Live Aid: 25 Years Later
It started off as a song, "Do They Know It's Christmas?", released that previous Christmas to raise money for relief of the famine in Ethiopia.
View ArticleDemocrats Framing the Economic Message
I see the Democrats are finally beginning to understand that the key to winning is the need to frame their own message. It's about time:"The Obama tax cuts for the middle class"Call them "the Obama tax...
View ArticleAutumnal Equinox 2010 and the Full Moon
At 11:09 PM EDT, Summer exits and Autumn begins. This year is especially significant since it also coincides with the Full Moon also known as the Harvest Moon. The night and day are equal as the sun...
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It Rained Debris: Remembering 50 Years Ago
I was on my way to class at my high school, shortly after 10 AM. It was a cold, nasty NYC day and was snowing lightly. I was at Clawson St. and New Dorp Lane waiting to cross and looking up at the gray...
View ArticlePort Writers Alliance
ek hornbeck, Edger (of Antemedius), and I have recently assumed administration of Docudharma in addition to The Stars Hollow Gazette which has been active since July 4th, 2010.We've come up with an...
View ArticleAnonymous Strikes Again
Cross posted from The Stars Hollow Gazette and DocudharmaWhile we were all many of us were watching the Academy Awards, making predictions and ogling over fashion, the hacker group, Anonymous struck...
View ArticleStand Still a Moment: Look Up, Breathe
Since the Winter Solstice, it seems like we have been moved from one crisis to the next without no respite, many of these events overlapping the others, each one exponentially worse. Time to stop for a...
View Article"We Ain't Goin' Study War No More"
"When I first took a stand against the war in Vietnam, the critics took me on and they had their say in the most negative and sometimes most vicious way. One day a newsman came to me and said, 'Dr....
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Autumnal Equinox 2011
At 5:05 AM EDT, the Northern Hemisphere passes from Summer into Autumn as the sun passes over the equator heading south to give the Earth's Southern Hemisphere its turn at Summer. The Autumnal Equinox...
View ArticlePlant A Tree For Wangari
Plant a Tree for Nobel Laureate Wangari Maathai Dead at 71More GRITtvSpiritual Environmentalism: Healing Ourselves by Replenishing the Earth by Wangari MaathaiI didn't think digging holes and...
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The Passing of a Kossack ~ Jeff Huber
I found out about this yesterday. Jeff Huber joined Daily Kos on June 2, 2005 Jeffry Lyle Huber, 57, died Jan. 24, 2012, in his home. No services are planned at this time. Condolences may be offered...
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Iraq Vet and Her Hero Dog to be Reunited
Cross posted from The Stars Hollow GazetteSome really great news, all be it, in the grand scheme of things not all that earth shaking but a win for an wounded Iraq veteran and her bomb sniffing dog,...
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Remembering Our 4 Legged Defenders
Cross posted from The Stars Hollow GazetteWar Dog MemorialUniversity of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicineh/t to SouthernDragonand at FDL a deep thank you for remembering our loyal...
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Knitters 1 : USOC 0
The US Olympic Committee learned this week that you should never insult 2 million people from around the world who have very sharp objects in their hands. As was reported at The Stars Hollow Gazette,...
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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 screenThis channel is no longer available on...
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In 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 PoatWASHINGTON -- 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...
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CISPA 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,...
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Health 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,...
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A 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 TimesSOCHI, Russia — A dog shelter backed by a Russian billionaire is engaged in a...
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...
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What 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...
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What 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...
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The 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 outwe're not too exhausted from last night's...
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The 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 outwe'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 outwe're not too exhausted from last night's...
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The 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 outwe're not too exhausted from last night's...
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The 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 outwe're not too exhausted from last night's...
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What 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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