#31 Way to Exasperate a Liberal: Rake in Millions in NFL Profit, Pay Sweatshop Workers Pennies

Jim Cook 2/5/2011
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$141,600,000.00: amount of money raked in by the Green Bay Packers in media fees alone during the Super Bowl. $0.08: amount of money paid to a worker in El Salvador for sewing an NFL-branded t-shirt that retails for $25.

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Three Thousand Item Liberal State Activist Catalog

jclifford 2/2/2011
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The Irregular States catalog of bumper stickers and other political gear for liberal activists has reached the milestone of three thousand items for sale.

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Texas Against Huckabee

jclifford 1/20/2011
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What I Like Mike Huckabee 2012 chose not to write about is the larger context of Pubic Policy Polling’s findings about Mike Huckabee. Tom Jensen, who works for the firm, actually explains that Huckabee appears too weak to take on Barack Obama in 2012.

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Political and International Donations: Ballot Access News and the Village Enterprise Fund

Jim Cook 1/19/2011
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Every time someone buys one of our sweatshop-free liberal t-shirts through Skreened, we set aside two dollars from the profits: one dollar for donation to a domestic political cause and another dollar for donation to an overseas charitable effort. Our …

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Krampus Campaigns For Obama 2012

F. G. Fitzer 12/24/2010
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Until you catch sight of Krampus and his Obama campaign sign, you can help him in his work of promoting the 2012 Obama campaign from an unusuahttp://www.cafepress.com/irregulargoods.497291473l angle. Start by placing a Krampus for Obama lapel sticker on your Krampus for Obama t-shirt.

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Domestic and International Donations: ACLU and Charity:Water

Jim Cook 12/21/2010
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Whenever someone buys one of our sweatshop-free shirts at Skreened, we set aside a dollar to donate to a domestic political cause and another dollar to donate to charity for overseas assistance. This time, we’ve sent a donation to Charity:Water …

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Zero Interest Microloan to Jose Antonio Molina Pineda

Jim Cook 12/18/2010
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Since we found out that Kiva’s international microloan partners were charging usurious annual interest and fee rates of often more than 50% and sometimes more than 100%, we halted our donations to Kiva and started issuing plain old micro-grants to …

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Irregular Times Donation: Maine Green Independent Party

Jim Cook 12/15/2010
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Whenever we sell a Made in the USA Sweatshop-Free T-Shirt, we who write for Irregular Times set aside a dollar to give to a worthy liberal political cause. Earlier this month, we made a donation to the Green Party USA …

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Irregular Times Microgrant: Village Enterprise Fund

Jim Cook 12/15/2010
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Nicholas Kristoff says the best thing Americans can do for poor people living in the Third World is to buy crap made in sweatshop factories where people don’t make enough money to support their families, because even though they’re exploitative …

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Merry Krampusnacht!

jclifford 12/5/2010
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An historical primer on Krampus, the spirit of Yule Misrule, and some Krampus goodies.

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Muslims For Peace

jclifford 11/27/2010
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Muslims can make the claim of Islam as a religion of peace more credible by being open and vocal in their Muslim identity and in their support for peace.

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Oil Is Not My Addiction Of Choice

The Green Man 11/26/2010
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As addictions go, our addiction to oil isn’t even very satisfying. It’s nasty, vile, and polluting. We would do better to be addicted to chocolate, or to alcohol, or to old movies.

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Update: Democratic Undergound Still Selling Sweatshop Shirts

Jim Cook 11/17/2010
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Three and a half years ago, I contacted Democratic Underground to ask them why, given their stance at the time against sweatshop production in factories, they were selling shirts many of which were likely made in sweatshops. Three and a …

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The Solstice is the Reason for the Season

Jim Cook 11/15/2010
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The tilt of the Earth, half-shrouded in darkness, is the reason it gets so dark and cold this time of year. The commemoration of the blanket of darkness and the wait for light’s return at the solstice has been the …

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Irregular Design Becomes Logo Of Draft Feingold Movement

Peregrin Wood 11/15/2010
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About the journey of a logo for Draft Russ Feingold 2012 with Feingold’s name in the shape of the USA.

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Feingold For President – The Best Liberal Christmas Present Ever

Peregrin Wood 11/9/2010
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As a U.S. Senator, Russ Feingold has persisted in defending Americans’ constitutional rights when other members of Congress walked away from the fight. That makes Feingold a perfect representative of liberals who have become disenchanted with Barack Obama’s abandonment of progressive causes.

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Buckthorn Fabric Paint Experiment

Jim Cook 11/7/2010
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Meet the Common Buckthorn. Here in Maine it’s a highly invasive non-native species that doesn’t even feed the birds with its black berries — after they’re eaten they get spread through an explosive laxative effect. I’m going to try to …

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Is CafePress Opening Shops and Selling Items Without Asking You? Find Out.

Jim Cook 11/6/2010
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Without asking, the print-on-demand corporation CafePress has opened a shop on Irregular Times’ account and started selling items with our pictures on them. First, let me show you what’s happened, with screen captures for purposes of documentation. Then, let me …

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