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textBlack Box Voting - What's going on with California Secretary of State Bruce McPherson? by repost
It looks like he wanted to make a media splash about testing voting machines to see if they could be hacked, then, as with all the wmd stories, let reality play out differently and the news stories correcting the situation will only come out later, buried and unseen by most. Remember, this is the guy who was INSTALLED after the witch hunt (headed up by the Chronicle) forced out Kevin Shelley, who tried to put in security measures against vote fraud....
Posted: Wed, Nov 30, 2005 9:46am PST
textToward Freedom Interview with 9/11 Truth Activist Carol Brouillet by bob feldman
West Coast anti-war and 9/11 Truth Activist Carol Brouillet was recently interviewed by Toward Freedom magazine. Following is the text of the interview....
Posted: Wed, Nov 30, 2005 9:38am PST
textAn Interview with Stanley Tookie Williams by Democracy Now & Phil Gasper (reposted)
A conversation with death row prisoner Stanley Tookie Williams from his cell in San Quentin. He helped start the Crips street gang - his greatest regret - but behind bars he has become a leading advocate for the end of gang violence. He has written nine books and has been nominated several times for the Nobel Peace Prize. He is scheduled to die on Dec. 13 unless Governor Schwarzenegger grants him clemency. Actions are planned across the world today in what has been described as International ...
Posted: Wed, Nov 30, 2005 6:44am PST
textOne earthquake could leave two-thirds of Californians without drinking water by wsws (reposted)
On November 1, 2005 California’s Department of Water Resources (DWR) issued a report stating that a simple 6.5-magnitude earthquake in Northern California’s Delta region could produce more than 30 levee breaches on 16 Delta islands. This would flood tens of thousands of homes and a massive area of productive farmland, causing around $30 billion in damages. However, the most alarming news, by far, was the realization that such an event could render unusable the drinking water supply of two-thi...
Posted: Wed, Nov 30, 2005 6:35am PST
textPee in Peace! by Bryan Burgess
Transgender Law Center releases "Peeing In Peace", a bathroom activism resource guide for transgender activists and allies....
Posted: Tue, Nov 29, 2005 7:26pm PST
textOtters appear victors in Calif. water wars by charismatic megafauna
Progress has been made recently in the effort to abandon FWS' idiotic relocation program of sea otters, in which those found south of Point Conception are relocated further north, most notably to San Nicholas Island, a habitat which is unsutable for the otters, causing them to swim away and in many cases die in the process. (Associated Press, November 16, 2005)...
Posted: Tue, Nov 29, 2005 2:03pm PST
textLiquor Store Glut by cbs
Last year, CBS 5 Investigates reported on how the federal government is actually helping more liquor stores to open or stay open through loans from The Small Businesses Administration. As a result of our investigation, Miley formed a task force to look at the problem, and changing that SBA policy is at the top of his list....
Posted: Tue, Nov 29, 2005 10:44am PST
textDeath Penalty Focus New Events and Updates by Death Penalty Focus
NOVEMBER 30, 2005 Day of Action Against the Scheduled Executions (in conjunction with World Cities Against the Death Penalty Day) Rallies and Press Conferences will be held in front of City Halls and other locations across the State of California and across the world calling for a halt to all executions. City and County Officials will be invited to participate....
Posted: Mon, Nov 28, 2005 9:53pm PST
text15 days...The clock is ticking...Save Tookie! by Campaignto End the Death Penalty
People around the country are taking action to stop the execution of Stan Tookie Williams, the California death row prisoner who is scheduled to be executed on December 13....
Posted: Mon, Nov 28, 2005 9:49pm PST
textUSA plans Dastardly Attack on Defenseless Orphans. by Maria G. Bush
USA is planning to test Dangerous Chemicals and Drugs on Orphans and innocent Children worldwide. Is there a Body Bag for an Orphan near you? No child left behind....
Posted: Mon, Nov 28, 2005 7:14pm PST
textOn the stigma that those who care about animals face in society by karen dawn
DawnWatch: New Los Angeles Times columnist calls for greater media coverage of animals -- 11/26/05...
Posted: Mon, Nov 28, 2005 12:47pm PST
textFoster Farms announces so-called excellent humane practices by East Bay Animal Advocates
On November 25, 2005, Foster Farms--the largest poultry producer in the Western United States-- announced its ''excellent'' record of humane practices. Don Jackson, president of Foster Farms, said, "With all of the noise and mis-characterization of the facts in today's marketplace, we want consumers to know that Foster Farms is absolutely committed to the humane treatment of all animals."...
Posted: Sun, Nov 27, 2005 1:48am PST
textSACto topfree 2 go scot-free... by Dump Cheney
+ more news links, opinion, events......
Posted: Sat, Nov 26, 2005 3:57am PST
textSchwarzenegger Mulls Clemency for Williams by AP repost
here is the text of the article, but you really have to go to this url to see the photo of him with a 'fro, showing off his impressive muscles...
Posted: Fri, Nov 25, 2005 8:43pm PST
textEmergency Protest for Prisoners Medical Crisis by B. Cayenne Bird
Emergency Protest for Prisoners Health Care crisis Dec 2 - outside the offices of Rod Hickman, the number one man in charge of the prisons. 10 am until we drop, Friday. Dress in black, we need a crowd to bring out the national media's attention to the preventable deaths taking place in California's prisons due to medical neglect. These people did not have a death sentence but they're getting one....
Posted: Fri, Nov 25, 2005 5:47pm PST
texteat Local Organic food and abate global starvation by Sakuntala Narasimhan
How the environment and eating (Local Organic Food) is linked to Gandhi's ideology for transforming the world. Many links....
Posted: Thu, Nov 24, 2005 11:07pm PST
textGSA Network News: November 23, 2005 by Gay-Straight Alliance Network
Seven Years of Transgender Remembrance and Our Work is Just Beginning...
Posted: Thu, Nov 24, 2005 7:26pm PST
text11/30 Day of Action and Upcoming Events by Death Penalty Focus
NOVEMBER 30, 2005 Statewide Day of Action Against the Scheduled Executions (in conjunction with World Cities Against the Death Penalty Day)...
Posted: Thu, Nov 24, 2005 6:43pm PST
textAzeri Officials Slam Schwarzenegger by al-masakin
BAKU, November 22--(AssA-Irada) The Azeri ambassador to the United States has severely criticized California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger after the town of Montebello became a sister city of Khankandi, the center of the self-proclaimed Upper Garabagh republic....
Posted: Wed, Nov 23, 2005 9:30pm PST
textFirst Gay Candidate for California Secretary of State (Green Party) by repost
"Forrest's candidacy is a welcome addition to a race currently dominated by corporate money and influence," Cafiero said. "[The public] can count on Forrest to raise issues in the race that would be swept under the rug by the two major parties."...
Posted: Tue, Nov 22, 2005 1:10pm PST
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