Jim Reed to Speak at Briarpatch, Sunday 2/26 1 – 3 PM
Shanti Emerson of the Democratic Women’s Club sent me this notice about an upcoming appearance of Jim Reed, Democratic candidate for 1st Congressional District Representative:
Jim Reed will be at the Briar Patch Community Room this Sunday, February 26th, from 1:00 – 3:00 pm to meet and greet and speak and answer questions.
And here’s my video [...]
Does the Terrorist Threat Trump the Constitution?
Does it matter that Obama now has the power to summarily execute American citizens, if he deems those citizens to be terrorists? Does it matter that he is not obliged to subject such decisions to due process?
If you believe that the terrorist threat to America is existential, then you’ll probably feel good that Obama has [...]
Discussion Series: “Nonviolent Success Stories”
I received this announcement today from Reverend Sharon Delgado, United Methodist minister and co-founder and Executive Director of Earth Justice Ministries.
Learn about nonviolent victories so often ignored by the media though stories, lively interaction, and film. Explore what nonviolent action involves and how to better use it in your life.
Thursday evenings 6:30-8 p.m. [...]
Liberals Are Winning the Culture War
Chris Hayes explains why liberals are winning the culture war (after an undeletable 30-second ad):
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Mortgage Settlement Is Like “Giving Banks a Parking Ticket for a Felony Offense”
Here Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez of Democracy Now interview Yves Smith of the popular Naked Capitalism blog about the Obama administration’s announced settlement with mortgage lenders.
Yves Smith has been one of the most prominent critics of this settlement (see her “The Top Twelve Reasons Why You Should Hate the Mortgage Settlement” and “Mortgage Settlement [...]
Our Breakfast With Jim Reed, Candidate for California’s 1st Congressional District
By Don Pelton
As luck would have it — and entirely by accident — we shared a table with Jim Reed and his wife Carol at breakfast this morning at the Nevada County Democratic Women’s Club meeting at the Trolley Junction restaurant in Nevada City. Jim was there to address the meeting, as part of his [...]
Marysville (Montana) Residents Up In Arms Over Mine
Reprinted from the Helena, Montana Independent Record, February 2, 2012, with the permission of the author.
(Note from Sierra Voices Editor: Many of us opposed to the re-opening of the Idaho-Maryland Mine here in Nevada County, CA, have warned of well failures due to mine de-watering, 24×7 truck traffic congestion, arsenic contamination of water, increased [...]
Is the Facebook IPO Pointless?
Check out this interesting article in the Financial Times by John Gapper:
“Facebook ought to ditch its public offering“
According to Gapper, who has read the prospectus, Facebook is flush with cash. It is, he says, “a veritable cash machine.”
Gapper says Zuckerberg should call the whole thing off:
“Its sole tangible purpose for the IPO proceeds is to [...]
