The Grass Roots

An Update on the Leaked Climate E-mails and a "Dating Service" for Scientists and Teachers

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Naomi Klein on Climate Debt: Why Rich Countries Should Pay Reparations To Poor Countries For The Climate Crisis.

Palestinian Pundit (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009

Democracy Now! With Amy Goodman "With the Copenhagen climate summit two weeks ago, best-selling journalist Naomi Klein examines the grass-roots movement behind the climate debate proposal that argues all the costs associated with adapting to a more hostile ecology—everything from building stronger sea walls to switching to cleaner, more expensive technologies—are the responsibility...

• Naomi Klein on Climate Debt: Why Rich Countries Should Pay Reparations To Poor Countries - Grandgood
• Naomi Klein on Climate Debt: Why Rich Countries Should Pay Reparations To Poor Countries For The Climate Crisis - Truth Out
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Tea partiers turn on each other

Right Mind (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009

From The Politico : After emerging out of nowhere over the summer as a seemingly potent and growing political...( read more )

How quickly they change

The Blue Voice (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009

Maureen Dowd and Frank Rich in their Sunday New York Times columns give two excellent examples of how smug dismissal of Sarah Palin can quickly turn into admiration. The Beltway Village during 2008 and mostly up until now was more concerned with Tina Fey's imitation of Palin than with what Palin and her supporters were about. Especially as that might be indicated by Palin's own neo-Confederate and...

Three with local ties win Rhodes scholarships

Chicago Tribune (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009

Daniel Shih, Russell Perkins and Stephanie Bell are heading for Oxford next year Two residents of the Chicago area and a University of Chicago graduate are among the 32 Americans chosen this year as Rhodes scholars, the foundation behind the program announced over the weekend.

Rick Pollitt Under Fire: Effort to Repeal the Wicomico Revenue Cap

Right Coast (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009

I'm seeing various reports on sbynews , the Daily Times , as well as some emails in my inbox regarding people's concern and their reverberation of my earlier prediction that Rick Pollitt is creating the "perfect storm" to set up the argument that the revenue cap needs to be repealed. This now seems to be becoming a populist notion. Why? Well, Pollitt's own proposal to deal with the issues...

Pacific Rim's fight against El Salvador

Tim's El Salvador Blog (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009

The Canadian gold-mining company Pacific Rim sent out a press release this week stating that the lawsuit it has brought against El Salvador is moving forward now that three arbitrators have been selected.: An arbitration case brought by Pacific Rim Mining against the government of El Salvador will move ahead, as the arbitration tribunal has now been constituted, the company reported on Thursday. Pacific...

FESTIVAL/CRUISE: Local Musicians Organize Second Brasil Jazz Festa

All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009

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AOC chief slams Kate Ellis over funding

Sydney Morning Herald (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009

The Australian Olympic chief says Sports Minister Kate Ellis has "gone missing" since the release of a report urging no increase to Olympic sports funding.

• Coates slams sports minister - News.com.au
• AOC chief slams Kate Ellis over funding - The Age

A woman who gets scared easily has no business in politics

turenchi (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009

Hon Olunloyo-OshinowoHon. Folake Olunloyo-Oshinowo loves politics at the grass roots, and she believes that is the reason she won a rerun election into the House of Representatives last weekend in Ibadan. ...Hon. Folake Olunloyo-Oshinowo loves politics at the grass roots, and she believes that is the reason she won a rerun election into the House of Representatives last weekend in Ibadan. ...

Star campaigners in Jharkhand

Hindu (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009

Dhanbad: With just two days to go for the curtains to draw on the campaigning for the first phase of Assembly polls in Jharkhand, which begins on November 25, political parties are moving their election machinery in top gear. As star ...

Divisions In Tea Party Movement

The Whig (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009

Politico: Tea partiers turn on each other After emerging out of nowhere over the summer as a seemingly potent and growing political force, the tea party movement has become embroiled in internal feuding over philosophy, strategy and money and is at risk of losing its momentum. The grass-roots activists driving the movement have become increasingly divided on such core questions as whether to focus...

Doug Hoffman Republicans Overreached?

Maggie's Notebook (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009

U.S. News and World Report's Religion section says that "political analysts" view the Owens-Hoffman_Scozzafava debacle in New York's 23rd District as a failed result for Republicans because Republicans "overreached," by abandoning Dede Scozzafava, who has never been a true Republican, and supporting Doug Hoffman (for 3 days), who then lost to a Democrat - the first time in more...

Teabaggers Tussle

CAFFEINATED POLITICS (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009

Who could not see this coming? The grass-roots activists driving the movement have become increasingly divided on such core questions as whether to focus their efforts on shaping policy debates or elections, work on a local, regional, state or national level or closely align themselves with the Republican Party, POLITICO found in interviews with tea party [...]

News: Movement Conservatism

Booker Rising (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009

Glenn Beck To Announce 'Big Plan' In 2010 Glenn Beck, the controversial libertarian-conservative Fox News television host, will become more active in the U.S. populist conservative movement he spawned . At a rally tomorrow in Central Florida, Mr. Beck will unveil a “big plan” for 2010, which is expected to involve the 9.12 Project, the group he started earlier this year and named for the...

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