Political Waves


THE WORLD IS GOING WILD.

In an effort to keep Planet Waves readers up to date on the news, for the past two years we've been offering the Political Waves list. The list features news articles from major media outlets, alternative press and political blogs, selected by Jude. She also provides insightful, witty, on-point and generally excellent commentary that keeps me laughing and awake.

Jude is our one-woman News [junkie] Department, but there's a lot of "chatter" behind the scenes, a little news cult that anyone can join by writing to one of us, and some dedicated readers and Planet Wavers keep things popping. Many of the best posts are sent in from the reading audience, so please keep an eye on things and let us know if anything looks interesting.

Personally, I find Political Waves is the most accessible news source I read every day. There's just enough of the right information, it's a bit more radical than truthout.org, and the list comes with the ever-elusive SPIRITUAL PERSPECTIVE ON THE NEWS. That's the amazing part, really.

You can read the list online here, or you can subscribe and have the mailings sent by email. We send about 5 articles per day, in five or so posts. The materials will be carefully selected but they will not be fact-checked by Planet Waves editors, but we do keep an eye on things and choose from wholesome sources.

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Photo above right is a French riot cop during a happier moment than now. This was taken last spring at the Bastille protest against budget cuts to education.

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Oink, Oink
Sat, 06 Feb 2010 17:15:34 UT
Snow, snow, SNOW! *Bah humbug*.
But as tired as I am of it here in the Patch, my sympathies go out to you
Right Coasters. Be careful this weekend! Now, as for pigs ...
During the Massachusetts special election, and punctuated during Obama's
State of the Union, the American public learned something it didn't know --

Putting 'Protection' Back in EPA
Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:57:22 UT
While conservatives are doing just about everything they can think of to
stop it, the Environmental Protection Agency is moving ahead aggressively to
regulate greenhouse gases, protect the public from health hazards and
reverse the sometimes illegal practices of the Bush years. After a slow
start and some missteps, EPA administrator Lisa Jackson seems to have turned

Justifiable Homicide
Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:46:17 UT
Last week, the courts gave a nod to vigilantism as the people of Kansas
heard arguments in defense of Scott Roeder. Ultimately, the jury deliberated
a mere 37 minutes -- always a bad sign for the defense -- before finding
Roeder guilty of premeditated, first-degree
murder<[link]>in the

Activism: The Promise of the First Amendment
Sat, 30 Jan 2010 00:39:30 UT
*Note:* I'm just coming out of the fog of flu -- this particular version
takes your stomach and keeps it for awhile; I'm still trying to keep things
down. Apologies for the long absence, dearhearts.
So what happens when our High Court gives us a ruling so heinous to the
democratic process and protection of the individual that the President takes

Deep breath
Fri, 22 Jan 2010 03:38:58 UT
This has been a dreadful week for the world, progressives and me, personally
-- my little two-person household has both bronchitis AND the flu which
makes maintaining order near impossible, I've been writing and re-writing in
a frenzy as we approach release of the yearly project ... and, insult to
housekeeping injury ... *the puppy won't go out in the rain*.

Making Common Cause
Mon, 18 Jan 2010 17:39:29 UT
*"Ideologies separate us. Dreams and anguish bring us together."*
~ Eugene Ionesco
Angusih unites us in Haiti -- here's Noam
Chomsky<[link]>on
Haiti's history; a voice that tells unvarnished truth. The dream of a
better nation, a better world, unites us as well. Obama spoke at Vermont

Seriously, now
Sat, 16 Jan 2010 17:29:08 UT
Not ignoring you, kids -- got a bad cold at the beginning of the week, so
I've been conserving energy and working on the Confidential. And of course
the TV is giving us Haiti as a PTSD experience of New Orleans ... you can't
not watch. I mentioned awhile back I wanted to speak to Chris Dodd's
retirement and there are some new wrinkles.

A common enemy
Mon, 11 Jan 2010 21:50:28 UT
Lets start with a quote for the day:
*“I am thrilled to be joining the great talent and management team at Fox
News. It’s wonderful to be part of a place that so values fair and
balancednews.“
*
~ Sarah Palin
Well, some things are just DESTINED, ya know?
Unemployment is hitting a hard and stable 10 + % but we can double that when

Of mice and maniacs
Fri, 08 Jan 2010 20:03:03 UT
Well, I'm home ... knee-deep in snow, bills and e-mails; it will take some
time and effort to dig out of each. Having downloaded the PC updates waiting
in queue for over a month [4 and 1/2 hours worth ... dial up, doncha know] I
checked politics to see if anything but high angst and hot air had happened

The Review
Fri, 01 Jan 2010 21:23:21 UT
I have ignored politics for an entire week and the world has done just fine
without my consistent monitoring! In fact, the discussion appears not to
have moved much one way or another. I'd suppose it's still about reality
deadlock, as you'll find
here<[link]>

Doable or Un? Helpful or Un? That is the question
Mon, 21 Dec 2009 23:32:09 UT
First let me start by wishing you a Blessed Solstice -- and urge you to put
a pocket of time aside for stillness and reverence ... or maybe just your
feet up, sipping some herbal tea and listening to soothing music. We begin
our journey into shorter days, Winter sleep and recharge.
Next, I neglected you last week so I offer a hint of an apology -- I was

pick-a-little, talk-a-little
Mon, 14 Dec 2009 20:43:45 UT
Boy, are we one confused species *or what*! Everybody has an opinion, facts
are by and large irrelevant and we're so enamored of the 'way it's always
been' [or at least has been in our own narcissistic memory vault] that we'll
fight to keep it, by gawd! I know that's the human condition ... but we USED

TW3 ... and the toe-holds
Fri, 11 Dec 2009 21:05:24 UT
*T*hat *W*as *T*he *W*eek *T*hat *W*as ... laced with controversy; and the
Review prompted a bit in my own mind as it juxtaposed Human/Elf sex with
Anderson Cooper. *Hmmmmm*. In fact, elves took it on the chin in this weeks
report. Me, I like elves ... and Santa ... and all things merry and bright,

Stuck in a groove
Mon, 07 Dec 2009 20:27:23 UT
It's Pearl Harbor Day, the Day of Infamy -- Digby tells us why there's an
echo<[link]>in
here.

*Waaaaay* back when, I told you that what we were experiencing ... Dubby
shenanigans, worsening day by day ... was not 'business as usual.' I wasn't

The Questions
Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:12:22 UT
The escalation of our presence in Afghanistan ... "surge" is the word I keep
hearing ... is taking up the political oxygen. The Right has spun off in
Righty rhetoric, the Lefty's into Lefty pursuits. It feels to me as if I'm
caught between two giant vortexes, staring alternately into each as familiar