Legalectric

White Terrorism from Prof. Juan Cole, University of Michigan:

The man who had most to do with Loughner after his arrest, Pima County Sherriff Clarence W. Dupnik, was clearly angered by what he heard from the assassin: “When you look at unbalanced people, how they respond to the vitriol that comes out of certain mouths about tearing down the government, the anger, the hatred, the bigotry … it is getting to be outrageous. And unfortunately, Arizona, I think, has become sort of the capital. We have become the mecca for prejudice and bigotry.”

From Spotty…

Singing Kum Bah Yah, off key

And from Paul Krugman:

Climate of Hate

By PAUL KRUGMAN/The New York Times

Published: January 9, 2011

When you heard the terrible news from Arizona, were you completely surprised? Or were you, at some level, expecting something like this atrocity to happen?

Put me in the latter category. I’ve had a sick feeling in the pit of my stomach ever since the final stages of the 2008 campaign. I remembered the upsurge in political hatred after Bill Clinton’s election in 1992 — an upsurge that culminated in the Oklahoma City bombing. And you could see, just by watching the crowds at McCain-Palin rallies, that it was ready to happen again. The Department of Homeland Security reached the same conclusion: in April 2009 an internal report warned that right-wing extremism was on the rise, with a growing potential for violence.
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Gabriella Giffords shot yesterday…

All the hate speech, hit lists, vitriol… from Palin, the Tea Party, radio “personalities,” … how about some responsibility for these “fighting words” unleashed on susceptible ingoramuses? (ignorami?)  There’s a reason they’re called “fighting words” and there’s a reason “fighting words” are not constitutionally protected free speech…

‘Vitriol’ Cited As Possible Factor in Arizona Tragedy

Shooting could tame tough political rhetoric

“Possible” factor?  I haven’t forgotten that Wellstone was #1 on the Bush/Rove “hit list” or that the NRA targeted Minnesota candidates in mailers and labeled them “dead.”

And for some “big picture” emissions info, here’s the latest Toxic Release Inventory from the EPA:

TRI – 2010 in sortable Excel

Hennepin County and the MPCA have released their “Environmental Assessment Worksheet” for the HERC burner, together with supporting documents.   Check ’em out:

HERC Environmental Assessment Worksheet

Covanta HHRA Report

HERC NAAQS Report

As you read through them, note the dates… some of it goes back to 2009, some 2008 and some 2006!

There will be a public comment period and a public meeting following publication in the EQB Monitor.  Here’s the EQB Monitor site to check, it’s not there  yet…

EQB Monitor site

For more info, keep an eye on the Neighbors Against the Burner site.

Thanks to Al Haug for posting about this.

January 8 – April 3, 2011

FINDING VIVIAN MAIER: CHICAGO STREET PHOTOGRAPHY

Chicago Cultural Center
78 E. Washington St, Michigan Avenue Galleries
Chicago IL 60602

Vivian Maier was a nanny in the Chicago area who spent her time off with a camera…

… a slight understatement…

… and after she died last year, in her 80s, boxes and boxes of hundreds of thousands of negatives were discovered…

… and boxes of undeveloped rolls of film.

Next week, an exhibition opens at the Chicago Cultural Center, running until early April.

FINDING VIVIAN MAIER: CHICAGO STREET PHOTOGRAPHY