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Bloomberg: 'Plain and simple,' Congress caused the mortgage crisis, not the banks
capitalnewyork.com - Mayor Michael Bloomberg said this morning that if there is anyone to blame for the mortgage crisis that led the collapse of the financial industry, it's not the "big banks," but Congress.Speaking a...
The Big Lie
nytimes.com - So this is how the Big Lie works. You begin with a hypothesis that has a certain surface plausibility. You find an ally whose background suggests that he’s an “expert”; out of thin air,...
Demetrio Perez Jr. Leading Miami-Dade School Board Race, Despite Not Running
btownerrant.com - photo by sylvar “An educated people will always be strong and free. The alternative is ignorance. Ignorance will ultimately destroy us.” Jose Marti. The 2012 Miami-Dade School Board race promise...
End of Iraq War? Let's not celebrate quite yet
michaelklonsky.blogspot.com - BrechtWhen the leaders speak of peaceThe common folk knowThat war is coming.When the leaders curse warThe mobilization order is already written out. -- Bertolt BrechtA letter from a friend tells m...
Amid War, Following Yonder Star Towards Peace
commondreams.org - Beneath our flat, here in Kabul, wedding guests crowded into a restaurant and celebrated throughout the night. Guests sounded joyful and the music, mostly disco, thumped loudly. When the regular ca...
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The Hidden Curriculum of Liberal Do-Gooders
jacobinmag.com - Art by Loki Muthu T he job of the American public school teacher has never been so thankless. In states across America, cutting teacher salaries and pensions has become the most popular method for ...
Petition: Chicago Board of Education, the Chicago City Council: Place a Moratorium on School Turnarounds, Consolidations and closings.
change.org - Since 2004, the Chicago Board of Education has closed over 60 neighborhood schools, expanded politically connected charters, well-funded mediocre turnarounds and imposed immense disruption on the l...
In the NEA, this is what democracy looks like. « Fred Klonsky
preaprez.wordpress.com - At the NEA convention in Chicago last year, we delegates voted in support of New Business Item 93. NEA will publicly oppose Teach for America (TFA) contracts when they are used in Districts where t...
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1968 Olympian Lee Evans has a brain tumor and no health insurance
thenation.com - Lee Evans needs our help. The Olympic Gold Medalist and political activist, who exploded all records in the 400 meters at the 1968 Olympics, has been hospitalized with an aggressive brain tumor. Th...
For Christmas, Your Government Will Explain Why It's Legal to Kill You
loweringthebar.net - Ha! Just kidding! It won't tell you that. That's classified! Plaintiffs The New York Times Company, Charlie Savage, and Scott Shane (jointly, "NYT"), by their undersigned attorney, allege for their...
The truth about school prayer - The Answer Sheet
washingtonpost.com - This was written by Charles Haynes, director of the Religious Freedom Education Project at the Newseum. He writes and speaks extensively on religious liberty and religion in American public life. T...
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New Sun-Times Investors Donated Heavily to Mayor's Campaign
nbcchicago.com - advertisement Mayor Rahm Emanuel and his spokespeople are masters at crafting and delivering a message. With the sale of the Chicago Sun-Times, a deal expected to close to by year's end, will his a...
Pentagon Finds No Fault in Ties to TV Analysts
nytimes.com - A Pentagon public relations program that sought to transform high-profile military analysts into “surrogates” and “message force multipliers” for the Bush administration complied with Defense Depar...
Tens of Thousands Gather in Moscow to Protest
nytimes.com - MOSCOW — Tens of thousands of citizens converged in Moscow on Saturday for the second huge antigovernment demonstration in a month, an early victory for activists struggling to forge a burst of ene...
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Some people just don't get it
dailykos.com - As I wrote in What if you feel betrayed by your union's leadership?, the President of the National Education Association, Dennis Van Roekel, by doing this USA op ed with Wendy Kopp of Teach for Ame...
Daily Kos: thoughts of no particularly significance
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Daily Kos: thoughts of no particularly significance:thoughts of no particularly significanceby rss@dailykos.com (teacherken)Today is the 3rd of my 12 days of winter break. This afternoon I will fi...
Fear and loathing… and HAPPY HOLIDAYS! « MomsRising Blog
momsrising.org - I’ve always had what seemed to me to be a healthy mistrust of the outside world. I grew up in New York City in the 1970’s, an era often thought of as “Woody Allen’s New York”, where neurosis reigne...
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Matt Damon: Hollywood’s Sexiest Mr. Nice Guy
elle.com - July 2011, Save Our Schools rally, Washington, DC. In the 100-degree heat, it’s almost like a fever dream: Matt Damon, the minimalist movie star, the most unplasticine of screen heros—head shaved, ...
Singer Etta James hospitalized but 'still fighting,' son says
latimesblogs.latimes.com - Etta James, the legendary rhythm and blues singer suffering from end-stage leukemia and dementia, is under sedation while being treated at a Riverside hospital, her son said Saturday. The 73-year-o...
Video: Rosemont HS Teacher Learns to 'Cat Daddy' - Rosemont, CA Patch
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Video: Rosemont HS Teacher Learns to 'Cat Daddy' - Rosemont, CA Patch:Video: Rosemont HS Teacher Learns to 'Cat Daddy'D&D performed at the school Thursday.By Cody KitauraEmail the author6:00 am Ema...
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Saturday coffee. « Fred Klonsky
preaprez.wordpress.com - A violinist on a street in Prague, where thousands of Czechs gathered on Friday for the funeral for former President Vaclav Havel. We’re having coffee at home this morning. The house is quiet and t...
Occupy Solstice | MyFDL
my.firedoglake.com - Occupie: Tami Hurley (via Occupy San Luis Obispo's Facebook Page)Occupy San Luis Obispo is still standing as of Christmas eve (day 66). On December 21 the occupiers made a feast for the solstice. H...
NORAD Santa #parents
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - NORAD Santa:Welcome to NORAD Tracks Santa01days14hrs59mins52secsAll the preparations for this year are in place! Come back each day to discover new surprises in the Kids' Countdown Village, where w...
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Occupy Solstice | MyFDL
my.firedoglake.com - Occupie: Tami Hurley (via Occupy San Luis Obispo's Facebook Page)Occupy San Luis Obispo is still standing as of Christmas eve (day 66). On December 21 the occupiers made a feast for the solstice. H...
We Are The 146% - Russians Refuse To Be Rooked As 120,000 March In Moscow
occupywallst.org - Earlier this month, tens of thousands of Russians marched in Moscow, St. Petersburg, and several other cities decrying the recent parliamentary election results. In the largest series of protests s...
Occupy San Diego Rallies in Support of the American Flag and in Solidarity With Egypt
obrag.org - By Nadin Abbott / December 23, 2011 Marine Corp veteran of the Gulf War, John CanterDuring the early morning hours of December 23rd the Occupy San Diego encampment was raided by San Diego Police, a...
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NORAD Santa #parents
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - NORAD Santa:Welcome to NORAD Tracks Santa01days14hrs59mins52secsAll the preparations for this year are in place! Come back each day to discover new surprises in the Kids' Countdown Village, where w...
