Information you might like to have direct access to.

As you may already know, I have my own blog site, Progressive-Independence.org.  What you may not know is that soon, very soon, it might no longer be around.  To make a long story short, a while back I made an online donation to someone who'd been asking for them to maintain what he called a news web site.  I found my PayPal account banned thereafter, with the company refusing even to accept my payment information.  It turns out that the guy I gave money to runs a forum that contains adult content, and PayPal has a zero-tolerance policy for adult content.  This being the case, he is on PayPal's shit list, and anyone and everyone who donated to him is similarly locked out.  It's my own fault for not taking the time to verify where my donation through PayPal was going.  Unfortunately, it has consequences that will probably result in my blog being shut down.

 The reason for this shut-down has to do with soapblox only accepting payments through PayPal.  They don't have any other method for paying for a soapblox blog.  The issue was never resolved.  I have gone months without receiving any invoice whatsoever, since PayPal handled that matter.  Nor has the soapblox owner responded to my e-mails since earlier this year.  I don't know when or if Progressive Independence will stay past the end of the year. So before this happens, if it happens, I want to share with you the links I've set up that allow visitors and members alike to gain access to information.  The greatest weapon we on the left have is information, because voters and activists cannot accomplish anything substantive without it.  Part of P.I.'s mission involves providing the tools necessary.  In that vein, here are the links I currently have on the web site, which are below the jump.

AFFILIATE SITES

Booman Tribune
Campaign for America's Future
CorrenteWire.com
Docudharma
Free Speech Zone
HillbillyReport.COM
HillbillyReport.ORG
Liberal Pride
Pffugee Camp
Progressive U
Smirking Chimp
World Can't Wait

BLOGS

Allison Kilkenny's Blog
All Over the Board
Barefoot & Progressive
Brad Blog
Callahan's Cleveland Diary
Closed Left
Dave from Queens
Flotsam & Jetsam
Home of the Brave
IanWalsh.net
Lance Mannion
Lefty Lane
Liberal & Pagan News
Liberal Pro
Lobotero
NI4D.us
Political Left
The Rude Pundit
Socialist Appeal (UK)
Social Justice Coalition
Socialistworker.org
Studies & Observations
The Truth Zone

CORPORATE-OWNED NEWS SOURCES

ABC News
Associated Press
BBC News
Bloomberg News
Boston Globe
C-Span
CBS News
Chicago Daily Herald
Chicago Tribune
CNN.com
The Daily Telegraph
Der Spiegel
Guardian Unlimited
Independent Online
Irish Times
Japan Times
Le Monde
Los Angeles Times
MSNBC.com
National Public Radio
New York Times
PBS News Hour
Reuters
San Francisco Chronicle
Seattle Post Intelligencer
Seattle Times
USA Today
Washington Post

LEFT-WING NEWS AND OPINION

Air America Radio
The American Prospect
Black Agenda Report
The Boston Phoenix
Common Dreams
CounterPunch.com
Crooks & Liars
FreePress.org
GregPalast.com
Guerrilla News Network
Huffington Post
IndyMedia.org
Info. Clearing House
In These Times
Liberty News TV
Mayfield Press
Mother Jones
The Nation
Op Ed News
The Progressive
Progressive Populist
RAW Story
REAL News Network
Salon
Scholars & Rogues
Talking Points Memo
Tom Dispatch
Tom Paine
TPM Muckraker
Truth Dig
TruthOut.org
TV News Lies
World Can't Wait

FACT-CHECKERS AND WATCHDOGS

Bailout Sleuth
Editor & Publisher
FactCheck.org
F.A.I.R.
GovTrack.us
Media Lens
Media Matters
OpenSecrets.org
StimulusWatch.org
Project Vote Smart
Bush Crime List

POLITICAL ACTION

Care.org on Obama
LWV Voting Guide
November5.org
Write Your Representatives!
House Phone Directory
Write Your Senators!
Senate Phone List (PDF)

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    • Edger on December 8, 2009 at 20:56

    somewhere outside of soapblox, do you? If so, buy web hosting as well, build a drupal or joomla site, and redirect your domain name to that.

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