Dirt! The Movie and Other Community Events in Cranston
From Steve Stycos: DIRT THE MOVIE The Pawtuxet Village Farmers Market and Friends of the Pawtuxet will present the Rhode Island premier of DIRT!The Movie, Wednesday March 2 at 7 PM at the William Hall Free Library, 1825 Broad Street, Cranston. The acclaimed and humorous documentary explores the relationship between man, soil and food around [...]
A Message from Snow Kitty
Snow Kitty says “Happy Valentine’s Day 2011!”
Gong Hei Fat Choy
I’m just back from Vermont–celebrating the Year of the Rabbit, which officially began on February 3, but is a ten day festival, so you can eat a chocolate bunny on Valentines Day if you want. Vermont has more snow than Rhode Island, and more fell every day. I learned how to make some Chinese recipes, [...]
Now it Can be Told
Now it’s common knowledge that Arianna Huffington sold her blog, the Huffington Post, to AOL for $315M. I feel at this time I can reveal that AOL approached Kmareka first. I will not disclose how much they offered us, just to say it was in the low 10 figures. Dollars, I mean. Decimal points not [...]
Egypt
Watching the jubilant crowds on the TV and so glad that the dire predictions of a bloodbath have so far not come to pass. CAIRO (AP) – Cries of “Egypt is free” rang out and fireworks lit up the sky as hundreds of thousands danced, wept and prayed in joyful pandemonium Friday after 18 days [...]
Bayard Rustin–A Civil Rights Leader
February 9 at the State House in Providence, the hearing on marriage equality went over six hours and heard testimony pro and con two bills, one of which would legalize same-sex marriage on the same basis as opposite-sex marriage (HR 512). The other (H 5260) would amend our state Constitution to define marriage as between [...]
Just Say No to Corporate-Driven Education Reform
I never thought I would find a use for Nancy Reagan’s famous anti-drug slogan of the ’80′s, but I think it might be the appropriate response to some of the education reforms being pushed by Race to the Top and its corporate underwriters, which include (most famously) Bill Gates, among other less famous billionaires. There [...]
ProJo Has the Best Video of Marriage Hearing
I checked out the local news, and ProJo just has the best video, though it only covers the rally. Here is from last summer, a man speaking in tongues. I post this for old time’s sake, though I won’t be dropping by Apponaug Pentecostal anytime soon. Speaking in tongues completely absolves you of having to [...]
John Green on Marriage Equality
Today, let us be mindful of the many things we often take for granted. I’m asking all of you here, for whom this applies–to just consider for a moment– your material comforts, your health care, education– all the rights, privileges and protections under the laws you enjoy by simple virtue of the fact that you [...]
Testimony at the State House
We waited in room 313 for about seven hours to testify, but we were grateful to have chairs. I give credit for everyone who stuck it out, regardless of their point of view. Even Chris Young waited until after he had testified to start with the cops and get thrown out. This is my written [...]
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