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    Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire:  Ultimate Fan Guide

    Georgiana is the subject of the movie "The Duchess" (currently on Netflix) and a relative of the young Prince and Princess of Cambridge. Get the Ultimate Fan Guide -- with plot points, history, and what happened to the historical characters -- for only 99 cents!

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    The Green Party has continually opposed entry into war and has consistently called for the immediate return of our troops, in stark contrast to the Democratic and Republican parties.
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  • Occupy Wall Street: What Just Happened?

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    Occupy Wall Street: What Just Happened? eBook

    Reflections on Occupy Wall Street, with photos, fun, and good wishes for the future. eBook, Occupy Wall Street: What Just Happened? (Only $.99 !) In the eBook, the Occupy movement is explored through original reporting, photographs, cartoons, poetry, essays, and reviews.The collection of essays and blog posts records the unfolding of Occupy into the culture from September 2011 to the present.  Authors Kimberly Wilder and Ian Wilder were early supporters of Occupy, using their internet platforms to communicate the changes being created by the American Autumn.

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Obama joins Cheney’s Endless War: 50,000 US Soldiers to Stay in Iraq,

from DemocracyNow.org Obama to Announce 19-Month Timeline for Withdrawal of Iraq Combat Troops Meanwhile, on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Obama said he will soon announce a plan to end the war in Iraq. President Obama: “I am now carefully reviewing our policies in both wars, and I will soon announce a way forward […]

Activity-permissive classrooms: Letting students stand, fidget, and just be

KW: I have always resisted our culture’s desire to have people “sit down and shut up.” As a high school student, I wrote a poem about a school girl’s foot, making circles under her desk. As a new teacher, I seethed when I was told that the first rule in my first grade classroom must […]

For Congress in Illinois: Thoughts on the Green Party

The background from the Green Party of Illinois web-site: The ILGP’s first ever non-presidential contested primary will be held on March 3, 2009, in the 5th Congressional District Special Election. All voters are invited to participate in the Green Party primary. Kimberly, who is NOT enrolled in the Green Party, but who holds green values, […]

canvas cocktails at the Northport Tasting Room 2/26/09

Join us for canvas cocktails at the Northport Tasting Room & Wine Cellar from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. on Thursday, February 26th. canvas cocktails is your opportunity to meet fellow friends of canvas while you enjoy live music, a glass of wine and hors d’oeuvres. The Northport Tasting Room is a sustainable space created from […]

NY Post: informal update

Good article with most of the info needed appeared in England: here. KW: Okay, I will try to find quotes and research and more info and do a more thorough post soon. But, I can’t resist a little update on the story now. As you know, the NY Post published a cartoon that many people […]

After the kidnapping: Child safe, parents worried, politicians bloviate…

KW: I was hoping not to write much more about the dramatic story of the 15 year old boy who was whisked away from his home in Massachusetts to West Virginia, with his 24 year old teacher. I do wish everyone well in recovering, recuperating, reflecting, and also in dealing with the politicians and school […]

President Obama names John Morton for head of ICE/Homeland Security

KW: I was first alerted to this news from the Long Island Immigrant Alliance list-serve. I wonder if this appointment will change the direction of recent, aggressive and unfair raids that ICE has been making on immigrants in the past few years? More about recent ICE raids: here. (excerpt from) Newsmax.com Career Prosecutor to Lead […]

ICE raid yesterday, plus analysis of ICE raids

Update: February 27, 2009: here. Over at Long Island Wins, Pat Young, an immigration attorney, has written a series of three articles describing problems with ICE immigration/homeland security raids: ICE Part l /      ICE Part ll /      ICE Part lll An ICE raid on Tuesday, February 24, 2009 in the state of Washington: (excerpt from) […]

President Obama’s speech last night

KW: On Tuesday, February 24th, President Obama gave a speech (which was not, technically, a “State of the Union” speech.) Ian and I could not bear to listen. Though, from the searches on our blog, I see some of our audience are interested. I will try to find more commentary around the web. But, for […]

Watching the process: Chance to hear oral arguments about immigration issue controversy from Suffolk County Legislature

KW: One of the leftover proposals from the spell of anti-immigrant legislation that was bubbling in the Suffolk County Legislature is the bill IR1105, which will receive a day in court this Friday. See information below. Video from the time the bill was being proposed is at the bottom of this post. And, also, for […]

Urgent! Calls needed on Bankruptcy reform legislation

*** CALL TO ACTION *** Please make calls today to help pass critical bankruptcy reform legislation, which the House is expected to vote on as early as this Thursday. The proposed bankruptcy reform is absolutely vital to reducing foreclosures, and will help save the homes of hundreds of thousands of families nationally.  It would enable bankruptcy […]