Archive for March, 2009

  • DC Voting Rights Act: Update (2)

    DC Voting Rights Act: Update (2)

    Thank you Rober Schlesinger. Voting rights for District of Columbia residents has become a gun rights issue thanks to the NRA.  Senate leaders did leave the opportunity open for them. I suppose it’s not that unbelievable that politicians and lobbyists would play politics with the rights of DC’s nearly 600,000 residents. NPR, did some nice [...]

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  • Fever Ray: New Music

    Fever Ray: New Music

    Do you miss The Knife as much as Kimmy Stolz? Me too. Karen Dreijer Andersson = 1/2 of the Knife = Fever Ray = back with more creepy + fabulous music =  Sweet. For more, see (my) piece on Fever Ray and some exclusive photography in this month’s SOMA. (I’ll post the permalink once they [...]

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  • Environmental Stimulus

    Environmental Stimulus

    In case you were wondering, a lot of the $787 billion dollar stimulus package is going to the environment. Head over to The Green Life (of  Sierra, courtesy of yours truly) to see how the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act affects the nation’s environmental future: Part one: The EPA Part two: Energy Part three: Green [...]

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  • Prop 8 California Supreme Court: Photos

    Prop 8 California Supreme Court: Photos

    The California Supreme Court heard oral arguments on the legal challenge to prop 8 yesterday.  I sat outside taping the feed from the proceedings for KQED … They don’t let reporters bring any electronics into the courtroom. While listening to the orderly legal arguments, I had front row seats to the heated demonstrations outside.  Prop [...]

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  • DC Voting Rights Act: Update

    DC Voting Rights Act: Update

    The DC Voting Rights Legislation which would give the district a long sought after vote in Congress appears to be at an impasse in The House of Representatives thanks to the gun amendment passed by the Senate last week. “D.C. leaders hoped that provision would not be included in the House version, but the National [...]

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  • DC Voting Rights Act: Here we go again

    DC Voting Rights Act: Here we go again

    The DC Voting Rights Act of 2009 passed the Senate in amended form on February 26, 2009. It’s up for a vote in the House this week according to a statement by House Majority Leader Stacy Hoyer. The bill turns Washington DC into a Congressional district and provides it with a voting member in the [...]

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