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textKPFA Elections Letter from Concerned Staff by junebug
The KPFA LSB election will determine the direction of KPFA during the politically crucial period ahead of us. Please consider voting for seven candidates who will bring reason, the spirit of collaboration, diversity, and solid left politics to the very contentious and dysfunctional Local Station Board....
Posted: Wed, Dec 1, 2004 12:00am PST
textNever trust SBC by SF
If you get local phone service at the "lifeline" (poverty) rate, you must make sure your phone company receives your renewal postcard each year. If they (or the U.S. Postal Service) lose your postcard, your bill goes up....
Posted: Tue, Nov 30, 2004 7:03pm PST
textAmnesty International Report Examines TASER Use by Law Enforcement by Amnesty International
Amnesty International today released a report finding that the rampant proliferation of TASER electro-shock weapons among United States law enforcement agencies is contributing to widespread human rights abuses....
Posted: Tue, Nov 30, 2004 12:06pm PST
imageOCAR- Orange County Anarchist Radio NOW ONLINE!
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by Breezy
Check out the premiere OC Anarchist Radio Show on the weekdays at www.ocar.tk...
Posted: Sun, Nov 28, 2004 9:53pm PST
imageACTIVIST FIASCOS-Free Trade Ego Searching
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by M. Miranda
There is nothing political that any USA people can do. To work with a political party or vote in anything that the Democrats believe in is not positive. Go back to square one and build a base through aiding Andean children – or be creative and send us your ideas....
Posted: Sun, Nov 28, 2004 9:25pm PST
textALF Suspected In McDonalds Vandalism Cases by corporate news
The Animal Liberation Front, a militant and secretive international group, is suspected of vandalizing two fast food outlets and a Hollywood Hills home....
Posted: Sun, Nov 28, 2004 5:36pm PST
image2 + 2 = Five
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by Lloyd Hart
There will never be another free and fair election in America ever again if George Bush is inaugurated as the President of the United States on January 20th. 2005 or at least until there is a civil war establishing an open democracy....
Posted: Sun, Nov 28, 2004 5:01pm PST
textSend in your KPFA ballot! by Aaron Aarons
Ballots for the KPFA Local Station Board election must be received by next Saturday, December 4. (The deadline was changed because of late mailing of the ballots.) They can be mailed (preferably by Wednesday) or can be brought to the station ONLY ON SATURDAY between 11 am and 7 pm....
Posted: Sun, Nov 28, 2004 2:50am PST
imageHow must a mother feel ?
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by no mercy
A mother deprived to recognize his returned son. How must a father feel whose son died on a dirty dishonest policy?...
Posted: Sat, Nov 27, 2004 12:59pm PST
textGAO to Conduct Investigation of 2004 Election Irregularities by House Committee on the Judiciary
On its own authority, the GAO will examine the security and accuracy of voting technologies, distribution and allocation of voting machines, and counting of provisional ballots....
Posted: Tue, Nov 23, 2004 12:53pm PST
imageLook out, Dr. Moreau! Your half-man half-animal dream is coming true...
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by Rick Weiss
typical that it's full steam ahead with the "blending" of human and non-human animals (or chimeras), even before the scientist themselves have sorted out the ethical implications......
Posted: Mon, Nov 22, 2004 4:36pm PST
textBilly Cottrell convicted of SUV Arson by AP (repost)
William Jensen Cottrell, 24, was found guilty in U.S. District Court of conspiracy to commit arson and seven counts of arson. But the jury acquitted him of attempting to use a destructive device -- Molotov cocktails -- in a crime of violence. That charge carried a sentence of at least 30 years in prison....
Posted: Sun, Nov 21, 2004 12:46pm PST
textsentenced to iraq by nobody special
story from central calif: guy repels burglars, charged w/violence by unhelpful cops, charges don't stick so they get him for "drug crime" and sentence him to FIGHT IN IRAQ ......
Posted: Sat, Nov 20, 2004 11:11pm PST
textLawsuit to be filed against Prison Packages from Home Ban by B. Cayenne Bird
United for No Injustice, Oppression or Neglect needs all families and friends of prisoners to show up to the filing of a lawsuit press conference on January 7, 2005 at 10:30 am. This is to contest the ban of packages from home for prisoners, a $240 million money grab by CCPOA/CDC...
Posted: Sat, Nov 20, 2004 10:11pm PST
textArnold’s Hypocritical Comments about Health Care by Beyond Chron
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger told the San Francisco Examiner that the state should require people to purchase health insurance because the uninsured “are taking advantage of the system.” The Governor emphasized the need to expand health care a month after publicly opposing Prop 72, which would have expanded health coverage to millions of Californians and stopped corporations like McDonalds and Walmart from abusing the system....
Posted: Sat, Nov 20, 2004 6:22pm PST
textResources for a Cruelty-Free Thanksgiving by dave id
If you really want to give thanks to the entire world we live in, be a responsible citizen environmentally, and enjoy a cruelty-free feast with family and loved ones, go turkey-free on Thanksgiving Day!...
Posted: Fri, Nov 19, 2004 5:23pm PST
textWireless World: Drugs next stage for RFID by Gene Koprowski
Great story about using RFID technology for labels on drugs....
Posted: Fri, Nov 19, 2004 3:03pm PST
textGovernator signed Foie Gras ban by John M. Hubbell, Mark Martin
state senator John Burton's bill to ban foie gras has received the governor's signature and became law, but doesn't take effect for another 7 1/2 years...
Posted: Fri, Nov 19, 2004 2:12pm PST
textSchwarzenegger supports rollback of Roadless Rule by bella garbanzo
Governor Schwarzenegger announced today that he supports President Bush's proposed rollback of the Roadless Area Conservation Rule by choosing not to seek protections for California's roadless areas....
Posted: Thu, Nov 18, 2004 9:59pm PST
textA suspected case of mad cow disease has been detected in the United States by aurther
Second mad cow case suspected in USA...
Posted: Thu, Nov 18, 2004 4:37pm PST
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