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New Years reflection from an electoral activist
Hope everyone is having a wonderful start to their New Year! Tom Cleland of Minnesota Tom Cleland is a Third Party Activist and blogger from Minnesota. He was a volunteer for Green Party Candidate Farheen Hakim for Governor. Tom posted at his blog: Main Lesson of 2010 We forced the Recount! The main lesson of 2010 is that if Democrats ignore Green Party issues, they risk losing Elections. The background of the story is in a longer, previous post, where Tom writes: But my proudest accomplishme...

Uganda stops paper outing gays
A Ugandan High Court judge has ruled that media companies in the country should not publish the identities of people they say are Homosexuals. The decision was described as a "landmark ruling" by Gay Rights Activists. The case was brought against The Rolling Stone newspaper which last year published several lists of people its editor said were gay....

Pete Postlethwaite: An Actor Whose Politics Extended Beyond the Screen
While his name might not ring a bell for all movie fans, British actor Pete Postlethwaite, who died Sunday at the age of 64 after a long battle with Cancer, had a face you couldn't forget. Some called him "grizzled," others described him as "odd-looking." But looks don't mean everything in Hollywood -- Steven Spielberg called him "the Best Actor in the world." And Postlethwaite used all his talents to give life to a variety of political roles in his films. Many filmgoers will remember Postlethwa...

Profundity of Peace on Earth
On occasion, one or two other persons also grace the Peace Corner. However, if either of these individuals appears, they and I do not stand together. Hence, regardless of the Saturday, I place me, myself, and I on the Northwest side of the streets. I have no desire to engage in conversation with another Activist. I only wish to connect with passer-bys. Eye contact with drivers and walkers is all I need. At times, someone approaches me from the street. Others offer opportunities to share as the...

PA security probes Fatah strongman Dahlan for attempted coup
Fatah Activists were recently questioned on suspicion they had been recruited by Dahlan to form an armed Militia to overthrow Abbas. ...

PA security questions Fatah strongman Dahlan for attempted coup
Fatah Activists were recently investigated on suspicion they had been recruited by Dahlan to form an armed Militia to overthrow Abbas. ...

Zimbabwe to combat attacks by cyber activists
A minister says Zimbabwe is making efforts to increase security on its government websites to prevent cyber attacks. On its website, a cyber Activist group called Anonymous says it brought down Zimbabwe websites last week to Protest the government's Censorship of free press and Wikileaks cables. President Robert Mugabe's wife has sued a newspaper that published Wikileaks reports implicating her in illegal diamond deals. Zimbabwe's IT minister said Monday that they are "dealing with" threats by t...

Wikileaks: Ahmadinjead Was Slapped in Meeting
The Huffington Post reports: According to a recently released cable obtained by Wikileaks, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was slapped in the face by Revolutionary Guard Chief of Staff Mohammed Ali Jafari. According to the cable, Ahmadinejad surprised the Supreme National Security Council by taking a liberal posture on opposition Protests. The president allegedly argued that people felt “suffocated,” and that allowing more social and personal freedoms, as well as more freedom...

Puppy's death 'near the top' in cruelty
VICTORIA, British Columbia, Jan. 3 (UPI) -- Animal Activists in Canada said the beating death of a pit bull puppy on New Year's Day is one of the worst Animal Cruelty cases they've ever seen. A 24-year-old man was arrested in the incident and is due in court Tuesday, the Victoria (British Columbia) Times Colonist reported. The man's name wasn't released because of a publication ban. He was on bail for another criminal charge and has a history of drug- and weapons-related offenses, the newspaper ...

Should shareholders have a voice in corporate strategy? The Dutch case.
With shareholder Activists increasingly demanding a voice in an ever-growing array of corporate decisions, it's worth remembering that corporate strategy is one area that is expressly reserved to the board of directors. As former Delaware Chancellor William Allen opined in Paramount Communications, Inc. v. Time, Inc.: The corporation law does not operate on the theory that directors, in exercising their powers to manage the firm, are obligated to follow the wishes of a majority of shares. ...

Hackers strike Zimbabwean regime sites
HARARE, Zimbabwe, Jan. 3 (UPI) -- Cyber Activists took down Zimbabwean government Web sites, apparently in support of the Wikileaks whistle-blower site, a computer security firm said Monday. Grace Mugabe, wife of President Robert Mugabe, was recently reported to be suing a newspaper for $15 million after it published a Wikileaks cable stating that she has profited from the illegal diamond trade. Sites of the government and Mugabe's ZANU-PF party were hit by distributed Denial-of-Service attack...

Cindy Jacobs: The Lord Told Me He's Going To Smite Judicial Activists!
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Taiwanese activists dispute solar costs
TAIPEI, Taiwan, Jan. 3 (UPI) -- Taiwanese environmental energy Activists are disputing government data about Solar Energy costs. The particular target of their ire is the Ministry of Economic Affairs, which they allege states that Solar Energy would raise electricity expenditures. The Activists cite statistics indicating that using Solar Energy actually helps reduce electricity costs rather than raise them, the Taipei Times reported Monday. The dispute arose after MOEA last month announced a pro...

Democrats hoping to change way US Senate works
Denver — A group of Democrats fed up with the slow pace of the U.S. Senate are headed to Denver to rally for new rules to speed things up the 112th Congress. Democratic Activists want to see the Senate adopt rule changes suggested by Democratic Sens. Michael Bennet of Colorado and Tom Udall of New Mexico. The two senators want to eliminate the practice known as a "hold" in which a single senator can secretly prevent action on Legislation or nominees. They also want to alter the 60-vote re...

Eliot Cutler News Roundup
The Maine Commission on Government Ethics and Election Practices held a meeting Monday to clear up an issue still lingering from the gubernatorial election. The issue? Somebody had created an anonymous website attacking Independent Gubernatorial Candidate Eliot Cutler. The end result of the meeting was the disclosure of the authors of the website. One was John Bailey, the president of a Public Relations firm based out of Portland. In addition, he was also a consultant for Democratic Candidate...

Steal column, get suspension
“Glad you liked my column so much. Try not to plagiarize it next time.” Posted by Doug Thompson on Jan 1 2011 Filed under Media Madness. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed. Click here to cancel reply. Obama’s New Year’s resolution? Fix The Economy Obama’s New Year’s resolution? Fix The Economy We allow third-party companies to serve ads and/or collect ...