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Jose Arguelles (video/quicktime 32.8MB)
Jose Arguelles at The Harmony Feastival. Saturday, June 10th...
Posted: Sun, Jun 11, 2006 4:59pm PDT
Flight 93 and the self imposed myth of an Innocent American
The film "Flight 93" continues to uphold the powerful and dangerous myth of the innocent American....
Posted: Fri, Jun 9, 2006 7:50pm PDT
“Angry Arab” Comments on Zarqawi. (audio/mpeg 37.7MB)
Jamal Dajani & Jess Ghannam of “Arab Talk” on KPOO discuss the killing of Abu Muss’ab Al Zarqawi with Professor A’sad Abu Khalil, the "Angry Arab" Blogger....
Posted: Fri, Jun 9, 2006 8:16am PDT
US Senate majority backs windfall for the rich through repeal of estate tax
A clear majority of the Senate voted Thursday for the single largest handout to the super-rich in US history, a bill for permanent repeal of the tax on inherited wealth, but the measure fell just short of the 60 votes required to cut off debate and secure passage. The 57-41 vote means that supporters of repeal may have to settle for a slightly less gargantuan tax cut for multi-millionaires in order to attract the three additional votes needed to close debate and pass the measure....
Posted: Fri, Jun 9, 2006 6:22am PDT
IMF calls for austerity measures inside U.S. for a change
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The
International Monetary Fund called on the US government to take more ambitious steps to remedy its deficit-ridden finances, including by introducing new taxes.
In an annual review, the IMF reiterated its stance that the administration of
President George W. Bush is not doing enough to get its swollen budget deficit back in balance....
Posted: Thu, Jun 8, 2006 11:15am PDT
Fundamentalist Christianity Weds the Military
Author
Debra Schaffer Hubert and Bob Nichols...
Posted: Mon, Jun 5, 2006 9:10am PDT
June 6: A Night With GREG PALAST - Kick-off of Greg's book tour for ARMED MADNESS
Tuesday, June 6 at 7:30 PM: A Night With GREG PALAST - Kick-off of Greg's book tour for ARMED MADNESS. 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM New College Media Studies MA Information Session. New College Roxie Film Center, 3117 16th Street, San Francisco...
Posted: Sat, Jun 3, 2006 6:15pm PDT
Digital Artists Obscure Reality for Corporate Profits: Before and After Case Study
Below is just one example of many of the work digital artists do every day "improving" the images of actors, men and women, products, and even children. The example of TV stars, before and after, is not nearly as dramatic here as it is on the photographer's site where the images are overlayed on top of eachother. At the photographer's site (see URL below), the commercial image is what you see first on the page, then if you mouseover the image, the original real photo is revealed. ...
Posted: Fri, Jun 2, 2006 2:11pm PDT
Community Meeting Saturday June 3 regarding Starbucks
City of Emeryville will be hosting a meeting Saturday June 3, 2006 which has on the agenda Starbucks coming to the plaza at 43rd and San Pablo. The meeting begins at 10 a.m. and is at the Recreation Center at 43rd and San Pablo across the street from the Arizmendi Bakery....
Posted: Fri, Jun 2, 2006 9:53am PDT
Oilmen kidnapped from Nigeria rig
Eight foreign oil workers have been kidnapped from an offshore oil rig in Nigeria, the rig's owner says....
Posted: Fri, Jun 2, 2006 6:28am PDT
Timor-Leste (Update)
America has been steadily reducing its active presence in the South Pacific over the past decade. Australia (the deputy sheriff) is expected to ‘step up to the plate’ and safeguard western interests in that region. Timor is the first test of deputy (dog) in the region and to date the deputy appears to be weakening at the knees....
Posted: Fri, Jun 2, 2006 6:17am PDT
Departments of Justice, Homeland Security, and Verizon oppose phone privacy reforms
Federal law enforcement agencies and Verizon have filed statements with
the Federal Communications Commission against proposed rules to protect consumers from "pretexters"—con
artists who trick phone services into disclosing customer data, then sell it
on the
Web
and elsewhere....
Posted: Thu, Jun 1, 2006 9:53am PDT
The Rude Guy
The Rude Guy uses ideas instead of ideologies to blast the right the left and the center, and offer up some solutions to war, healthcare and rent....
Posted: Thu, Jun 1, 2006 8:00am PDT
Lee Raymond gets $400m retirement package from Exxon
Lee Raymond, the chief executive of Exxon Mobil, has bowed out from the oil giant with a $400m pay and retirement deal that has caused outrage among environmentalists. In his 12 years at the top of the company, Exxon has pumped an estimated six billion tons of carbon into the atmosphere and has led the opposition to action on climate change...
Posted: Wed, May 31, 2006 8:31pm PDT
Book Prescribes Community Development for Revitalization of US Economy & Democracy
Just out in paperback, the book "America Beyond Capitalism" describes a mission
critical blueprint that uses community as an economic foundation for the rebuilding
of our American economy and democracy....
Posted: Wed, May 31, 2006 10:33am PDT
An Open Letter to Gavin Newsom
Concerning the "Community Wireless Broadband Network (4 April, bid announced next day.)...
Posted: Wed, May 31, 2006 2:35am PDT
Repurposing the Corporation - Cal ACC versus Google, Goodbye Google
Let's create the California AntiCorporate Campaign. Stop Borders, Stop Google, Stop Trader Joe's,
go local, and a lament and a warning about Cody's...
Posted: Wed, May 31, 2006 2:05am PDT
SEC,Chris Cox:W Bush Cedes Presidential Stock Fraud Ops To DNI John Negroponte.Why ?
Intelligence Czar Can Waive SEC Rules Now, the White House's top spymaster can cite national security to exempt businesses from reporting requirements President George W. Bush has bestowed on his intelligence czar, John Negroponte, broad authority, in the name of national security, to excuse publicly traded companies from their usual accounting and securities-disclosure obligations. Notice of the development came in a brief entry in the Federal Register, dated May 5, 2006, that was opaque to ...
Posted: Tue, May 30, 2006 3:02pm PDT
Noam Chomsky: Why it's over for America
An inability to protect its citizens. The belief that it is above the law. A lack of democracy. Three defining characteristics of the 'failed state'. And that, says Noam Chomsky, is exactly what the US is becoming. In an exclusive extract from his devastating new book, America's leading thinker explains how his country lost its way...
Posted: Tue, May 30, 2006 10:23am PDT
timely book: new business and trade opportunities from China
Understand China's changing relations with the world....
Posted: Tue, May 30, 2006 6:01am PDT