A Women’s Day Wednesday

Rachel Maddow gets The Verdict on MSNBC, she’s been a political analyst there since last January. Rachel will continue her show on Air America. My verdict will depend on how many of the usual good old racist, sexist bigots (the ones MSNBC seems so loath to get rid off), she …

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Dinner Notes

Lunch notes. Almost dinner notes actually. I’m waiting to attend a meeting, so here I sit. HT / Kevin . Copy and pasted really. Lavena Johnson awareness still picking up, via google email newsand blog alerts, as well as technorati. Danielle Vyas petition is a mere 110 signatures away from …

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Quick Note

Must read from Col. Ann Wright, a retired Army Reserve colonel, a 29-year veteran of the Army and Army Reserves, and former diplomat. Sexual Assault in the Military: A DoD Cover-Up? The main Lavena Johnson site is offering up free handouts on LaVena Johnson for passing out to spread the …

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LaVena Johnson – redux

The the Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs did not hear the LaVena Johnson case today at their Oversight Hearing on Sexual Assault in the Military. The transcripts of the meeting can be found at the sight. The House Arms Services committee is reviewing the case, but the Army …

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An Officer of the Law, in the Public School Hallway, With a Taser – Let’s Get A Clue

Or could it be on the military base, by a comrade, with a gun. That where we are today folks. First a day of taser blogging via a campaign started at Electrocuted While Black, or blogging against Pre-Trial Execution, and a reminder on the LaVena Johnson case, a case I’ll …

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Pure Life, Unnecessary Death, and Infinitesimal Congressional Terms

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Coverage of the LaVena Johnson case appears to be picking up, if the email notices I’m getting are any indication. A new petition has been started via Color of Change, please check it out. We should all be chanting “Attica, Attica” on this one. Though some blogs are posting about …

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