantly ratified a contract recommended by a federal mediator to end a bitter lockout that began Aug. 31 at a West Coast dairy company, a union leader said."
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BW Online | June 7, 2004 | Online Extra: Wikis' Winning Ways: "
You may have heard of Weblogs, but chances are wikis haven't hit your radar yet. Both are rapidly evolving examples of what some call social software -- programs that foster a connection to other people and, if they work well, a thriving community. Whereas blogs enable individuals to post a regular chronicle of their thoughts and interests online, wikis are fairly focused Web sites compiled and constantly edited by a dedicated group of people -- all of whom can not only post material to the site but edit it at will." ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
You may have heard of Weblogs, but chances are wikis haven't hit your radar yet. Both are rapidly evolving examples of what some call social software -- programs that foster a connection to other people and, if they work well, a thriving community. Whereas blogs enable individuals to post a regular chronicle of their thoughts and interests online, wikis are fairly focused Web sites compiled and constantly edited by a dedicated group of people -- all of whom can not only post material to the site but edit it at will." ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
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www.mnftiu.cc | get your war on | page thirty-six
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Open Source Politics: United States: Banging My Head Against the Wall - Refuting Ann Coulter
"2. The day of Reagan's inauguration, the hostages were released. Only because Reagan promised weapons to the Iranians for the release of the hostages as long as the weren't released before the election. Reagan's actions in this case were un-American and treasonous. " ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
"2. The day of Reagan's inauguration, the hostages were released. Only because Reagan promised weapons to the Iranians for the release of the hostages as long as the weren't released before the election. Reagan's actions in this case were un-American and treasonous. " ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
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MemoryBlog: Federal Contract Database Now Private: "Experts in federal contract law worry that the new system could cripple public scrutiny of federal contracts."
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MemoryBlog: The Memory Hole Banned in Iraq: "How interesting. I post raw documents created by the government, military, and corporations. These days, that apparently amounts to 'political extremism.'"
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Generic names for Soft Drinks: Ahhhh, as an international friend of mine once said "Regionalism at its finest." For me - POP!
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Guide to Springfield USA: "A highly detailed map of the Simpsons' hometown"
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The Black Slate: Introductions: "My name is Lester Kenyatta Spence. I'll cut to the quick. I believe that we, black voters, represent the most powerful force for democracy in the 50 states, and one of the most powerful forces in the Western World. While the odds don't look that good in the hour of chaos, I know we can win."
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Don't Buy It . Advertising Tricks . Design a Cereal Box | PBS Kids: "Did you know that Americans eat so much cereal each year that a chain of the empty boxes would stretch all the way to the moon and back? Cereal is big business, and cereal makers work hard to sell it. Now it's your turn. Design a cereal box that will appeal to 3 to 7 year olds. Have fun, and design it so it sells!"
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ann arbor is overrated: a weblog: Consequences: "A letter in the Grand Rapids Press alleges that defenders of the Holland Tulip Time pirates 'did not think out the consequences of this disruption,' the most dire of these being the possibility of a pirate walking in front of a paradegoer's camera just as 'a fun picture' of the photographer's child is being taken."
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Dirty Greek: "23 May 2004 'The Independent' --- During 12 years in the US Marines, including three years putting new recruits through boot camp, Staff Sergeant Jimmy Massey hardly questioned his role. But what he saw in Iraq changed that.
'In a month and a half my platoon and I killed more than 30 civilians,' Mr
Massey said. He saw bodies being desecrated and robbed, and wounded
civilians being dumped by the roadside without medical treatment. After he
told his commanding officer that he felt 'we were committing genocide', he
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'In a month and a half my platoon and I killed more than 30 civilians,' Mr
Massey said. He saw bodies being desecrated and robbed, and wounded
civilians being dumped by the roadside without medical treatment. After he
told his commanding officer that he felt 'we were committing genocide', he
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Dirty Greek: "Preventive Warriors: Noam Chomsky & Others Examine the Bush's Administration's Doctrine of Preventive Strikes is a film that discusses, among other things, the effects of the 2002 National Security Strategy Document on American militarism and imperialism. "
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Boing Boing: 1940s telephone manual: "'How to Make Friends By Telephone' is a 1940s instructional booklet on using the new telephonic device network. Here's a scanned version -- it's a hoot."
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Workday Minnesota: Rock-Tenn workers reject proposal, authorize strike: "ST. PAUL — Workers at the Rock-Tenn paperboard plant in St. Paul overwhelmingly gave strike authorization as they rejected a contract proposal in which their share of health premiums could double."
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Women Plan 'Pom Pom' Protest: "Hoping to add wit and femininity to the traditionally male-dominated protest scene will be Axis of Eve, whose members flash their underwear as a form of protest and the Radical Cheerleaders, a short-skirt-clad political pep club that practices 'activism with pom-poms and middle fingers extended.'"
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ZNet | Animal Rights | Animal Rights Arrests: "The Bush administration sent a calculated message to grassroots political activists this week: The War on Terrorism has come home."
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mousemusings weblog: "The heart and soul of the Democratic Party wore brown shoes, blue pants, a salmon-colored buttoned-down shirt and a dark blue blazer. He is a short, trim man with a boyish haircut, but he is not nearly so elfin in person as photographs sometimes make him seem. He is coming off recent surges—he picked up at least eight delegates in Oregon last week and another 17 in Colorado and Alaska—and he seems easier now in front of a crowd than the dry and wonkish persona he conveyed earlier in the campaign. The punctuation points of his pitch, when his voice rose and his sentences started rolling toward their conclusion, drew standing cheers."
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Flight attendants delay concessions decision - 2004-05-26 - Pittsburgh Business Times: "In April, the Association of Flight Attendants conducted a membership poll that showed that 83 percent of the US Airways flight attendants polled believed the union should not engage in negotiations until the union had received a complete proposal from the company, along with a detailed business plan and management's level of participation in concessions."
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AlterNet: Hip-Hop Activism: Will They Come to Vote?: "The political doomsday possibility of a second Bush term has awakened many who may have been asleep at the wheel, or just disconnected from politics"
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AFL-CIO Work in Progress: "The 1,200 maintenance workers and custodians at the University of Florida in Gainesville voted May 19 to join AFSCME Council 79"
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MemoryBlog: Energy Dept Lowballs Worker Injuries and Illnesses: "In most cases, contractors' records showed more cases of injury or illness than the Energy Department's records."
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The Militant: "For years, some of these miners have been forced to pay dues to a company dominated ‘union’ that most of them did not know about until it surfaced during the current labor dispute,”
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The Silent Penguin: Wikis for UNION People
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IUF News and Urgent Actions Database: "
Faced with management demands to sub-contract and casualize labor in the banana plantations of Urab�, Colombia, the IUF-affiliated union SINTRAINAGRO voted on 13 May by a 99.3% majority of its members to strike if necessary to maintain union rights and conditions of employment." ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Faced with management demands to sub-contract and casualize labor in the banana plantations of Urab�, Colombia, the IUF-affiliated union SINTRAINAGRO voted on 13 May by a 99.3% majority of its members to strike if necessary to maintain union rights and conditions of employment." ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
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Take Action: Oppose Abortion Ban on Legislative Action Day - Tuesday: "The pro-choice community must stand up and make our voices heard on June 1 - Michigan Pro-Choice Legislative Action Day"
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"The Big Lebowski" Random Quote Generator
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Forbes.com: "The Richest Americans"
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Boing Boing: Postmodern furniture for pets
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Boing Boing: Russ Kick on Afghan food drop fiasco: "You know those little packets in vitamin bottles and clothes that are supposed to keep them fresh? Well, many of the little meal packs dropped on Afghanistan contained one of those packets (called a desiccant) to keep the food fresh. Unfortunately, the Afghans aren't familiar with desiccants so they tore them open and ate the powder. Some thought it was medicine, so they noshed it straight. Others figured it was a funky American spice, so they sprinkled it on their beans, rice, or pasta. Lots of Afghans got sick, though we don't know if any deaths occurred. In fact, it's hard to say whether people got sick from chowing down on desiccant or because the food in the packets was usually spoiled."
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Seeing The Forest - a Weblog of Politics: "'We have just had a three trillion dollar experiment in 'does it matter who is president'.'"
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Patriotism: The New Third Rail - by Paul Craig Roberts: "In Senate hearings on May 19, Republican senators enabled three commanding generals of our Iraqi occupation force to explain away war crimes as procedures employed to save lives. The excuse: our heroes are getting killed and we owe it to our troops to find out who is behind the resistance."
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