October 2, 2008
Today the Senate is set to vote on a multi-dollar bailout plan. Struggling to understand how we got here? Wondering where the alternatives are? Sometimes all there is, is music and poetry. Rebel Diaz knows. ...
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The rumors of NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg's decision to run for a third term and attempt to change a term limit law in the process, are being analyzed by many mainstream media sources as a sign of the need and desire to have a familiar face guide the city through the current economic crisis. After...
go to article »October 1, 2008
The L.A. Times is reporting that California was just subjected to the largest ICE sweep in Californian history. 1,157 people were arrested with over 400 in L.A. alone. I found the statement by the ICE official to amusing in a sick sort of way: "Individuals who defy immigration court orders to l...
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So I've been following the economic crisis issue for a while now, and I'm sorry to say I have no more idea what's going on now than when I started following it. Apparently I'm not the only one who is confused: Post extendido - Leer más 'Bailout fails, somehow I don't think that's a good thing...'.....
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See Sarah Palin's face as John McCain steps in to defend her from Katie Couric? That's her saying " Stop, you're making my feminism look bad,". ...
go to article »September 30, 2008
VL reported here last week about Louisiana State Representative John LaBruzzo's efforts to create legislation that would pay poor women $1000 to have their tubes tide. At the time, a commenter noticed that many women of color and poor women may actually want the sterilization, to which I replied tha...
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On today's political stage, image is everything and substance is just that, filler. As people await the VP debates later this week, the concern is who will make more mistakes, who will fuck up worse and how that will play out in November. Sarah Palin, held up as a an everymujer, proves herself ove...
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It's hard for me not to take a terrorist attack against Muslim children, women and men saying their Ramadan prayers in an Ohio mosque personally. No I am not Muslim pero many of my friends and neighbors are. I see the 12 year old girls, their toddler cousins and sisters being led in the early mornin...
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Seems like Republican presidential candidate John McCain is unsuspending his campaign and will be participating in tonight's debate. Not that anyone really believed the campaign was "suspended". So guess what VivirLatino will be doing this Friday night? We'll be liveblogging the debate here and ...
go to article »September 27, 2008
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