"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye." Antoine de Saint-Exupery

As Obama OKs Weapons to Bahrain, Neurosurgeon Tortured by Regime Faces Trial for Treating Protesters

Seeded on Wed May 16, 2012 11:50 AM EDT (Democracy Now!)

We’re joined by Dr. Nabeel Hameed, who is one of Bahrain’s only neurosurgeons and among dozens of Bahraini physicians and nurses who have been arrested and tried for treating anti-government protesters.

politics, revolution, torture, bahrain, weapons-sale, arab-spring, nabeel-hameed

Julian Assange's World Tomorrow: Nabeel Rajab & Alaa Abd El-Fattah (E4) - YouTube

Seeded on Tue May 15, 2012 2:06 AM EDT (YouTube)

I learned most from Nabeel during Julian's questions about Al Jazeera, which revolutions they cover, and why - a little back story of Middle East politics. Also, I've seen comments that Iran instigates pertaining to protests, and their conversation covers that point.&nbs …

politics, al-jazeera, revolution, julian-assange, nabeel-rajab, arab-spring, the-world-tomorrow, bahrain-centre-for-human-rights, alaa-abd-el-fattah

Pleading For Equality: The Case For Same-Sex Marriage

Seeded on Sat May 12, 2012 10:13 AM EDT (YouTube)

By far the best-articulated and concise argument for compliance with our Constitution.

politics

Julian Assange's The World Tomorrow: Moncef Marzouki (E3) - YouTube

Seeded on Mon May 7, 2012 4:23 AM EDT (YouTube)

He is a former human rights activist. During the reign of the previous President he was imprisoned and kept in solitary confinement, which he considers to be torture. Once elected Head of State, he has vowed to put an end to human rights violations in Tunisia.

human-rights, guantanamo, politics, tunisia, torture, double-standard, solitary-confinement, wikileaks, assange, marzouki

Julian Assange's The World Tomorrow: Slavoj Zizek & David Horowitz (E2) - YouTube

Seeded on Fri May 4, 2012 12:37 PM EDT (YouTube)

The 2nd in a series of 12 televised interviews conducted by Julian Assange for his program The World Tomorrow.

politics, nazi, palestinian, david-horowitz, stalin, communism, zizek, wikileaks, julian-assange, world-tomorrow

UC Davis Students and Faculty Face Prison Time for Peaceful Protest Against Bank | | AlterNet

Seeded on Tue May 1, 2012 8:10 AM EDT (AlterNet.org)

Banks have no place on University campuses for many reasons.

politics, uc-davis, pepper-spray, student-loan, tuition-hike, chancellor-linda-katehi, bank-contract, davis-dozen, jeff-reisig, lieutenant-pike

The Truth About the US Postal Service | Common Dreams

Seeded on Tue Apr 24, 2012 6:06 AM EDT (Common Dreams)

This is the same that postal employees have said for years now. So if you're buying the snake oil about how the Post Office is broke, and how it can't keep up with *corporations* because it's not modern enough, look into just 2 points brought up in his article.

politics, postal-service, usps, office-of-personnel-management, paea, civil-service-retirement-system, postal-accountability-and-enhancement-act

Julian Assange's The World Tomorrow: Hassan Nasrallah

Seeded on Tue Apr 17, 2012 6:43 PM EDT (YouTube)

The first in a series of 12 televised interviews conducted by Julian Assange for his program The World Tomorrow.

politics, hezbollah, hassan-nasrallah, wikileaks, julian-assange, world-tomorrow

Mike Wallace Dies: '60 Minutes' Correspondent Was 93 - ABC News

Seeded on Sun Apr 8, 2012 11:05 AM EDT (ABC News)

Wallace was a correspondent on the CBS News program "60 Minutes," since its premiere in 1968 where he earned a reputation as one of the toughest interviewers in the business.

politics, mike-wallace, 60-minutes

Corporate Cash Streams Into Ohio to Unseat Senator Sherrod Brown | | AlterNet

Seeded on Fri Apr 6, 2012 8:39 PM EDT (AlterNet.org)

,And Greg Sargent at the Washington Post noted recently, “In what may come as a surprise to many Democrats, the Ohio Senate race appears to be the target of more spending by GOP-aligned outside groups than the [Elizabeth] Warren contest or any other Senate race in the …

ohio, labor, election, politics, progressive, mandel, economic-populism, sherrod, mini-mitt, jobs-to-china

The Man Who Broke Atlantic City - Magazine - The Atlantic

Seeded on Mon Mar 19, 2012 10:11 AM EDT (The Atlantic — News and analysis on politics, business, culture, technology, national, international, and food – TheAtlantic.com)

Don Johnson won nearly $6 million playing blackjack in one night, single-handedly decimating the monthly revenue of Atlantic City's Tropicana casino. Not long before that, he'd taken the Borgata for $5 million and Caesars for $4 million. Here's how he did it.

business, casino, gambling, atlantic-city, don-johnson, tropicana, black-jack, borgata, caesars

Women's Health Supporters Hilariously Flood Republicans' Facebook Walls With Sarcasm ("Can You Help Me Choose a Tampon?") | AlterNet

Seeded on Thu Mar 15, 2012 8:28 PM EDT (AlterNet.org)

Take a look at some of these great posts to Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback's wall from the past day (screen-grabbed in case the comments are deleted): I loved all the tampon questions. This is women's backlash at its best!

politics, birth-control, contraception, brownback, tampons, reproductive-health, war-on-women, vaginal-probe

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Ohio Bill Would Require Men Submit Affidavit From Sex Partner Confirming Impotence Before Receiving Viagra | AlterNet

Seeded on Tue Mar 13, 2012 8:25 PM EDT (AlterNet.org)

Turner said if state policymakers want to legislate women’s health choices through measures such as House Bill 125, known as the ‘Heartbeat bill,’ they should also be able to legislate men’s reproductive health.

viagra, politics, nina-turner, heartbeat-bill, mens-sexual-dysrfunction, bill-307, erectile-dysrfunction-drug

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Why the American Empire Was Destined to Collapse | | AlterNet

Seeded on Fri Mar 9, 2012 5:44 AM EST (AlterNet.org)

The author expresses my outlook for decades now. I used to call them hustlers during the Reagan years -- then changed it to rustlers in the Baby Bush years. It's the mentality that's best illustrated in the Wall Street movie. Hustler mentality.

politics

CCFC Launches "Save the Lorax!" Campaign | Common Dreams

Seeded on Wed Feb 29, 2012 2:08 PM EST (Common Dreams)

“The Lorax that so many of us know and love would never immerse children in the false corporate narrative that we can consume our way to everything, from happiness to sustainability.

target, environment, mazda, whole-foods, national-education-association, ihop, advocacy, seuss, pottery-barn, commercial-free-childhood

The Smoking Time Jazz Club - on Royal Street New Orleans

Seeded on Tue Feb 28, 2012 7:05 AM EST (YouTube)

One of the many things I love best about New Orleans

entertainment, new-orleans, jazz, street-musician, royal-street, smoking-time, royal-orleans, percolatin

Little Shrunken Sings The Blues - You Tube

Fri Feb 24, 2012 7:10 AM EST

If the Vine doesn't lighten up, I'm gonna need to call my little friend.

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entertainment, lighten-up, little-shrunken

Anarchism Is Not What You Think It Is -- And There's a Whole Lot We Can Learn from It | | AlterNet

Seeded on Tue Feb 14, 2012 9:54 AM EST (AlterNet.org)

his thesis that natural selection involved a “survival of the fittest” through a violent struggle between and among species was enthusiastically adopted by the 1% of the day to justify every social inequity as an inevitable byproduct of the struggle for existence.

lenin, politics, darwin, natural-selection, anarchism, kropotkin, mutual-aid, medieval-guild

Autistic artist draws 18ft picture of New York skyline from memory | Mail Online

Seeded on Thu Feb 2, 2012 8:57 PM EST (the Mail online)

These are the people our societies used to lock away and suppress their superior talents. What could be so frightening about artists and those who communicate differently?

artist, arts, gallery, architecture, autism, autistic, stephen-wiltshire

Is Alcoholics Anonymous Too White? | | AlterNet

Seeded on Mon Jan 23, 2012 8:13 PM EST (AlterNet.org)

ironically, while the biggest complaint about AA and NA among skeptical middle-class white addicts is the dependence on a Higher Power, in urban black communities 12-step recovery groups are marginalized because they aren't explicitly allied with any church.

race, recovery, religion, aa, addict, african-american, na, alcoholics-anonymous, 12-step, narcotics-anonymous

Newt Gingrich's Negotiation Skills - The Daily Show with Jon Stewart - 01/19/12 - Video Clip | Comedy Central

Seeded on Fri Jan 20, 2012 3:00 PM EST (Video: Q & O | The Daily Show | Comedy Central)

Then there's John Oliver covering Newt's troubled marriage history with SC voters.

politics, daily-show, gingrich, jon-stewart, family-values, newt, nom, republican-primary, john-oliver, tea-party-debate

Free Market Threat - The Daily Show with Jon Stewart - 01/19/12 - Video Clip | Comedy Central

Seeded on Fri Jan 20, 2012 2:22 PM EST (Video: Q & O | The Daily Show | Comedy Central)

Best 5min argument for what our *free market* conversation has turned into

politics, daily-show, jon-stewart, mafia, regulation, free-market, laissez-faire, jason-jones, rico-laws

Funda-bigot-ists

Wed Jan 18, 2012 8:28 AM EST

The Tea Party congressman from South Carolina has claimed that Christians are a minority under assault. I'd say that his perceptions are accurate -- at least the part about feeling in the minority -- and the part about under assault. Just not so sure on the part about …

Continue reading this entry ...

politics, entitlement, christianity, white-supremacy, martyr, tea-party, tim-scott

Nina Simone/ Feeling Good - YouTube

Seeded on Sun Jan 15, 2012 9:12 AM EST (YouTube)

It's a new dawn It's a new day It's a New Year ...

entertainment, jazz, nina-simone, feelin-good

David Stern Investors Admit Foreclosure Documents Were Forged

Seeded on Fri Jan 6, 2012 1:21 AM EST (Firedoglake)

This is an explosive document, because the plaintiffs here are like insider whistleblowers; they know what’s in the files, because they have the files. This is a godsend for homeowners who have been victims of foreclosure fraud.

business, sec, foreclosure-fraud, robo-signing, szymoniak, daniel-stern

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