Crowd gathers before public hearing on mining in Hurley 1/11/12 www.youtube.com
Hundreds of people from around the state came to Hurley on January 11th to participate in the public hearing on AB 426. The hearing room wasn't large enough ...
Sunday, January 15, 2012
Citizens Concerned about the proposed Penokee Mine
Citizens Concerned about the proposed Penokee Mine
markcrispinmiller.com/2012/01/um-should-we-challenge-lies-by-top-newsmakers-asks-nytimes-public-editor-and-readers
http://markcrispinmiller.com/2012/01/um-should-we-challenge-lies-by-top-newsmakers-asks-nytimes-public-editor-and-readers-rightly-jump-all-over-him/?utm_source=feedburner&
“Um, should we challenge lies by top newsmakers?” asks NYTimes public editor, and readers—rightly—jump all over him
Filmmaker Seeks Support for "Wisconsin Rising" Film | Center for Media and Democracy
Filmmaker Seeks Support for "Wisconsin Rising" Film | Center for Media and Democracy
Sam Mayfield
Hundreds of thousands surrounded the Wisconsin State Capitol building a year ago in response and protest of Governor Scott Walker's radical agenda, including his proposed "budget repair bill" to balance the budget on the back of state workers. There to document history in the making, was independent filmmaker Sam Mayfield from Burlington, Vermont. Sam was seen everywhere with her high definition camcorder, at Walker press conferences and climbing though Capitol windows with protesters. In the many months she was in Wisconsin, she obtained hundreds of hours of footage -- often at moments when hers was the only camera present. Among her hundreds of interviews with newsmakers and protesters, the Center for Media and Democracy's Mary Bottari was interviewed for the project on the role that ALEC played in shaping the Walker agenda. "People really need to pay attention to this and start bird-dogging these institutions, these legislators and these corporations and taking back their democracy," Bottari said of ALEC. Read More Here | Center for Media and Democracy
Sam MayfieldHundreds of thousands surrounded the Wisconsin State Capitol building a year ago in response and protest of Governor Scott Walker's radical agenda, including his proposed "budget repair bill" to balance the budget on the back of state workers. There to document history in the making, was independent filmmaker Sam Mayfield from Burlington, Vermont. Sam was seen everywhere with her high definition camcorder, at Walker press conferences and climbing though Capitol windows with protesters. In the many months she was in Wisconsin, she obtained hundreds of hours of footage -- often at moments when hers was the only camera present. Among her hundreds of interviews with newsmakers and protesters, the Center for Media and Democracy's Mary Bottari was interviewed for the project on the role that ALEC played in shaping the Walker agenda. "People really need to pay attention to this and start bird-dogging these institutions, these legislators and these corporations and taking back their democracy," Bottari said of ALEC. Read More Here | Center for Media and Democracy
The Sarcastic Liberal: Progressive and Abrasive: What is ALEC? (and why it should scare you)
The Sarcastic Liberal: Progressive and Abrasive: What is ALEC? (and why it should scare you)
In their mission statement, ALEC states their core values as “Limited Government”, “Free Markets” and “Federalism”. In order to advocate for its values, ALEC has nine task forces that cover virtually every segment of policy in government. The ALEC task forces consist of industry experts, policy analysts and corporate interests and their goal is to write “model legislation” to present to sitting politicians in the legislature. Read More Here | The Sarcastic Liberal:
What is ALEC? (and why it should scare you)
What Is ALEC?
By Josh Sager
The American Legislative Exchange Council, otherwise known as ALEC, is a politically involved non-profit group funded by some of the largest corporations in our country. ALEC's diverse corporate donor list includes large petrochemical companies, such as Koch Industries, and pharmaceutical companies, such as Pfizer. The purpose of ALEC is to give the donor corporations direct input into the lawmaking process, through drafting and suggesting laws to be passed by lawmakers. Recent legislative efforts to repeal labor and environmental regulations as well as privatization of public goods have been traced back to ALEC for their origin.
Saturday, January 14, 2012
Portland Moves to Ban Corporate Personhood
Pointer Progressives
Casey James"The Occupy Portland Solutions Committee and the Community Rights Action Group (CRAG) convinced Portland City Council to pass a unanimous resolution overturning Citizens United and all corporate constitutional rights including personhood. There will be a referendum in November for a city-wide vote to completely ban corporate personhood. According to local activist, metaphysician, and self-described philosopher queen, Stephen Quirke, the next step will be passing a binding ordinance, or a community Bill of Rights, that would give the city control over its local ecosystem and take away corporate authority over depleting the natural environment. Spokane almost passed a similar law last November which included a right to nature, wherein the Spokane River had a right to thrive and the life dwelling in the habitat had a right to the water."
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The Occupy Portland Solutions Committee and the Community Rights Action Group (CRAG) convinced Portland City Council to pass a unanimous resolution overturning Citizens United and all corporate con...
New Evidence Shows Johnson's PACUR was Created By His Father-In-Law as a Bemis Boondoggle
uppitywis.orgIn the late 1970s, under the direction of Bemis CEO (and Ron Johnson father-in-law), Howard Curler, the multi-national, publicly-held, corporation was looking to open a new plastics plant in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Here's how the Oshkosh Industrial Dev
#OCCUPYMUSEUMS #OCCUPYWALLSTREET - MoMA BANNER DROP @ DIEGO RIVERA EXHIBIT
Mahara Sinclaire and Occupy Wall St. shared a link.
www.youtube.comMoMA is exhibiting work from one of the most renowned Mexican painters of the twentieth century, Diego Rivera. Diego influenced by the Mexican Revolution and...
www.youtube.comMoMA is exhibiting work from one of the most renowned Mexican painters of the twentieth century, Diego Rivera. Diego influenced by the Mexican Revolution and...
Committee to Recall Scott Fitzgerald
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A group working to recall state Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald has reportedly collected enough signatures to force the veteran Republican legislator...
Madison Circulators - Escape the Isthmus
Madison Circulators - Escape the Isthmus
Friday, January 13, 2012
NATIONAL CRISIS & IMMEDIATE ACTION PRESS RELEASE (KILL SB 207 2012)
NATIONAL CRISIS & IMMEDIATE ACTION PRESS RELEASE (KILL SB 207 2012)
Khalil Coleman Hi all, after meetings with Republican Senate Staffers yesterday here is an update, a number of Republicans are not happy with this bill, the decision whether to move the bill out of the Senate Organizational committee will be made likely by the Republican Caucus. If enough members of the caucus express concern about the bill it may well stall there and not be scheduled.
The Senators they recommended we contact are:
Senator Kedzie - Elkhorn WI, Sen.Kedzie@legis.wisconsin.gov 266-2632
Senator Ellis , Neenah Sen.Ellis@legis.wisconsin.gov 266-0718
Senator Cowles Green Bay Sen.Cowles@legis.wisconsin.gov 266-0484
Senator Olsen - Ripon Sen.Olsen@legis.wisconsin.gov 266-0751
Senator Schultz - Richland Center Sen.Schultz@legis.wisconsin.gov 608-266-0703
Senator Harsdorf - River Falls, WI Sen.Harsdorf@legis.wisconsin.gov 266-7745 Senator Van Wanggaard - Racine, Sen.Wanggaard@legis.wisconsin.gov 266-1832 (Senator Wanggaard added an amendment to the bill before it passed out of committee that preserved the right of people to try to sue under other protected classes, we believe it was his attempt to mitigate the negative consequences of the bill. If you contact his office please thank him for the amendment but ask him to oppose the bill anyway as the amendment will not likely help most individuals denied employment.)
We are also recommending that you contact Senate Democrats too to make sure that, if this bill gets to the floor, they do not vote for it.
Senator Jessica King voted to pass this bill out of committee so she especially needs to hear from constituents - she is an Oshkosh Dem. 266-5300 or Sen.King@legis.wisconsin.gov. NATIONAL CRISIS & IMMEDIATE ACTION PRESS RELEASE (KILL SB 207 2012)
Khalil Coleman Hi all, after meetings with Republican Senate Staffers yesterday here is an update, a number of Republicans are not happy with this bill, the decision whether to move the bill out of the Senate Organizational committee will be made likely by the Republican Caucus. If enough members of the caucus express concern about the bill it may well stall there and not be scheduled.
The Senators they recommended we contact are:
Senator Kedzie - Elkhorn WI, Sen.Kedzie@legis.wisconsin
Senator Ellis , Neenah Sen.Ellis@legis.wisconsin.
Senator Cowles Green Bay Sen.Cowles@legis.wisconsin
Senator Olsen - Ripon Sen.Olsen@legis.wisconsin.
Senator Schultz - Richland Center Sen.Schultz@legis.wisconsi
Senator Harsdorf - River Falls, WI Sen.Harsdorf@legis.wiscons
We are also recommending that you contact Senate Democrats too to make sure that, if this bill gets to the floor, they do not vote for it.
Senator Jessica King voted to pass this bill out of committee so she especially needs to hear from constituents - she is an Oshkosh Dem. 266-5300 or Sen.King@legis.wisconsin.g
Wisconsin, you're voting in Africa now
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The new redistricting in Wisconsin has led to a little confusion. "We're not only changing and moving districts, we're changing the system beneath it," said Julie Glancey, the Sheboygan County clerk.
Truth in Journalism: Behind Canada's Law Against Lying on the News by Dave Saldana
Truth in Journalism: Behind Canada's Law Against Lying on the News by Dave Saldana
"It’s not often that goings-on in Canada interest the American news media, but a rather small decision by a relatively small government agency—the decision not to revoke a rule that bans lying on broadcast news—in Ottawa has made a pretty big splash.
It stems from the planned April launch of Sun TV, a Canadian analog to FOX News—i.e., a broadcast news outlet with a decidedly conservative perspective. Among its top executives is a former communications director to conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper, evoking former Reagan/Bush adviser Roger Ailes’ role at the helm of FOX. That executive, Kory Teneycke, told the Toronto Star that Sun TV is “taking on the mainstream media [...] smug, condescending, often irrelevant journalism, we’re taking on political correctness [...] by bureaucrats for elites and paid for by taxpayers.”"
Gov Snyder: Detroit city union members give up $100 million or Detroit gets an Emergency Manager. Pe
Michigan Stands for Democracy
Gov Snyder: Detroit city union members give up $100 million or Detroit gets an Emergency Manager. Pe
www.eclectablog.comEclectic blogging for a better tomorrow
Deejay A Sharp sounds like extortionWednesday at 11:20am · ·
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Richard T. Desvernine Jr. That's because it is. By attempting to destroy social programs and public sector jobs they are destroying a large portion of the economy. Private jobs will not just magically appear if people's means of support vanishes. :(
Daily Kos: VIDEO UPDATE...Organizers Have Enough Sigs to Recall SCOTT FITZGERALD!
Daily Kos: VIDEO UPDATE...Organizers Have Enough Sigs to Recall SCOTT FITZGERALD!
...and if you think this is a partisan exercise in futility, just watch this lifelong Republican who spoke at today's press conference:
"This is the one they said couldn't be done. The Democratic Party and United Wisconsin both passed on this opportunity, so one local citizen, Lori Compas of Fort Atkinson, started the recall against Fitz on her own." Daily Kos
For more go to recallfitz.com.
...and if you think this is a partisan exercise in futility, just watch this lifelong Republican who spoke at today's press conference:
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Saturday, December 31, 2011
Thursday, December 29, 2011
Jesse Jackson, others vow possible civil disobedience against Michigan emergency manager law
Michigan Stands for Democracy
www.washingtonpost.com
DETROIT — The Rev. Jesse Jackson and U.S. Rep. John Conyers joined religious and civil rights leaders Thursday to promise protests and possible civil disobedience against Michigan’s new emergency manager law that could lead to a takeover of Detroit government.
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
The Maccabeats: Candlelight + Miracle « Dandelion Salad
The Maccabeats: Candlelight + Miracle « Dandelion Salad
The Maccabeats: Candlelight + Miracle
Posted on December 20, 2011 by dandelionsalad
Image by woodleywonderworks via Flickr
Happy Chanukah!
westdawg63 on Nov 26, 2010
Based on Mike Tompkins’ a cappella version of Taio Cruz’s “Dynamite”.
Video by Uri Westrich
Uri@Urifilms.com
Production Assistant- Rivie Shalev
Occupy's Next Target: The Iowa Caucus | Mother Jones
Occupy's Next Target: The Iowa Caucus | Mother Jones
Occupy's Next Target: The Iowa Caucus
| Mon Dec. 19, 2011 2:48 PM PST
On October 22, more than 100 Occupy Iowa activists gathered outside President Obama's campaign headquarters in Des Moines to protest his failure to stand up for the 99 percent. That same day, John Stauber, the founder of the corporate watchdog Center for Media and Democracy, suggested in a Truthout op-ed that the protest could be the start of something bigger. "In Iowa an Occupy Obama movement has real potential because it could choose to become a player in the Iowa caucuses in a way that is much more than symbolic," he wrote. "Occupy Obama activists could show up at the caucus meetings in January, for instance, and organize support for an Uncommitted slate of Occupy Obama convention activists." In other words, determined occupiers could inject some unexpected turbulence into Obama's glide path toward being named the Democratic nominee. Read More Here | Mother Jones
Daily Kos: Just Got My Pay-to-Pray Permit From The Wisconsin Capitol Police!
Daily Kos: Just Got My Pay-to-Pray Permit From The Wisconsin Capitol Police!
"The rule says that any time 4 or more people gather at an event in the state capitol not deemed to be "spontaneous", those people would need a permit. By last Friday, the DOA had been shamed into making some minor adjustments to the policies, exempting families and lobbyists from the permit requirements. Before the changes, though, I had already applied for a permit for my family for Sunday, December 18th, from 3:20 pm to 3:30 pm on the second floor of the capitol rotunda. I had filled in the "crowd estimate " at 4.
Under "proposed use" I had explained that it was a family gathering. We planned to take a family photo holding a sign that said "Merry Christmas from Wisconsin", and that we would say a prayer and videotape ourselves humming "Away in a Manger."" Read More Here | Daily Kos:
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Happy Holidays from OUR HOUSE to yours. Stand with Wisconsin this holiday season. By: Jenna Pope
Happy Holidays from OUR HOUSE to yours. Stand with Wisconsin this holiday season.
By: Jenna Pope
Jonathan Mahler publishes important piece about Benton Harbor
Michigan Stands for Democracy
www.eclectablog.com
Eclectic blogging for a better tomorrow
"For most of the summer, Jonathan Mahler has been working on an article for the New York Times Magazine about Benton Harbor. At one point, my wife and I met him there over pizza and beers to give him a bit of our perspective, primarily as outside observers unhappy with the new powers granted the city's Emergency Manager Joe Harris.
The piece will be published this weekend in print form and is now available online. It is titled "Now That the Factories Are Closed, It’s Tee Time in Benton Harbor, Mich."
I think it is a very well-researched and well-written piece. I'm certain that many of the players involved in Benton Harbor will be unhappy with it which may, in some ways, be a testament to how fair the article is.
Emergency Manager Joe Harris comes across as a both arrogant and happy-go-lucky. He seems aloof if not almost unaware of the desperation just outside his window as he goes on with his bean counter's task of balancing the books." Ecletablog
"For most of the summer, Jonathan Mahler has been working on an article for the New York Times Magazine about Benton Harbor. At one point, my wife and I met him there over pizza and beers to give him a bit of our perspective, primarily as outside observers unhappy with the new powers granted the city's Emergency Manager Joe Harris.
The piece will be published this weekend in print form and is now available online. It is titled "Now That the Factories Are Closed, It’s Tee Time in Benton Harbor, Mich."
I think it is a very well-researched and well-written piece. I'm certain that many of the players involved in Benton Harbor will be unhappy with it which may, in some ways, be a testament to how fair the article is.
Emergency Manager Joe Harris comes across as a both arrogant and happy-go-lucky. He seems aloof if not almost unaware of the desperation just outside his window as he goes on with his bean counter's task of balancing the books." Ecletablog
Scott Walker Kills Women's Cancer Screening Program For Political Gain - Forbes www.forbes.com
(29) Michigan Stands for Democracy
www.forbes.com
Image via Wikipedia Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker has set his sights on ending the availability of cervical and breast cancer screening —along with multiple sclerosis detection— for Wisconsin women who have insufficient health insurance to pay for these critical procedures. It's not about money ...
Monday, December 19, 2011
In Madison, 1,000 Singers Defy Walker’s Edict www.progressive.org
Nicole Desautels Schulte and 14 others shared a link.
www.progressive.orgDespite Gov. Scott Walker’s edict that no more than three people can gather inside the capitol for a demonstration without a permit, about 1,000 people joined the Solidarity Sing-along at noon on Monday.
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