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October 23, 2009

FURTHERMORE . . .

Before Newsday charges ahead with its plan to charge $5 a month to reaed its website, it might want to check with the web scorecard Alexa, which shows the paper's free online readership down 21% over the last three months.

On Monday, CNN released a poll revealing that six in 10 Americans oppose sending more U.S. troops, and a majority see the war in Afghanistan as another Vietnam. As with Iraq, however, peace activism has been pretty limited. That may change now that CodePink, Just Foreign Policy, Peace Action, United for Peace and Justice, and Voters for Peace have launched a joint project, No Escalation. Their website includes a chart that tracks each member of Congress and whether they have taken a stand against troop escalation.

Joe Biden - My grandpop used to say, "When the guy in Minooka's out of work, it’s an economic slowdown. When your brother- in-law's out of work, it's a recession. When you're out of work, it's a depression"

The Green Party has elected four new co-chairs, Mike Feinstein (from California), Farheen Hakeem (Minnesota), Jason Nabewaniec (New York; reelected), and David Strand (Minnesota); and the reelection of Holly Hart as the party's national secretary. The newly elected and reelected Steering Committee members join four continuing members, Jill Bussiere, Sanda Everette, Craig Thorsen, and treasurer Jody Grage. The Green Party uses ranked choice voting.

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