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I could use some more technical help (she said while tearing her hair out...): Redux

By we are stardust on Fri, 10/23/2009 - 8:12am |
I took this down too early; my apologies.  I thought I was just gettin it out of the way for other, more universal blogs.  It was requested that I re-publish it and the comments.  If they don't appear, I can...
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The Incredibly Shrinking Paul Volcker, or: The White House Don't Need No Stinking Old-school Economics!

By we are stardust on Thu, 10/22/2009 - 10:57am |
 This photo shows Paul Volcker at the White House Economic Advisory Board, head in one hand, looking away from the President beside whom he is seated.  He looks frustrated and dejected.  He has a right to be....
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Marcy Kaptur and Simon Johnson on Moyers: The Window May Be Closing on Financial Reform. Let's Press the Alarm Bell!

By we are stardust on Mon, 10/12/2009 - 1:09pm |
This week on Bill Moyers Journal Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), who is on the House Budget and Oversight, Appropriations, and Government Reform Committees, and Simon Johnson, a former Chief Economist of the IMF were  on to talk about the lack of...
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American Lobbying Efforts for Micheletti in Honduras : Former ties to Hillary Clinton and John McCain. (Oops.)

By we are stardust on Thu, 10/08/2009 - 5:59pm |
The New York Times is reporting that lobbyists have been paid at least $400,000 so far to lobby Congress on behalf of the defacto Micheletti government after Manuel Zelaya was deposed.  Cold War warriors Otto Reich, Roger Noriega, and Daniel...
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Senate Loosens Ban on Offshore Companies with Federal Contracts: (or) Please Piss Us Off Some More, You Bastards

By we are stardust on Wed, 10/07/2009 - 6:29pm |
Language in the 2002 Homeland Security Act prohibited federal contracts for companies that put most of their operations offshore to limit their tax liabilities.  You may remember that the Obama White House has been trying to find some of those...
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More Wonderful Food to Make Hard Times Better

By we are stardust on Sun, 10/04/2009 - 5:09pm |
These are recipes to keep you healthy, save you money, and provide comfort for the winter.  One even uses all those bloomin' green tomatoes your neighbors keep trying' to give you!...
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The Vogelkop Bowerbird: artiste extraordinaire; a truly amazing mental health break

By we are stardust on Thu, 10/01/2009 - 12:53pm |
David Attenborough did a video series called The Life of Birds.  One section is called Finding Partners, and shows and desribes the mating plumage, gift-giving and rituals of different male birds in efforts to entice the females, and convince them that they are Superior Mates. ...
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This is about cooking food, which is Good for the Soul. Or: Put your hands up, and step away from the computer.

By we are stardust on Tue, 09/29/2009 - 1:19pm |
I'm going to take a chance here, and offer some cooking ideas.  Yep, I know it's a political blog, but I have had extra time in the past few years to learn a lot about cooking, and it's something I...
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We Are Essentially 'Virtual People' Online

By we are stardust on Sun, 09/13/2009 - 12:02pm |
Not really virtual, but it's as close as I could come to coining a conceptual term for it. A new Café friend recently emailed me and asked a question about how she might convey a message of gratitude to another...
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Bill Moyers Just Asked the President to let Josh Marshall Write his Health Care Speech!!!

By we are stardust on Sat, 09/05/2009 - 12:10am |
http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/blog/2009/09/bill_moyers_on_obamas_mom...   Moyers briefly explained who Josh Marshall is, and what TPM is, and identified him as a journalist and an historian, and "not a politician."  Moyers said Marshall has a clear and simple message on the question people should be asked...

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