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Bush, Democrats Form War on Terror Panel WASHINGTON — US President George W. Bush and Democratic leaders have agreed to form a bipartisan "advisory group" on Washington's so-called war on terror....
Posted: Wed, Jan 31, 2007 7:45am PST
An Iron Curtain is Descending, And Most Americans Don't Know "Why are you travelling so often to Canada?" the tough U.S. border guard barked. I was on Amtrak, going from New York to Montreal, as I'd done dozen of times before over several decades. This was my first experience (summer 2006) of the increasingly standard and intrusive "U.S. Exit Interviews" on trains crossing the border. I've been hassled on every train crossing since then, most recently January 2007. The U.S. now has a combined FBI-compiled file of all arrests and charges at all governme...
Posted: Wed, Jan 31, 2007 7:15am PST
The Case Against the February California Primary As Ben Franklin said, the definition of “insanity” is “doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result.” Once again, California politicians complain that our state never gets to choose a presidential nominee because the race is over by the time it gets here. Now the state legislature wants to push up our presidential primary even earlier than before – in the vain hope that we will decide from a wide-open field in 2008. But other states have the same idea too and we m...
Posted: Wed, Jan 31, 2007 7:11am PST
Poland: Archbishop’s resignation exposes crisis of Catholic Church The recent resignation of Stanislaw Wielgus as the archbishop of Warsaw has served to reveal the profound crisis of the Catholic Church in Poland. The church, which has traditionally formed a bulwark of reaction in Poland and played a significant role in channelling mass opposition to the Stalinist regime behind capitalist restoration, is increasingly losing influence....
Posted: Wed, Jan 31, 2007 7:10am PST
Libby perjury trial puts spotlight on US Vice President Cheney Testimony in the opening week of the perjury trial of former top White House official I. Lewis Libby has focused attention on the central role played by Vice President Dick Cheney in the Bush administration’s efforts to suppress political opposition to the war in Iraq....
Posted: Wed, Jan 31, 2007 7:07am PST
Dellums Shines – But Newsom Missing -- at Conference of Mayors On January 28th, the San Francisco Chronicle described Oakland’s new Mayor, Ron Dellums, as the “go-to guy” at last week’s U.S. Conference of Mayors. It’s a stark contrast for a newspaper that last year belittled his candidacy after progressive activists recruited the ex-Congressman to come out of retirement and run. After the Chronicle chastised candidate Dellums for his “utopian vision” and lack of hands-on leadership, the paper now says that Dellums is “respected for coalition-building,” a...
Posted: Tue, Jan 30, 2007 8:06am PST
Britain: OECD rebukes Blair government for dropping Saudi bribery investigation The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development has expressed “serious concerns” about the Blair government’s decision to call off the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) investigation into allegations of multibillion-pound bribery of the Saudi ruling family by British Aerospace (BAe), Britain’s leading defence contractor....
Posted: Tue, Jan 30, 2007 7:22am PST
In Jail? You Can Vote! The voting rights of 100,000 people have now been restored....
Posted: Tue, Jan 30, 2007 4:53am PST
Canada’s Liberals make pro-war Ignatieff their second-in-command Michael Ignatieff—the former Harvard professor who has written extensively in support of “pre-emptive” war, the curbing of democratic rights, and torture—has been confirmed as the number-two man in Canada’s Liberal party....
Posted: Mon, Jan 29, 2007 6:08am PST
Progressive Inauguration Location: Dance Mission Theatre, 3316 24th Street near Mission Street (near 24th Street BART)...
Event Date: Sat, Feb 17, 2007 7:00pm PST
Posted: Sun, Jan 28, 2007 8:12pm PST
Study finds substantial rise in cigarette nicotine content Newly published research from the Tobacco Control Research Program at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) documents a substantial increase in nicotine content in major brand name cigarettes over the past decade. The findings indicate that, in the face of numerous legal defeats and a declining national market, the tobacco industry has focused on increasing the addictiveness of its products....
Posted: Sun, Jan 28, 2007 10:02am PST
Susan Leal is no Engineer and cannot lead the SF Public Utilities Commission Susan Leal is no engineer and cannot and will not ever be able to lead the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission. So far, Susan Leal has failed us with the Clean Water Project and especially Hetch Hetchy. Now, without completing the Clean Water Projects she wants to deal with the Waste Water Projects linked to San Francisco and waste millions of dollars. Susan Leal makes $300,000 a year with perks and has a written contract without any qualifications. Time will tell....
Posted: Sun, Jan 28, 2007 8:18am PST
When the Lobbyist Knocks: Democracy in Crisis Among the tens of thousands of Americans protesting in the nation's capital against George W. Bush's war-quagmire in Iraq this weekend, more than a few will probably wonder why there are not more folks with them or, at least, more marching in other villages, towns and city squares around the country. After all, nearly 70% of the American people believe the war was a bad mistake and want out....
Posted: Sat, Jan 27, 2007 10:20am PST
German chancellor assures Bush of “broad support” On Sunday, January 21, the news magazine Der Spiegel published an interview with US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. Following visits to a number of Middle East countries, Rice made Berlin her first European port of call and held talks with both the German foreign minister and the chancellor, Angela Merkel (Christian Democratic Union—CDU)....
Posted: Fri, Jan 26, 2007 6:12am PST
US: Threadbare “college affordability” bill passes in the House The Democratic-controlled House of Representatives passed a bill January 17 proposing a halving of interest rates on federally subsidized student loans. Part of the Democrats’ vaunted “first 100 hours,” HR5 is supposed to represent the fulfillment of a campaign promise to rein in spiraling education costs and debt burden....
Posted: Fri, Jan 26, 2007 6:08am PST
Guinea riots death toll rises to 59 Officials in Guinea have said that the death toll in two-weeks of anti-government protests is far-higher than they had initally reported....
Posted: Thu, Jan 25, 2007 6:26pm PST
European Union demands speedy formation of unity coalition in Serbia The European Union has called for the formation of a pro-Western coalition government in Serbia as soon as possible following Sunday’s elections....
Posted: Thu, Jan 25, 2007 8:48am PST
State of Union needs volunteer national service, as in Peoples Lobby American World Servic Do you believe: Building stable, peaceful, productive nations takes generations? Warring generally reverses peaceful nation building? America needs to implement a civilian national volunteer corps, such as outlined in Peoples Lobby American World Service Corps (AWSC) Congrssional Proposals? www.WorldServiceCorps.us Or a civilian national service corps more closely aligned with what this administration seems to define as military service “to serve in the defining struggle of our time”?...
Posted: Wed, Jan 24, 2007 11:51am PST
Pakistanis Trust Ulama Over Politicians ISLAMABAD – A new poll has showed that the majority of Pakistanis still trust religious scholars over secular politicians, a fact experts see as a blow to President General Pervez Musharraf's so-called policy of enlighten moderation....
Posted: Wed, Jan 24, 2007 7:28am PST
US Turns to Somali Courts Leader MOGADISHU — The deep-seated Somali animosity towards Ethiopia and the unpopularity of the interim government are pushing the US to seek the help of Islamic Courts leader Sheikh Sharif Ahmed to stabilize the strategic Horn of Africa country, experts believe....
Posted: Wed, Jan 24, 2007 7:28am PST
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