Carmen Trotta of the Catholic Worker, kneeling in an orange T shirt, being arrested at the UN as part of the “Arrest Bush” demonstration this morning. A number of members of the Catholic Worker and War Resisters League were arrested. Tags: war <BR/>
Archive For September, 2007
Two arrested near Jena for nooses
[From RawStory.com Headlines] ALEXANDRIA, Louisiana (CNN) — Authorities in Alexandria, Louisiana, arrested two people after nooses were seen hanging from the back of a red pickup Thursday night, the city’s mayor told CNN. Alexandria is less than an hour away from Jena, Louisiana, and was a staging area Thursday for protesters who went to the [...]
In La., thousands to rally for ‘Jena Six’
[From Los Angeles Times] Chris Graythen / Chicago Tribune GROUNDS OF DISCONTENT: Last September, after a group of black students were allowed to sit under a tree on the unofficial “white” side of the grounds, a group of white students hung nooses from its branches. Activists are expected to converge on this tiny town, protesting [...]
Math: Gift from God or Work of Man?
[From: ABC News] Mathematics, Religion and Evolution in School Curricula COMMENTARY By JOHN ALLEN PAULOS Sept. 2, 2007 School begins again, and we read more about the intrusion of pseudoscience into school science curricula in this country, particularly into the study of biology and evolution. The motive, despite the claims of proponents of intelligent design [...]
Feds OK Fee for Priority Web Traffic
[From: Wired News ] WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department on Thursday said Internet service providers should be allowed to charge a fee for priority Web traffic. The agency told the Federal Communications Commission, which is reviewing high-speed Internet practices, that it is opposed to “Net neutrality,” the principle that all Internet sites should be [...]
Easy Being Green
[From: ] As my friend Lennie said: “A vegan in a Hummer is more green than a meat-eater on a bike.”
Oops! Air Force Flies Nuclear Bombs Over U.S.
[From: Wired News: Politics] It was a mistake, the Air Force says — and the public was never in danger. But nevertheless, a B-52 armed with six nuclear warheads flew for more than three hours last week across several states. They meant to take the warheads off the missiles before they mounted them under the [...]
Downloadable Coupons Come With Sneaky Extras, Researcher Says
[From: Wired] By David Kravets Thousands of shoppers clipping downloadable coupons from Coupons.com may be getting more than they bargained for, according to a Harvard researcher who says the site’s free software hides deceptively named tracking files on users’ PCs, and leaves them there after the software is ostensibly uninstalled. Coupons Inc., which makes the [...]
Crunch Time for E-voting Reform
[From: EFF: Deep Links] If all goes as planned, HR 811 — the Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act of 2007, introduced by New Jersey Representative Rush Holt — will finally come to a floor vote in the House of Representatives this week, likely on Thursday or Friday. Despite speculation to the contrary, it is [...]
Free the Jena 6? No. Charge as Adult? No. Attempted Murder? No.
[From Irregular Times: News Unfit for Print] I’ve been following the “Jena 6″ issue for a few weeks now, and I haven’t posted on it because I believe the situation is more complicated than the way in which either “side” portrays it. “Free the Jena 6″ is the slogan being bandied around by marchers and [...]