Worker-Owned Car Wash on Vermont Closed (tags)
Apparently it only lasted about a year.
State Governors Grant Over 500 Pardons, Commutations (tags)
In what is typically a politically risky move, six state governors recently granted pardons and commutations to hundreds of current and former prisoners. In California, Indiana, Kentucky, New York, Arkansas and Vermont, more than 500 pardons were granted along with another 20 commutations or grants of clemency.
Nuclear Shudown News Aufust 2016 (tags)
Nuclear Shutdown News chronicles the decline and fall of the nuclear power industry in the US and beyond, and highlights the efforts of those who are working to create a nuclear free future. Here is our August 2016 edition:
NUCLEAR SHUTDOWN NEWS—APRIL 2015 (tags)
Nuclear Shutdown News chronicles the continuing decline of the US nuclear power industry, and highlights the efforts of those who are creating a better energy future. Here’s the April edition:
Nuclear Shutdown News February 2015 (tags)
Nuclear Shutdown News chronicles the continuing decline of the US nuclear industry, and the people working for better energy alternatives.
GMOs
Please Print Up and Pass Out This Flyer in Los Angeles, Thank You! (tags)
Please, I need volunteers to print this flyer and pass it out at Venice Beach, I need you to help me ask Leonardo DiCaprio to save the Environment of the little State of Vermont.
Vermont Political Candidate Talks About Abuse In Los Angeles Court System (tags)
Vermont political candidate talks about abuse in Los Angeles, California court system, explaining reason why she became a political candidate in Vermont. http://www.cctv.org/watch-tv/programs/qualified-candidates-representative-congress http://www.cctv.org/watch-tv/programs/qualified-candidates-general-election-vermont-governor
NUCLEAR POWER PLANT SHUTDOWNS 2013 (tags)
Announcements of US nuclear power plant permanent shutdowns in 2013 came seemingly in a flurry.Crystal River in Florida on February 13. Kewaunee in Wisconsin on May 4. San Onofre in Southern California on June 13. And Vermont Yankee in the Green Mountain State on August 27.
Jets Fly Over Residential Neighborhoods, So, Will DRONES Be Accepted? (tags)
News reports say that DRONES wil be flying in the same domestic air space as passenger jets. Is that O.K. with you? Is a DRONE just an up-graded super-cop helicopter with missles instead of guns?
Vermont Farmer with Knack for Crushing Police Cars with His Tractor Needs Your Help (tags)
Oh reckon, oh reckon, that August Second The police cruiser crushing plot. T'is nothing fonder than to remember That awesome lesson Roger taught
PRESS RELEASE: Town Hall Meeting On Court-Based Mediation For Homeowners (tags)
Are you one of the thousands of homeowners who is walking in circles with the Banks that refuse to help you and reject any attempts to modify your mortgage loan? Come learn more on "loan modification" and what homeowners advocates are doing to help you!
Vermont Enacts Conditional Universal Healthcare Coverage (tags)
healthcare
BTL:Vermont Moves Closer to Establishing Nation's First Single-Payer Health Care System (tags)
Interview with Dr. Deborah Richter, president of Vermont for Single Payer, conducted by Scott Harris
Laura Wells, GP Candidate for Gov in L.A. (tags)
Laura Wells, Green Party candidate for Governor of California Will be in Los Angeles today at the Black Panther 44th Anniversary celebration, 6120 S. Vermont (61ST & Vermont) at noon.
April 25 Los Angeles Event for Mumia Abu-Jamal (tags)
Saturday, April 25 at the Southern California Library for Social Studies and Research, 6120 S. Vermont, from 5-7 PM.
Sunday 8/10: Evening to Celebrate the Life of Don White (tags)
An Evening to Celebrate the Life of Our Compañero Don White PRESENTE! WHEN: Sunday, August 10th 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM WHERE: Immanuel Presbyterian Church 3300 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles 90010 (Corner of Berendo Street, 2 blocks west of Vermont Avenue)
Sun Aug 10: Celebrate the Life of Don White (tags)
An Evening to Celebrate the Life of Our Companero Don White Presente! WHEN: SUNDAY, AUGUST 10TH at 6:00 - 8:00 PM WHERE: Immanuel Presbyterian Church, 3300 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90010 (@Berendo Street, 2 blocks west of Vermont Ave.)
PSL ON THE BALLOT IN ARKANSAS, VERMONT AND COLORADO! (tags)
The La Riva/Puryear PSL Presidential Campaign is proud to announce that we have achieved ballot status in Arkansas, Vermont and Colorado! We are also in the final stages for ballot status in Utah, Florida, New Jersey and Iowa. Over the next two months, we will be working to gain ballot access in many additional states, including Washington state, New York, Louisiana, Wisconsin, Rhode Island, California and other states.
VERMONT AFL-CIO CALLS ON WORKERS TO SUPPORT WEST COAST SRIKE AGAINST WAR (tags)
The Executive Board of the Vermont AFL-CIO, representing thousands of workers in countless sectors across Vermont, have unanimously passed an historic resolution expressing their “unequivocal” support for the first US labor strike against the war in Iraq.
In Our Own Words: Youth Tours of South L.A. (tags)
Walking Tours of South L.A., Saturday June 9 and 16: Youth from South L.A will lead tours of the Vermont Corridor, focusing on cultural landmarks and significant historical changes.
Alberto Gonzales US Attorney Purge, Tip of the Iceberg (tags)
Attorney Gonzales is involved in vast civil rights corruption and crime that pales the US Attorney controversy. This is not a question of ethics or political motivation, it involves an indisputable factual conspiracy against the civil rights of an entire state reminiscent of 1930s Germany.
Alberto Gonzales – A Civil Rights Violator (tags)
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and the Bush Justice Departments subjugation of an entire state population to civil rights violations reminiscent of 1930s Germany.
The Bush -- Police States of America (tags)
Indisputable fact revealing President Bush, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and the U.S. Justice Departments subjugation of an entire state population to civil rights violations reminiscent of 1930s Germany.
Bush and Gonzales – Two Terrorists (tags)
Bush, Alberto Gonzales and the Justice Department subject an entire state to civil rights violations reminiscent of 1930s Germany.
The Corrupt Bush Justice Dept / FBI (tags)
The Bush Justice Dept. and FBI refuse to prosecute crimes against the civil rights of U.S. citizens, yet, Bush claims to be spreading rights and liberties abroad while he supports terrorist civil rights atrocities against the people of the United States.
Disparate groups gather to mull secession from the U.S. 'empire' (tags)
The First North American Secessionist Convention, billed as the first national gathering of secessionists since the Civil War, included an eclectic mix of conservatives, liberals, libertarians, left-wing Green Party zealots, and right-wing Christian activists.
Oust Corrupt Right-Wing Vermont Governor James Douglas - Scudder Parker for Gov. (tags)
Vermont Governor Douglas appoints law-breakers to top law enforcement positions.
BTL:Vermont Global-Warming March Demands Federal Legislative Action (tags)
Interview with Bill McKibben, author & environmentalist, conducted by Between the Lines' Melinda Tuhus
THREE STATES to vote on forwarding REAL impeachment bills that require US House votes (tags)
author: Constitutionalist ....your own state's legislators can introduce Impeachment Proceedings against Bush immediately as a State Legislature Joint Resolution, that then goes on to be a preferred bill, meaning that it automatically takes precedence over all other bills then in Congress!
Help Stop Police Terror in tha Hood Friday March 3rd (tags)
A benefit event in the heart of South Central L.A to stop police terrorism in our neighborhoods.
STOP POLICE TERROR IN THE HOOD! Benefit Event - Fri, MARCH 3RD (tags)
STOP POLICE TERROR IN THE HOOD! A benefit event to raise funds for Cop Watch program.
Howard Dean’s Disdain for the Bill of Rights (tags)
Howard Dean and his top advisor/appointee William Sorrell implement plans in the 1990s thru the present to undermine constitutional rights in Vermont.
HOWARD DEAN’S LEGACY STILL HAUNTS VERMONT (tags)
Lawsuits arising out of Dean’s unconstitutional appointment policies in Vermont still costing Vermonters.
PROSECUTE HOWARD DEAN’S APPOINTEES/CRIMINALS (tags)
Equal opportunity criminal prosecution for Howard Dean’s top appointees/cronies….
Vermont Independence Convention: Confronting the Empire (tags)
On October 28 a statewide convention on state secession and running on the theme “Vermont Independence: An Impossible Dream or a Vision of the Future?” was held in the State House in Montpelier, VT. The last time a convention similar to this was held took place in North Carolina in 1861 when the state decided to secede from the US.
Howard Dean, Extortion, Bribes and other problems (tags)
DNC Chair Howard Dean’s problems with the Bill of Rights, the Law and Ethics.
Vermont towns say ‘Bring our troops home’ (tags)
In more than 50 towns voters took a day usually reserved for decisions on school budgets and new snow plows to debate an issue of international significance — the war in Iraq.
"Your Honor," Rosemarie Jackowski addressed the court at her sentencing hearing, "How can it be that a Nation, that is itself in violation of the law, can then hope to impose the Rule of Law on its citizens?"
Rep. Sanders, (I) Vermont Provides a Refreshing View! (tags)
A BUZZFLASH GUEST COMMENTARY "The Collapse of the Middle Class" by Rep. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, the only Independent in the U.S. House.
In Defense of Polluters: Howard Dean's Vermont (tags)
Tremblay contends that Dean "is a business man with big money. He is not a farmer. He doesn’t care about the people or the environment. He doesn’t care that the air stinks or that there are flies everywhere. He doesn’t care that his trucks ruin the roads and make it unsafe for your children to ride their bikes. He doesn’t care that he destroys your way of life, and unfortunately the state of Vermont doesn’t care either."
"Howard Dean's environmental record in Vermont is toxic." (tags)
Tom Elliot, the former political director of the Sierra Club in the 1990s, who valiantly protested governor Dean's environmental mishaps reminisced, "Howard Dean's environmental record in Vermont is toxic."
The Man from Vermont is Not Green (He's Not Even a Liberal) (tags)
"Dean's attempts to run for president as an environmentalist is nothing but a fraud," Smith told Wild Matters. "He's destroyed the Agency of Natural Resources, he's refused to meet with environmentalists while constantly meeting with the development community, and he's made the permitting process one, big dysfunctional joke."
Doctor of Deception: Howard Dean at it Again (tags)
Howard Dean Lies.
Does this man really deserve your vote? (tags)
At best, Dean represents the Democratic Party’s recognition that it has lost the support of many liberals--and an attempt to pull them back into the fold in 2004. But Dean is certain to move rightward once he has won the support of progressives and knows that he can count on their votes--in the hopes of appearing more "electable" to the political establishment.
"Howard is not a liberal. He's a pro-business, Rockefeller Republican."
Howard ' no comment' Dean (tags)
Conflict of Interest infected Dean’s Vermont Record concerning police shooting. Dean refuses multiple press requests for comment.
The Clark/Dean gap, as seen by a member of both movements (tags)
Dean is playing the tried and true tactic of a conservative democrat pretending to be liberal during primaries. Clark has skipped the primaries, and is already doing the election-winning work of making himself appear non-threatening to wavering republicans.
Howard Dean’s Anti-Constitution Message (tags)
Dean's Disdain for the Bill of Rights
HOWARD DEAN NEWS – RUTLAND HERALD, JULY 1997 (tags)
Dean’s subversion of the Bill of Rights through judicial appointments.
HOWARD DEAN’S LEGACY UNDER FIRE (tags)
DEAN’S APPOINTEES DEFEND AGAINST CIVIL RIGHTS CHARGES IN FEDERAL COURT………
JUDICIAL WATCH – WATCHING HOWARD DEAN (tags)
Dean's refusal to open his gubernatorial records.
HOWARD DEAN IS WORSE THAN ASHCROFT and the PATRIOT ACT (tags)
Civil Rights and Liberties in Dean's Vermont
Dean's Corruption in the Green Mountain State (tags)
Conflict of interest and corruption in Dean's Vermont.
Cronies v. Qualifications, Howard Dean’s Dilemma (tags)
Dean’s desire to appoint unqualified cronies to high positions.
How Quebec Almost Saved Iraq (tags)
It was a great day when Canada’s Québécois Prime Minister Jean Chrétien held a press conference at his offices in Ottawa and declared, “The Canadian military will do everything it can to assist in the American-led intervention in Iraq.” “I ask Allah to save me from the wrath of Dudley Do-Right,” Hussein reportedly told his Imam.
Poor choices, missed chances, a life in trouble (tags)
Eric Daley, who was fleeing a traffic stop with more than two pounds, struck and killed trooper Johnson. Ironically it was not the state but Daley, described as a libertarian, who repeatedly failed to accept responsibility for his actions.
Dean vs. Kucinich - comparision in a nutshell (tags)
good quick summary
Howard Dean supporters, stop sleep walking. He's not a true progressive (tags)
repost from Portland IMC noting must-read articles about Dean -- and his limitations. Kucinich is a true progressive that doesn't simply make stuff up along the way in accord to political winds -- and even if you don't think he's electable, supporting him now through early primaries can really push the debate into areas we want to have sunshine
BUILDING INDEPENDENT MEDIA 2 (tags)
A Call to Converge on October 10-11, 2003 In Burlington, Vermont
The Devil in New England (tags)
Opponents to Act 60, which redistributes property taxes from wealthy to poor school districts, are funded by a who's who of Vermont's right wing--many libertarian in nature. They are also behind an effort to silence a pacifist high school teacher.
::re-post with added images:: see here for old post
The Citizens Executive Administration (CEA-USA) is recruiting a new Secretary of Defense. Are you qualified?
Anti-War March in Montpelier, Vermont (tags)
ptember 15, three hundred people marched silently through the streets of Vermont's capital, Montpelier asking for the violence not to be escalated and peaceful means used to settle international disputes. This is the photo from the "Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus" newspaper.