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Libertarians who loathe Israel
Irrational hatred for "an isolated Sparta, bristling with weaponry and little else" prompts libertarians to forget their welfare economics. For example, Raimondo menacingly warns that without US aid, Israel would cease to exist... Come again?...
Posted: Wed, Aug 13, 2003 6:58pm PDT
WTO CANCUN - latest updates
The next ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organization will take place in
Cancun, Mexico on September 10-15. From the 8th on, a huge mobilization will
greet the meeting with creative protest and visions of alternatives. Below is
our report on some of the preliminary organizing we did last week in Cancun and
Mexico City....
Posted: Wed, Aug 13, 2003 9:20am PDT
GOP breaking up over Gay Marriages? (Moralist vs Libertarian)
There’s evidence of friction at all levels of the party. Most prominently, between Bush and Dick Cheney, whose own daughter is gay. Meanwhile Howard Dean was governor of Vermont in April of 2000, when the state became the first to recognize single sex unions....
Posted: Tue, Aug 12, 2003 11:51am PDT
EARTHLINK STEALS REGISTERED TRADEMARK
Earthlink, advertiser on CNBC, a 24 hour TV business propaganda network, claims to have a computer program that can control the business interests of a canned meat company. CNBC does not claim to be "fair and balanced"....
Posted: Tue, Aug 12, 2003 9:38am PDT
"Stop GATS!" Against Privatization of Services
"The `Washington Consensus' from the 80s promised that a neoliberal policy would be good for everyone. In fact, local structures.. are destroyed, human lives are annihilated through hunger and poverty and enormous environmental damage continued."...
Posted: Mon, Aug 11, 2003 11:05am PDT
Words to Seduce the Left
Watch as I make a seemingly "anti-business" argument designed to fit within the Left's world view, but ... TA-DA!!! ... I actually make an argument in favor of laissez-faire... now that's how to "serve it up with a LEFT SPIN"...
Posted: Fri, Aug 8, 2003 6:59pm PDT
Daschle-cide Against The Lakota
Senator Daschle (of the illegal "state of South Dakota") is the sponsor of many congress acts which violate the rights to nationhood of the Lakota "Sioux" Nation, and allows for the continuing theft of Lakota gold, coal, timber and oil upon 1851 Treaty Homelands...
Posted: Thu, Aug 7, 2003 5:16pm PDT
PROGRAMERS NEEDED FOR COMMUNITY PROJECT
News of unemployed computer programers entertains me when there is so much work to be done. A children's distribution of Linux (tux just looks like that) would be an excellent product. The technology derived would also serve a restricted teen version....
Posted: Thu, Aug 7, 2003 11:54am PDT
HOW TO GIG A GEEK
Technology Bytes, often mispelled and popular radio show on KPFT radio in Houston, attempted to bring news about electronic technology and computers yesterday, and failed. A panel of geeks provided service, not to be confused with a hacker....
Posted: Wed, Aug 6, 2003 11:22pm PDT
Jobless Growth
"We celebrate the victory over the recession while several hundred thousand employees are dismissed every month', decried Calif congressman Pete Stark. `It would be almost hilarious if it weren't so sad.' Employers prefer reducing personnel to save costs.."...
Posted: Wed, Aug 6, 2003 9:43am PDT
Harvey Rosenfeld v. Gov Davis on Davis' anti-consumer law
Harvey Rosenfeld, the author of the pro-consumer Prop 103 re auto insurance, may run for governor on the Recall Gray Davis ballot, because Davis just signed a pro-insurance auto bill that effectively violates Prop. 103....
Posted: Wed, Aug 6, 2003 3:16am PDT
Lesser-known candidates may be a better choice for Mayor
As one of the lesser-known candidates, we are often not included in the Mayoral debates some groups have scheduled. The response we get is that a criterion has been established, and none of us lesser-known candidates qualify. Personally I think they’re short-changing themselves. What I am asking is the following candidates participate in all San Francisco Mayoral debate - Michael Denny, Jim Reid, Anthony Ribera, or myself Roger Schulke....
Posted: Wed, Aug 6, 2003 12:06am PDT
Lost Opportunities To Show Leadership
Three times in the last year two SF Mayoral candidates, and members of the Board of Supervisors, had the opportunities to lead the Board in decisions the people of he City of San Francisco wanted. - Both failed....
Posted: Tue, Aug 5, 2003 11:56pm PDT
HOW TO MAKE A WEAPON OUT OF A LAPTOP
Transmitting antennas, which have become common on computers, that operate in the microwave band, and are of sufficient power, and directional capabilities, can induce internal injuries in human personel. see RADAR for more information. This information has been provided in the interest of public safety....
Posted: Tue, Aug 5, 2003 1:54pm PDT
If I Could Run for Governor of California...
I can't afford the run. But if I could, energy policy would be the first plank on my platform....
Posted: Sat, Aug 2, 2003 7:19pm PDT
TARGETED MARKETING REDIRECTION TECHNOLOGY(or why I like spam)
Spam, a widely recognized high quality canned meat product that has to compete with Treet, has such a popular and freindly name that the BBC used it to entertain people which led to some bad terminology that resulted in some confusion about what spam is and the difference between a TARGETED MARKETING REDIRECTION TECHNOLOGY system and a geek's webmail attack weapon....
Posted: Fri, Aug 1, 2003 11:55pm PDT
The Ulterior Motive Behind School Vouchers
A network of Religious Right groups, Free-Market economists, ultra-Conservative columnists and others "are using vouchers as a vehicle to achieve an ultimate goal of privatizing" the education system....
Posted: Fri, Aug 1, 2003 12:08pm PDT
It's 2003, do you know what the "Club for Growth" is?
"When the supply-siders at the Club for Growth decide to back a candidate who favors the economic policies of the Reagan era, donations don't just trickle down, they gush." -- Congressional Quarterly Today, Feb. 7, 2003...
Posted: Thu, Jul 31, 2003 6:37pm PDT