Archive for June, 2005

Nighclub 9:30
is holding a free screening of “930 F Street,� a documentary about the
club’s early history, this Friday at 9 p.m.: “Back by popular demand!
An encore presentation of 930 F STREET, The 9:30 Club Documentary Come
relive the last 25 years! Special retrospective DJ set. First 500
people get a FREE limited edition 25th Anniversary T-Shirt�

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DCist’s first concert, Unbuckled, is tonight at the Black Cat.

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Mainers: No Fools

I was excited to find this Maine Politics blog that got started recently. The author recently attended a visit to the state by Bush advisor Andrew Card:
The
exciting part in Bangor didn’t come during the speech, but after it.
Card had said his piece, the small audience had applauded politely and
he was headed for the exit, when […]

Google Earth

Google
has launched a software program that “combines satellite imagery, maps
and the power of Google Search to put the world’s geographic
information at your fingertips.� It’s called Google Earth. I’ve uploaded a variety of images
to Flickr that give you an idea of what it can do - however non of the
screen grabs utilizes the search features built […]

Seems
to be on the rise. Here, a group is organizing protests around the
country on July 4th of the Supreme Court’s decision on Eminent Domain: JulyFourthProtest.com, including protests in New London Connecticut, Portland Oregon, Los Angeles California, and Washington D.C.

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Today, the Center for American Progress’ Campus Progress project launched a blog for interns in DC for the summer:
Today Campus Progress launches Social Capital,
a new blog/calendar (blogendar?) designed not only to make sure your
social calendar remains packed while you’re in DC, but also to give you
a place to share stories about crazy intern mixups, tidbits […]

Land Politics

When
I was on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota a few years back I
wondered why there seemed to be so many white-owned ranches on
ostensibly native land. Turns out the feds lease the land to the
whites, and pass along the check along to the true owners. (Well, some
of it at least - remember the billions […]




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