I'd love to watch this. Anyone in San Francisco (yeah, San Francisco) have Sundance? I'd love to watch this documentary about the Critical Art Ensemble and the ongoing and inexplicable persecution of Steve Kurtz. Strange Culture Airs on Sundance Channel December 2007 12/11 @ 9:35pm EST/PST 12/13 @ 12:35am EST/PST 12/14 @ 10:35am EST/PST 12/16 ...
We just returned from Hudson Valley no-type-of-car vacation number two and my co-workers are telling me I should write a book. They might be onto something, since I've been looking for that book for three years and as far as I can tell it isn't out there. Route One took us ...
I haven't posted about wrangling with computers in a while because I haven't really been wrangling with computers lately and people seem to take offense when you go and post about how infuriating they can be (at least as infuriating as software) so I've been mostly keeping my mouth shut. ...
Taliah told me about how when she was a kid, Ithaca was overrun with raccoons. It was a big issue, the raccoons and what to do about them, but they did some things (killed them, mostly) and now there aren't raccoons. There are turkeys. Lots of wild turkeys. It turns ...
wasabi peas, persimmons, watching the leaves on someone's overgrown deck turn lemon yellow, stumbling upon Orli Van Mourik. Lynn Stewart talking about poetry
I played The Gotham Gazette Garbage Game and sent 1,897,871 tons of refuse across 290,226 miles.
Luisa maintains this list in her sidebar, currently. It works like poetry (oi, and she's a poet. go figure) on me, I want to know more. Her little photos are the same, I want to zoom in on everything. What about Charles Olson? What is your recipe for ...
I heard a story about kids and their incredible spelling, but the thing that secretly confused me was this: I thought that Johnny Cakes were a southern thing. And I thought they were sort of a variation on corn bread. I've never heard of them having meat in them. It ...
Bet you haven't read about this one any place lately, and you can be sure that they won't be spending a lot of time studying violent repression of organizers and activists. I'm scrambling with a few projects today, but this passed the House last week (two weeks ago?) and it is currently headed to committee. Could be on the Senate floor next week. Here's the Senate Committee on Homeland Security roster if you want to reach out to anyone: Joseph I. Lieberman Chairman (ID) (CT) Susan M. Collins Ranking Member (ME) Carl Levin (MI) Ted Stevens (AK) Daniel K. Akaka (HI) George V. Voinovich (OH) Thomas R. Carper (DE) Norm Coleman (MN) Mark L. Pryor (AR) Tom Coburn (OK) Mary L. Landrieu (LA) Pete V. Domenici (NM) Barack Obama (IL) John Warner (VA) Claire McCaskill (MO) John E. Sununu (NH) Jon Tester (MT) Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007 AN ACT To prevent homegrown terrorism, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the 'Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007'. SEC. 2. PREVENTION OF VIOLENT RADICALIZATION AND HOMEGROWN TERRORISM. (a) In General- Title VIII of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 361 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new subtitle: 'Subtitle J--Prevention of Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism 'SEC. 899A. DEFINITIONS. 'For purposes of this subtitle: '(1) COMMISSION- The term 'Commission' means the National Commission on the Prevention of Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism established under section 899C. '(2) VIOLENT RADICALIZATION- The term 'violent radicalization' means the process of adopting or promoting an extremist belief system for the purpose of facilitating ideologically based violence to advance political, religious, or social change. '(3) HOMEGROWN TERRORISM- The term 'homegrown terrorism' means the use, planned use, or threatened use, of force or violence by a group or individual born, raised, or based and operating primarily within the United States or any possession of the United States to intimidate or coerce the United States government, the civilian population of the United States, or any segment thereof, in furtherance of political or social objectives. '(4) IDEOLOGICALLY BASED VIOLENCE- The term 'ideologically based violence' means the use, planned use, or threatened use of force or violence by a group or individual to promote the group or individual's political, religious, or social beliefs.
Check it out and comment if you'd like. Michelle Murrain made some good points privately about the importance of backing up a requirement like that (like what? go read it.) with real support resources and not just dumping it on people. Go read it. Maybe later I'll get ...
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