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Dow Unveils Solar Shingles
Source: The New York Times

the solar shingles can offset between 40 percent and 80 percent of a home's electricity consumption.

CNN/MSNBC reporter: Corporate executives forced pro-Bush, pro-war narrative - Glenn Greenwald - Salon.com
Source: Salon.com

Ok, this is like a year old opinion piece by Glenn Greenwald. (May,2008) Its from his blog on salon.com I think its relevant today as it was in 2008 and as it was 2003.

Saturday protests present GOP with tricky task....to fringe or not too fringe?
Source: Politico

The "Taxpayer March on Washington" proved that conservatives can turn out in impressive numbers to protest the direction of the Democratic-led federal government, but it also presented Republicans with a tricky task in figuring out how to marshal the energy on display on the Mall …

Marijuana's New High Life: Pot Takes the High Road
Source: The L.A. Times

In June, an estimated 25,000 people attended the inaugural THC Expo hemp and art show in downtown Los Angeles, an event that pumped hundreds of thousands of dollars into the local economy -- including a $22,400 payment directly to the city of Los Angeles for use of its convention …

Bring back real 'progressives'
Source: Crosscut

The word has been hijacked by liberals who fear the L-word. Here's what progressivism really means, and why we need more of it.

World Can't Be Changed Without Fighting Western Propaganda
Source: uruknet.info

An excellent article about the prevailing mainstream propaganda of the west.

Birthers: So you want to end this sorry episode, right?

Birthers: So you want to end this sorry episode, right? Then publish side by side the images found in these 2 web pages: [Posted on June 18th, 2008 ]

Walter Cronkite: Quintessential Liberal-Progressive

By Thomas E. Brewton Mr. Cronkite, the influential and well-liked anchorman of "CBS Evening News" from 1962 to 1981, died today at age 92.

Blueprint for all schools | NewsOK.com
Source: The Oklahoma City Daily Oklahoman

In the infinite set all things are possible. An editorial regarding a school near and dear to my heart.

Pro-war Australian PM Rudd slams The Chasers (TV satirists) over "dying kids' wishes" skit
Source: LiveNews.com

Mainstream media and politicians - notably pro-war Australian PM Kevin Rudd - have slammed the famous Australian TV satirist team The Chasers over a skit about the "unrealistic wishes" of dying children.

7 Clearly Fake News Stories That Fooled The Mainstream Media
Source: CRACKED.com

In the olden days when shoes were a luxury and smallpox was a right of passage, men like William Randolph Hearst used their complete control over communication airwaves to tell the general populace whatever lie happened to be convenient (see marijuana is evil) or interesting (see …

News Flash: Populism Is Popular
Source: Truthdig

In 2006, journalist Christopher Hayes wrote a little-noticed article for In These Times magazine about a proposal in Oregon to crack down on predatory lending.

5 Revoltingly Annoying Habits of the Mainstream Media!

Forbes, BusinessWeek, The New York Times, Mens Health, you name it. The big guys think that just because they entered in the game early, or because they have some popular print publication backing them up, they can get away with whatever they want. Screw that!

The Difficulty of Being an Informed American
Source: The Baltimore Chronicle and Sentinel Newspapers

The American print and TV media have never been very good. These days they are horrible.

Media bias about the Palestinian-Israeli conflict exposed. (Some graphic images)
Source: YouTube

Why is the American (and Canadian) media so biased in the coverage of the Israeli - Palestine conflict?

Twitter Officially Hits Mainstream; First Phishing Scam Reported | CenterNetworks
Source:

Twitter has officially go mainstream as hackers are using this for cybercrime.

Women participation in state power
Source: krishnasenonline

Women, as they have tremendous potential for changes in society, need access to mainstream opportunities. But such opportunities lack in developing nations as well as some advanced countries.

Fannie Mae CEO to Democrats: You Are Our 'Family' and 'Conscience'
Source: newsbusters.org

A stunning example of the incredible disconnect between the mainstream media and the blogosphere is this video [1] of the interim Fannie Mae CEO, Daniel Mudd, addressing the Congressional Black Caucus, including Barack Obama, at their swearing-in ceremony in 2005.

Obama Meets O'Reilly: No One Dies!
Source: TIME

Barack Obama sat down to an interview with Fox News' Bill O'Reilly on Fox tonight and — shockingly — it looked like a TV interview.

The Simonization of Barack Obama
Source: savagepolitics.com

A short piece that discusses the outright polishing of Mr. Obama by his sycophantic Mainstream Media. Also, videos of Joe Lieberman's speech to the RNC and a great Palin video.

I-MAG Magazine - The Mainstream Modest Muslim Woman
Source: i-mag.org

We are about to witness a revolution where Muslim women are bringing the power of iqra into the 21st century. No longer sitting back waiting for someone else to produce a medium by which their voices can be heard.

'Centrists' Are Running the Asylum
Source: AlterNet.org

Washington's pundits and politicians have waged an ongoing propaganda campaign to pass off crazy, fringe politics as reasonable and mainstream.

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