Sertraline no prescription Soma No Prescription Last Friday night, after a day of live blogging the ASPO-USA conference near Capitol Hill, I walked ten blocks over the the Washington Convention Center to join Occupy DC and some environmental groups in a protest against the Koch brothers. Inside the center Koch front group Americans for Prosperity was holding their Defense of … [Read more...]
Will the Transition movement be the Tea Party’s next target?
Could Rob Hopkins become the US right wing's next Van Jones? Could the Post Carbon Institute become the next ACORN? Thanks to Rob Hopkins for sending around a silly Tea Party video attacking the Transition movement. It features Rob himself along with PCI as part of a United Nations plot to "take away your land." On the one hand, I smiled. On the other, I cringed, because … [Read more...]
Rapture deferred: Now, where’s John Galt when we need him?
No surprise, Ye of Little Faith, grumpy radio prophet Harold Camping's rapture didn't work out as scheduled this weekend. But maybe there's another hope for all of us garden-variety sinners to rid ourselves of people who are self-righteous, nutty or just dangerously ambitious. Who is John Galt? In honor of the terrible movie version that just came out of Ayn Rand's terrible … [Read more...]
Climate merger to fight Koch cash with people power
Tragedy in the making: Just as scientists are telling us that climate change is happening faster than anyone had anticipated, the climate movement in the US has grown weaker than ever. When it failed last spring, the cynical and cowardly push for cap-and-trade by the big green groups wasted the best chance in years for policy on the federal level. Since then, public support … [Read more...]
Koch brothers want to show their softer side
In response to an increasing amount of bad publicity fingering them as puppet masters behind Governor Scott Walker's union-busting drive in Wisconsin, the Tea Party's push to cut government services and pro-corporate, climate-science denying astroturf groups such as Americans for Prosperity, Charles and David Koch are now fighting back. This month, they're launching a new … [Read more...]