Al Gore calls for civil disobedience to prevent new coal plants

Al Gore said it starkly: it's time for civil disobedience to prevent the construction of new dirty coal plants. If you’re a young person, looking at the future of this planet and looking at what is being done right now and not done, I believe we’ve reached the stage where…

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Do we really need a “bailout?” If so, let’s actually PAY for the “bailout.”

Some really good stuff at DailyKos.   Here are some much under-appreciated proposals to actually pay for the bailout.  Better yet, these include some proposals to make the people benefiting from the bailout pay for it. Really, does it make any sense to call this a "bailout" when we are accomplishing…

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Sarah Palin’s foreign policy knowledge gained through osmosis.

I sleep with a lot of books near my bed so that I can learn by osmosis, I joke.  Now, check out this surreal statement by Sarah Palin on why Alaska's proximity to Russian and Canada bolsters her foreign policy credentials. And notice another reference to the impending attack on…

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