New Blog Migrating from my Hostbaby blog to the infinitely more extensible Blogger!

The Happiest Place on Earth There's plenty of things I do NOT like about California, but I'm just so pleased to consider myself a Californian right now, as the first full day of offical gay marriages take place on the anniversary of Disneyland opening in 1955. Suck it, conservatives :)

Rupert Murdoch is an asshole At this weekend's National Conference for Media Reform in Minneapolis, O'Reilly sent his stalker reporter Porter Berry to ambush legendary journalist Bill Moyers. But Berry got far more than he bargained for. Moyers stood his ground with the Fox News crew and challenged O'Reilly to stop smearing people under the guise of journalism Thank O'Reilly for Making the Case for Media Reform

R.I.P. Albert Hofmann

Albert Hofmann 1906-2008

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Gaia Media Memorial of Albert Hofmann

Tell the Senate to Veto the FCC Senator Dorgan just introduced a bill to veto the FCC’s big handout to Big Media, but Congress must act within 60 legislative days. We must act now to push this bill through the Senate. In 2003, nearly 3 million citizens just like you demanded that the Senate overturn the FCC’s last attempt to let Big Media get even bigger. We can do it again -- but we need your help. Last December, the FCC approved new rules that could unleash a flood of media consolidation across America. The new rules will mean less diverse voices, local news and investigative journalism. Congress has the power to throw out these rules -- and if hundreds of thousands of people demand it, they'll have to listen