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2010-03-11: Headlines

International Middle East Media Center: Israeli military on trial in Rachel Corrie case 2010-03-11
... so the Israeli judge will have the final word on whether the state of Israel violated its own laws by killing the non-violent peace activist.
The Nation.: 65 in House Back Afghanistan Withdrawal 2010-03-11
Their numbers were counted on Wednesday, when Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich forced a House debate on a resolution that would have required President ...
AlterNet: Am I a Rebel? Chris Hedges wouldn't think so. 2010-03-11
Chris Hedges put up another vehement piece on Truthdig on Monday: “Calling All Rebels.” Representative quotes: There are no constraints left to halt ...
Independent: 'I saw Israeli bulldozer kill Rachel Corrie' 2010-03-11
AP The final moments of Rachel Corrie, the American peace activist crushed to death beneath a pile of earth and rubble in ...
Daily Kos: Markos to Rush: Want libertarian health care? Try Somalia. 2010-03-11
Markos also took on Dennis Kucinich for opposing health care reform, comparing Kucinich's brand of politics to that of Ralph Nader, summing it up in just ...
ChattahBox: Rep. Grayson Unveils Public Option Act: America Needs it 2010-03-11
Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio), by introducing the four-page Public Option Act, which permits Americans to buy-in to the Medicare program at cost without ...
PopMatters: Greed Is… God-Awful: Michael Moore's 'Capitalism: A Love Story' 2010-03-11
Chris Hedges, New York Times reporter and Pulitzer Prize winner, examines the “killing machine” known as capitalism, while Fr. Dick Preston takes ...
Reuters: US bailout watchdog criticizes Treasury over GMAC 2010-03-11
The oversight panel, led by Harvard Law School professor and bankruptcy expert Elizabeth Warren, also said the Treasury needed to insist that GMAC produce ...
Reuters AlertNet: FACTBOX - Excerpts from the US House debate on Afghanistan 2010-03-11
March 10 (Reuters) - The US House of Representatives on Wednesday overwhelmingly rejected a resolution by liberal Democrat Dennis Kucinich calling ...
Reuters: House rejects pullout from Afghanistan 2010-03-11
Sixty-five lawmakers, most of them Democrats, voted for the pullout resolution written by liberal Democratic Representative Dennis Kucinich, while 356 voted ...
Federal News Service: PREPARED REMARKS OF HOUSE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE CHAIRMAN MIKE PENCE (R-IN) ... 2010-03-11
Dennis Kucinich] knows I respect his passion, but I rise in strong opposition to this resolution today. And I believe that it should be opposed because H.
AFP: US lawmakers reject Afghan pull-out 2010-03-11
The measure, crafted by Democratic Representative Dennis Kucinich, enjoyed the support of Democrats on the party's left flank and some Republicans.
KWTX: Edwards, Carter Vote Against Pulling US Troops Out Of Afghanistan 2010-03-11
Dennis Kucinich, who wrote it, claimed that both the Bush and Obama administrations circumvented Congress in escalating military operations in Afghanistan.
The Ames Tribune: Time to pass reform legislation 2010-03-11
far from it. if it were, one of the most liberal members of the House (Dennis Kucinich) would surely be supporting it. he's vehemently against it. is ...
Xinhua: US House rejects pullout from Afghanistan 2010-03-11
The House defeated the bill by a 356-65 vote, introduced by Democratic Representative Dennis Kucinich. 60 liberal Democrats and 5 Republicans supported ...
Empire Burlesque: Power Rangers: Policing the System With the "Fightin' Progressives" 2010-03-11
This is what happens to you: The Liberal Case Against Dennis Kucinich. Yes, if you stand up against endless, pointless, profiteering slaughter in foreign ...
Minneapolis Star Tribune: HOUSE REJECTS AFGHAN PULLOUT 2010-03-11
Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, introduced the resolution, with the backing of other liberals who are angry with Obama for "doubling down" in Afghanistan ...
Providence Journal: An impassioned Kennedy rails against Afghan war 2010-03-11
Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, offered the resolution, which would require President Obama, under certain conditions, to withdraw US troops from Afghanist ...
Best Syndication: Dennis Kucinich: Afghanistan Debate Begins in US House Early This Afternoon 2010-03-11
(Best Syndication News) Today's the day. This afternoon we're going to have a vote on whether or not the United States gets out of Afghanistan or stay ...
Baltimore Sun: Anti-war lawmakers relish troop pullout debate 2010-03-11
Dennis Kucinich (D- Ohio), a former presidential candidate, and would force Obama to withdraw US forces within 30 days of passage of the measure by ...
AZ Central.com: House votes not to exit Afghan war 2010-03-11
Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, a former presidential candidate, and would force the president to withdraw US forces within 30 days of passage of the measure ...
NowPublic: Congressman Patrick Kennedy: Angry Outburst at Media, Afghanistan 2010-03-11
Dennis Kucinich that would end the war in Afghanistan. When a republican lawmaker told Kennedy that ending the war would send a negative message to ...
MiamiHerald.com: House rejects bid to pull troops from Afghanistan 2010-03-11
Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, introduced the resolution, with the backing of other liberals who are angry with Obama for doubling down in Afghanistan ...
Arizona Daily Star: House rejects resolution calling on Obama to end Afghan war 2010-03-11
Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, introduced the resolution, with the backing of other liberals who are angry with Obama for doubling down in Afghanistan ...
Washington Post: Hey, isn't that: Sean Penn at Bistro Bis with the Kuciniches, Betsey John ... 2010-03-11
Dennis Kucinich and wife Elizabeth. One of the biggest names in this week's DC celeb invasion is here for a benefit at the Haitian Embassy.
Washington Post: House rejects Kucinich's Afghan withdrawal measure 2010-03-11
Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) and a group of mainly liberal members who argue the war cannot be won, was defeated 356 to 65, with only five Republicans and 60 ...
Big Journalism: Overnight Thread: The 'Three Generations and Out' Rule Strikes Again 2010-03-11
Dennis Kucinich, D-OH, that would set a timeline for withdrawing US troops from Afghanistan. “If anyone wants to know where the cynicism ...
OpEdNews: War Is Over (If They Mean It) 2010-03-11
The vote followed three hours of debate created by Congressman Dennis Kucinich's introduction of a privileged resolution. The debate featured three leader ...
Press TV: US House rejects bid to end Afghanistan stay 2010-03-11
The resolution written by liberal Democratic Representative Dennis Kucinich called for President Barack Obama to pull out US forces from Afghanistan by ...
Boston Herald: Patrick Kennedy rips media coverage of war 2010-03-11
Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) and called for President Obama to pull troops out of Afghanistan within 30 days of passage. After three hours of debate ...
Meattradenewsdaily: USA - Startling statement from USDA vet 2010-03-11
Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, who will chair today's hearing says, "The new administration must recognize past wrongs and … ensure the proper treatment ...
Washington Post: Howard Dean's double take on health-care vote 2010-03-11
... fixes to the Senate bill that will be made through reconciliation. For Dean that's enough to get on board. Perhaps he could try to convince Dennis Kucinich.
Liberty Maven: Country-crashing Afghanistan on the House floor 2010-03-11
Dennis Kucinich had his day on the House floor today. The debate on his doomed bill to demand that Obama remove our troops from Afghanistan was full of ...
News-Medical.net: Lincoln, Kucinich weigh in on health bill votes 2010-03-11
Dennis Kucinich is vowing to vote against President Obama's health care bill, and says the president can only win his vote if he reverses course ...
Colorado Daily: Boulder Rep. Jared Polis: Withdraw US troops from Afghanistan 2010-03-11
Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, who wrote the resolution, claims that the administrations of presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama circumvented Congress ...
Seattle Times: Senate votes to extend benefits for unemployed 2010-03-11
Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio. Census fakes: The House passed legislation Wednesday that would ban misleading mailings designed to appear they're from the Censu ...
The Associated Press: House rejects call for withdrawal from Afghanistan 2010-03-11
Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, authored the resolution that would have directed the president to remove all US troops from Afghanistan within 30 days of ...
The Hill: Sheehan turning attention to Obama, camping out at Washington Monument 2010-03-11
Sheehan voted for Green Party candidate and former House member Cynthia McKinney in the 2008 presidential election. “How could I support somebody who ...
Los Angeles Times: Ansel Adams, from the wilderness to the corridors of power 2010-03-11
Fans of Ansel Adams should visit the Interior Department in Washington to take in the newly installed photographs of the American West by Adam ...
USA Today: Obama's liberal base 'disengaged' 2010-03-11
In three days earlier this month, the liberal group MoveOn.org raised $1 million for Halter, in average donations of $30. He also nabbed the endorsement ...
Washington Post: Compromise would shield payday lenders, pawnbrokers and car dealers from oversight 2010-03-11
... off from some of the worst actors," said Elizabeth Warren, a Harvard Law professor who helped to shape the administration's proposal for the new agency.
Seattle Times: Jerry Large Discontent bubbles up on the left 2010-03-11
That would be Maryrose Asher, a Vashon Island peace activist and former chair of the Green Party of Washington State. She'd gotten fed up with the way ...
Irish Times: Biden critical of settlement move ahead of key talks 2010-03-11
The parents of American peace activist Rachel Corrie, who was killed by an Israeli army bulldozer in Gaza in 2003, yesterday began proceedings in a H ...
New York Times: TARP Panel Finds Fault With GMAC Bailouts 2010-03-11
Asked Wednesday evening to explain the apparent inconsistency, the panel's chairwoman, Elizabeth Warren, a Harvard law professor, said only that “this was ...
BusinessWeek: GMAC Executive Pay Packages Questioned by TARP Oversight Panel 2010-03-11
“The panel is also concerned about whether Treasury fully considered and properly weighed its options,” Elizabeth Warren, head of the panel, said yesterday ...
Green Party Watch: Georgia Greens fight environmental racism of proposed nuclear sitesMarch 10, 2010 2010-03-11
Cynthia McKinney Can a black president be guilty of environmental racism? President Obama's new proposed nukes are in one of the poorest areas east of ...
The Associated Press: Watchdog: GMAC bailout could cost taxpayers $6.3B 2010-03-11
"Treasury missed many opportunities to improve accountability and protect taxpayer money," panel chair Elizabeth Warren said in a conference call ...
WZZM: State of Our Schools Address in Grand Rapids 2010-03-11
Al Sharpton and former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich. This is why in Michigan, thanks to the leadership of Superintendent Flanagan, Governor Granholm ...
Indian Express: India may scale down its Afghan operations 2010-03-11
Arundhati Roy and Brinda Karat will be Taliban's official ambassadors till they will be shot in some stadium. Afghanistan and IndiaBy: Archana | 11-Mar-2010 ...
Winston-Salem Journal: ROUND TRIP: Fan of college game wants to see them all 2010-03-11
Jesse Jackson, Bill Russell and Sandy Koufax," Hirsch said of his one Final Four appearance. "That was my one shining moment." Hirsch has a long list ...
Sacramento News & Review: SNOG picks on the mayor, because SNOG cares 2010-03-11
You can see it's a nice piece, glossy, lots of photos of KJ with Obama, KJ with Michael Bloomberg, KJ with Stephen Colbert, KJ with Jesse Jack ...

2010-03-10: Headlines

OpEdNews: SCHOOL OF AMERICA is still SHAME OF AMERICAS--despite what Georgia Judge Does 2010-03-10
Nancy Gwin, a peace activist from central New York, reported to Danbury Federal Prison in Connecticut. Gwin will serve 6 months in federal prison for her ...
Hurriyet Daily News: From the Bosphorus: Straight - The case of Village Idiot vs. Prickly PM 2010-03-10
Part-time English teacher, part-time peace activist and part-time artist with all the grace and skill of a portraitist/hawker atop Florence's Ponte Vecchio ...
Huffington Post: Obama Foreclosure-Prevention Plan Lagging, New Data Shows (EXCLUSIVE) 2010-03-10
Dennis Kucinich, chairman of House Oversight's Domestic Policy subcommittee, said in an interview that Treasury isn't devoting as much attention ...
Huffington Post: Markos Moulitsas To Kucinich: You'll Be Primaried If You Kill Reform 2010-03-10
Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) plays a role in killing health care reform, a Democratic primary challenger would almost certainly await him in the next election.
Huffington Post: Progressive Groups Mock Glenn Beck For Mocking Progressives (VIDEO) 2010-03-10
MoveOn.org, in conjunction with SEIU and Brave New Films has put out a fake newscast (on the fake network CNNBC) in which the Fox News host goes through h ...
Huffington Post: Why Progressives Should Back the President's Plan 2010-03-10
Ben Brandzel served as Advocacy Director at MoveOn.org from 2004-2006, and currently serves as Director of New Media Campaigns and Fundraising at Organizing ...
Huffington Post: Why Progressives Should Back the President's Plan. 2010-03-10
Ben Brandzel served as Advocacy Director at MoveOn.org from 2004-2006, and currently serves as Director of New Media Campaigns and Fundraising at Organizing ...
Huffington Post: Feminomics: Pro-Life Atlanta's Big Lie to Poor and Minority Women 2010-03-10
Jesse Jackson, 1971 “Under the cover of an alleged campaign to 'alleviate poverty,' white supremacist Americans and their dupes are pushing an all-out drive ...
Huffington Post: Black Barbie Sold Cheaper Than White Barbie At Walmart 2010-03-10
The Jesse Jackson doll and Al Sharpton doll will be marching next week. It's just training for life. Any guy can tell you, white women are very expensive ...
Huffington Post: Consumer Protection Agency Opponents Take Fight To Google AdWords (PHOTO) 2010-03-10
The agency, first proposed by Elizabeth Warren, head of the Congressional Oversight Panel charged with monitoring the bailout, would protect consumer ...
History News Network: How Zoroastrianism Influences the Worldview of Iran's Leadership 2010-03-10
Juan RI Cole is Richard P. Mitchell Collegiate Professor of History at the University of Michigan. This article originally appeared at h ...
Common Dreams: Largest Peace Group-House Vote First Step to Remove Troops from Afghanistan 2010-03-10
The bipartisan, concurrent resolution offered by Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH-10) last Thursday uses section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution ...
Veterans Today Network: Calling All Rebels 2010-03-10
[Editor's note: In an essay that is at once profoundly troubling and uplifting Chris Hedges paints a portrait of a bleak and horrible road ahead for our ...
UrbanMecca: Black Leaders Believe NY Governor Should Stay in Office 2010-03-10
Al Sharpton agreed that Paterson should try to withstand the violence scandal and new ethics charges related to World Series tickets.
SEIU: Democracy for America 2010-03-10
... MoveOn.org, Americans United for Change, Rock the Vote, National Women's Law Center, Leadership Conference on Civil Rights and Democracy for America.
SEIU: Glenn Beck's chalkboard 2010-03-10
Over the past year, SEIU has been under constant attack from corporatist Republicans hell-bent on silencing ...
MWC News: Family of Slain US Peace Activist Rachel Corrie Heads to Israel 2010-03-10
An earlier internal army investigation exonerated the bulldozer drivers, concluding the soldiers could not see the young American peace activist in front ...
Truthdig: An Oscar for America's Hubris 2010-03-10
Yes, it is true, as Chris Hedges is quoted in the beginning of “The Hurt Locker”: “The rush of battle is often a potent and lethal addicti ...
AlterNet: YOU Are the Center of Glenn Beck's Latest Conspiracy Theory 2010-03-10
As part of a new campaign jointly run by MoveOn.org, SEIU, and Brave New Films, now all of us can satirize Beck's ridiculous fear-mongering — and abhorrence ...
Democracy Now: Family of Slain U.S. Peace Activist Rachel Corries Heads to Israel for Trial... 2010-03-10
An earlier internal army investigation exonerated the bulldozer drivers, concluding that the soldiers could not see the young American peace activist ...
CounterCurrents.org: Going Back To The Land In The Age Of Entitlement 2010-03-10
Eventually, though, I could no longer ignore the powerful words of Arundhati Roy in her insightful 2001 book, Power Politics: “The trouble is that once you ...
Firedoglake: Markos on Countdown : Too much Rahmade? 2010-03-10
Egged on by O'Donnell, less said about him the better, you went to trash Dennis Kucinich ranked #1 Progressive in Congress by FDL (did you vote?).
Firedoglake: The Roundup 2010-03-10
MoveOn does some soul-searching on the health care bill, asks its members to decide whether they support or oppose. Should be interesting to see the result ...
Bay Area Indymedia: Day Two- The Trial of Splitting the Sky Versus George W. Bush 2010-03-10
... the laws which the minority government eschewed vis-a-vis Bush were invoked to keep British peace activist George Galloway MP out of Canada last March.
Antiwar.com: House Votes Against Ending Afghan War 2010-03-10
Dennis Kucinich's (D – OH) House Concurrent Resolution 248, which would have mandated the end of the US military presence in Afghanistan by December 31 ...
Roll Call: House Defeats Call for Afghanistan Troop Withdrawal 2010-03-10
Dennis Kucinich's (D-Ohio) resolution was never expected to pass, but it did give the White House an early view of support for the surge within Democratic ...
Politico: House rejects forced troop withdrawal 2010-03-10
Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) was the chief sponsor of the war powers resolution. Photo: AP In a first election-year test of President Barack Obama's military ...
Salon: The liberal case against Dennis Kucinich 2010-03-10
Dennis Kucinich's opposition to President Obama's reform proposal. Moulitsas didn't take it easy on Kucinich in his response. "[I]t's definitely a very ...
La Crosse Tribune: Terrell Beck: Pursue common good, not corporate interests 2010-03-10
Look at US Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, for a model. Any government official who is not protecting the commons is merely - and monstrously - a gangster.
Westside Gazette: Celebration of the Black Press to Feature Dr. Height; Other Civil Right ... 2010-03-10
Jesse Jackson Sr., Rainbow/PUSH Coalition; Dr. Julianne Malveaux, Bennett College; Dr. Ron Daniels; NAACP Chair Roslyn Brock; Harry Alford, National Black ...
Chicago Defender: Bobby Sengstacke Appreciation Day recognizes award-winning photo 2010-03-10
Jesse Jackson is honorary chair. Program participants: Prof. Robert Starks, who will provide an overview of Haiti; pianist Willie Pickens, vocalist Jo ...
Chicago Defender: Ill. congressmen say 'no' to tax breaks for new hires 2010-03-10
Bobby Rush, D-1st, and Jesse Jackson Jr., D-2nd, broke ranks with President Barak Obama and Congressional leadership Thursday on legislation giving ...
New Bern Sun Journal: Some pols should be paranoid 2010-03-10
Jesse Jackson Jr. The Illinois Democrat's very public campaign to fill Obama's Senate seat had been under investigation, but the Justice Department asked ...
PR Urgent: Detroit's First Annual Peace and Love Day 2010-03-10
The event is inspired by national youth and peace activist Weusi Olusola, who, at 16 years old was the innocent victim of gun violence ...
Earthtimes: Detroit's First Annual Peace and Love Day takes stand against violence 2010-03-10
The event is inspired by national youth and peace activist Weusi Olusola, who, at 16 years old was the innocent victim of gun violence ...
South Wales Argus: Delve back from the wilderness 2010-03-10
GARETH Delve has leapt from nowhere straight into the Welsh team to take the field against Ireland at Croke Park on Saturday, writes Robin Davey.
Shore News Today: Women's Hall of Fame to honor messenger of peace 2010-03-10
Young, who also became a peace activist, will accept the award on Thursday on behalf of her sister. “The more people that attain inner peace ...
Aljazeera.net: Peace activist's parents sue Israel 2010-03-10
The court trial for Rachel Corrie, an American peace activist killed aged 23 by an Israeli army bulldozer in Gaza in 2003, has begun in Haifa.
PRLog.Org: Founding Member of Women Strike for Peace Amy Swerdlow to Lecture at Adelphi ... 2010-03-10
... 2010 – Adelphi University is pleased to welcome Amy Swerdlow, renowned historian, activist, and founding member of the peace activist group Women Strike ...
Islam Online: Biden's First Visit to Israel 2010-03-10
... joining us all the way from London, Sameh Habib, a photo journalist, a peace activist and the founder of the Palestinian telegraph news paper in London.
The Quincy Cove: Massachusetts to Launch Home Appliance Rebate Program 2010-03-10
This is a tradition which was founded by peace activist John McConnell in 1969. The United Nations first celebrated Earth Day on the March equinox in 1971.
Schenectady Gazette: Got peace? Opportunities to make it so 2010-03-10
“Peace of the Action,” a major witness and action for peace spearheaded by Cindy Sheehan, will begin its Camp “Out Now” on March 15 in Washington, DC.
Tehran Times: Rachel Corrie family finally puts Israel in dock 2010-03-10
Seven years after Rachel Corrie, a US peace activist, was killed by an Israeli army bulldozer in Gaza, her family was to put the Israeli ...
Washington Post: House Democrats try to stay on offense heading into 2010 midterms 2010-03-10
Or perhaps code pink? the problem with liberalism these days is the internet. We can fact check the lies in minutes. Poor Harry was caught in a doozy at ...
New America Foundation: Elizabeth Warren at NAF 2010-03-10
For that reason, we're extremely excited to have Elizabeth Warren at an event at New America tomorrow. Professor Warren currently serves as the Chair of ...
The Hill: Bailed-out firms start rebuilding on K St. 2010-03-10
Consumer advocacy organizations, such as Americans for Financial Reform, as well as Elizabeth Warren, the Harvard professor and head of a congressional ...
Free Times: Trustus Revives Jarring Fires in the Mirror 2010-03-10
Al Sharpton. From their responses, she crafted the monologues, which she originally performed herself to great acclaim. Precisely the type of thoughtfully ...
Fast Company: Elizabeth Warren: "It's Banks vs. Families." 2010-03-10
I caught up with Elizabeth Warren at a table outside the Senate Office Building cafeteria, a few hours after she finished grilling ...
Miami New Times: Weezy Wire: Robert Christgau Owns Some 165 Lil Wayne Tracks 2010-03-10
Admittedly, we have fewer than that, but still succumb to the multi-hour listening binges that usually result in us shouting: "That's right, Mr. Al Sharpt ...
Southern Political Report: Arkansas: Halter vs. Lincoln 2010-03-10
But in addition, labor unions across the country and liberal groups, including Moveon.org, pitched in substantial sums of money to try to defeat ...
Daily Caller: Obama health-care supporters storm Washington hoping for arrests, but end ... 2010-03-10
... SEIU, AFL-CIO, and Moveon.org, kicked off the show with a rousing speech in Dupont Circle. From there the protesters marched down New Hampshire Avenue.
Nextgov: FDA: Airport scanners are safe 2010-03-10
Jesse Jackson Jr., D-Ill., about radiation from medical imaging devices and the airport scanners. Hamburg said the FDA cares deeply about the level ...
California Independent Voter Network: Independents of America, unite! 2010-03-10
But, unlike the Tea Party activists or organizations such as MoveOn.org, independents are still viewed as somewhat of a grassroots contingent ...
Radio Iowa: New effort targeting “pro-life & pro-family” voters 2010-03-10
“We're not going to leave the express advocacy of the election and defeat of candidates to moveon.org and the radical left and the labor unions anymore.
San Antonio Current: With friends like these 2010-03-10
We've been here before — on CNN talk shows and moveon.org. Fortunately, Betrayed, though a debut stage effort by Packer, actually feels like a play ...
Sovereign Society: Why You Should Worry When Banks Hoard Cash 2010-03-10
Elizabeth Warren, head of the Congressional Oversight Panel overseeing TARP funds, had this to say about the banks, “We're seeing banks that don't want ...
Prison Planet.com: Airport scanners violate rights: UN official 2010-03-10
... the problem ISN'T illegal aliens (ie Minutemen) or Democrats in Washington (ie Teabaggers) or conservative policies (ie Code Pink)…….the problem is … ...
Radio Iowa: New effort targeting “pro-life & pro-family” voters 2010-03-10
“We're not going to leave the express advocacy of the election and defeat of candidates to moveon.org and the radical left and the labor unions anymore.
Green Party Watch: Green politics on the rise in AfricaMarch 9, 2010 2010-03-10
Cynthia McKinney For the very first time African states acted together during 2009's Copenhagen negotiations on global warming.
Natural Resources Defense Council: Rave on, Jim Kunstler 2010-03-10
Heck, he almost makes Al Sharpton seem subtle, but that's a closer call. No, Kunstler is more the kind of guy who wants you to feel a little uncomfortable ...
Indiana Daily Student: BPD trained in special tactics 2010-03-10
The last operation CIRT was involved in was Jesse Jackson's visit in January. Williams said CIRT was responsible for his transport and security ...
Iowa Independent: Ralph Reed: Give me $500000 and we'll take back Iowa 2010-03-10
“We're not going to leave the express advocacy during an election to the radical left, MoveOn.org and labor unions anymore,” he said. “We're going to do ...
Hartford Courant: From Bloomfield to Hollywood 2010-03-10
In the clip, just posted today on MTV's Wonderwall, she gets her squad to turn her from "more of an Al Sharpton to amodern day Nona Hendryx.
Crain's Chicago Business: Anheuser-Busch loses bid to distribute beer in Illinois 2010-03-10
Jesse Jackson, runs an Anheuser-Busch distributor, and there has been speculation that Anheuser-Busch could look to buy Mr. Jackson's franchise if it took ...
Toronto Star Blogs: The global financial crisis was caused by "one lousy mortgage at a time" 2010-03-10
Elizabeth Warren wants a consumer finance regulator probably more than any of the major players - Obama, its ostensible champion (he put it one the agend ...
The AtlanticWire: Why Israel Slapped Biden With Surprise Settlement Plan 2010-03-10
Juan Cole agrees at his blog: "The Palestinians cannot be left statele ... forever. If they can't have Palestinian citizenship, then they'll have to ...
The Journal News | LoHud.com: Law needed to curb false abuse allegations 2010-03-10
Al Sharpton, were on the losing end of defamation claims brought by those falsely accused of being among a group of men who abducted and raped Brawley over ...
FINS: Celebrities Come Together for CFPA 2010-03-10
The videos came about as a result of discussions between Howard and Elizabeth Warren, who chairs the Congressional Oversight Committee.
The Washington Independent: Rove Speaks: It's Everybody Else's Fault 2010-03-10
... whose homeland had been occupied as they grappled with a blitzkrieg of lawsuits filed by Gore's attorneys and street protests led by Jesse Jackson.
Mediaite.com: Bill O'Reilly Surprisingly Not A Fan Of Legalizing Prostitution 2010-03-10
Tonight on The O'Reilly Factor, Fox Business' John Stossel came on the show to talk about legalizing prostituti ...
El Paso Inc: BC CORRECTIONS NYT 2010-03-10
As the article noted elsewhere, the video was partly a result of a conversation between the director Ron Howard and Elizabeth Warren, chairwoman of ...
Politics in Minnesota: Want to make Glenn Beck cry? Here's how 2010-03-10
The video, produced by MoveOn.org in conjunction with the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and Brave New Films, is a fake newscast that make ...
Financial Times: Tribal India battles big business over land 2010-03-10
"There are slogans on walls saying 'Naxals come and save us'," says Arundhati Roy, the writer and social activist. "People are begging them, 'just come ...

2010-03-09: Headlines

SEIU: citizens' arrest 2010-03-09
Together with partners across the progressive movement--HCAN, AFL-CIO, CREDO, AFSCME, True Majority, MoveOn, AFT ...
SEIU: Live Tweeting from DC Citizens' Arrest of Insurance Companies 2010-03-09
Together with partners across the progressive movement--HCAN, AFL-CIO, CREDO, AFSCME, True Majority, MoveOn, AFT, Democracy for America, Campaign ...
TPMDC: Kucinich Confirms His Opposition To Dems' Health Care Reform Plan--Even ... 2010-03-09
Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) to vote for comprehensive health care legislation. The high-profile progressive, and former presidential candidate, voted against ...
Al-Jazeerah.info: Israeli defense ministry goes on trial on March 10, 2010, for killing Americ ... 2010-03-09
... a case filed by the parents of Rachel Corrie, the American peace activist who was run down by an Israeli military bulldozer in Rafah, during March 2003.
Firedoglake: Dennis Kucinich Is a No on The Senate Bill Without Strong Public Option 2010-03-09
On Olbermann Kucinich says he will vote no on the Senate Bill because its Medicare Part D all over again. He even called out Obama for pretending as if he ...
Firedoglake: How to Get a State Single Payer Opt-Out as Part of Reconciliation 2010-03-09
Despite what Obama is telling Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), the current state waiver provision can't do that. A better state waiver redesign would not just allow ...
The Guardian: War as thrilling entertainment 2010-03-09
... by another journalist, New York Times war correspondent Chris Hedges: “The rush of battle is a potent and often lethal addiction, for war is a drug.
Democracy Now: Former Rep. Massa Claims He Was Forced Out Over Healthcare Bill 2010-03-09
Dennis Kucinich of Ohio is also reportedly coming under increasing pressure to back the healthcare reform bill. The original content of this program ...
Democracy Now: Protests Planned Outside Health Insurance Company Meeting 2010-03-09
Organizers of the protest include Health Care for America Now and MoveOn. The original content of this program is licensed under a Creative Comm ...
Democracy Now: Cambridge, MA 2010-03-09
DESCRIPTION: Please join Amy Goodman for a conversation with Arundhati Roy, author of The God of Small Things and Field Notes on Democracy ...
Real News Network: Single payer fight moves to states 2010-03-09
He has worked as a newspaper reporter and as a communications director, with jobs including Press Secretary for Dennis Kucinich's 2004 presidential campaign ...
Progressive.org: Wendell Potter Says "Take The Deal," Kucinich Says "No Way" 2010-03-09
Is it worth it, or is it, as Dennis Kucinich calls it, "a giveaway to the insurance industry"? Back in September, I interviewed Potter when he came ...
Huffington Post: Kucinich: Nader-Like Spoiler To Some Dems, Hero To Others 2010-03-09
With health care reform legislation likely coming down to only a handful of votes in the House of Representatives, Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) stands alone ...
Huffington Post: AT WAR: Soldier Throws Back Taliban Hand Grenade 2010-03-09
Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) will introduce a resolution into the House of Representatives that will require a three-hour long debate on the Afghan war.
Huffington Post: Sam Stein On Health Care: Obstacles And Obama's Big Push 2010-03-09
Dennis Kucinich may not vote for the bill without a robust public plan, and Bart Stupak has been upset about abortion language in the bill.
Huffington Post: Bernanke Pulls a Kanye on CFPA, Then Gets Sideswiped 2010-03-09
But before Bernanke had time to say "Imma let you finish" to Elizabeth Warren, the Fed Chair was sideswiped by a group of Senators who want to strip away ...
Huffington Post: Sebelius To Lion's Den: Plans To Address Insurers 2010-03-09
AHIP has already been targeted by protesters associated with the pro-reform coalition Health Care for America Now, as well as MoveOn.org.
The Guardian: Why Indian Maoists co-opted Arundhati Roy 2010-03-09
Indian Maoist insurgents want Arundhati Roy to act as a mediator. Photograph: Jean-Christian Bourcart/Getty Images Manifesting different aspects of ...
AlterNet: Kucinich on the Many Reasons to Kill the Current Health Care Bill 2010-03-09
Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) on Monday defended his opposition to the proposal in an appearance on MSNBC's Countdown With Keith Olbermann, citing as his central ...
Beyond Chron: Washington Democrats Circle the Wagons for Blanche Lincoln - Mar 09 2010-03-09
MoveOn has set up an online petition for those who believe that's wrong … Please include your full name, e-mail address, City and State (or country.
The Nation.: MoveOn Referendum: With Obama or Not? 2010-03-09
MoveOn, the online activist community that played such a critical role in building opposition to the Bush administration and in paving the way for ...
VHeadline.com: Roy S. Carson: The very sad fact is that Cindy Sheehan is misinformed! 2010-03-09
... 'San Francisco BayView,' the anti-war peace activist made the assertion that the Venezuelan government's Correo del Orinoco English edition [...is.
Common Dreams: Afghanistan Withdrawal Debate in Congress 2010-03-09
Dennis Kucinich (Ohio), one of the leading antiwar voices in Congress. The resolution, which has 16 co-sponsors, calls for the United States to remove all ...
Common Dreams: Showdown Looms for Financial Reform 2010-03-09
... over the check cashers, payday lenders and other nonbank lenders," Harvard University professor Elizabeth Warren, a top CFPA proponent, told POLITICO.
Bay Area Indymedia: Petition to Save Palestinians' Mamilla Cemetery from the Simon Wiesenthal ... 2010-03-09
THE SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER AND THE GOVERNMENT OF ISRAEL ARE BUILDING A MUSEUM OF TOLERANCE ON CENTURIES-OLD MUSLIM GRAVES.
Truthdig: Calif. State Sen. Ashburn: 'I Am Gay' 2010-03-09
By Juan Cole By Elizabeth Holtzman and Cynthia L. Cooper California State Sen. Roy Ashburn is officially out of the closet.
Center for Research on Globalization: Bush Citizen's Arrest in Canada: Judge Manfred Delong Meets Splitting the Sky 2010-03-09
STS reminded the court that it was the same laws which the minority government eschewed vis-a-vis Bush which were invoked to keep British peace activist ...
Morning Star Online: Left-wing protesters rally at trial of peace activist MP 2010-03-09
Israeli leftwingers rallied outside a Tel Aviv court on Tuesday before the "political" trial of MP Mohammed Barakeh, who leads the Democratic Front ...
Inter Press Service: IRAQ: Elections Bring Joy and Uncertainty 2010-03-09
It seems unlikely, even if politics makes for strange bedfellows," wrote Juan Cole, a Middle East and Iraq analyst, on his www.juancole.com blog.
Inter Press Service: MIDEAST: Israeli Left Emerges From Coma Amid Atrocities 2010-03-09
Veteran Israeli peace activist and ex-politico Avraham Burg commented in the daily Haaretz on his participation in the protests: "People of truth and moral ...
Raw Story: Kucinich willing to cast the vote that kills health reform 2010-03-09
Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) on Monday defended his opposition to the proposal in an appearance on MSNBC's Countdown With Keith Olbermann, citing as his central ...
NewsoftheNorth.Net: Eagle River group seeks to build peace bridges here and abroad 2010-03-09
Berner said she was inspired to start her organization in 2002 after she heard peace activist and long-time Washington Post columnist Colman McCarthy ...
The Hill: Counting votes and Dodd's bill 2010-03-09
Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) is going to urge his colleagues this week to vote for a timetable to get US troops out of Afghanist ...
The Hill: Kucinich indicates willingness to be deciding vote against healthcare 2010-03-09
Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) indicated Monday night that he is willing to serve as the deciding vote against healthcare reform legislation.
Washington Post: House liberals force vote on pullout from Afghanistan 2010-03-09
Dennis Kucinich (Ohio), one of the leading antiwar voices in Congress. The resolution, which has 16 co-sponsors, calls for the United States to remove all ...
Washington Post: If only financial reform really were funny 2010-03-09
As Elizabeth Warren, chairman of the congressional panel bird-dogging the bank bailout, likes to note, the government does a better job monitoring ...
Swing State Project: NY-29: Eric Massa Becomes Unhinged 2010-03-09
The only other person to do so was Dennis Kucinich. Every other freshman voted against it from the conservadem point of view, so Massa couldn't possible ...
WNCF: Nation Remembers 'Bloody Sunday' 2010-03-09
Jesse Jackson, and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer. The march known as Bloody Sunday took place on March 7, 1965. 600 civil rights marchers were attacked ...
OpEdNews: Exit Strategies for Afghanistan and Iraq 2010-03-09
Representative Dennis Kucinich will step into the crosswinds this week and force the House of Representatives to wake up, pay attention, and vote up or down ...
OpEdNews: On Being A Rebel 2010-03-09
... to dissent~ regardless of the consequences: Allen L Roland Chris Hedges wrote a timely and most interesting article on March 8th on Truthdig entitled ...
OpEdNews: I hate what Americans have become 2010-03-09
... problem ISN'T illegal aliens (ie Minutemen) or Democrats in Washington (ie Teabaggers) or conservative policies (ie Code Pink).......the problem is .
Charleston: Kucinich flip-flops on Afghanistan - Daily Mail 2010-03-09
The worst mayor in the history of Cleveland — Democrat Dennis Kucinich — is in contention to be one of the worst congressmen, although competition is stiff ...
Think Progress: ThinkFast: March 9, 2010 2010-03-09
Dennis Kucinich (D-OH). Maybe they can explain to us again WHY we're in Afghanistan. Does anyone remember? Was it to get bin Laden or to occupy a country ...
Federal News Service: MSNBC "COUNTDOWN WITH KEITH OLBERMANN" INTERVIEW WITH REP. DENNIS KUCINICH (D-OH) 2010-03-09
O'DONNELL: We are joined now by Congressman Dennis Kucinich, Democrat of Ohio, and a former presidential candidate. Congressman Kucinich, as we've discussed ...
Politico: UNDECIDED/LEANING UNDECIDED 2010-03-09
Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) told MSNBC March 8 that he will vote against reform because he doesn't “see the Senate bill as the solution.
Prison Planet.com: Kucinich Will Vote To Kill Government Run Health Care 2010-03-09
Democratic Congressman Dennis Kucinich has stated that he is willing to effectively kill the government run health care bill by voting against the party ...
Lexology: Congressmen Issa and Jordan request hearing on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac 2010-03-09
... the Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Domestic Policy ...
Berkeleyside: Berkeley authors write winning books 2010-03-09
RT @jsboom: Dennis Kucinich has a spine, which any other Democrat could borrow 7 mins ago ayeletw 2night M is away so I will spend the evening deep ...
Merinews: Americans: Dont quit Afghanistan 2010-03-09
Dennis Kucinich (Ohio) is one of the leading anti-war voices in the House of Representatives.Perhaps a debate of three hours in the House will be allowed ...
Roll Call: House Reading Clerk Savors His Vocal Role 2010-03-09
Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio), brought meals into the committee room (Kucinich's choice: hummus). “I can honestly say that was unlike anything I've ever ...
Montreal Gazette: US lawmakers urge scrapping of NAFTA 2010-03-09
On the political left are Ohio congressman Dennis Kucinich, a perennial presidential candidate, and Pete Visclosky, the Indiana lawmaker responsible ...
Firedoglake: Early Morning Swim: Dennis Kucinich Explains Why He's Voting Against ... 2010-03-09
Kucinich's objections are sincere. And Obama and Pelosi would be wise to listen to them — rather than simply try and “whip” the congressman to vote ...
Starpulse.com: Underappreciated TV Stars 2010-03-09
And although Fey became popular impersonating Sarah Palin, Poehler has Paula Abdul, Dennis Kucinich, Sharon Osbourne, Dakota Fanning and Michael Jack ...
Politics Daily: Kucinich to Get House Vote on Afghanistan Pullout 2010-03-09
Dennis Kucinich, an outspoken Ohio lawmaker who twice ran for president as an antiwar candidate, plans to bring his case for a speedy withdrawal ...
New York Times: Early Word: The Push Continues 2010-03-09
According to Mr. Bacon, the measure has little chance of passing the House, but its author, Representative Dennis Kucinich, says a real debate ...
Oil & Gas Financial Journal: Employers Not Hiring Says Manpower (NYSE: MAN) 2010-03-09
As we all know, the agencies (S&P, Moody's (MCO) and Fitch) are not in the government's favor these days, illustrated best by Dennis Kucinich's statement ...
Cleveland Leader: C'mon Dennis, Don't be Another George Voinovich 2010-03-09
Dennis Kucinich is being singled out to change his vote on President Barack Obama's health reform measure. President Obama himself pitched to Kucinich ...
Leagle.com: Tierney, Kucinich press and warn top NOAA cop: Seek all travel documents since ... 2010-03-09
6th District Congressman John Tierney, a member of the congressional oversight Domestic Policy Subcommittee, and Congressman Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio ...
TPMDC: TPMDC Morning Roundup 2010-03-09
Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), calling for a pullout from Afghanistan: "Whether or not it would have any legal force if enacted, the resolution has almost no ...
Gloucester Daily Times: Tierney, Kucinich press and warn top NOAA cop 2010-03-09
6th District Congressman John Tierney, a member of the congressional oversight Domestic Policy Subcommittee, and Congressman Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio ...
BBC News: Artist defiant despite fine for Turkish PM 'mockery' 2010-03-09
It has been quite a legal saga for the 59-year-old teacher, writer, anti-war activist and founder of the Istanbul branch of the Stuckist art movement.
BBC News: Artist fined for insulting Turkish PM Erdogan 2010-03-09
The artist, and anti-war activist - who had lived and worked in Turkey for 24 years - fled the country and returned to County Durham after his acquittal w ...
Outlook: Why The Maoists Want Arundhati Roy 2010-03-09
For the record, Arundhati Roy recently told the BBC that she was ready to be an "independent observer" if the government agreed to peace talks with Maoists.
San Francisco Bay View: Last rites for the USA 2010-03-09
Cindy Sheehan is a peace activist and founder of Peace of the Action, an anti-war organization that promotes profound structural change in the US Th ...
Baltimore Jewish Times: African Tribe Descended from Jews, DNA Tests Show 2010-03-09
Members included notorious anti-Israel critics Mairead Corrigan Maguire of Northern Ireland, the winner of the 1976 Nobel Peace Prize; Cynthia McKinney ...
National: Corrie family finally puts Israel in dock over daughter's death 2010-03-09
Stephen Jaffe / AFP HAIFA // Seven years after Rachel Corrie, a US peace activist, was killed by an Israeli army bulldozer in Gaza, her family is to put ...
Staunton News Leader: Mary Baldwin College named to community service honor roll 2010-03-09
The first — Artists as Peace Practitioners — recognized the work students performed with MBC Artist-in-Residence and peace activist Claudia Bernardi.
ISRIA: Israel - Summary of editorials from the Hebrew press, 9 Mar 2010 2010-03-09
But here we call her a 'peace activist'. The author decries "Jewish, American, killed while participating in pro-Palestinian activities.
Ha'aretz: Border Control / Biden and the bulldozer 2010-03-09
Then a senator from Delaware, who chaired the committee, Biden asked for a detailed report on the affair of American peace activist Rachel Corrie ...
New Voices: March 9th, 2010 by Harpo Jaeger 2010-03-09
As a peace activist I will no longer be confined to the “idealist” camp. I submit that peace is the only pragmatic and practical way forward.
San Francisco Bay View: OBAMACARE: a dream deferred? 2010-03-09
Langston Hughes Dr. Ahimsa Sumchai was backed by Cynthia McKinney and Cindy Sheehan at a large gathering in the Bay View's back yard on Oct. 6, 2007 ...
Premier League FanHouse: Burnley v Stoke Preview: Brian Laws Calls for Calm as Tension Mounts 2010-03-09
Kitson has not started a Premier League game for the Potters since the defeat to Manchester United in September but could emerge from the wilderness at Turf ...
The Washington Independent: Conservative Rebuke of Cheney Plays Itself Out 2010-03-09
... that Democrats could stoke more controversy by re-enacting the legislative drubbing that Republicans gave MoveOn.org for its 2007 ad asking whether Gen.
Brooklyn Daily Eagle: Brooklyn Broadside Capturing State Government's Disintegration in Two Photos 2010-03-09
Al Sharpton's headquarters, to determine “the fate of Governor Paterson.” They were a dour group, no smiles in sight. They reminded me of a possible picture ...
BikePortland.org: Bikes Belong launches “People for Bikes” campaign 2010-03-09
I liken this effort to a MoveOn.org for bikes — which is something I've advocated for starting here in Portland. It's something we sorely need in the bike ...
The Washington Independent: Conservative 'Rebuke' of Cheney Plays Itself Out 2010-03-09
... that Democrats could stoke more controversy by re-enacting the legislative drubbing that Republicans gave MoveOn.org for its 2007 ad asking whether Gen.
Southeast Missourian: Businesses encouraged to capitalize on influx of people for outdoor religioiu ... 2010-03-09
"There's a cry coming out from the wilderness," Murphy continued. "It was birthed on my property through a series of divine connections, I feel ...
Financial Times: India's tribes in land fight with business 2010-03-09
“There are slogans on walls saying 'Naxals come and save us',” says Arundhati Roy, the writer and social activist. “People are begging them, 'just come ...
CityLimits.org: A Tough Gang To Follow 2010-03-09
“When Jesse Jackson ran for president in 1984 and '88, you had an explosion of black talent running for elected offices across the country.
Pajamas Media: Waltzing at the Waldorf: Israeli Solders Face Another Kind of War 2010-03-09
Code Pink, Women in Black-Union Square, and Women of a Certain Age (them I do not know). Of course, the ISM website accuses Israel of having committed war ...
Fort Worth Star Telegram: International Women's Day 2010-03-09
Members of Code Pink wave to traffic from the pedestrian bridge in front of Arlington Heights High School to celebrate the 100th year of International ...
Lagniappe: An Impending Gambling Debate 2010-03-09
Race-baiter and publicity hound Jesse Jackson: “Governor Riley, this egregious attack upon the right of African-Americans to lose money will not ...
Angels blog: Iraqi elections: so far, so . . .? 2010-03-09
Juan Cole thinks that if Allawi becomes prime minister Iraq becomes a de facto Arab League member, allying with Saudi Arabia and Jordan and a bulwark ...
Bloginity: The Hurt Locker Director Commentary Video Watch Vote Download 2010-03-09
... a best selling 2002 book by New York Times war correspondent and journalist Chris Hedges: “The Rush of battle is a potent and often lethal addicti ...
Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses: The Naxal Muddle - of Intellectual Haze, Governmental Clarity and Operational ... 2010-03-09
By some unpropitious coincidence, on the same day, at the Foreign Correspondents Club, Arundhati Roy led the intellectual charge against the symbol ...
Crain's Chicago Business: Illinois booze barons line up to fight Anheuser-Busch 2010-03-09
Jesse Jackson, runs an Anheuser-Busch distributor in Chicago. If it gains control of City Beverage, Anheuser-Busch could look to buy Mr. Jackson's franchise ...
BikePortland.org: Bikes Belong launches “People for Bikes” campaign 2010-03-09
I liken this effort to a MoveOn.org for bikes — which is something I've advocated for starting here in Portland. It's something we sorely need in the bike ...
Playbill.com: Anika Noni Rose Gets Ready for the Oscars in Special Online Video 2010-03-09
... transformation from sleepy-eyed actress to red-carpet glamour queen, or as she puts it, from “more of an Al Sharpton to a modern-day Nona Hendryx.
The Mark: Why The Hurt Locker Won 2010-03-09
But a state of emergency becomes addictive, and The Hurt Locker drives this point home by quoting Chris Hedges's War is a Force that Gives Us Meaning in ...
India Today: PCAPA leader gets bail in most cases 2010-03-09
"Kishenji had earlier told a section of the media that his party wanted author Arundhati Roy, social activist BD Sharma and Trinamool Congress MP Kabir ...
New York Times: Not Just for Laughs: a Consumer Lending Salvo 2010-03-09
The videos were partly the product of a conversation between Mr. Howard and Elizabeth Warren, the chairwoman of the Congressional Oversight Committee ...
News One: DR. BOYCE: A Three Point Plan for a Black Agenda 2010-03-09
Al Sharpton on MSNBC, and Rev. Sharpton spent time going back and forth with Tavis Smiley on the issue, generating a great deal of conversation.
The News Herald: Former sheriff Tunnell running for commission 2010-03-09
Jesse Jackson and then-Sen. Barack Obama, who were expected to attend a rally for Anderson. Tunnell abruptly resigned as FDLE chief in April 2006.
On Line opinion: The sustainability of wilderness 2010-03-09
If the air in a city were not constantly replenished by winds bringing clean air from the wilderness, the people living there would die just as surely ...
Globe and Mail: NGOs take diplomatic approach to G20 protest 2010-03-09
One of the group's administrators is vocal US anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan, and comments on the group's discussion page range from simple questions ...
TheNewsTribune.com: PITTS: Where's criticism of black leaders' craziness? 2010-03-09
Jeremiah Wright, Al Sharpton or Jesse Jackson? Farrakhan recently stated something to the effect that whites in America want President Obama to ...
Sydney Morning Herald: Modern Hollywood has forgotten that masterpieces can also be popular 2010-03-09
The film opens with a quote from a very famous anti-Iraq US journalist, Chris Hedges about war being addictive. My two cents: The Hurt Locker is not a piece ...
MorungExpress: The Moyers Legacy 2010-03-09
A man of the mainstream right, Buckley invited onto his show libertarians and socialists, Margaret Thatcher and Jesse Jackson, Ronald Reagan and Noam ...
Chicago Daily Herald: Earthquakes, Biden and health care 2010-03-09
Liberals must have received their marching orders from Moveon.org, MSNBC and ACORN. I have memorized the redundant bilge, "I stand with President Obama ...
Movie City News: Old Dogs: Blu-ray 2010-03-09
... Harvard Professor Elizabeth Warren, US Rep. Elijah Cummings, New York Times reporter Chris Hedges and segments on banking in places other than New York.

2010-03-08: Headlines

TheStreet.com: Unloved Citi Could Do Wonders for Your Wallet 2010-03-08
In the meantime, all people do is focus on nasty comments from Elizabeth Warren -- a professor who has become the hectorer in chief of Citigroup ...
OpEdNews: Deer Isle, Maine Speaks / Stop Funding Wars 2010-03-08
Next week, Dennis Kucinich will offer a priviledgedresolution on the house floor demanding a vote on the continued funding of the war in Afghanistan.
WKYC-TV: Kucinich: RTA should use $3.2 million grant to restore jobs, Lakewood circulator 2010-03-08
CLEVELAND -- With RTA eliminating 12 percent of its routes and between 185-225 employees as of April 4, Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) wants RTA to use ...
The Detroit News: Obama makes pitch to Dems on health care bill 2010-03-08
Jesse Jackson. Kansas City, Mo. -- Kansas City was held up as a national example of bold thinking when it tried to integrate its schools by making them ...
Green Bay Press Gazette: Chuck Raasch: 'Millennials' are plugged in, optimistic 2010-03-08
Eli Pariser, 29, who helped found the liberal online group MoveOn.org, thinks members of Congress should telecommute from their districts and spend le ...
Firedoglake: Health Care Whip Count Update 2010-03-08
One of those 10, Dennis Kucinich, is getting some renewed attention from the party, though I still believe chances of flipping him to yes are fairly remote.
Firedoglake: Tomorrow in DC – the battle for the Ritz-Carlton 2010-03-08
Online leaders like Howard and Jim Dean from Democracy for America, Michael Kieschnick from CREDO, and Justin Ruben from MoveOn will be there.
AlterNet: Rabbi Lerner's Response to AlterNet Commenters 2010-03-08
Editor's Note: Last week, AlterNet ran an article that featured a piece by Chris Hedges and another by Rabbi Michael Lerner, titled: “Should Progressive ...
AlterNet: Why Democrat John Hall Does Not Deserve an Endorsement From MoveOn.org 2010-03-08
In the face of expected Republican gains this year, receiving the support of MoveOn, one of the country's largest progressive advocacy group ...
AlterNet: Finance Superstars Talk About the Massive Fraud in Our Economic System 2010-03-08
Elizabeth Warren pointed out, “complexity made a lot of profits," for example, she showed how the average credit card contract in 1980 was one page ...
AlterNet: White Men Need to Have Their Race Card Revoked 2010-03-08
Al Sharpton, President Obama, Tavis Smiley and Dr. Cornel West. Dismissing the “racist” accusations has become an effective strategy for racists.
Huffington Post: Kucinich Becomes Target Of Health Care Whip Campaign 2010-03-08
Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio.) has firmly staked out his opposition to health care reform's passage, citing the timidity of the legislative language ...
Huffington Post: If One Phone Call Could End the War 2010-03-08
248 - introduced by Ohio Representative Dennis Kucinich that would establish a timetable for the withdrawal of US military forces from Afghanistan.
Huffington Post: 2010 Census: Think Twice, Check Once 2010-03-08
In this context, Obama's multiculti cool just seems so much more du jour than Jesse Jackson Sr.'s last-century ethnic pride. In fact, one of the most acute ...
Huffington Post: Eric Massa: Rahm Emanuel Is The 'Son Of The Devil's Spawn,' Lobbied Me In Shower 2010-03-08
How Rahm Emanuel LOST Campaign 2006, (Saved for Dems ONLY by OUTSIDE of Washington grass roots organizations, like Dean's DNC, MoveON.org, Emily's List ...
Truthdig: Calling All Rebels 2010-03-08
There are no constraints left to halt America's slide into a totalitarian capitalism. Electoral politics are a sham.
Truthdig: 'Hurt Locker' Wins Big at Oscars 2010-03-08
The movie opens with a quote from Truthdig columnist Chris Hedges. “The rush of battle is often a potent and lethal addiction, for war is a drug.
Daily Kos: AR-Sen: Musings on Week One 2010-03-08
The netroots has responded big time, led by the fundraising powerhouse MoveOn. As of this writing, Halter had raised, via ActBlue or MoveOn, $1149752.
The Guardian: Off-topic Oscars post 2010-03-08
The Hurt Locker does make a larger point about war and human nature, the problem is that the whole of that point is encapsulated in the Chris Hedges quote ...
Democracy Now: Bloody Sunday: Thousands Mark Anniversary of 1965 Selma-Montgomery March 2010-03-08
Among the crowd that crossed the bridge Sunday was Reverend Jesse Jackson and Winnie Mandela, the former wife of anti-apartheid leader and former South ...
Media Monitors Network: US Black Sea military buildup could trigger Missile War 2010-03-08
Rick Rozoff, a peace activist and an analyst of international affairs for forty years, contributed this article to Media Monitors Network (MMN) from Chicago ...
ChattahBox: Capitalism To End The World? Chris Hedges Thinks So 2010-03-08
(ChattahBox) – Capitalism: A Love Story, the latest film by documentary filmmaker Michael Moore, features an interview with Pulitzer Prize winning ...
OregonLive.com: Many of you have police officers' backs 2010-03-08
Would the rabble rousing Jesse Jackson have flown in to protest the event? No, not enough headlines.” “Who would want to be a Portland police officer?
The Nation.: Exit Strategies for Afghanistan and Iraq 2010-03-08
Representative Dennis Kucinich will step into the crosswinds this week and force the House of Representatives to wake up, pay attention, and vote up or down ...
The Nation.: Kucinich's Health Reform Dissents Merit Consideration 2010-03-08
... or Nancy Pelosi began talking up health care reform as a top priority for the Democratic Party, Congress and America, Dennis Kucinich was doing so.
Independent: West Bengal's 'war on terror': 'Police shoot on sight – and we're all targets' 2010-03-08
Yet campaigners and activists, among them the Booker prize-winning novelist Arundhati Roy, describe the military operation as the latest in a series ...
Ethiopian Review: Clever, critical and courageous 2010-03-08
The Indian author and political activist Arundhati Roy specializes in breaking taboos and in challenging the powerful. She loves to make dramatic ...
Reuters: Pressure builds for US mortgage loan write-downs 2010-03-08
Dennis Kucinich, an Ohio Democrat and chair of the House Oversight and Government Reform Domestic Policy Subcommittee, told a top Treasury official that he ...
WTAM.com: The fight continues to keep Hugo Boss open 2010-03-08
Congressman Dennis Kucinich met with workers Monday and toured the plant. Kucinich told workers that "People in this area support you and we're going to ...
Minnesota Independent: New Republic puts National Journal liberal/conservative rankings in perspective 2010-03-08
He notes that progressive Ohio Democrat Dennis Kucinich was ranked as 160th most liberal, while “bomb-thrower Michele Bachmann” is 28th most conservative.
Cal Coast News: Green Party fading in California 2010-03-08
Other Greens apparently embraced the liberal agenda of presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich. The California Green Party plans to spend $35000 on a TV ...
Newsweek: Will Health Care Really Come Down to One Vote? 2010-03-08
If the entire package really did hinge on one vote, there's good reason to believe Pelosi would have zeroed in on liberals Dennis Kucinich of Ohio or Bri ...
National Journal: The Health Care Whip Count 2010-03-08
... Frank Kratovil* MD01 Spox: Would vote no^ Dennis Kucinich OH10 Betsy Markey* CO04 Mike McMahon* NY13 Walt Minnick* ID01 Scott Murphy* NY20 Glenn Nye* VA02.
Torrington Register Citizen: Sound Off for March 8 2010-03-08
You can find it if you do a search Dennis Kucinich/Chemtrails/Weather Modification. You will find there are two bills. The second was introduced to take ...
San Jose Mercury News: Green Party in California trying to stem shrinking numbers 2010-03-08
Dennis Kucinich in the Democratic primary. Indeed, in the same five years, state Democratic ranks swelled by about 390000 voters to 7.5 milli ...
TPMDC: Leaning No: Will Kucinich Become The Ralph Nader Of Health Care Reform? 2010-03-08
Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) voted against the House health care bill. And his office confirmed to me today that he remains opposed to the Senate bill.
OpEdNews: Please call the Congressional switchboard 202-224-3121 and tell your Cong ... 2010-03-08
This past Thursday, Ohio Representative Dennis Kucinich introduced H. Con Res. 248 , a privileged resolution with 16 original cosponsors that will require ...
OpEdNews: Will Health Bill Allow States to Do Better? 2010-03-08
Last July the House Committee on Education and Labor voted 25 to 19, with bipartisan support, to pass an amendment proposed by Congressman Dennis Kucinich ...
90.3 WCPN ideastream®: Kucinich Calls For reversing RTA Cuts With Stimulus 2010-03-08
Cleveland Congressman Dennis Kucinich is calling on The Greater Clevceland Regioal Transit Authority to use federal stimulus dollars to restore bus service ...
The News International: Activities lined up to celebrate Women's Day 2010-03-08
To mark the day, an exhibition 'United for Peace' and 'Craft for Livelihoods' by eminent artists was held at Nomad Gallery on Sunday.
National Journal: 3/8: On The Road Again 2010-03-08
The netroots has responded big time, led by the fundraising powerhouse MoveOn. As of this writing, Halter had raised, via ActBlue or MoveOn, $1149752.
Atlanta Journal Constitution: 'Freaknik: The Musical' debuts 2010-03-08
They also look suspiciously like Oprah Winfrey, Jesse Jackson, Bill Cosby and Al Sharpton, to name a few. “If Freaknik becomes too popular,” said the faux ...
Axis of Logic: Left Gears Up to Fight Media Wars 2010-03-08
The National Democratic Network, a think tank and advocacy organization, and progressive activist organization MoveOn.org, have also helped fund Medi ...
New York Times: Arkansas's Senator in Middle, Hit on All Sides 2010-03-08
Calling Mr. Halter “a true progressive,” MoveOn.org and other liberal groups quickly raised $1.1 million for him, and four unions pledged to spend $1 ...
The Hill: Primary challenges could give some Democrats pause 2010-03-08
Bill Halter has filed against Senator Lincoln in the Democratic Party and is being touted by liberal activists like MoveOn.org and parts of organized labor.
Washington Post: Iraq election renews U.S. debate on war 2010-03-08
OIFVet06 wrote, "It still irks the drum beaters and tambourine shaking defeatists among the congressional left, the liberal media, Code Pink, MoveOn.org ...
Washington Post: Larry King Cardiac Foundation Gala: A lot of heart, a little ribbing 2010-03-08
Jesse Jackson Jr., sportscaster Jim Gray, porn peddler Larry Flynt and Redskins owner Daniel Snyder, who brought along wife Tanya and new general manager ...
OpEdNews: Building Demolition Costs to be Slashed by use of Kerosene 2010-03-08
... to carry the Amy Goodman Democracy Now! program. I was in Seattle to protest the arrest of Lt. Watada. I held a moveon.org showing of an anti-war (more.
OpEdNews: Sheehan Announces Peace Camp in DC 2010-03-08
Cindy Sheehan is spearheading a project to set up camp across the street from the White House ...
USA Today: 45 years after Selma civil rights march, some see ways to go 2010-03-08
Jesse Jackson and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer. Before marching, Jackson said "we cannot stop at the bridge," indicating that there is still work to ...
Scoop.co.nz: Uri Avnery: The Harlot's Grave 2010-03-08
Uri Avnery is a journalist, peace activist, former member of the Knesset, and leader of Gush Shalom. He is a regular contributor to Scoop.
Middle East Online: The Harlot's Grave 2010-03-08
Uri Avnery, an Israeli writer and peace activist, founded the Gush Shalom movement. He had served three terms as an MP at the Knesset.
Pakistan Daily Mail: Exhibition, documentary screening mark women day 2010-03-08
The serial is conceptualized and produced by Nageen Hyat, Women Rights activist while an exhibition entitled 'United for Peace', featuring paintings ...
Bizjournals.com: Battle lines forming over Northrop Grumman 2010-03-08
There is also CODEPINK: Women for Peace, a anti-war advocate whose executive director, Medea Benjamin, says "the District, whose residents ...
Washington Business Journal: Groups tell DC Council not to give Northrop Grumman money to move 2010-03-08
... the corporate reform advocate Center for Corporate Policy and CODEPINK: Women for Peace, a anti-war advocate whose executive director, Medea Benjam ...
Daily News & Analysis: Peace offering 2010-03-08
The Maoists, by asking for Arundhati Roy and Kabir Suman as mediators with the government of India, seem to show that they are well aware of the power ...
The Nation, Pakistan: Women 'role models' share inspiring tales with audience 2010-03-08
An exhibition titled 'United For Peace' comprising paintings of eminent artists-Meher Afroz, Mashkoor Raza, Rukhe Neelofar Zaidi, Zia Zaidi and Nahid Raz ...
Salon: Congressional condemnation of Cheney/Kristol? 2010-03-08
One of the most inane acts undertaken by the Democratic Congress was its formal and highly bipartisan condemnation of MoveOn.org' ...
Seattle Post Intelligencer: Sun setting on Harlem 2010-03-08
Al Sharpton, now a pillar of Harlem, though he's a son of Brooklyn and until recently lived with his family in Flatbush. "The new generation of electeds ...
Psychology Today: Keeping Consumers in Mind 2010-03-08
Elizabeth Warren, Chair of the Congressional Oversight Committee set up to suggest reforms to our financial system, reminded us of this in her recent ...
Hartford Courant: How far do your free-speech rights extend? 2010-03-08
Can Liz Cheney and William Kristol talk about attorneys (they call them the "al Qaed ...
NBC13.com: Bloody Sunday, 45 years later 2010-03-08
Jesse Jackson and Congressman John Lewis participated in the service at Brown Chapel one of the Selma churches at the center of the movement.
Medical News Today: Advocates, Opponents Target Two Dozen Swing Votes 2010-03-08
... Tuesday and an e-mail plea from MoveOn.org "to raise $200000 Thursday afternoon 'to fight back and pass healthcare reform'" (Geiger and Hamburger, 3/5).
istockAnalyst.com: Elizabeth Warren On The Impending Commercial Real Estate Crisis 2010-03-08
In my recent T3Live Strategy Research report, I dedicated a section to the Congressional Oversight Panel's warning on the impending commercial real estate ...
History News Network: Juan Cole: Heavy Turnout in Bloody Iraqi Election 2010-03-08
[Juan RI Cole is Richard P. Mitchell Collegiate Professor of History at the University of Michigan. For three decades, he has sought to put the relationship ...
Bisnow: Larry, King of Hearts! 2010-03-08
Jesse Jackson Jr. We snapped award winning actress Jane Seymour (Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman), who's worked for more than 25 years to improve the lives ...
Hindustan Times: Spring thunder and after… 2010-03-08
And from the wilderness of Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Bihar, Orissa and West Bengal, they are planning to lay a siege to the cities, especially Kolkata. How?
Troy Record: Paterson faces legal minefield in coming days 2010-03-08
Al Sharpton should have stayed out of it (remember Tawana Brawley?)Advising him to stay, as he hasn't been charged with anything (yet) was foolish ...
HorseRaceInsider.com: The Continuum of Frustration to Anger to Abandonment 2010-03-08
He cites MoveOn.org and the Tea Party as examples of movements that have grown out of the establishment's practice of acting the way it wanted instead ...
Dubuque Telegraph Herald: Nation & World briefs 2010-03-08
Jesse Jackson. Also Sunday in Washington, President Barack Obama marked the 45th anniversary of "Bloody Sunday" by praising "these heroes" who marched ...
IGN: "Freaknik: The Musical" Review 2010-03-08
The members of this organization are spoofs of Oprah, Al Sharpton (voiced by Charlie Murphy), Bill Cosby, and a parody of Jesse Jackson that is obsessed ...
Hindustan Times: Spring thunder and after… 2010-03-08
And from the wilderness of Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Bihar, Orissa and West Bengal, they are planning to lay a siege to the cities, especially Kolkata. How?
Le Monde Diplomatique: A people's cartoon history of Gaza 2010-03-08
In 2001, he travelled in Gaza with Chris Hedges, a US journalist, to research the 1956 massacres for an article for Harper's magazine.
Lexology: Warren: "blood and teeth left on the floor" 2010-03-08
Elizabeth Warren recently gave an interview to the Huffington Post in which she stated that she is gearing up for a fight on the Senate floor: "My first ...