Action Center, Earth; Bradley Manning; The U-turn President; Budget; Wisconsin; Courts and Corporations; Banks and Foreclosures; Anonymous: Boycott Sony

Action Center

• Veterans For Peace Endorses the April 15th Rally and Protest in Union Square Park--"Veterans For Peace has joined in endorsing 'Sounds of Resistance,' a concert and protest against Wall Street banks that draws the connections between militarism, Wall Street, the wealth divide and the downward spiral of the wealth of most Americans."
• Protest ALEC – APRIL 29th, 2011--A day of resistance against the American Legislative Exchange Council, "a conservative think-tank run by right-wing politicians and corporate and financial interests within the banking industry, the pharmaceutical industry, the big oil and gas industries, and others.
• 5th of November--Remember the date.

The Earth's Destiny and Our Fates are Being Determined by Approximately 500 Wealthy Men and Corporations

Bradley Manning

• Vote for Bradley Manning to be included as one of the Time 100 for 2011
• Bradley Manning case sparks UN criticism of US government--The US refuses to have a UN representative to meet with Manning.
• Bradley Manning: top US legal scholars voice outrage at 'torture'--The list includes one of Obama's professors

The U-turn president: Barack Obama's top ten flip-flops

Budget

• Government shutdown averted: Winners and losers
• CBO: GOP Budget Would Increase Debt, Then Stick It To Medicare Patients
• It’s Not Really About Spending
• Let There Be Light Bulbs
• GOP Completely Fixes Economy By Canceling Funding For NPR The Onion

Budget-Conscious House GOP To Put ‘In God We Trust’ On All Buildings--A monumental waste of money, much less unconstitutional, and besides, the Founding Fathers had a national motto: E Pluribus Unum

Wisconsin

• Scott Walker’s Election Nightmare in Wisconsin--Though Prosser has won this time, he "lost a full 50% of that voter base" who voted him in before. Scott Walker no longer has a mandate.
• Wisco county clerk whose homemade voting software found 14K votes for Tea Party judge is an old hand at illegal campaigning--Ever since Bush v. Gore, they're not even trying to hide it anymore. And anyone who Microsoft Access for government elections ought to be outright fired.
• Is Wisconsin 'broke'? Answer is in the eye of the beholder, experts say
• 84% Vote against Citizens United! Same votes nationwide will help Dems win in 2012--The people in Madison don't want corporations to be treated as people
• Lobbyist's son to return to old job in Walker administration--"The son of a prominent lobbyist is being demoted following controversy over his selection as a high-paid supervisor in the Walker administration."

Liberals Need to Take Court Races as Seriously as Corporations Do--Hopefully what happened in Wisconsin will be a wake-up call.

Banks and Foreclosures

• Banks Are Off the Hook Again--But the "little people" who aren't too big to fail continue to get screwed.
• Wachovia Paid Trivial Fine for Nearly $400 Billion of Drug Related Money Laundering--Why is this not part of the War on Drugs?
• Bank Of America Paid Nothing In Federal Income Taxes Last Year And Got Almost $1 Billion From Taxpayers
• Banks Push to Weaken Dodd-Frank Risk Rules--They know they got bailed out before; they'll get bailed out again since they're too big to fail.
• Fed-up judges crack down on foreclosure disorder in courts

'Anonymous' Plans Sony Boycott on April 16--I've been boycotting Sony for years ever since the rootkit fiasco, and the GeoHotz debacle just reaffirms my observation that this company's actions to jack up its profits hurts legitimate consumers.