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Hemp - Could Save America
The Weed That Can Change The World
From Varied Sources...
Posted: Mon, Feb 21, 2005 8:56pm PST
The Real Price of a Big Mac shit diet
Jan. 27 - Sometimes inspiration strikes in the unlikeliest places. After gorging himself on Thanksgiving dinner in 2002, Morgan Spurlock was watching TV with his belt unbuckled and his pants unzipped. On the news was a report about two girls in New York who were suing McDonald’s because, they claimed, the food made them overweight and sick....
Posted: Mon, Feb 21, 2005 8:35pm PST
Protests, Vigils to Mark One-Year Anniversary of Coup d'etat in Haiti
Protests in Several Cities to Call for Investigation into U.S. Role in Last Year's Coup, Ending Discrimination Against Haitian Refugees
Speaking Tours, Vigils, Film-Screenings, and Faith Reflection Will Also Commemorate Haiti Solidarity Week 2005...
Posted: Mon, Feb 21, 2005 1:23pm PST
Tues 2/22 DA Harris Wants All Drug Dealers to Get Jail not Drug Court-Debate w Adachi
Drug dealers and potentially violent criminals are avoiding jail by taking advantage of loopholes in a city program that diverts drug addicts out of prison and into rehabilitation, according to the District Attorney's Office.
The 10-year-old Drug Court funnels about 200 people a year facing criminal prosecution for drug possession, drug sales of up to 2 grams and non-violent felonies into six-month drug rehabilitation and jobs programs....
Posted: Mon, Feb 21, 2005 1:16pm PST
¡Stop Raising the MUNI Fare! Rally on Wednesday
It's not fare that working class people and low/no income families have to pay more money to ride MUNI. Join our event to demand that the Supervisors do not approve the fare hike.
Wednesday, February 23rd, 2:00pm, on the stairs of City Hall - 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place...
Posted: Mon, Feb 21, 2005 5:51am PST
ACLU history film, St. Harvey finale...
+ Seattle's nudist Rainbow Party, accidental e-outings in SF, more......
Posted: Sun, Feb 20, 2005 7:25pm PST
Mission Against Terror
Report on the showing of the film
"MISSION AGAINST TERROR",
The Case of the Cuban Five
A documentary film written and directed by Bernie Dwyer and Roberto Ruiz Rebo...
Posted: Sun, Feb 20, 2005 3:11pm PST
$9 Billion is ’Missing’, and Republicans Refuse to Investigate
Certain Congresspeople are refusing to investigate this theft of $9 billion, doesn’t that make them accessories to the crime? According to The Constitution, it is the duty of Congress to investigate these crimes. Their purpose is to provide ’checks and balances’ to the Executive Branch, expressly to be something other than a horde of rubber stamp lemmings....
Posted: Sat, Feb 19, 2005 9:41pm PST
"Marriage is marriage" ?
In truth, the definitions, forms, functions, meanings, legalities, etc., of "marriage" (etc.) vary widely among nations, cultures, religions, tribes -- and even among various U.S. states....
Posted: Sat, Feb 19, 2005 8:23pm PST
6000 more to go: Assessing San Francisco’s Homeless Count
When the number of homeless General Assistance recipients fell from 2497 in May 2004 to 697 in January 2005, nobody should be surprised that the number of homeless persons in San Francisco has apparently declined by 28% since 2002. Both sides of the Care not Cash dispute argued that it would reduce the number of homeless welfare recipients, and everyone was proved right. But there remain nearly 6000 homeless persons in San Francisco, and the city must create new options for housing them....
Posted: Sat, Feb 19, 2005 9:57am PST
SF SOS Launches Lies at Leno
SF SOS is at it again. After its hate-filled mailings against Supervisor Gerardo Sandoval caused Senator Dianne Feinstein and GAP founder Don Fisher to leave the group, SF SOS has now set its sites on Assemblymember Mark Leno. SF SOS leader Wade Randlett sent a mass e-mail yesterday attacking Leno for allegedly sponsoring a bill that “would create a five-year waiting period for anyone who buys a home and wants to live in it instead of renting it out.” Is there no limit to the group’s lies?...
Posted: Sat, Feb 19, 2005 9:54am PST
Eat Veg?
Free Vegetarian Restaurant and Services Guide for Bay Area...
Posted: Sat, Feb 19, 2005 9:29am PST
F 19-20 SF BlacQueer FilmFest...
...includes Woubi Cheri and more films, free at SF main library; + drag pilgrimage to Joshua Norton's grave;
+ more events for freedom-seekers...
Posted: Sat, Feb 19, 2005 12:43am PST
False Pride of the "Super Outlaw State"
"Although few Americans realize that their country was the first to commit genocide, ethnic cleansing and use forced death marches, these historical facts didn't escape the Third Reich and Adolph Hitler. He admired the American government for their efficiency"...
Posted: Fri, Feb 18, 2005 11:17pm PST
Terror Intel Style
This is how the sheep dogs keep the sheep compliant and eploitable. Remember 911? They won't let you forget about it. Why? Bali? Oklahoma? Notice too that this all happened around the time people were starting to stand up to parasite organizations like the WTO? Think about it!!...
Posted: Fri, Feb 18, 2005 11:08pm PST
Ingrid Newkirk of PETA speaks in SF: photos and full audio
The founder and president of the largest animal rights group in the world spoke at A Clean, Well-Lighted Place for Books Thursday, February 17, 2005....
Posted: Fri, Feb 18, 2005 10:17pm PST
Global Gulag, Bilderberg Propaganda Rules the Planet
Denying that yearly meeting among the most select group of power brokers has little significance, illustrates the success of managed news....
Posted: Fri, Feb 18, 2005 9:01pm PST
Malcolm X (audio/mpeg 18.7MB)
This program is an homage to Malcolm X, with music and 2 of his speeches. 55 mins (eng/span)...
Posted: Fri, Feb 18, 2005 8:28pm PST
Wireless World: A breakout year for tags
A story about RFID achieving market success....
Posted: Fri, Feb 18, 2005 7:35pm PST