Please remember to read my Friend’s page:
http://deesings.livejournal.com/friends
Where I have lots of feeds from all over providing news, coverage, and articles of various events and issues, including the DNC, RNC, and Green Party News.
Please remember to read my Friend’s page:
http://deesings.livejournal.com/friends
Where I have lots of feeds from all over providing news, coverage, and articles of various events and issues, including the DNC, RNC, and Green Party News.
A group of former KRCL DJ’s and Show Hosts have formed Utah Free Media as a repsonse to the reformatting of what used to be independent community radio, KRCL.
(“used to be” is my opinion….)
Utah Free Media is a non-profit entity, founded by people who know community radio and will rely on the involvement of volunteers who are dedicated to quality on-air programming, are already trained to use a board, and, in some cases, have an established listenership from their former programs at KRCL. It is founded around the idea that community radio should be as transparent as possible. To this end, Utah Free Media is committed to posting as much information about the processes and procedures governing the station not just to the volunteers, but to the listeners as well.
UTAH FREE MEDIA is up and streaming live Monday through Friday 9am to 9pm (then we rebroadcast overnight 9pm to 9am).
Liberal AND Conservative:
Bush gives State of the Union
Bay Area delegates give Bush’s State of Union an ‘F’Democrats deplore president’s address
Bush Continues to Unite the World… Against Him
Bush Health Proposal in State of the Union Message Won’t Make Insurance Affordable
Community conversation: President Bush’s State of the Union address
President Bush, State of Union: New Orleans, Not Burma
Bush State of the Union addresses on energy: yada, yada, yada
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged bush regime, government corruption, healthcare, human needs, iraq war, news, politics
I discovered this neat little feature about Mozilla Firefox:
CSNotifier – The Consumer has the Right to Know
Would you purchase that computer manufactured by a company that has profited from the War in Iraq?
Perhaps you would think twice about spending your hard-earned cash on shampoo if you knew that the company that manufactured it tested it on animals?
Whether your answer to these questions is “yes” or “no”, the CSNotifier gives you real-time information about Entities, the Products/Services they provide, and the practices they follow as you browse the Internet. Once you have installed it and your preferences have been set, you simply need to browse with Firefox as you normally would. A non-obtrusive window will appear inside your browser when you view a Web page about which CorporateSnitch has information.
“Why isn’t the CSNotifier showing when I visit the Web page of CompanyX?”
This is the question most often asked about our services. The simple answer is that we have not yet had a chance to enter the data related to that company’s practices. However, we are hoping you can help. With the release of CSNotifier version 1.3 (due for approval by Mozilla on 2007.01.16), we will provide tools for you to easily report Evidence to us regarding any Entity that you find.
Please view the demo at http://www.corporatesnitch.com/CSNotifier/Demo.aspx
Once installed, you can confirm that it is working by navigating to http://www.amazon.com/Arm-Hammer-Super-Washing-Soda/dp/B0006M64XE/ref=sr_11_1/104-3080055-7490306?ie=UTF8 and http://www.brillo.com
New data is added daily to the CSNotifier database. For help and more information, please visit http://www.corporatesnitch.com
Please be sure to read our End User License Agreement (EULA), Terms of Use, and Privacy Policy before downloading the CSNotifier.
FAQ (Excerpt)
Q: Will the CSNotifier replace the affiliate IDs added by sites that I visit with its own?
A: Yes and no. If a standard, direct affiliate product link was used to direct you to the product on the Preferred Merchant site, the referring site’s affiliate ID will not be replaced. However, it has been brought to our attention that subsequent links to products are being replaced by the CSNotifier in versions 1.1 and earlier. Example: SiteX.com has a link to BookY on Amazon.com. If you click on the link and then purchase BookY on Amazon.com, SiteX.com will receive credit for the purchase. However, if you then click on a different product on Amazon.com, the CSNotifier receives credit for that purchase. Please note that it was never our intent to take referral fees away from Web sites, and that all affiliate ID code has been removed from version 1.21 of the CSNotifier (currently being reviewed by the Mozilla staff). You can download version 1.21 now at http://www.corporatesnitch.com/CSNotifier/Install.aspx. We apologize and thank you for your patience in this matter.
Works with:
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Firefox | 1.0 – 2.0.0.* | ALL |
….with these few selected headlines:
Globally and Nationally
Harare’s struggling millions face bleak 2007
Plane in Indonesia said probably crashed
Ban Ki-moon takes the reins of U.N.
Americans predict plenty of gloom and doom in 2007: AP poll
2007 energy outlook: costs up
Time to Reflect as Iraq Toll Hits 3,000
3,000 toll draws tears
Sustainable timber: Groups question forest certification
Locally
New year brings tax cuts, smoking restrictions
2006 Utahns of the Year
ABC memo reveals Air America advertiser blacklist
An internal ABC Radio Networks memo obtained by Media Matters for America, originally from a listener to The Peter B. Collins Show, indicates that nearly 100 ABC advertisers insist that their commercials be blacked out on Air America Radio affiliates. According to the memo, the advertisers insist that “NONE of their commercials air during AIR AMERICA programming.” Among the advertisers listed are Bank of America, Exxon Mobil, Federal Express, General Electric, McDonald’s, Microsoft, Wal-Mart, and the U.S. Navy.
Stephanie Miller Outfoxes FOX News
Miller faces Hannity and Colmes in a showdown on coverage of Cindy Sheehan. Miller does quite well for herself in face of the opposition.
Here are some news items of interest today:
Commentaries of note:
My good friend and fellow activist and sister cheerleader has her shop featured in today’s news:
The Free Speech Zone outfits progressives and extremists Activists ‘R’ Us; Free Speech Zone outfits progressives |
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A Trouble Maker’s Handbook: How to Fight Back Where You Work and Win and $2 pocket editions of the U.S. Constitution. There are free pamphlets about civil rights, gender equality and alternative media publications.
They are also screening free films on Friday nights at 7 p.m. through Aug. 25. They recently showed documentaries about antilogging activists in Oregon and protest actions at the 1999 Seattle World Trade Organization Convention.
Cordray, 36, and Smith, 28, met at a protest planning meeting and are now partners in life as well as business, they said. Both work for the state and take turns at the store, which is not yet breaking even.
“It’s not about becoming a millionaire,” says Cordray. “But I’ve got to pay the rent.”
Cordray started out selling fleece baby booties and other handmade items at the Sunday drum circle in Liberty Park. She says she accomplished two goals by opening the store: She got in out of the weather and found an outlet for her vocal political opinions, which became more strident prior to the 2000 election, in which she supported Ralph Nader.
Working at the store allows her to converse with like-minded people. “People come in all day long and talk about the war,” she says.
Cordray does not support such organizations as the National Rifle Association. But she strives to sell products and promote messages that are inclusive of most other groups, including Latinos, Native Americans and the gay and lesbian community.
Not everyone is appreciative.
“During Gay Pride I do rainbows, and I’ve gotten lots of spit on the windows,” she says. “That’s OK.”
But as long as it is nonviolent, Cordray supports self-expression.
“I want people to think and feel and engage in things,” Cordray says, even things that make them angry.
“This business is about being outspoken,” she says.
Hey, it’s the Free Speech Zone: Say what you want to say.