Yearly Archives: 2010

This Is Protest

Posted on December 30, 2010 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “This Is Protest”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailTea parties are but the latest manifestation of right wing reactionary organizing. No matter what label you put on the package, however, movement conservatism can never become more than a pale imitation of progressive organizing. … Continue reading →

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Morning Awful: Whiteout Conditions

Posted on December 29, 2010 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Morning Awful: Whiteout Conditions”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail As you may have noticed, there was a problem here over the weekend. It was my fault, and only fixed through the kind intervention of andrea_r, who is a Great Canadian. I’m currently … Continue reading →

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Nonviolence And Politics

Posted on December 23, 2010 by Matt Osborne

Nonviolent civil disobedience works by exposing the aggressor. The opposition party lockstepped so much that the media consensus has turned and the president’s approval numbers are going up. Continue reading →

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Morning Awful: Krampuses Amok

Posted on December 23, 2010 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Morning Awful: Krampuses Amok”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailLeave it to the Germans to make Christmas freaking scary.

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Idiocracy Advancing

Posted on December 22, 2010 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Idiocracy Advancing”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail Donna Ladd of Mississippi says it better than I have: Thus, to watch someone like Barbour–an educated man–stand up and play us against each other to build a voting base for corporate America turns my … Continue reading →

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Morning Awful: Jesus Doesn’t Get Health Care

Posted on December 22, 2010 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Morning Awful: Jesus Doesn’t Get Health Care”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailGlenn Beck with an extra serving of stupid for Christmas: They view the Constitution as a living, breathing document that evolves. Well, okay… sounds like an interesting idea, but is that … Continue reading →

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The New Religion Of The Righteous

Posted on December 21, 2010 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “The New Religion Of The Righteous”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail Mississippi has nowhere to go but up. And if we pull Barbour’s finger, he can maybe show us how much he cares about civil rights for Mississippians. A #1stAL hashtag follower … Continue reading →

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Netroots Failure

Posted on December 21, 2010 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Netroots Failure”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail I caught this at Reuters last week. It’s an analysis of the likely outcome of the FCC’s net neutrality decision this week: “There aren’t really any better options for Copps and Clyburn than to support … Continue reading →

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Morning Awful: A Long Way From Riverdance

Posted on December 21, 2010 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Morning Awful: A Long Way From Riverdance”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailFact: Lord of the Dance was born out of Catholic dance censorship. The church decreed that movement of the arms was lascivious, so the pre-Christian Irish traditional style adapted: arm on … Continue reading →

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Operation Winter Soldier (UPDATE)

Posted on December 20, 2010 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Operation Winter Soldier (UPDATE)”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailAbout two hundred and fifty people turned up in Washington DC’s Lafayette park across Pennsylvania Avenue from the White House last Thursday for mass civil disobedience. The 135 people arrested included Chris Hedges, winner … Continue reading →

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Holding Pattern

Posted on December 20, 2010 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Holding Pattern”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailI’ve run into every conceivable problem on the way to getting the video done, so in the meantime here’s another Rumproast of the Hamsher set: Zandar has another great one.

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