photo of Soviet Luna 9 (Lunik 9) courtesy NASA
Lunik 9 performed the first soft landing on the moon on February 3, 1966.

courtesy U.S. Senate Historical Office
Paul Sarbanes
was born on February 3, 1933.

official photo
Congressman Rob Wittman
has a birthday on February 3.

official portrait
Congressman Tom Graves
has a birthday on February 3.

photographer/creator: NASA Starting from the bottom right and going clockwise: McCandless,    McNair,    Gibson,    Brand, and Stewart,

photographer/creator: NASA were launched on board Challenger on February 3, 1984.

photographer/creator: NASA Ronald M. Sega,            Sergei K. Krikalev, Franklin R. Chang-Diaz,          N. Jan Davis,       Kenneth S. Reightler Jr.,   and    Charles F. Bolden Jr.

photographer/creator: NASA were launched on board Discovery on February 3, 1994.

photographer/creator: NASA Harris,       Foale, Voss,    Collins,    Wetherbee,  and   Titov,

photographer/creator: NASA were launched on board Discovery on February 3, 1995.

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Egyptians
from All Walks of Life
Join Tuesday’s Protests
(posted here 1 year ago)

When Corporations Choose Despots Over Democracy
by
Amy Goodman
(posted here 1 year ago)

Killing the Internet Not Just a Problem in Egypt
by
Laura Flanders
(posted here 1 year ago)

Income inequality
Egypt vs U.S.
(posted here 1 year ago)

Even with freedom, if there is no justice,
there will be, in the end, no peace.
(posted here 1 year ago)

Boom Town and Bust City: A Tale of Two New Yorks
by
Lizzy Ratner
(posted here 1 year ago)

Remarkable Editorial Bias on Climate Science
at the Wall Street Journal

Journalists Arrested At Hearing By Order Of House Republicans
[If the well is all encased so fracking chemicals cannot escape,
as the video shows, how does the natural gas get into the well?]

Solangi said he is barred by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
from discussing details gathered from the dolphin because it’s part of
the Natural Resource Damage Assessment process related to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010.

Washington’s enemy is not “terrorism”
but the principle of free speech
and voices of conscience within its militarist state.
[Remember Bradley Manning is only alledged to have done certain things.]

Why Are U.S. Health Costs So High? Follow the Bills!
by
Ralph Nader

The Cancerous Politics and Ideology of the Susan G. Komen Foundation
by
Jodi Jacobson
. . . it is now clear
that some anti-choicers on Komen’s board and senior staff
are actually willing to sacrifice poor women to breast cancer
to satisfy their own agendas.

Reactions Heated on Planned Parenthood-Komen Rift
by
David Crary

Model Sara Ziff will launch workers’ rights organisation for fashion industry.
by
Paul Harris

If you were the Iranian government,
facing all those threats and actual acts of war against you
coming from the country with the most powerful military in the world,
you would be completely idiotic and derelict in your duty
if you did not start developing a plan to retaliate against a looming attack.

Canada: Harper’s Border Deal Expands the National Security State
by
Emily Gilbert

A Push for Privacy in the Wake of the Carrier IQ Controversy
by
Josh Levy

No Background Check
(posted here 1 year ago)

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Gingrich’s Israeli Connection, Obama’s Israeli Connection, etc.

The “Israel” Word

Going to war with Iran on an “if”?

The Media’s Blind Spot

Follow the Money

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Republican War on Workers

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About Time

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Arizona

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Fracking

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February 3
Born Today - Died Today
by
Steven D. Miller
The World from My Window   *

photo from Wikipedia
Wendell Phillips
(November 29, 1811 - February 2, 1884)

from Wikipedia
James Joyce
(February 2, 1882 - January 13, 1941)

photo courtesy of Congressman Cornyn
Senator John Cornyn
has a birthday on February 2.

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Bush Wrongheaded on Health Care
by
Dave Zweifel
(posted here 6 years ago)

More Dishonesty from Bush in State of Union
by
Matthew Rothschild
(posted here 6 years ago)

Torture is an endemic problem in Egypt
and ending police abuse has
been a driving element
behind the massive popular demonstrations
that swept Egypt over the past week.
(posted here 1 year ago)

Why Washington Clings to a Failed Middle East Strategy
by
Gareth Porter
(posted here 1 year ago)

Israel’s Human Rights Abuses
by
Janan Abdu
(posted here 1 year ago)

 

New York mayor sent investigators to Phoenix, Arizona.
They were able to buy Glock pistols with no questions asked.
(posted here 1 year ago)

 

Eric Schneiderman: The Right Man, the Right Moment
by
Katrina vanden Heuvel

 

Former top Walker aide Russell had previously been fired for “gross misconduct”.

 

Occupy the Super Bowl: Now More Than Just a Slogan.
by
Dave Zirin

 

The Monster Known as Monsanto
by
Scott Edwards

 

stooges of US empire

 

Talking With the Taliban
by
Robert Dreyfuss

 

Dispatches From Cairo: Revolution One Year Later
by
Lauren Unger-Geoffroy

 

Russia Stands in the Way of U.N. Call for Assad to Step Down
by
NEIL MacFarquhar

 

"administrative detention"

 
 
 
 
 
 

U.S. Embedded in Egypt
(posted here 1 year ago)

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U.S. and Others
(posted here 1 year ago)

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Obama and Popular Will
(posted here 1 year ago)

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Giant Source of Polution
(posted here 1 year ago)

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Supreme Court Building and Giant Dollar Signs

 
 
 
 
 
 

Vote on Insider Trading Ban ahead for Senate

 
 
 
 
 
 

February 2
Born Today - Died Today
by
Steven D. Miller
The World from My Window   *

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

February 1

 

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from Wikipedia
Mary Shelley
(August 30, 1797 - February 1, 1851)
 
 
 
 
photo courtesy of the U.S. Senate Historical Office
Senator Michael Enzi
has a birthday on February 1.
 
 
 
 
photographer: NASA
David Brown      Laurel Clark     Michael Anderson     Ilan Ramon
Rick Husband   Kalpana Chawla   William McCool
Columbia    “16 Minutes From Home”    February 1, 2003
 
 
 

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progressive presidents have more of an interest
in improving government’s performance
than conservatives do
(posted here 1 year ago)

 

Obama, Incorporated
by
David Bromwich
(posted here 1 year ago)

 

Republicans want to rip the heart out of the future.
(posted here 1 year ago)

 

Greenpeace Protests at Koch Brothers’ Rally
by
Ed Pilkington
(posted here 1 year ago)

 

What if Jared Loughner Were a Muslim Arab Immigrant?
by
Phyllis Bennis
(posted here 1 year ago)

 

None of this was by accident.

 

Freddie Mac, the taxpayer-owned mortgage giant,
has placed multibillion-dollar bets that pay off
if homeowners stay trapped in expensive mortgages
with interest rates well above current rates.

 

Years after the housing bubble burst, residents in the Sunshine State
continue to face the heartbreak of home foreclosure.

 

we’re going after the stuff that blew up the economy

 

Government can and should be part of the solution.

 

Pentagon Should Have Liposuction

 

One reason the media can’t quite grasp what the Occupy movement wants
is that it’s not really anxious to find out.
Since it’s awkward to report on one's own shortcomings,
journalists have consequently expended countless barrels of ink
and oodles of airtime examining peripheral issues, such as:
Who started the movement?
Who’s in the movement?
Who are its leaders?
Are they falling in love?
What will satisfy them?

 

The candidate who spent more on a campaign for a congressional seat in 2008
won the race more than nine out of 10 times,
according to the Center for Responsive Politics.
And spending on negative ads is particularly effective.

 

the decay of Canada

 

Will the Governor of Michigan
send one of his dictators to Greece?

 

Thousands of critics of capitalism meeting in Brazil
called Sunday for a worldwide protest in June
to press for concrete steps to tackle the global economic crisis.

 

Yet Ronen Bergman and the editors of the New York Times Magazine
see no need for their readers to encounter these facts.

 

Syria Unrest: Clinton and Hague Back Arab League Plan at UN

 
 
 
 
 
 

They’ve only just begun . . . ?

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Why does Mitt pay so little in taxes?

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Wongio

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We always have more prosperity when taxws were higher.

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Not News

 
 
 
 

February 1
Born Today - Died Today
by
Steven D. Miller
The World from My Window   *

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

January 31

 

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Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs
reproduction number LC-USZ62-45482
Gouverneur Morris
(January 31, 1752 - November 6, 1816)
 
 
 
 
from Wikipedia
Jackie Robinson
(January 31, 1919 - October 24, 1972)
 
 
 
 
photographed by Carl Van Vechten in 1948
Norman Mailer
(January 31, 1923 - November 10, 2007)
 
 
 
 
from the Congressional Pictorial Directory, 108th
Dick Gephardt
was born on January 31, 1941.
 
 
 
 
official photo
Congressman Dutch Ruppersberger
has a birthday on January 31.
 
 
 
 
photo courtesy of Dutch Ruppersberger
Congressman Larry Kissell
has a birthday on January 31.
 
 
 
 
potographer: NASA
Explorer 1 was launched on January 31, 1958.
 
 
 
 
photographer/creator: NASA
MR-2 was launched on January 31, 1961.
 
 
 
 
flag of Nauru from Wikipedia
Nauru became independent on January 31, 1968.
 
 
 
 
official photo
Congressman Bill Huizenga
has a birthday on January 31.
 
 
 
 

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Roosa,     Shepard, and Mitchell	were launched on board Apollo 14 on January 31, 1971.

 
 
 
 

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The decision to ask now for more money to develop the weapon
was directly related to efforts by the U.S. military’s Central Command
to prepare military options against Iran as quickly as possible.

 

Police Use Teargas on Occupy Oakland; 300 Arrested

 

Who’s doing all this tax cheating? Not average Americans.

 
 
 
 
 
 

January 31
Born Today - Died Today
by
Steven D. Miller
The World from My Window   *

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

January 30

 

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photo from Wikipedia
Orville Wright
(August 19, 1871 - January 30, 1948)
 
 
 
 
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
[reproduction number LC-USZ62-26759 DLC]
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
(January 30, 1882 - April 12, 1945)
 
 
 
 
photo from Wikipedia
Dorothy Thompson
(July 9, 1893 - January 30, 1961)
 
 
 
 
from Wikipedia
Felix Frankfurter
was sworn in as a Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
on January 30, 1939.
 
 
 
 
Image, Congressional Pictorial Directory, 109th.
Congressman Frank Wolf
has a birthday on January 30.
 
 
 
 
from a White House photo by David Bohrer
Dick Cheney
(January 30, 1941 - )
 
 
 
 
Image, Congressional Pictorial Directory, 107th.
John Elias Baldacci
was born on January 30, 1955.
 
 
 
 
Ranger (7) photographer: NASA
Ranger 6 was launched on January 30, 1964.
 
 
 
 

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The grassroots can demand also that federal budget cuts
should come from the trillion-dollar costs of the unwinnable wars
instead of slashing pensions, health benefits and social programs.
(posted here 1 year ago)

 

Egypt’s K Street Connections
by
Ari Berman
(posted here 1 year ago)

 

But six months later,
an almost unbearable realization had set in:
the cavalry wasn’t coming.
(posted here 1 year ago)

 

Of course U.S. policymaker’s recurring nightmare
is that genuine democratization breaks out in Egypt
and spreads to the oil monarchies.
And one assumes that at this moment Washington
is doing everything in its power
to sabotage this possibility or try to mitigate the damage.
(posted here 1 year ago)

 

Blankfein
(posted here 1 year ago)

 

We have to fundamentally rethink economics.
(posted here 1 year ago)

 

Pigs

 

Main$tream Media Bia$

 

If we’re going to compel kids to stay in school,
we need to make their schooling compelling.

 

The Few, The Proud, The Few

 

"If you voted Republican in the past, stop!"

 

Will the U.S. Back Real Democracy in Egypt?

 

UK: Four Sun journalists arrested in investigation into police bribery.

 

Arab League suspends Syria monitoring mission?

 
 
 
 

January 30
Born Today - Died Today
by
Steven D. Miller
The World from My Window   *