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January 18th, 2003
Activism

IRV - how to vote *for* a candidate, not against one… and how to save the Democratic Party from utter irrelevancy.

[I’ve been involved, tangentially, in the IRV movement for several years now. It is a simple procedural change to our election system that will have advance small “d” democratic values and have a profound effect on the tone and nature of our elections. Being able to rank your preferences (as they do in Australia and […]

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January 18th, 2003
Activism

Ultra-Right Foundations and the War Against Public Education

[This is a classic - I’ve extracted some of the more specific commentary on the Bradley Foundation, etc.and the tactics they pursue. Read the whole article. It’s worth it. -Thomas]
Anatomy of a Movement
“… the public should be aware when a common link exists between seemingly autonomous voices.”
At their core, the many efforts the Bradley Foundation […]

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January 18th, 2003
Activism

Tom Paine.com’s Op Ads

[These ads kick ass… I’m really curious to see what William H. Gates, Sr. has to say… have to dig up a copy of Wealth and Our Commonwealth, by William H. Gates, Sr. and Chuck Collins (Beacon Press, www.beacon.org). It’s good to see progressives taking the offensive and being assertive and aggressive - these ads […]

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January 17th, 2003
Activism

Genoa - what really happened… American press asleep at the wheel, as usual… depressing.

[My emphasis. Of course, anyone who read IndyMedia didn’t need an official inquiry by the Italian government, or police admissions way after the fact, to know the truth. -Thomas]
Protesters Beware
Italian Police Incited The Violence At 2001 G8 Summit, Official Inquires Reveal
[…]
Now it turns out that U.S.-trained police were responsible for the worst of […]

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January 17th, 2003
Work

Animal Crossing… innovative game design.

[I saw a demo of this at K-Mart the other day, it looked quite interesting… saw enough similarities to the Sims, and then the ability to play collaboratively, and was intrigued enough to look it up on-line. After reading the article, I’m quite impressed. Some truly innovative design and conceptual breakthroughs here. -Thomas]
Animal Crossing Review
September […]

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January 15th, 2003
Activism

Pacifism is a majority view…

Time.com - Mad At America
What do you think must happen before any attack on Iraq?
Get a new U.N. resolution - 14.7%
Prove Iraq has weapons of mass destruction - 26.0%
The U.S. and its allies should attack when ready - 7.6%
Nothing. No attack should take place under any circumstances […]

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January 15th, 2003
Activism

Survey says… U.S. is greatest danger to world peace in 2003.

The Biggest Threat To Peace
Which country really poses the greatest danger to world peace in 2003? TIME asks for readers’ views.
Survey says:
Which country poses the greatest danger to world peace in 2003?
North Korea - 8.6 %
Iraq - 1.2 %
The United States - 81.2 %
Total Votes Cast: 186541
***
Clearly, the Bush Doctrine […]

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January 15th, 2003
Random

Moses

“Excuse me, Sir.”
“Is that you again, Moses?”
“I’m afraid it is, sir.”
“What is it this time, Moses. More computer problems?”
“How did you guess?”
“I don’t have to guess, Moses. Remember?”
“Oh, yeah. I forgot.”
“Tell me what you want, Moses.”
“But you already know. Remember?”
“Moses!”
“Sorry, sir.”
“Well, go ahead, Moses. Spit it out.”
“Well, I have a […]

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January 11th, 2003
Work

Letter to myrealbox.com re: “anti-spam” measures

To whom it concerns:
I use Outlook Express to manage my myrealbox.com mail via IMAP and send mail via SMTP. Tonight, for the first time, I received a 553 SMTP error message, saying “my site has been blocked for previous spamming incidents”. My ISP uses o1.com to for its modem dial up services - are you […]

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January 11th, 2003
Activism

Letter to Alaskan Newspaper

[My letter to the editor in response to the article printed below. Meyerowitz’s ommission of Stuber’s comments seems rather, uh, unethical, to say the least. A journalist should know better. -Thomas]
Editor,
Robert Meyerowitz’s response to Jeff Whittaker’s letter to the editor omits the fact that the Salon.com article of November 15th, 2002, which he cites […]

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January 10th, 2003
Activism

Source for Green and Grounded articles

Retrieved from Google’s cache… the original source is, according to the Fairfield County Weekly, Counterpunch.org (which gave permission for reprinting). The original for each of these articles (which are no longer available at the cached URLs) is available in text form via the Counterpunch email list.
Stuber’s article (originally a letter to the editor, apparently)
Lindorff’s article

The […]

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January 10th, 2003
Activism

Green Party in Charleston, South Carolina - “at least one defection”

From the Green Party News Circulator…

Charleston Democratic Party Chairwoman Diane Aghapour said Wednesday
that she didn’t know what impact the traditionally liberal,
labor-friendly Greens would have locally because it would take some time
to get organized.
But already, there has been at least one defection: her son Andrew, 17,
a senior at the Academic Magnet High School, has quit his […]

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January 10th, 2003
Activism

Paul Krugman on the President’s “Stimulus Plan/Tax Cut” (not!)

[I saw the excerpt below in someone’s signature file… truly brilliant. Note how Krugman refers to “the claque” several times - he gets that there is a co-ordinated campaign to promote these ideas. -Thomas]
An Irrelevant Proposal
By PAUL KRUGMAN
[…]
But the man in charge — that is, Karl Rove — is clearly betting that the economy will […]

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January 10th, 2003
Activism

More on McKinney

[A friend of mine saw this article today, and her reaction to Billy McKinney’s comments was: “That’s unfortunate.” I think my comment in reaction was similarly low key. I think we’re trained to be overly polite… his comments were, in all honesty, atrocious and unacceptable.
I dug a little bit, though, and found an article from […]

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