Monday, April 30, 2007


Abraham Lincoln Brigade

In July 1936, rightwing military officers led by fascist General Franco attempted to overthrow the newly elected democratic government of Spain. Hitler and Mussolini quickly joined in support of Franco. In response, nearly 3,000 Americans defied the US government to volunteer to fight in the Spanish Civil War, they called themselves Abraham Lincoln Brigade......here

"No man ever entered the earth more honorably than those who died in Spain."......Ernest Hemingway

"Into the Fire: American Women in the Spanish Civil War"
Seminole Heights Strikes Back
Nothing like taking a story out of context and jumping to the wrong conclusions. The St. Pete Times latched on to a discussion back in February about the encroachment of latino-oriented restaurants upsetting the neighborhood. Of course it didn't take long for someone without all the facts to pull a Johnny Cochrane and immediately cry foul, and claim we're all a bunch of stuck up racists in Seminole Heights......more

Sunday, April 29, 2007

Odyssey's Shipwreck!
Pirates & Treasure To Open At Mosi June 22
Odyssey Marine Exploration, a leader in the field of deep-ocean shipwreck exploration, announced that its subsidiary, Odyssey Marine Entertainment, Inc., will open SHIPWRECK! Pirates & Treasure, an interactive shipwreck and treasure exhibit at the Museum of Science & Industry (MOSI) in Tampa, Florida. The exhibit is scheduled to run from June 22, 2007 through January 31, 2008.....here

For more information about the exhibition, please visit www.shipwreck.net.
Democrats Lose War In Iraq
The "Stab in the Back" Trap
The Democrats and the peace movement are walking into a trap. The Republicans are preparing with Rovian cunning to focus the mind of the public on the question: Who lost Iraq? And they are already giving the answer: The Democrats and the peace movement......more
In the aftermath of the Vietnam war, Democrats and the peace movement were smeared for "losing Vietnam." This campaign was largely successful because the public was never given a full picture of the real purposes of the war and the full machinations of those who fomented it.

Saturday, April 28, 2007

April Griffin
Our Insider At The Hillsborough County School Board Wants To Know What You Think.....here
I want to always remember the people who worked so hard to elect me. I ran because I want to make a difference...not make friends downtown.....April Griffin
The Baker Bench
Florida To Expand Gambling
Ronda Not Happy
The Senate approved a series of bills Friday that would expand gambling in Florida, including a measure that would let every pari-mutuel facility in the state operate slot machine-style video lottery terminals. The bill (SB 2434) would allow up to 1,500 video lottery terminals, which are similar to full-fledged slot machines, at each dog track, horse track and jai-alai arena......more
Scotty's Final Ride
More than 100 people gathered in New Mexico today to bid farewell to Star Trek star James Doohan, a day before the actor's ashes are blasted into space on a private rocket. A symbolic portion of his ashes will be on board a SpaceLoft XL rocket that is scheduled to take off from a private launchpad near Las Cruces, New Mexico......more

Friday, April 27, 2007

A Humanitarian Catastrophe Now Looms Over Somalia
Where Is The US Media?


The United Nations says more people have been displaced in Somalia in the past three months than anywhere else in the world. Some 350,000 have fled fighting in Mogadishu since February, more than one-third of its population The escalating war in Somalia has received little attention in the U.S. media especially on broadcast television. Using the Lexis database, Democracy Now examined ABC, NBC and CBS's coverage of Somalia in the evening newscasts over the past three months. The result may surprise you: ABC and NBC has not mentioned the war at all. CBS mentioned the war once. The network dedicated a total of three sentences to the story........here

I Like The Old America Better, When We Use To Care About These Things.
Dont Mess With Those Mormons
Utah Allows Guns on College Campuses
As states and colleges across the country review their gun policies in light of the tragedy, many in Utah are proud to have the nation's only state law that expressly allows the carrying of concealed weapons at public colleges......more
"If government can't protect you, you should have the right to protect yourself," said Republican state Sen. Michael Waddoups