Apollo 11 Mission Patch
Today I received a campaign email from Alan Grayson. His email is included here, below my response:
Dear Alan,
Even among those of us who support you and the Democratic Party, and even among those of us who despise Newt and the GOP and what they stand for, even among us … There are those of us who support an expanded presence in space and space exploration.
I don’t trust digital voting without a paper trail. I don’t trust touchscreens, having been frustrated by them too often.
With that advance disclaimer, I offer Homer Simpson’s argument against touchscreen voting:
“The Simpsons“: Where brilliant humor meets spot-on satire.
Found at CBS.com:
(CBS) – Just last week it was reported that a cellphone call led to the conductor of the New York Philharmonic halting a performance. So let’s see how this violinist responds when the same thing happens to him in the above video.
Clever, right? The violinist has a truly great sense of humor and a whole lot of class!
The video was actually posted back in July, but is just now getting some buzz online and allegedly took place during a classical performance at a synagogue in Presov, Slovakia.
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Originally uploaded to YouTube by GREATMILAN (Jakub Haškoon) Jul 30, 2011
Below are two letters which I found on westcoastportshutdown.org. They are dated January 19, 2012, and I have not at this time been able to independently verify them.
If they are legitimate, and if the scenario they discuss is real, than this has the potential to be an extremely serious situation, escalating tensions between labor and the federal government to a level not seen in decades.
The letters and links are reproduced below as I found them.
(On Jan. 22, I found confirming articles with some additional information: Obama Deploys Military in Labor Dispute, Statement of S.F. Labor Council dated January 10; Military Resistance 10A12 dated Jan. 13; Military Intervention vs. Maritime Union Power dated Jan. 21.)
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UE Local 150 calls on Obama to order military to stand down
For those who maintain the occupation at night and all day: “They also serve who only stand and wait.” ~ John Milton (1608 – 1674) from Sonnet XIX.
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This post includes a video and two related articles. I’ve put them both together, because I think it’s important that this story get a little extra context. I have included my own comment near the bottom.~ Mike
For those who maintain the occupation at night and all day: “They also serve who only stand and wait.” ~ John Milton (1608 – 1674) from Sonnet XIX.
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Please note: If you have information about the Occupation which is not getting input to the main site in a timely fashion, please write a comment or email me (ThinkwingRadio@msn.com) and I’ll consider posting it on this blog. FYI, I do not necessarily support every action reported here to the same degree or at all, but I report. – Mike
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I am excited to announce that I have been in contact with KPFT in Houston (90.1 FM), and I am currently scheduled to do a 25 minute show on Wednesday, January 11 (from 9:30-9:55 am CST) in their “Open Journal” slot.
The tentative subject of this interview will be, “The Brave New World of War & Peace: Is it time to agree on new rules?”
To my knowledge, the last time any nation declared war on any other was when the United States reciprocated Nazi Germany’s declaration of war on the U.S. (The Germans had declared war on the U.S. under their mutual defense treaty with Japan, following the U.S.’s declaration of war on Japan after Pearl Harbor.)
Since 1942, then, there have been plenty of wars and invasions, but no declarations of war between nations. Now the United States (and presumably others, now or in the future) are using covert ‘boots on the ground’ (e.g., Seal Team 6) or unmanned drones to attack and/or surveille opponents and potential adversaries.
What is the logical direction for this type of warfare to follow, what are its long-term implications for international relations, and what can or should be done to pro-actively control directions of this new future of war, peace, and the twilight in-between?
My scheduled guest is D.B. (David) Grady. David is an essayist, novelist, and a Correspondent for The Atlantic. He is a former paratrooper with U.S. Army Special Operations Command and a veteran of Afghanistan. He is currently co-authoring an examination of the secrecy apparatus of the United States, with Marc Ambinder. (John Wiley & Sons, 2012). The duo recently completed an e-book single for release next year. (John Wiley & Sons, 2012).
This should be an exciting show, about a topic which has rarely if ever been discussed. We will probably barely have time to scratch the surface of this subject, which we will no doubt re-visit.
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog.
Here’s an excerpt:
The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 12,000 times in 2011. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 4 sold-out performances for that many people to see it.
For those who maintain the occupation at night and all day: “They also serve who only stand and wait.” ~ John Milton (1608 – 1674) from Sonnet XIX.
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Please note: The http://occupyhouston.org/ calendar link was down for a while, but the sidebar version is now apparently working again. If you have information about the Occupation which is not getting input to the main site in a timely fashion, please write a comment or email me (ThinkwingRadio@msn.com) and I’ll consider posting it on this blog. FYI, I do not necessarily support every action reported here to the same degree or at all, but I report. – Mike
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