Light reading for a Saturday, perhaps as you spend one last weekend where you “summer.” Or, perhaps some entertaining background information in preparation for Monday’s third and last presidential “debate” by two people running to manage the government for the Plutocracy. From BillMoyers.com. Go to the link for a full comparison list, and to see [...]
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Record Number Need Food Aid in U.S., Candidates, Media and Nation Yawn
In a presidential election year, wouldn’t you think record numbers of people needing help in getting food to eat would be something the candidates would be talking about? Well, no, of course not. It’s kind of a downer, and probably doesn’t poll well or rank anywhere near the top of what focus groups say they [...]
What People Are Saying About How You Should Vote: ‘Obama: A Better Adversary’
Between now and November 6 I’m going to do an occasional “What People are Saying About How You Should Vote” post. A few thoughts going in: Over the years I’ve occasionally pondered whether I get more flak because I’m an “out” lesbian or because I’m an “out” independent, on the quite liberal side of things. [...]
Telling Stories ‘Different From the Ones We’re Being Brainwashed to Believe’
From Arundhati Roy: “Our strategy should be not only to confront empire, but to lay siege to it. To deprive it of oxygen. To shame it. To mock it. With our art, our music, our literature, our stubbornness, our joy, our brilliance, our sheer relentlessness – and our ability to tell our own stories. Stories [...]
Debating, Activist Style: Tar Sands Blockade and Walmart Strikers (VIDEO)
What’s happening in Winnsboro, Texas, and Elwood, Illinois, is clearly not nearly as newsworthy as tonight’s CPD production, even though that is controlled by Democratic and Republican parties, so you know what to expect – but that’s the stuff of non-stop coverage. But in Winnsboro and Elwood, We the People actions are taking place. Those [...]
Court Upholds NDAA With Extended Stay
The National Defense Authorization Act of 2011 has been upheld by a federal appeals court. At Politico, Josh Gerstein: A federal appeals court has extended a temporary stay of a district court judge’s order barring the government from using an indefinite detention provision in a defense bill passed by Congress and signed by President Barack [...]
Democracy NOW! Expanded Debate Coverage Includes Stein and Anderson
Last week in another of several posts about the 2012 presidential “debates,” I included an idea from Anthony Noel, that of using TiVo to expand the Commission on Presidential Debates’ two party only production. Democracy NOW!, with Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzales, is actually using the same general idea. From Democracy NOW!: As President Barack [...]
Can ‘The Debates’ Actually Be Useful?
In case you don’t have your calendars marked, starred and highlighted, here is the Presidential / Vice Presidential Debate schedule: October 3 – University of Denver, Denver, CO October 11 – Centre College, Danville, KY (vice presidential) October 16 – Hofstra, Hempstead, NY October 22 – Lynn University, Boca Raton, FL Before turning to some [...]
Taibbi: ‘This Presidential Race Should Never Have Been This Close’
From Matt Taibbi at Rolling Stone: This Presidential Race Should Never Have Been This Close The press everywhere is buzzing this week with premature obituaries of the Romney campaign. New polls are out suggesting that Mitt Romney’s electoral path to the presidency is all but blocked. … That’s left the media to speculate, with a [...]
‘Americans for Prosperity’ Meet ‘Americans for Inequality’: Satire and Street Theatre
Yesterday The Americans for Prosperity rally, funded (according to HuffPo) by the Koch brothers, was held as planned, at Rockefeller Center. Satire and street theatre ensued, as both Occupiers and a contingent from Americans for Inequality joined the Prosperity gathering. From The Guardian: Protest backed by billionaire Koch brothers fizzles out as Occupiers match numbers [...]
‘Americans for Prosperity’ (Funded by Koch Bros.) Take to Streets to ‘Combat’ Occupy Wall Street
This morning Americans for Prosperity will “Stand Up to Occupy Wall Street Extremists at ‘Failing Agenda’ Rally” at Rockefeller Center. From their mission statement: “AFP grassroots activists advocate for public policies that champion the principles of entrepreneurship and fiscal and regulatory restraint.” Occupy celebrated its one year anniversary on September 17 (more about that tomorrow), [...]
‘Who’s Afraid of an Open (Presidential) Debate?’ (Video Included)
From Underground Documentaries, Who’s Afraid of an Open Debate? The Truth About the Commission on Presidential Debates is just a bit over 26 minutes long. It provides an overview of the history of televised U.S. presidential debates. Among descriptions of the debates provided by some of those included in the video are “glorified press conference” [...]
Teachers, Warehouse Workers On Strike: Refusing to Accept ‘You Have Nowhere Else to Go’ Dictates
UPDATE: Via NPR: “No Deal: Chicago Teachers To Continue Strike” Two strikes (of which I am aware) are currently underway: the Chicago Teachers Union and the Warehouse Workers United, in California and Illinois. At a time when labor unions are fighting for their existence, much less power, the strikes are particularly significant. If you listen [...]
What Are We Voting For If There’s Really ‘Nowhere Else to Go’?
Jerome Roos has a piece that won’t get any mainstream-y attention, and will upset Duopoly Forever! adherents (assuming they notice, which is unlikely), at Roar Magazine : Beyond the vote: the crisis of representative democracy Voting is meaningless when representatives are powerless in the face of greater forces. For democracy to work, we first of [...]
Stein Campaign Pushes for Place at the Debates: Occupy the CPD
From the Green Party Stein campaign, the announcement of an effort to get into the presidential debates organized by the Commission on Presidential Debates: Spread the word far and wide! This morning (September 12), dozens of community leaders, artists, and academics – including Tom Morello, Leah Bolger, Richard Wolff and Medea Benjamin – and thousands [...]
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