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Archive for February, 2010

Posted by Vituperation On Feb - 28 - 2010 12 COMMENTS

I came across this a little while ago; couldn’t keep it to myself. BEST IN HD   http://aerofilm.blogspot.com/2010/02/sandpit-short-film-by-aero-director-sam.html

Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Film
Posted by nellie On Feb - 27 - 2010 Comments Off

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Categories: Speakers' Corner
Posted by nellie On Feb - 27 - 2010 Comments Off

Return to the Troll Busters! home page Banks Dylan Ratigan: Americans Have Been Taken Hostage Stiglitz Says Bank Problems Bigger Than Pre-Lehman (Update1) – Bloomberg.com Eliot Spitzer: 'We Are Not Doing Well In Reforming Financial System' (VIDEO) Democrats Soften Financial Bill – WSJ.com New Bill Would Keep Public In The [...]

Categories: Speakers' Corner
Posted by AdLib On Feb - 26 - 2010 32 COMMENTS

The chat continues here!

Categories: Vox Populi
Posted by AdLib On Feb - 26 - 2010 ADD COMMENTS

AdLib : Yes, we’re over at the post now, come on over and feel free to copy and paste anything here that you think people may have missed. Here’s the link: «link» javaz : Are we continuing the conversation on the Vox Populi or will I be talking to myself? [...]

Categories: Vox Populi Archives
Posted by PatsyT On Feb - 26 - 2010 64 COMMENTS

This year the Olympics are going Youtube ! What music goes thru your head when you are speeding down the Super G? or ripping it up on the Half Pipe ? What makes your triple axel rock ? How do you get in the mood for curling? If you did [...]

Categories: Music Thread
Posted by nellie On Feb - 26 - 2010 Comments Off

Return to the Troll Busters! home page The Economy Labor Day by the numbers Barack Obama and the Economy – A Profile of the Barack Obama Economic Platform FEC Mission and History A year after financial crisis, the consumer economy is dead | McClatchy Hardball:Is the economy out of troubled [...]

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Posted by nellie On Feb - 26 - 2010 Comments Off

Return to the Troll Busters! home page Activism Election Campaign Reform Petition ColorOfChange.org Contact Us – Thank You Page Project Vote Smart – American Government, Elections, Candidates and Voting Health Care for America NOW! | Health care for you, or more money for millionaires Action Guide | Mobilization for Health [...]

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Posted by AdLib On Feb - 25 - 2010 122 COMMENTS

The people have spoken and the name chosen by popular vote for a new activist group is Grass Roots Over Washington (GROW)! One moment to quickly explain something about PlanetPOV and activism. PlanetPOV was envisioned to be a citizens’ think tank, a place for people to come together to discuss [...]

Posted by escribacat On Feb - 25 - 2010 26 COMMENTS

Today President Obama held his promised healthcare summit with congressional leaders. Here is how the various media outlets portrayed the day’s events. Some outlets had many stories on the summit; others only one. For anyone who has been following this Rashomon series and who monitors the headlines at Huffington Post, [...]

Categories: News & Politics
Posted by Vituperation On Feb - 25 - 2010 16 COMMENTS

Dear Sarah, Thank you for pointing out the basic offensiveness of our decision to change GOP to SOP. However, since being politically correct, politically intelligent, politically relevant or politically astute seems to no longer be a prerequisite for actually being a member of the Republican Party – we feel that [...]

Categories: GOP, Humor, News & Politics
Posted by AdLib On Feb - 25 - 2010 15 COMMENTS

Watch live and join the live commenting on The Health Care Summit:

Posted by nellie On Feb - 25 - 2010 ADD COMMENTS

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Posted by nellie On Feb - 25 - 2010 Comments Off

Return to Troll Busters! home page Obama – Accomplishments Stem cell order reversed. SCHIP passed and signed into law Ledbetter bill passed and signed into law. Major Green energy initiatives started. EPA rules revised to address Climate Change. Executive order signed to protect large areas from drilling. Car emission standards [...]

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Posted by bito On Feb - 25 - 2010 566 COMMENTS

The 6 hour gathering is today discussing the future of OUR health and lives. If you are watching and want to add your thoughts, enter here.

Posted by AdLib On Feb - 24 - 2010 142 COMMENTS

MoveOn’s Virtual March on Washington for health care reform and the Public Option is in full swing today, already over 811,000 people participating and climbing! If you’re interested in adding your voice, here’s a link:  http://pol.moveon.org/virtualmarch10/action.html?rc=homepage By adding your name, MoveOn will send a fax to Congress in your name [...]

Posted by Marion On Feb - 24 - 2010 68 COMMENTS

Something struck me this morning, thinking about what’s looming on the horizon tomorrow for the Democrats with this ginormous chinwag session that’s about to take place at Blair House. Trust me … the world will be watching. Well, at least the BBC will be, wrinkling their noses superciliously. What occurred [...]

Categories: Democratic Party
Posted by nellie On Feb - 23 - 2010 Comments Off

Return to Troll Busters! home page Health Care What it will cost you to deny health insurance to illegal immigrants. – By Timothy Noah – Slate Magazine Health Reform Fact Check | OurFuture.org Healthcare Reform – Salon.com Medical Malpractice Revisited on NPR – rahul k. parikh – Open Salon Health [...]

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Posted by nellie On Feb - 22 - 2010 Comments Off

Return to Troll Busters! home page Handouts “I am so s!ck of hearing from the Right how we liberals are always looking for a government “handout.” Here’s what the government has the money to do for CORPORATIONS: – subsidies and other direct grants; – tax breaks, reductions, deductions, exclusions, write-offs, [...]

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Posted by Chernynkaya On Feb - 22 - 2010 108 COMMENTS

I recently read a  remarkable article that answered one of my burning questions: Why Are Americans Passive as Millions Lose Their Homes, Jobs, Families and the American Dream? I want to discuss it here but it’s tricky—these are not my original ideas and the author, Harriet Fraad, deserves full credit.  [...]

Categories: News & Politics
Posted by Marion On Feb - 21 - 2010 15 COMMENTS

“An honest politician is one who, when he is bought, will stay bought.” - Simon Cameron US financier & politician (1799 – 1889) The utter timelessness of that remark, made by this 19th Century East Coast political boss, has never been made more obvious than by recent events in our current government, [...]

Categories: Observations, TV
Posted by javaz On Feb - 21 - 2010 108 COMMENTS

A Federal Grand Jury has been investigating Sheriff Joe Arpaio for abuse of power in Maricopa County, Arizona since January 7th, 2010. The investigation is in regards to Sheriff Joe’s actions against those in Maricopa County that disagree and/or criticize him. Sheriff Joe and his close friend, the County Attorney [...]

Posted by nellie On Feb - 20 - 2010 Comments Off

Return to Troll Busters! home page Social Contract The Social contract describes a broad class of theories that try to explain the ways in which people form states and/or maintain social order. The notion of the social contract implies that the people give up some rights to a government or [...]

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Posted by nellie On Feb - 20 - 2010 Comments Off

Return to Troll Busters! home page Climate Change Here’s the infamous e-mail: From: Phil Jones To: ray bradley ,mann@[snipped], mhughes@ Subject: Diagram for WMO Statement Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1999 13:31:15 +0000 Once Tim’s got a diagram here we’ll send that either later today or first thing tomorrow. I’ve just [...]

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Posted by AdLib On Feb - 20 - 2010 46 COMMENTS
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Here’s the audio for the trailer of the new horror movie (for the GOP), “Night of the Living Reform” NARRATOR: It was hacked into pieces! It was smothered alive! It was buried and left for dead! Now…it’s b-a-a-ack!!! HOWARD DEAN: “When ya kill a bill, ya better make sure it’s [...]

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