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151215 – 5th Republican Debate, Las Vegas
Posted in Communications, Election, Politics on December 15, 2015| Leave a Comment »
151215 – Las Vegas Undercard Republican Debate Transcript
Posted in Communications, Election, Politics on December 15, 2015| Leave a Comment »
From NYT:undercard debate
United Nations News Centre – UN chief says ‘today is about action by all sectors of society’
Posted in Climate, Communications, Environment, Health and Food, Human Rights, Humanism, Indigenous, Justice, Nature, Politics, tagged Ban Ki-moon, COP21, Leonardo DiCaprio, Paris on December 5, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Reblogged from the UN news Centre:
As the United Nations climate change conference (COP21) marked ‘ Day’ with dozens of events happening throughout its sprawling venue in the north-east of Paris, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said the purpose of the occasion was to highlight solutions the world “ urgently” needs.
151204 – Oh, Pa! Old Yeller, and the Metaphor
Posted in Communications, Congress, Human Rights, Humanism, Immigration, Justice, Politics, Racism, War, tagged Matt Dillion, Nugent, Old Yeller, Refugees, Syria, Terrorism on December 4, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Sept. 10th, 1955, Gunsmoke – Season 7, Episode 34 “The Boys”
Professor: “Yessir, we’re gonna bleed this town white!”
The professor, named Pa, heads a family of grifters and robs a stage dressed as Indians, killing and maiming the riders. Then they talk the Dodge town folks into hunting the “Indians” for pay.
Banker Hank Green:-“We gotta do something to protect ourselves from those Indians……”
The grifters go out and kill three innocent Indians. “Just like shootin’ fish in a barrel”….
Hank Green: “Well Marshall, it looks like our Indian troubles are over. …”
Hank Green: “Ain’t no such thing as an innocent Indian. …”
Matt Dillion: “That stage wasn’t held up with bows and arrows. Do you see what these men have done? They have gone out and murdered three innocent Indians.”
Hank Green: “There ain’t no law against killin’ Indians….”
Matt Dillion: “Those are men-I don’t what color they are and they’ve been murdered. That’s the dirtiest money you men will ever earn…”
There were a lot of messages early media taught us. In September 1955, segregation was still in effect, yet by December Rosa Parks had been arrested, and the Montgomery Bus Boycott was beginning. Termination of Tribal and Sovereignty rights had been underway since 1953. In doing so, Congress attempted yet another land grab from Native Americans.
Yet here was Matt Dillion, by all accounts a great upstanding mythical American hero, speaking from his heart for three Non-Christian men of color. I say from his heart, because, as Hank Green indicated, it wasn’t illegal to shoot them, then, in Gunsmoke land.
Don’t give me any simplistic crap about “Old Yeller”. You gotta wonder about the metaphor of rabid behavior that someone like Ted Nugent presents when he invokes that yellow hound. It appears he got stuck on Disney level and his parents didn’t let him stay up for the westerns. It’s unfortunate ’cause he is still having tantrums. Maybe that usurped western hat he wears hides tears and teenage angst.
And what about WND? are they trying to win back their spot on SPLC’s hate map in Oregon or what?
http://ignitebrasil.net/index.php/series/14626-gunsmoke/seasons/7/episodes/34
151201 – World AIDS Day
Posted in Communications, Health and Food, Human Rights, Humanism, Politics, tagged 16 Days Campaign Against Gender Based Violence, HIV/AIDS, Planned Parenthood, UN on December 1, 2015| Leave a Comment »
This World AIDS Day is a critical moment in the fight to combat HIV/AIDS. We know what works: access to a full range of sexual and reproductive health and rights.
Posted by Planned Parenthood on Tuesday, December 1, 2015
151117 – Cartoonist Please
Posted in Climate, Communications, Human Rights, Humanism, Immigration, Justice, Politics, Racism, War on November 17, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Statue of Liberty Inscription
“Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed, to me: I lift my lamp beside the golden door.”
― Emma Lazarus
Someone-please do a cartoon of a bunch of Republican governors carrying off the Statue of Liberty!
151115 – Thoughts on Recent Media Coverage
Posted in Communications, Disaster, Humanism, tagged Beirut, Google, Media, Yahoo on November 15, 2015| Leave a Comment »
As one of your average armchair observers, I depend on what media has to tell me about current events. I read my local newspaper, “The Daily Journal”, though sometimes out of date. I receive email alerts on world news, from the SacBee, NYT, WAPO, KCRA, Tribune (Chicago), and ABC. I used to read a few others now defunct. I have not subscribed to SfGate, CNN or FOX, because I got tired of their bullshit. I used to read the others when they were free; I have not paid for monthly subscriptions to the above publications. I used to get AP and Reuters, IATimes, Japan Herald and Hong Kong News, VOA, and KUAM, but the emails stopped. I do spend a fair amount of time surfing various sources from different perspectives.
So, I did a review of my emails, and my local paper. Not one of the alerts mentioned Lebanon or Beirut until the events in Paris.
Yesterday I did an Google and Yahoo search for “Beirut”. Only CNN popped up with an article on the Beirut attack with the appropriate date. Today I did an similar search for “Beirut, 2015/11/12. Low and behold! There were pages of date appropriate articles from all kinds of media sources, including the ones for which I receive alerts.
This leads me to a few conclusions:
Clearly I am not engaging with news media in such a way as to receive a broad view of world events.
The journalistic sources that deign to send me email alerts are deciding what I should read, and it isn’t enough.
Google and Yahoo are not neutral news sources because they are search engines and they rank news on number of hits, not news.
When a person spends the time, as I did yesterday, reading 10 pages of search hits in the vain hope of finding date appropriate information on the Beirut explosion, the resulting frustration over my personal obliviousness, seemed in the long run, to actually be a symptom for something else.
For all our current internet technology, we average armchair observers are still pretty much in the dark. Why?
151110 – 4th Republican Debates
Posted in Communications, Election on November 10, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Update, Update: Below find the uppercard debate transcript:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/11/10/well-be-annotating-the-gop-debate-here/
Update; Below find the undercard debate transcript:
If you can’t find it on your free TV, try this:
http://www.foxbusiness.com/live-coverage/fox-business-network-wall-street-journal-gop-debates
151028 – 3rd Republican Debate
Posted in 51 Percent, Communications, Congress, Economy, Election, election reform, Human Rights, Politics on October 28, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Update. Utube purported to post the full debate. It it not. If you want to send your cookies to uTube and bear the inserted adds for a portion of the debate wander on over there.
Update. What do you know! WaPo posted a transcript:
The third Republican debate transcript, annotated – The Washington Post
We are at the point in the presidential election process where I point out how our rights and obligations as voters are obliterated by corporations and their political party’s shenanigans, who require that we hook into their matrix, pay them a ridiculous monthly sum under a year long contract, to observe and evaluate presidential political debates.
If I can find a transcript afterwards I will post it. however, with the lock CNBC has on this fiasco, I’m not hopeful.
In case you missed my viewpoint from earlier posts, it’s that debates should be hosted by the League of Women Voters, or the like, on CSPAN, for free. CSPAN should be paid for by the Government, rather than as a tax deduction for corporate media. It should be on free TV, and freely available on the web.
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- FDA – Recalls
- Modern Warrior Recalls “Modern Warrior Ready” Dietary Supplement Due to Undeclared 1,4-DMAA and Aniracetam, as Well as Tianeptine, Which has Not Been Approved for Supplement Use by the FDA.
- HerbsForever LLC Issues Allergy Alert on Undeclared Wheat in HerbsForever brand Dietary Supplements
- Gusto Group Inc. Recalls Shrimp Paste (Klong Kone) ‘'454 G. (1 LBS)’ and ‘910 G. (2 LBS)’ because of Possible Health Risk
- Anthony Trinh, 123Herbals LLC (123HERBALS.COM) Issues Nationwide Recall of Silintan Capsules Due to the Presence of Undeclared Meloxicam
- Carrot Top Kitchens of Bridgeport (formerly Redding) Issues a Class II Recall of Hummus Containing Undeclared Sesame
- Primavera Nueva Inc. Issues Voluntary Recall of Select 4-Count Tamales Because of Possible Health Risk- Revised to Include Roasted Pumpkin & White Cheddar, a Seasonal Item
- Gold Star Distribution Inc., Issues Recall of Certain FDA-Regulated Products in Three States Including Drugs, Devices, Cosmetics, Human Foods, and Pet Foods
- Consumers Supply Distributing, LLC Recalls Country Vet Biscuits for Dogs Due to Possible Salmonella Health Risk
- Gregory’s Foods Issues Allergy Alert on Undeclared Peanuts in "Bag Full of Cookies" White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Frozen Cookie Dough
- Newway Import Inc. Issues Allergy Alert on Undeclared Wheat in “Preserved Mustard in Soybean Oil” La Puente, Calif. – December 23, 2025
- consumer Product Safety Protection
- Agrish Adult Portable Bed Rails Recalled Due to Risk of Serious Injury or Death from Entrapment and Asphyxiation; Violate Mandatory Standard for Adult Portable Bed Rails; Sold on Amazon by Agrish Direct
- DR Power Equipment Reannounces and Expands Recall of Leaf Vacuums Due to Laceration Hazard; New Remedy Available
- Infant Innovations Recalls BabyBond Retractable Safety Gates Due to Risk of Serious Injury or Death to Children from Entrapment; Violates Mandatory Standard for Gates and Enclosures
- The Kalencom Corporation Recalls SARO Braided Crib Bumpers Due to Risk of Serious Injury or Death from Suffocation; Violates Federal Crib Bumper Ban
- Marcus Adler Glove Recalls Julie and Judah Pajama Pants and Shorts Due to Burn Hazard; Violates Mandatory Flammability Standards for Children’s Sleepwear
- NFSVLB Baby Bath Seats Recalled Due to Risk of Serious Injury or Death to Children from Drowning and Entrapment; Violate Mandatory Standard for Infant Bath Seats; Sold on Amazon by NFSVLB
- Rattan 6-Drawer Dressers Recalled Due to Risk of Serious Injury or Death from Tip-Over and Entrapment; Violate Mandatory Standard for Clothing Storage Units; Sold on Amazon by Rattan
- Sangohe Adult Portable Bed Rails Recalled Due to Risk of Serious Injury or Death from Entrapment and Asphyxiation; Violate Mandatory Standard for Adult Portable Bed Rails
- Vasicar 18-Drawer Dressers Recalled Due to Risk of Serious Injury or Death from Tip-Over and Entrapment; Violates Mandatory Standard for Clothing Storage Units
- YOLAAH Adult Portable Bed Rails Recalled Due to Risk of Serious Injury or Death from Entrapment and Asphyxiation Hazards; Violate Mandatory Standard for Adult Portable Bed Rails
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