Glynn Wilson / Southwings A closer view of the growing coal ash mountain in Perry County, Alabama by Robert D. Bullard It has been little over two weeks since environmental justice leaders in the South delivered an 11-point Call to Action plan for reform of EPA Region 4 — eight states in the southern United…
Monthly Archives: November 2010
Daily Show Back After Thanksgiving Break
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c
Wal-Mart Faces Major Discrimination Lawsuit
Workers May Soon Organize a Union The retail giant Wal-Mart is known for selling a wide variety of goods at relatively low prices, but they are about to set another benchmark, according to business news sites. The company is now the target of the largest employment discrimination case in U.S. business and legal history. Six…
Justice Stevens Says U.S. Supreme Court ‘Profoundly Wrong’
The High Court Ruled ‘Unwisely’ in Both Bush v. Gore in 2000 and Citizens United vs. FCC in 2009 Scott Pelley interviews Justice John Paul Stevens upon his retirement from the U.S. Supreme Court after 35 years. He talks about the damage the court did to the institution and the country in both rulings. Excerpts…
Thanksgiving 2010 Reflections on Political Prisoners Kerik, Siegelman and Scrushy
Guest Column by Andrew Kreig Thanksgiving is an apt time for those of us enjoying family and freedom to reflect about those being prosecuted in the United States primarily for political purposes. Let’s examine the Justice Department’s crusades against former New York City Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik, a Republican, and former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman,…
Holidaze Fund Drive: Support the Web Press
THE BUNKER – The holidaze are upon us, folks, which means the news slows down — unless there is a terrorist attack, dog forbid, or a TVA coal ash blowout. We need your help — to be here when the big, bad story breaks, and our independent-from-corporate-influence type of journalism is sorely needed. So as…
Iron Man 2 Hits Cable: Official Trailer
Robert Downey Jr. reprises his role as billionaire industrialist Tony Stark, aka the super hero Iron Man in this sequel to the 2008 blockbuster. RDJ, Paltrow, Cheadle and Rockwell are joined by Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury and Mickey Rourke as Whiplash. Jon Favreau once again takes up the directorial reins for Marvel’s armored…
The Shock Doctrine Short Film Now on Cable
Klein Alleges U.S. Used ‘Shock’ Tactics to Privatize Public Sector “The connections are daring in journalist Naomi Klein’s new book, The Shock Doctrine, but the result is convincing,” according to William S. Kowinski of the San Francisco Chronicle. “With a bold and brilliantly conceived thesis, skillfully and cogently threaded through more than 500 pages of…
Bill Maher: Majority of Americans Uneducated, Dumb
We have met the enemy and he is us. One for the archives. Bill Maher makes his point how dumb, ignorant and uneducated the majority of Americans are, and backs it up with facts. The people who dislike and hate Bill Maher, the pot smoking atheist comic, are the same people who belong to that…
Auburn Comes Into Tuscaloosa Undefeated to Face Alabama
Cam Newton Controversy Still Hangs Over the Game Time Out by Dan Rutledge Week 13 is going to be an unlucky one for one of the two Iron Bowl teams. The question is, which one? Nine and 2 Alabama or undefeated Auburn (11-0)? It’s “Rivalry Week” in the SEC, with most (everybody but Vanderbilt) league…
President Barack Obama’s Thanksgiving Message 2010
Do the prez a favor and watch this video of his weekly address to the nation on Thanksgiving. When posted here it only had 301 views on YouTube.
Climate Challenge: Larry Chang Discusses the Transition Movement
Climate Challenge with Larry Chang from Climate Challenge on Vimeo. The Transition Movement represents one of the most promising ways of engaging people and communities to take the far-reaching actions that are required to mitigate the effects of peak oil, climate change and the economic crisis. Their relocalization efforts are designed to result in a…
Feinberg Clarifies Next Phase in BP Oil Disaster Claims Process
The deadline for emergency claims has now come and gone, and the next phase of oil spill compensation is beginning, according to claims administrator Ken Feinberg, who clarified the options for those who suffered economic losses from BP’s oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico in a conference call on Wednesday. If you’re a claimant…
Barack Obama Leads Sarah Palin in Early 2012 Presidential Poll
President Barack Obama leads potential Republican challenger Sarah Palin by 48 percent to 40 percent in a new public opinion poll just out from Quinnipiac University Polling Institute, although the numbers show a large number of people do not believe the first African-American president in U.S. history deserves a second term. If the election were…
Edward R. Murrow: Why the Fairness Doctrine Must be Restored
Hat Tip to the Existentialist Cowboy The Communications Act of 1934 affirmed the principle that the ‘airwaves’ are owned by the people. That principle has been chipped away by GOP regimes primarily. Many large corporations benefited from so-called ‘de-regulation’ during the Reagan years. Recent legislation has also taken its toll. Clear Channel Communications, for example,…
Why We Need a 28th Amendment: Separation of Corporation and State
Corporations now hold unprecedented sway over the operation of our federal government. Dr. Riki Ott, author of Not One Drop: Betrayal and Courage in the Wake of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill, explains why this calls for the 28th Amendment to the Constitution: Separation of Corporation and State. Strip corporations of their “personhood.”
Hey Rush: Don’t Pop Pills and Drive, Buddy
Limbaugh Blows Fuse Over Chevy Volt’s ‘Car of the Year’ Award Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Rush Limbaugh proves he’s still a big, fat idiot on drugs. He said, “Folks, of all the cars, no offense, General Motors, please, but of all the cars in the world, the…
Federal Judge Delays Ruling in Siegelman Appeal for New Trial
The Associated Press is reporting that a federal district court judge in Florida is delaying ruling on whether the judge who presided in the political show trial of former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman should be allowed to decide if Siegelman and former HealthSouth chief Richard Scrushy deserve a new trial. What the wire service does…
Endangered Whooping Cranes Zoom into Kentucky
Eleven Young Cranes Complete One-Third of Migration from Wisconsin to Florida OperationMigration.Org Thirteen whooping cranes follow an ultra-light through West Jefferson County two years ago as they passed over Alabama Power’s Miller Steam Plant on the Locust Fork of the Black Warrior River They flew into Kentucky from Illinois today, landing in Union County, Ky.…
Alabama Democratic Party Calls on Party Switchers to Resign
by Glynn Wilson The crumbling Alabama Democratic Party called on four members of the legislature who have decided to switch to the Republican Party in the wake of November’s election to resign and re-run for office in a special election. In the biggest national Republican electoral sweep in well over a generation, a sweep that…
