Everybody Knows with Dr. Bob and Dan-o
Hotel room at a Singapore resort: $253.
Discounted tickets to watch wild dolphins suffer in captivity: Priceless.
Mastercard is offering discounted tickets to the infamous Resorts World Sentosa, a resort in Singapore that recently kidnapped 27 wild dolphins for an exhibit. Two of those dolphins have already died, and the 25 other dolphins are being held in brutal conditions until construction of the exhibit is complete. The surviving dolphins' risks of illness and death increase with each day of captivity.
100,000 Change.org members have already called on Resorts World Sentosa to release its captive dolphins. If Mastercard cancels its ticket discount promotion, it will put big financial pressure on the resort to finally set the dolphins free.
Please sign dolphin activist Barbara Napoles's petition on Change.org calling for Mastercard to stop offering discounted tickets to Resorts World Sentosa.
Statistics for captive dolphins are bleak. While dolphins in the wild usually live for 45 years, more than half of all captured dolphins die within their first two years of captivity.
Discounted tickets to watch wild dolphins suffer in captivity: Priceless.
Mastercard is offering discounted tickets to the infamous Resorts World Sentosa, a resort in Singapore that recently kidnapped 27 wild dolphins for an exhibit. Two of those dolphins have already died, and the 25 other dolphins are being held in brutal conditions until construction of the exhibit is complete. The surviving dolphins' risks of illness and death increase with each day of captivity.
100,000 Change.org members have already called on Resorts World Sentosa to release its captive dolphins. If Mastercard cancels its ticket discount promotion, it will put big financial pressure on the resort to finally set the dolphins free.
Please sign dolphin activist Barbara Napoles's petition on Change.org calling for Mastercard to stop offering discounted tickets to Resorts World Sentosa.
Statistics for captive dolphins are bleak. While dolphins in the wild usually live for 45 years, more than half of all captured dolphins die within their first two years of captivity.
Guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. It's the foundation of our justice system, built to serve and protect the wrongly accused. But in the case of Troy Davis, it's a principle that has been defied, ignored and trampled on.
I'm writing to you once more, Suzanne, because Troy's execution is scheduled for next week, and there is simply too much doubt in his case for us to allow this to happen.
A week from today, on Monday, September 19th, Troy has his final hearing in front of the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles. They have the power to halt the scheduled execution and commute Troy's sentence, permanently preventing what could be a wrongful execution.
It is now up to us to make sure the Board hears our voices loud and clear. Send a letter to the Board asking them to grant clemency for Troy Davis, and make sure it's something from the heart:
Take Action Now
Earlier this month I visited the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification State Prison, where Troy Davis awaits his fate.
I'm writing to you once more, Suzanne, because Troy's execution is scheduled for next week, and there is simply too much doubt in his case for us to allow this to happen.
A week from today, on Monday, September 19th, Troy has his final hearing in front of the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles. They have the power to halt the scheduled execution and commute Troy's sentence, permanently preventing what could be a wrongful execution.
It is now up to us to make sure the Board hears our voices loud and clear. Send a letter to the Board asking them to grant clemency for Troy Davis, and make sure it's something from the heart:
Take Action Now
Earlier this month I visited the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification State Prison, where Troy Davis awaits his fate.
Guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. It's the foundation of our justice system, built to serve and protect the wrongly accused. But in the case of Troy Davis, it's a principle that has been defied, ignored and trampled on.
I'm writing to you once more, Suzanne, because Troy's execution is scheduled for next week, and there is simply too much doubt in his case for us to allow this to happen.
A week from today, on Monday, September 19th, Troy has his final hearing in front of the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles. They have the power to halt the scheduled execution and commute Troy's sentence, permanently preventing what could be a wrongful execution.
It is now up to us to make sure the Board hears our voices loud and clear. Send a letter to the Board asking them to grant clemency for Troy Davis, and make sure it's something from the heart:
Take Action Now
Earlier this month I visited the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification State Prison, where Troy Davis awaits his fate.
I'm writing to you once more, Suzanne, because Troy's execution is scheduled for next week, and there is simply too much doubt in his case for us to allow this to happen.
A week from today, on Monday, September 19th, Troy has his final hearing in front of the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles. They have the power to halt the scheduled execution and commute Troy's sentence, permanently preventing what could be a wrongful execution.
It is now up to us to make sure the Board hears our voices loud and clear. Send a letter to the Board asking them to grant clemency for Troy Davis, and make sure it's something from the heart:
Take Action Now
Earlier this month I visited the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification State Prison, where Troy Davis awaits his fate.
Tuesday, September 13th, 2011, 12:30 -3:00 PM - President Obama will be visiting the Fort Hayes Academic High School as part of his trip promoting the American Jobs Act. We'll be there to raise awareness about the tremendous danger that the Keystone XL Pipeline project represents and how it is entirely in Obama's power to end that threat. Many of you are aware of the Tar Sands Action to protest the Keystone XL Pipeline by sitting in at the White House. Several of us from Columbus traveled to DC to tell President Obama to reject the permit that would allow construction of an oil pipeline from Canada to Houston, TX. Those of us who participated in DC were supported by many of you reading this email. Now you have an opportunity to raise awareness of this important issue right here in Columbus.
Here are the locations where you can sign the petition to repeal HB 194 - the anti-voter bill now in the Ohio state legislature:
Friday-Monday
Greek Festival - Greek Orthodox Cathedral 555 N. High Street Columbus, Ohio 43215
Saturday night
Gallery Hop - Short North
Sat beginning at 10am Driving Park Library, 1566 East Livingston Avenue, Columbus Ohio 43205
Sunday 5-7pm Scioto Mile
Friday-Monday
Greek Festival - Greek Orthodox Cathedral 555 N. High Street Columbus, Ohio 43215
Saturday night
Gallery Hop - Short North
Sat beginning at 10am Driving Park Library, 1566 East Livingston Avenue, Columbus Ohio 43205
Sunday 5-7pm Scioto Mile
WOSU TV refuses to play "Locked Out" the new labor documentary by Joan Sekler. Stacia Hentz, program director for WOSU (2400 Olentangy River Road, Columbus 43210) and she said she did take a look at the information about the documentary and she said, "This program would not fit for my market"!
All the labor union activists who tirelessly worked on SB 5 should be outraged! Why is there no market for a movie about labor in Columbus? Perhaps because the movie depicts a successful revolt by laborers in California?
It is a David and Goliath story of how 560 unionized (ILWU) miners in the desert town of Boron, California, stood up to their employer Rio Tinto, a giant multinational mining corporation, and refused to accept wage and benefit cuts in their new contract last year. The company, in revenge, locked out the workers and replaced them with scabs. For almost 4 months the miners and their families organized a massive campaign and finally won a decent contract, and were able to return to work, and most of the scabs were let go. This was a successful struggle against corporate greed.
All the labor union activists who tirelessly worked on SB 5 should be outraged! Why is there no market for a movie about labor in Columbus? Perhaps because the movie depicts a successful revolt by laborers in California?
It is a David and Goliath story of how 560 unionized (ILWU) miners in the desert town of Boron, California, stood up to their employer Rio Tinto, a giant multinational mining corporation, and refused to accept wage and benefit cuts in their new contract last year. The company, in revenge, locked out the workers and replaced them with scabs. For almost 4 months the miners and their families organized a massive campaign and finally won a decent contract, and were able to return to work, and most of the scabs were let go. This was a successful struggle against corporate greed.
"Essentially game over" for the climate. That's what climate scientist James Hanson calls the proposed Keystone XL pipeline — which would carry oil out of Canada's vast tar sands oil fields to Texas, where it will be refined, then burned across the globe, dealing a catastrophic blow to our chance of returning earth to a stable climate.
This project requires a presidential permit to start building — and it is President Obama's decision alone to grant or deny that permit. He will make the decision as soon as September.
Tell President Obama: Stop the Keystone XL pipeline. Click here to automatically sign the petition.
The Alberta tar sands are a carbon bomb. The 3rd largest oil field in the world, the difficult extraction and transportation of the tar sands oil ultimately produces up to three times the carbon emissions of traditional oil. (And extreme environmental devastation along the way.)1
This project requires a presidential permit to start building — and it is President Obama's decision alone to grant or deny that permit. He will make the decision as soon as September.
Tell President Obama: Stop the Keystone XL pipeline. Click here to automatically sign the petition.
The Alberta tar sands are a carbon bomb. The 3rd largest oil field in the world, the difficult extraction and transportation of the tar sands oil ultimately produces up to three times the carbon emissions of traditional oil. (And extreme environmental devastation along the way.)1
Fair Elections Ohio is collecting the initial 1,000 signatures for the petition
Friday, August 5, 2011
from 9:00 a.m. to noon
at the
Franklin County Democratic Party
340 E. Fulton Street
Columbus, OH 43215
For more information contact: Jennifer Dillard at 614.229.5286 or Email.
Here’s how the H.B. 194 will hurt Ohioans by reducing their access to voting:
Reduce by mail absentee voting to 3 weeks from 5 weeks and reduce in-person absentee voting to 2 weeks.
Ban in-person absentee voting on Sundays and Saturday afternoon
Ban in-person early voting during the last weekend before the election
Make it more difficult for the Election Boards to open extra offices in the community to make it more convenient to vote early
Stop local Election Boards from sending absentee ballot applications unsolicited to all voters
Stop local Elections Boards from paying postage on return absentee ballot requests or on the return of absentee ballots
Impose technical reasons not to count votes
Order a minimum voting precinct size in cities and villages only
from 9:00 a.m. to noon
at the
Franklin County Democratic Party
340 E. Fulton Street
Columbus, OH 43215
For more information contact: Jennifer Dillard at 614.229.5286 or Email.
Here’s how the H.B. 194 will hurt Ohioans by reducing their access to voting:
Reduce by mail absentee voting to 3 weeks from 5 weeks and reduce in-person absentee voting to 2 weeks.
Ban in-person absentee voting on Sundays and Saturday afternoon
Ban in-person early voting during the last weekend before the election
Make it more difficult for the Election Boards to open extra offices in the community to make it more convenient to vote early
Stop local Election Boards from sending absentee ballot applications unsolicited to all voters
Stop local Elections Boards from paying postage on return absentee ballot requests or on the return of absentee ballots
Impose technical reasons not to count votes
Order a minimum voting precinct size in cities and villages only
The Ohio Attorney General's Office rejected the ballot language that was submitted to begin the repeal process of the Voter Suppression Bill (H.B. 194). This bill would make it harder to vote in OHIO!
We need to collect another 1,000 signatures Wednesday, Aug. 3 to resubmit the ballot language to the Attorney General's Office and get their approval as soon as possible. Since the old petition was rejected, everyone needs to sign this new petition.
Please spread the word, bring a friend and sign a petition tomorrow at one of the following central Ohio locations:
Delaware County
1-3 p.m. and 6-8 p.m.
Delaware County Democratic Party
12 1/2 North Sandusky Street
Delaware, OH 43015
Franklin County
Clintonville
2 p.m.-8 p.m.
Corner Stone Deli
3296 North High Street
Columbus, OH 43202
Columbus
1 p.m.-7 p.m.
Franklin County Democratic Party
340 E. Fulton Street
Columbus, OH 43215
1 p.m.-3 p.m.
Whetstone Public Library
3909 N. High St,
Columbus, OH 43214
2 p.m.-9 p.m.
4898 Sharon Avenue
Columbus, OH 43214
We need to collect another 1,000 signatures Wednesday, Aug. 3 to resubmit the ballot language to the Attorney General's Office and get their approval as soon as possible. Since the old petition was rejected, everyone needs to sign this new petition.
Please spread the word, bring a friend and sign a petition tomorrow at one of the following central Ohio locations:
Delaware County
1-3 p.m. and 6-8 p.m.
Delaware County Democratic Party
12 1/2 North Sandusky Street
Delaware, OH 43015
Franklin County
Clintonville
2 p.m.-8 p.m.
Corner Stone Deli
3296 North High Street
Columbus, OH 43202
Columbus
1 p.m.-7 p.m.
Franklin County Democratic Party
340 E. Fulton Street
Columbus, OH 43215
1 p.m.-3 p.m.
Whetstone Public Library
3909 N. High St,
Columbus, OH 43214
2 p.m.-9 p.m.
4898 Sharon Avenue
Columbus, OH 43214
What happens when you let Big Business regulate itself? You get fracked. Hydraulic fracturing — also known as fracking — is a controversial method of natural gas extraction that involves injecting a toxic chemical sludge into the surface of the earth until it rips open.
And it’s a case study in the dangers of letting giant corporations sidestep laws that protect our health, our investments and our environment.
Learn more about the risks of fracking, including how it could threaten your drinking water
In 2005, then-Vice President Dick Cheney got fracking exempted from laws that keep our air and water clean. That exemption — known as the “Halliburton loophole” — allows oil and gas companies to force hazardous chemicals into underground water supplies.
As if that’s not enough, the Halliburton loophole is only one of seven exemptions for the oil and gas industries from major federal environmental laws like the Clean Air Act and National Environmental Policy Act.
And it’s a case study in the dangers of letting giant corporations sidestep laws that protect our health, our investments and our environment.
Learn more about the risks of fracking, including how it could threaten your drinking water
In 2005, then-Vice President Dick Cheney got fracking exempted from laws that keep our air and water clean. That exemption — known as the “Halliburton loophole” — allows oil and gas companies to force hazardous chemicals into underground water supplies.
As if that’s not enough, the Halliburton loophole is only one of seven exemptions for the oil and gas industries from major federal environmental laws like the Clean Air Act and National Environmental Policy Act.