Glynn Wilson The 12th annual Great Backyard Bird Count will begin Feb. 13, when tens of thousands of amateur birders will help experts collect data for science — and fun. Sponsored by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and the National Audubon Society, the Great Backyard Bird Count Website has some new features this year, an…
Monthly Archives: January 2009
Rove Escapes Testimony, For Now
Monday House Judiciary Committee Hearing Delayed More still coming in down below, in the comments… Just four days before he left office, President Bush instructed former White House aide Karl Rove to refuse to cooperate with future congressional inquiries into alleged misconduct during his administration, according to a story just out on Newsweek’s Website. Key…
Alabama Political Roundup: Get Healthy
Folsom Says Exercise More Lt. Governor Jim Folsom Jr. is launching a program to encourage all Alabamians — including himself — to eat healthier and exercise more, according to the AP. Folsom announced something called the “Lt. Governors’ Challenge” on Thursday along with several other organizations that are helping sponsor it. The Alabama program is…
Groups Sound Alarm on Unregulated Coal Ash Waste
The Locust Fork News-Journal Joins Call for Action On the heels of a massive spill of toxic coal ash waste in Tennessee and another similar incident in Alabama, 32 local and regional environmental organizations and other concerned public interest groups have called on leaders to take immediate action to ensure that our citizens, wildlife, and…
Torture Memos and War Crimes
Fredo and Rummy in deep doodoo? Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy Now we’re getting somewhere…
Comment Period Extended on Alabama Sturgeon Habitat
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced it will extend the comment period on the proposed rule to designate critical habitat for the Alabama sturgeon, a species listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act. The original 30-day comment period was set to close January 29, 2009. The agency now will consider comments received on…
Siegelman, Horton On Democracy Now!
For all my friends — and enemies — in the hinterlands, who can’t pick up alternative radio: Former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman and Harper‘s magazine contributing editor Scott Horton appeared today talking about the ongoing investigation by the House Judiciary Committee on Karl Rove and political prosecutions. A nice summary of where we are after…
The Incredible Journey of the Butterflies
Glynn Wilson Watching the monarch migration makes me long for spring… Orange-and-black wings fill the sky as NOVA charts one of nature’s most remarkable phenomena: the epic migration of monarch butterflies across North America. Public television should still be a part of everyone’s media mix, even though it’s too bad they have to be sponsored…
House Judiciary Committee Subpoenas Karl Rove, Again
New Evidence in Prosecution of Governor Don Siegelman by Glynn Wilson House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers once again made it clear that he and his committee are not going to allow the corruption of the Justice Department on Bush’s watch to be swept under the proverbial “let’s just move forward” rug. There is still…
The Most Influential People and Orgs in Alabama
Click here to make your nominations of the most influential people and organizations, good and bad… Editors at the three Alabama newspapers owned by the New York Times company released their list of the 12 most influential people in the state on Sunday, and as one would expect, it’s all the usual suspects. Interestingly, there’s…
FrostNixon Eviscerates 'Tricky Dick' on Film
To see Nixon eviscerated on film was sublime … Updated Sunday, Jan. 25 Frank Langella is nomated for an Oscar in the “Actor in a Leading Role” category for his portrayal of Nixon in his post-White House days. by Glynn Wilson As the cold, winter air hit me in the face as we left the…
Catch Frost-Nixon in a Theater Near You…
Sorry for so many videos on the blog front today. We’ll have more to say in writing later. But for now it’s time to take a break from the blog rants and catch a show… Oscar nominations went out Thursday morning and as a result films that were in limited release are now opening all…
John Dean Compares Bush to Nixon
For all my friends who do not have MSNBC included in their corporate cable TV package … or time to watch: Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy Nuff said… It’s Yuengling time…
Bush's Illegal Wiretaps Included Financial Data
NSA whistleblower Russell Tice returned to Countdown to explain how the Bush Administration illegally added complete financial data for people they illegally wiretapped.
Right-Wing Attack Machine Hacks Liberal Blogs
I breezed right by this headline the other day, having seen it on the wires and linked to it on the news page before. But when a friend in Knoxville mentioned it again in an e-mail message today, I chased down Jeffrey Toobin’s version of the story in The New Yorker: Hack Attack. Key points:…
New York Times Reporter Reacts to New Spying Allegations
MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann continues looking into the breadth and depth of the Bush administration’s illegal domestic surveillance program with his guest, New York Times investigative reporter James Risen, author of State of War on the CIA. Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy My reaction? Risen says he could not…
Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of … Davis?
by Glynn Wilson THE BUNKER, Jan. 22 — What’s left of the Newhouse bureau in Washingon, D.C., managed a story today for the Birmingham Snooze on the new book out by Gwen Ifill of Public Television on politics and race, which includes a section on Birmingham Congressman Artur Davis. A new book about politics and…
Bush NSA Spied on EVERYBODY, Including US Journalists
We’ve been reporting on this scandal for three and a half years with multiple posts in our extensive archives, in too many posts to back link to them all right now,, although you can get a taste by clicking on the Tags and Categories links below. The Bush National Security Agency was collecting all phone…
Obama Takes Oath as 44th President of the United States
Barack Obama took the oath of office as the 44th president of the United States today and pledged to “begin again the work of remaking America.”
Massive Crowds Show Up for Obama's Inauguration
Photos by Jeff Miles Pam Miles caught up with Alabama’s Lt. Governor Jim Folsom Jr. Sunday night at the Daimler-Chrysler Inaugural Celebration We welcome your reaction quotes and photos in the comments section below… by Pam Miles WASHINGTON, D.C. — We just got in from standing in line all day to get tickets for tomorrow.…
