Pictures of the Week
from: Fun and Games at the National Prayer Breakfast
(Photo: Martinez Monsivais/AP)
From: Discharging DADT (Or: The Right’s Really Not a Happy Place)
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Florida Editor
Pictures of the Week
from: Fun and Games at the National Prayer Breakfast
(Photo: Martinez Monsivais/AP)
From: Discharging DADT (Or: The Right’s Really Not a Happy Place)
(photo 1& 2: [...]
No Days Off Radio welcomes Ed Turanchik, former Hillsborough County Commissioner and long-time rail advocate today. Turanchik heads up the statewide group “ConnectUs” which formed last year to lobby for federal stimulus funds.
Call in at (347) 539-5919 or listen at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/no-days-off-radio. The show will be archived immediately following [...]
Good news:
Redistricting amendments on the ballot: Florida voters earn historic chance to vote to stop politicians from rigging districts
After November passage voters will choose elected officials – not the other way around
Tallahassee, FL – Today, Floridians took a giant step towards ending the incumbent and political party protection plan that [...]
The latest regular features from Florida bloggers.
FLA Politics: Florida Political News
The Spencerian: Finally Friday
The Spencerian: Off the Radar
Steve Schale: Five Takeaways from the Week
South Florida Daily Blog: Your Morning Sift
South Florida Daily Blog: Your Evening Sift
The latest from our network of Florida Progressive Coalition blogs.
The Hate Agenda: The Promise of 2010
Florida Speaks: Daily Humor
Florida Congress Watch: Rubio Continues Paying Back Mortgage Industry For Sweetheart Home Loan
Florida Congress Watch: Will Crist Follow Rubio’s Extreme Pledge To Add to Deficit, [...]
Massachusetts election results, the possible death of healthcare reform, and yesterday’s Supreme Court ruling on campaign finance – These stories and more have sent the progressive blogosphere into a state of confusion and dismay this past week. Daily Kos blogger and occasional Open Left guest blogger “fladem” will join us [...]
The latest about Florida politics from other states…
Pam’s House Blend: My Facebook feed was polluted by Charlie Crist this evening
Down With Tyranny!: Teamsters Local Endorses Democrat Doug Tudor While DCCC Pushes Reactionary Blue Dog
Down With Tyranny!: Congressmembers Who Tweet And Congressmembers Who Don’t
Think Progress: [...]
The latest links to the information you need to counter right-wing spin…
Another Key Tuesday Result: Voters Rejected Anti-Tax, Anti-Spending Measures
Creigh Deeds lost because he wasn’t progressive enough
Good stuff you all should read from bloggers around the country…
Howie Klein: There’s A Better Way To Fight Corporatism Among Democratic Insiders Than Empowering Teabaggers And The GOP
Adam Bink: Harold Ford, Jr. and the decline of vote ratings as a tool
Wonk Room: Is Removing [...]
The latest from our network of Florida Progressive Coalition blogs.
Florida Progressive Coalition (dantilson): Health Care Bill Still Squeezing Small Business
Florida Progressive Coalition (Sinfonian): Blast Off!: August 7, 2004 – January 6, 2010
Florida Progressive Coalition (R.S. Pienta): Progressivism in Action…or, “The Everyday Activist”
Florida Progressive Coalition [...]
The latest regular features from Florida bloggers.
FLA Politics: Florida Political News
The Spencerian: Almost Friday
The Spencerian: Off the Radar
South Florida Daily Blog: Your Morning Sift
South Florida Daily Blog: Your Evening Sift
South Florida Daily Blog: The Cooler
Bark Bark Woof Woof: Sunday Reading
Bark [...]
Make note that as the final health care bill gets hammered out by President Obama and the Dems in preparation for delivery to Congress next week, there’s not a whole lot of talk about controlling health insurance costs.
While affordability is supposed to be one of the three linchpins of effective [...]
Pictures of the Week
From: Haiti:The Aftermath
(Photo 1: Jorge Cruz/AP. Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Jan. 12, 2010. Photo 2: Frederic Dupoux/Getty Images, December 13, 2010, Port-au-Prince, Haiti)
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Alison and I are pleased to welcome Heather Beaven, Democratic candidate for the 7th Congressional District of Florida today on No Days Off Radio. Heather be on following “Pictures of the Week” with Michael Shaw of BAGnewsNotes. (Pictures will be posted here later today.)
Call in number: (347) [...]
If you’ve visited Blast Off! lately, you may have noticed that you were greeted with this message:
Regrettably, it’s true. While it’s not the stereotypical “goodbye, cruel world” (“GBCW” in blog parlance) departure, Blast Off! officially ended its nearly five-and-a-half-year run in the blogosphere last [...]
I have been planning the syllabus for a course I will teach this Spring entitled, “Women, Activism, and Social Change” and I knew I wanted to touch on Progressivism at some point. I did a quick web search, with plans to follow up with library research later. I found a [...]
Here is your dose of daily ignorance:
When asked about his belief of equal work for equal pay Mr. Matt Benke said the following on facebook @ 1:01 on January 10th 2010 “I know you girls are gonna scream at me but women and men are just plain different, our bodies [...]
The latest regular features from Florida bloggers.
FLA Politics: Florida Political News
Steve Schale: Five Takeaways from the Week
The Spencerian: Political Newsclippings
South Florida Daily Blog: Your Morning Sift
South Florida Daily Blog: Your Evening Sift
South Florida Daily Blog: The Cooler
South Florida Daily Blog: [...]
The latest from our network of Florida Progressive Coalition blogs.
Florida Speaks: President Obama’s Weekly Address
Florida Democratic News: Thurman Continues Working To Ensure Florida’s Votes Count As The DNC’s Democratic Change Commission Finalizes Recommendations
Florida Democratic News: Rep. Mark Pafford Files Legislation Regardng Public Service Commission
Florida [...]
Pictures of the Week
From: Stripped Naked By Al-Qaeda (and I Haven’t Even Been to the Airport)
(photos: Reuters)From: First Senator From the Tea Party?
(photo: Nigel Parry for The New York Times.)
The latest about Florida politics from other states…
FiveThirtyEight: Senate Rankings, Decemeber 2009 Edition
Open Left: Senate Outlook, 12/29: Republican net gain of 5 seats
Daily Kos: Polling and Political Wrap-Up, 12/25/09
TPMDC: Little Diss, Big Implications: Why The Diaz-Balarts Turned Their Backs On Charlie Crist
TPMDC: [...]
The latest from our network of Florida Progressive Coalition blogs.
Florida Progressive Coalition (Nicholas Ruiz): Third Party Politics, or After the Republi-crat Orgy
Florida Progressive Coalition (R.S. Pienta): Taxing Time at the Tax Collector’s Office
Florida Progressive Coalition: Health Care Round-up
Florida Speaks: Escape From Ohio
Florida Congress [...]
The latest regular features from Florida bloggers.
FLA Politics: Florida Political News
The Spencerian: Off the Radar
South Florida Daily Blog: Your Morning Sift
South Florida Daily Blog: Your Evening Sift
South Florida Daily Blog: The Cooler
Bark Bark Woof Woof: Sunday Reading
Bark Bark Woof Woof: [...]
Join Alison Morano and me today at noon for a special edition of No Days Off Radio. We will be joined by author Jeffrey Feldman who recently wrote a piece at Daily Kos attempting to flesh out ideas implied by Glenn Greenwald in his column at Salon. [...]
The latest regular features from Florida bloggers.
FLA Politics: Florida Political News
Steve Schale: Five Takeaways from the Week
The Spencerian: Political Newsclippings
The Spencerian: Off the Radar
South Florida Daily Blog: Your Morning Sift
South Florida Daily Blog: Your Evening Sift
This is a guest post from candidate Nicholas Ruiz
Jean Baudrillard once posed the question to himself, what to do after the orgy? Tongue in cheek, yes, but the point is more profound that it at first reveals. First, Baudrillard meant ‘orgy’ – broadly construed, of course.
For him, writing on [...]
I am usually a staunch advocate of state employees. Most state workers do a largely thankless and often underpaid job, yet do it admirably well. My husband is a former state worker and I have, previously, also drawn a state paycheck. Yesterday, however, was not the finest hour at a [...]
Lots of good debate on the Senate health care “reform” bill. Here’s the important stuff I’ve read and come across, in reverse chronological order…
Down With Tyranny: Is the Conventional Wisdom on health care winners and losers going to have to change? (Does it matter?)
Jon Walker: The Insidious Myth [...]
Imagine yourselves nine years old nursing an ear infection you just can’t shake.
Health insurance is some vague notion that adults discuss and who cares, all you want is the pain to go away. Your family has no health insurance, so the emergency room serves [...]
I don’t know whether it’s too early in December for a year-in-review show, but as my travel-and-holiday schedule is likely to preclude my availability for another Monday show for the remainder of 2009, this is it for the year. And therefore, it’s a perfect time for [...]
Today’s reason to laugh…
Colbert likens Charlie Crist’s embrace of Obama to a “terrorist nipple bump”:
The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c The Word – Grand Old Purity www.colbertnation.com Colbert Report Full Episodes Political Humor U.S. Speedskating [...]From Progress Florida:
It was this week in 2000 when we watched the results of extreme rightwing tactics to intimidate voters and steal a presidential election. This year, we saw a group of Republican legislators attempt to change Florida election law to make it harder to vote.
How far will Florida’s rightwing [...]
The latest from our network of Florida Progressive Coalition blogs.
The Hate Agenda: NYS Senator Diane Savino speaks on the Marriage Equality bill
Florida Speaks: Get Bernie’s Back
Florida Speaks: Askins for Governor Change Makers
Florida Speaks: Judd Gregg’s Obstruction Manual
Florida Speaks: Rush Limbaugh: “I Like [...]
The latest regular features from Florida bloggers.
FLA Politics: Florida Political News
The Spencerian: Political Newsclippings
The Spencerian: Finally Friday
The Spencerian: Q & A
The Spencerian: Off the Radar
South Florida Daily Blog: Your Morning Sift
South Florida Daily Blog: Your Evening Sift
South Florida Daily Blog: [...]
Pictures of the Week
(Photo: Doug Mills/The New York Times: caption: Dec 10, 2009, Oslo, Norway.)(photo 1: Justin Sullivan/Getty. Kabul International Airport December 9, 2009)
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Merry Christmas to all of you:
Helping out the Young Democrats…
Do you ever think, “wow, if I had a dime for every time Glenn Beck said something offensive, or stupid, or just plain strange…?”
Well, our friends at CREDO, the progressive mobile phone company, have figured out a way to put all those things the right [...]
From our friend Rosa Castro Feinberg:
The purpose of this summary is inform stakeholders about what transpired at the three meetings, to assist the members of the drafting committee as they prepare for their next meeting, and to serve as a checklist for review of the Florida Department of Education’s (FDOE) [...]
I know it’s been a while since Blast Off! Radio graced the airwaves — hardly a fitting status for the winner of the 2009 Florida Netroots Award for Best Online Radio Show. But sometimes life gets in the way, and November included a household move, [...]
What do you think of this list:
Top 10 Republicans
Brian Ballard
Sally Bradshaw
Jeb Bush
Marion Hammer
Ann Herberger
George LeMieux
Connie Mack
Roberto Martinez
Justin Sayfie
John Thrasher
Top 40 Republicans
Rick Baker
Rodney Barreto
Charlie Crist
Allan Bense
Paul Bradshaw
Norman Braman
Wilbur Brewton
Frank Brogan
Kurt Browning
Dean Cannon
[...]
From this hyper-Libertarian/Free Market perspective all of the following are clear indications of Socialist America:
Public airwaves
Public parks
Public education
Public domain
Streets and highways
bridges
police
teachers
civil servants
the military
the courts
citizenship
Congress
libraries
Universities
NASA
scientific research supported by government grants
fairy tales
[...]
You are 13 times more likely to die in a railway accident than from a terrorist attack
You are 12,571 times more likely to die from cancer than from a terrorist attack
You are six times more likely to die from hot weather than from a terrorist [...]
Susan S, dantilson, Kenneth Quinnell, Storm Enterprise, R.S. Pienta, Sinfonian
