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Organisms Do Evolve

January 17, 2014

A 'crazy dorky scientist' and Miley fan just couldn't resist making this 'Wrecking Ball' parody. Full lyrics are here.

January 17, 2014

Organisms Do Evolve

Carin Bondar YouTube

A 'crazy dorky scientist' and Miley fan just couldn't resist making this 'Wrecking Ball' parody

January 17, 2014

Rating Obama’s NSA Reform Plan: EFF Scorecard Explained

Cindy Cohn and Parker HIggins Electronic Frontier Foundation

President Obama racked up 3.5 points out of a possible 12.

UNMANNED: America's Drone Wars

January 17, 2014

The teaser trailer for director Robert Greenwald's highly anticipated upcoming film, UNMANNED: America's Drone Wars.

Defending the Right to Protest

January 17, 2014

New York City has agreed to pay nearly $18 million for the arrest, detention and fingerprinting of hundreds of protesters, journalists, legal observers and bystanders during the 2004 Republican National Convention

Playing for Change: I'd Rather Go Blind

January 17, 2014

PFC Band Live performance of the Etta James Classic, "I'd Rather Go Blind", filmed at Byron Bay, Australia

January 17, 2014

Friday Nite Videos -- Jan 17, 2014

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Playing for Change: I'd Rather Go Blind. Defending the Right to Protest. UNMANNED: America's Drone Wars. Organisms Do Evolve.

January 16, 2014

A Lesson for Rest of the World

Amy Goodman The Guardian

January 16, 2014

Moochers

Jan Sorensen amuniversal.com

January 16, 2014

Advocates for Workers Raise the Ire of Business

Steven Greenhouse The New York Times

As America’s labor unions have lost members and clout, new types of worker advocacy groups have sprouted nationwide, and they have started to get on businesses’ nerves — protesting low wages at Capital Grille restaurants and demonstrating outside Austin City Hall in Texas against giving Apple tax breaks. Now, business groups and powerful lobbyists, heavily backed by the restaurant industry, are mounting an aggressive campaign against them.