U.S. Military Takes Aerial Photographs of New York City

New Yorkers were startled today when a large jet, which turns out to be the back up for Air Force One, was escorted by two military planes and circled the Statue of Liberty. In what a NYC press release calls "part...

Change.org Top 10 Answers Presented to Obama

The second round of polling closed and the answers were scheduled to be handed to Obama the next day  on January 16th at a press club event.  The issues coming in with the top votes are 1. Health Freedom IS Our...

"Green" Inaugural Ball To Celebrate Obama & Promote Initiatives

Two environmentally conscious inaugural celebrations will be underway on January 20th in the nation's capital.  The Green Ball: Inauguration of a New Green Economy will be hosted by Vice President and Nobel Peace Prize winner Albert Gore Jr. of Tennessee on...

The 8th Annual No Pants Subway Ride

Not doing anything on Saturday? Well have no fear you can ride the subway semi-nude with friends and complete strangers. That's right ladies and gentleman, Saturday Januaray 10, it's the 8th annual No...

LGBT Group "Join The Impact" Seeks To Repeal DOMA

Join the Impact, the latest national LGBT organization, which sprung up after Proposition 8 succeeded in California, is working on a campaign to take place next Saturday. Organizers across the country are...

Change.Org Reopens Poll - Top Questions To Be Submitted To Obama

Change.org, a social networking platform for non-profits and acitivists, is now holding its final poll to determine the top questions they will present to future President Obama on January 16th at a press club...

Constitutional Lawyer: Bush Defied Law

Glenn Greenwald, a former constitutional lawyer in NYC, and current blogger at Salon.com,appeared, recently, on Bill Moyers to discuss his new book "Great American Hypocrites." Greenwald called the war in Iraq an...

Racism, Marijuana Prohibition & the States

Prohibition History & Racial Ties The 1999 Documentary film Grass, narrated by actor Woody Harrelson, asserts that one of the driving factors for the prohibition of marijuana was racism. "All though people...

Obama to Wear Union Made Tuxedo to Inauguration

According to the website Unite Here President-Elect Obama has chosen to wear a union made tuxedo from a local Chicago union factory, Hart Schaffner Marx. The site also states that Mr. Obama also wore one of the...

Wal-Mart Changes Rules on Recovering Money for Medical Expenses

It'll be a mircale the day they're concerned about the medical well being and rights of those on the manufacturing end!  " Thursday, December 11, 2008 By Rudi KellerSoutheast Missourian Debbie Shank, left,...

D.C. Progressive Examiner: Why I boycott Walmart

November 28, 9:58 PM by Jim L. Cunningham, D.C. Progressive Examiner Ahhh, it’s that time of year again… the flavors of leftover turkey and gravy sandwiches… the smells of neighborhood fire places burning… the sounds of people screaming as they’re trampled at...

A bright idea: Hybrid cars could be energy-storage units

by Tracy Davis | The Ann Arbor News Monday November 24, 2008, 1:14 PM Scientists at the University of Michigan are rethinking the role of electric cars in the future. What if, instead of sucking up resources, those cars could serve as storage for alternative energy, and...

Stop Shopping! Buy Nothing Day NYC 2008

Reverend Billy & The Church of Stop Shopping hit the streets today as early as 4am to meet shoppers in their annual Buy Nothing Day tradition (Celebrated Nov. 28th in the U.S. and Nov. 29th Internationally)...
 

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