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"I'd rather vote for something I want and not get it than vote for something I don't want, and get it." Socialist Anti-war Candidate Eugene Debs (who garnered nearly a million votes while he sat in prison for opposition to U.S. involvement in World War One). "Opinion polls consistently show that only about 5 percent of blacks have sensible political opinions, i.e. support the free market, individual liberty and the end of welfare and affirmative action" wrote Ron Paul, who voted against t...

Lennar Corporation is a ROGUE company that has been selling its homes for cheap - many for 40cents on a dollar. Lennar Corporation is in deep trouble - it has laid off thousands of its employees - and here in San Francisco too. Lennar's stock and shares have been reduced to Junk Bond Status - the banks will not do business with them - and all over the world in the financial circles - the word is - stay away from the skunk - Lennar Corporation....

The Telegraph (U.K.) is reporting: Three million people have been afflicted by the winter vomiting bug - with experts fearing that cases could continue to rise dramatically during this month and next....

STOP GENTRIFICATION! In the city of Tacoma, WA, over the span of several days, members of Tacoma Anti-Gentrification have paint-bombed condos, smashed condo windows and disabled the vehicles of condo dwellers. Tacoma Anti-Gentrification is a collection of individuals who wish to halt the shameless takeover of our city. Gentrification is an act of war on the part of the government and corporations against the population of the United States....

Summary: The “Health Care Security and Cost Reduction Act”, also known as ABX1 1, and described by New York Times reporter Kevin Sack as a “bipartisan blueprint” conceived by Republican governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and Democratic Assembly speaker Fabian Nunez to bring “near-universal coverage to the country’s most populous state”, will neither provide health care security nor reduce costs of medical care. This article explains why....

Originally From New America Media Friday, January 11, 2008 : As the economy continues to downturn, Mexian day laborers living on the street and accessing local assistance progams in Oakland, Calif., may be the canary in the cave for many Americans. Ketaki Gokhale is a writer at New America Media....

Friday, January 11, 2008 : Nearly 80,000 San Franciscans without health coverage won a major victory when a federal appeals court yesterday lifted an injunction against the city's Health Access Program that provides health coverage to all uninsured adults and requires employers to share the costs. The plan was approved by the city's Board of Supervisors in July 2006....

Friday, January 11, 2008 : Amidst the post-New Hampshire, post Mayoral Inaugural clamor, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger announced his 2008-09 budget on Thursday. Confronted with a projected deficit equal to that leading to the recall of former Governor Gray Davis in 2003, Schwarzenegger insisted that raising taxes was not a solution and that spending had to be reined in....

The Ugly Mug Coffeehouse!...

The Board of Supervisors voted 8 to 3 on Jan 8 to extend the ban on sleeping and cooking without a permit in the park. Voting No were Chris Daly, Tom Ammiano and Gerardo Sandoval. Apparently, Green Party member and former cop, Ross Mirkarimi, voted for this obvious anti-homeless measure. Meanwhile, the Academy of Art is allowed to take over all of our affordable housing by ignoring building conversion permit procedures....