Just started reading what I would classify as a political science fiction novel. Fifty Degrees Below by Kim Stanley Robinson. It probably could be called an eco-thriller or some such nonsense, but with KSR firmly established as a great speculative fiction writer I wouldn’t classify it at all. Plausible fiction; plausible futures. Anyway, the setting […]
Donne di Pace
Just ran across my young friend Rae’s blog enty rae’s codepink road journal: RaeSpeak: Presentations in Italy She is a delight. I know her via CODEPINK actions in DC and Tucson. For someone so young, very early 20s, I find her to be an old soul. As I’m approaching an age where everyone younger than […]
CODEPINK Activist Jailed
This is a follow-up to an earlier post about Diane Wilson, one of the co-founders of CODEPINK Women for Peace, and author of An Unreasonable Woman who legally infiltrated a Cheney/Delay fundraiser last week in Houston where she was arrested for speaking her mind. Why is Diane Wilson still in jail after the Cheney/Delay fundraiser […]
New Divider — Countdown Clock to W's Remaining Time in Office
I changed the look of this blog a bit by taking down the dead sidebar link to a W Countdown Clock and put in the new code that essentially creates a more distinctive bar between posts with the same information. If you have no life and want to respond, please tell me if you like […]
Powerful video link to images of 2005's US military deaths in Iraq
Swift Turn sent me this link via email with the simple subject of POWERFUL video. Truth is simple. Check it out. buildpeace.blogspot.com
More on Veterans Running as Democrats
Jeff Latas who is running in Arizona’s 8th Congressional District has not as yet been featured on Air America Radio’s Fighting Dems — and he should be there! Jeff announced his decision to run for congress when it was still a race against Kolbe. Kolbe has now announced his retirement and other candidates have begun […]