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San Francisco suburb uses eminent domain to keep out Wal-Mart

by derek, posted to News / San Francisco / Urban Planning

A San Francisco suburb voted Tuesday night to use the power of eminent domain to keep Wal-Mart Stores Inc. off a piece of city land after hearing from dozens of residents who accused the big-box retailer of engaging in scare tactics to force its way into the bedroom community.
The overflow crowd that packed into the [...]

Jessie MacBeth

by derek, posted to News / Our Government

Former Army Ranger and Iraq War Veteran Jessie MacBeth speaks out about American atrocities. Quite shocking and depressing, but think of it as penance. He describes families he was made to kill, says the war is a big lie. Suprise, suprise.
Update: the video has now been removed. Seems his uniform didn’t check out with the [...]

Bush and Clone Poke Fun at Bush

by derek, posted to Our Government / Video

This is art. Surreal. Bush on stage with a doppleganger speaking his publically suspected and personally held beliefs. Whoever talked him into that was brilliant.

Al Gore’s New Movie

by derek, posted to Us / Video

Here’s a trailer from Al Gore’s new movie, “An Inconvenient Truth.”

Renegade Art

by mm, posted to Chicago / Dissent

Scott Smith of Chicagoist wrote this post about a group of artists staging an art show on the El tonight.
“…we’re taking back the spaces taken over by private corporations, turning them into places for artwork to be viewed and having a party at the same time.”
Kind of similar to Derek’s idea about creating […]