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Whole Foods : Investment Group Calls for John Mackey’s Head
Investment group calls for Mackey’s head; Whole Foods tries damage control CtW Investment Group calls on Whole Foods board to remove Chair and CEO John Mackey; Says damage caused by WSJ op-ed shows Mackey is a ‘liability’ See full text … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin, Business, Health Care Reform, Investments, Social Action, Whole Foods
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Pirate Radio and the FCC : Blue Meanies in Austin
Blue Meanie (with antennas at alert) / Yellow Submarine.TAB conference in Austin:Keeping it legal By Jim Radio / The Rag Blog / August 25, 2009 AUSTIN — The Texas Associaton of Broadcasting (TAB) annual conference was held here in Austin … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin, FCC, Freedom of Expression, Internet Radio, Pirate Radio, Texas
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Austin Buses : Fare Hike Means More Traffic, Pollution
Waiting for a bus on the Rio Grande campus of Austin Community College. Photo by Alberto Martinez / Austin American-Statesman. Transit officials in Austin refuse to even acknowledge the relationship between fare hikes and ridership loss. Their estimates for the … Continue reading
God Thinks You’re a Loser
CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE “God Thinks You’re a Loser”The Rag Blog and South Austin Pictures present a screening of“God Thinks You’re a Loser,”a perverse comedy from Austin director Gary Chasonat The Independent at 501 Studiosin the 501 Studio Complex,501 … Continue reading
God Thinks You’re a Loser
CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE “God Thinks You’re a Loser”The Rag Blog and South Austin Pictures present a screening of“God Thinks You’re a Loser,”a perverse comedy from Austin director Gary Chasonat The Independent at 501 Studiosin the 501 Studio Complex,501 … Continue reading
BOOKS / Sarah Bird : ‘How Perfect is That’
How Perfect Is That Suffice to say, Sarah Bird has constructed a multithreaded story that has more heft than many would expect for all the ‘chick lit’ labeling she gets. By Forrest Preece / The Rag Blog / August 18, … Continue reading
Austin Group Denounces Honduran Coup
A message from Honduras: “Jail for the coup-plotters!”. Photo from Indymedia/Honduras.Demonstration is part of week of international action against Honduran coup. By Alice Embree / The Rag Blog / August 17, 2009 Demonstrators in Austin gathered on August 14 to … Continue reading
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Tagged Alice Embree, Austin, Coups d'etat, Honduras, Latin America, Political Protest
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Texas : Transportation Projects in Big Trouble
Moving right along. From Mr. Ed’s Old Car Pictures. “If the physical scientists who warn about limits to growth are right, confronting the global economic meltdown implies far more than merely getting the banks and mortgage lenders back on their … Continue reading
KUT Austin : Messing With History
Photo from KUTAustin / Flickr The growing protest against KUT-FM’s decision to cut back the shifts of longtime disc jockeys Paul Ray and Larry Monroe is shaping up as something of a last stand for the public radio station’s old … Continue reading
Health Care Disruptions an Orchestrated Campaign
UPDATE: ‘Anti-Reform Group Takes Credit For Helping Gin Up Town Hall Rallies.’ Read it here. Rick Scott of “Swift Boat” fame, heads “Conservatives for Patients’ Rights.”Inside the Tea Partiers’ anti-health care organizing campaign Though conservatives portray the tea bagger disruptions … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin, Conservatives, Health Care Reform, Lloyd Doggett, Right Wing Extremists, Social Protest, Tea Baggers
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Bad Boogie at Austin’s KUT : ‘We Built This City’
Paul Ray, Texas Hall of Fame jazz musician and KUT radio host. Photo by Christina Murrey). Changes abound at KUT Programming changes at KUT have cut longtime hosts Paul Ray and Larry Monroe to one night a week each. “Paul … Continue reading
