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"European literacy and the schooling of society were not generous civilizing gifts to people but part of that process described as `inner colonialization'.. Infrastructural institutions are not market enter-prises but overall social conditions for the market economy.."...
Posted: Fri, Jun 11, 2004 9:30am PDT
A New York court has ruled in favour of gay marriages saying that failure to do so would breach the equal rights laws written into the state's constitution....
Posted: Thu, Jun 10, 2004 10:36pm PDT
That is has come to this is astounding to my mind: false arrest, no court order, no hearing, jailed for 2 days, not allowed to retreive my belongings. It is like a nightmare in slow motion....
Posted: Thu, Jun 10, 2004 10:14pm PDT
The notion of taxpayer dollars subsidizing TV and radio with a perceived leftist tilt has long obsessed congressional Republicans. NPR and PBS, of course, deny having a liberal agenda, but what if an explicitly political program with extremist sentiments and ad hominem partisan rhetoric were distributed to government employees entirely at taxpayer expense? Well, say hi to the Rush Limbaugh Show brought to millions of U.S. servicemen and women and their families for an hour each day on America...
Posted: Thu, Jun 10, 2004 10:03pm PDT
"The California Patriot was started nearly four years ago with the LI's help"...
Posted: Thu, Jun 10, 2004 10:01pm PDT
Marches, Creative Actions, Educational Forums Create Awareness on G8 Policies Despite Unprecedented State of Emergency...
Posted: Thu, Jun 10, 2004 7:07pm PDT
Many of the novel substances produced in pharm and industrial crops exhibit high levels of biological activity and are intended to be used for particular purposes, under very controlled circumstances. None of these substances is intended to be incorporated in food or to be broadcast into the environment.
The magnitude of the risks such crops pose depends on many factors including which chemicals are involved, what organisms or environments are exposed, and the level and duration of the exp...
Posted: Thu, Jun 10, 2004 6:45pm PDT
UCS does not support or oppose genetic engineering per se. With respect to some applications, such as the production of pharmaceuticals by genetically engineered bacteria, the benefits are clear and compelling. In the food system, however, we find the risk-benefit calculus more difficult. For example, while it is possible that planting genetically engineered crops might reduce some pesticide use over the short term, it is also possible that a new breed of super-resistant weeds will develop...
Posted: Thu, Jun 10, 2004 6:40pm PDT
On June 11, 2004, we mourn the passing and celebrate the life of Ray Charles. With the passing of outstanding musician Ray Charles on June 10, 2004, our "national day of mourning" on June 11, 2004 should resound with the music of Ray Charles, who came from the poorest of the poor of the African-American community of the US....
Posted: Thu, Jun 10, 2004 6:12pm PDT
``They (pilots) followed directions from air traffic controllers explicitly,'' Hogan said. ``They did not wander off course. They did not inadvertently enter the air space. They had permission to be there.
``It would appear the air traffic controllers did not notify any of the other agencies about the situation,'' Hogan said.
Groves said Fletcher, a former Air Force fighter pilot, was unaware until he landed of the uproar at the Capitol or that a pair of F-15 fighters had been sent alof...
Posted: Thu, Jun 10, 2004 4:08pm PDT
Can you believe this? Leave your thoughts on this....
Posted: Thu, Jun 10, 2004 1:40pm PDT
Even this guy must be good for SOMEthing...
[ + events calendar, mainly SF ]...
Posted: Thu, Jun 10, 2004 9:39am PDT
"Bush's division of the world in `good' and `evil' nations, terrorists and alliance partners ultimately reflected an instinct-politician who didn't wrestle with complexities of international law beyond his own claim to power.."...
Posted: Thu, Jun 10, 2004 9:28am PDT
Iraqis Sue John Israel (Titan/CACI), but Where is the Los Angeles Times Coverage?...
Posted: Thu, Jun 10, 2004 4:09am PDT
What I think on this whole left/right crap!...
Posted: Thu, Jun 10, 2004 1:15am PDT
Memorandum to the 300 Former Members of UGSOA Local 38 Now Known as SPFPA Local 38...
Posted: Wed, Jun 9, 2004 5:53pm PDT
Paintings of President Bush and former President Clinton, accompanied by messages referring to the artist's bodily fluids, mysteriously appeared last week on the walls of two major city museums and reportedly at two other museums in Philadelphia and Washington....
Posted: Wed, Jun 9, 2004 1:43pm PDT
"With the gradual loss of trust in God..one is no longer delivered up to God's incalculable control. Rather one controls where one was previously controlled. One wants to be God where one no longer accepts God. This over-compensating reaction to powerlessness is a God-compex.."...
Posted: Wed, Jun 9, 2004 9:53am PDT
If anyone in the higher levels of government acted in reliance on this advice, those persons should be impeached. If they authorized torture, it may be that they have committed, and should be tried for, war crimes. And, as we learned at Nuremberg, “I was just following orders” is NOT (and should not be) a defense....
Posted: Wed, Jun 9, 2004 8:11am PDT
It is one of the greatest ironies of the Plame affair that the Bush administration, spawned and nurtured by oil, might have committed suicide by vindictively, cruelly and unthinkingly exacting personal retribution on an intelligence officer who had committed no offense, and who was, quite possibly, providing the administration with critical oil-related intelligence which the President needed to manage our shaky economy and affairs of state for a while longer to squeak through to re-election....
Posted: Wed, Jun 9, 2004 7:35am PDT