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Sex and Politics speaks to Paul Getsos of 350.org
It was a big night on Sex and Politics on Friday August 1st 2014. Dan Kinch spoke to Paul Getsos, National Street Organizer for 350.org. 350.org was founded in 2008 by a group of university friends in the U.S. along with author Bill McKibben. Paul has been an organizer for 25 years, and is the founder of Community Voices Heard, an organization […]
US cycling from a Dutch perspective
Originally posted on BICYCLE DUTCH:
While a delegation from Portland Oregon was visiting my hometown ’s-Hertogenbosch and some other places in the Netherlands to experience Dutch cycling, I was looking at cycling in the United States. Not that that was the main goal of my journey -I was in the US for a self-paid holiday…
Dear LabCorp
a pertinent article from a friend regarding a huge lab bill not covered by her insurance. It’s important to note that the bill she’s getting is arguably many times what an insurer would get for the services. There is no transparency in healthcare pricing, which is why it’s a mess.
The Real Weapons of Mass Destruction: Methane, Propaganda & the Architects of Genocide | Part I
Originally posted on From the NonProfit Industrial Complex with Love:
An investigative report. [Part 1: http://bit.ly/fV8slf | Part II: http://bit.ly/gMITca | Part III: http://bit.ly/gMrxw9 | Part IV: http://bit.ly/g9xbFN%5D By Cory Morningstar Part I World Marches to Methane Annihilation “[T]he question is not will this methane be released, but when.” – Robert C. Hendricks, NASA, November 2007…
Hip Hop Happy Time!
Yes, I’m depressing to read lately. Don’t know why anybody would follow my posts. And this week just passed was the week that crap blew up all over the place. The week of the Methane Bubble in Siberia. The week when a Malaysian airliner got shot down over Ukraine. The week when a whole lot […]
Quick note about open carry
This is an old post from 2014 but it applies to the recent mass-shootings. Being that I’m ostensibly a good liberal, I’m getting the pictures and fundraising e-mails and Facebook links of the Open Carry ‘activists’ congregating at stores. Target is not the only such store–open carry advocates are packing heat in malls, restaurants and […]
The Psychopathology of Bike Hate
Some interesting thoughts about the almost pathological hatred some drivers have for cyclists. I had a lovely weekend of riding over Memorial Day weekend, but there are some really angry people out there, and (unfortunately) not all of them are clueless enough to post videos of their run-ins on FaceBook or YouTube. This is Not […]
Commemorate the CCC and WPA!
Wikipedia I write this on the morning that a recently-released Gallup poll revealed unemployment to be the number one concern of Americans, with almost three times as many people considering it to be a bigger problem than the deficit (23% versus 8%). For those joining us late, I’ve been posting about the subject of unemployment […]
Judge Sends Transform Now Plowshares Resisters to Prison
Originally posted on Transform Now Plowshares:
? Judge Amul R. Thapar passed sentence on Greg Boertje-Obed, Megan Rice and Michael Walli on Tuesday, February 18, 2014 in federal court in Knoxville, Tennessee. The three were convicted in May 2013 for their nonviolent action called Transform Now Plowshares at the Y12 Nuclear Weapons Complex in Oak…
The Brooklyn Culture Jam 