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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. For questions about this list, contact Jude at moderator@planetwaves.net. Pursuant to federal copyright statutes, all articles are distributed without profit to people who express a prior interest only. 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. More here: http://planetwaves.net/contents/bastilleprotest.html Have fun, let it out -- love from Paris, e Links TruthOut.org Psychsound by Steve Bergstein	Political Waves Google Group Click here to join this group Latest Posts 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 That Was The Week That Was ... 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
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