Jan 07 2009
Hey guys this looks for real.
Servers have been hacked and sites are going dark. If you have any content you want to save better do it quick.
I haven’t had any communication from Soapblox but pacified posted this on the Soapblox page: SoapBlox is Dead
OMG!
Jan 07 2009
From Dean Barker in dKos essay
Soapblox sites hacked? Info gathering thread
(+) SoapBlox is Dead
by: pacified
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January 07, 2009 at 08:15:46 MST
It was a good ride, but it’s over.Thanks for all the fish.
All these hackers messing with our stuff, and we here at SoapBlox have no clue what to do. We don’t have enough knowledge, time, money, or care to fix it.
So I hope the Hackers are happy.
If you want the data from your blog, we will get it. But we are not going to try and restore anything.
Consider this the “We’re Out of Business” post.
Most of the servers have been taken off line because they were being used to hack and exploit other websites. The hackers install this crap on servers after they get in. SoapBlox’s ISP then takes the servers off line.
We do not know when they will come back online.
We do not know if they will come back online.
Jan 07 2009
everything has a time stamp. it’s there, telling us how long til we walk, talk, or go from trike to bike. there’s a time for our first kiss and our last breath . . .
even bloggers have a shelf life. really. there’s that hard-to-define moment that tells you: it’s time to move on.
now it’s my turn. one more among the many in the blog-o-sphere diaspora to find their time done at a certain place.
it’s my turn. to have found that moment. at this particular place.
Jan 07 2009
Original article, a comment subtitled Adam Turl looks at what unions can do for young workers–and what youth could do for organized labor, via socialistworker.org:
A RECENT study, “Unions and Upward Mobility for Young Workers,” by the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) confirms that the need to join unions couldn’t be a more pressing issue for those coming of age today.
Jan 07 2009
 Muse in the Morning |
 Broken Dreams
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Jan 07 2009
The Morning News is an Open Thread
| From Yahoo News Top Stories |
1 Grand Canyon, Loch Ness compete as nature wonders
By ELIANE ENGELER, Associated Press Writer
1 hr 49 mins ago
| GENEVA – The Grand Canyon, Mount Everest and Loch Ness will vie with more than 200 other spectacular places in the next phase of the global competition for the New 7 Wonders of Nature, organizers said Wednesday. The 261 nominees from 222 countries include some of the most famous mountain peaks, lakes, and other attractions, such as the Great Barrier Reef and Niagara Falls.
Over a billion people are expected to join in Internet voting that will nominate 77 semifinalists for the top natural wonders, which will share in the glory already enjoyed by the seven man-made wonders chosen 18 months ago. “We are calling on people all over the world to actively show their appreciation for our … natural world by joining together to celebrate the most extraordinary sites on our planet,” said Tia Viering, spokeswoman of the New 7 Wonders campaign. |
Jan 07 2009
Jan 07 2009
Phyllis Bennis, Senior Analyst at the Institute for Policy Studies, talks with The Real News about the Gaza invasion by Israel.
Several days into Israel’s military operation in Gaza, The Real News speaks to Phyllis Bennis about the conflict. After giving a brief background on the events that led to the invasion of the Gaza Strip, Phyllis explains the various ways in which the United States facilitates Israel’s activities. According to Phyllis, it is the unquestioning military and political support from Washington that makes Israel’s actions possible.
Phyllis Bennis is a Senior Analyst at the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington DC. She is the author of Before and After: US Foreign Policy and the September 11 Crisis and Challenging Empire: How People, Governments, and the UN Defy US Power.
Real News: January 6, 2009 – 8 min 4 sec
Historical Amnesia And Gaza
Phyllis Bennis: Where you decide to start the clock determines how you define the crisis
Jan 07 2009
HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!
It’s the start of the new calendar year, the start of a new Presidential administration (well on the 20th actually), and of course the start of the first business quarter. We got in some disturbing, ok that’s putting it mildly, some crappy manufacturing news from the gang at ISM. The steel industry, in hopes of restoring some business, initiates a new campaign. Arizona & Michigan are starting a green jobs plans. All this, but first…
Jan 07 2009
This Pony Pen is an Open Thread! Chat away! Please do not rec the Pony Pen.
Jan 07 2009
Sometimes we think we should just call it the War Moratorium.
We all want to end the war and occupation of Iraq — but not to free up more troops for Afghanistan.
Violence continues to rage on a daily basis in both of those war-torn countries.
And now Gaza has been added to the mix, with innocents dying on both sides.
A new president takes office in less than two weeks — someone whose candidacy was launched and sustained in its early stages by his opposition to the Iraq war.
He, and other policy makers, need to hear from us, loudly and clearly, that we elected them to follow a path to peace — in Iraq, in Afghanistan, in Gaza, and around the globe.
What better time than Friday, Jan. 16, Iraq Moratorium #17, four days before the inauguration?
The Moratorium offers a chance for people across the country to speak out for peace with a united voice, in their own communities, all across the country. Since it began in September 2007, it has sparked more than 1,500 local events in 43 states and 260 communities.
Please join us this month. It’s easy. You simply have to disrupt your regular routine and do something on January 16 to call for peace in Iraq. The Moratorium is a big umbrella. You decide what to do — as an individual or with a group. Aside from unity on Iraq, there is plenty of room for other messages — to convert military spending to health care or other urgent needs, for example, or to stop the bloodshed in Afghanistan and Gaza.
The main thing is that we all do something — and that we share that information with others, so that it can inspire them and let them know that they are not alone, but truly part of a national grassroots movement that is mobilizing in local communities.
Please check our website to see if there’s an event listed in your community. Here’s the list.
If not, please send us the information on any group or individual action you’re planning for January 16. Just use this form.
Afterward, we hope you’ll share your experience by sending us a short report, with photos or video if possible.
This is not a time to relax our efforts. It is a time to renew and redouble them, knowing that we’re no longer trying to speak to a President and Congress with deaf ears on this issue. There is a lot of talk about hope these days, and we should be hopeful, too — but take nothing for granted.
Thanks for all of your efforts to date, and for whatever you can do this month in the cause of peace.
