Category: Politics

  • NYC IMC – New York City IndyMedia – listen to and see what’s going on right now.

    NYC IMC: home August 29: Breaking News 03:27 PM Police have removed barricades at 30th and 7th, the march is starting to move north again. 03:25 PM Police are reportedly arresting bikers heading uptown. They are trying to redirect people towards 5th ave. This may be a trap. 6 arrests are reported at 6th and…

  • New MoveOn PAC 10 Weeks ad

    MoveOn PAC BENNY BOOM’s “EVERYBODY” DIRECTOR’S NOTE: “‘Everybody’ is not an attack ad, it’s an enlightenment piece. It’s very important for kids to understand the serious condition of the country and the world right now. A lot of people in the inner cities just don’t see the importance of voting because nothing changes, but there…

  • ATROCIOUS – Definition

    ATROCIOUS – Definition Meaning of ATROCIOUS Pronunciation: u’trowshus WordNet Dictionary Definition:   [adj]  provoking horror; “an atrocious automobile accident”; “a frightful crime of decapitation”; “an alarming, even horrifying, picture”; “war is beyond all words horrible”- Winston Churchill; “an ugly wound” [adj]  exceptionally bad or displeasing; “atrocious taste”; “abominable workmanship”; “an awful voice”; “dreadful manners”; “a…

  • McSweeney’s Internet Tendency: Reasons to Dispatch Bush

    McSweeney’s Internet Tendency: Reasons to Dispatch Bush DAILY REASON TO DISPATCH BUSH. DAY 104: President Bush’s new rules on travel to Cuba went into effect on June 30. They allow Cuban Americans only one visit home every three years, eliminate humanitarian permission to attend funerals or to see dying relatives, and remove all extended family—such…

  • Lessig weighs in on San Francisco marriages

    This post by Lawrence Lessig addresses the issue of the executive’s responsibility to judge constitutionality in enforcing the law as it relates to the current events in San Francisco, where many gay people are getting married in defiance of state law. Quoting Lessig: Presidents’ Day lesson: the mayor’s duty The Mayor of San Francisco has…

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