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FCC Chair Julius Genachowski's remarks, made at the Clinton Presidential Library, November 24, 2009. Prepared Remarks of Chairman Julius Genachowski Federal Communications Commission “Connecting the Nation: A National Broadband Plan.” The Clinton Presidential Library Little Rock, Arkansas November 24, 2009...
Muslims Against Sharia (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Sen. Joseph Lieberman said Sunday he intends to launch a Senate committee hearing on whether the Fort Hood shootings were a terrorist act and if the Army should have taken pre-emptive steps due to reported signs of Islamic extremism by the suspected gunman. "I'm intending to begin a congressional investigation of my Homeland Security Committee into what were the motives of (Maj. Nidal Malik) Hasan...
mel.opho.be (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
The Dutchess & The Duke make great albums (including this year’s Sunset/Sunrise ) and as someone who just saw them for the first time recently, I can tell you they are a great live band as well. So in the spirit of you getting up and getting out to see them, I have tour dates, a lot of tour dates. And for those that don’t know them, I have a song called “Hands.” Check it...
5 Acts (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Between NYC and DC, you'd think I would have gotten to see Real Estate by now. Not the case! Super thrilled to be catching them tonight at Black Cat. It's a Mainstage show with doors opening at 8pm and tickets are just $12. Tour Dates: 11/04 - Philadelphia, PA - Kung Fu Necktie 11/06 - New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom 11/07 - Boston, MA - Great Scott 11/08 - Ithaca, NY 11/09 - Montreal, Quebec - Il Motore...
Evolution News & Views (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Epperson v. Arkansas was the first case regarding the teaching of evolution to reach the U.S. Supreme Court. The decision was handed down in 1968, where the Court effectively declared it illegal to ban the teaching of evolution. 1. Summary An Arkansas statute descended from the Tennessee “Monkey Law” made it a criminal misdemeanor for teachers in state-supported schools to teach evolution...
Alter The Press! (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
Single File have posted a new song called 'Miss Cherry Lipgloss' here . The bands forthcoming US tour dates can be seen by clicking read more below. AbsolutePunk.net tour with Mercy Mercedes, The Dangerous Summer and Between the Trees: 11.10.09 - Philadelphia, PA - The Balcony Bar @ The Trocadero 11.11.09 - Allentown, PA - Crocodile Rock Café 11.12.09 - Hartford, CT - Webster Underground 11.13.09...
Alter The Press! (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
Deas Vail have signed to Mono Vs Stereo Records and will release their new album 'Birds and Cages' on October 27th. Deas Vail are currently on tour with Mae and will tour with Owl City in early 2010. On Tour with Mae 10/19 The Venue Boise, ID 10/20 The Railyard Billings, MO 10/21 In The Venue Salt Lake City, UT 10/22 The Marquis Denver, CO 10/23 The Record Bar Kansas City, MO 10/24 Triple Rock Social...
Booker Rising (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
The conservative Republican commentator compares the liberal Democratic activist to the infamous segregationist Democratic governor who sought to block black students from integrating Little Rock, Ark. schools : "DeMaurice Smith, NFL Players Association chief, urged the league to nix Rush Limbaugh's participation in a consortium to buy the St Louis Rams. Buying Al Sharpton's hype that Limbaugh...
Joseph Kim, MD, MPH (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009
According to this story on CNN , a suspect has been arrested in the 1990 abduction and attempted murder of an 8-year-old Texas girl. DNA evidence has led to the arrest of Dennis Earl Bradford, a 40-year-old welder in Little Rock, Arkansas. The victim, Jennifer Schuett, went public with her story in hopes of someday bringing her attacker to justice. The power of DNA evidence will grow as advances in...
Dont Let Them Hurt Our Children (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009
Jennifer Schuett's search for the man who snatched her from her bed when she was 8, sexually assaulted her and left her for dead on top of an ant hill ended Tuesday with the arrest of a suspect. Now begins another chapter in Schuett's 19-year quest for justice. Standing in front of the television cameras, Jennifer Schuett blinked back tears. "This is a huge day for me," she later told CNN...
feminist blogs (Free subscription) | 10/10/2009
Protesters in Little Rock, Arkansas, (1959) declared that “race mixing” (or school integration) was “communism”: A reader at Andrew Sullivan’s The Daily Dish argues that accusations of communism then, and socialism now, are not only about the redistribution of wealth. They are about the redistribution of privilege of all kinds, including white privilege. Read it here ....
Maggie's Notebook (Free subscription) | 09/25/2009
Hosam Maher Husein Smadi, a Jordanian citizen, was arrested today for placing an "inactive car bomb" outside a 60-story Dallas skyscraper. Hosam Maher Husein Smadi Smadi is 19 years old and according to the arrest warrant ( available in pdf ) publicly pledged his loyalty to Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda, according to authorities . The arrest warrant states that three FBI agents worked undercover...
Alter The Press! (Free subscription) | 09/22/2009
We Came As Romans release their new album, 'To Plant A Seed' on November 3rd on Equal Vision Records. 1. To Plant A Seed 2. Broken Statues 3. Intentions (ft. Tyler “Telle” Smith of The Word Alive) 4. Roads That Don't End And Views That Never Cease 5. Dreams 6. We Are The Reasons 7. Beliefs 8. I Will Not Reap Destruction 9. Searching, Seeking, Reaching, Always 10. An Ever-Growing Wonder...
Opinionated Catholic (Free subscription) | 09/17/2009
Father Z has a good article on remarks Pope Benedict made. See Pope Benedict on priests - Fr. Z on worship . Benedict on the Vocation shortage said in part: Looking to the future, the Pope made it clear that "the shortage of priests must not come to be considered as a normal or typical state of affairs . " Yet if you read the Catholic press and pay attention to certain movements they are...
Alter The Press! (Free subscription) | 09/14/2009
The Chariot and Oh, Sleeper have announced co-headlining US tour, with We Came As Romans and Dead And Divine. October 12th Crofton, MD - MACC October 13th Altoona, PA - Eldolyn Terrace October 15th Raleigh, NC - The Brewery October 16th Montgomery, AL - The Furnished October 17th East Ridge, TN - The Warehouse October 20th Louisville, KY - Headliners October 21st Evansville, IN - Boney Junes October...
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