March 2011
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February 2011
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Worst Oscar Opening, Ever
I don’t want to see Franco & Hathaway for the rest of the night.
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I'm calling it now:
Scarlett Johansson has the worst dress / look. I can’t imagine anyone trumping this mess.
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“Law enforcement working at the Capitol has been impressed with how peaceful and...”
– Wisconsin Professional Police Association Executive Director Jim Palmer in a statement released by AFL-CIO today.
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BREAKING: Wisconsin Police Have Joined Protest... →
From inside the Wisconsin State Capitol, RAN ally Ryan Harvey:
“Hundreds of cops have just marched into the Wisconsin state capitol building to protest the anti-Union bill, to massive applause. They now join up to 600 people who are inside.”
From his Facebook page earlier today:
“Police have just announced to the crowds inside the occupied State Capitol of Wisconsin: ‘We have been ordered by...
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Shock Doctrine, U.S.A. →
In recent weeks, Madison has been the scene of large demonstrations against the governor’s budget bill, which would deny collective-bargaining rights to public-sector workers. Gov. Scott Walker claims that he needs to pass his bill to deal with the state’s fiscal problems. But his attack on unions has nothing to do with the budget. In fact, those unions have already indicated their willingness to...
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“Unless the administration seriously envisages a future that includes the...”
– Christopher Hitchens
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What Happens if the Government Shuts Down?
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When Congress and the President can’t reach an agreement on the budget and federal agencies run out of funding, the government is required to shut down all non-essential services. When that happens, by law, federal employees aren’t allowed to work, except in emergency situations. This forces government activities to stop and affects a variety of services the general public receives from...
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Thanking Obama for his leadership on DOMA
I wanted to take a minute from the many issues at hand to express my personal and sincere appreciation to President Barack Obama for his administration’s decision to stop defending the unjust and unfair Defense of Marriage Act, or DOMA.
The right of any person to marry the person they love must be an inalienable right, and I look forward to the eventual removal of this discriminatory law from...
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The OPEC of Outrage →
The Pentagon aims to add $8 billion to its 2011 budget and a 3 percent increase in baseline spending for 2012. The military wants $553 billion and that doesn’t even count what we spend for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan or our nuclear budget. More than half of discretionary spending – the money Congress controls – goes to the military.
U.S. military spending should have everyone in the...
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“The world of curation will have lots of brand-name, well-known curators you know...”
– Media Black Hole: So Much News That We’ll Implode? : NPR
May the best promoter win? I don’t like where all this is going. Curation is important in our information overloaded world, but it devalues the actual producer or reporter. The Internet is an accelerator, so all of this is happening too...
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Detroit to Eliminate Half of Its Public Schools →
Michigan state education officials Monday ordered Detroit Public Schools to close half its schools and consolidate operations to close the budget deficit. State officials told Robert Bobb, emergency financial manager for the Detroit Public School District, to immediately implement a restructuring plan that would increase class sizes to 60 students at whichever high schools remain after the...
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