Time Warner Cable Blocks Current TV
Shorty after 8 PM EST, I was watching Current TV's "Viewpoint" with Eliot Spitzer when the feed was abruptly terminated and this message appeared on the screen This channel is no longer available on...
View ArticleIn Aaron's Name, Change This Law
Computer programmer, writer, archivist, political organizer, and Internet activist, but most of all son, brother and friend, Aaron Swartz tragically took his own life last week. One of the many...
View ArticleROTFLMAO: Tax the Banks to Punish Obama
Seriously, you can't make this stuff up.Dave Camp Bank Tax Bill Would Punish Obama-Friendly CEOs by Zach Carter and Ryan Grim, The Huffington Poat WASHINGTON -- House Ways and Means Committee Chairman...
View ArticleCourt Rules for ACLU Against the CIA
Apparently a federal court of appeals didn't think that the Department of Justice's argument that the CIA had no "intelligence interest" in drone strikes carried out by the United States government and...
View ArticleCISPA Resurrected: The "Patriot Act of the Internet"
Cross posted from The Stars Hollow Gazette and DocudharmaYou know that dress or shirt that's been hanging in your closet for years, you know that hideous shade of fuscia that was a fashion must have...
View ArticleThey Weren't Wrong; They Lied
On MSNBC's the "Last Word, Lawrence O'Donnell looked back at many of the voices who where for and against the invasion of Iraq. He said that those who were advocating for the war got it "wrong." Well,...
View ArticleHealth Alert:: Meningitis Outbreak in NYC Among Gay Men
Cross posted from The Stars Hollow Gazette and Docudharma A health alert has been issued by the New York City Health Department warning of an outbreak of deadly new strain of bacterial meningitis among...
View ArticleSyria: Hillary Clinton's Careful Words
In a very carefully worded statement to the press after her meeting with President Barack Obama at the White House, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton stated that the decision to carry out an...
View ArticleShutdown 2013
The Office of Management and Budget has released a memo telling agencies to "now execute plans for an orderly shutdown due to the absence of appropriations" This memorandum follows the September 17,...
View ArticleA Walk Across New Hampshire For Aaron
Today marks the one year anniversary of the death of Aaron Swartz, the computer coder and Internet freedom activist, who committed suicide while facing prosecution on federal hacking charges. So,...
View ArticleThe Stray Dogs of Sochi
This will break your heartThank you, KeithRacing to Save the Stray Dogs of Sochi By David M. Herszenhorn, The New York Times SOCHI, Russia — A dog shelter backed by a Russian billionaire is engaged in...
View ArticleA Tale from an ER & a Night at Daily Kos
First, I want to say how happy I am that our sister, BoiseBlue is home recovering and was just suffering from dehydration post extensive oral surgery. If anyone thinks that dehydration is not an...
View ArticleWhat Is Your Problem?: Daylight Saving Time
Love, or hate it, Daylight Saving Time (DST) begins at 2 AM on Sunday March 9, when the clocks on the US, Canada and most European countries jumps ahead one hour and everyone loses an hour of precious...
View ArticleWhat Is Your Problem? Spring. Where Is It?
I am not a winter person. I hate the cold and damp that started in the Fall and seems to be linger longer than usual after a particularly cold, snowy winter here in the Northeast. Spring started over...
View ArticleThe Breakfast Club 4/6/2014 (How To Save A Life)
Welcome to The Breakfast Club! We're a disorganized group of rebel lefties who hang out and chat if and when we're not too hungover we've been bailed out we're not too exhausted from last night's...
View ArticleThe Breakfast Club 4/13/2014 (Passover Desserts)
Welcome to The Breakfast Club! We're a disorganized group of rebel lefties who hang out and chat if and when we're not too hungover we've been bailed out we're not too exhausted from last night's...
View ArticleThe Breakfast Club 4/20/2014 (Easter)
Welcome to The Breakfast Club! We're a disorganized group of rebel lefties who hang out and chat if and when we're not too hungover we've been bailed out we're not too exhausted from last night's...
View ArticleThe Breakfast Club 4/27/2014
Welcome to The Breakfast Club! We're a disorganized group of rebel lefties who hang out and chat if and when we're not too hungover we've been bailed out we're not too exhausted from last night's...
View ArticleThe Breakfast Club 4/30/2014
Welcome to The Breakfast Club! We're a disorganized group of rebel lefties who hang out and chat if and when we're not too hungover we've been bailed out we're not too exhausted from last night's...
View ArticleWhat Is Your Problem?: My Cat is a Morning Person
I have insomnia. If I sleep more than four hours straight, I'm a happy camper. I am also a night person and hate mornings. I've been this way since I was born and I have a daughter with the same...
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