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'Polish Caligula' J. Kaczyński does not handle his country's situation In fact, Poland-wide political crisis, the formal reason of whose radicalization became the next year's budget vote taken by the ruling Law and Justice Party's lawmakers not in the plenary hall of Poland's Sejm but in another place, had been long time brewing up....
Posted: Fri, Dec 23, 2016 1:34am PST
Puerto Rico Oversight Board Moves Forward on Debt Restructuring Puerto Rico's "control" board sent a letter to current Governor Alejandro García Padilla and incoming Governor Ricardo Rossello stating areas for fiscal plan review and that debt restructuring talks are moving forward....
Posted: Wed, Dec 21, 2016 2:13pm PST
Richmond rents to be rolled back on December 30th covered by rent control Measure L, Richmond’s new rent control and just cause eviction protection laws are scheduled to go into effect on December 30, 2016. As a result of the new renter protection laws, starting December 30, tenancies that began in Richmond on or before July 21, 2015, that are covered by the new rent control law, the rents are to be rolled back to the amount that the tenant was paying on July 21, 2015!...
Posted: Mon, Dec 19, 2016 4:57pm PST
Santa Cruz County has second most agricultural pesticide illnesses in the state Department of Pesticide Regulation report shows Santa Cruz County ranked #2 for agricultural pesticide-related illnesses in 2014...
Posted: Mon, Dec 19, 2016 10:31am PST
Amid Debt Crisis, Venezuela Fails to Supply Larger Bills Venezuela missed a self imposed deadline to release new higher-denomination bills designed to help its citizens amidst rising inflation....
Posted: Fri, Dec 16, 2016 7:39am PST
Trump and the Hospice of Hope That the political culture in the US should wash up a television star and notorious racist to the top of the country is not entirely bizarre. Voter turnout in the US was always low. Politico.com lists the names of all 538 electors who vote on Dec 19. If 37 change their minds, Trump would be blocked. Trump, an unstable thin-skinned fanatic, has zero competence in taxes, spending, social security and health care. A vulgar inept fraudster would corrupt language and the future and replace humili...
Posted: Wed, Dec 14, 2016 7:46am PST
A Letter to the Mayor Arreguin and the Berkeley City Council on the Homeless Crisis Persons chronically unsheltered are our neighbors. They are our community members. They contribute in many ways: financially, artistically, and culturally. They deserve the respect and consideration that we would grant any neighbor. This shift in our thinking about unsheltered Berkeley residents must drive our thinking about solutions....
Posted: Tue, Dec 13, 2016 4:12pm PST
Kaczynski's PiS supports Saakashvili in his presidential bid? According to public opinion polls more than half of Ukrainians believe acting president Poroshenko should step down. Indeed, it is very unlikely that he will serve his full term in office. Quite obviously, the associated question comes up: who's going to be the next president of Ukraine?...
Posted: Tue, Dec 13, 2016 1:05am PST
Kaczyński puts Poland at odds with Germany These days everyone is distracted by Brexit, but as it turned out today Europe is shaking because of the growing tensions between Germany and Poland which simply can't stay unnoticed....
Posted: Mon, Dec 12, 2016 4:17am PST
Oakland taxpayers may be stuck with $350 million subsidy to Raiders Reportedly, the City of Oakland would handover $350 million in cash and land to assist in paying off a proposed $1.3 billion deal for a new Raiders stadium and mixed-use development at the current Coliseum location!...
Posted: Sun, Dec 11, 2016 5:38pm PST
Bay Area Residents Urge The Electors Of The Electoral College To Dump Trump Those of you reading this article can join the more than 150,000 people who have already contacted the electors in opposition to Trump, by sending your emails to the electors. If enough electors fail to vote for Trump on December 19, Trump will not be allowed to take the oath of office on January 20, and he will not be certified as the next president of the United States!...
Posted: Fri, Dec 9, 2016 5:57pm PST
Marin-Based Wildlife Group Slams EPA Pick Turtle Island Restoration Network, a Marin-based wildlife organization, is raising a red flag over Donald Trump’s proposed appointment of Scott Pruitt as the head of the U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)....
Posted: Fri, Dec 9, 2016 2:51pm PST
Congress Passes Anti-Corruption Act The President can now impose economic sanctions on individuals involved in corruption or human rights abuses thanks to action by Congress....
Posted: Fri, Dec 9, 2016 10:23am PST
US Election as a Turn of an Era Karl Marx modified a Hegel quotation that world-historical events always occurred twice, the first time as tragedy and the next time as farce. Since November 9, 2016, we know they can occur as tragedy and farce at once. Trump is the president of angry white men, the anti-Semitic "Alt-Right." For ecology and the world climate, the victory of the coal-, nuclear power- and fracking lobbyists would be a maximum credible accident....
Posted: Fri, Dec 9, 2016 5:08am PST
Taking the battle to President-elect Donald Trump and the electors To say the least, President-elect Donald J. Trump is not qualified to be the president of the United States, and must be blocked from taking the oath of office on January 20, 2017!...
Posted: Thu, Dec 8, 2016 1:45am PST
Chernobyl as a means of blackmail Following the post Ukraine is a growing nuclear waste dump in the center of Europe on the report of the NNWE....
Posted: Wed, Dec 7, 2016 5:26am PST
Army Corps of Engineers Denies Easement to DAPL to drill under Lake Oahe and Missouri River until EIS is Completed December 4, 2016 - Today, the United States Army Corps of Engineers announced that it is denying an easement to Dakota Access, LLC (Dakota Access) to drill under Lake Oahe and the Missouri River for the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) until an Environmental Impact Statement is completed and alternative routes are explored. “The Water Protector Legal Collective applauds the Obama Administration’s decision to deny the easement, but calls for a permanent stop to DAPL. We also recognize that this d...
Posted: Mon, Dec 5, 2016 5:52pm PST
Trump nominates a moron to be the next HUD Secretary Ben Carson is known as a far right wing-nut who is considered to be a moron by many as a direct result of his views and past statements!...
Posted: Mon, Dec 5, 2016 4:24pm PST
Frivolous Spending at Sonoma State University CSU is proposing a tuition increase, while schools seem to have more than enough money to spare. This is evident when visiting campuses. Sonoma State has recently built a million dollar music hall and is working on a new wine spectator building. So why does the CSU need to raise tuition?...
Posted: Mon, Dec 5, 2016 3:31pm PST
Stop Sen. Sesssions From Making U.S. into a Sadistic State as D.A.! Petition from MoveOn.org to stop Sen. Jeffery Beauregard Sessions from becoming District Attorney of the U.S. under Pres. Trump. Reasons to prevent his appointment as DA include overt racism and outdated pre-Civil War thinking. He also doesn't respect state rights on cannabis legalization. Sen. Sessions will take the U.S. backwards into a state of sadistic racial feudalism....
Posted: Mon, Dec 5, 2016 5:11am PST
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