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Thanks President Barack Obama for the Veto !
...Obama has now used three Vetoes - fewer than any two-term President since Lincoln !
- The Koch Brothers reportedly stand to gain $100 Billion from XL - & they've pledged to spend nearly $1 Billion on the 2016 Election - as much as either major Party ! We must stand against our Electoral Process & thus our Democracy being sold to the highest bidders.
- XL would transport a particularly dirty, polluting, impactful & dangerous kind of fossil fuel - tar sands - straight thru the middle of the entire United States
- Canadian oil, & Canadian business - down to the Gulf - to be shipped outside the U.S. !
- It would not create jobs. Renewable energies are becoming ever more competitive - they create jobs - because they are the future.
- It is not safe: What in our recent history convinces us that Corporations are motivated to take the time & money to employ safe measures against disasters? We should not gamble our land, our water, our air & our wildlife on them.
- & more fossil fuel means more global warming. We need to both take real measures to find renewable energies, & to show the whole world that we are serious about it & are not complete hypocrites if we wish other nations to come onboard also.

President Obama has all the information he needs to reject Keystone XL once and for all. Take action now to urge the president to reject this dangerous tar sands pipeline.

My yellow in this case is not so mellow.

The Scottish folksinger talks about his unlikely involvement on Alice Cooper's classic album.

http://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/58758

http://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/58758

Stunning Nico. <3

- AH - HAHAHAHA! : Here's one of your Conservative turds who's trying to 'criminalize poverty'...

WASHINGTON -- In September, Rep. Trey Radel voted for Republican legislation that would allow states to make food stamp recipients pee in cups to prove they're not on drugs. In October, police busted the Florida Republican on a charge of cocaine poss...

...on the anniversary of The Beatles arriving in the U.S. ('64) - I just wanna say
- Thanks England. (& Belfast for Them.)

Your band is insignificant.

The Kinks

Your band is insignificant.

Robert Reich - stop being so excellent. What am I supposed to do - Share every post you make - ?!? :
...'a Republican Party that often acts as if an educated electorate is more of a problem than our democracy's core strength'...

Robert Reich - stop being so excellent. What am I supposed to do - Share every post you make - ?!? :
...'a Republican Party that often acts as if an educated electorate is more of a problem than our democracy's core strength'...

Two Republican presidential aspirants, both governors, have declared war on their state university systems. After having slashed corporate tax rates, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal has also slashed the state’s university budget, threatening the flagship Louisiana State University with a 40% cut next year. Meanwhile, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker is proposing a 13% cut in state support for the University of Wisconsin (along with cutting out of its mission statement “to educate people and improve the human condition” and “search for truth,” and substituting meeting “the state’s work force needs”).

Public universities are among America’s greatest legacies, dating back to the land-grant universities of the 19th century. They now educate over 75% of our college students and provide basic research that undergirds our economy. They need to be expanded rather than cut. That two Republicans eyeing the White House have such little regard for American learning is a sad commentary, both on them and on a Republican Party that often acts as if an educated electorate is more of a problem than our democracy's core strength.

...been asked to Share this in support of this Artist who is getting harassed by the ignorant ;
...I'm put in mind of Michelangelo's David w/ the naughty bits covered - so wtf - ?!...

I appreciate all the love and support through this challenging time. I am not an activist, I am a photographer. It was not my choice to fight a battle of freedom of speech and expression on my photography page, but certain hate groups have singled me out. Their harassment continues, and I have still not heard from Facebook.

When I was banned last week, Alex Minsky immediately put up his photo in a show of support. Alex and I have been through this before when Facebook "accidentally" removed his photo several times in 2013 - far left. Christopher Van Etten texted me asking if I needed anything, and BT Urruela tweeted the photo - far right. I will never know what it is like to be a soldier who sacrificed for his country, but you three have given me a glimpse of the tenacity, camaraderie and loyalty soldiers must feel for each other while serving.

UPDATE: As I read comments, for the record, the photo of Alex Minsky (left as you face) has been removed by Facebook several times followed by bans. The other two photos, which are newer have never been removed by Facebook. These three models rallied behind me when Facebook banned me for the COPS photo.

...been asked to Share this in support of this Artist who is getting harassed by the ignorant ;
...I'm put in mind of Michelangelo's David w/ the naughty bits covered - so wtf - ?!...

Funny.

Things that matter. Pass 'em on.

- always interesting to compare what's happening in the UK to here (U.S.)
- & always worthwhile to listen to Billy Bragg :

Though the outcome is hard to predict, the coming election could prove to be the most significant in a generation.
If the Tories are the largest party and are able to form a coalition with the Lib Dems and UKIP, austerity will be ramped up and anti-foreigner rhetoric will be whipped up in a referendum on EU membership. Should Labour be the largest party, current polling suggests their only viable coalition partners will be the SNP, pulling Labour to the left and putting federalisation of the UK back on the agenda. Even if they fail to win seats, significant numbers of votes cast for minority parties will put pressure on Westminster to reform the voting system to ensure that everyone's vote counts. That's a whole lot riding on a Thursday in May.
Whereas most elections over the past three decades have been about marginal differences in economic policy, there is much more at stake this time. As such, it's troubling to find that 7.5m people are not registered to vote. One million of those missing voters are concentrated in many of the key marginal parliamentary constituencies that will determine the outcome of the General Election. In 19 of the most marginal 50 constituencies, the number of unregistered student voters is greater than the majority for the party holding the seat.
Now I realise that Russell Brand has gained a lot of attention with his revolutionary idea of not voting, but I think the claim that 'they're all the same' fails to grasp the situation we face in May. If the main political parties were indeed all the same, then the outcome of the election would make no significant difference to our lives. That may have rung true in the past, but now, with exit from the EU, federalisation of the UK and a fairer voting system at stake, we need to hear from everyone.
This is especially true of those under 25. Politicians make policies aimed at older people because they know the older you are the more likely you are to vote. The Brandite argument ends up being a self fulfilling prophesy - "they never listen to me so I'm not voting". If we want genuine change, we need to counter that claim by making sure as many young people vote as possible.
Check out the pdf that is downloadable from the Hope not Hate site and see what you can do to help people to register in time for the election.

Democracy in crisis as 30% of young people are not registered to vote

Climatologists predicted higher temperatures would mean fewer, but larger storms. - Is a little belated credit for them too much to ask?

With every winter storm, including the blizzard hitting the Northeast this week, climate change skeptics return to a familiar argument: If the world is getting warmer, why am I stuck out here, shoveling so much snow?

New Hampshire residents only please sign this petition. Thanks!

Tell the Fish and Game Commission not to allow hunting or trapping of our majestic bobcats! (27 signatures on petition)

I've signed a well-worded petition that comes my way via Robert Reich (whose posts I have come to appreciate very much).

I just signed a petition to Charles and David Koch, Chairman and CEO, and Executive Vice President, respectively, of Koch Industries: We, citizens of the United States, denounce you, Charles and David Koch, for using your vast wealth -- more than the combined wealth of the bottom 40 percent of Ameri…

...& incidence of rape reportedly goes up w/ every StuperBowel - just like every time Merica declares War...Sorry but - Noam Chomsky's right: f*ck sports.

Some things cost more than they seem...

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