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Medvedev Promises to Liberalize Politics

Fri, 15 Jul 2011 09:27:40 +0000

Medvedev Promises to Liberalize Politics
President Dmitry Medvedev has promised leaders of the State Duma factions to introduce changes to liberalize election laws and the political system.

Grassroots politics flourish in Greek turmoil

Wed, 22 Jun 2011 21:27:39 +0000

Grassroots politics flourish in Greek turmoil
As politicians become embroiled in massively unpopular “austerity measures”, protesters find creative avenues of change. Few people would want to be in the shoes of Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou these days.

Party Politics: How Conservatism Lost Touch with Reality

Wed, 22 Jun 2011 01:26:54 +0000

Party Politics: How Conservatism Lost Touch with Reality
Today’s conservatives are no longer rooted in the reality of America, past or present

Obama pushes jobs in trip fraught with politics

Mon, 13 Jun 2011 21:28:57 +0000

Obama pushes jobs in trip fraught with politics
President Barack Obama pledged Monday to push business-friendly policies on issues including free-trade agreements and worker pension funds as he sought to make good on promises to grow the economy and jobs by boosting…

Obama Fed pick withdraws, slams partisan politics

Mon, 06 Jun 2011 13:29:43 +0000

Obama Fed pick withdraws, slams partisan politics
Nobel Prize winner Peter Diamond said on Sunday he planned to withdraw as a nominee for Federal Reserve governor, after his nomination was repeatedly opposed by Republicans.

20/20 – Politically Incorrect Guide To Politics – Pt. 3 of 6

Wed, 04 May 2011 17:26:06 +0000

Originally aired on Friday, October 17, 2008 @ 9pm CST. This broadcast was sourced from an ABC affiliate in Chicago, IL. Apparently, there were affiliates that refused to carry this one-hour special. If anyone has information about this, please let me know.

The Machine is (Changing) Us: YouTube and the Politics of Authenticity

Sat, 23 Apr 2011 17:26:40 +0000

presented at the 2009 Personal Democracy Forum at Jazz at Lincoln Center. About 10 minutes of it is a minor update (rehash) of An Anthropological Introduction to YouTube, but the rest is new. The gathering may have been the highest concentration of amazingly creative and concerned global citizens I have ever been around. Hallway conversations were different than your typical conversations. Instead of lots of people saying, ‘You know, somebody should …’ there were lots of people saying, ‘So I did this, this, and this, and now Im working on doing this, this, and this and we should collaborate …’ In other words, it was a bunch of people blessed with what I once heard Yochai Benkler and Henry Jenkins call critical optimism. Nobody there was blindly optimistic, thinking technology was going to make everything better. They were all continually trying to figure out where we are, where we might be going, and the possible downsides and dangers of new technologies so we can use the new technologies to serve human purposes. In other words, it was my kind of crowd. Special thanks to Micah Sifry and Andrew Rasiej for organizing the conference.

UFOs In Presidential Politics – Grant Cameron LIVE at the X-Conference

Mon, 07 Mar 2011 12:26:40 +0000

This LIVE presentation looks at the history of UFOs in presidential campaigns, UFOs in elections, how some candidates have stood on the UFO issue, and news on the UFO files being released by government agencies and institutions. Grant Cameron (Canada) became involved in extraterrestrial-related phenomena research in May 1975 with a personal sighting near Carman, Manitoba about 25 miles north of the Canada-US border. Over the next 18 months hundreds of sightings were reported, and Grant spent months photographing a series of strange objects and interviewing hundreds of witnesses who were involved. Thus began a 28 year commitment to the subject of UFOs. Grant later moved on to research the work of the legendary Wilbert B. Smith. Smith headed up the Canadian government’s flying saucer investigation known as Project Magnet. Cameron later teamed up with T. Scott Crain to research and write the book “UFOs, MJ-12, and the Government,” published by MUFON. Cameron then turned his research interests to the relationship of US Presidents to the extraterrestrial issue. He made countless trips to the US National Archives and most of the Presidential archives looking for relevant documents. A major contribution of his work was a FOIA submission to the White House Office of Science and Technology which yielded nearly 1000 pages of disclosure documents from the Clinton administration. This LIVE presentation was given at the X-Conference and features Grant Cameron. The X-Conference is …

The Power of Nightmares – 1of3 – The Rise of the Politics of Fear-Baby It’s Cold Outside

Sun, 20 Feb 2011 10:53:38 +0000

Adam Curtis’ enlightening and frightening 2004 doc series from the BBC. This one gets into radical Islam and the American neocons. These are more reasons to look deeper into our leadership and our policies, as citizens of the world.

Homer Cocktail Considers Politics

Sat, 08 Jan 2011 03:28:10 +0000

. .. perceptions, government issues, and freedom … . .