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m-pyre: m-pyre birthday: recession edition

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 19:48:00 -0500

Mikaela says:
The m's thought it would be fun -- okay, bad word choice -- to write about how the recession has affected us as our birthday reflection this year.

So with my daughter screaming herself to sleep in the next room, heaters blaring in [...]

New Mexico Independent: Health care weekend roundup

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 19:22:20 -0500

The Senate worked through the weekend on health care reform, so here’s a quick recap of what they got done during that time. The answer is, actually, not all that much.

President Barack Obama spoke to Democratic Senators for about half an hour behind closed doors. Notably, he did not [...]

Democracy for New Mexico: Help DPNM & Blue Star Mothers Send Holiday Care Packages to NM Troops

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 14:48:23 -0500

Find the Good inside you this Holiday Season—
Give to the Heroes inside NM
Donate Goods for our New Mexico Troops
Blue Star Mothers’ Holiday Goods Drive for our New Mexico Troops overseas!

The Democratic Party of New Mexico is hosting a Goods Drive with [...]

Democracy for New Mexico: All Dems Welcome at DPBC's Posole and Politics Dec. 17

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 14:01:23 -0500

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The Democratic Party of Bernalillo County is hosting Posole and Politics on December 17 at 6:00 PM at the Plumbers' and Pipefitters' Hall, 515 San Pedro SE in Albuquerque. All Democrats are welcome to attend, and it's' [...]

Diogenes'six: Schmidly in tough spot.

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 13:05:00 -0500

UNM President David Schmidly made a decision to not conduct an independent review of the handling of the Locksley affair.

His decision has been challenged.

The Graduate And Professional Student Association @ UNM, at their recent GPSA Council Meeting, have decided to conduct an election on the question [...]

New Mexico FBIHOP: Public Policy Polling considering polling a NM district

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 12:24:42 -0500

The Democratic polling firm Public Policy Polling (PPP) has an online poll about which district they should poll next. Two of the options are districts from New Mexico, the 1st Congressional District and the 2nd Congressional District.

So if you want to see some polling of a New Mexico district, [...]

What's The Word with Peter St. Cyr: Richardson helps protect wildlife migration corridors

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 12:21:00 -0500

Great news for hunters and wildlife lovers. On Friday, Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter joined New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson in announcing a new initiative to identify and protect key wildlife travel and migration corridors between the two states.

The two governors have [...]

Democracy for New Mexico: 12/8: Candlelight Vigil in Santa Fe for Health Care Reform

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 11:42:47 -0500

Passed along by Health Action New Mexico: Join members of faith communities who will assemble at the U.S. Capitol in Washington DC and in locations throughout the country on Tuesday, December 8, for a Day of Action for Health Care for All. Plan to attend, invite others and join together to [...]

Diogenes'six: Bernalillo County Ethics Ordinance isn't.

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 09:07:00 -0500

County Commissioner Maggie Hart Stebbins is trying to write and pass legislation that would compel county employees to discharge their duties ethically.

The proposed legislation, link, is under revision, and community meetings have been held for public input.

At one of the first [...]

Diogenes'six: "anonymous" points to huge problems in the Albuquerque Police Department.

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 08:36:00 -0500

The question is; do you ignore complaints from people who make their complaints anonymously simply because their complaints are made anonymously?

One of the allegations that "anonymous" makes is; if s/he made a formal complaint, s/he would suffer retaliation.

That fear is justified.

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Cocoposts: Thelma's Truths

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 06:28:27 -0500

When I read the Albuquerque Journal I find Thelma Domenici's manners column is often what I enjoy most. Hers* is the only writing that makes sense and rings true. Her tone is clear-headed and her message is smooth. Well, as...' [...]

The Westerner: Cowgirl Sass & Savvy

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 06:12:00 -0500

Equal opportunity cowgirl

Julie Carter

It didn't take an act of Congress to give cowgirls their equal opportunity rights in their work at the ranch.

Since cowgirl time began, the women of the range have been afforded the opportunity to work side by side' [...]

The Westerner: Song Of The Day #194

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 06:11:00 -0500

Our Gospel song this Sunday morning is Face To Face by the great bluegrass singer Claire Lynch. It's on her 12 track CD Whatcha Gonna Do.

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The Westerner: Police Tapped Sprint Customer GPS Data 8 Million Times In A Year

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 06:09:00 -0500

Under a new system set up by Sprint, law enforcement agencies have gotten GPS data from the company about its wireless customers 8 million times in about a year, raising a host of questions about consumer privacy, transparency, and oversight of how police obtain location data. What this means -- [...]

The Westerner: Sprint manager: ‘Half’ of all police surveillance includes text messaging

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 06:08:00 -0500

According to a graduate student's research into the spying policies of major U.S. telecommunications companies, at a recent security conference a Sprint surveillance manager told a group of onlookers that half of all police requests include the target's text messages. Half of millions -- including some 8 million automated, web-based [...]

The Westerner: Lawsuit seeks information on federal surveillance of social networking sites

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 06:04:00 -0500

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and the University of California, Berkeley's Samuelson Clinic have filed a lawsuit (PDF document) against six government agencies, seeking information on their use of social networking sites for data collection and surveillance. The lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of [...]

The Westerner: Homeland Security or Homeland Enslavement?

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 05:58:00 -0500

By now, most readers are familiar with the story of how a Virginia couple, Michaele and Tareq Salahi, crashed the White House State Dinner last Tuesday evening. President and Mrs. Obama were entertaining Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in the first official State Dinner of the new administration. The Salahis [...]

The Westerner: A New Alliance for Criminal Justice Reform? Don't Count On It.

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 05:56:00 -0500

New York Times Supreme Court reporter Adam Liptak had legal and political opinion websites buzzing last week with a front-page article about non-traditional left-right alliances that may be emerging on criminal justice issues. In particular, Liptak's piece focused on a project started by the conservative Heritage Foundation that aims to [...]

The Westerner: Turner blasts REAL ID Act

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 05:55:00 -0500

Republican gubernatorial hopeful Doug Turner blasted the REAL ID Act which could force New Mexicans to use a passport for domestic travel after the new year if the state is not granted an extension. This is because New Mexico drivers licenses would not reach the standards of the REAL ID [...]

The Westerner: E-mail stirs fears of hijacking 'dry run'

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 05:51:00 -0500

An airline is fending off charges fueled by a widely circulated e-mail that an incident on a flight from Atlanta to Houston, reported by news media as minor, actually bore the marks of a "dry run" by Muslim terrorists. of a purported passenger on AirTran Flight 297 on Nov. 17, [...]

The Westerner: Brussels gives CIA the power to search UK bank records

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 05:50:00 -0500

THE CIA is to be given broad access to the bank records of millions of Britons under a European Union plan to fight terrorism. The Brussels agreement, which will come into force in two months’ time, requires the 27 EU member states to grant requests for banking information made by [...]