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Monthly Archives: September 2010
Republican Bentley Holds Solid Lead in Alabama Governor’s Race
Republican Robert Bentley continues to hold a 20-point lead over his Democratic opponent Ron Sparks in the race to be Alabama’s next governor, according to a new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of likely voters. According to the survey of 500 “likely voters” in Alabama conducted on September 21, with a margin of sampling error of…
Videos: A BP Gulf Oil Disaster Retrospective
A Conversation on the BP Gulf Oil Disaster With John Wathen and Glynn Wilson
Update on Jon Stewart’s Rally to Restore Sanity
Daily Show Video The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c
New Show Focuses Strictly on Climate Change
Climate Challenge with Karyn Strickler Appalachia Rising: September 25-27, Part 1 from Climate Challenge on Vimeo. The first episode focuses on Appalachia Rising, a new group fighting mountaintop removal coal mining. For more episodes, visit ClimateChallengeMedia.Blogspot.Com.
U.S. Attorney General Honors ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’
Obama Appointee Eric Holder Takes No Questions in Tuscaloosa by Glynn Wilson TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The nation’s top lawyer came all the way down from Washington D.C. to little old Alabama on Tuesday and gave a tightly controlled hour-long presentation honoring the 50th anniversary and influence of Harper Lee’s classic To Kill A Mockingbird at…
Gulf Tides 7: Oiled Water, Oiled Waste from the BP Drilling Disaster
Part 7 in the ongoing series by the Gulf Restoration Network documenting the environmental and community impacts of the BP oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. With the BP well finally killed, long-term environmental impacts on the fish populations of the Gulf becomes a more significant concern. Mississippi fishermen document high levels of oil…
The Democrats, They Have A Problem
“I’m exhausted of defending you, defending your administration, defending the mantle of change that I voted for, and deeply disappointed with where we are right now,” Velma Hart said at President Obama’s economic town hall meeting in Washing D.C. on Monday. She is the chief financial officer of AMVETS, a veterans’ organization, and her husband…
TV Crew Stopped From Digging in the Sand on Florida Public Beach
It is now it is now illegal to build sand castles or even dig into the beach deeper than 6 inches on Florida state public beaches, according to this report from WEAR-TV in Pensacola.
Who Should be the Next Governor of Alabama?
Volunteers Needed for Cahaba River Fry Down
The Alabama Rivers Alliance and the Cahaba River Society are looking for volunteers to help at the Cahaba River Fry Down Saturday, September 25, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Volunteers will get free passes for the event. Email Katie Shaddix with your availabilities if you’d like to sign up for a shift. This brand…
Air Quality Alert Declared Monday for Birmingham Alabama
An air quality alert has been declared for Birmingham, Alabama on Monday. Above normal temperatures with highs in the upper 90’s along with light winds will allow ozone to rise into the Orange range on Monday while PM2.5 is expected to remain in the yellow range, according to the Jefferson County Department of Health and…
Appalachia: A History of Mountains and People
Narrated by Academy Award Winner Sissy Spacek, Appalachia: A History of Mountains and People is the first environmental history series ever made. Produced by Jamie Ross and Ross Spears, the documentary includes an all-star cast, including Pulitzer Prize-winning biologist E.O. Wilson and best-selling novelist Barbara Kingsolver, and explores the intersection of natural history and human…
BP Confirms Successful Completion of Well Kill Operations in Gulf of Mexico
BP confirmed Sunday that well kill operations in the Gulf of Mexico are now complete. The Deepwater Horizon oil well, the source of the largest environmental disaster in U.S. history, has now been sealed with cement. The Deepwater Horizon oil well has been shut-in since July 15 and cementing operations in August, following the static…
Southern Environmental Center to Hold EcoFest 12
The Southern Environmental Center at Birmingham Southern College will hold EcoFest 12 on October 7 from 6-9 p.m. at the WorkPlay Soundstage at the corner of 5th Avenue South and 23rd Street. There will be a live and a silent auction. Tickets are $50. Call 205.226.4934 to reserve your tickets today. EcoFest is an annual…
Christine O’Donnell Says ‘I Dabbled Into Witchcraft’
Another unfavorable decade-old television clip of Tea Party favorite Christine O’Donnell has emerged, this time with the Delaware GOP Senate candidate saying she “dabbled in witchcraft,” according to AP. The clip spread among websites as O’Donnell canceled appearances Sunday on two national news shows. Her campaign said she had to back out of the programs…
Detective Sherlock Holmes Film Worth Catching
The movie Detective Sherlock Holmes, played by Robert Downey Jr., along with his stalwart partner Dr. Watson, played by Jude Law, is an engaging battle of wits and brawn with a nemesis whose plot is a threat to all of England. The Warner Brothers picture was released Dec. 25, 2009, but is now playing on…
More Americans Lean Toward a Third Party
Democrats Seem Almost as Useless as the Republicans The American public’s desire for a third political party is as high as they have been in seven years, according to the latest Gallup Poll on the subject. Fifty-eight percent of Americans believe a third major political party is needed because the Republican and Democratic Parties do…
Alabama Faces Another Trip Down Memory Lane
Time Out by Dan Rutledge It’s Week Three of the 2010 college football season and so far the Southeastern Conference is looking good with an 18-6 overall record – and two of those six losses game at the hands of another SEC team. After two weeks of play Alabama has looked like the No. 1…
Larry Flynt Documentary: The Right to Be Left Alone
Watch more free documentaries What does it say about the American press and public when it takes the publisher of a tasteless smut magazine to be the biggest defender of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution in the 20th century? Who will defend it in the 21st century?
