Summer Olympics
Olympic filmmaker Bud Greenspan dies at 84 in NYC
The Daily Caller - 6 days ago
NEW YORK (AP) — The trailblazing filmmaker who spent decades documenting the stories of Olympic athletes has died. Bud Greenspan was 84. Greenspan’s companion Nancy Beffa says he died Saturday from complications of Parkinson’s di…
Read more >>"We'll Make Sure (Critics) Get Some Good Seats": Rahm Emanuel on the President's Olympic Pitch
Political Punch - 7th Oct 2010
As President Obama prepares to leave for Copenhagen, Denmark, this evening, to make his pitch for Chicago to the International Olympic Committee for Chicago to host the 2016 Games, we spoke with White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel also a fa…
Read more >>Federal government involved in raids on protesters
Glenn Greenwald - 2nd Sep 2010(update below - Update II) As the Police attacks on Protesters in Minnesota continue -- see this video of the Police swarming a bus transporting members of Earth Justice an Environmental Activist group, seizing the bus and leaving the group …
Read more >>Solar Energy Companies Step Into the Branding Spotlight
DailyFinance - 19th Jul 2010A fake oil tycoon. The biggest sports event in the World. A Formula One racing Team. What do they have in common? They're all part of branding initiatives by solar panel makers seeking to make their names in a fast-growing industry. The biggest…
Read more >>POLITICAL HOT TOPICS: Monday, July 12, 2010
CNN Political Ticker - 12th Jul 2010From CNN's Leslie Bentz The CNN Washington Bureau's morning speed read of the top stories making News from around the country and the World. Washington/POLITICAL For the latest Political News: www.CNNPolitics.com CNNMoney: Congress is back &…
Read more >>Soccer, Race, and the French Social Fabric: John Hoberman in Foreign Policy
NONE SO BLIND - 2nd Jul 2010Le Scandal The French Soccer Team’s disaster in South Africa has exposed the superficiality of European racial integration — and now only Germany can save France from tearing itself apart. by John Hoberman Foreign Policy, July 2, 2 …
Read more >>Mike Ragogna: Oil and Music: Conversations With Steve Forbert and Tift Merritt
The Huffington Post - 25th Jun 2010In 1979, Steve Forbert released the album Jackrabbit Slim which featured the hit single "Romeo's Tune." Though the track became Forbert's signature song, an equally enduring composition from that package was included on a Bonus 45 titled "The O…
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