Here are some excerpts from the August edition of the Harper's Index:
• Average annual cost of detaining an inmate at the military prison at Guantánamo Bay: $900,000
• At a supermax prison in the United States: $65,000
• Number of years in prison to which a Texas man was sentenced in May for stealing a thirty-five-dollar rack of pork ribs: 50
• Percentage of all petitions to hear a case the Supreme Court has granted in the past three years: 1
• Percentage of petitions it has granted that were supported by an amicus brief from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce: 32
• Portion of North American doctors who say they would prescribe marijuana to cancer patients if permitted: 3/4
• Percentage of authorized U.S. firearms dealers the ATF hasn’t inspected in the past five years: 58
• Estimated number of homeowners whose foreclosure-abuse settlements were affected in May by a “clerical error”: 96,000
• Amount these homeowners were underpaid: $44,600,000
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Blast from the Past. At Daily Kos on this date in 2007—Have You Signed up for the Iraq Moratorium?
This is an Iraq protest that has something for anyone who opposes this war and occupation. If wearing a ribbon or armband is what you're comfortable doing, do that and you will be seen standing in opposition. Call your representatives in Congress, talk a friend into calling them, attend a vigil, attend a performance of the song "War" or stage one yourself. Do something and know you are doing it as part of a national yet locally-based movement against the war. Maybe for you this will be one small piece of a life filled with anti-war activism - but add that piece to amplify all our voices. Maybe it will be the moment you come out publicly as an anti-war activist - do that with pride.
But if you want to do something to end this war, if you have been wondering why there isn't a more public and organized anti-war movement, this is your chance. Each of us needs to take responsibility for making it a success.
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Tweet of the Day:
The average person will spend a year of their life looking for misplaced items.
— @UberFacts
On today's
Kagro in the Morning show, yeah, we talked about Sharknado. But also,
Monte Frank of Team 26 joined us this morning to update us on their latest activities and plans. We also read
where4art's e-mail on Eliot Spitzer's Comptroller bid. And finally, the moment we've all been waiting for: the big, final installment on the exposition on the nuclear option. All the parliamentary maneuvering that went into perfecting the procedure. How it got derailed over and over before striking paydirt in 1975. What does it all mean for this time around? This is the stuff you simply cannot get anywhere else.
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