"Even if you fall on your face, you're still moving forward." - Victor Kiam Disgruntled progressive and Navy veteran, and Agnostic... more
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- What I would Change About the World: Solar panels on every rooftop
- Current Gig: Using this part to put in a saying: The notion that a radical is one who hates his country is naïve and usually idiotic. He is, more likely, one who likes his country more than the rest of us, and is thus more disturbed than the rest of us when he sees it debauched. He is not a bad citizen turning to crime; he is a good citizen driven to despair, -H. L, Mencken
- Current Project: Keeping my $h!t together
- Influences/Heroes: Heroes? The pizza and food delivery people across this nation, changing peoples lives for the better daily. Oh yeah, and my Dad
- Organizations: AFSCME, Occupy Chicago
- Political Bent: Progressive, disgusted with both mainstream parties. They both stink.
- Favorite Bands: New Pornographers, the Decembrists, indie and 80's stuff galore.
- Favorite Directors: Ridley Scott, Josh Whedon
- Favorite Movies: Blade Runner, Idiocracy, Caddy Shack, Bowling for Columbine
- Favorite TV Shows: United States of Tara, Buffy, Angel, The Walking Dead, Trek TNG, Almost Human(UK version) Bones
- Celebrity Crush: Abby Martin
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- mrpuma2u posted Arkansas oil spill could be almost 300,000 gallons, video shows oil in wetland (UPDATES) to Talking Liberally 1 month ago
New estimates of the amount of oil spilled by Exxon Mobil in Mayflower, Arkansas have grown far beyond the initial figures of 84,000 gallons. Susan White at Inside Climate News tries to get a... more
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- mrpuma2u posted Arkansas oil spill could be almost 300,000 gallons, video shows oil in wetland (UPDATES) to Progressive America 1 month ago
New estimates of the amount of oil spilled by Exxon Mobil in Mayflower, Arkansas have grown far beyond the initial figures of 84,000 gallons. Susan White at Inside Climate News tries to get a... more
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- mrpuma2u posted Arkansas oil spill could be almost 300,000 gallons, video shows oil in wetland (UPDATES) to Earth Care 1 month ago
New estimates of the amount of oil spilled by Exxon Mobil in Mayflower, Arkansas have grown far beyond the initial figures of 84,000 gallons. Susan White at Inside Climate News tries to get a... more
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- mrpuma2u posted Two Million Petitioners Urge Rejection of ‘Chained-CPI’ Social Security Cut to Ending plutocracy for change 1 month ago
US Senator Bernie Sanders, Congressman Mark Takano, Congressman Mark Pocan, Congressman Rick Nolan and leaders of organizations that oppose President Obama's anticipated assault on Social... more
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- mrpuma2u posted Two Million Petitioners Urge Rejection of ‘Chained-CPI’ Social Security Cut to Talking Liberally 1 month ago
US Senator Bernie Sanders, Congressman Mark Takano, Congressman Mark Pocan, Congressman Rick Nolan and leaders of organizations that oppose President Obama's anticipated assault on Social... more
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- mrpuma2u posted Ex-Hooters waitress 'forced out of her job after her hair was shaved off so she could undergo brain surgery' to News and Politics 1 month ago
A former Hooters waitress has filed a discrimination lawsuit claiming she was forced out of her job because her hair was shaved short and a scar was visible after she undergoing life-saving brain... more
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- mrpuma2u posted California city aims to be all solar to Make the World Suck Less 1 month ago
Two years ago, the mayor, a Republican, decided to leverage the incessant Antelope Valley sun so that Lancaster could become the solar capital “of the world,” he said. Then he... more
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- mrpuma2u posted Modern-day debtors' prison alleged in Ohio to Ending plutocracy for change 1 month ago
By Andrew Welsh-Huggins, The Associated Press Several courts in Ohio are illegally jailing people because they are too poor to pay their debts and often deny defendants a hearing to determine... more
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- mrpuma2u posted Legalize Pot Poll: Majority of Americans Support Legalization to Talking Liberally 1 month ago
The Pew Research Center’s poll found that 52 percent support legalizing marijuana and 45 percent oppose it. It pointed out on Thursday that it was the first time that a majority supported... more
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- mrpuma2u posted Legalize Pot Poll: Majority of Americans Support Legalization to H.E.M.P. 1 month ago
The Pew Research Center’s poll found that 52 percent support legalizing marijuana and 45 percent oppose it. It pointed out on Thursday that it was the first time that a majority supported... more
