America's Newest Cheap Labor Pool
The golf links lie so near the mill That almost every day, The laboring children can look out And see the men at play. ~ Sarah N. Cleghorn This 1904 poem, Golf Links, captured the American public's...
View Article#OccupyChristie
This Saturday, Chris Christie will be occupied with more than attorneys and the press.In light of the recent disturbing disclosures concerning Governor Chris Christie's flagrant misuse of federal Sandy...
View ArticleYet One More Shoe for Christie UPDATE 2
To a corrupt man, public projects and funds represent an irresistible opportunity to use them for political gain.In a cascade of revelations comes the allegation that Christie may have used...
View ArticleGenetic Roulette in My Town
I attended a screening of the film Genetic Roulette: The Gamble of our Lives sponsored under the Academy of Lifelong Learning. Our town is an affluent university town and boasts the highest average...
View ArticleRutgers Students Call BS
Rutgers' student newspaper The Daily Targum weighed in on the scandals surrounding Christie on Tuesday.We’re really glad that this whole Bridgegate fiasco came to light before our term as the Targum...
View ArticleNazism: The Shadow of the Wealthy
The recent spate of Nazi imagery applied to the Great Unwashed by the super wealthy seems over the top to those of us who consider ourselves sane; however, it may unwittingly reveal the inner workings...
View ArticleStreet Prophets: Street Theater “King Christie”
The Gambling Intervention of Jaime Dimon played in the lobby of Chase bank. Cops showed up to arrest us for trespassing but the manager declined saying he supported free speech. Collaboration and...
View ArticleObama's Climate Change Hubs = Big Fat ZERO
We argued yesterday about how the new regional Climate Change Hubs scattered around the nation would apportion the money attached to this loudly heralded rollout of part of Obama's new Climate Change...
View ArticleOregon Ex-Lawmaker Reports Cover Oregon to FBI Over Rumor
Former Oregon Republican lawmaker and ALEC associate, Patrick Sheehan, reported Cover Oregon to the FBI when he heard a secondhand rumor that program managers were misleading the Federal government on...
View ArticleFOOD FIGHT: Oregon on Frontlines
Long-fought small victories are what Pete Seeger meant when he spoke of a “teaspoon brigade” and the power of small. When asked to comment upon the size of an assembled crowd of tens of thousands, he...
View ArticleFOOD FIGHT: Local Media Coverage
Our newspaper, the Corvallis Gazette Times, serves a population which boasts the most Democrats of any town in Oregon but also the highest median level of education in the state. Perhaps those two...
View ArticleStreet Prophets: Kick Koch Off Public Television
We don’t get cable and are generally happy with our viewing options. Al likes old reruns of Naked City (mostly for the old cars), and we both like OPB and have many favorites like Oregon Field Guide,...
View ArticleBiotech Bayer Does Face Plant
Never underestimate the power of a few people willing to stand in a cold driving rain wearing bee suits.Happy little bee joining the swarm to protest Bayer's "bee washing" tour last Tuesday....
View ArticleSCOTUS Hears the People for Once
“I rise on behalf of the majority of the American people, who believe that money is not speech, corporations are not people, and our democracy should not be for sale to the highest bidder. Overturn...
View ArticleThe Onion Makes Monsanto Cry
ST. LOUIS—Agricultural biotech giant Monsanto unveiled its latest strain of genetically modified corn Wednesday, claiming that the new, hardier seed yields 400 percent more litigation against small...
View ArticleLast Night’s Occupy Potluck
As potlucks often miraculously provide, the spread included all courses from appetizers to dessert. In much the same way, our discussions revealed an astonishing variety of activism and depth of...
View ArticlePope Francis Inherits an Unholy Mess
Welcome to Street Prophets Wednesday Open Thread!Happy first anniversary, Pope Francis!Photo Credit: Max Rossi, added by MB to DK photo pool. Raised Catholic, I had “fallen away” over the years and...
View ArticleSenator Wyden’s Acid Test UPDATE
Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore) has ascended to the powerful Senate Finance Committee which has been hailed as a leap forward for Progressive Democrats. Wyden’s acid test comes as GE's favorite corporate...
View ArticleEvolutionist Given Catholic Science Award
Despite fundamentalist Christian arguments to the contrary, Evolution and Faith are not mutually exclusive concepts. Brown University Biologist, Kenneth Miller, is the foremost example of this and has...
View ArticleRescuing Flying Rats: Street Prophets Open Wednesday
Welcome to Wednesday Open Thread. Come in, set a spell and let us know what you are up to. I’ve been given a slot for second Wednesdays of the month here and want to try some fluffy stuff. Which...
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