Vermont

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

You have been saying this is the Eleventh Hour. Now you must go back and tell the people that this is The Hour. Here are the things that must be considered: Where are you living? What are you doing? What are your relationships? Are you in right relation? Where is your water? Know our garden. It is time to speak your Truth. Create your community. Be good to each other. And do ...
Vermont Commons - Mon 10:44 a.m.

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

Gotcha. That's some of what I've been hearing out there, when talking to people about their concerns... if they're well off, folks are as yet unwilling to even discuss the subject of secession. They haven't been hurt yet by the general decline. They'll even agree with my first three Senate campaign points, but are afraid of No. 4: NO further Vermont support for War, Torture…or deploy...
Vermont Commons - Mon 8:47 a.m. - 4 clicks

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

I didn't see this in the recent issue of MAKE--filled with amazing things that kids, for the most part, are making--but I did some internet surfing after reading "The Solar Catenary Reflector" by Tho X. Bui and stumbled upon a YouTube video about coolearthsolar's cool solar-focusing balloons: Our Breakthrough Technology (The Short Version) read more ...
Vermont Commons - Sun 9:22 a.m.

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

Agenda for a New Economy's subtitle is "From Phantom Wealth to Real Wealth " This is the essence of the book, and a key phrase to remember. It summarizes the difference between Wall St. and Main St. in a simple phrase. Phantom wealth is the creation of money from money "unrelated to the creation of anything of real value or utility": through accounting entries, inflation of asset bubbles, s...
Vermont Commons - Sat 10:21 a.m.

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 - Sat 9:06 a.m. - 8 clicks

133,000,000 People: Chronic Care Exploitation

The word "exploitation" brings to mind Karl Marx. But when Karlsie punched out his 1867 pot boiler, "Capital Volume 1," he was lifting usage from the American anti-slavery movement. "Exploitation" is used here in the sense of slavery. . Chronic care patients face extreme coercion. Fear for their lives. They are herded around. Their property is seized: bank accounts are emptied and hundreds...
DailyKos (Vermont) - Fri 4:24 p.m.

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 - Fri 1:51 p.m.

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

The opening scene of director Jason Reitman's new film "Up In The Air" features a soulful yet deeply ironic version of Woody Guthrie's "This Land Is Your Land" – accompanied by aerial shots of Anywhere, USA from 10,000 feet up. The familiar tune, repackaged tongue in cheek, is quickly followed by a quick-cut montage of newly-fired anonymous company employees – the white collar...
Vermont Commons - Fri 11:06 a.m.

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

“There is nothing so strong or safe in an emergency of life as the simple truth.” – Charles Dickens The Corporate News Media: Not in the Business of News read more ...
Vermont Commons - Fri 6:40 a.m.

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

In The Prince , Machiavelli (May 1469 - June 1527) wrote: "The mercenaries and auxiliaries are useless and dangerous, and if anyone supports his state by the arms of mercenaries, he will never stand firm or sure, as they are disunited, ambitious, without discipline, faithless, bold amongst friends, cowardly amongst enemies, they have no fear of God, and keep no faith with men." r...
Vermont Commons - Fri 5:44 a.m.

Murray Hill, Inc. Running for Congress

Hilarious. ...
What's the Point? - Thu 9:28 a.m.

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

Reprinted from MM News at: http://www.mmnews.de/index.php/Englisch-News/No-return.html James K. Galbraith belongs to the most distinguished economists in the United States today. In the following exclusive interview that was conducted for New Deal 2.0 in the USA and MMNews in Germany, he talks about the financial / economic crisis and the phenomenon of Peak Oil, points at future tasks and exp...
Vermont Commons - Wed 3:28 p.m. - 3 clicks

Secession and Football…

The Super-Bowl is coming up (so I’m told), and in the spirit of the game I though I’d repost a selection from DumpDC that I encountered on Green Mountains Homesteading: We are only two weeks away from the Super Bowl. After watching the Minnesota Vikings make mistake after mistake in Sunday’s Championship game, and give away [...] ...
American Socialism for the Rich - Wed 7:49 a.m.

Mother Turbine

Mother turbine gives birth to industrialization of Backbone Mountain, West Virginia. ...
Kirby Mountain - Wed 7:23 a.m. - 2 clicks

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

Editor's Note: North Dakota keeps appearing as a state that is managing to keep its financial head above water. Of the 3 F's - Fuel, Food, and Finance, the third seems to be the most difficult for citizens to wrap their minds around. We advocate that the Vermont state legislature aggressively move to consider establishing a public-owned state bank and alternative currency. We'll need both in the...
Vermont Commons - Wed 6:20 a.m. - 4 clicks

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

Hey Ralph Alter! You are dangling your stereotypes in public. That must really be painful. C'mon, dude. If you are going to stereotype Vermont, at least be more creative. Are you J.D. Ryan's evil twin, separated at birth? (Your "moon bat" phrase seems strangely familiar.) Free Vermont! Long live the UNtied States. ...
Vermont Commons - Tue 8:29 p.m. - 2 clicks

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

Vermont Commons - Tue 10:09 a.m. - 2 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 - 6 clicks

Apocalyptic Fiction and You By Radical SAHM

Vermont Commons - Jan 31 - 5 clicks

FORGING AHEAD: "Crippled Epistemologies"

Vermont Commons - Jan 31 - 7 clicks

The Steele Campaign hits TIME Magazine!

I was quite stoked when I saw this article on the front page of TIME Magazine’s website. As the campaign continues to roll forward, hopefully more positive press like this will be forthcoming. Best quote: With 20 or so mostly middle-aged attendees looking on, the candidates each stood at the podium to deliver a remarkably unified [...] ...
American Socialism for the Rich - Jan 31

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

Vermont Commons - Jan 31 - 8 clicks

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

Vermont Commons - Jan 31 - 3 clicks

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 - 3 clicks

Brilliant: Charlie Brooker - How To Report The News

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What's the Point? - Jan 29 - 2 clicks

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 - 2 clicks

truth to power: howard zinn's eternal legacy

Vermont Commons - Jan 29 - 2 clicks

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

Vermont Commons - Jan 29 - 2 clicks

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

Vermont Commons - Jan 29 - 4 clicks

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 - 5 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 - 6 clicks

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

Vermont Commons - Jan 28

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 - 2 clicks

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

Vermont Commons - Jan 28 - 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 - 5 clicks

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

Vermont Commons - Jan 27 - 2 clicks

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

Speechless… ...
American Socialism for the Rich - Jan 26 - 2 clicks

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

It’s been clear for quite some time that California’s an economic basket-case, but this article really brought home the subjective reality of it. The descent from first-world privilege to third-world destitution ain’t a pretty prospect… “The outlook for next year and the year after is worse,” says veteran California observer and journalist Peter Schrag, over a ...
American Socialism for the Rich - Jan 25 - 4 clicks

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

Vermont Commons - Jan 24 - 4 clicks

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

Vermont Commons - Jan 24 - 6 clicks

BACK TO BASICS: The Weight of the Matter

Vermont Commons - Jan 24 - 2 clicks

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

Vermont Commons - Jan 23 - 4 clicks

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

Vermont Commons - Jan 23 - 4 clicks

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 - 4 clicks

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

Vermont Commons - Jan 23 - 3 clicks

WONDERING about General Fraser's remarks regarding Haiti!

Vermont Commons - Jan 23 - 2 clicks

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 - 4 clicks

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 - 4 clicks

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

Vermont Commons - Jan 22 - 4 clicks

asr 1-17-2010

In which Miles read “The Song of the Vermonters, 1779,” we interview Emily Peyton about her platform and advocacy of the Common Good Bank, and Paul Elsasser graces us with his musical stylings… ...
American Socialism for the Rich - Jan 22 - 5 clicks

THE DAILY MAUL: Happy birthday, Ethan Allen!

Vermont Commons - Jan 21 - 2 clicks

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

Vermont Commons - Jan 21 - 2 clicks

Haiti, Palestine & Louisiana: Land of no cement

DailyKos (Vermont) - Jan 20

Miles Wigging Out…

…to the tune of the “Song of the Vermonters, 1779″… ...
American Socialism for the Rich - Jan 19 - 5 clicks

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

Vermont Commons - Jan 19 - 2 clicks

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

Vermont Commons - Jan 19 - 3 clicks

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 - 2 clicks

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

Vermont Commons - Jan 18 - 3 clicks

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

Vermont Commons - Jan 17 - 4 clicks

FORGING AHEAD: Hope and Dismay

Vermont Commons - Jan 17

A bit of history…

The below video was shot on March 31, 2009, when myself and a few other folks picketed Citizens Bank in protest of its parent company’s receipt of $3.3 Billion as a counterparty of AIG. Unfortunately, Linux lacked a decent video editor at that time, so the footage has been languishing on my hard-drive ever since. [...] ...
American Socialism for the Rich - Jan 17 - 3 clicks

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

Vermont Commons - Jan 15 - 3 clicks

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

Vermont Commons - Jan 15 - 6 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 - 3 clicks

The Republic Of Vermont 2.0

DailyKos (Vermont) - Jan 15

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

Vermont Commons - Jan 15 - 5 clicks

Fusion balloting: creating more and better choices for American voters

DailyKos (Vermont) - Jan 14

The Vermont Independence Candidates hit the MSM!

The Associated Press just published an article covering the recent developments in the secession movement, and its being carried in literally hundreds of newspapers!!! This is a great primer for the official announcement on Friday; if you’re not yet familiar with the campaign, check out gubernatorial candidate Dennis Steele’s webpage, and read my endorsement. [...] ...
American Socialism for the Rich - Jan 14 - 5 clicks

UPPING THE STAKES: The Politics of Awareness, Part I

Vermont Commons - Jan 14 - 4 clicks

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

Vermont Commons - Jan 13 - 2 clicks

CURVED HORIZONS: The Path Not Taken

Vermont Commons - Jan 11 - 3 clicks

The Path Not Taken

Vermont Commons - Jan 11 - 2 clicks

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 - 3 clicks

COMMON SENSE: Walking â It's a Good Thing

Vermont Commons - Jan 11 - 4 clicks

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

Vermont Commons - Jan 11 - 4 clicks

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 - 5 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 - 4 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 - 3 clicks

Hippo Birdie 2 Ewe from RadicalSAHM

Vermont Commons - Jan 4

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

Vermont Commons - Jan 4

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 - 3 clicks

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

The American Conservative FTW!

American Socialism for the Rich - Jan 2

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

DailyKos (Vermont) - Jan 2 - 3 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

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

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

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 - 2 clicks

$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

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

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

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

Vermont Commons - Dec 23 - 2 clicks

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

American Socialism for the Rich - Dec 22 - 2 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 - 2 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 - 3 clicks

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

Vermont Commons - Dec 21 - 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 - 2 clicks

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 - 2 clicks

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 - 2 clicks

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

DailyKos (Vermont) - Dec 19 - 2 clicks

Some Winter Reading

American Socialism for the Rich - Dec 19 - 2 clicks

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

Vermont Commons - Dec 19

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

Vermont Commons - Dec 19

AN ENERGY OPTIMIST-Business As Usual vs Business As Sustainable

Vermont Commons - Dec 18

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 - 3 clicks

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 - 2 clicks

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

Vermont Commons - Dec 16 - 2 clicks

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

Vermont Commons - Dec 15 - 3 clicks

COMMON SENSE: The Luddite's Lament

Vermont Commons - Dec 15 - 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 - 5 clicks

The Bank of Vermont: Collapse-Proof

Vermont Commons - Dec 15

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 - 2 clicks

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

Vermont Commons - Dec 10 - 2 clicks

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 - 3 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 - 4 clicks

WONDERING: Unsolicited Experiential Space Heater Reviews

Vermont Commons - Dec 6 - 3 clicks

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

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 - 2 clicks

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 - 2 clicks

ASHES TO ASHES: Senate Run In Vermont

Vermont Commons - Nov 29 - 3 clicks

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 - 3 clicks

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

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 - 2 clicks

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

Healthcare is a Human Right Click the above link to sign a postcard to be delivered to legislative leaders in Vermont on Jan. 6, the first day of the next session. tags: human rights , Vermont ...
Kirby Mountain - Nov 23 - 2 clicks

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.

Gary Steiner writes in today's New York Times : Lately more people have begun to express an interest in where the meat they eat comes from and how it was raised. Were the animals humanely treated? Did they have a good quality of life before the death that turned them into someone’s dinner? Some of these questions, which reach a fever pitch in the days leading up to Thanksgiving, pertain to ...
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 - 4 clicks

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

Vermont Commons - Nov 21

Second Thoughts About the Bailouts

American Socialism for the Rich - Nov 19

THE DAILY MAUL: "God King Fumbling and Bumbling" (LETTER FROM D.C.)

Vermont Commons - Nov 19

MOST LIKELY TO SECEDE: Vermont is the U.S. Empire's Healthiest State

Vermont Commons - Nov 19

DAILY MAUL: Vermont Yankee's Future - A Public Forum (NORWICH)

Vermont Commons - Nov 19 - 2 clicks

Socialism for Rich Homebuilders

American Socialism for the Rich - Nov 18

ASHES TO ASHES: I Am ENDING My Campaign To Unseat Peter Welch

Vermont Commons - Nov 18

California Territory Secession?

Vermont Commons - Nov 17 - 2 clicks

ASR Recognition, and an exchange with the VT ACLU!

American Socialism for the Rich - Nov 17 - 3 clicks

UPPING THE STAKES: Health Care, Not Assimilation

Vermont Commons - Nov 16 - 2 clicks

Health Care, Not Assimilation

Vermont Commons - Nov 16

THE DAILY MAUL: Check out Senate "Food Safety" Bill 510 (Thanks, Rural Vermont!)

Vermont Commons - Nov 16 - 3 clicks

The enemy of the good

There is an excellent essay at Counterpunch today by Alan Nasser: "Obama's Flawed Case Against Single Payer" . Similar to what he notes about Obama, it seems to be a motto for the sometimes slightly progressive neoliberal politicians in Vermont that "We can't let the perfect be the enemy of the good [so let's not even consider it, or for that matter whether what I'm going along with actually is ...
Kirby Mountain - Nov 16

THE DAILY MAUL: The U.S. "Doing No Good" In Afghanistan

Vermont Commons - Nov 16 - 3 clicks

THIRD WAY ECONOMICS: Are We Socialists Now?

Vermont Commons - Nov 14 - 4 clicks

THE DAILY MAUL: Ethan Allen's Return...

Vermont Commons - Nov 14 - 2 clicks

ASHES TO ASHES: Smaller Is Not Only Better, It Is Inevitable

Vermont Commons - Nov 14

UPPING THE STAKES: Robert Jensen: How I Stopped Hating Thanksgiving and Learned to be Afraid

Vermont Commons - Nov 14

We're not the only country taken by a real estate bubble...

American Socialism for the Rich - Nov 14

Horatio the Elephant, Tuesday, Sept 19, 1820 1:00am

DailyKos (Vermont) - Nov 13

ASHES TO ASHES: In The Name Of National Security, The Ponzi Must Go On!!

Vermont Commons - Nov 13

THE DAILY MAUL: PBS Airs THE WAY WE GET BY

Vermont Commons - Nov 12 - 2 clicks

PARSING THE EMPIRE: Paid Lying - What Passes for Major Media Journalism (Stephen Lendman)

Vermont Commons - Nov 12

An interesting take on the unemployment situation...

American Socialism for the Rich - Nov 12

ETHAN ALLEN: Craig Hill v Paul Craig Roberts

Vermont Commons - Nov 11

Craig Hill v Paul Craig Roberts

Vermont Commons - Nov 10

THE DAILY MAUL: The Dollar Meltdown (BOOK REVIEW)

Vermont Commons - Nov 10 - 2 clicks

FROM THE WILDERNESS TO THE END OF CIVILIZATION: Carolyn Baker Reviews "Collapse"

Vermont Commons - Nov 9

THE INSIDE STORY; Fear, Loathing and Health Care "Reform"

Vermont Commons - Nov 8 - 2 clicks

Local Organic Meat

Bushway Packing in Grand Isle, Vermont, was certified organic. As this video shows, being local and organic doesn't change the facts about killing and eating animals. This also illustrates the dark side of the dairy industry, which should also be called the veal industry. tags: animal rights , vegetarianism , Vermont , ecoanarchism ...
Kirby Mountain - Nov 6

To Kill At Mocking Beck

Jon Stewart captures the mania perfectly… The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c ...
What's the Point? - Nov 6

ASHES TO ASHES: The Revolution Will Not Be Subject To 7% Financing: Or, Will It?

Vermont Commons - Nov 6

A Town Called Dish by Radical SAHM

Vermont Commons - Nov 6 - 3 clicks

UPPING THE STAKES: Anthony Marr: Stop Killing the Deer

Vermont Commons - Nov 6 - 2 clicks

BOOK-ENDING SECESSION: One Nation Under Contract

Vermont Commons - Nov 5 - 2 clicks

THE DAILY MAUL: V for Vermont

Vermont Commons - Nov 5

Single-payer, not-for-profit health care system

Dennis Kucinich, Ohio, July 31, 2009: Mr. Speaker, I've listened to the health care debate, as all Members have, for the last few months. And what's very interesting about it is that in this debate, we've essentially talked past the single most effective way to reduce costs and to provide health care for all Americans, and that is to create a single-payer, universal not-for-profit health care s...
Kirby Mountain - Nov 4 - 2 clicks

WONDERING what's up with scientists...

Vermont Commons - Nov 4

WONDERING what's up with scientists...

Vermont Commons - Nov 4

Not Acceptable by RadicalSAHM

Vermont Commons - Nov 4

Israeli violations of international law must not be acknowledged

House resolution "opposing any endorsement or further consideration of report of the United Nations fact finding mission on the Gaza conflict" (the "Goldstone report") -- Nov. 3 -- Peter Welch of Vermont boldly votes "present". tags: human rights , Vermont ...
Kirby Mountain - Nov 4 - 2 clicks

Eyeless in Gaza

Kirby Mountain - Nov 4

STICOMYTHIA: Secession: Timing Is Everything

Vermont Commons - Nov 4

Bank Failure Timeline Graphic

American Socialism for the Rich - Nov 3

A rare glimmer of good news from organized labor

American Socialism for the Rich - Nov 3

AN ENERGY OPTIMIST-Why I Support The Carbon Shredders, 350.org and others...

Vermont Commons - Nov 2 - 2 clicks

HEALTH MATTERS: Mediscare

Vermont Commons - Nov 2 - 3 clicks

Michael Moore's Failed "Capitalism: A Love Story" (HOLIDAYS 2009 WEB EXCLUSIVE - Rob Williams)

Vermont Commons - Nov 2

Michael Moore's Failed "Capitalism: A Love Story" (FILM REVIEW)

Vermont Commons - Nov 2 - 2 clicks

WONDERING if this will make a difference...

Vermont Commons - Nov 2

Visionary Vermont: People Powering 21st Century Solutions (HOLIDAY 2009 WEB EXCLUSIVE-Johanna Miller...

Vermont Commons - Nov 2

Canadian wind industry's cynical dismissal of health concerns

Deconstructing CanWEA Health “Research” On October 6, 2008, the industry trade group Canadian Wind Energy Association (CanWEA) posted a press release titled “Scientists conclude that there is no evidence that wind turbines have an adverse impact on human health” in response to news coverage of Dr. Nina Pierpont's work describing and explaining "wind turbine syndrome", stating: [T]he Canadian W...
Kirby Mountain - Nov 1

ASHES TO ASHES: Why Secession Is All About MONEY

Vermont Commons - Nov 1

Mediscare

Vermont Commons - Oct 31

The New Vegetarian series

The Guardian (U.K.) has a superb series of weekly vegetarian recipes: www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/series/thenewvegetarian . tags: environment , environmentalism , animal rights , vegetarianism ...
Kirby Mountain - Oct 31