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Thomas Paine

To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

20 April - RSS SnapShot! Pt II

Appalachia Rising

  • Day of Action and Conference Vision Statements
    Appalachia Rising: Day of Action September 25 – 27, 2010, Washington DC Appalachia Rising is a mass mobilization in Washington DC on September 27, 2010 calling for the abolition of mountaintop removal and surface mining. It is a culmination of the national movement against surface mining and a f ...
  • Press Conference to be Held on June 15
    Thousands to March in DC Calling for the Abolition of Mountaintop Removal Press Conference June 15 in Charleston, WV Announces Mass Mobilization Appalachia Rising WHEN: June 15, 10:00 AM WHERE: WV State Capitol Back Steps Near Fountain, Charleston, WV CONTACTS: West Virginia Bo Webb – 304-237-26 ...
  • Press Inquiries
    All media inquiries should be sent to Bo Webb webb.bo@gmail.com Set up interviews via email. Previous Press Releases and Media Public Launch Press Conference Report Back, with video Press Conference Held on June 15 Announces Appalachia Rising Video June 15 Appalachia Public Launch Press Conferen ...
  • New Flier for Appalachia Rising
  • Appalachia Rising Uniting Celebrities, Appalac ...
    Appalachia Rising Uniting Celebrities, Appalachians, and Scientists for the Abolition of Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining Ashley Judd, Woody Harrelson, Gloria Reuben, Kyra Sedgewick, Kevin Bacon, Ed Begley Jr., Kathy Mattea, Robert F. Kennedy Jr, James Hansen, and Darryl Hannah rallying behind co ...

Amped Status

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  • Hundreds at 6th Bil’in conference celebr ...
    Dozens of European diplomats and senior figures from across the Palestinian political spectrum joined hundreds of activists in the opening of the 6th International Bil’in Conference on Popular Resistance. Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, called for the international community to promote ...
  • Egypt: Revolution’s benefits passed over ...
    Forty percent of Egyptians live below the poverty line and many of them are factory workers like the ones in Shebin, a town two hours north of Cairo. Despite having played an active role in the events leading up to the deposing of Hosni Mubarak, they are still working full time for a wage that [...]
  • Where LGBT rights and nationalism meet
    By Aeyal Gross When I saw the call for papers for the Amsterdam Sexual Nationalism conference, which suggested a focus on Europe, I decided to try my luck and send in a paper proposal. I did what many academics do: adjust my paper to the context of the call for papers, by offering to look at [...]
  • Preeminent Israelis to support Palestinian sta ...
    Tomorrow, a group of preeminent Israelis will endorse Palestinian statehood along the 1967 borders, and call on compatriots to join them. Will a Palestinian “state” be a game changer? And, if so, will it mark a change for the better? A couple of weeks ago, Ami asked why the Israeli left isn’t de ...
  • Academic Freedom Under Attack? Interview with ...
    "the student doesn’t understand his or her role in the university, and sees him or herself as an uncritical agent of the state... Ultimately the criticism is internalized, and many professors think twice or fear to speak their opinions."

Sustainability,water,etc - Oz gov't

  • Two new Murray-Darling water purchase rounds ...
    Water Minister Tony Burke today announced two new tenders for water purchasing in the southern-connected Murray system in Victoria and South Australia under the Gillard Government's new approach to recovering water for the environment through smaller, more consistent tenders.
  • Heritage listing makes Great Ocean Road even ...
    The iconic Great Ocean Road will be placed on Australia's National Heritage List, Heritage Minister Tony Burke, announced today.
  • Statement from Environment Minister on Tasman ...
    The Gillard Government has today received an interim report from Mr Bill Kelty who is facilitating progress on the Statement of Principles agreed between conservation groups, the CFMEU and the timber industry in Tasmania.
  • Get involved in Clean Up Australia Day
    Federal Environment Minister, Tony Burke, today encouraged Australians across the country to join in the 21st annual Clean Up Australia Day.
  • Statement on Tasmanian pulp mill
    On 5 January, 2009 the then Minister for the Environment Peter Garrett set March 3, 2011 as the final date for a decision on the three remaining modules of the environmental impact management plan submitted by Gunns for the proposed pulp mill at Bell Bay, Tasmania. Today I am extending that dea ...

Matt Weidner Blog

  • A Gut Wrenching Appellate Loss- Please Share Y ...
    This blog has been a great forum to discuss the occasional triumphs of justice and the victory of the rule of law over the fraud, the deceit and the abject criminality of the banks and their law firms.  It has also been an open forum for me to discuss the frustrations over a legal system [...]
  • THE ULTIMATE SELL OUT- THE BANKS AVOID ALL LIA ...
    We have become a disgusting, lawless and overtly corrupt nation where no rules or laws apply to the banks and institutions.  Dispense with all your naive notions of justice, fairness and law, because in this new era these concepts do not apply if your crimes and conspiracies are big enough. WASH ...
  • The Banks Can’t Count…
    Every single day we receive more and more evidence of the banks and their wrongdoing.  I long ago gave up on any government official to do anything about it and I never had any faith that any of the banks or the industry could self police  I had faith that our courts would do something, [...]
  • The LPS Sanctions Decision- Bankruptcy Court S ...
    The Federal judges are really stepping in and calling all this mess what it really is… Read the In Re Wilson, Order HERE Tweet this! Share and Enjoy: Scridb filter
  • Two Days/Two Summary Judgement Vacated/Two Sal ...
    It’s only Tuesday, but it has been a very good week already…I got two Summary Judgments vacated and two sales canceled! Now mind you, there was no way these two judgments should have been entered in first place, but that’s a whole other story.  The bottom line is we worked very hard, briefed th ...

abelard - news

The Parallel Parliament

  • Lost
    Not every all-candidates debate is the same, but last night’s was somewhat typical in that a good representation of keen observers gathered to press all of the aspiring MPs on policy issues. Held in a local library and hosted by the group Our Votes Count, the questions were indeed varied – every ...
  • Campaign Insider – “Youth and Rome ...
    When Romeo Dallaire calls you naturally get the phone right away. “Glen, this election has been devoid of any real discussion about Canada’s international role in a changing world. Do you agree?” I concurred. “I wish there was some way you and I could work together to raise the level of this cam ...
  • You Don’t Know Me
    It was an interesting challenge – canvassing during an election always is. The husband and wife called down the street, asking me to return. They had been in the back yard and hadn’t heard me knocking on their door. “Let me be honest and just say that I don’t like your leader,” the woman offered ...
  • Campaign Insider – Important Things
    For some, campaigns are everything – everything. And that’s especially true of Saturdays. Calls go out to volunteers to canvass and the blitz is on. There are only five such days in the campaign when most volunteers are available and they are packed with activity. Yet campaigns shouldn’t succeed ...
  • The UnCivil War
    For the last four months I’ve been writing a book on peace – not the kind where governments negotiate settlements but where average people find innovative and courageous ways to bring people together despite military conflicts. I’ve worked in enough armed conflicts at the citizen level to see th ...
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