Father Carl Kabat, an 80 year old priest who has spent some 17 years in prison for protesting against war and weapons, spent the Fourth of July spattering red paint across a sign at a Kansas City plant just opened.
Responding to the record flooding that has gripped South Carolina through torrential rains, the NRA's new think tank proposed that the only way to stop flooding from a bad storm, is with flooding from a good storm.
What's more extraordinary is that this incident was almost entirely peaceful!
In politics, the media or business, an unspoken rule seems to be that accomplishing one's proprietary goals necessarily means discarding the quaint notion of being influenced by one's own conscience.
While the Mega-Rich Businesses are being "outed" for election tactics that intimidate, some small businesses are doing the same thing - though not necessarily for the same reasons.
Just back from two rallies, One at midday and one in the late afternoon. Very hot, humid, threat of rain. 100's attended both. At the urging of the Rev. Al Sharpton, “Justice For Trayvon Martin” rallies were held in 100 cities across the nation. St. Louis did it's part in gatherings organized by civil rights activists and church leaders.
A stirring lineup of speakers and 100,000 Americans are currently at the National Mall celebrating and continuing the March On Washington that took place 50 years ago. Watch the live video feed here.
How is it that gerrymandering is legal? It is in essence, the power to corrupt democracy. I certainly understand why many politicians would want gerrymandering to continue to be legal but neither they nor anyone else can argue why it is not anti-democratic.
The Republican Presidential Candidates' occupation of the GOP, or as they refer to it, Occupy Wack Street, doesn't seem to have a leader and it's not clear exactly what they want. Can this movement last?
Human beings are incredibly adaptable which has been a boon but this is one of those times we shouldn't be simply acclimating to the destruction Climate Change is bringing, we need to become active in slowing it down and trying to reverse it.
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