Progressives are disappointed that – contrary to the hype – Obama is no FDR.But FDR himself wasn’t who we think of as FDR until he was forced by protests, strikes and other forms of civil disobedience.As historian Howard Zinn wrote in March 2008:In 193…
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“We Can Either Have a Rational Resolution to the Foreclosure Crisis or We Can Preserve the Capital Structure of the Banks. We Can’t Do Both”
October 28th, 2010 |
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The quote of the day comes from Damon Silvers, a member of the independent Congressional Oversight Panel:We are faced with a choice here.We can either have a rational resolution to the foreclosure crisis or we can preserve the capital structure of the…
Conyers and Kilpatrick Demand Lenders Extend Housing Foreclosure Moratorium to Michigan; No More Foreclosures Until Fraudulent Paperwork is Resolved
October 6th, 2010 |
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Sent to me by a friend on the Hill.From the office of: Fourteenth District, MichiganCongressman John Conyers, Jr.Chairman, House Judiciary CommitteeDean, Congressional Black CaucusPress ReleaseConyers and Kilpatrick Demand Lenders Extend Housing Forecl…
“Teach: Tony Danza†Premieres On A&E Oct. 1
September 28th, 2010 |
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Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Beginning this Friday, Oct. 1 on A&E, Brooklyn-born TV legend Tony Danza will embark on the toughest gig of his career: Teaching an English class at a public high school in Phiadelphia.Danza — who has masqueraded as a Broadway babe, cookbook author, and daytime [...]
YouTube Changing the Platform of Political Debate
September 27th, 2010 |
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You probably remember learning about the famous television debate between then-Senator John F. Kennedy and then-Vice President Richard M. Nixon back in 1960. Perhaps you even saw it on television for yourself. Whatever your experience of this historical broadcast, chances are you know that the debate was a pivotal moment in politics and paved the [...]
Umphrey’s: NYE Chicago Shows Additional Fall Dates
September 7th, 2010 |
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THREE NIGHTS. SEVEN SETS. ONE BAND.
 Umphrey’s McGee |
Umphrey’s McGee have
announced a New Years Eve run at the Riviera Theatre in Chicago on December 29-31. They will play two full two-
set shows on the 29th and 30th, and three sets on the 31st.
Umphreaks can also also catch the band all over North America this fall. Check out the full tour dates below.
Thu, Sep 23rd, 2010 The Valarium Knoxville, Tennessee 9:00 pm
Fri, Sep 24th, 2010 Minglewood Hall Memphis, Tennessee 9:00 pm
Sat, Sep 25th, 2010 Diamond Ballroom Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 9:00 pm
Sun, Sep 26th, 2010 George’s Majestic Lounge Fayetteville, Arkansas 9:00 pm
Sun, Sep 26th, 2010 George’s Majestic Lounge Fayetteville, Arkansas
Tue, Sep 28th, 2010 El Rey Theater Albuquerque, New Mexico 8:30 pm
Wed, Sep 29th, 2010 Orpheum Theatre Flagstaff, Arizona 9:00 pm
Fri, Oct 1st, 2010 The Depot Salt Lake City, Utah 9:15 pm
Sat, Oct 2nd, 2010 Knitting Factory Reno, Nevada 8:00 pm
Sun, Oct 3rd, 2010 Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival San Francisco, California 1:15 pm
Wed, Oct 6th, 2010 Arcata Theatre Arcata, California 8:30 pm
Thu, Oct 7th, 2010 McDonald Theatre Eugene, Oregon 8:00 pm
Fri, Oct 8th, 2010 Showbox SoDo Seattle, Washington 8:15 pm
Sat, Oct 9th, 2010 Wilma Theater Missoula, Montana 8:00 pm
Thu, Oct 21st, 2010 Mr. Small’s Theatre Millvale, Pennsylvania 9:00 pm
Fri, Oct 22nd, 2010 Kalamazoo State Theatre Kalamazoo, Michigan 8:30 pm
Sat, Oct 23rd, 2010 House of Blues Cleveland, Ohio 9:00 pm
Sun, Oct 24th, 2010 The Bluebird Bloomington, Indiana 9:00 pm
Wed, Oct 27th, 2010 People’s Court Des Moines, Iowa 9:00 pm
Thu, Oct 28th, 2010 Canopy Club Urbana, Illinois 8:00 pm
Fri, Oct 29th, 2010 Canopy Club Urbana, Illinois
Sat, Oct 30th, 2010 The Pageant St. Louis, Missouri
Sun, Oct 31st, 2010 The Pageant St. Louis, Missouri
Wed, Nov 3rd, 2010 Higher Ground South Burlington, Vermont
Thu, Nov 4th, 2010 Higher Ground South Burlington, Vermont
Fri, Nov 5th, 2010 9:30 Club Washington, D.C. 10:30 pm
Sat, Nov 6th, 2010 9:30 Club Washington, D.C. 10:30 pm
Tue, Nov 9th, 2010 Jefferson Theater Charlottesville, Virginia 8:30 pm
Wed, Nov 10th, 2010 Legends Boone, North Carolina 9:00 pm
Thu, Nov 11th, 2010 Bear Creek Music and Art Festival Live Oak, Florida
Fri, Nov 12th, 2010 Bear Creek Music and Art Festival Live Oak, Florida
Wed, Dec 29th, 2010 The Riviera Theatre Chicago, Illinois
Thu, Dec 30th, 2010 The Riviera Theatre Chicago, Illinois
Fri, Dec 31st, 2010 The Riviera Theatre Chicago, Illinois
20 January 2011- 24 January 2011 Mayan Holidaze Puerto Morelos, Mexico
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Euforquestra: Live Download w/Members of SCI
August 19th, 2010 |
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NEW ALBUM SOUP OUT NOW
 Live at Camp Euforia 2010 |
Self-proclaimed purveyors of “Afro-Caribbean-Barnyard-Funk” Euforquestra recently played at the
Camp Euforia festival on July 17 in Lone Tree, Iowa. During their performance the band playing the
String Cheese Incident song “MLT,” with half
of SCI: Kyle Hollingsworth, Michael Travis, and Jason Hann. Hollingsworth sat in with the band on
keyboards the
entire night. Click here to listen to and download the
track.
Click here to download Euforquestra’s new album,
Soup, for free.
Chelsea Clinton Wedding Weekend Underway In Rhinebeck, New York
July 31st, 2010 |
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Former First Daughter Chelsea Clinton, 30, has gone from an awkward, fashion-challenged tween to a blushing bride-to-be before our very eyes. The poised and cosmopolitan only child of two of the nation’s most noted politicos — Bill and Hillary Clinton — will tie the knot Saturday afternoon during a reported $6 wedding million ceremony at [...]
Google Buying Clean Power from Iowa Wind Farm
July 21st, 2010 |
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On July 20 Google said it will purchase 114 megawatts of clean energy from the NextEra Energy Resources wind farm in Iowa at a predetermined rate for 20 years. Google expects to grab enough power to run several data centers. – Google on July 20 said it will purchase 114 megawatts of clean energy from a
wind farm in Iowa at a predetermined rate for 20 years.
The company on July 30 will begin buying clean energy
from NextEra Energy Resources in Iowa. The deal, detailed
here, is the first of its kind for the Google Energ…
July 19, 1989: Human Heroics Overcome Aircraft Failure in Sioux City
July 19th, 2010 |
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1989: A catastrophic hydraulic-system failure forces a plane to make an emergency landing in Sioux City, Iowa. The right wing catches on the tarmac, sending the plane careening down the runway in a ball of flame and twisting wreckage. But thanks to the skill of the flight team, the rescue personnel on the ground and [...]
Google Apps for Education Growing Everyday
June 29th, 2010 |
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Google and the educational systems of Iowa and Colorado shared some exciting news on Monday – that the two states would be the next to sign on to Google Apps. This means that the states will be extending Google Apps to the more than 3,000 schools between them.
This partnership seems to make sense as the [...]
80/35 Adds Yo La Tengo, Dawes
May 26th, 2010 |
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VENERABLE ALTERNATIVE ROCK CLASSIC & EMERGING ROOTS ROCK GREAT
 Dawes |
The 80/35 Festival, which has announced the cherry additions of Yo La Tengo and Dawes.
The third annual 80/35 takes place Saturday and Sunday, July 3 and 4, 2010, at Western Gateway Park in downtown Des Moines, Iowa. The music festival will feature more than 30 acts on multiple stages for two full days of music.
Saturday, July 3
Spoon
Slightly Stoopid
Yo La Tengo
Particle
William Elliott Whitmore
Holly Golightly
Earl Greyhound
Solid Gold
Cashes Rivers
Psalm One
Omega Dog
Modern Day Satire
Sunday, July 4
Modest Mouse
Railroad Earth
The Walkmen
Avi Buffalo
The Heavy
Dar Williams
Dawes
Sara Watkins
Family Groove Company
Evangelicals
The Workshy
Christopher the Conquered
Evening Crunch Crumbs: Slipknot Bassist Paul Gray Dies; Orlando Bloom Inks “Musketeers†Deal; Wale Too Straight For Gay Pride Celebration
May 24th, 2010 |
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-Keeping menopause sexy with Kim Cattrall! -Slipknot bassist Paul Gray, 38, was found dead in a Des Moines, Iowa hotel room on Monday morning…. -Reality villainess Omarosa’s back with a new maneating reality show, The Ultimate Merger….. -There she is: Miss America back on ABC. The Miss America pageant is returning to ABC, the network that dropped it [...]
May 10, 1869: Golden Spike Links Nation by Rail
May 10th, 2010 |
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1869: Four years after the Civil War, the United States is joined from coast to coast by a transcontinental railroad, as a ceremonial final spike is driven at Promontory Summit, Utah. Travel time from Atlantic to Pacific will soon fall from as much as six months, down to one week.
In an early example of [...]
Gum Wrapper Prom Dress Leaves Iowa Teen Elizabeth Rasmuson Feeling “Bubblyâ€
April 13th, 2010 |
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Elizabeth Rasmuson is all bubbly over her one-of-a-kind high school prom dress made out of gum wrappers. The high school junior from Iowa made the dress — and a matching vest for her boyfriend — out of blue and white wrappers from Wrigley’s “5 Gum.” She says she got the idea for the designs after she [...]
Stand up and be counted
April 1st, 2010 |
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The uses and abuses of a ten-yearly ritual, as the census is held in America
EVERY ten years, says the constitution, America’s government must count every person living in the United States. For a country of more than 300m, this is an immense logistical feat: the Census Bureau mailed out or hand-delivered about 134m questionnaires for census day on April 1st. The census is also almost always controversial. Little wonder, given the three ways in which the results help to shape the distribution of political and economic power.
As after every census, the population changes tallied will, first, alter the state-by-state apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives and therefore the electoral college, the body that picks the president after elections. According to the non-profit Population Reference Bureau, the southern and western states will do well; Texas is likely to gain three seats, with Arizona, Florida, Georgia and Utah each gaining one. The losers (one seat each) are likely to be Iowa, Louisiana (thanks to Hurricane Katrina), Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania. …
US Congress backs final changes to landmark health bill
March 26th, 2010 |
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The US Congress Thursday approved one last round of changes to the landmark health reform bill already signed into law by President Barack Obama, ending a divisive year-long domestic debate that has taken a violent turn this week.
The votes in the Senate and House of Representatives marked the final steps in a complicated set of [...]