Posted in Elections, GOP, Iraq, Minnesota, News, Obama, Peace, Politics, Robert Greenwald, Tim Walz, mccain, national guard, tagged Afghanistan, GI Bill, Hagel, Iraq, mccain, Peace, Politics, war, Webb on April 30, 2008 | 10 Comments »
UPDATE: 05/01/2008 #1 son points out in the comments that now 7 of 8 of Minnesota’s congressional delegation have signed on to this legislation. The only holdout is Michelle Bachman. As of this date 261 members of the House of Representatives have signed on as cosponsors. END UPDATE
As hundreds of thousands of men and women [...]
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Posted in Labor, Minnesota, Politics, Unions, video, tagged OSHA, Labor, Tim Walz, Unions, MNOSHA, safety, workers memorial day, april 28, I35 on April 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Monday, April 28, workers in Minnesota and across the United States will observe Workers Memorial Day. The day was chosen because it marks the anniversary of the passage of legislation establishing OSHA. Similar observances are held in Cananda and by international trade unionists. The Minnesota AFL-CIO has issued the following press release:
Minnesotans observe Workers Memorial Day, Monday, [...]
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Posted in DFL, Elections, I-90, Minnesota, News, Politics, Tim Walz, national guard, rock county, tagged Politics, Tim Walz, DFL, minnesota's 1st congressional district, Elections, albert lea on April 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Early Saturday morning, a minivan with Rock County DFL delegates set out to Albert Lea to attend the 1st CD convention. Despite the blustery winds and icy conditions on I-90 we arrived safely to join the other delegates from across the 1st CD to take care of business. Listening to speeches, electing officers, filling committee spots, etc. is par [...]
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Posted in Misc., News, Peace, music video, video, tagged nuclear reactor, syria, israel, north korea, Kim Jong-IL, Team America, south park on April 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
A lot of buzz today in the news about the nuclear reactor under construction in Syria that the Israeli military bombed September 6, 2007. Robin Wright from the Washington Post has an informative story:
A video taken inside a secret Syrian facility last summer convinced the Israeli government and the Bush administration that North Korea was helping [...]
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Good news! An AP story in the Rochester Post-Bulletin reports that the workers sickened by working with pig brains will finally receive workers compensation payments for lost wages and medical expenses.
By Steve Karnowski
Associated Press
AUSTIN – Several employees at the Quality Pork Processors plant in Austin who were initially denied workers compensation for a mysterious neurological illness [...]
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Posted in Labor, Luverne, Minnesota, Misc., News, tagged austin minnesota, News, pig brains, pork processing, safety on April 20, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Today it was announced that the Association of Bloggers Who Live in the SW Corner of Minnesota and Live in a Corner House and Blog From a Corner of That House, has awarded CornerHouseComments its prestigious Braggadocio Award.
CHC had this to say:
“I was stunned! It is a real honor to be recognized by your peers, [...]
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Posted in Misc., flowers, tagged flowers, spring on April 20, 2008 | No Comments »
Peace & solidarity,
CHC
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Posted in Elections, Politics, Robert Greenwald, condoleeza rice, mccain, torture, tagged Politics, condoleeza rice, john mccain, torture, election 2008 on April 16, 2008 | No Comments »
Does this disqualify her as a potential McCain running mate?
Peace & solidarity,
CHC
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Posted in GOP, Politics, condoleeza rice, mccain, music, tagged Politics, music, mccain, condoleeza rice, davide gadren on April 7, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Is she a serious contender? Jeff Fecke over at Blog Of The Moderate Left offers his list of potential VP candidates in his post: A Pitcher Of Warm Piss, GOP Style.
Davide Gadren has a musical tribute to Condi.
I’m In Love With Condoleeza Rice
Peace & solidarity,
CHC
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When the sun came shining, and I was strolling,
And the wheat fields waving and the dust clouds rolling,
As the fog was lifting a voice was chanting:
This land was made for you and me.
From the Woody Guthrie song, This Land Is Your Land.
I have been busy the last few days scanning old family pictures and [...]
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