(Courtesy of Claire Glasscock)
AlterNet
Cheney has an 11 percent approval rating, so why are Democrats scared to take him to task in front of the entire nation?
To Watch the Video
Friday, November 16, 2007
Peace Cookies
(BCTC Peace & Justic Coalition)
PEACE COOKIES - the recipe
• 1/2 c. butter; to smooth old wounds between nations.
• 1 c. brown sugar; like the good earth we need to preserve.
• 1 egg; from which life is given, the same all over the world.
• 1 t. vanilla; some of us are vanilla.
• 1 1/4 c. oats; harvested in August, the month Hiroshima is remembered with sorrow.
• 1/2 c. sesame seeds; for the many seeds of good will that can blossom into world peace.
• 3/4 c. raisins; grapes dried in the sun. After a nuclear war, could be a nuclear winter with no sun for years.
• 1 1/4 c. flour; wheat sheaves tied, as nations united by strings of hope for peace.
• 1/2 t. salt and 1/2 t. soda; season your lives with kindness.
• 1 t. cinnamon; spice up your life by working for peace.
• 3/4 c. chocolate chips; some of us are chocolate. We need all colors.
• Bake at 350 degrees for about 12 minutes. Makes about 3 dozen.
PEACE COOKIES - the recipe
• 1/2 c. butter; to smooth old wounds between nations.
• 1 c. brown sugar; like the good earth we need to preserve.
• 1 egg; from which life is given, the same all over the world.
• 1 t. vanilla; some of us are vanilla.
• 1 1/4 c. oats; harvested in August, the month Hiroshima is remembered with sorrow.
• 1/2 c. sesame seeds; for the many seeds of good will that can blossom into world peace.
• 3/4 c. raisins; grapes dried in the sun. After a nuclear war, could be a nuclear winter with no sun for years.
• 1 1/4 c. flour; wheat sheaves tied, as nations united by strings of hope for peace.
• 1/2 t. salt and 1/2 t. soda; season your lives with kindness.
• 1 t. cinnamon; spice up your life by working for peace.
• 3/4 c. chocolate chips; some of us are chocolate. We need all colors.
• Bake at 350 degrees for about 12 minutes. Makes about 3 dozen.
Lexington Street Protest: “Want Cheney impeached? Honk!”
Monday, November 26: A protest is planned for the four corners of Nicholasville/Cooper/Waller/Limestone from 4:30-5:30. The message: “Want Cheney impeached? Honk!” Come if you can.
Thursday, November 15, 2007
Stephanie Strom: Anti-Bush Sign Has Bridge World in an Uproar
(Check out the fascist reprisals of Jan Martel of the United States Bridge Federation and Jim Kirkham of the American Contract Bridge League.)
New York Times
Anti-Bush Sign Has Bridge World in an Uproar
New York Times
Anti-Bush Sign Has Bridge World in an Uproar
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
I Was a Teenage Feminist: Redefining the "F" Word
(Thanks to Laura Webb for suggesting the film and Free Speech TV for hosting it. This is the best documentary I have seen all year.)
I Was a Teenage Feminist (Therese Shechter: USA, 2007)
Trailers for the Film
Watch the Film
Schecter's next documentary project is The American Virgin
I Was a Teenage Feminist (Therese Shechter: USA, 2007)
Trailers for the Film
Watch the Film
Schecter's next documentary project is The American Virgin
Kary Stackelbeck (November 19th)
Monday, November 19
6:30-7:45 p.m. in OB 230 (Oswald Auditorium)
Presenter: Kary Stackelbeck
Title: Ancient Practices and Modern Importance: Lessons in Water from the Andean Past
Kary Stackelbeck, an Anthropologist, will focus her presentation on the long-term trends in the use, control, manipulation, and implications of water (and water shortages) from an Andean perspective. The talk will draw on recent research that identified irrigation canals in northern Peru (dating to 5400 years ago, and perhaps earlier) as the earliest in the New World, the continued development of irrigation technology among pre-hispanic populations, how water was manipulated for ritual and subsistence purposes and managed communally, and how people reacted to water shortages in the past. She will include a brief discussion of the impacts and implications of privatization of water among Andean communities and lessons we might learn from past and present cases of water management in the Andes.
6:30-7:45 p.m. in OB 230 (Oswald Auditorium)
Presenter: Kary Stackelbeck
Title: Ancient Practices and Modern Importance: Lessons in Water from the Andean Past
Kary Stackelbeck, an Anthropologist, will focus her presentation on the long-term trends in the use, control, manipulation, and implications of water (and water shortages) from an Andean perspective. The talk will draw on recent research that identified irrigation canals in northern Peru (dating to 5400 years ago, and perhaps earlier) as the earliest in the New World, the continued development of irrigation technology among pre-hispanic populations, how water was manipulated for ritual and subsistence purposes and managed communally, and how people reacted to water shortages in the past. She will include a brief discussion of the impacts and implications of privatization of water among Andean communities and lessons we might learn from past and present cases of water management in the Andes.
NYC Detective John Schwartz (November 14)
Wednesday, November 14
9:00-9:50 a.m. in AT 116
12-12:50 p.m. in AT 216
1-1:50 p.m. in AT 216
Presenter:
NYC Detective John Schwartz
Title: What do you do when the system says you are innocent but won’t let you get on with your life?
David Lemus and Olmedo Hidalgo were released from prison in 2005 after having served 14 years for a murder that a New York judge found they had been wrongly convicted of. Yet Hidalgo was deported and Lemus is being retried for the same murder. Dateline NBC has followed this case in the recently aired “In the Shadow of Justice.” For more information, go here. NYC Detective John Schwartz will talk to three Sociology classes about his investigation into this ongoing case and working with Dateline NBC.
For more information, contact Gil Rosenberg at grosenberg0001@kctcs.edu. Visitors are welcome!
9:00-9:50 a.m. in AT 116
12-12:50 p.m. in AT 216
1-1:50 p.m. in AT 216
Presenter:
NYC Detective John Schwartz
Title: What do you do when the system says you are innocent but won’t let you get on with your life?
David Lemus and Olmedo Hidalgo were released from prison in 2005 after having served 14 years for a murder that a New York judge found they had been wrongly convicted of. Yet Hidalgo was deported and Lemus is being retried for the same murder. Dateline NBC has followed this case in the recently aired “In the Shadow of Justice.” For more information, go here. NYC Detective John Schwartz will talk to three Sociology classes about his investigation into this ongoing case and working with Dateline NBC.
For more information, contact Gil Rosenberg at grosenberg0001@kctcs.edu. Visitors are welcome!
FairWorks - the CKCPJ's Fair Trade Market
(Visit Peace and Justice Coalition to find out more about the market, future locations of the market, and how you can become involved--a great opportunity to make your Christmas presents fit your progressive politics. MB)
CKCPJ NEWS: FairWorks - the CKCPJ's Fair Trade Market
Shop with us. Volunteer to help us.
FairWorks is a nonprofit fair trade project of the Central Kentucky Council for Peace & Justice. In November and December we will be bringing our fair trade market to houses of worship and other central Kentucky organizations.
FairWorks will be featuring fair trade crafts from UPAVIM / Mayan Hands and 10,000 Villages.
Help make FairWorks a success by spreading the word & volunteering.
Our next sale is:
WHAT:
A part of the Lexington Arts & Cultural Council's
Gallery Hop
WHEN:
5 - 9 p.m. Friday
November 16
WHERE:
The Distillery District Art Market
903 Manchester
(where Pine Street ends at Manchester Street, 2 blocks from Rupp Arena)
Lexington
CKCPJ NEWS: FairWorks - the CKCPJ's Fair Trade Market
Shop with us. Volunteer to help us.
FairWorks is a nonprofit fair trade project of the Central Kentucky Council for Peace & Justice. In November and December we will be bringing our fair trade market to houses of worship and other central Kentucky organizations.
FairWorks will be featuring fair trade crafts from UPAVIM / Mayan Hands and 10,000 Villages.
Help make FairWorks a success by spreading the word & volunteering.
Our next sale is:
WHAT:
A part of the Lexington Arts & Cultural Council's
Gallery Hop
WHEN:
5 - 9 p.m. Friday
November 16
WHERE:
The Distillery District Art Market
903 Manchester
(where Pine Street ends at Manchester Street, 2 blocks from Rupp Arena)
Lexington
Merriam-Webster Word of the Day: Transpicuous
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
transpicuous \tran-SPIK-yuh-wus\ adjective
: clearly seen through or understood
Example sentence:
Although the reporter claimed to be merely curious, her motives were quite transpicuous; it was clear that she was hunting a story.
"Transpicuous" is derived from the Latin word "transpicere," meaning "to look through." "Transpicere," in turn, is a formation that combines "trans-," meaning "through," and "specere," a verb meaning "to look" or "to see." If you guessed that "transpicuous" is related to "conspicuous," you're correct. It's also possible to see a number of other "specere" descendants in English, including "aspect," "circumspect," "expect," "inspect," "perspective," and "suspect." Another descendant of "specere," and a close synonym of "transpicuous," is "perspicuous," which means "clear and easy to understand," as in "a perspicuous argument." (“Per-,” like “trans-,” means “through.”) There’s also "perspicacious," meaning "keen and observant." (You might say that "perspicuous" and “transpicuous” mean "able to be seen through," whereas "perspicacious" means "able to see through.")
transpicuous \tran-SPIK-yuh-wus\ adjective
: clearly seen through or understood
Example sentence:
Although the reporter claimed to be merely curious, her motives were quite transpicuous; it was clear that she was hunting a story.
"Transpicuous" is derived from the Latin word "transpicere," meaning "to look through." "Transpicere," in turn, is a formation that combines "trans-," meaning "through," and "specere," a verb meaning "to look" or "to see." If you guessed that "transpicuous" is related to "conspicuous," you're correct. It's also possible to see a number of other "specere" descendants in English, including "aspect," "circumspect," "expect," "inspect," "perspective," and "suspect." Another descendant of "specere," and a close synonym of "transpicuous," is "perspicuous," which means "clear and easy to understand," as in "a perspicuous argument." (“Per-,” like “trans-,” means “through.”) There’s also "perspicacious," meaning "keen and observant." (You might say that "perspicuous" and “transpicuous” mean "able to be seen through," whereas "perspicacious" means "able to see through.")
Tuesday, November 06, 2007
Keith Olbermann's Special Comment on Waterboarding and Torture
(A withering critique of the hypocrisy of the Bush Administration)
AlterNet
"Daviel Levin, the former U.S. Acting Assistant Attorney General, who was himself waterboarded to determine whether or not the act constituted torture made you into a
liar Mr. Bush."
To Watch the Video
AlterNet
"Daviel Levin, the former U.S. Acting Assistant Attorney General, who was himself waterboarded to determine whether or not the act constituted torture made you into a
liar Mr. Bush."
To Watch the Video
Saturday, November 03, 2007
Jerry Lanson: War Protests--Why No Coverage?
(Courtesy of Claire Glasscock)
War protests: Why no coverage?
Newspapers have a duty to inform citizens about such democratic events.
By Jerry Lanson
Christian Science Monitor
Coordinated antiwar protests in at least 11 American cities this weekend raised anew an interesting question about the nature of news coverage: Are the media ignoring rallies against the Iraq war because of their low turnout or is the turnout dampened by the lack of news coverage?
I find it unsettling that I even have to consider the question.
That most Americans oppose the war in Iraq is well established. The latest CBS News poll, in mid-October, found 26 percent of those polled approved of the way the president is handling the war and 67 percent disapproved. It found that 45 percent said they'd only be willing to keep large numbers of US troops in Iraq "for less than a year." And an ABC News-Washington Post poll in late September found that 55 percent felt Democrats in Congress had not gone far enough in opposing the war.
Granted, neither poll asked specifically about what this weekend's marchers wanted: An end to congressional funding for the war. Still, poll after poll has found substantial discontent with a war that ranks as the preeminent issue in the presidential campaign.
Given that context, it seems remarkable to me that in some of the 11 cities in which protests were held – Boston and New York, for example – major news outlets treated this "National Day of Action" as though it did not exist. As far as I can tell, neither The New York Times nor The Boston Globe had so much as a news brief about the march in the days leading up to it. The day after, The Times, at least in its national edition, totally ignored the thousands who marched in New York and the tens of thousands who marched nationwide. The Globe relegated the news of 10,000 spirited citizens (including me) marching through Boston's rain-dampened streets to a short piece deep inside its metro section. A single sentence noted the event's national context.
As a former newspaper editor, I was most taken aback by the silence beforehand. Surely any march of widespread interest warrants a brief news item to let people know that the event is taking place and that they can participate. It's called "advancing the news," and it has a time-honored place in American newsrooms.
With prescient irony, Frank Rich wrote in his Oct. 14 Times column, "We can continue to blame the Bush administration for the horrors of Iraq.… But we must also examine our own responsibility." And, he goes on to suggest, we must examine our own silence.
So why would Mr. Rich's news colleagues deprive people of information needed to take exactly that responsibility?
I'm not suggesting here that the Times or any news organization should be in collusion with a movement – pro-war or antiwar, pro-choice or pro-life, pro-government or pro-privatization.
I am suggesting that news organizations cover the news – that they inform the public about any widespread effort to give voice to those who share a widely held view about any major national issue.
To Read the Rest of the Opinion
War protests: Why no coverage?
Newspapers have a duty to inform citizens about such democratic events.
By Jerry Lanson
Christian Science Monitor
Coordinated antiwar protests in at least 11 American cities this weekend raised anew an interesting question about the nature of news coverage: Are the media ignoring rallies against the Iraq war because of their low turnout or is the turnout dampened by the lack of news coverage?
I find it unsettling that I even have to consider the question.
That most Americans oppose the war in Iraq is well established. The latest CBS News poll, in mid-October, found 26 percent of those polled approved of the way the president is handling the war and 67 percent disapproved. It found that 45 percent said they'd only be willing to keep large numbers of US troops in Iraq "for less than a year." And an ABC News-Washington Post poll in late September found that 55 percent felt Democrats in Congress had not gone far enough in opposing the war.
Granted, neither poll asked specifically about what this weekend's marchers wanted: An end to congressional funding for the war. Still, poll after poll has found substantial discontent with a war that ranks as the preeminent issue in the presidential campaign.
Given that context, it seems remarkable to me that in some of the 11 cities in which protests were held – Boston and New York, for example – major news outlets treated this "National Day of Action" as though it did not exist. As far as I can tell, neither The New York Times nor The Boston Globe had so much as a news brief about the march in the days leading up to it. The day after, The Times, at least in its national edition, totally ignored the thousands who marched in New York and the tens of thousands who marched nationwide. The Globe relegated the news of 10,000 spirited citizens (including me) marching through Boston's rain-dampened streets to a short piece deep inside its metro section. A single sentence noted the event's national context.
As a former newspaper editor, I was most taken aback by the silence beforehand. Surely any march of widespread interest warrants a brief news item to let people know that the event is taking place and that they can participate. It's called "advancing the news," and it has a time-honored place in American newsrooms.
With prescient irony, Frank Rich wrote in his Oct. 14 Times column, "We can continue to blame the Bush administration for the horrors of Iraq.… But we must also examine our own responsibility." And, he goes on to suggest, we must examine our own silence.
So why would Mr. Rich's news colleagues deprive people of information needed to take exactly that responsibility?
I'm not suggesting here that the Times or any news organization should be in collusion with a movement – pro-war or antiwar, pro-choice or pro-life, pro-government or pro-privatization.
I am suggesting that news organizations cover the news – that they inform the public about any widespread effort to give voice to those who share a widely held view about any major national issue.
To Read the Rest of the Opinion
Theodor W. Adorno: On Philosophy
"Philosophy, which once seemed obsolete, lives on because the moment to realize it was missed."
--Adorno, Theodor W. Negative Dialectics. trans. E.B. Ashton. NY: Routledge, 1973: 3.
--Adorno, Theodor W. Negative Dialectics. trans. E.B. Ashton. NY: Routledge, 1973: 3.
Buddy Guy and Co.: Legend Among Legends
Buddy Guy and Co.: Legend Among Legends
NPR: World Cafe
In addition to being one of the hardest-working performers in music, Buddy Guy also owns the most successful blues club in Chicago. His new album, Bring 'Em In, features guest performers from Tracy Chapman and John Mayer to Keith Richards and Carlos Santana.
For the collaborations, Guy and his friends reworked songs from Curtis Mayfield, Bob Marley and Bob Dylan. The record is the latest landmark in a career full of them: Buddy Guy pioneered electric Blues in Chicago, and he has influenced guitarists and singers for generations.
Buddy Guy was born in central Louisiana in 1936. By the time he was 10, music had become a favorite hobby. Guy got his first guitar as a teenager, and a few years later, he set out for Chicago with a friend. There, he started the career that, decades later, would include the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame asking for that first guitar.
Listen to the Show
Brown-Forman Midnite Ramble
Five-Time Grammy Award Winner Buddy Guy
Friday, November 9, 8 p.m.
The Kentucky Center
Whitney Hall
NPR: World Cafe
In addition to being one of the hardest-working performers in music, Buddy Guy also owns the most successful blues club in Chicago. His new album, Bring 'Em In, features guest performers from Tracy Chapman and John Mayer to Keith Richards and Carlos Santana.
For the collaborations, Guy and his friends reworked songs from Curtis Mayfield, Bob Marley and Bob Dylan. The record is the latest landmark in a career full of them: Buddy Guy pioneered electric Blues in Chicago, and he has influenced guitarists and singers for generations.
Buddy Guy was born in central Louisiana in 1936. By the time he was 10, music had become a favorite hobby. Guy got his first guitar as a teenager, and a few years later, he set out for Chicago with a friend. There, he started the career that, decades later, would include the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame asking for that first guitar.
Listen to the Show
Brown-Forman Midnite Ramble
Five-Time Grammy Award Winner Buddy Guy
Friday, November 9, 8 p.m.
The Kentucky Center
Whitney Hall
Sir Albert Howard: An Agricultural Testament; Michael Pollan: Omnivore's Dilemma; Peter Singer/Jim Mason: The Ethics of What We Eat
It is difficult to understand where our food come froms, how it is produced, and what is the "true cost" (economic, environmental, ethical) of our food. Three recent guides that have helped educate this urban raised-being:
The inspiration/voice/founder of the modern "organic" farming movement (before the industrial farms made the term virtually useless):
Sir Albert Howard: An Agricultural Testament/Soil and Health (You can see his poetic/political environmental influence very clearly in the philosophy/writings of Kentucky writer Wendell Berry)
Also:
The inspiration/voice/founder of the modern "organic" farming movement (before the industrial farms made the term virtually useless):
Sir Albert Howard: An Agricultural Testament/Soil and Health (You can see his poetic/political environmental influence very clearly in the philosophy/writings of Kentucky writer Wendell Berry)
Also:
Thursday, November 01, 2007
Olbermann on Bush's Press Conference Hissy Fit
(Courtesy of Nicole Belle and AlterNet)
Keith Olbermann looks once again at proof that America is being run by a petulant child prone to temper tantrums when he doesn't get his way.
To see the video
Keith Olbermann looks once again at proof that America is being run by a petulant child prone to temper tantrums when he doesn't get his way.
To see the video
BCTC Learning Resource Center: Native American Heritage Month
November is Native American Heritage Month, and we at the Learning Resource Center would like to acknowledge this important time! Throughout the month of November, books by Native American authors and books about Native American History will be on display in the LRC. We also have a webpage, accessible from our main page at Native American Heritage. We have a selected bibliography, a list of relevant websites and a template of bookmarks. All of these items will be available in hard copy in the LRC Cooper Campus. Please share this information with your classes, and if there is anything else we can do, let us know. Have a great month!
The Faculty and Staff of the Learning Resource Center
The Faculty and Staff of the Learning Resource Center
Frankfort Climate Action Forum: Leadership for a Sustainable Future (Nov 3)
Global warming meeting
Please join us in calling on our leaders to Step It Up
and take real action to address climate change!
Frankfort Climate Action Forum:
Leadership for a Sustainable Future
***
Women’s Club of Frankfort
200 Washington Street
Downtown Frankfort
Saturday, November 3
4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
***
Reception to Follow
Free and Open to the Public
Richard Taylor, poet and Kentucky State University Professor, will be speaking about “Lincoln, Leadership and Climate Change”, and Andy McDonald, of the Kentucky Solar Partnership, will discuss the science, policy, and politics involved in addressing climate change. Our local and state leaders have been invited, and we will hear from some of them, and from Mayor May, and get an update on the Mayor’s Task Force on Energy Efficiency and Climate Change.
The Frankfort Climate Action Forum is one of hundreds of events taking place around the country on November 3 as part of a National Day of Climate Action. We are highlighting the need for our leaders to step it up and promptly begin to address climate change in a real and meaningful way. You can find out more about the National Day of Action at www.stepitup07.org. For more info about the local action, which is being organized by the Frankfort Climate Action Network, call Connie at 223-7936 or e-mail connie_lemley@yahoo.com.
Please join us in calling on our leaders to Step It Up
and take real action to address climate change!
Frankfort Climate Action Forum:
Leadership for a Sustainable Future
***
Women’s Club of Frankfort
200 Washington Street
Downtown Frankfort
Saturday, November 3
4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
***
Reception to Follow
Free and Open to the Public
Richard Taylor, poet and Kentucky State University Professor, will be speaking about “Lincoln, Leadership and Climate Change”, and Andy McDonald, of the Kentucky Solar Partnership, will discuss the science, policy, and politics involved in addressing climate change. Our local and state leaders have been invited, and we will hear from some of them, and from Mayor May, and get an update on the Mayor’s Task Force on Energy Efficiency and Climate Change.
The Frankfort Climate Action Forum is one of hundreds of events taking place around the country on November 3 as part of a National Day of Climate Action. We are highlighting the need for our leaders to step it up and promptly begin to address climate change in a real and meaningful way. You can find out more about the National Day of Action at www.stepitup07.org. For more info about the local action, which is being organized by the Frankfort Climate Action Network, call Connie at 223-7936 or e-mail connie_lemley@yahoo.com.
Courtney Barlow: "Alternative Media and Popular Movements: The Oaxaca Story"
BCTC Peace and Justice Coalition Fall 2007 Speaker Series
Bluegrass Community and Technical College: Oswald Auditorium
Monday, November 5 from 6:30-7:45: Courtney Barlow on "Alternative Media and Popular Movements: The Oaxaca Story" Courtney will discuss the historical context (past two years) which led to the popular uprising in Oaxaca, Mexico and the movement’s use of media to overcome and combat governmental repression. In addition, she will share her own personal research from time spent with the movement´s Radio Plantón.
Bluegrass Community and Technical College: Oswald Auditorium
Monday, November 5 from 6:30-7:45: Courtney Barlow on "Alternative Media and Popular Movements: The Oaxaca Story" Courtney will discuss the historical context (past two years) which led to the popular uprising in Oaxaca, Mexico and the movement’s use of media to overcome and combat governmental repression. In addition, she will share her own personal research from time spent with the movement´s Radio Plantón.
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