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Adam Taylor: For God’s Sake, Save Darfur! End the Politics of Delay
A recent survey showed that 59 percent of all Americans know “a lot” or “some” about the conflict in Darfur, compared to levels reported in 2004, when only 14 percent said [...]

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…Like any legislation, this resolution [authorizing military force in Afghanistan and against Al Qaeda] is not perfect. I have some concern that readers may misinterpret the preamble language that the President has authority under the Constitution to take action to deter and prevent acts of international terrorism as a new grant of power; rather it [...]

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So, KUED carries the Bill Moyers Journal show, right?
Now, I missed “Buying the War” and I want to watch the rebroadcast. It’s on Saturday.
However, according to KUED and my digital box, KUED will only be carrying the rebroadcast on KUED [DT-3] 7.3
What the hell is that all about? I’ve been whining for years that I [...]

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I’m still an Obama man.
But, Joe Biden owned the 45 minutes I watched. Especially his “no more happy talk” final statement. That OWNED.

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“And as long as we follow the President’s path in Iraq, the war is lost. But there is still a chance to change course – and we must change course.”
The right-wing hate machine really makes me ill.

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About a year ago, I wrote a snotty email to Chris at YDems telling him to either get more involved or quit complaining. Well, Chris is running for an elected position and I am proud as hell of him.
His Merry Band of Daily Democrats are out to prove a point. That by reaching out to [...]

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From the Post Chronicle this week, let me break down just the FIRST DAMN SENTENCE:
U.S. President George W. Bush Wednesday compared mass killings in Darfur to the Holocaust,…
Ok, he’s right about that… and then …
…threatening new sanctions against the government of Sudan.
So, basically, it’s stop your genocide or we cut off your Coca-Cola. [...]

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The Sunlight Foundation:
Today Russ Feingold and Dianne Feinstein brought S.223, the Senate electronic disclosure bill, to the floor for a unanimous consent vote. When they asked if there was any objection, Sen. Lamar Alexander, filling in for the minority leadership, announced that he had an objection, indicating that some Senator in the Republican caucus has [...]

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From “God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater”

“Hello, babies. Welcome to Earth. It’s hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It’s round and wet and crowded. At the outside, babies, you’ve got about a hundred years here. There’s only one rule that I know of, babies — ‘God damn it, you’ve got to be kind.’ [...]

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Darkly comic novelist a counterculture hero
Dinitia Smith, New York Times
Thursday, April 12, 2007

(04-12) 04:00 PDT New York — Kurt Vonnegut, whose dark comic talent and urgent moral vision in novels such as “Slaughterhouse-Five,” “Cat’s Cradle” and “God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater” caught the temper of his times and the imagination of a generation, [...]

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From the Salt Lake Tribune we read:

Up 4.7 percent More kids lack health coverage

The percentage of uninsured Utahns rose to 11.9 percent in 2006, with the largest increases occurring primarily among children, according to the state Department of Health. An estimated 306,500 Utahns lacsked health insurance coverage during calendar year 2006, up 13,700 [...]

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FREE CONCERT! LOS LOBOS

Please join Mayor Rocky Anderson and thousands of others this Saturday, April 14th at STEP IT UP Salt Lake City.

STEP IT UP events will take place across the nation calling for Congress to pass legislation to cut carbon emissions by 80% by 2050.
Washington [...]

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FREE CONCERT! LOS LOBOS

Please join Mayor Rocky Anderson and thousands of others this Saturday, April 14th at STEP IT UP Salt Lake City.

STEP IT UP events will take place across the nation calling for Congress to pass legislation to cut carbon emissions by 80% by 2050.

Washington [...]

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Just got this in my email. It’s important, so, please, read it.
EVERY FIVE MINUTES a Darfuri dies . Four hundred thousand (400,000) have already died since the ethnic cleansing genocide of these poor but proud African farmers who simply want to live in peace was undertaken by the despotic Arab Al-Bashir regime [...]

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So, at last night’s Salt Lake County Lincoln Club (a secret Utah based cabal dedicated to destroying the Justice League) something happened that made my jaw drop…
Salt Lake County District Attorney Lohra Miller was given the “Campaign of the Year” award.
I have to assume it’s because she took tens of thousands in illegal campaign contributions [...]

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