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The story about Robert Blake’s trial being eclipsed by Michael Jackson’s is a bit surreal but the NY Times’ coverage of said story is effing creepy!! The Times story reads as if Blake and Jackson are both figures worthy of such great media attention. Part of the Times story sounds critical of Blake [...]

I read Slate’s review of Hillary C’s “Anniversary of Roe v Wade” speech and I’m not entirely certain how I feel about what she said. It seems to have some sticky undercurrents of religiosity was well as trying to ease off the “it’s a woman’s body, woman’s choice” stance. I’m guessing she’s trying [...]

I *really* like Gore Vidal. He’s been a bit of a hero of mine for a couple of years – ever since I read “Dreaming War: Blood for Oil and The Bush-Cheney Junta”. Amy Goodman from Democracy Now!, top-notch progressive journalist, interviews him on the Bush coronation speech…

You have GOT to check this out!!! Ever wonder where that cool, bobbing, glowing light on Finding Nemo came from?
It’s ALL about the public domain
Inaguration and Jon Stewart, need I say more?

Torture doesn’t work. It doesn’t work because it happens on all sides during war, not just one. We found out that our government and military condone torture (as in Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib). I would also mention that this is happening prisons around our country but that no one (in the media) cares enough to [...]

Will the constant whining of marketing and ad executives never stop? According to an article on Alternet, some television executives are offended when people attempt to avoid or skip advertising. Here’s a snip from the article:
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“…When we watch ads, we become the media’s workforce,” says Sut Jhally, author, media critic and founder of [...]

I posted an ad on the personals on craigslist a few weeks ago and received quite a number of responses. A couple of them progressed as far as coffee & conversation but that’s pretty much it so far. Anyway, one of the people I met, I’ll call him Jim, was pretty nice but vastly different [...]

As a follow up to my previous post about my NV class, I need to say that things are on a much more positive track. After speaking with three or four different friends, I wound up speaking with crey – who set me on the track by using the word “feedback.” As Prof [...]

Today was Inaguration Day for the second time for Bush. I’m not going to comment except to say that he wasn’t elected the first time and, as far as I’m concerned, he wasn’t elected this time. He may be living in the White House with all the perks and privileges given to the president, but [...]

to admit that I am grateful for being a middle class, white person but I am. I am grateful that I don’t have to deal with the police and the law enforcement machine (sometimes on a daily basis) that many people of color and poor people do. I am grateful that I am [...]