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Note: Summer is the season of gay pride festivals across the country, from May through early November. The festivals commemorate the events at the Stonewall Inn on Christopher Street in New York City. Here is a summary of that rebellion from www.stonewall-place.com. "During the last weekend of June of 1969, police and Alcoholic Beverage Control Board agents entered a gay bar -- The Stonewall Inn, o...
Like alcoholics queuing up drinks at closing time, the US administration is pressing charges against prisoners at Guantánamo at a frantic rate, anxious to be seen to be validating the chronic lawlessness of the last seven years before November's Presidential election. At the end of last week, four more prisoners were put forward for trial by Military Commission (the show trials conceived by Dick...
As we approach June 4th, the anniversary of the tragic events that took place 19 years ago in Tiananmen Square, I find myself thinking about the loss of life of the Chinese people. In one case it was a political crisis. More recently, it was a natural disaster compounded by a political system that still cannot recognize basic human rights The events in the aftermath of the earthquake in Sichuan, Ch...
Hillary Clinton's camp keeps changing the rules and what they feel should determine who the nominee is. The latest one is a little hard to swallow. After Clinton's victory in Puerto Rico, now they claim that the nomination should go to whoever wins the most Commonwealths. You can reach Lloyd Garver at lloydgarver@gmail.com. Check out his website at lloydgarver.com/em>...
I've already voted down DailyKos despite its importance - the argument there was that it could provide a lot more to its readers in content and tone than it does.
But there are far, far better Progressive blogs than this one, too. This is a place for like-minded individuals that want to stay in their own box. It's no different than Ann Coulter or Rush Limbaugh's fanbase. If you want Progressive blogs that are far more thoughtful and interesting, see Majikthise or amyking.org/blog. If you want the same old stuff, feel free to go here and read the same thing over and over again.