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Monday Morning Quarterbacking
As we like to say in Brooklyn, not for nothing. But America is the country that developed the atom bomb and built the Internet, and we used to routinely put men on the moon–so much so that we got bored with watching it happen. But all of those events are in the rear-vision mirror. And […]
New York doesn’t make anything anymore
A rather chirpy story from UPI (chirpy if you work in medicine) hit the papers today. Per the headlines, nine of the 20 largest employers in the State of New York are hospitals or healthcare networks. The North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System is the #1 employer in the state, with some 37,000 employees. That’s about […]
The garbage trail that leads to me
The gestation for this column starts with the computer I’m typing on. It’s an old warhorse Dell workstation, scavenged several years ago at the end of its useful life from a company that was modernizing. I have grown to like it (I’m a Mac convert) and put up with its idiosyncracies. But within a few […]
Inauguration Day 2013
Okay, in honor of his historic inauguration for a second term, I hereby declare a temporary honeymoon period with President Obama. While I have the same concerns today that I’ve expressed here before, I think his speech was worth hearing, and his embrace of Stonewall as part of the long history in this country of […]
Originally posted on Transform Now Plowshares:
Ongoing Security Vulnerability at Y12 Nuclear Weapons Complex Revealed Four and a half months after Sister Megan Rice, Greg Boertje-Obed, and Michael Walli enter facility, hole in perimeter fence still not repaired Actual entry point, photo by OREPA, December 17, 2012 Second photo of actual entry point, photo by…
The car service guy from Hell
Okay. This is the ONLY time when I have averted violence and a bad outcome through quick thinking. I have never thought this fast before. I don’t expect to think this fast ever again. It was three years ago. I had broken my leg in a bicycle accident. I was not supposed to put weight […]
Don’t know much about history…
I know when I’m watching a bad interview on TV or the Internet. The question comes up: “What was the most influential book you read in (high school, college)?” Standard answers include the Bible, Catcher in the Rye, Atlas Shrugged (though not in MY crowd), A Separate Peace, A Tree Grows In Brooklyn. You know […]
Originally posted on Committee Against Political Repression:
Portland anarchist Kerry Cunneen has announced their refusal to cooperate with the grand jury investigating the May Day attack on the Nakamura federal courthouse in Seattle. Kerry’s subpoena, which was delivered on December 14th, stated that they were required to appear just 5 days later on the 19th.…
2013: a to-do list
Okay, I’m a few days late. Thought it would be an easier holiday, but the Christmas/New Year’s holidays left my life like a wino, staggering out and making me appreciate the silence. At least for me. Here’s the list. Participate in the polar bear swim. Did that a few years ago. It’s not how […]
Originally posted on Committee Against Political Repression:
Maddy Pfeiffer was taken into custody today at FDC SeaTac. They self-reported at 9am with about a dozen friends to walk them in. Please write to Maddy. BUT KEEP IN MIND that Maddy can’t read cursive so please print or type your letter. Any support and encouragement is…
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