GNU-Darwin OS would not boot on a Phenom II,& the development cycle is over for this year. Things are looking dismal for the OS at this time

GNU-Darwin OS would not boot on a Phenom II,& the development cycle is over for this year. Things are looking dismal for the OS at this time

Tim DeChristopher looks like another hero in US solitary confinement. Hopefully we can do something for him.

Tim DeChristopher looks like another hero in US solitary confinement. Hopefully we can do something for him.

Universal Healthcare Without Individual Mandate

Will you join me in seizing this moment to advance single-payer healthcare? You can take action with RootsAction at http://bit.ly/GXm4yK

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Just Label It: Who will be 1,000,000

Dear friend,

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is preparing to approve genetically engineered salmon, which would be the first genetically engineered animal on supermarket shelves in the United States. The salmon is engineered to produce hormones year-round that cause the fish to grow at twice its natural rate. But without labels, we'll never know.

We need to speak out now, because there's just days until the FDA must respond publicly to a petition calling for labeling of genetically engineered foods -- and we need to make sure the FDA knows how ordinary Americans feel about this issue before that deadline.

That's why I submitted a comment to the FDA demanding that genetically engineered foods be labeled. And in about 30 seconds and with just a few clicks, you can join me. Will you tell the FDA that you support mandatory labeling of genetically engineered foods too?

http://ping.fm/DT3xE

Please, click on that link and contact the FDA today. They need to hear from more people like you and me.

Thanks!

Obama Offers to Cut Social Security, Medicare

The Washington Post revealed this weekend that the White House has a current offer "still on the table" to make billions of dollars of cuts in Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.

Will you join me in telling President Obama not to go down this path? Click here http://bit.ly/ztvCbE

Thanks!

Tell Senator Reid: Don't let the interest rate double on federal student loans

Dear Friend,

This is unbelievable. The interest rates on federal student loans will double this summer if Congress doesn't take action.

Congress, led by Republican leadership in the House, is planning to let the College Cost Reduction and Access Act legislation expire on July 1, effectively doubling the interest rates on loans for millions of Americans. This will result in an average of $5,000 in additional payments for students who are scheduled to pay their loans backs in 5 years, and $11,000 for those who are paying back in 10.

We can't let this happen. I just signed a petition urging Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to pick up the fight on behalf of millions of American students. I hope you do too.

You can sign the petition and find out more information at the link below.
http://ping.fm/kgaPX

Selling us out

Friends-

They're selling us out. Just weeks after Internet users from across the globe came together to to beat SOPA, the major ISPs are cutting a deal with Big Content to restrict web access for users who are accused of piracy.

It'll do much of the dirty work we were able to prevent when we took down SOPA, this time by restricting certain Americans' access to the WHOLE Internet.

The details are fuzzy, but the head of the Recording Industry Association of America's bragged this week that ISPs will start policing copyright by July of this year. Will you urge the ISPs to back down from this plan? Just click here:

http://act.demandprogress.org/sign/backdoor_sopa/?referring_akid=1282.45919.6...

Here's RT's take:

Some of the biggest Internet service providers in America plan to adopt policies that will punish customers for copyright infringement, and one of the top trade groups in the music biz announced this week that it could begin as soon as this summer....

RIAA CEO Cary Sherman was one of the guest speakers among a New York panel this week and he confirmed that, at this rate, some of the most powerful Internet providers in America should have their new policies on the books by July 12, 2012.

The ISPs are poised to start treating their customers like criminals, restricting their access to the Internet. And they're cutting us off at the knees just ast we've begun to force a new conversation about Internet freedom and copyright law. Please sign on to Demand Progress's open letter demanding they back down:

http://act.demandprogress.org/sign/backdoor_sopa/?referring_akid=1282.45919.6...

Thanks!

Michael wants you to take action on "Tell Rio Tinto to Stop the Disastrous Pebble Mine"!

Michael Love has just read and signed the petition: Tell Rio Tinto to Stop the Disastrous Pebble Mine

You can view this petition at: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/985/074/500/

Message from Michael Love:
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Hi, I signed the petition "Tell Rio Tinto to Stop the Disastrous Pebble Mine". I'm asking you to sign this petition to help us reach our goal of 10,000 signatures. I care deeply about this cause, and I hope you will support our efforts.

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ThePetitionSite.com provides tools and empowers individuals to make a difference and effect positive change through online activism. Get connected with the causes you care about, take action to make the world a better place, and start your own petition at http://www.ThePetitionSite.com!

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Get BPA out of our food!

Hi!

This month the FDA plans to decide whether or not to continue allowing food packaging that leaches BPA. If you're like me, you want to make sure that your food is free of toxic chemicals. We have an unprecedented opportunity to make sure our food is free of bisphenol A. But there is no time to lose, tell the FDA to get BPA out of our food!

I joined with Environmental Working Group and sent my email to the FDA. Please join me today: http://tinyurl.com/7mubxby

Speak Up for Loggerhead Sea Turtles

Dear Friend,
Along the East Coast, loggerhead sea turtles are facing an uncertain
future as severe storms, erosion, and sea level rise caused by climate
change increasingly place this cherished species on the brink of
extinction.

Right now, we have the opportunity to curb climate pollution by
harnessing the enormous wind potential along the Atlantic coast--which
would produce clean energy for decades.

Take action to protect imperiled sea turtles today: http://bit.ly/wgYNgr

Our leaders need to know we support moving forward with offshore wind
facilities off the Atlantic coast in a wildlife-friendly way.

Just click here to send a message: http://bit.ly/wgYNgr

Thanks!

Elizabeth Warren has asked Congress to stop the secret bailout of AIG, and so should you.

Dear Friend,

At the height of the financial crisis, we spent billions of dollars bailing out failed insurance giant AIG after its reckless bets on mortgage-backed securities went south.

And now, according to recent reports, the Treasury is engaging in a second, secret bailout of the firm -- one that's costing U.S. taxpayers billions, and artificially boosting AIG's profits, leading directly to higher share prices and bigger executive bonuses for some of the same people who ran the company into the ground.

Elizabeth Warren and three other members of the Congressional Oversight Panel for the Troubled Asset Relief Program she chaired -- including two members appointed by Congressional Republicans -- have denounced this stealth bailout of AIG and asked Congress to intervene.

I agree, so I just signed a petition telling Congress to stop the secret AIG bailout

I hope you'll sign the petition too.

You can find out more information and easily take action at the link below.

http://ping.fm/K0p5B

Don't Iraq Iran

Hi,

Will you join me in co-signing a letter that tells the President and Congress to reject calls to start a war with Iran? We've been here before, and if we act soon enough we can stop a disastrous war. Click here http://bit.ly/xF6CxV. />
Thanks!

Tell Eric Holder: Release secret memos authorizing assassination of Americans without judicial review

Dear Friend,

Not even the Bush Administration had the audacity to publicly and explicitly assert the right to execute Americans citizens without judicial review. But in a speech at Northwestern University this week, Attorney General Eric Holder offered a detailed defense of the Obama Administration's unprecedented step of authorizing targeted executions of American citizens through a secretive CIA assassination program.

Holder defended a secret assassination program of Americans abroad by arguing constitutional protections of "due process" do not include "judicial process." The constitution does not allow the executive to be judge, jury and executioner.

The ACLU has filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit seeking information about the assassination program, but Holder's Justice Department has responded to the request by saying they can neither confirm nor deny the existence of any records. We need to pressure the Department of Justice to release all legal documents that related to the purported "justification" of the Obama Administration's extra-judicial killings.

It is unacceptable and unconstitutional for the executive branch of the U.S. government to secretly kill American citizens abroad without due process that includes impartial judicial review. I just told Holder: Release the documents the Obama Administration is using to justify its authority to kill American citizens without judicial review.

Will you join me and speak up to defend our Constitution today? Thank you.
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Sure happy to see the monster Kony getting the attention that he deserves.

Sure happy to see the monster Kony getting the attention that he deserves.

Secret TPP rounds continue

This week in Melbourne, Australia, trade negotiators and their corporate sponsors began another round of secret negotiations on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) free trade agreement. This deal is branded as a trade pact, but really at issue is a backdoor attack on a wide array of domestic policies.

From financial regulation to Buy America procurement and all sorts of new rights for large corporations, corporate advisors have access to hundreds of pages of draft treaty text that is being kept secret from the press and public.

Take a moment to alert your governor and members of Congress about this secret attack on the environment, public health and even our justice systems.

Go to http://action.citizen.org/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=9711

Privacy nightmare

Friends,

Let's cut to the chase. Here's the ACLU's take on John McCain's new cybersecurity bill:

"This is a privacy nightmare that will eventually result in the military substantially monitoring the domestic, civilian Internet."

Will you fight back against McCain's legislation by emailing your lawmakers? Just click here:

http://act.demandprogress.org/letter/mccain_cybersecurity/?referring_akid=126...

There's a power struggle brewing over cybersecurity, with two Senate factions butting heads. One group is backing a bill that is - surprisingly - not horrendous in its privacy implications. (You can take partial credit for this, as that bill was written with every desire to avoid awakening the powerful coalition that killed SOPA a few weeks ago.)

But McCain's side wants to enable the military to snoop on civilian Internet users: As Reuters notes, the "types of information that could be shared are broad, and the data would go to 'cybersecurity centers' that specifically include the National Security Agency's Threat Operations Center and the U.S. Cyber Command Joint Operations Center."

We have a key opportunity to help steer this debate away from McCain's inanity and towards a more reasonable alternative. Please click here to email your lawmakers:

http://act.demandprogress.org/letter/mccain_cybersecurity/?referring_akid=126...

Thanks.

Yet another picture of Michael L. Love

Yet another picture of Michael L. Love
http://ping.fm/qwpa1 *http://proclus-gnu-darwin.posterous.com/vitacost-blog-header-picture

Vitacost blog header picture

Yet another picture of Michael L>

Here is the Vitacost blog header picture, warts and all ;-).

Regards,
proclus
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