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135 arrested at White House, protesting war

Posted on December 22, 2010 by kwilder

Story at Democracy Now… As the Afghan war review was released, an estimated 135 people were arrested outside the White House in an antiwar protest led by the group Veterans for Peace. The protesters were detained after chaining themselves to the White House fence… Commentary by Ray McGovern, one of the arrested, at OpEd News: […]

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Timothy Karr: Obama FCC Caves on Net Neutrality — Tuesday Betrayal Assured

Posted on December 21, 2010 by iwilder

Late Monday, a majority of the FCC’s commissioners indicated that they’re going to vote with Chairman Julius Genachowski for a toothless Net Neutrality rule.According to all reports, the rule, which will be voted on during tomorrow’s FCC meeting, falls drastically short of earlier pledges by President Obama and the FCC Chairman to protect the free […]

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Eclipse video and photos (was – “Eclipse is now!”)

Posted on December 21, 2010 by kwilder

Update: Video and some photos at Flickr. The sky above Long Island from midnight, with a bright moon to 2:45am, when the moon is hiding! http://www.flickr.com/photos/29795482@N06/sets/72157625518264837/ And, the youtube video from our courtyard in North Babylon: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJxKxheN5Iw] Text of orginial post:

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As anger mounts over Lib Dem tuition fees “betrayal”, disillusioned supporters join the UK Green Party

Posted on December 20, 2010 by iwilder

The Green Party this evening was calling on former Lib Dem supporters disillusioned by Nick Clegg’s tuition fees “betrayal” to join the Green Party. The call came as anger mounted against Liberal Democrat politicians following their parliamentary vote for rises in university tuition fees, despite their pre-election pledge to oppose such increases. via Green Party […]

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Late night Monday (Tuesday morning): Total lunar eclipse…

Posted on December 20, 2010 by kwilder

Update after the height of eclipse: Some photos at Flickr: here. Have you been feeling wound up, extra energy, the feeling that something magical is in the air? I have. And, I learned from some friends who celebrate Solstice that not only is the energizing, renewing, astronomical and astrological event of Solstice happening on December […]

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NYCLU Challenges Queens DA’s Interrogation Program

Posted on December 19, 2010 by iwilder

In a legal brief filed this week, the New York Civil Liberties Union argued that Queens District Attorney Richard Brown’s attempt to prevent a judge from reviewing his office’s program of interrogating people accused of crimes before they are arraigned or have seen an attorney should be rejected as an attempt to shield an unethical […]

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Cheaper Food = Worse Health (via Eclectic Edibles.)

Posted on December 19, 2010 by iwilder

h/t Organic Consumers Association I think you get the idea here. I have no idea why Mr. Lieberman thinks that paying less for food has anything at all to do with quality of life. Diabetes, obesity, coronary disease…these have all increased dramatically as we decrease what we spend in food. I can’t speak for all […]

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Obama’s Militarization of Rights: DADT & the DREAM Act

Posted on December 18, 2010 by iwilder

Am I the only one who has notices that the Democratic Party is militarizing our rights? I was sparked to make this observation by the rogue drone that was heading toward DC a while back. Talk about chickens coming home to roost.  Our own security has become a war zone.  We are stripped searched like […]

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Comic strip: Santa’s secret list revealed

Posted on December 18, 2010 by kwilder

Cartoon by Kevin Eastwood. Thanks to Kevin and the Babylon Beacon for permission to reprint. If you would like to donate to Wikileaks, see the onthewilderside post with link: here.

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Green Party (NY) Urges a Full Hand Count of Ballots in 7th Senate District

Posted on December 18, 2010 by iwilder

The Green Party of New York said today that it supported a full recount of the votes in the contested race for New York State Senate District 7. Jeff Peress, a Nassau County State Committee representative to the Green Party of New York State, stated that though he “did not care for any of the […]

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How to donate to Wikileaks (and story about Bank of America attack)

Posted on December 18, 2010 by kwilder

Kimberly writes: Bank of America has stopped processing donations it “believes” are intended for Wikileaks. Story here and at bottom.Wikileaks responds (see Twitter announcements in the middle of this post.) So…if you want to defend Free Speech, protect your right to spend your own money without interference from the corporate-elite-military-industrial-complex, and send a donation to […]

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Veterans for Peace Demonstrate at White House- 135 Arrested (via Peace and Justice Online)

Posted on December 17, 2010 by iwilder

Veterans for Peace (VFP) and hundreds of supporters rallied on December 16 at the White House, calling for President Obama to “Stop these wars!”  Veterans for Peace has reported that 135 demonstrators were arrested.  VFP noted that the arrested included five VFP board members, Daniel Ellsberg (Pentagon Papers), Chris Hed … Read More via Peace […]

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350.org on Cancun: 750ppm Very Far from Where We Must Be

Posted on December 16, 2010 by iwilder

In fact, the current pledges contained in the negotiating text are still grossly inadequate, leaving the planet on a crash course with at least 4 degrees Celcius of temperature rise–a terrifying prospect that would put us closer to 750ppm than 350ppm. That’s very far from where we must be, and that that gap won’t be […]

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Judiciary Committee Hearing on Wikileaks and electronic privacy…

Posted on December 16, 2010 by kwilder

KW: I will tell you that I am a little confused about what is going and where. So, please feel free to hunt down info for yourself. I believe that there is a hearing going on for Congresspeople now about Wikileaks. And, I think Nader is testifying. EFF – The Electronic Frontier Foundation – is […]

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