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Monthly Archives: December 2014
A Merry Musical Muppet Christmas!
Posted by Elaine Magliaro
A Christmas Song from Our Animal Friends
Posted by Elaine Magliaro
Posted in Music, Short Video
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Singer at Ex-Cop’s Charity Event Celebrates the Death of Michael Brown with Parody of Jim Croce’s Song “Bad, Bad Leroy Brown”
By Elaine Magliaro TMZ reported this morning that the Elks Lodge in Glendale, California, “is investigating a shocking incident that went down in the club a week ago Monday, when a member of the lodge performed “a song celebrating the death of … Continue reading
Posted in Law Enforcement, Racism
Tagged Ferguson (MO), Michael Brown, Officer Involved Shootings, police
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FOX News Affiliate in Baltimore Caught Editing Demonstration Footage to Sound As If Protesters Are Chanting “Kill a Cop”
By Elaine Magliaro On Sunday night, WBFF–a FOX affiliate in Baltimore–aired a video of “Justice for All” demonstrators in Washington, D. C., chanting “kill a cop.” Gawker reported that the news station claimed that the video was evidence “of murderously violent rhetoric on … Continue reading
RIP Joe Cocker
by Gene Howington It’s a loss for the world. Yesterday, singular musical talent Joe Cocker passed away at the age of 70, a victim of small cell lung cancer. Born in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, Cocker began performing in 1961 under … Continue reading
More Human Than Human?
by Gene Howington Normally if you called Sandra a “non-human person”, you might get slapped in the face. However, in this instance, Sandra is a 29-year-old Sumatran orangutan at the Buenos Aires zoo. What makes this more interesting is that … Continue reading
Posted in Argentina, Biology, Civil Law, Civil Liberties, Evolution, Exobiology, Jurisprudence, Legal Theory, Weird News
Tagged Buenos Aires zoo, habeas corpus, Sandra, writ of habeas corpus
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It is Winter Solstice today.
By Chuck Stanley In the northern hemisphere, the day with the least amount of sunlight and most hours of darkness. The southern hemisphere recognizes today as Summer Solstice, the day with most hours of sunlight. The precise moment of Solstice … Continue reading
Posted in Astronomy/Astrophysics, Christianity, History, Holidays, Music, Scotland
Tagged Alaska, Enya, Light, Northern Exposure, Pagan, Winter Solstice, Yule
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Celebrating the Solstice with Winter Poems
By Elaine Magliaro The winter solstice begins this evening. I thought I’d post some poems for the winter season today. Toward the Winter Solstice By Timothy Steele, 1948 Although the roof is just a story high, It dizzies me a … Continue reading
Profitship! Cashing In On Public Schools…with a Mark Fiore Video
Posted by Elaine Magliaro As a former public school educator, I have been extremely concerned about the efforts to privatize public schools in this country, the mania for standardized testing, the demands for more and more charter schools, and the claim … Continue reading
From Democracy Now!: More Information about Ferguson Grand Jury Witness 40
By Elaine Magliaro Last Wednesday, Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez spoke with William Bastone, the lead author of The Smoking Gun article that exposed the identity of “Witness 40.” On Monday, The Smoking Gun identified “Witness 40” as Sandra McElroy–a “bipolar Missouri … Continue reading
Posted in Courts, Criminal Law, Evidence Law, Government, Law Enforcement, Local Government, Media, Missouri, Racism, Society, States, United States
Tagged Bob McCulloch, Darren Wilson, Ferguson (MO), Ferguson Grand Jury, Ferguson Police, Michael Brown, Sandra McElroy, Sean Hannity, Witness 40
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