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The Noble Cause: $3 gas and the American Way
Dear Cindy Sheehan,
You want George Bush to look you in the eye and tell you what Noble Cause your son died for, and I support you in your effort. I also want to offer my view on the matter, and hope the following comments will be viewed as the good medicine is intended to be....
Posted: Thu, Aug 25, 2005 10:41am PDT
NO_TASER
Welcome to BAN TASERS NOW !
This groups is gathering testimonies from taser victims, records casualties due to taser use, and is meant to build support for taser victims and their (biological & extended) families. The site is also archiving all articles about tasers in the greater Bay Area and nationwide....
Posted: Wed, Aug 24, 2005 4:55pm PDT
Bus Leaving Friday from SF to No Border Encuentro in San Diego--Reserve your seat Now!
The Bay Area Coalition to Fight the Minutemen is organizing a bus to leave San Francisco on Friday night at 10 pm to go down to San Diego for the No Border Encuentro. The cost is $30 per person (this is to cover the cost of gas and the bus). Aug. 27-28, the Organic Collective is hosting a No Border Encuentro in San Diego. There will be two fun-packed days of border tours, music, speakers, workshops, direct action training, and strategy sessions....
Posted: Wed, Aug 24, 2005 3:33pm PDT
Come to San Diego in Spetemebr to help stop the Minutemen
The Friends of the Border Patrol are havigna Minutemen type borderwatch beginning on September 16th. Below is a call put out by some groups who plan to confront them and hopefully stop them....
Posted: Tue, Aug 23, 2005 5:30am PDT
NCLR Applauds California Supreme Court Decisions in
The California Supreme Court made legal
history
today by holding, in three separate decisions, that
children born to same-sex couples must be treated
equally to other children and thus have a legally
protected relationship to both partners....
Posted: Mon, Aug 22, 2005 7:12pm PDT
More on comparisons of human and animal slavery
DawnWatch: LA Times editorial condemns PETA display -- plus Common Dreams piece in support 8/22/05...
Posted: Mon, Aug 22, 2005 1:15pm PDT
Egg farming and California hen rescue
DawnWatch: Superb front page article on egg farming and hen rescue -- Contra Costa Times 8/19/05...
Posted: Mon, Aug 22, 2005 12:04pm PDT
Shocked and Awed (audio/mpeg 5.0MB)
This song was written in protest to the war in Iraq. I don't have a problem with duplication of this song as long as it's not being done for commercial purposes.
The music and lyrics were written by Robert Allan Copyright © 2005...
Posted: Mon, Aug 22, 2005 11:57am PDT
Making the World Safe for Hypocrisy (audio/mpeg 5.9MB)
This is a song about the US hegemony in the world.
This song was written by Robert Allan Copyright © 2005...
Posted: Sun, Aug 21, 2005 9:29pm PDT
SD MMJ Task Force Won't Back Dispensaries
>It's been a year since the City of San Diego's Medical Marijuana Task Force
>met. It began meeting in May of 2001. On September 9, 2003 the City Council
>approved the guidelines established by the task force. See the Task Force
>web site:...
Posted: Sun, Aug 21, 2005 12:35pm PDT
Calipatria prison locked down in wake of fatal riot
The slain inmate was identified as Richard Albert Zamora, 33, who was shot in the abdomen. Zamora had been serving an 18-year sentence for gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and had previous convictions for auto theft, attempted robbery and witness intimidation....
Posted: Sun, Aug 21, 2005 12:04pm PDT
Large marijuana field found near sheriff's post
One of the largest marijuana crops seized in Orange
County was discovered within sight of the county sheriff's
communications center, tucked under trees....
Posted: Sun, Aug 21, 2005 11:58am PDT
Counter-Recruitment demonstrators shot with Tasers, bitten by dogs
Today in Oakland in front of the Army Recruiting Center on Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh Police and University of Pittsburgh Police fought with protestors on the sidewalk....
Posted: Sun, Aug 21, 2005 8:15am PDT
3rd Sacramento Cindy Sheehan Support Rally pics
On 8-13-05, a group of people held a support rally for Cindy Sheehan at 16th and broadway in Sacramento. On 8-17-05, a group of people held another support rally for Cindy Sheehan at city hall in Sacramento. On 8-20-05 another group of people held another support rally for Cindy Sheehan at the corner of 16th and Broadway in Sacramento....
Posted: Sat, Aug 20, 2005 10:41pm PDT
To Picket Fences
The "fence" controversy has traveled to the California communities of Richmond, Los Angeles, Burbank, Santa Monica and Glendale where angry homeowners have flocked to city council meetings—often breaking attendance records--to voice their dissatisfaction with what they perceive to be arcane and restrictive rules. The issue is likely to continue weaving its way across America since most communities limit front-yard fence heights to three to four feet while property owners routinely d...
Posted: Sat, Aug 20, 2005 8:41pm PDT
PETAs 25th Anniversary Gala -- September 10 at Paramount in LA
PETAs 25th Anniversary Gala -- September 10 at Paramount in LA...
Posted: Sat, Aug 20, 2005 6:35pm PDT
7,700 pot plants seized near Glencoe
About 7,700 marijuana plants were seized in a raid by county and state authorities Thursday morning near Glencoe, Calaveras County Sheriff's Department spokesman said...
Posted: Fri, Aug 19, 2005 5:02pm PDT
The True Price of Milk
As the nation's largest dairy producer, California serves as the benchmark for industry standards and norms. Annually, the Golden State generates $4.6 billion in revenue from 1.5 million cows at 2,400 farm operations. According to the California Department of Food and Agriculture, one out of every five dairy cows in the United States is raised in California. Despite exceptional economic and agriculture growth, California's dairy practices have a detrimental effect on animal welfare, environme...
Posted: Fri, Aug 19, 2005 3:17pm PDT
Press Release: Cindy Sheehan Leaves Crawford Temporarily
Cindy Sheehan Returning To Bay Area......
Posted: Fri, Aug 19, 2005 2:56pm PDT