Saturday, February 09, 2013

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US airport Rapiscan backscatter contract terminated - units to be removed and replaced with millimeter wave technology

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Buried Truth: Uncovering The Keystone XL Pipeline (Part Two) The Plot Thickens
Sunday, February 3, 2013      Add this Page to Facebook!   Submit to Twitter   Submit to Reddit   Submit to Stumble Upon   Pin It!   Fark It!   Tell A Friend
Clothes with Radioactive Zippers?
(4 comments) US Department of Energy initiates plan to increase radiation exposure for all Americans.

Thursday, January 31, 2013      Add this Page to Facebook!   Submit to Twitter   Submit to Reddit   Submit to Stumble Upon   Pin It!   Fark It!   Tell A Friend
Taser Death Still Festers in Vermont
(2 comments) Vermont Attorney General finds that when state police killed an unarmed epileptic artist with a taser, nobody did anything wrong. Really.
Thursday, January 31, 2013      Add this Page to Facebook!   Submit to Twitter   Submit to Reddit   Submit to Stumble Upon   Pin It!   Fark It!   Tell A Friend
Faulty Welds in Pipeline Claimed
(1 comments) Tar Sands Blockade charges Keystone pipeline has faulty welds, will leak.
Saturday, January 26, 2013      Add this Page to Facebook!   Submit to Twitter   Submit to Reddit   Submit to Stumble Upon   Pin It!   Fark It!   Tell A Friend
"Kids Shooting Kids" (Sort of)
(29 comments) When evidence of kids shooting kids surfaced, grown-ups panicked, but the kids stayed calm -- guess who was shooting blanks?
Sunday, January 13, 2013      Add this Page to Facebook!   Submit to Twitter   Submit to Reddit   Submit to Stumble Upon   Pin It!   Fark It!   Tell A Friend
Unlawful Nuclear Power in Vermont
(7 comments) Kind of a truth or dare moment for Vermont Supreme Court handed hot potato of nuclear power plant operating unlawfully.
Friday, January 11, 2013      Add this Page to Facebook!   Submit to Twitter   Submit to Reddit   Submit to Stumble Upon   Pin It!   Fark It!   Tell A Friend
Military-Industrial Complex Owns Vermont
(5 comments) Vermont officials stonewall Vermonters challenging F-35 boondoggle, health threat.
Tuesday, January 8, 2013      Add this Page to Facebook!   Submit to Twitter   Submit to Reddit   Submit to Stumble Upon   Pin It!   Fark It!   Tell A Friend
Tar Sands Oil Coming to Crunch Time
(2 comments) Keystone pipeline keeps rolling through Texas, opposition strives to prevent it from reaching the Gulf.
Sunday, January 6, 2013      Add this Page to Facebook!   Submit to Twitter   Submit to Reddit   Submit to Stumble Upon   Pin It!   Fark It!   Tell A Friend
How to Get a Judicial Reprimand
(2 comments) California judge reprimanded for offensive remarks about a rape victim.
Thursday, January 3, 2013      Add this Page to Facebook!   Submit to Twitter   Submit to Reddit   Submit to Stumble Upon   Pin It!   Fark It!   Tell A Friend
Court: Evidence Doesn't Matter
(5 comments) Ignoring the factual evidence and inventing its own reality, U.S. Appeals Court rules that First Amendment allows publisher to violate labor law.
Sunday, December 30, 2012      Add this Page to Facebook!   Submit to Twitter   Submit to Reddit   Submit to Stumble Upon   Pin It!   Fark It!   Tell A Friend
Fear, Congress, and Denial
Leaving Congress after 16 years, Dennis Kucinich sees contemporary America as a "nightmare" but stops short of saying: wake up!
Saturday, December 29, 2012      Add this Page to Facebook!   Submit to Twitter   Submit to Reddit   Submit to Stumble Upon   Pin It!   Fark It!   Tell A Friend
Oil Over People in Texas
Compliant court gives TransCanada time to prep[asre its case while denying any relief to landowner, as Keystone XL pipeline construction continues across his land.
Monday, December 17, 2012      Add this Page to Facebook!   Submit to Twitter   Submit to Reddit   Submit to Stumble Upon   Pin It!   Fark It!   Tell A Friend
Marine Drags Oil Co into Court
Texas chemist, paramedic, former Marine has sued TransCanada over Keystone XL pipeline, charging fraud as well as environmental threat --hearing December 19
Saturday, December 15, 2012      Add this Page to Facebook!   Submit to Twitter   Submit to Reddit   Submit to Stumble Upon   Pin It!   Fark It!   Tell A Friend
F-35 Spooks Honest Discussion
(5 comments) Vermont's elected official do dog and pony show to "listen" to the F-35 which is controversial because it will destroy homes in Vermont -- but these same officials won't talk to their affected constituents.
Friday, December 14, 2012      Add this Page to Facebook!   Submit to Twitter   Submit to Reddit   Submit to Stumble Upon   Pin It!   Fark It!   Tell A Friend
Media Mystify Susan Rice
(4 comments) Susan Rice withdraws before she's nominated for Secretary of State. Trying to explain what happened, media can't see beyond the nearest Republican.
Tuesday, December 11, 2012      Add this Page to Facebook!   Submit to Twitter   Submit to Reddit   Submit to Stumble Upon   Pin It!   Fark It!   Tell A Friend
Free Speech in Qatar: "You Can't Talk Everythings"
(2 comments) Poetry Can Be Dangerous: Qatari Poet Gets L:ife in Prison for a short poem the state security apparatus in Qatar didn't like
Sunday, December 9, 2012      Add this Page to Facebook!   Submit to Twitter   Submit to Reddit   Submit to Stumble Upon   Pin It!   Fark It!   Tell A Friend
Nuclear Weapons: Who Cares Any More?
U.S. reports secret nuclear weapons test, American media ignore the news, only Japanese survivors and Iranian government complain, without much coverage either
Friday, December 7, 2012      Add this Page to Facebook!   Submit to Twitter   Submit to Reddit   Submit to Stumble Upon   Pin It!   Fark It!   Tell A Friend
U.S. Air Force in Corrupt Practice
(1 comments) Vermont Governor plans trip with Air Force, lobbyists and interested parties, wants to make "informed" decision without talking to opponents of an F-35 nuclear fighter base that will destroy thousands of homes.
Thursday, December 6, 2012      Add this Page to Facebook!   Submit to Twitter   Submit to Reddit   Submit to Stumble Upon   Pin It!   Fark It!   Tell A Friend
Climate Change? U.S. Shrugs
(16 comments) World Bank says climate change getting worse faster, Canada says have some shale oil, U.S. says sure and let's talk about the problem later
Wednesday, December 5, 2012      Add this Page to Facebook!   Submit to Twitter   Submit to Reddit   Submit to Stumble Upon   Pin It!   Fark It!   Tell A Friend
Vermont Law vs Nuclear Power
(1 comments) National precedent possible -- Vermont Supreme Court asked to sh*t down Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant, based on Public Service Board ruling
Saturday, December 1, 2012      Add this Page to Facebook!   Submit to Twitter   Submit to Reddit   Submit to Stumble Upon   Pin It!   Fark It!   Tell A Friend
Air Force Stonewalls F-35 Defects
(6 comments) Air Force, Pentagon, Vermont "leaders -- lacking honest or credible answers -- continue to push F-35 stealth bomber through stealth campaign that casts Vermonters as the enemy.
Friday, November 30, 2012      Add this Page to Facebook!   Submit to Twitter   Submit to Reddit   Submit to Stumble Upon   Pin It!   Fark It!   Tell A Friend
Vermont Nuke Case Cites Risks
(1 comments) Aging nuclear power plants present increasing risks to the U.S. environment, because of possible catastrophic events like the one that hit Fukushima, Japan, and storage problems with nuclear waste. A trespassing case in Vermont raised some of these questions.
Thursday, November 29, 2012      Add this Page to Facebook!   Submit to Twitter   Submit to Reddit   Submit to Stumble Upon   Pin It!   Fark It!   Tell A Friend
Vermont on Both Sides of Nuclear Power
The State of Vermont wants to shut down the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant -- so when 6 grandmothers in the Shut It Down Affinity Group tries to shut down the plant, the state prosecutes them fir criminal trespass -- what? wtf?
Wednesday, November 28, 2012      Add this Page to Facebook!   Submit to Twitter   Submit to Reddit   Submit to Stumble Upon   Pin It!   Fark It!   Tell A Friend
Ignoring the Global Warming Reality
(1 comments) The White House is expected to decide whether Keystone XL can be built sometime in the next month or so, and all it takes to proceed is a presidential signature. For President Obama, this decision will be a clear signal defining his real priorities: stopping the rise of the oceans and healing the planet, as he campaigned, or settling for short-term economic gains with unknown long-term consequences.
Tuesday, November 27, 2012      Add this Page to Facebook!   Submit to Twitter   Submit to Reddit   Submit to Stumble Upon   Pin It!   Fark It!   Tell A Friend
US Air Force Wages Class Warfare
Eager to share federal pork, Air Force and Vermont elite wage class warfare on communiites that will feel bombed out by F-35 base.
Monday, November 26, 2012      Add this Page to Facebook!   Submit to Twitter   Submit to Reddit   Submit to Stumble Upon   Pin It!   Fark It!   Tell A Friend
34 American Fukushimas Possible
(6 comments) Whistleblower says Nuclear Regulatory Commission broke law by suppressing staff report that points to danger of as many as 34 "American Fukushimas"
Sunday, November 25, 2012      Add this Page to Facebook!   Submit to Twitter   Submit to Reddit   Submit to Stumble Upon   Pin It!   Fark It!   Tell A Friend
Meet the Bi-Partisan Group of Senators Pressuring Obama to Speed Up Destruction of the Planet
(11 comments) The White House is expected to decide whether Keystone XL can be built some time in the next month or so, and all it takes to proceed is a Presidential signature. For President Obama, this decision will be a clear signal defining his real priorities: stopping the rise of the oceans and healing the planet, as he campaigned, or settling for short term economic gains with unknown long term consequences.
Tuesday, November 20, 2012      Add this Page to Facebook!   Submit to Twitter   Submit to Reddit   Submit to Stumble Upon   Pin It!   Fark It!   Tell A Friend
Fact-Averse News Media in Vermont
(2 comments) When it comes to straight reporting on a military weapons system or the chamber of commerce, Vermont media pretty much avoid distracting or uncomfortable facts.
Tuesday, November 20, 2012      Add this Page to Facebook!   Submit to Twitter   Submit to Reddit   Submit to Stumble Upon   Pin It!   Fark It!   Tell A Friend
Keystone XL: Crime Against Humanity?
(4 comments) When all the evidence shows global warming is a real threat, 18 U.S. Senators find that self-interest is enough.
Saturday, November 17, 2012      Add this Page to Facebook!   Submit to Twitter   Submit to Reddit   Submit to Stumble Upon   Pin It!   Fark It!   Tell A Friend
Pentagon Pushes F-35 on Vermonters
Vermonters are divided about the value of having their own nuclear-capable bomber base, while Vermont's elected leadership mostly shrugs off facts and consequences.
Wednesday, November 14, 2012      Add this Page to Facebook!   Submit to Twitter   Submit to Reddit   Submit to Stumble Upon   Pin It!   Fark It!   Tell A Friend
The Petraeus Sideshow
(10 comments) Questions of FBI surveillance or resignation with honor really seem beside the point when David Petraeus' worst behavior amounts to war crimes.
Tuesday, November 13, 2012      Add this Page to Facebook!   Submit to Twitter   Submit to Reddit   Submit to Stumble Upon   Pin It!   Fark It!   Tell A Friend
What War Does to People
(7 comments) Month-long occupation in front of Dept of Veterans Affaira in Washington goes unnoticed, and government won't talk to vets about their joblessness, homelessness, suicides, or anything else.
Monday, November 12, 2012      Add this Page to Facebook!   Submit to Twitter   Submit to Reddit   Submit to Stumble Upon   Pin It!   Fark It!   Tell A Friend
What Do Americans Care About Most?
(1 comments) White House petition site provides unscientific measure of what Americans care about, and it's not war or peace.
Sunday, November 11, 2012      Add this Page to Facebook!   Submit to Twitter   Submit to Reddit   Submit to Stumble Upon   Pin It!   Fark It!   Tell A Friend
Will President Obama Get It Right?
(2 comments) Pressure from environmentalists and oil companies increases on President Obama as decision of Keystone XL pipeline for tar sands oil approaches.
Friday, November 9, 2012      Add this Page to Facebook!   Submit to Twitter   Submit to Reddit   Submit to Stumble Upon   Pin It!   Fark It!   Tell A Friend
Republicans Try to Suppress Facts
(3 comments) Faced with more evidence that their economic theories are false, Republicans respond with suppression.
Wednesday, November 7, 2012      Add this Page to Facebook!   Submit to Twitter   Submit to Reddit   Submit to Stumble Upon   Pin It!   Fark It!   Tell A Friend
Now the Real Work Can Begin
(4 comments) Election 2012 was less a victory than an escape from defeat -- not the real work can begin.
Monday, November 5, 2012      Add this Page to Facebook!   Submit to Twitter   Submit to Reddit   Submit to Stumble Upon   Pin It!   Fark It!   Tell A Friend
Race Baiting and Other Scams in Texas
(1 comments) When the right wing echo chamber starts resonating a lie, it takes a long time for the truth to catch up.
Wednesday, October 31, 2012      Add this Page to Facebook!   Submit to Twitter   Submit to Reddit   Submit to Stumble Upon   Pin It!   Fark It!   Tell A Friend
Romney Lies About Chrysler, GM
(1 comments) When Mit Romney said Jeep was moving to China, Chrysler called it extravagant fantasy, so Romney said GM was moving jobs to China, too, and GM said Romney was practicing cynical politics in a parallel universe.
Monday, October 29, 2012      Add this Page to Facebook!   Submit to Twitter   Submit to Reddit   Submit to Stumble Upon   Pin It!   Fark It!   Tell A Friend
The Real Media Benghazi Cover-up
(10 comments) Inside the Republican Benghazi Bubble, the attack in Libya is somehow "worse than Watergate" even though reality suggests other dimensions.
Thursday, October 25, 2012      Add this Page to Facebook!   Submit to Twitter   Submit to Reddit   Submit to Stumble Upon   Pin It!   Fark It!   Tell A Friend
TransCanada Pipeline Protest in Fifth Week
The tree-sitter blockade of the Keystone pipeline in East Texas slowly gains support despite near media blackout and TransCanada's pressures in court and on the ground.
Tuesday, October 23, 2012      Add this Page to Facebook!   Submit to Twitter   Submit to Reddit   Submit to Stumble Upon   Pin It!   Fark It!   Tell A Friend
Third Party Candidates Join Final Debate
(1 comments) DemocracyNOW! adds third party candidates Jill Stein (Green Party) and Rocky Anderson (Justice Party) to the Romney-Obama final debate.
Monday, October 22, 2012      Add this Page to Facebook!   Submit to Twitter   Submit to Reddit   Submit to Stumble Upon   Pin It!   Fark It!   Tell A Friend
Nuclear Perceptions Fight Reality
(2 comments) Internet scare stories about Fukushima distract from serious continuing nuclear accident.
Sunday, October 21, 2012      Add this Page to Facebook!   Submit to Twitter   Submit to Reddit   Submit to Stumble Upon   Pin It!   Fark It!   Tell A Friend
Do More Combat Helmets Mean More Combat?
Combat helmets made in Vermont expected to protect Danish soldiers and Vermont politicians, among others.
Saturday, October 20, 2012      Add this Page to Facebook!   Submit to Twitter   Submit to Reddit   Submit to Stumble Upon   Pin It!   Fark It!   Tell A Friend
Thanks For Our Wonderful System ;-))))
(1 comments) Let's be grateful for our modern capitalist democracy for keeping things simple.
Saturday, October 20, 2012      Add this Page to Facebook!   Submit to Twitter   Submit to Reddit   Submit to Stumble Upon   Pin It!   Fark It!   Tell A Friend
Libya Changes Governments Peacefully
(6 comments) Republicans hysterically claim Benghazi cover-up of some sort, media wander mindlessly, Libyans calmly change governments while Americans dither.
Wednesday, October 17, 2012      Add this Page to Facebook!   Submit to Twitter   Submit to Reddit   Submit to Stumble Upon   Pin It!   Fark It!   Tell A Friend
More Opposition to F-35 in Vermont
More and more Vermonters oppose basing the F-35 in Vermont because of its harm to health, property, environment, and quality of life.
Sunday, October 14, 2012      Add this Page to Facebook!   Submit to Twitter   Submit to Reddit   Submit to Stumble Upon   Pin It!   Fark It!   Tell A Friend
Arizona Senate Ad Rooted in Bush Era Fight
Arizona Senate Race: Cong. Jeff Flake gets attention with attack ad based on old, unsupported allegations against Dr. Richard Carmona, decorated Viet-Nam war vet and former Surgeon General.
Thursday, October 11, 2012      Add this Page to Facebook!   Submit to Twitter   Submit to Reddit   Submit to Stumble Upon   Pin It!   Fark It!   Tell A Friend
Vermont Asks: "What the Fukushima"?
(1 comments) Resistance to Vermont Yankee nuclear power continues as Yankee starts trucking rad-waste to Texas.
Wednesday, October 10, 2012      Add this Page to Facebook!   Submit to Twitter   Submit to Reddit   Submit to Stumble Upon   Pin It!   Fark It!   Tell A Friend
What if Drone Strikes are War Crimes?
(1 comments) Drone warfare has become an American default reaction even though it may be a war crime, unconstitutional, unjust, expensive, and counter-productive, but what candidate ever talks about it?
Tuesday, October 9, 2012      Add this Page to Facebook!   Submit to Twitter   Submit to Reddit   Submit to Stumble Upon   Pin It!   Fark It!   Tell A Friend
Tar Sands Blockade Enters Third Week
Resistance to Keystone XL pipeline slows TransCanada's construction assault on East Texas, not to mention the planet.
Tuesday, October 9, 2012      Add this Page to Facebook!   Submit to Twitter   Submit to Reddit   Submit to Stumble Upon   Pin It!   Fark It!   Tell A Friend
What Would Romney Try To Do To The World?
(1 comments) Romney foreign policy speech fails to outline foreign policy, but makes some mistakes.
Monday, October 8, 2012      Add this Page to Facebook!   Submit to Twitter   Submit to Reddit   Submit to Stumble Upon   Pin It!   Fark It!   Tell A Friend
Vermonters Push for Police Accountability
Public demand for accountability over police violence meets official stonewall.
Tuesday, October 2, 2012      Add this Page to Facebook!   Submit to Twitter   Submit to Reddit   Submit to Stumble Upon   Pin It!   Fark It!   Tell A Friend
Militarization at Issue in Vermont
(1 comments) Vermont resists further militarism despite weak-kneed elected officials, even Bernie Sanders.
Saturday, September 29, 2012      Add this Page to Facebook!   Submit to Twitter   Submit to Reddit   Submit to Stumble Upon   Pin It!   Fark It!   Tell A Friend
Tortured Law in Texas
(1 comments) Keystone XL pipeline marches through Texas, winning in court, not slowed by Blockade.
Thursday, September 27, 2012      Add this Page to Facebook!   Submit to Twitter   Submit to Reddit   Submit to Stumble Upon   Pin It!   Fark It!   Tell A Friend
Torture in Texas
(1 comments) TransCanada gets it all in Texas -- easy permitting, eminent domain, even a sheriff to rough up protestors -- and all for the Keystone XL Pipiline
Wednesday, September 26, 2012      Add this Page to Facebook!   Submit to Twitter   Submit to Reddit   Submit to Stumble Upon   Pin It!   Fark It!   Tell A Friend
"We're Here to Defend Your Vote"
Obama Campaign baits news hook with bogus claim, Vermont media swallow it whole.
Tuesday, September 25, 2012      Add this Page to Facebook!   Submit to Twitter   Submit to Reddit   Submit to Stumble Upon   Pin It!   Fark It!   Tell A Friend
Strange Senate Race
(1 comments) The more Connecticut know about their Senate candidates, the more undecided they become.
Saturday, September 22, 2012      Add this Page to Facebook!   Submit to Twitter   Submit to Reddit   Submit to Stumble Upon   Pin It!   Fark It!   Tell A Friend
Philosophy of Public Lying
(1 comments) Ayn Rand said government should never lie to the people, and Paul Ryan was an Ayn Rand devotee, until he wasn't.
Wednesday, September 19, 2012      Add this Page to Facebook!   Submit to Twitter   Submit to Reddit   Submit to Stumble Upon   Pin It!   Fark It!   Tell A Friend
Keeping Obama Off Vermont Ballot?
(1 comments) Former Republican Senate candidate sues State of Vermont to keep President Obama off November ballot. Time running out.
Tuesday, September 18, 2012      Add this Page to Facebook!   Submit to Twitter   Submit to Reddit   Submit to Stumble Upon   Pin It!   Fark It!   Tell A Friend
Nuclear Power on the Line in Vermont?
Vermont Yankee, owned by the second largest nuclear power company in the U.S., is caught in a web of legal, regulatory, and protest actions that may shape the future of nuclear power for the country.
Sunday, September 16, 2012      Add this Page to Facebook!   Submit to Twitter   Submit to Reddit   Submit to Stumble Upon   Pin It!   Fark It!   Tell A Friend
Occupy/Black Bloc Tactics Debated
(1 comments) Tactics for changing the country debated, most media ignore the event.
Saturday, September 15, 2012      Add this Page to Facebook!   Submit to Twitter   Submit to Reddit   Submit to Stumble Upon   Pin It!   Fark It!   Tell A Friend
Libya Is In Play
(1 comments) London paper says US was warned ahead of attack in Libya but did nothing -- and bases the claim on a single anonymous source.
Monday, September 10, 2012      Add this Page to Facebook!   Submit to Twitter   Submit to Reddit   Submit to Stumble Upon   Pin It!   Fark It!   Tell A Friend
Taser Death Autopsy Overdue
Last June a Vermont State trooper tasered a 39 year-old unarmed epileptic whompromptly died. The next day, Taser International was advising authorities in two states how to proceed with the case. They are proceeding slowly, if at all.
Sunday, September 9, 2012      Add this Page to Facebook!   Submit to Twitter   Submit to Reddit   Submit to Stumble Upon   Pin It!   Fark It!   Tell A Friend
Race for Vermont Governor Could be Three-Way
(3 comments) Progressive Party poobahs had planned to give the incumbent governor, Democrat Peter Shumlin, a pass in his run for re-election. Now an insurgemt wrote-in candidate is 2 votes from winning the nomination during the statewide recount September 13.
Friday, September 7, 2012      Add this Page to Facebook!   Submit to Twitter   Submit to Reddit   Submit to Stumble Upon   Pin It!   Fark It!   Tell A Friend
Police State? There's An App For That!
(1 comments) It's on;y an Apple patent now, but the "apparatuus and methods" for shutting down mobile devices at a protest rally is under development.
Thursday, September 6, 2012      Add this Page to Facebook!   Submit to Twitter   Submit to Reddit   Submit to Stumble Upon   Pin It!   Fark It!   Tell A Friend
Romney Goes to Vermont
Mitt Romney goes to Vermont for Debate prep, makes news in NH, leaves Vermont unscathed.
Tuesday, September 4, 2012      Add this Page to Facebook!   Submit to Twitter   Submit to Reddit   Submit to Stumble Upon   Pin It!   Fark It!   Tell A Friend
Progressive Runs to Lose, to Help Democrats
The chair of the Vermont Progressive Party ran for governor in the party primary, intending to step down when she won, in order to help the incumbent Democratic governor. But now a late write-in candidate is just a recount away from winning the nomination.
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Eastwood Gets Unemployment Wrong
(1 comments) Clint Eastwood give an unemployment number that has never been reached, media and politicians do little to restore perspective.
Friday, August 31, 2012      Add this Page to Facebook!   Submit to Twitter   Submit to Reddit   Submit to Stumble Upon   Pin It!   Fark It!   Tell A Friend
Crushed Cop Cars Touch Nerves
Vermont farmer who drove tractor over police cars, touched many nerves, not free on baikl.
Thursday, August 30, 2012      Add this Page to Facebook!   Submit to Twitter   Submit to Reddit   Submit to Stumble Upon   Pin It!   Fark It!   Tell A Friend
Word Police Strike Vermont
Vermont bureaucrat says 12-year-old law prohibits 75-year-old Credit Union from saying it offers "banking" services. Appeal lodged.
Thursday, August 30, 2012      Add this Page to Facebook!   Submit to Twitter   Submit to Reddit   Submit to Stumble Upon   Pin It!   Fark It!   Tell A Friend
Republican Lies About Welfare and Obama
(1 comments) Covering the Republican convention, a reporter predicts Rick Santorum will lie about welfare. Then he does. And one of the reporter's colleagues misses it and says it didn't happen. (No this is not from "The Newsroom.")
Wednesday, August 29, 2012      Add this Page to Facebook!   Submit to Twitter   Submit to Reddit   Submit to Stumble Upon   Pin It!   Fark It!   Tell A Friend
Police Report Acquits Police
(3 comments) Police report assesses police violence in Vermont last July, finds police acted with real professionalism. Four Burlington city councillors call for independent probe.
Tuesday, August 28, 2012      Add this Page to Facebook!   Submit to Twitter   Submit to Reddit   Submit to Stumble Upon   Pin It!   Fark It!   Tell A Friend
Roger Pion Becomes a Folk Hero in Jail
Farmer who drove tractor over police cruisers is becoming a Vermont folk hero but remains in Jail.
Tuesday, August 28, 2012      Add this Page to Facebook!   Submit to Twitter   Submit to Reddit   Submit to Stumble Upon   Pin It!   Fark It!   Tell A Friend
Penn. Resists Voter Suppression
Legal challenges to Penn. voter suppression go forward on three fronts.
Saturday, August 25, 2012      Add this Page to Facebook!   Submit to Twitter   Submit to Reddit   Submit to Stumble Upon   Pin It!   Fark It!   Tell A Friend
Was Romney's Bain Capital Built on Blood Money?
Romney raised money for Bain Capital from Salvadoran millionaires tied to death squads in El Salvador.
Friday, August 24, 2012      Add this Page to Facebook!   Submit to Twitter   Submit to Reddit   Submit to Stumble Upon   Pin It!   Fark It!   Tell A Friend
Penn. Voter Suppression Is Working
(1 comments) Republican Judge leaves Republican voter suppression law in place, appeal filed.
Wednesday, August 22, 2012      Add this Page to Facebook!   Submit to Twitter   Submit to Reddit   Submit to Stumble Upon   Pin It!   Fark It!   Tell A Friend
Fiscal Conservatism Is What?
If Paul Ryan says one thing but does another, which is he?
Tuesday, August 21, 2012      Add this Page to Facebook!   Submit to Twitter   Submit to Reddit   Submit to Stumble Upon   Pin It!   Fark It!   Tell A Friend
For-Profit Colleges Take The Money and Run
For-Profit Colleges get paid whether kids get educated or not.
Monday, August 20, 2012      Add this Page to Facebook!   Submit to Twitter   Submit to Reddit   Submit to Stumble Upon   Pin It!   Fark It!   Tell A Friend
Vermont Protests Are Widespread
Vermonters in all parts of the state have something to protest from police brutality to nuclear power, from oil pipelines to a taser fatality, and more.
Sunday, August 12, 2012      Add this Page to Facebook!   Submit to Twitter   Submit to Reddit   Submit to Stumble Upon   Pin It!   Fark It!   Tell A Friend
Democrat Is Biggest Threat to Democrat
Vermont Democrats can choose generational shift in state prosecution power as primary pits 15-year incimbent against challengers from state's largest county.
Thursday, August 9, 2012      Add this Page to Facebook!   Submit to Twitter   Submit to Reddit   Submit to Stumble Upon   Pin It!   Fark It!   Tell A Friend
Reefer Madness in Vermont
(3 comments) Republican candidate for governor uses false assertions to raise marijuana as an election issue in Vermont. Yes, Vermont!
Wednesday, August 8, 2012      Add this Page to Facebook!   Submit to Twitter   Submit to Reddit   Submit to Stumble Upon   Pin It!   Fark It!   Tell A Friend
Artists Fight State of Vermont for Mountaintop Studio/Home
(1 comments) Challenged by a Vermont ower copmpany and the state's Public Service Board, two Russian-born ceramic artists have been fighting for years to keep their mountaintop studio/home.
Saturday, August 4, 2012      Add this Page to Facebook!   Submit to Twitter   Submit to Reddit   Submit to Stumble Upon   Pin It!   Fark It!   Tell A Friend
Vermont Tractor Trasher Trashed
(1 comments) Roger Pion drove his parents' ten-ton tractor over seven police cars but he hasn't said why. Police speculate he's mad about a marijuana bust on July 3.
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Vermont Police Violence
(2 comments) Police Pepper Spray peaceful demonstrators delaying dignitries on their way to a fancy dinner date.
Saturday, July 28, 2012      Add this Page to Facebook!   Submit to Twitter   Submit to Reddit   Submit to Stumble Upon   Pin It!   Fark It!   Tell A Friend
Lawyers Against Free Speech
(1 comments) Lawyers for sitcom "Three's Company" seek to shut down David Adjmi's satire "3C" that makes fun of 1970s generally.
Friday, July 27, 2012      Add this Page to Facebook!   Submit to Twitter   Submit to Reddit   Submit to Stumble Upon   Pin It!   Fark It!   Tell A Friend
FBI Harasses Vermont
(1 comments) Protests planned for regional governors conference, FBI comes to chill free speech.
Monday, July 23, 2012      Add this Page to Facebook!   Submit to Twitter   Submit to Reddit   Submit to Stumble Upon   Pin It!   Fark It!   Tell A Friend
Vermont Resists Police Violence
(3 comments) In wake of police tasering death, a former governor joins hundreds of other Vermonters in calling for a moratorium on police use of tasers until police have clear policy and procedures, as well as training.
Friday, July 20, 2012      Add this Page to Facebook!   Submit to Twitter   Submit to Reddit   Submit to Stumble Upon   Pin It!   Fark It!   Tell A Friend
Why Does US Bail Out British-Owned Bank ?
(1 comments) Vermonters want to shut bailed out bank permanently -- especially since the bailout went to the British government.
Friday, July 20, 2012      Add this Page to Facebook!   Submit to Twitter   Submit to Reddit   Submit to Stumble Upon   Pin It!   Fark It!   Tell A Friend
Vermont's F-35 Dogfight Getting Rough
(3 comments) Air Force admits errors -- oh there are people there -- and communities step up resistance to F-35 basing in Vermont.
Monday, July 16, 2012      Add this Page to Facebook!   Submit to Twitter   Submit to Reddit   Submit to Stumble Upon   Pin It!   Fark It!   Tell A Friend
Republican Argument Supports Democratic Opponent -- Ooops!
(1 comments) Vermont Republican candidate Randy Brkck touts Breitbart "study" that actually supports his opponent, incumbent Democrat Peter Shumlin.
Friday, July 13, 2012      Add this Page to Facebook!   Submit to Twitter   Submit to Reddit   Submit to Stumble Upon   Pin It!   Fark It!   Tell A Friend
Air Force Vet Shoots Down F-35 Plan
(1 comments) Retire US Air Force colonel and Pentagon analyst, 30-year career, analyzes Air Force study to shreds, opposes basing F-35 in Vermont.
Monday, July 9, 2012      Add this Page to Facebook!   Submit to Twitter   Submit to Reddit   Submit to Stumble Upon   Pin It!   Fark It!   Tell A Friend
Protests in Scotland and Vermont target Trident submarines and Yankee power plant
(1 comments) Protestors sing to security at nuclear sub base in Scotland and nuclear power plant in Vermont.
Sunday, July 8, 2012      Add this Page to Facebook!   Submit to Twitter   Submit to Reddit   Submit to Stumble Upon   Pin It!   Fark It!   Tell A Friend
Taser Death in Vermont: Trooper Zaps Unarmed Epileptic Artist
(6 comments) It takes three hours for Vermont troopers to decide to taser an unarmed epileptic artist who had used a suicide hotline that ended up getting him killed.
Saturday, July 7, 2012      Add this Page to Facebook!   Submit to Twitter   Submit to Reddit   Submit to Stumble Upon   Pin It!   Fark It!   Tell A Friend
Vermont Pushes Smart Meters
(2 comments) Vermont environmental agency head kvells over smart meters
Friday, June 29, 2012      Add this Page to Facebook!   Submit to Twitter   Submit to Reddit   Submit to Stumble Upon   Pin It!   Fark It!   Tell A Friend
Vermont Yankee Nuke Gets Shutdown Party July 1
Vermonters trying to shut down nuke plant that's aging and breaks down
Monday, June 25, 2012      Add this Page to Facebook!   Submit to Twitter   Submit to Reddit   Submit to Stumble Upon   Pin It!   Fark It!   Tell A Friend
War & Vermont #2
Vermonters object to F-35, city councils waffle
Saturday, June 23, 2012      Add this Page to Facebook!   Submit to Twitter   Submit to Reddit   Submit to Stumble Upon   Pin It!   Fark It!   Tell A Friend
War & Vermont #1
(1 comments) F-35 Base Threatens 1300 Homes in Vermont

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