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Bachmann ignores slavery in African-American history again
Black History Month was made for people like Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN). However, it increasingly looks as though the tea party heroine not only never paid attention to African-American history but seeks to re-write it in her own image. “Other than Native Americans who were here, all of us have…
Ron Paul: ‘Government is in the process of failing’
Is he running for US Senate? Is he signaling his bid for US president? Or is he hinting at something deeper within the US political climate? Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) sounded like he was about to hit the campaign trail again during his speech at a right-wing forum Friday, but…
Chris Hedges on the death of the liberal class
Journalist and author Chris Hedges argues that all pillars of the liberal establishment—the press, liberal religious institutions, labor unions, universities and the Democratic Party—have failed the constituents they purport to represent. This video is from TVO, uploaded on January 22, 2011.…
Make the perfect cheese souffle with Julia Child
Watch Julia Child show you how to “be the big boss of the French cheese souffle”. This video is from PBS, uploaded on July 09, 2009. Watch the full episode. See more Julia Child.…
William S. Burroughs: Godfather of punk
Publisher V. Vale describes how Beat author William Burroughs’ has influenced generations of artists since the US government first banned his books in the 1950s. This video is from PBS, uploaded February 22, 2010. Watch the full episode. See more Independent Lens.…
Richard Florida: Unleashing the creative economic revolution
Richard Florida, a leading theorist of the “creative class,” explains how the economic crisis will generate a new class of thinkers. This video is from The Big Think, uploaded on January 15, 2010.…
Americans not prepared for US empire’s collapse, author warns
Dmitry Orlov, author of Reinventing Collapse, warned that the US empire faces an end similar to that of the Soviet empire for similar reasons: too much debt, over-reliance on imports, especially for energy and food production, and political dysfunction. However, Americans are not prepared to meet the coming collapse unlike…
Ex-mayor Harry Baals won’t have building named after him
Former mayor of Fort Wayne, Indiana Harry Baals received the most votes but won’t have a new government center named after him—because of his name! This video is from News Channel 15, uploaded on February 09, 2011.…
Gingrich won’t say whether conservative movement being ‘infiltrated by the Islamists’
Today at CPAC, Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich hosted a screening of America At Risk, a film produced by Citizens United about the “threat” of Sharia Law and Islamic extremism in America. When ThinkProgress asked Gingrich if he thinks that Islamic extremists are infiltrating the conservative movement, Gingrich refused to…
Official sought to keep meeting secret in trooper crash case
When the place and time of a workers’ compensation hearing for a former Illinois state trooper was unexpectedly changed, some suspected that something shady had happened. It turns out they were right. E-mails obtained by the Belleville News-Democrat through the Illinois Freedom of Information Act showed that workers’ compensation arbitrator…
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