From Chris Csikszentmihalyi, Director of the M.I.T. Center for Future CivicMedia: an important note to techies who are concerned with thesituation in Haiti. In the response to the earthquake in Haiti, manyorganizations have created sites where people could find one another,or least information about their loved ones. This excellent idea hasbeen undermined by its success: [...]
Archive For January, 2010
Supreme Court rolls back campaign spending limits
[From Washington Post] Supreme Court rules 5-4 to ease restrictions on spending by corporations and unions in political campaigns. By MARK SHERMAN The Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has ruled that corporations may spend freely to support or oppose candidates for president and Congress, easing decades-old limits on their participation in federal campaigns. [...]
JOHN EDWARDS ADMITS HE IS THE FATHER OF HIS FORMER MISTRESS’S DAUGHTER
WASHINGTON–Former Sen. John Edwards (D-N.C.) fathered a daughter during the 2008 presidential campaign and after denials, admitted on Thursday the child was his and he lied about it. NBC News Lisa Myers has the scoop in an interview with Edwards longtime political advisor Harrison Hickman and in a written statement from Edwards, who did not [...]
NO H8 Campaign : Redefining Republican
[From NO H8 Campaign] January 20th, 2010 In the year since we’ve started the NOH Campaign, we’ve often been surprised at some of the different individuals who have approached us showing their support. Few, though, have surprised us more than Cindy McCain – the wife of Senator John McCain and mother to vocal marriage equality [...]
Gas Leaf Blowers: Illegal and Harmful To Our Environment
via youtube.com Posted via web from Roger’s Posterous Tags: gas leaf blowers, Gas, Illegal, youtube, Harmful, Posterous, web <BR/>
Food For The Poor | Helping the Poor, Charitable Giving, Haiti Earthquake Relief | Serving the Poorest of the Poor
Earthquake in Haiti: On January 12th a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck near Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Devastating aftershocks have followed. Food For The Poor will be gathering and posting info on our Haiti Update page. Your help is urgently needed to bring immediate emergency relief to those affected. Please donate now or find a location to drop [...]
Strong aftershock hits Haiti
[From CNN] Port-au-Prince, Haiti (CNN) — A strong aftershock rocked Haiti on Wednesday morning just as much-needed medical aid was set to reach the earthquake-ravaged nation. The 6.1-magnitude aftershock was about 6.2 miles deep, with an epicenter about 35 miles (60 kilometers) west-southwest of the capital of Port-au-Prince, the U.S. Geological Survey said. It rattled [...]
NSFW: Nobody suspects the Spanish politician
[From TechCrunch ] by Paul Carr What do we know about Gaspar Llamazares? For a start, we know he’s a Spanish politician, a former Communist party member and leader of the leftist coalition Izquierda Unida. We know he has a Masters in Public Health from the University of Havana. We know he once attacked the [...]
Ten Things the US Can and Should Do for Haiti
by Bill Quigley One. Allow all Haitians in the US to work. The number one source of money for poor people in Haiti is the money sent from family and workers in the US back home. Haitians will continue to help themselves if given a chance. Haitians in the US will continue to help when [...]
Leno, O’Brian, & Haiti
[From Cagle at MSNBC] Tags: o brian, leno, haiti, msnbc, cagle <BR/>