Uppitywis’s NewsCloud Journal http://uppitywis.newscloud.com A NewsCloud community weblog Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:54:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.2.3-2.2.1 en News Magazine for Democratic Convention http://uppitywis.newscloud.com/2008/07/02/news-magazine-for-democratic-convention/ http://uppitywis.newscloud.com/2008/07/02/news-magazine-for-democratic-convention/#comments Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:54:50 +0000 uppitywis http://uppitywis.newscloud.com/2008/07/02/news-magazine-for-democratic-convention/ Several of us are working on a project to build a grassroots news magazine for the Democratic Convention.  We are aggregating together the blog streams of many of the bloggers at the convention.  Additionally it will contain video, photos, and a daily joint live blog about the convention.  We’re excited about the project.  The site is currently in beta status, but it’s improving a little day by day.  Come visit us at RootsWire.Org.  We’re also working on a bunch of other projects over there, but  the convention blog is the first.

]]> http://uppitywis.newscloud.com/2008/07/02/news-magazine-for-democratic-convention/feed/ Jailed Wisconsin Veteran Sent to Solitary Confinement, Seeks Help | Uppity Wisconsin http://uppitywis.newscloud.com/2008/04/07/jailed-wisconsin-veteran-sent-to-solitary-confinement-seeks-help-uppity-wisconsin/ http://uppitywis.newscloud.com/2008/04/07/jailed-wisconsin-veteran-sent-to-solitary-confinement-seeks-help-uppity-wisconsin/#comments Mon, 07 Apr 2008 08:03:22 +0000 uppitywis http://uppitywis.newscloud.com/2008/04/07/jailed-wisconsin-veteran-sent-to-solitary-confinement-seeks-help-uppity-wisconsin/ An innocent and reportedly depressed Navy Airman Keith Roberts (1968-71) suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), and serving a four-year sentence for wire fraud since March 2007, has for reasons unclear been moved and caged in solitary confinement in a federal prison in Minnesota for almost a month, according to the veteran’s wife.

 

 

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