By shredding the remnants of political democracy, the financial institutions lay the basis for carrying the lethal process forward -- as long as their victims are willing to suffer in silence. ~~~~ Noam Chomsky

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The Occupy Effect | The Nation
Thu Jan 26, 2012
- During the last election campaign, my son asked me, why I'd changed my mind about this "Hope and Change" thing. I said, "It was a well delivered message, but he seems to have stopped short of the mark.
Really Big Words
Sun Aug 19, 2007
- ..frankly, much of what legal parlance attempts to accomplish! LOL. Thanks for clarifying it, before I made a fool of myself. But it does sound like the etymology has a history fo changes over time, eh?
Really Big Words
Sun Aug 19, 2007
- Many thanks for you article. It settled an issue for me. I live in an association of town homes. A gate in the community came down on my vehicle and damaged it.
U.S. Supreme Court: GPS monitoring 'constitutes a search under the Fourth Amendment' - warrant required
Mon Jan 23, 2012
- It was those twelve cases which revisited the issue. That was the point I was making.
U.S. Supreme Court: GPS monitoring 'constitutes a search under the Fourth Amendment' - warrant required
Mon Jan 23, 2012
- I think it's more about the type of cases and the presentation to the court. This seems cut and dried. The opponents of Roe v Wade have been searching for decades for the "perfect case" to overturn the decision. The cases are the only issue with justices.
Anonymous : Open Letter To The World : anonnews & Beethoven Moonlight piano music
Mon Jan 23, 2012
- Piggies
Anonymous : Open Letter To The World : anonnews & Beethoven Moonlight piano music
Mon Jan 23, 2012
- All this talk of peaceful revolution, makes me think of a time gone by, yes I'm an old SOB. Only, it seems to be comin' round again. My grandmother told me everything comes back in style. Only she was commenting on my shoes at the time. Yet ideas are like shoe styles.
Constitutional Law Prof Blog: Occupy Jacket-wearer Arrested at Supreme Court Building
Sun Jan 22, 2012
- So...I guess, the only way to see, if this is legal, with regard to jackets, is to go to court(s). Many have tried and many have failed on other medium. Signs and such. But, I'm afraid the argument, that "others do it" might not be enough to persuade the "High" court.
SOPA is Dead - and Here's the Sci-Fi Reason Why
Thu Jan 19, 2012
- Even in Sec. Clinton's vision about "21st-century statecraft", she remarks about the challenge of protecting intellectual property, but never at the cost of internet freedom. Likening it to our own freedom of speech. Where there are limitations and the challenge of taking the good with the bad.
SOPA is Dead - and Here's the Sci-Fi Reason Why
Thu Jan 19, 2012
- Science fiction is here. I think Hillary Clinton has found her calling as Secretary of State.

Camping with the youngin's...

Wed Jul 27, 2011 6:19 PM EDT

My favorite camping spot in Pennsylvania is Ricketts Glen State park, about 18 miles west of Scranton, PA. While I've been to other spots, this place just grabbed a hold of me. I tried to put a slide show from the web site, but the YouTube html embed wouldn't take.

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family, children, camping, waterfalls, pa-state-parks

It would appear Jefferson was right...again.

Sat Jul 2, 2011 9:37 PM EDT

"If once [the people] become inattentive to the public affairs, you and I, and Congress and Assemblies, Judges and Governors, shall all become wolves.

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politics

"Whoopie, we're all gonna die"...

Mon Oct 11, 2010 2:54 PM EDT

Country Joe was talking about a war. It's a classic song from a classic time. Thanks Joe.

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"Medical Records Sharing…stop it. You're killing me."

Thu Jul 15, 2010 2:13 AM EDT

Subtitled: "The Human Chemistry experiment"

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health

Within acceptable limits...

Sun Jul 11, 2010 7:12 PM EDT

Hearing the words in this title always makes the hair on my neck bristle, like that of a junkyard dog. I don't know about you, but its common usage in public reassurance, that is usually the trigger for my bristling. You know what I mean.

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environment, bp, epa, osha, ddt, rachel-carson, environmental-murder

The "Environmental Movement" needs a kick in the pants...

Sat May 8, 2010 5:36 PM EDT

The Cuyahoga River caught fire for the tenth time on 22 Jun 1969. Just as it had in 1868, 1883, 1887, 1912, 1922, 1936, 1941, 1948, and in 1952. Cleveland, Ohio became the poster child for environmental chaos.

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environment, meta

The Reluctant Frenchman

Thu Mar 25, 2010 10:31 PM EDT

A young boy stood petrified, sobbing uncontrollably in the middle of the schoolyard under a very large tree. He looked this way and that for a familiar face, but found no comfort in his search. The tears flowed freely.

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Who did Thomas Jefferson threaten?

Thu Aug 13, 2009 7:27 PM EDT

Last year (2009), in New Hampshire, we saw a pistol packing citizen, William Kostric, display a watered down version of a famous Thomas Jefferson quote: "The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants."

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