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Of interest (Wed, May 4th, 7am)

The silent protests — will anyone ever notice? | Hullabaloo – digby
Allison Kilkenny has a full round-up of various actions and protests [link] happening around the country showing opposition to budget cuts. I suppose it shouldn't surprise me that it's getting so little press, especially considering that we vanquished the boogeyman this week, but still. …

We can blame the blackout on bin Laden, but let's face it: nobody in the mainstream media was covering this systematically anyway.

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BBC News – Osama Bin Laden: Why Geronimo?

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BBC News – US breaches Mississippi River levee to ease flood risk

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BBC News – Yemen: Artists urge President Saleh to go

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BBC News – Iran’s place in the new Middle East

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An Insider’s Guide to the New Orleans Jazz Festival | The Root

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[My bookmarks live at delicious.com/camryl. In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. Also, signal boosts are awesome! --L.]

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