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Send in your KPFA ballot!
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
GAO to Conduct Investigation of 2004 Election Irregularities
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
Billy Cottrell convicted of SUV Arson
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
sentenced to iraq
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
Lawsuit to be filed against Prison Packages from Home Ban
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
Arnold’s Hypocritical Comments about Health Care
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
Resources for a Cruelty-Free Thanksgiving
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
Wireless World: Drugs next stage for RFID
Great story about using RFID technology for labels on drugs....
Posted: Fri, Nov 19, 2004 3:03pm PST
Governator signed Foie Gras ban
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
Schwarzenegger supports rollback of Roadless Rule
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
A suspected case of mad cow disease has been detected in the United States
Second mad cow case suspected in USA...
Posted: Thu, Nov 18, 2004 4:37pm PST
Adolescent Psych at St. Mary's (SF): Be afraid
this thread describes persistent systematic problems which lead to dangerous lapses in quality of care at St. Mary's ("McAuley Institute") adolescent psych unit*.
On the other hand, if you want your child to be warehoused in a unit where they are at risk from the following, have at it......
Posted: Wed, Nov 17, 2004 9:18pm PST
Writing L.A.'s Wrongs with a "No Kill" Shelter Proposal
Los Angeles kills 30,000 – 50,000 of their dogs and cats at the city shelters each year for an annual cost of $14 million dollars. Not only does this turn the city's animal "shelters" into death houses, at great expense, it is entirely unnecessary....
Posted: Mon, Nov 15, 2004 9:15pm PST
Schwarzenegger Behind Group Seeking to Repeal Rule Baring Foreigners from Presidency
Schwarzenegger
political operative Lissa Morgenthaler-Jones is spearheading a new
organization that is pushing a four-year plan to repeal Article 2 of
the Constitution and the 22nd Amendment....
Posted: Mon, Nov 15, 2004 5:45pm PST
Regarding the Progressive Muslims Union, North America
A comment on the formation of the Progressive Muslims Union, North America...
Posted: Mon, Nov 15, 2004 2:17pm PST
OT II Anarchist Gathering
Occupied Territory II
Feb 2005 - Bay Area...
Posted: Mon, Nov 15, 2004 11:12am PST
Democrat AG Lockyer Attacks Abortion Right with Peterson Prosecution
Death penalty Democrat Attorney General Lockyer spent millions of our tax dollars running for governor by falsely prosecuting the innocent Scott Peterson for the murder of his pregnant wife, proving that he, like the Republicans, is anti-abortion. Lesson: Always vote your conscience and never vote for Democrats or Republicans....
Posted: Fri, Nov 12, 2004 6:50pm PST
Veteran's Day in Chicago
This morning in downtown Chicago, Vietnam Vets Against the War held their annual Veteran’s Day rally, drawing a crowd of about fifty Vets, along with their family members and supporters. They have gotten together for over thirty years now to honor Veterans by standing up for their rights, denouncing their being sent into unjust wars and calling for the US to put it’s money where it’s mouth is and “support our troops.” However, this year differed from those that came before it in one very sign...
Posted: Fri, Nov 12, 2004 7:20am PST
Tanks at Anti-war protest in LA
The link for video:
http://www.la.indymedia.org/news/2004/11/118865.php...
Posted: Tue, Nov 9, 2004 10:44pm PST
Transsexual found beaten to death in alley in LA
A transsexual was found beaten to death in an alley near Central City, police said Sunday....
Posted: Tue, Nov 9, 2004 10:45am PST