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Bronx Greens: Green Party teachers to apply for Cathie Black’s position at Hearst Magazines

By Kimberly Wilder on November 27, 2010 7:41 PM

posted at The Green Light
Green Party Teachers to Apply for Cathie Black’s Position as Chair of Hearst Magazines
November 27, 2010

Greens Oppose Black’s Nomination, Launches Campaign to Restore Community Control of Schools

What: Teachers to Apply for Cathie Black’s job at Heart Magazine; Greens Launch Campaign to Restore Community Control of Public Education

Who: Green Party, teachers and ex-teachers and their supporters

When: Tuesday, November 30th, 11:00 am

Where: In front of Hearst Tower, 300 West 57th St.

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Tea Party Demands Halt To TSA Full Body Scans

By Gene Berkman on November 27, 2010 5:32 PM

(Orlando) The Tea Party (TEA) is demanding a halt to full body scans by the Transportation Security Agency (TSA).  “The level of screening by TSA employees of American citizens has crossed the threshold of from security to a violation of rights,” stated Dunmire. …

Steve Kubby – The Next Marijuana Voter Initiative

By Bruce Cohen on November 27, 2010 11:26 AM

The Next Marijuana Voter Initiative
by Steve Kubby

Now that California has made possession of an ounce of cannabis the equivalent of a $100 parking ticket, our best best is to pass a similar voter initiative for personal cultivation and sales. …

Boston Tea Party resolution opposes TSA

By Gene Berkman on November 26, 2010 7:59 PM

On November 19, 2010 the Boston Tea Party National Committee passed a resolution opposing the TSA, naked porno-scanners & enhanced pat-downs;

Whereas the TSA was created after 9/11; and
Whereas the TSA has consistently violated the 4th Amendment protection against “unreasonable searches & seizures”; and
Whereas the TSA has begun using naked porno-scanners; and
Whereas the TSA has begun using enhanced pat-downs that border on sexual assault and/or molestation;
Be it resolved the Boston Tea Party National Committee opposes these violations of individual rights and liberty; and
Be it resolved the Boston Tea Party National Committee calls upon the TSA to immediately cease and desist the use of porno-scanners; and
Be it resolved the Boston Tea Party National Committee calls upon the TSA to immediately cease and desist the use of enhanced pat-downs that border on sexual assault and/or molestation; and
Be it resolved the Boston Tea Party National Committee the Congress of the United States of America to abolish the TSA and require airlines to be responsible for their own safety and security.…

David Nolan dies at 66; founder of the Libertarian Party

By Gene Berkman on November 26, 2010 5:22 PM

The Los Angeles Times today ran an obituary on David Nolan on the front page of the Late Extra section:

David F. Nolan, whose disgruntlement with conventional politics — especially President Nixon‘s imposition of wage and price controls in 1971 — drove him to launch the Libertarian Party with a small group of friends, has died.…

America First Party: TSA Molests Americans – Shut it Down!

By RedPhillips on November 26, 2010 10:02 AM

This came to me form the America First Party:

Boulder, CO – The America First Party denounces the escalation of humiliating and illegal searches of Americans in the airports nationwide by the Federal Government’s Transportation Safety Administration (TSA).…

A socialist message for Thanksgiving

By Kimberly Wilder on November 25, 2010 11:21 AM

(excerpt from) World Socialist Web Site
Thanksgiving in America
US corporations shatter profit records
25 November 2010

US corporations took in $1.659 trillion in the third quarter, breaking records going back 60 years, according to a Commerce Department report released Tuesday.

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