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In Brief

Welcome to In Brief, the Northwest Progressive Institute's microblog. In Brief provides a continuously curated collection of asides, recommended links, quotations, audio and video clips, still images, and transcribed dialogue. Click on a thumbnail to open an item.

March 24th, 2009 Andrew Villeneuve Unscheduled Programming

We will recover from this recession. But it will take time, it will take patience, and it will take an understanding that when we all

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Miami VA warns that unclean colonoscopies may spread HIV

March 24th, 2009 Andrew Villeneuve Unscheduled Programming

Veterans who got colonoscopies through the Miami VA medical system are at risk of being infected with hepatitis B, hepatitis C or HIV through the

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Bainbridge man hopes to bring his new electric fleet to the street

March 23rd, 2009 Andrew Villeneuve Unscheduled Programming

Bainbridge man hopes to bring his new electric fleet to the street Retired software engineer, Bob Fraik, hopes to build electric vehicles at the Port

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March 22nd, 2009 Andrew Villeneuve Unscheduled Programming

We got America into two wars, we’ve done great damage to our economy, to our force structure, to our standing in the world. For a

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And now, for something completely different

March 22nd, 2009 Andrew Villeneuve Unscheduled Programming

And now, for something completely different From the Onion News Network: Experts agree giant, razor-clawed bioengineered crabs pose no threat to America. In fact, they’re here

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Homes being ruined by Chinese drywall

March 22nd, 2009 Andrew Villeneuve Unscheduled Programming

This is a disturbing event in Florida and possibly other areas of the Southeast. Imagine that… the importation of products that secretly contain toxic components is being allowed. Gee,

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The vocabulary of sprawl

March 21st, 2009 Andrew Villeneuve Unscheduled Programming

The vocabulary of sprawl Jebediah Reed at The Infrastructurist explains some obscure terms used by developers – with aerial views.

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Smart Grid Conference coming to Spokane

March 21st, 2009 Andrew Villeneuve Unscheduled Programming

In a few weeks, Washington’s second largest city will play host to the National Smart Grid Conference, which organizers bill as “unprecedented” effort to “develop

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Krugman pans the leaked Geithner plan

March 21st, 2009 Andrew Villeneuve Unscheduled Programming

Krugman pans the leaked Geithner plan Nobel Laureate Paul Krugman says the plan will create the functional equivalent of Texas S&Ls in the 1980s: financial

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The Real AIG Scandal

March 21st, 2009 Andrew Villeneuve Unscheduled Programming

The Real AIG Scandal (The sadly disgraced, but still really smart) Eliot Spitzer at Slate says paying the counterparties (Goldman, et al) in full was

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Progressive talk show host Ed Schultz and MSNBC in discussions for “full time” job

March 20th, 2009 Andrew Villeneuve Unscheduled Programming

Progressive talk show host Ed Schultz and MSNBC in discussions for “full time” job From Fargo, North Dakota – to DC and the Center for

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Did you know?

March 20th, 2009 Andrew Villeneuve Unscheduled Programming

Fox News’ Glenn Beck was born in Mount Vernon, Washington on February 10th, 1964.

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FEMA concentration camps? The militia good times are rollin’ again

March 20th, 2009 Andrew Villeneuve Unscheduled Programming

FEMA concentration camps? The militia good times are rollin’ again Dave Neiwert at Orcinus provides some great local militia background and refutes the “FEMA concentration

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New Mexico will no longer execute people

March 20th, 2009 Andrew Villeneuve Unscheduled Programming

New Mexico will no longer execute people Governor Bill Richardson signed a bill a couple of days ago repealing the death penalty in New Mexico.

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The surge of Americans incarcerated

March 20th, 2009 Andrew Villeneuve Unscheduled Programming

The surge of Americans incarcerated A visual graph of the rise of the number of Americans in prison from 1920 to 2006.

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Yoo: “Hippies ruined my reputation”

March 20th, 2009 Andrew Villeneuve Unscheduled Programming

Yoo: “Hippies ruined my reputation” The infamous author of the Bush administration’s ”torture memo” says he doesn’t see anything wrong with the outrageous documents he wrote justifying

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Report: Energy contributing to birds’ decline

March 20th, 2009 Andrew Villeneuve Unscheduled Programming

Report: Energy contributing to birds’ decline Energy production of all types — wind, ethanol and mountaintop coal mining — is contributing to steep drops in

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More Democrats in the 2010 Oregon State House?

March 20th, 2009 Andrew Villeneuve Unscheduled Programming

More Democrats in the 2010 Oregon State House? Daily Kos’ cjallen brings Oregon State House Districts 20, 37, and 39 to our attention as potential pickups in 2010.

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March 20th, 2009 Andrew Villeneuve Unscheduled Programming

Dear President Obama: War, from its origins, is the murders of the sons by the fathers; as in: so few fathers murdering so many sons.

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Obamas to plant organic vegetable garden

March 20th, 2009 Andrew Villeneuve Unscheduled Programming

Obamas to plant organic vegetable garden The White House has been without a vegetable garden since First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt last planted one during World

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No return to normal

March 19th, 2009 Andrew Villeneuve Unscheduled Programming

No return to normal James K. Galbraith on why the economic crisis, and its solution, are bigger than people think.

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