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textNudophobes versus lingerie models... by ImpeachCheneyFirst
+ Berkeley bares + more news links for freedomseekers......
Posted: Wed, Mar 1, 2006 9:50pm PST
textPETA Sues Ringling CEO Over Document Theft, Illegal Spying, Other Unlawful Acts by PETA (reposted)
A trial that pits the world’s largest animal rights group against the greatest "sham" on Earth starts Monday. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) filed a lawsuit to uncover the details of a conspiracy by Kenneth Feld, chair and CEO of Feld Entertainment of Vienna, Va. The conspiracy involved setting up and funding a phony animal protection organization and other front groups in order to gain invitations to group members’ homes, as well as taking and misusing confident...
Posted: Wed, Mar 1, 2006 9:05pm PST
textPlanned Parenthood, NARAL and NOW sell out the movement by me
This article is by Jane Hamsher, the very good political blogger who runs the site called FireDogLake.In this article, she tells how NARAL and Planned Parenthood failed to defend Choice during the recent battles over Samuel Alito....
Posted: Wed, Mar 1, 2006 3:15pm PST
textOH MY GOD (or, OH YOUR GOD) "Pizza Magnate Seeks Catholic-Governed Town" by This is CRAZY
I cannot belive this shit...
Posted: Wed, Mar 1, 2006 2:58pm PST
textHow to help + PDX and NYC events by Family and Friends of Daniel McG
1-Donate to his legal defense 2-Sign up to the listserve and keep up to date on case updates 3-Check out Daniel's website at http://www.supportdaniel.org...
Posted: Wed, Mar 1, 2006 1:35pm PST
textUrgent Call for Peace in Iraq: Sign on Today! by UFPJ
Sign on today! Please join women and men from all over the world who have launched an Urgent Call for Peace in Iraq. CODEPINK: Women for Peace, one of UFPJ’s member groups, is gathering over 100,000 signatures on this Call....
Posted: Wed, Mar 1, 2006 1:33pm PST
textDP Awareness Week: Innocence and the DP by Campaign to End the Death Penalty list
During this national week of action, our CEDP list serve will highlight one reason for each day--and highlight an event held by one of the CEDP chapters....
Posted: Wed, Mar 1, 2006 12:25pm PST
textMississippi follows South Dakota's lead, seeks to ban abortion by One woe doth tread upon another's heel
We were told the anti-choice states would try to overturn Roe v Wade as soon as they could, and... they are....
Posted: Wed, Mar 1, 2006 10:50am PST
textDemocracy Now: Radio Frequency Identification by Democracy Now (reposted)
We speak with Liz McIntyre, author of "Spychips: How Major Corporations and Government Plan to Track your Every Move with RFID" that examines radio frequency identification - a technology that uses tiny computer chips to track items at distance. Major corporations are working right now to install RFIDs on all consumer products. What about in you arm? Or in your kids? We also speak with freelance journalist Annalee Newitz who recently had an RFID implanted in her arm....
Posted: Wed, Mar 1, 2006 7:14am PST
textU.S. Agrees to Pay Egyptian Man $300K For Post-9/11 Detention in Unprecedented Settlement by Democracy Now (reposted)
The U.S. government has agreed to pay $300,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by an Egyptian man who spent several months in U.S. detention even though he had been cleared of terror charges. Ehab Elmaghraby was one of over 100 Muslim men rounded up and detained after the 9/11 attacks. According to a lawsuit, he was repeatedly beaten and abused by prison guards. We go to Egypt to speak with Elmaghraby and we are joined by two of his attorneys....
Posted: Wed, Mar 1, 2006 7:13am PST
textWhere does Bottled Water come from? Take Action by 3/2! by Water for All list
Right now, there is an effort underway in Congress to pre-empt state laws on food and bottled water labeling, which would mean that some good state laws would disappear. For instance, the National Uniformity in Labeling Act, or HR 4167, would jeopardize California's law requiring that consumers be notified of contaminants that are known to the state to cause cancer or birth defects (Proposition 65) as well as California's statute requiring warnings on shellfish....
Posted: Wed, Mar 1, 2006 12:11am PST
textReport Finds Federal Gov't and Red Cross Unprepared to Serve Latinos in Next Disaster by NCLR
A new report from the National Council of La Raza (NCLR), the largest national Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization in the U.S., concludes that the federal government and the American Red Cross are unprepared to address the needs of Latinos and other diverse communities in the event of a disaster....
Posted: Tue, Feb 28, 2006 11:58pm PST
textURGENT: Tell Congress to Protect Food Safety Laws! by organic
you are what you eat...
Posted: Tue, Feb 28, 2006 3:11pm PST
textvictoriasdirtysecret.net April 11th National Day of Action by forestethics.org
clearcuts for catalogs...
Posted: Tue, Feb 28, 2006 2:24pm PST
textSupreme Court Ends Protection Against Abortion Clinic Violence by NOW
Today the U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling that could add to the increasing difficulty women face in obtaining reproductive health services....
Posted: Tue, Feb 28, 2006 12:20pm PST
textToday: Screening of Emmett Till Documentary at Grand Lake by via list
Screening today only in Oakland!...
Posted: Tue, Feb 28, 2006 12:09pm PST
textToday! Call Congress: Not One Penny More for War! by UFPJ
NOT ONE PENNY MORE FOR WAR! National Call-In Day TODAY: Tuesday, February 28, 2006...
Posted: Tue, Feb 28, 2006 10:29am PST
textDP Awareness Week: The DP is Cruel and Unusual Punishment by via CEDP
DEATH PENALTY AWARENESS WEEK February 27 to March 3...
Posted: Tue, Feb 28, 2006 10:14am PST
textSix Months After Katrina, New Report Shows Poor Still Being Left Behind by Democracy Now
On the six month anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, we get a report from Oxfam America on the recovery of the Gulf States. Oxfam director says, “Despite critical reports and investigative hearings of government failures, despite the flurry of commitments to confront poverty in the U.S. - six months after Katrina, little has changed.”...
Posted: Tue, Feb 28, 2006 8:07am PST
textState of Mandatory Motherhood: Sleeper Cells in South Dakota? by Pat Wolf via Counterpunch
Attention Homeland Security: The Taliban may have sleeper cells in South Dakota!...
Posted: Tue, Feb 28, 2006 7:53am PST
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