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Monthly Archives: February 2009
Obama’s War
Obama’s War? Comment by KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL This article appeared in the March 9, 2009 edition of The Nation. February 18, 2009 Two decades and two days after the Soviet army withdrew from its disastrous occupation of Afghanistan, it saddens … Continue reading
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Montana Women For Sponsor “A Powerful Noise”
Montana Women For will be joining the MSU Women’s Center in presenting a very special event at the Gallatin Valley Cinema in Bozeman March 5, 2009. On that evening, more than 120,000 people across the United States will make a … Continue reading
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Big Name Writers to Read at the Danforth
Tim Cahil, adventure writer and humourist Kira Salk, war correspondent and National Geographic writer and first woman to walk across Papua New Guinea Scott McMillion, journalist and auther of “Grizzly” Alston Chase, biographer and naturalist and Jack Russell dog expert … Continue reading
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Labor’s Man to Advise Treasury
Labor’s Man Joins Treasury Team by WILLIAM GREIDER February 16, 2009 People getting nervous about Barack Obama’s plans to rescue the financial system got a kernel of good news they probably did not recognize. Ron Bloom of the United Steelworkers … Continue reading
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Here’s how to save on the military budget
Congressman Frank’s Plan To Reduce Military Spending 1. Withdrawal From Iraq: A timely withdrawal from Iraq could create $105 billon in savings in year one, if the recommendations from Center for American Progress report “Building a Military for the 21st … Continue reading
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Montana Women For: Meetings, events, and actions for the coming months
Montana Women For is back after a long election year semi-hiatus and we have a packed calendar for the next few months and need you to be seriously involved. Obviously, as our collective economy tanks underneath us, much of our … Continue reading
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Gender discrimination from insurance companies – take action
Dear Friend, The Montana constitution and Montana law prohibits any insurer from discriminating on the basis of sex or marital status. This law has been on the books in Montana for 25 years, and for 25 years no legislature has … Continue reading
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Montana Women’s privacy rights under attack
NARAL Pro-Choice America’s Choice Action Network Our Privacy Rights are Under Attack We need you to take action! Dear Susan, Today the Senate Judiciary Committee heard Senator Dan McGee’s (R- Laurel) SB 46, which amends the Montana Constitution, eliminating privacy … Continue reading
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NOTHING WILL BE THE SAME
We’ll Never Be Happy Consumers Again — No Stimulus Package Can Bring That Back By James Howard Kunstler, Kunstler.com. Posted February 10, 2009. The political theater of the moment in Washington is focused on the illusion that we can find … Continue reading
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Just Plain Old Interesting Information From the Movies
The extraordinary success and resonance that Slumdog Millionaire has garnered from audiences around the world has not been universally matched in India, where there has been revulsion and occasional protest at the portrayal of the brutality and squalor of Mumbai … Continue reading →