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Posts Tagged ‘ Pittsburgh ’

RCPress Interview: Comedian Ron Placone on Media Consolidation, CISPA, Boston and Much More

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April 25, 2013
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Hello Raging Chicken Press readers and members! Welcome to our 6th episode of our RCPress Interview series.  This time around we bring you Pittsburgh comedian Ron Placone, and today we took some time talking about media consolidation, his madness in the message tour, CISPA, Boston and more. To help support and sustain this type of...
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Help Save the Arts! Tell Tom Corbett to Fund Public Education

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April 25, 2013
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I would like to thank our friend Colleen from Save the Upper Darby Arts for showing us this video and petition drive.  As you know, when public school budgets are gutted, the first programs to go are the arts, especially in times like today when all administrators care about are the STEMs.  Please watch the video...
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Privateers Hack Post-Gazette Poll

A review of a recent Pittsburgh Post-Gazette online poll on Gov. Corbett’s scheme to dismantle the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board (PLCB) showed that hackers who favor privatization had skewed the results. “We demonstrated that the poll was being rigged. The privateers are so desperate that they are now hacking media polls. They’re losing on...
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2013 PROGRESSIVE VISIONS – SHORT VIDEO CONTEST

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February 4, 2013

ENTRIES DUE: APRIL 6, 2013 FINALIST SCREENING AND AWARDS SHOW: APRIL 20, 2013 Time and location to be announced. Rules and how to enter are below Technical help for beginners and other visionaries — PRIZES WILL BE AWARDED FOR: The Celeste S. Behrend Jury Award The Karen S. Peterson Audience Selection Award View previous...
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ALERT: Smoking Gun?

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February 2, 2013
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Editor’s Note: This Alert was originally sent to members of IATSE Local 3 Stagehands in Pittsburgh. Thanks to Sean Foyle for passing it on to us so we can pass it on to you.  Dear Brothers& Sisters: As many of you have hopefully followed Alerts and as I have explained ad nauseam – it is...
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Our tax dollars have become RADiculous

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September 5, 2012
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Every so often, the tax exempt status of our regions non-profits prompts a fair bit of discussion in the public square. Recent articles in the Post-Gazette written by both Nicholas Cafardi and Sally Kalson have described how the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has overturned the legal standard for determining what qualifies an organization as purely public...
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Cruz Family Heartbroken at PNC Pittsburgh

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June 24, 2012

Editor’s Note:  The following article and video was posted to the Raging Chicken Forum by Don Carpenter, an Occupy Pittsburgh Livestreamer.  It was originally posted to The Uptake. We’d encourage all fans of progressive, activist journalism to check out The Uptake too. The the video below is from Don Carpenter, text is credited to...
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Tragedy at the Pittsburgh Opera: The Political Connections Between Pennsylvania and the Pittsburgh Opera

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May 9, 2012

“What the fuck?”  Those were the first three simple words that came to mind when I read about the decision the Pittsburgh Opera made last week.  The opera, in their infinite wisdom, decided to give Governor Tom Corbett and his wife a “Joint Lifetime Achievement Award” in education. Did you get that? IN EDUCATION....
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This is What a Police State Looks Like

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February 15, 2012
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On December 12, 2011, days before the three-month anniversary of Occupy Wall Street, John Knefel, an independent news reporter and co-host of Radio Dispatch, was arrested covering the Occupy Port Shutdown solidarity rallies in New York City, at the Winter Garden Theater.  He and 10 other journalists were arrested mid afternoon, then were shackled...
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