Experiments with truth: 7/22/09

    •  Seven climate activists dressed as astronauts stood up during yesterday’s Environment and Public Works Senate hearing and unfurled banners that read: “What can the US do in 10 years?” and “Put a man on the moon (check); cut co2 40% (dotted-line-check).”
    • A Baptist preacher and community organizer in the racially and economically segregated town of Benton Harbor Michigan is organizing a boycott and pickett of a private golf course built atop a public park.

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