Vermont

updated 6:47 a.m.

CURVED HORIZONS: Airport traffic down but Burlington doesn't get it

As I predicted here a while back, the volume of passengers passing through the Burlington airport has declined in 2009. The BFP reports that: "In January, 50,490 people flew from Vermont's largest airport, a 5.5 percent decline from January 2009 -- and the weakest January tally since 2004. The decline marked the 10th consecutive month of sagging year-over-year results at Burlington...
Vermont Commons - Sat 9:44 p.m. - 2 clicks 2 clicks

The CIA Drugged an Entire French Town with LSD in 1951

A truly shocking article from the Telegraph. Excerpt: The mystery of Le Pain Maudit (Cursed Bread) still haunts the inhabitants of Pont-Saint-Esprit, in the Gard, southeast France. On August 16, 1951, the inhabitants were suddenly racked with frightful hallucinations of terrifying beasts and fire. One man tried to drown himself, screaming that his belly was [...] ...
American Socialism for the Rich - Sat 1:09 p.m.

RELOCALIZING VERMONT Exelon To Pay Over $1 Million For Tritium Leaks

UPDATED Entergy keeps operating Vermont Yankee while leaking tritium (though it's not clear whether there are any new releases to the groundwater), trying to limp along until the scheduled April closing for refueling. Meanwhile, in Illinois, Exelon will have to pay big bucks for tritium leaks at three of their nuclear power plants. Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced yesterd...
Vermont Commons - Fri 9:23 a.m. - 4 clicks 4 clicks

Senate Campaign Kick-off Potluck, Bluegrass with the Bayley-Hazen Boys

Date: Saturday, 10 April 2010 Time: 5:00 – 9:00 PM Location: Ripton Community House Route 125, Ripton, Vermont Bayley-Hazen Boys read more ...
Vermont Commons - Fri 7:29 a.m. - 3 clicks 3 clicks

VERMONT LIBRE: Imagine Free Vermont, The Switzerland of North America (Thomas Naylor)

If Vermont were to secede from the United States empire and become an independent nation-state, how could it possibly survive as a separate republic? How would it function? Are there any examples of smaller, sustainable nation-states which might serve as a role model for a state like Vermont, should it decide to leave the U.S.? There is at least one such nation that might serve as a viable model ...
Vermont Commons - Fri 4:22 a.m. - 5 clicks 5 clicks

ETHAN ALLEN: Mixed Nuts. Dig in.

Dear Friends (friend?) Here's the long-awaited update on "Mixed Nuts". Have a taste of the script that gives some idea of the pith. (Enter Dr. Darcy, whistling or humming “If I only had a Brain” which the musicians pick up.) read more ...
Vermont Commons - Thu 7:45 p.m.

Not politics or economics…

…but it made me laugh until my sides hurt: ...
American Socialism for the Rich - Thu 12:27 p.m.

Eric Rosenbloom Distortions - LI Offshore Wind Initiative

Promoters of an industrial wind energy plant off the shore of Jones Beach, Long Island, New York, attempted some time ago to debunk a few of the findings in the early but still comprehensive and persuasive paper "A Problem With Wind Power" . Theirs was a weak effort indeed, but since it is still occasionally cited as definitive, this refutation from January 2009 deserves to be reposted. Answers f...
Kirby Mountain - Thu 9:25 a.m.

PARSING THE EMPIRE: The Business of Water - Privatizing An Essential Resource (Stephen Lendman)

Editor's Note: Lendman's article is particularly timely, in light of UVM researcher Gary Flomenhoft's "Message In A Bottle" COMMONS feature on the current status of Vermont's groundwater, found in the current MUD SEASON issue of the news journal.  Vermont's Groundwater: Pure'ly Private? read more ...
Vermont Commons - Thu 8:28 a.m. - 4 clicks 4 clicks

THE DAILY MAUL: The Publisher's "Dear John(s)" Letter - How Long Do You Wanna Beat This Dead Chestnu...

Dear John Ryan, I read with interest your letter in Seven Days last week in response to my letter about their so-called media issue. (I printed your letter out below in its entirety.) Even though you and I have never actually met, we do seem to share much in common. We're both good-looking fellas. Rob Williams. read more ...
Vermont Commons - Thu 8:28 a.m.

RELOCALIZING VERMONT 40% of US Electricity from Wind by 2030?

This is old news, but I just learned about it. And there's new news that makes the old news newsworthy in a whole different way. George W. Bush's Department of Energy issued a report in July 2008 that said that the US could generate 20% of its electricity from wind by 2030: A 20% Wind Scenario in 2030, while ambitious, could be feasible if the significant challenges identified in this re...
Vermont Commons - Wed 9:24 p.m. - 5 clicks 5 clicks

RELOCALIZING VERMONT Leaky Nuclear Plants Versus States' Rights

With the help of Glenn Scherer at Blue Ridge Press , I turned the state Senate vote on Vermont Yankee into an op-ed on states' rights to regulate nuclear power plant. Blue Ridge Press sends out op-eds to newspapers around the country, and Glenn hoped the states' rights slant would appeal to newspapers in some conservative states. We'll see how that strategy works. So far, it's been picked up ...
Vermont Commons - Wed 7:25 p.m. - 6 clicks 6 clicks

truth to power: ny governor david patterson: "we've crossed the rubicon"

Reprinted from BUSINESS INSIDER A defiant, though occasionally jocular, Gov. David Paterson tried Monday to set aside the swirl of rumors surrounding his immediate future and get back to the business of addressing the gaping state budget problem. read more ...
Vermont Commons - Wed 9:06 a.m.

Medicare for all!

Stop the medical insurance bail-out bill! Dave Lindorff writes at Counterpunch: When Obama came to my neighborhood this week to press for public support for his health “reform” bill, he wasn’t just greeted by tea-party hecklers. Speaking to a large group of mostly supportive students and local residents at Arcadia University in Glenside, the president at one point mentioned that “people on th...
Kirby Mountain - Wed 8:05 a.m.

The Essential Next Step in Health Care Reform for VT

I am excited to tell you about something I've been working on for several weeks. All of us candidates for Vermont governor have been saying how essential it is to achieve universal access to affordable health care -- and I've been figuring out how to actually make that happen. The escalating cost of our current system is crippling our state, our families and our businesses. Health care in Verm...
DailyKos (Vermont) - Wed 7:22 a.m. - 3 clicks 3 clicks

MOST LIKE TO SECEDE: Beyond Facebook - Yankee magazine features Front Porch Forum

Vermont Commons - Wed 3:26 a.m. - 4 clicks 4 clicks

The wonders of landfill methane! Take a tour right here!

Washington Electric Co-op (WEC) has produced a video tour of its landfill methane generating plant in Coventry, Vermont. The ten minute video was recorded during an open house held at the plant on November 4, 2009, and follows the tour actually given to visitors on that day. Read all about landfill methane and take the tour below the fold. ...
DailyKos (Vermont) - Tue 3:03 p.m. - 4 clicks 4 clicks

WONDERING what Marjah was all about...

Vermont Commons - Tue 9:29 a.m.

COMMON SENSE: Writer's Almanac on Shopping

Vermont Commons - Tue 9:29 a.m.

MOST LIKE TO SECEDE: Why Doesn't Vermont Just Annex Itself to Canada? (David Budbill)

Vermont Commons - Tue 3:23 a.m. - 7 clicks 7 clicks

TRUTH TO POWER: THE LOCAL FOOD AND FARMING REVOLUTION, By Michael Brownlee

Vermont Commons - Mon 5:44 p.m.

Dennis Steele Confronts the Democratic Gubernatorial Candidates on Bringing Home the National Guard

Dennis’ question sparked a quite interesting discussion; check out the podcast on Radio Free Vermont! ...
American Socialism for the Rich - Mon 3:07 p.m. - 3 clicks 3 clicks

THE DAILY MAUL: Gubernatorial Candidate and Former U.S. Marine Dennis Steele Challenges Dems on Verm...

Vermont Commons - Mon 3:07 p.m. - 4 clicks 4 clicks

UPPING THE STAKES: "On Languages of Power and Powerlessness" by Zygmunt Bauman

Vermont Commons - Mon 3:07 p.m.

Mixed Nuts - What's it all about?

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It's Time for Revolution

Bill Quigley writes at Huffington Post: It is time for a revolution. Government does not work for regular people. It appears to work quite well for big corporations, banks, insurance companies, military contractors, lobbyists, and for the rich and powerful. But it does not work for people. The 1776 Declaration of Independence stated that when a long train of abuses by those in power evidence a...
Kirby Mountain - Sun 12:44 p.m. - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Single payer now ... or in 2017? If in 2017, why not now?

As reported by Ryan Grim at Huffington Post, at his recent meeting with House progressives about the health insurance regulation bill that was supposed to be a health care bill, "Obama pointed Kucinich toward single-payer language that Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) was able to get into the bill. Kucinich fought for an amendment that would allow states to adopt single-payer systems without getting s...
Kirby Mountain - Mar 6 - 8 clicks 8 clicks

BANKING ON FREEDOM: The Campaign for State-Owned Banks

Vermont Commons - Mar 5 - 4 clicks 4 clicks

ETHAN ALLEN: "Mixed Nuts" update plus . . .

Vermont Commons - Mar 4 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Denmark ranks low in 2010 environmental performance index

Agricultural practices and high reliance on coal, oil and gas gives the country a poor environmental ranking Denmark is ranked a modest 32nd in the ‘Environmental Performance Index 2010’, compiled by researchers from American Ivy League universities Yale and Columbia. The index ranks 163 countries, measuring factors such as greenhouse gas emissions, protection of habitats for fauna and flora, g...
Kirby Mountain - Mar 4

THE DAILY MAUL: Marking the Occasion of Vermont Admission Day - Time To Go!

Vermont Commons - Mar 4 - 5 clicks 5 clicks

In which we interview Dr. Roel Boumans

Miles and Matt talk economics, ecology, and epistemology with Dr. Roel Boumans, a former UVM professor and computer modeling expert who’s teaching a homesteading skills class this summer at his homestead (Windy Corners) in Charlotte, VT. ...
American Socialism for the Rich - Mar 3 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

MOST LIKELY TO SECEDE? Empire, Oligarchy And Democracy (Ralph Nader)

Vermont Commons - Mar 2 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

THE DAILY MAUL: "ENVY'able Alternative" Resolution Passes In All FOUR Mad River Valley Towns

Vermont Commons - Mar 2 - 6 clicks 6 clicks

EMPIRE WATCH: U.S. Cable "News" Outlets Not Revealing Corporate Ties To Their Guests (Sherwood Ross)

Vermont Commons - Mar 2

PARSING THE EMPIRE: America's Permanent War Agenda (Stephen Lendman)

Vermont Commons - Mar 2 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Vermont's Progressive Dilemma: Are we ignoring the monster in the room?

Vermont Commons - Mar 1

TRUTH TO POWER: R.I.P. VERMONT YANKEE NUCLEAR POWER PLANT, Carolyn Baker Interviews Kathleen Krevets...

Vermont Commons - Feb 28 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

ETHAN ALLEN: onward and upward

Vermont Commons - Feb 26 - 5 clicks 5 clicks

BACK TO BASICS: Politics and Parsnips

Vermont Commons - Feb 26 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Politics and Parsnips

Vermont Commons - Feb 26

ETHAN ALLEN: Mixed Nuts - the "legal" system

Vermont Commons - Feb 25

RELOCALIZING VERMONT FSRN Picks Up Yankee Story

Vermont Commons - Feb 25 - 5 clicks 5 clicks

THE DAILY MAUL: Senate Re-Ups USA PATRIOT Act

Vermont Commons - Feb 25

THE DAILY MAUL: Struggling U.S. Towns Begin Printing Their Own Cash

Vermont Commons - Feb 25 - 4 clicks 4 clicks

C-SPAN: A Monstertrucker of Government Programming

C-SPAN: A Monstertrucker of Government Programming ...
What's the Point? - Feb 25

Mixed Nuts from Ethan Allen

Vermont Commons - Feb 24 - 4 clicks 4 clicks

RELOCALIZING VERMONT Breaking: Senate Rejects VY 26-4

Vermont Commons - Feb 24 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Vermont votes to close VT Yankee nuke plant as scheduled

DailyKos (Vermont) - Feb 24 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

SECESSION, NOT AGGRESSION: The Urge To Secede - A Rebellion In Progress (Greg Guma)

Vermont Commons - Feb 24 - 4 clicks 4 clicks

RELOCALIZING VERMONT Breaking: Senate Votes 24-6 Not to Remand Yankee Bill

Vermont Commons - Feb 24 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

The lies of a wind developer

Angus King, formerly governor of Maine and now an industrial wind developer, had an opinion piece published in Sunday's Portland Press Herald. It is a response to letters pointing out some of the shortcomings of industrial wind turbines that must be weighed against their alleged benefits. Rather than acknowledge such impacts in any way (a signal that the benefits side of the argument isn't at all...
Kirby Mountain - Feb 24 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

RELOCALIZING VERMONT Close Vote Anticipated re: Yankee

Vermont Commons - Feb 23 - 4 clicks 4 clicks

THE DAILY MAUL: Vt.Digger Covers Vermont Secessionists

Vermont Commons - Feb 23 - 5 clicks 5 clicks

RELOCALIZING VERMONT Yankee Leaked Tritium in 2005, says NRC

Vermont Commons - Feb 22 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

UNPREPARED AND UNPLUGGED: JOE STACK AND LIKELY COMING ATTRACTIONS, By Carolyn Baker

Vermont Commons - Feb 21 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Ron Paul takes the Gold at CPAC

For the first time since Ron Paul officially ended his Presidential bid in 2008, the mainstream media today has framed him as a kook.  With 31% of the CPAC vote, Dr. Paul won the straw poll, beating both Mitt Romney and Sarah Palin handedly, two candidates who have more or less declared their candidacy for [...] ...
American Socialism for the Rich - Feb 21

SECEDE & SURVIVE: Secession in the News, February 2010

Vermont Commons - Feb 20 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Win in '10: Races that look promising from your neck of the woods

DailyKos (Vermont) - Feb 20

On the Question of Instant Runoff Voting (I.R.V.)

For those readers who neither live in Burlington, Vermont, nor are political junkies, IRV stands for Instant Runoff Voting, and it has been the center of some local controversy recently.  A few years ago, Burlington voted in a referendum to change its voting system by which the mayor is elected from requiring a plurality of [...] ...
American Socialism for the Rich - Feb 19 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

vermont senate to vote on vt yankee

Vermont Commons - Feb 19 - 5 clicks 5 clicks

THE DAILY MAUL: The COMMONS Is Busting Out All Over

Vermont Commons - Feb 18 - 4 clicks 4 clicks

EMPIRE WATCH: The I in Imperialism - What Do Empires Do? (Michael Parenti)

Vermont Commons - Feb 18

SECESSION, NOT AGGRESSION: Secession and the Power of the Purse (DumpDC)

Vermont Commons - Feb 18 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

SECESSION UNIVERSITY: Lincoln Wrong On Secession (Bill Miller)

Vermont Commons - Feb 18 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

RELOCALIZING VERMONT Sen. Committee Witness: Mr. NRC Chairman, shut down this plant!

Vermont Commons - Feb 18 - 4 clicks 4 clicks

THE DAILY MAUL: Patrick Buchanan - "Secession Is In The Air."

Vermont Commons - Feb 18 - 6 clicks 6 clicks

The Problem with Glenn Beck

Ever since Ron Paul’s presidential bid in 2007-2008, Glenn Beck has been something of a controversial figure among members of the liberty movement.  On the one hand, he addresses many issues near and dear to our hearts (such as the bailouts and stimulus, the Federal Reserve, select police state measures, state sovereignty, etc.) which we’d [...] ...
American Socialism for the Rich - Feb 17

Pierpont, peer review, and expert witnesses

If I may jump in here as an editor of medical journals, I would just like to note that single case reports and case series are a major part of their content. That is how information is shared. When the authors are noticing something new (or more often, noticing something in a new way), they are clear about the limitations of a case series for making conclusive statements. For example, this is from...
Kirby Mountain - Feb 17

MOST LIKELY TO SECEDE: Grace (Potter) For Haiti - A Mad River Musical Benefit

Vermont Commons - Feb 16 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

LETTER TO THE EDITOR (Braintree): Feb 4th RUTLAND HERALD EDITORIAL Stirs Controversy

Vermont Commons - Feb 16

THE CELLULOID SECESSIONIST: Book of Eli (FILM REVIEW)

Vermont Commons - Feb 16 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

LETTER TO THE EDITOR (Edd Merritt of Charlotte): Time To Experiment, Vermont!

Vermont Commons - Feb 16 - 4 clicks 4 clicks

LETTER TO THE EDITOR (Email Box): Thanks for a most enjoyable newspaper and website.

Vermont Commons - Feb 16

RELOCALIZING VERMONT Breaking: Shumlin Announces Yankee Vote Next Week

Vermont Commons - Feb 16

PARSING THE EMPIRE: Haiti is Open for Business (Stephen Lendman)

Vermont Commons - Feb 15 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Monsanto Took Over NOFA Convention, Says Ripton Candidate for VT Senate

Vermont Commons - Feb 14 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Happy V-Day from GMD in Vermont!

DailyKos (Vermont) - Feb 14

THE DAILY MAUL: Vermonter Hannah Kearney Grabs First Gold at OLYMPICS!

Vermont Commons - Feb 14 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

AN ENERGY OPTIMIST-Sovereignty As A Means To Sustainability

Vermont Commons - Feb 13 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

NOFA co-opted by Monsanto?

Vermont Commons - Feb 12 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

THE DAILY MAUL: Peak Oil? What's Peak Oil?

Vermont Commons - Feb 12

Misses Monahan (a poem)

MISSES MONAHAN by Eric Rosenbloom copyright 2010 Are you not the son of Manannan Mac Lir? The queen Etain? Have you not already fought The hosts arrayed against you, won the hearts of kings And people? Wake! child! your fate is rising before you. Shuffle the deck and read the signs once more. The gateways that have brought you here have fallen Away, and you are at the origins of some...
Kirby Mountain - Feb 12

Adam and the Queen of Eden

ADAM AND THE QUEEN OF EDEN by Eric Rosenbloom copyright 2010 One day while strolling to take the air, Sir Adam spied a garden fair         Its keeper called         He was enthralled With Eve at home atearing her hair. He entered on her invitation Flattered by her fine flirtation    ...
Kirby Mountain - Feb 12

Vermont's Radioactive Nightmare

DailyKos (Vermont) - Feb 10

WONDERING if the explosion in microwave transmissions might pump up weather events, since...

Vermont Commons - Feb 10 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Great Ron Paul Interview.

The U.S. will never pay back the money it has borrowed… and yet people keep buying T-Bills. Gah! ...
American Socialism for the Rich - Feb 10

Message from the Hopi Elders for 2010: Create Your Community.

Vermont Commons - Feb 8 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Vermont's on the Right Track: Secession, Independence Not Needed

Vermont Commons - Feb 8

WONDERING if there would be a creativity explosion in VT if all our libraries had a subscription to ...

Vermont Commons - Feb 7

THIRD WAY ECONOMICS-BOOK REVIEW: David C. Korten's Agenda for a New Economy

Vermont Commons - Feb 6

A Proposal for Vermont Healthcare: VermontHealth

For generations the delivery of medical care has been a highly disputed and controversial issue in the United States.  In general, the left side of the political spectrum continuously attempts to develop government run health programs on the state and federal levels, while the political right often resists these attempts.  There are many variables to [...] ...
American Socialism for the Rich - Feb 6

133,000,000 People: Chronic Care Exploitation

DailyKos (Vermont) - Feb 5

Prohibition and the Authoritarian State

I recently encountered a reference to the film “Collapse”, and spent part of my afternoon today viewing it.  Essentially a long, wide-ranging interview with a fellow by the name of Michael Ruppert, the movie covers Ruppert’s view of the interconnected nature of peak oil, the financial crisis, and the series of wars that’ve been fought [...] ...
American Socialism for the Rich - Feb 5

THE CELLULOID SECESSIONIST: Up In The Air - The American Dream, Grounded (Film Review)

Vermont Commons - Feb 5 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

THE DAILY CENSORED: Truth Emergency and the State of Our "News" Culture (Huff and Phillips)

Vermont Commons - Feb 5

PARSING THE EMPIRE: Outsourcing War - The Rise of Private Military Contractors (Stephen Lendman)

Vermont Commons - Feb 5

Murray Hill, Inc. Running for Congress

Hilarious. ...
What's the Point? - Feb 4

TRUTH TO POWER: THERE IS NO RETURN TO SELF-SUSTAINING GROWTH, An Interview With James Galbraith by L...

Vermont Commons - Feb 3

Secession and Football...

American Socialism for the Rich - Feb 3

Mother Turbine

Mother turbine gives birth to industrialization of Backbone Mountain, West Virginia. ...
Kirby Mountain - Feb 3

PARSING THE EMPIRE: The Recession is Over, the Depression Just Beginning (Stephen Lendman)

Vermont Commons - Feb 3

THE DAILY MAUL: "American Thinker" a Real Sinker (More Poor Dumb Blogging)

Vermont Commons - Feb 2

THE DAILY MAUL: Safe! Clean! Reliable! The NY Times Spotlights Vermont Yankee's Little "Tritium Prob...

Vermont Commons - Feb 2 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

WONDERING why we wage so much war for oil if 12 super-giant oil fields have been discovered since 19...

Vermont Commons - Feb 1

STICOMYTHIA: Decommission Vermont Yankee Says Ripton Candidate for VT Senate

Vermont Commons - Feb 1

Apocalyptic Fiction and You By Radical SAHM

Vermont Commons - Jan 31

FORGING AHEAD: "Crippled Epistemologies"

Vermont Commons - Jan 31 - 4 clicks 4 clicks

The Steele Campaign hits TIME Magazine!

American Socialism for the Rich - Jan 31

TIME MAGAZINE: The Secessionist Campaign for the Republic of Vermont (Winter 2010)

Vermont Commons - Jan 31 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

THE DAILY MAUL: FULL SIGNAL? Our Brain on Smart Phones - Is Our New Wireless World Toxic?

Vermont Commons - Jan 31

Ecopsychology, solastalgia, nature-guilt

Daniel Smith has written an article in today's New York Times Magazine about the psychologic relationship of humans and the rest of the natural world, particularly that part not altered by humans: "Is there an ecological unconscious?". While recognizing the benefits of reconnecting with the earth and the mental toll of environmental degradation, one should also consider that we are indeed somewhat...
Kirby Mountain - Jan 31

Brilliant: Charlie Brooker - How To Report The News

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What's the Point? - Jan 29

Richest nation in the world

According to a new analysis by the Brookings Institution , almost one-third of the nation (91.6 million people) was "poor" in 2008, i.e., with income at or below 200% of the official poverty threshold. More than two-fifths (39.1 million) of those individuals lived in "poverty". Data for 2009 are not yet available, but they are sure to be worse. 2008-2009 poverty thresholds:  $10,830 for s...
Kirby Mountain - Jan 29

truth to power: howard zinn's eternal legacy

Vermont Commons - Jan 29 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

RUNNING ON INDEPENDENCE: Independent State Candidates Opposed to Vermont Yankee Relicensing - Here's...

Vermont Commons - Jan 29

MOST LIKELY TO SECEDE: Free Vermont Radio's Dennis Steele - Liberating the Vermont Airwaves!

Vermont Commons - Jan 29

PARSING THE EMPIRE: Obama's Outreach to Americans - Smooth But Empty Rhetoric, Business As Usual (St...

Vermont Commons - Jan 29

MOST LIKELY TO SECEDE: February 2 is WOODCHUCK DAY in Vermont!

Vermont Commons - Jan 29 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

US EMPIRE WATCH: "People's Historian" Howard Zinn-"Largest Lie" Is U.S. "War on Terrorism" (Sherwood...

Vermont Commons - Jan 29

Independent State Candidates Opposed to Vermont Yankee Relicensing: Here's Why

Vermont Commons - Jan 28

LETTER TO THE EDITOR (Burlington): "Cover to Cover"

Vermont Commons - Jan 28

CURVED HORIZONS: Sarkozy at Davos - contrast to Obama's SOTU address

Vermont Commons - Jan 28 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

TRUTH TO POWER: YOUR DISAPPOINTMENT WITH OBAMA IS YOUR TEACHING MOMENT, By Carolyn Baker

Vermont Commons - Jan 28

THE DAILY MAUL: R.I.P. Howard Zinn - You Can't Be Neutral On A Moving Train

Vermont Commons - Jan 28

PARSING THE EMPIRE: Obama Year One - Betrayal and Failure (Part II by Stephen Lendman)

Vermont Commons - Jan 28 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

WONDERING why the U.S. has to perpetuate so much fear...

Vermont Commons - Jan 28

THE DAILY MAUL: Letter to SEVEN DAYS re: the new "Media" Issue

Vermont Commons - Jan 28

EXTREME GARDENER: USDA - Stop the release of GE trees!

Vermont Commons - Jan 27

UPPING THE STAKES: Chellis Glendinning reviews Mickey Z.'s new book...

Vermont Commons - Jan 26

PARSING THE EMPIRE: Obama Year One/Betrayal and Failure (Part I) - by Stephen Lendman

Vermont Commons - Jan 26

"Fear the Boom and Bust" a Hayek vs. Keynes Rap Anthem

American Socialism for the Rich - Jan 26

WONDERING if converted shipping containers wouldn't be simple and practical housing in disaster-pron...

Vermont Commons - Jan 26

A Devastating Piece From "The Nation" on California

American Socialism for the Rich - Jan 25

Again...US Army South's Spanish galleon flag...

Vermont Commons - Jan 24 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

WONDERING if Haitians will benefit from the billions in gold that mining companies are itching to di...

Vermont Commons - Jan 24 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

BACK TO BASICS: The Weight of the Matter

Vermont Commons - Jan 24

Haiti's Riches: Interview with Ezili Dantò on Mining in Haiti [from April 29, 2009]

Vermont Commons - Jan 23

The fabulous interview I heard on NPR years ago with J. F. Kenney on abiotic oil...

Vermont Commons - Jan 23

WONDERING about the coincidence of this news with Lt. Gen. Keen's recent talk on natural resource ma...

Vermont Commons - Jan 23

WONDERING if I've been oblique...

Vermont Commons - Jan 23

WONDERING about Lt. Gen. Keen's recent appearance at the Strategic Space Symposium

Vermont Commons - Jan 23

WONDERING about General Fraser's remarks regarding Haiti!

Vermont Commons - Jan 23

How to Wreck a Presidency

David Michael Green writes at Counterpunch: There’s only one political party in the entire world that is so inept, cowardly and bungling that it could manage to simultaneously lick the boots of Wall Street bankers and then get blamed by the voters for being flaming revolutionary socialists. It’s the same party that has allowed the opposition to go on a thirty year scorched earth campaign, stea...
Kirby Mountain - Jan 23

WONDERING about the amazing coincidence of the Disaster-Relief-for-Haiti-Dril

Vermont Commons - Jan 23

WONDERING about the many proposals (not too long ago) for warming the Arctic...

Vermont Commons - Jan 23

THE DAILY CENSORED: American Mantra - Free Market Capitalism and Obama

Vermont Commons - Jan 22

BANKING ON FREEDOM: Escape From Pottersville - The North Dakota Model for Capitalizing Community Ban...

Vermont Commons - Jan 22

asr 1-17-2010

American Socialism for the Rich - Jan 22

THE DAILY MAUL: Happy birthday, Ethan Allen!

Vermont Commons - Jan 21

RELOCALIZING VERMONT: Montpelier Gets $8 Million for Biomass District Heating

Vermont Commons - Jan 21

Haiti, Palestine & Louisiana: Land of no cement

DailyKos (Vermont) - Jan 20

Miles Wigging Out...

American Socialism for the Rich - Jan 19

THE DAILY MAUL: Why The Radical Left Should Continue Secession (COMMENTARY)

Vermont Commons - Jan 19 - 4 clicks 4 clicks

THE DAILY MAUL: 2010 State of the Media (Vermont Commons - Looking Good!)

Vermont Commons - Jan 19

THE DAILY MAUL: MLK DAY REFLECTION - Why We Can't Wait - Reading Dr. King In The Age Of Obama (Billy...

Vermont Commons - Jan 18

UPPING THE STAKES: The Politics of Awareness, Part II

Vermont Commons - Jan 18

PARSING THE EMPIRE: The U.S. Empire In Haiti - "Disaster Relief" or "Disaster Capitalism"?

Vermont Commons - Jan 18

ASHES TO ASHES: The Truth, or Over The Hills & Far Away

Vermont Commons - Jan 17 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

FORGING AHEAD: Hope and Dismay

Vermont Commons - Jan 17

A bit of history...

American Socialism for the Rich - Jan 17

THE DAILY MAUL: VIDEO - 2010 Vermont Independence Campaign JANUARY 15 Press Conference

Vermont Commons - Jan 15 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

THE DAILY MAUL: 2010 Vermont Independence Campaign (VIDEO) - Press Conference

Vermont Commons - Jan 15 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Democrats Going Down in Flames

Russell Mokhiber, editor of Single Payer Action , writes in Counterpunch: Martha Coakley is going down in flames. So is the Democratic Party. Why? We found the answer earlier this week at – of all places – The Cato Institute in Washington, D.C. Timothy Carney was giving a powerpoint presentation about his new book: Obamanomics: How Barack Obama Is Bankrupting You and Enriching His Wall St...
Kirby Mountain - Jan 15 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

The Republic Of Vermont 2.0

DailyKos (Vermont) - Jan 15 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

THE DAILY MAUL: HUFFINGTON POST - Vermont Independence Discussion Unfolding...

Vermont Commons - Jan 15 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Fusion balloting: creating more and better choices for American voters

DailyKos (Vermont) - Jan 14

The Vermont Independence Candidates hit the MSM!

American Socialism for the Rich - Jan 14 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

UPPING THE STAKES: The Politics of Awareness, Part I

Vermont Commons - Jan 14

THE DAILY MAUL: The Vermont Independence Movement Launches 2010 Political Campaign!

Vermont Commons - Jan 13

CURVED HORIZONS: The Path Not Taken

Vermont Commons - Jan 11

The Path Not Taken

Vermont Commons - Jan 11

The Path Not Taken

Vermont Commons - Jan 11

Venezuela's currency devaluation

American Socialism for the Rich - Jan 11

truth to power: carolyn baker and keith farnish dialog about the great transition

Vermont Commons - Jan 11

COMMON SENSE: Walking — It's a Good Thing

Vermont Commons - Jan 11

STICOMYTHIA: Shrinking Slice of an Expanding Pie; or Shut Up, the Trough is Full!

Vermont Commons - Jan 11

THE INSIDE STORY: The Health Care (R)evolution Will Not Be Insured

Vermont Commons - Jan 11

DAILY MAUL: "Spirit of 1777" Dance Party! (VIDEO Outake)

Vermont Commons - Jan 10 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

The "Bank Users Strike" meme starts to gain traction...

American Socialism for the Rich - Jan 8

SECESSION SOUNDS: Aletheia - Cathartic Music for a New Year

Vermont Commons - Jan 7 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Sports as Social Control and a Discussion of the Culture Industry...

American Socialism for the Rich - Jan 7

UPPING THE STAKES: Michael Klare: The World in 2020

Vermont Commons - Jan 7

WONDERING why so many people think they need drugs...

Vermont Commons - Jan 6

Hippo Birdie 2 Ewe from RadicalSAHM

Vermont Commons - Jan 4 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Safety of Beef Processing Method Is Questioned (NYT) from RadicalSAHM

Vermont Commons - Jan 4 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Pursuit of optimal rather than politically expedient health care reform

DailyKos (Vermont) - Jan 4

UPPING THE STAKES: Coal and its Ruptured Landscape: Navigating the Ruins of Appalachia

Vermont Commons - Jan 4

Steven Howard on American Socialism for the Rich, 1/3/2010

American Socialism for the Rich - Jan 4

Best health care in the world

MAYNARDVILLE, Tenn. – The two-hour drive is done, but Hannah and Jack Hurst leave the Honda's engine running. Hannah's prayers have brought them here. Now there's little to do but turn up the car's heat, try to get some sleep and wait for morning — and a set of glass and metal doors to open. Still, Hannah doesn't complain. The 26-year-old mother of three has waited "pretty much as long as I ...
Kirby Mountain - Jan 3

DK greenroots: the simple joys of birding

DailyKos (Vermont) - Jan 3

BACK TO BASICS: Parent Permission Slip for the 21st Century

Vermont Commons - Jan 3 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

The American Conservative FTW!

American Socialism for the Rich - Jan 2

How the "Dr. Bernie Madoffs" Conquered McAllen, Texas

DailyKos (Vermont) - Jan 2 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

F#!!!g Cub Scouts!

DailyKos (Vermont) - Dec 31

There Is Plenty of Renewable Energy -- Just Take It

This comment was sent to us, responding to a vapid article by Jurriaan Kamp at Huffington Post: "Renewable" energy -- as opposed to fossil or fissile fuels -- are those that the earth is already using. When humans take it, whether it's water, wind, or sunlight, we are taking it from other living things. In that sense, though "alternative", renewable energy is not green. It is also, except for ...
Kirby Mountain - Dec 30

truth to power: healing transition trauma in the new decade

Vermont Commons - Dec 30

133,000,000 Chronic Care Patients & "Pin Ball Machine" Medicine

DailyKos (Vermont) - Dec 29

Sugar Cane, or How the Earth Was Saved

Vermont Commons - Dec 29 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Equal Marriage Rights 2009, the Good, the Bad and the Ugly

DailyKos (Vermont) - Dec 29

133,000,000 Chronic Care Patients & 14,000 Kennedy CHC Clinics

DailyKos (Vermont) - Dec 29

What no outrage from the Right

DailyKos (Vermont) - Dec 29

THE CELLULOID SECESSIONIST: Sherlock Holmes - 19th Century Ass Kicking

Vermont Commons - Dec 29 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Wind Turbines and Health Disputes

In an editorial at renewablesbiz.com, Bill Opalka describes Nina Pierpont's recently published case series describing wind turbine syndrome and the consequent pushback by the American and Canadian Wind Energy Associations. Unfortunately, a few members of their "expert panel" have written in clear support of Pierpont's findings . Opalka also notes their statement that "for 30 years, people have be...
Kirby Mountain - Dec 29 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

truth to power: retired? no; refired? yes: "on call" for collapse with carolyn baker and kathleen by...

Vermont Commons - Dec 28

Newest age of Airport Security

American Socialism for the Rich - Dec 28

Least & most religious states. Where's yours rank?

DailyKos (Vermont) - Dec 28

$1.5-Trillion for Chronic Care & 14,000 Kennedy-CHC Clinics

DailyKos (Vermont) - Dec 27

$1.5-Trillion Chronic Care Cost & Kennedy-CHC Clinic Expansion

DailyKos (Vermont) - Dec 27

A Great Discussion of Nullification

American Socialism for the Rich - Dec 26 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

ASHES TO ASHES: Health Care Reform--Can We Trust It?

Vermont Commons - Dec 26

Are there no prisons?

Paul Krugman wants us to know ("Tidings of Comfort", New York Times, Dec. 24) that the health insurance bailout bill just passed by the Senate is a great progressive act. He notes that if Tiny Tim can keep from getting sick until 2014, some yet-to-be-defined subsidies will help his family pay for some of his insurance, which they very likely will still not be able to afford (the company will be re...
Kirby Mountain - Dec 25

Damn Straight I'll Hold my Senator (Sanders) Accountable.

DailyKos (Vermont) - Dec 24 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Primarying Bernie Sanders is gonna be a bit tricky...

DailyKos (Vermont) - Dec 23

This HCR Bill: 45,000,000 Get CHC-Single-Payer Vermont Health Care

DailyKos (Vermont) - Dec 23 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

THE INSIDE STORY: Health Care Reform is Dead--Long Live (R)evolution!

Vermont Commons - Dec 23

Why I'm Supporting Dennis Steele for Vermont Governor in 2010

American Socialism for the Rich - Dec 22 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Moving steel production from U.K. to India saves the planet

Before Rajendra Pachauri became head of the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, he was director and then director-general of the Tata Energy Research Institute, later called "The" Energy Research Institute, or TERI, which is essentially a division of the Indian industrial conglomerate the Tata Group. And he still is. TERI now has branches worldwide. In North America, its corporate sp...
Kirby Mountain - Dec 22 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

This HCR Bill: 45,000,000 Get Single-Payer Vermont Health Care

DailyKos (Vermont) - Dec 22

UPPING THE STAKES: The End of Yankee

Vermont Commons - Dec 22

FREE VERMONT DANCE PARTY! "Spirit of '77" - Saturday, January 9, 2010!

Vermont Commons - Dec 21 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

14,000 Kennedy-Sanders-Cardin Clinics to serve 45,000,000 Americans

DailyKos (Vermont) - Dec 21

UPPING THE STAKES: Just 'Cause You're Paranoid, Doesn't Mean They're Not Watching You...

Vermont Commons - Dec 21

WONDERING how this supports "global warming"?

Vermont Commons - Dec 21

Ian Pounds Sells Vermont Home, Moves to Kabul to Help Orphans

DailyKos (Vermont) - Dec 20

TRUTH TO POWER: WINTER SOLSTICE--WORKING AND WAITING IN HUMANITY'S BACK WARD, By Carolyn Baker

Vermont Commons - Dec 20

Destroying forests to save carbon emissions

"Clear-Cutting the Truth About Trees", Bernd Heinrich, New York Times op-ed, Dec. 20, 2009: Part of the problem is the public misunderstanding of how forests and carbon relate. Trees are often called a “carbon sink” — implying that they will sop up carbon from the atmosphere for all eternity. This is not true: the carbon they take up when they are alive is released after they die, whether from ...
Kirby Mountain - Dec 20

Sanders gets $10,000,000,000. How did your Senator do today?

DailyKos (Vermont) - Dec 19

Some Winter Reading

American Socialism for the Rich - Dec 19

FORGING AHEAD: So What's it Going to Take?

Vermont Commons - Dec 19 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

WONDERING--in awe--of the enormous amounts of electrical energy everywhere...

Vermont Commons - Dec 19 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

AN ENERGY OPTIMIST-Business As Usual vs Business As Sustainable

Vermont Commons - Dec 18 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

UPPING THE STAKES: The Road to Hell is Paved with Good Intentions

Vermont Commons - Dec 18

UPPING THE STAKES: COP15: Climate Action & Climate Justice Now!

Vermont Commons - Dec 18

WONDERING if the sun decided to weigh in just in time for the end of the Copenhagen summit...

Vermont Commons - Dec 18

THE INSIDE STORY: The Intimate Work of Health Care Revolution

Vermont Commons - Dec 18

BANKING ON FREEDOM: EU/IMF Revolt - Greece, Iceland, Latvia May Lead the Way

Vermont Commons - Dec 17

HCR 60 Rant and Proud to be a Vermonter.

DailyKos (Vermont) - Dec 17

Wind Turbine Sound and Health Effects

In contrast to the latest effort by the Canadian and American Wind Energy Associations to assert otherwise ("Wind Turbine Sound and Health Effects: An Expert Panel Review" (December 2009), read what a couple members of their expert panel said before they tapped into the wind industry money pipeline. 1. "A Review of Published Research on Low Frequency Noise and Its Effects", Report for Departmen...
Kirby Mountain - Dec 16

THE DAILY MAUL: Obama's Big Sellout; PLUS! Bushing Us Into Afghanistan

Vermont Commons - Dec 16

RADICAL SAHM: I'm making a list, I'm checking it twice...

Vermont Commons - Dec 15

COMMON SENSE: The Luddite's Lament

Vermont Commons - Dec 15 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Call Off the Dogs by RadicalSAHM

Vermont Commons - Dec 15

I'm making a list, I'm checking it twice...

Vermont Commons - Dec 15

STICOMYTHIA: The Bank of Vermont - Collapse-Proof

Vermont Commons - Dec 15 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

The Bank of Vermont: Collapse-Proof

Vermont Commons - Dec 15 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

UPPING THE STAKES: Rescuing a Planet Held Hostage; we can do what those in power will not.

Vermont Commons - Dec 14

THE CELLULOID SECESSIONIST: The Road (FILM REVIEW)

Vermont Commons - Dec 14

"This sentence is dangerous"

The Den Brook Judicial Review Group were recently successful in a Freedom of Information request to obtain drafts of a government-contracted report about noise levels from wind turbine facilities: "The measurement of low frequency noise at three UK wind farms" by Hayes McKenzie Partnership Ltd. for the (former) Department of Trade and Industry, 2006, contract no. W/45/00656/00/00; URN no. 06/1412....
Kirby Mountain - Dec 13

Recent must-reads re: Obama

" Obama's Big Sellout " by Matt Taibbi " The Devil and Mr. Obama " by Joe Bageant " Are We Not Romans? " by Michael Vlahos ...
Kirby Mountain - Dec 11

UPPING THE STAKES: An Interview with Jason Miller (...and a recipe for tofu pot-pie...)

Vermont Commons - Dec 10

WONDERING how B.O. lies so easily... Contact info below for urging the Academy to award him a specia...

Vermont Commons - Dec 10

Great website!

Vermont Commons - Dec 9

WONDERING if they'll insist they're evil...

Vermont Commons - Dec 9

HOLY COW! Check out the image today on Spaceweather.com

Vermont Commons - Dec 9

WONDERING why we're incessantly at war over oil when an Air Force-guy holds a patent on...

Vermont Commons - Dec 9

Muhammad Ali on war

"Why should they ask me to put on a uniform and go 10,000 miles from home and drop bombs and bullets on brown people in Vietnam while so-called Negro people in Louisville are treated like dogs and denied simple human rights? No, I'm not going 10,000 miles from home to help murder and burn another poor nation simply to continue the domination of white slave masters of the darker people the world ov...
Kirby Mountain - Dec 8

WONDERING how independence from the new Government will go...

Vermont Commons - Dec 7

WONDERING about the human species...

Vermont Commons - Dec 7

WONDERING why "scientists" and electrical engineers won't talk to each other...

Vermont Commons - Dec 7

WONDERING if electricity and "spirit" are the same thing...

Vermont Commons - Dec 7

AN ENERGY OPTIMIST-Brown Mound A Steady 100 Degrees

Vermont Commons - Dec 6 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Saving and Spending: A Review

American Socialism for the Rich - Dec 6

TRUTH TO POWER: EMPIRE OF ILLUSION, An Interview With Chris Hedges

Vermont Commons - Dec 6 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

WONDERING: Unsolicited Experiential Space Heater Reviews

Vermont Commons - Dec 6

THE DAILY MAUL: An Honest Congressman? (And No, He's Not a Vermonter)

Vermont Commons - Dec 6

STICOMYTHIA: Dear Glenn Beck- How About One Week for Nullification and Secession?

Vermont Commons - Dec 6

Trim costs of wind power: Don't build 'em

Kate Galbraith writes in today's "Green, Inc." column for the New York Times that offshore wind is moving along: first example, Denmark's starting the operation of Horns Rev 2, the world’s largest offshore wind farm, in September. That project represents the first addition of wind capacity in Denmark since 2003. In November, it had already ceased operation due to problems with the transmissi...
Kirby Mountain - Dec 6

Sanders' Keynote at VECAN Community Energy Conference Today

DailyKos (Vermont) - Dec 5 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Unsolicited Experiential Space Heater Reviews

Vermont Commons - Dec 4

Dear Glenn Beck: How About One Week for Nullification and Secession?

Vermont Commons - Dec 3

PARSING THE EMPIRE: Obamathink on Afghanistan - Escalate to Exit (Stephen Lendman)

Vermont Commons - Dec 3

Neil Postman Goodness

American Socialism for the Rich - Dec 2

UPPING THE STAKES: The Story of Cap & Trade

Vermont Commons - Dec 2

The Deep Insanity of Our Global Financial System

American Socialism for the Rich - Dec 2

UPPING THE STAKES: Anne Peterman: 'Change the System, Not the Climate'

Vermont Commons - Dec 1

GOOD CAUSES: Obama Escalates Afghanistan War; Continues Imperial Policies (Sherwood Ross)

Vermont Commons - Nov 30

ASHES TO ASHES: Welcome To Cyber Monday!!

Vermont Commons - Nov 30

THE DAILY MAUL: Green Mountain Daily's "Analysis" of Political "Pragmatism"

Vermont Commons - Nov 29

ASHES TO ASHES: Senate Run In Vermont

Vermont Commons - Nov 29

Again Senator Sanders sets the example for all!

DailyKos (Vermont) - Nov 27

UPPING THE STAKES: Thanksgiving: A Time to Imagine

Vermont Commons - Nov 25

RELOCALIZING VERMONT: Thanks for the Blessings of Oil

Vermont Commons - Nov 25

Open Letter to former Governor Madeline Kunin

Vermont Commons - Nov 25

What I Am Thankful For

Mostly this. ...
What's the Point? - Nov 25

Bogus "Stimulus" Jobs

American Socialism for the Rich - Nov 24 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

UPPING THE STAKES: Let's Claim Victory Over Yankee

Vermont Commons - Nov 24

Superstar CBS Reporter Blows the Lid Off the Swine Flu Media Hype and Hysteria

Vermont Commons - Nov 24

ASHES TO ASHES: Expanded Version Of A Recent Comment

Vermont Commons - Nov 24

The Structure of Collapse

American Socialism for the Rich - Nov 23

reposted: dmitry orlov's "5 stages of collapse" with comment by mike ruppert

Vermont Commons - Nov 23

Healthcare is a Human Right: VT postcard campaign

Kirby Mountain - Nov 23

UPPING THE STAKES: Chris Ward, the Ruins in Our Time

Vermont Commons - Nov 22

DAILY MAUL: U.S. Government Stages Coup To Combat Bankruptcy!

Vermont Commons - Nov 22

DAILY MAUL: Texas Secession Conference - March 2010

Vermont Commons - Nov 22

We're better than other animals. That's why we get to kill them.

Kirby Mountain - Nov 22

WONDERING about "cracking down on the 'broken system' of military contracting" and the 680-billion-d...

Vermont Commons - Nov 21

Letter to my representatives re: reinstituting the draft and a war tax by RadicalSAHM

Vermont Commons - Nov 21

WONDERING how quickly the KSM trial will fall apart...

Vermont Commons - Nov 21