Green Path

by: ViewsOnNews

Tue Mar 29, 2011 at 06:00:00 AM MST

The Green Path of Hope is formed for the sake of people's rightful demands and for claiming their rights... the color green is the symbol of this movement; its slogan is demanding the impeccable implementation of the constitution, and innumerable self-motivated independent societies form the body of this movement.

The way has six main members of the central council, that are connected to the reformist parties and movements, NGOs, and the social networks. The main body will be the ordinary protesters. The method is to create pressure from the lower parts of the society and make them connected in a social network, and therefore to lead the protests in a lawful way.

Revisiting the First Amendment

by: panopticpants

Thu Mar 10, 2011 at 09:00:00 AM MST

It is suggested that by comparing these legal scholars who come to similar conclusions regarding the issue of regulating speech, we will discern many nuances and flaws in their arguments that would largely be ignored if one were compared with someone who arrives at an antithetical conclusion, such as Justice Holmes.  Although many may think of the two scholars' views as being highly similar insofar as they both support stricter interpretations of the First Amendment,  this generalization is problematized after careful scrutiny.

Sunstein explains his principle of "regulation" of speech through his heavy reliance on the works of James Madison.  He advocates a "Madisonian First Amendment," which is meant to foster what he calls "government by discussion."  This type of government exists only when political speech is heavily protected and non-political speech is subject to regulation whenever it inhibits democratic growth.  It seems that contemporary First Amendment jurisprudence has ignored the value of this "two-tiered" approach (political/non-political) and has protected "expression" that we may believe to be "fraught with death."  In short, speech with direct political implications is completely protected in Sunstein's model.  However, non-political speech is subject to regulation.

In contrast, one finds that Stanley Fish argues that any speech with political consequence should be subject to some regulatory considerations.  Rather than searching for a way to determine a content-neutral, formal definition of the types of speech that could or should be regulated (as does Sunstein), Fish relies heavily on a substantive, particularistic approach to jurisprudence.  This approach may find contrary to Sunstein that speech which should be regulated above and beyond all other speech is speech with public consequence or political speech.  In the paper, I will attempt to find where Fish and Sunstein stand on key cases and issues (e.g. Dennis) in order to highlight potential differences and agreements.

birds, law, and what is to be done

by: panopticpants

Sun Mar 06, 2011 at 11:00:00 AM MST

In Maine, in about 2001? 2002? they literally changed the bestiality law to not include the animal/slaughterhouse industry. I guess they were worried about potential turnons of continual slicing open beaks and smothering little chickens? Male chickens are offed/smothered or incinerated right after birth in the egg industry.

there is no easy answer to this stuff. I am sorry to these little animals. I remember being on tour and there would be these little swallows at the starbucks hell I think I took pix and posted them here, and we would be imagining that it was the same little bird at each stop (or I did) and playful jokes about it I would say hi hello! and it made me happy. a being. a little being.

i just can't participate in this sector of the economy. I know that this is not to say that in so doing I haven't opened up my own practices to a billion other inconsistencies. Also, I do not want to be all judgmental of others like some fascist evil and I love my prosciutto as much as the next or more but shit - I'm doing what I can. For now, until I learn otherwise, I cannot eat meat or consume dairy or participate at any further level in that economy.

For whatever it is worth, a compassionate view of beings necessitates...all compassion for all beings. and while that categorical imperative will never be met - I'm quicker to be compassionate at all levels of human interaction. I tend to hate humans more than other animals. And, with a new vision in place, it's all about reducing suffering, compassion, and support of others. to the best of all my abilities.

As such, it makes sense to move towards Law. Which is what I intend. I believe I will be able to litigate for labor, civil rights, anti-death penalty...the world explodes with possibility. thus, fuck. another degree????? yes. but this is the last one. and with that, perhaps, I will be able to implement changes for others' well-being.

5527A/B-2 Achieving Maximum Accuracy and Repeatability

by: chill

Sat Feb 26, 2011 at 09:00:00 AM MST

We could see an eruption of new, younger companies here in the Southwest filling certain niches that the larger companies would eventually be unable fill. There was no way for them to continue to mobilize a smaller and smaller share of workers & hardware to make it profitable.

Bridges had the foresight to target the trivial needs of customers in the aerospace and defense, energy, pharmaceuticals, government, and financial services industries. Too small to fail, as it were.

Now they have been selected to appear in the important List of 2,000 International Identities by Leading Designers. When Kapital is looking for new investment opportunity that's where they look. This is a huge honor and great achievement! In addition, the company has managed to shake "kilo" for stakeholders undetected. But given the devastation by violation of confidentiality agreements the last strategy to prevent this form of blackmail is the long term lateral movement of employees to continue under the guise of aid. This will probably take the form of company sponsored urban re-population and development in the vicinity of the Bridge's offices, as well as educational grants for nearby low-income residents.

Human Shields

by: chill

Wed Feb 23, 2011 at 01:00:00 AM MST

Well, of course it failed-- but at least they tried. Many of them were Quaker or Mennonite, I read, not rabid or unhinged, precisely-- but that's how I remember them since not pointlessly bombing sh*t is fringe behavior.

And it continues...

A Mall in Iran

Human Shield Army Hits 10,000 AN anti-war group has recruited its 10,000th volunteer to act as a human shield if US soldiers invade Iran. The Human Shield Movement says supporters from 22 countries have pledged to go on the mission. They are ready to travel to Iran and position themselves around civilian sites and infrastructure in a bid to prevent an attack.

I hope they station some people in the malls, they could hang out with all the other people who are already there. A lot of shopping gets done in a country of 71 million humans.

921

by: hhex65

Tue Sep 21, 2010 at 09:00:00 AM MST

Only 11 states out of the 50 have a greater number of residents than the 8,008,278 who live in NYC alone. For example, Wyoming (with 2 Senators, just like New York) has fewer residents than Washington, DC (with 0 Senators.) Idaho has 1.5 million people spread out over 83,574 square miles. Alaska has about 690 thousand people, and it is huge and empty. Bad ideology takes strong root in such isolation, and gets to power so much faster than in a place like Pittsburgh (pop. 311,647 on 58.3 sq miles) where you have to actually see other people. I've been living in semi-rural situations for about 15 years, with the best of it in New Mexico. This is the sixth most-sparsely inhabited state. It helped me get a lot of work done, helped me learn how to be patient. But, boy, you have to watch it; a person could slip away so fast.

Case in point this repub tire fire "running" for Gov in New Mexico, here is a site explaining her mess.

And she could win, she represents the other major party.

3 Ways Protesters & Immolation Have Been Involved In Political Scandals

by: chill

Thu Jun 24, 2010 at 21:18:12 PM MST

• Ryszard Siwiec was the first person to commit suicide by self-immolation in protest against the Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia. He set himself ablaze in Warsaw before 100,000 spectators, including the national leadership and foreign diplomats who had been invited. The international attention surrounding the self-immolation led to public revelations that his daughter, Bona Siwiec, had been seduced as a teenager by the Deputy Premier. Bona Siwiec claimed that the married Deputy Premier had told her that she must have sex with him for his own sake and that of his invalid wife. The scandal helped to ignite the nascent anti-USSR "Solidarity" movement and eventually led to the fall of Communism.


• Alice Herz was the first activist in the United States known to have immolated herself in protest of the escalating Vietnam War. She died of self-immolation at the age of 82. In the investigation which followed it was discovered that a she had been having an affair with a prominent pro-segregation Senator. Using this information for blackmail, President Johnson was able to break the Southern voting bloc standing against the Civil Rights Act. Furthermore, the Vietnam War immediately ended ten years later.


• Joseba Elosegi was a Basque nationalist who self-immolated trying to embrace dictator Franco in order to protest against the fascist Bombing of Gernika in 1937. Franco was so famously disfigured by the fiery attack that years later, when the lifeless body of Ama Lur, a fashion model and author of "5 Life Lessons Learned From A Tea Cup," was found on a public beach, fragments of burned scar tissue on clothes discarded nearby were easily identifiable as belonging to Franco. The evidence led to prolonged investigations of Franco's direct involvement in her death along with sensational allegations of drug and sex orgies in Franco's inner circle. Although, her murder still remains unsolved, Elosegi's act led indirectly to Franco's downfall and the subsequent establishment of a Basque homeland.

IF you think about it, "immolare" does sound an awful lot like "immortal"-- which is what these acts of protest have become; perhaps exactly what these individuals had in mind even as they themselves burned but briefly across the dark skies of history.

HCR: infographic of "simple explanation" flowchart

by: hhex65

Thu Aug 20, 2009 at 19:41:56 PM MST

circulating medium

by: chill

Sun Mar 22, 2009 at 12:04:15 PM MST

One more Senate seat decoded

by: chill

Tue Dec 02, 2008 at 23:42:54 PM MST

Tonight the undecided Georgia Senate seat was retained in a runoff by the incumbent granddaughter-groper Hansford Burnside McQuincy (R-Crackertown.) Turnout was light. News reports are trying feebly to weave this predictable win into some narrative about some national urge to block the Democratic majority but that is bs, alea iacta est.

Minnesota's Senate race remains undecided.

Fat States

by: hhex65

Sat Nov 15, 2008 at 00:11:51 AM MST

MAP 1:

MAP 2:

The nine fattest states in the U.S. and the % of their vote cast for the Rep Presidential ticket in 2008:

1. Mississippi::57%


2. West Virginia::56%


3. Alabama::61%


4. Louisiana::59%


5. South Carolina::54%


6. Tennessee::57%


7. Kentucky::58%


8. Oklahoma::66%


9. Arkansas::59%

The least fat "red" state was Montana (45th) and the fattest "blue" state was Michigan (10th.) Wyoming (fat rank: 33rd) had the largest percentage vote for McCain at 65%. The District of Columbia (fat rank: 43rd) had the largest percentage vote for Obama at 93%. Missouri is still uncalled, but once it is it could tip the scales either way, as it ranks 12th fattest (tied with Georgia, another "red" state.)

I don't think it means much, it's just a weird correlation.

Sources:
Calorielab
Electoral-vote.com

Election Day Voting in Maryland

by: ViewsOnNews

Wed Nov 05, 2008 at 14:37:50 PM MST

read more...at The Washington Insider

Chinette

by: chill

Thu Jul 17, 2008 at 10:43:57 AM MST

I'm a little bit in awe of China. Still commies after all these years, inflated with all kinds of demand and we're acting like we have same say in the matter.

I suppose Incipient Maoism is not a position to brandish before polite paid company. But sometimes I say: Wow, China! To be honest, I suspect that it is to my benefit to nurture a few outlandish opinions, as an investment.

So, I am greedily welcomed to hang some brutal comments out there-- when they get slapped down I'll be officially Souljah'd & that's got to be bad because look at Sister Souljah's bio:

Oh, no! Don't want to wind up like that.

THE CAMPAIGN IS THE MEDIUM: NASHVILLE--Part 3 of 3

by: videowash

Sat May 31, 2008 at 20:41:07 PM MST

NASHVILLE

Dir. Robert Altman (1975)

With the release of "Jaws" in the summer of '75 bathers at the beach were terrified by John Williams' three note motif score representing the mood and state of mind of a man-eating shark. During the same summer, director Robert Altman used sound differently in Nashville. Altman cast mostly non-musical actors to write and perform their own songs using 24 audio tracks for the 24 separate characters allowing for multiple and overlapping dialogue.

This “thick” aural density causes the listener to make regular choices among competing sounds. One of the major competitors is presidential candidate Hal Phillip Walker’s campaign van. His pre-recorded voice blares from loudspeakers cruising the city attempting to sell his platform to the people.

 "Fellow taxpayers and stockholders in America. On the first Tuesday in November, we have to make some vital decisions about our management. Let me go directly to the point. I'm for doing some replacing. I've discussed the Replacement Party with people all over this country and I'm often confronted with the statement - 'I don't want to get mixed up in politics,' or 'I'm tired of politics,' or 'I'm not interested.' Almost as often, someone said, 'I can't do anything about it anyway.' Let me point out two things. Number One: All of us are deeply involved with politics whether we know it or not and whether we like it or not. And Number Two: We can do something about it.”

Interweaving an entire cross-section of characters into a microcosm of American culture in the country-music capital, Nashville portrays the connected interests of the music industry and campaign politics. Similar to Wild In the Streets and Medium Cool, Nashville takes place on the campaign trail to reveal the vice versa of show business politics. The weakness of political parties combined with fame, glamour, and excitement naturally has made the political arena a perfect match for our modern gladiators.

However, at times the spotlight cast by the attention drawn from celebrities can illuminate an otherwise obscure issue. A Backstreet Boy testified before a senate environment and public works subcommittee on mountaintop removal mining for his hometown; no harm done. On the other hand, who cares how Tom Hanks votes? No one wants to wear sneakers by Bono, and does it really matter what Morrisey says about immigration?

Ok, maybe the argument is not whether celebrities should be involved in politics or not, or if news media is a war enabler. What we have here is a discussion on who our “leaders” are, where did they come from? Have we fully participated in their obtainment of power? Is choosing deciding?

But, perhaps there is a way….Across the country and throughout the world the demand for effective leadership is soaring. As a result, academic programs in leadership studies are being integrated into the national curricula. I wonder what would happen if the ’08 presidential candidates were required to attend such a course. I’d like to see a class with the I Ching as the textbook and Charlie Bartlett as the professor.

SHIH/THE ARMY

In times of war it is desirable to be led by a cautious and humane general. If he has achieved his position through force, the general will not last long and he will lose support of his army when he needs them most. If on the other hand he has become a leader through superior conduct and even-handed treatment of his fellow soldiers, then his power is well consolidated and it endures.

SUI/FOLLOWING

Leading others is a delicate art. Following creates success. Proceed gently, with balance, staying unattached to results. Remain responsive to the views of those you would influence.

TS’UI/GATHERING TOGETHER

It is our collective strength that makes positive change possible in the world. However, the tremendous power of human collectives must be directed by a qualified leader. Improve yourself into the kind of person you yourself would follow wholeheartedly and without hesitation.

TING/THE CAULDRON

You serve as an example to others by sacrificing your ego and accepting the power of the creative. Employ music, prayer, meditation, a common project, or some other form of sacred concentration or ceremony to release the pent-up energy in yourself and others.

---Excerpts from I Ching/A Guide to Life’s Turning Points by Brian Browne Walker

restricted space

by: chill

Sun May 11, 2008 at 14:53:21 PM MST

The last attempt was in 2005 by Leland Chapman Cox --no relation to Dog The Bounty Hunter's kid.

Here are two contemporaneous reports of the incident:

COMIC: PointRider

by: chill

Wed May 07, 2008 at 11:27:54 AM MST

Support the Employee Free Choice Act

by: hhex65

Thu May 01, 2008 at 10:31:42 AM MST

You can sign a petition here to voice your support for passage of the Employee Free Choice Act.

Pope

by: chill

Wed Apr 16, 2008 at 12:53:35 PM MST

COMIC: Magic Hand

by: hhex65

Wed Apr 09, 2008 at 23:15:41 PM MST

COMIC: May 08

by: km

Wed Apr 09, 2008 at 14:14:30 PM MST