ForwardSTL News and Events for Wednesday, Feb. 29

Upcoming events from the ForwardSTL Calendar (go to the calendar for more details for each event):

Wednesday, February 29

8:30am

Conservation Lobby Day 2012

9:00am

PROMO Equality Day 2012

6:00pm

Shut Down the Corporations - Peabody Coal Edition

9:00pm

Pride St. Louis Presents 3rd Annual Pride Idol Karaoke Competition

Thursday, March 1

» 8:00pm

Pride St. Louis Presents 3rd Annual Pride Idol Karaoke Competition

8:30pm

Benefit Concert for Occupy The MidWest at the Jefferson Warehouse

Friday, March 2

10:30am

Storytelling: Elephant Mania

7:00pm

2nd Annual Phil Ochs Tribute

Saturday, March 3

11:30am

Streetcar Stops

12:30pm

Raced: Racial Identity from the Civil War to Now-4 part class

12:30pm

Family Film Day: Horton Hears a Who!

3:00pm

"Protecting your child from harmful influences"

6:00pm

FestivAle, Benefiting the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

7:00pm

BOOBAPALOOZA

7:00pm

3rd Annual Trivia Night

7:00pm

Charlie King and Karen Brandow Concert and Silent Auction for the Peace Economy Project

Sunday, March 4

» 1:30am

BOOBAPALOOZA

3:00pm

Live Green or Die: Water Food and Energy for Missouri's Future

7:00pm

Candlelight Vigil for Peace

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News and Opinion (click through the link at ForwardSTL for the full stories):

Hundreds flock to capital for first-day filing, including crowd of Democrats for lieutenant governor | St. Louis Beacon

Lewis Reed to the Rescue | SLM Daily

Bailout Binging Bainster TV Ad | Show Me Progress

Filing started today | MO Progressive Candidate Recruitment Project

Carnahan will challenge Clay for Congress | St. Louis Public Radio

Clay Endorsed by Slay, Dooley

Q&A with Obama's accompanist on the Affordable Care Act

Roy Blunt should listen to George Will | Show Me Progress

The New Emerald Van Has Been Released | Punching Kitty

Firewall between Super PAC and campaign? Hah! | Occasional Planet

To understand American politics, understand the halo effect | Dangerous Intersection

William Lacy Clay Shares "Most Liberal" Ranking | Daily RFT

Mild Winter Spells Problems for Farmers | CBS Local

WikiLeaks publishes stolen emails from intelligence firm and think tank Stratfor | Examiner

Chaz Bono to speak at Northwest Missouri State | KSDK

Should we be providing needles for drug users? Controversy follows program at Bethany Place | BND

Republicans may lose the war on women’s bodies | Occasional Planet

Washington University plans $80 million Loop rehab project | St. Louis Business Journal

Editorial: Missouri needs to make education its top priority | St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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Sinquefield Is Bad For St. Louis, But Has Paid Off Enough People That It Doesn't Matter

As reported by Progress Missouri last week, Rex Sinquefield openly bragged about killing the potential game-changer for St. Louis known as the China Hub. Said Rex:

“The institution most responsible for torpedoing that [China cargo hub bill] was the Show-Me Institute”

Today, KMOX reports that St. Louis is "watching in envy" as Illinois might get the deal:

Now organizers of the failed [Missouri China Hub] effort are watching with envy as Illinois considers a China hub of its own. St. Clair County officials are debating whether to issue a half-billion dollars worth of bonds to help attract international cargo flights to Mid-America Airport in Mascoutah

You might think this would have some negative repercussions for Rex, since he potentially just cost the region many jobs. You'd be wrong, though, because between his unlimited donations to politicians, his donations to local cultural institutions, and his putting political figures directly on his payroll, Rex is basically protected from even the possibility of criticism from the St. Louis media. He's a great case study in how money + a largely sycophantic local media make it incredibly easy for the wealthy to undermine the best interests of the community without even having to explain themselves.

ForwardSTL News and Events for Monday, Feb. 27

Upcoming events from the ForwardSTL Calendar (go to the calendar for more details for each event):

Monday, February 27

6:15pm

St. Louis Capoeira Angola

7:00pm

Col. Ann Wright: Ethics and Effects of the Use of Military Drones

7:00pm

Rebuilding schools in post-war Liberia

7:00pm

Earthworms

8:00pm

Reality Now

8:30pm

Collateral Damage

Tuesday, February 28

12:00pm

The Murdock Report

6:30pm

Local Control of St. Louis Police and the Civil War

7:00pm

Amnesty International's Monthly Letter Writing Meeting

7:00pm

Stories of Resilience Community Forum: Homelessness

Wednesday, February 29

8:30am

Conservation Lobby Day 2012

9:00am

PROMO Equality Day 2012

6:00pm

Shut Down the Corporations - Peabody Coal Edition

9:00pm

Pride St. Louis Presents 3rd Annual Pride Idol Karaoke Competition

Thursday, March 1

» 8:00pm

Pride St. Louis Presents 3rd Annual Pride Idol Karaoke Competition

8:30pm

Benefit Concert for Occupy The MidWest at the Jefferson Warehouse

Friday, March 2

10:30am

Storytelling: Elephant Mania

7:00pm

2nd Annual Phil Ochs Tribute

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News and Opinion (click through the link at ForwardSTL for the full stories):

John F. Kennedy discusses the importance of a vigorous press | Dangerous Intersection

Visualizing NorthSide and Seeking Semblance of a Land Banking Strategy in the City of St. Louis | Next STL

Agree or Disagree: Biondi has destroyed the formerly urban midtown area around the Saint Louis University campus | Urban Review STL

Durbin slants left, Blunt right with McCaskill closer to Senate's center | St. Louis Beacon

Matt Taibbi: GOP gets what it has coming | Dangerous Intersection

"The Sky is the Limit" | Fired Up! Missouri

National Museum of African American History and Culture Groundbreaking Ceremony | Mirror on America

Why the gas price story is overblown | Ryan Witt, Examiner

High Broderism | Show Me Progress

More riders take the Metro | St. Louis Public Radio

Democrats running for lieutenant governor to meet in private talks in Jefferson City | St. Louis Beacon

Missouri banks still owe $732 million in TARP funds | St. Louis Business Journal

Immigrants Have Human Rights! | The Impudent Observer

How much freedom do students have on social media? | Gateway Journalism Review

Alice H. Gregory: Department of Revenue Clerk Accused of Taking Bribes to Process False Paperwork | Daily RFT

Poverty, obesity and malnutrition: myth vs. reality | Occasional Planet

Study: prostate cancer rate unusually high in St. Louis County | St. Louis Public Radio

5 Problems with Being a Throwaway Society (Film) | Sustainablog

Downtown’s First Electric Vehicle Charging Station | Urban Review STL

Black & Green, the New Intergration – 5 Names in Urban Ecology you should know | Urban Scientist

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