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    links for 2007-04-24

    Independent Catholic News The Catholic bishops note that the Anglican bishops in Zimbabwe toe the government line. Not our most shining examples, those guys. (tags: Anglican Bishops Zimbabwe) allAfrica.com: Zimbabwe: Anglican Bishops Rap Sanctions (Page 1 of 1) The bad Anglican bishops of Zimbabwe in the fawning pro-Mugabe article respond to the Catholic bishop’s Easter message calling for Mugabe to step down (tags: Anglican Bishops Harare Zimbabwe) NPR: Vote Audit in Ohio Finds Irregularities Question is, did the irregularities favor the Democrats, or the Republicans? The Repubs maintain constant vigilance against voter fraud, and yet they’re the ones most likely…

  • Episcopal

    The Bad Bishop Makes Episcopal Life Online

    Episcopal Life Online – WORLD REPORT The letter was signed by 14 bishops including Nolbert Kunonga, the Anglican bishop of Harare, who is a staunch ally of President Robert Mugabe and his policies and who once referred to the opposition as dogs barking at an elephant. The central African bishops represent Anglican churches in Botswana, Malawi, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Kunonga has a long-standing feud with his own church members because of his open support for Mugabe's ruling Zanu-PF party. He met with the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Rowan Williams, March 7 to discuss the grave challenges faced by the Church,…

  • Religion

    Mike Daisy: Deliberately Targeted?

    Mike Daisy: A Night To Remember  YouTube link to video  Last night's performance of INVINCIBLE SUMMER was disrupted when eighty seven members of a Christian group walked out of the show en masse, and chose to physically attack my work by pouring water on and destroying the original of the show outline. I'm still dealing with all the ramifications, but here's what it felt like from my end: I am performing the show to a packed house, when suddenly the lights start coming up in the house as a flood of people start walking down the aisles–they looked like a…

  • Hot Off The Presses - Radio

    NPR : Ohio Vote Audit

    NPR : Ohio Vote Audit Turns Up Duplicates, Deletions All Things Considered, April 22, 2007 · One person, one vote. That's how the democratic process should work. But a recent audit of the 2006 general election in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, found that some votes were counted twice, and others were deleted. Candice Hoke, who oversaw the independent audit, explains some of its findings. Okay, but DON'T DO THAT AGAIN, OHIO. We're watching you this time around.  

  • Hot Off The Presses - Politics, Schmolitics

    Sheryl Crow’s Version

    The Blog | Laurie David and Sheryl Crow: Karl Rove Gets Thrown Under the Stop Global Warming Bus | The Huffington Post We reminded the senior White House advisor that the US leads the world in global warming pollution and we are doing the least about it. Anger flaring, Mr. Rove immediately regurgitated the official Administration position on global warming which is that the US spends more on researching the causes than any other country. We felt compelled to remind him that the research is done and the results are in (www.IPCC.ch). Mr. Rove exploded with even more venom. Like…

  • Hot Off The Presses

    Katrina – The Screwup That Keeps On Giving

    Homeland audit says Katrina contracts were mismanaged – The Boston Globe WASHINGTON — FEMA exposed taxpayers to significant waste, and possibly violated federal law, by awarding $3.6 billion worth of Hurricane Katrina contracts to companies with poor credit histories and bad paperwork, investigators say. Great. Just great. We know this went on, of course, but farther down in the article, FEMA admits it has no action plan for the coming hurricane season. So if there's another big hit, it will be more screwed-up contracting on an unprecedented scale. [tags]Katrina, Fema[/tags]

  • Politics, Schmolitics

    The Progressive Gap: If Only It Were True

    The Progressive Gap Senator Bernie Sanders is frustrated. He believes there is a gap between the American people who are increasingly embracing progressive values and what's going on in Congress. "The American people are way, way ahead on matters of the economy, war, global warming," he says, over coffee with a small group of reporters. Well, the polls quoted are interesting, but one of them boasts only a 2% majority for progressives on an issue. If only this were true, that people in this country are much more progressive than our current elected leaders. There would be hope for the…

  • Hot Off The Presses - Mini-Posts - Politics, Schmolitics

    Rove vs. Crow

    Rove, celebs have heated debate | Chicago Tribune Here's this week's hot topic on the liberal/conservative punditblogs: Sheryl Crow picks a fight with Karl Rove. She tells him "You work for me." He tells her "No, I work for the American people." Um, dude, you told her to her face that you don't think she's an American. This is the root problem that the neoconservatives have foisted on the rest of our country – they think they're more American than the rest of us.