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Atlantic Yards Report (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
From Juan Gonzalez's column in today's New York Daily News about Daniel Goldstein (lead Atlantic Yards plaintiff and Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn spokesman) and his family, headlined Brooklyn couple wants Gov. Paterson to stop Ratner's eminent domain win:But Goldstein is still in his condo, living in that dust-filled building.Only, Goldstein is no longer alone. Thousands of neighborhood
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Dialogic (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
Low Road to High Finance: McClatchy Expose Reveals How Goldman Sachs Sold Off Billions in Mortgage Securities After Anticipating Housing Collapse Guest: Greg Gordon Host: Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez Democracy Now A five-month investigation by McClatchy Newspapers has revealed that Goldman Sachs made secret bets against the housing market while simultaneously selling off billions in soon-to-be worthless...
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No Land Grab (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
Democracy Now! Here's a must-watch segment from Democracy Now! on the decision this week by Pfizer to abandon New London, which seized land to build an office park around the company's headquarters, giving rise to the landmark Supreme Court case of Kelo vs. New London . Homeowners in New London, Connecticut took on the city’s leaders after they announced plans to condemn all of the homes in...
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No Land Grab (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
NY Daily News by Juan Gonzalez It is not just New London, of course, where local governments have rushed to use eminent domain in recent years to bulldoze neighborhoods for the benefit of the rich and powerful. Here in this town, the Bloomberg administration keeps trying to seize properties in downtown Brooklyn to make way for the giant Forest City Ratner Atlantic Yards Project. In Willets Point,...
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Literanista (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
I would like to propose a new book challenge for bloggers (perhaps for 2010?), based on "the compilation of the best literature every Latina should check out put together by Latina Magazine: 25 Books Every Latina Should Read" The "25 Books Every Latina/o Should Read" Challenge: The House of Spirits Isabel Allende One Hundred Years of Solitude Gabriel Garcia Marquez In The Time of...
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The Spot Starters (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Year: 2001 Record: 66-96 Win %: .407 Win % Change: -81 from year before Run Differential: -152 Pythagorean Record: 67-95 AL Finish: 11th of 14 Manager: Phil Garner Best Transaction: Letting Juan Gonzalez walk. Sure, this one wasn’t up to the Tigers, but boy did it work out. Randy Smith wanted to keep Juan Gonzalez in Detroit. Gonzo’s first year in Detroit was [...]
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Dialogic (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Glenn Greenwald on Afghanistan, State Secrets, Healthcare and the Media Democracy Now Hosts: Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez One of the leading political and legal bloggers in the country, Glenn Greenwald, joins us to talk about about the war in Afghanistan, the Obama administration’s use of state secrets, the healthcare debate, the renewed military commissions at Guantanamo, and the coverage of...
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InHistoric (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
There are several players in the Yankees dugout who could win the MVP if they win the series. In the Phillies' dugout, the choice has already been made. With another two-home run game, Phillies second baseman Chase Utley hit his fourth and fifth home runs of the series -- tying Reggie Jackson for the most home runs in a World Series. This also ties the record for the most homers in a single postseason...
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The Neighborhood Retail Alliance (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
Tom Robbins lays out the bill of particulars against the political quiescence of the local papers: "One reason for the remarkably charmed life of Mike Bloomberg 's administration as he sails toward re- election has been the waning of the city's news business. This is an odd blessing for a man who made his fortune as a media mogul. But just ask Rudy Giuliani , or David Dinkins , or Ed Koch , and...
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Crooks and Liars (Free subscription) | 10/24/2009
DOWNLOADS: (62) PLAYS: (189) From Democracy Now-- Judge Rejects Blackwater Attempt to Dismiss Cases Filed by Iraqi Victims : A federal judge has rejected a series of arguments by lawyers for the private military contractor Blackwater who were seeking to dismiss five war crimes cases brought by Iraqi victims against the company and its owner, Erik Prince. We speak to award-winning investigative journalist...
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Open Left (Free subscription) | 10/24/2009
350.org co-founder Bill McKibben and Australian scientist Tim Flannery talked with Democracy Now! previewing an International Climate Action Day today--on the flip. The impacts of climate change in Australia have gone far past the point where denial is still possible. Meanwhile, the Boston Globe Green Blog notes that 350.org took out the following full-page ad in MIT's newspaper yesterday, putting...
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Lost in the Ozone... (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
Read original... EMS operators, who were to move into 11 MetroTech in March, have not done so because of bugs in Verizon's phone system, Skyler said. Xanthos for News Mayor Bloomberg’s $1.3 billion plan to modernize the city’s 911 system is two years late, plagued by poor management and bad equipment, and has ballooned in cost to more than $2 billion, the Daily News has learned. Launched...
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Ivy Chat (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
All signs indicate that the Cubs will hire Rudy Jaramillo to be their new hitting coach: One report has it as three years and $2.42 million but the Cubs could not confirm that figure. ... The 59-year-old Jaramillo comes to the Cubs from the Texas Rangers, where he spent 15 years and earned a reputation as one of the top hitting coaches in the game. He became available after the Rangers offered him...
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Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
Kleberg County Chief Deputy Juan Gonzalez told the Corpus Christi Caller-Times that police recovered shackles Rafael Ortega had been wearing.
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Chris's Commons (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
I am currently battling some computer issues that I am going to try and get resolved over the next day or two, so blogging may be somewhat sporadic until then. One of the items that will go up a little later than I would like is my coverage of a Health Care reform march that happened locally here in Cincinnati over the weekend. I have a recap of the event as well as some video that will be posted once...
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