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textThe Cardinal and the Bondi Boy by cleaves
Just prior to the appointment of Ratzinger to Pontiff, I happened to cross the path of Cardinal George Pell in Pitt Street, Sydney, early one evening. I couldn’t help (politely) inquiring of him whether he was a man of God. He responded, much to my amazement, “I don’t know about, ‘man of God’, I am a Catholic Priest!” Regardless of anything previously stated by various commentators, his answer to me was forthright, candid and accurate (by his own admission). I was somewhat disarmed by his can...
Posted: Mon, Jun 26, 2006 8:21am PDT
calendarPeninsula Young Democrats' Campaigning 101 Panel Discussion by Andrew Byrnes
Mountain View City Council Chambers, 500 Castro St., Mountain View...
Event Date: Thu, Jul 27, 2006 7:00pm PDT
Posted: Sun, Jun 25, 2006 9:35am PDT
text6/24: Are You Ready for the Fight Against Arnold? by California Labor Federation
If you want to prepare for the campaign to defeat Arnold Schwarzenegger this fall, register now to join us at the Federation's Biennial Convention on July 25th and 26th....
Posted: Thu, Jun 22, 2006 11:34pm PDT
textIsraeli Bedouin to be next consoul to San Francisco by Asafa Peled
Israel has had non-Jewish consuls in the past, including a Druze vice-consul in San Francisco. Ismail Khaldi will be the first Bedouin consul for Israel and will be taking over from David Akov in a few weeks....
Posted: Thu, Jun 22, 2006 5:58pm PDT
textHouse Leadership Pulls Voting Rights Act From Floor Vote by New American Media (reposted)
Despite overwhelming bipartisan support, renewal of the venerable civil rights legislation was postponed this week. Some Capitol Hill observers point to language-access provisions in the act as the sticking point. Khalil Abdullah is director of the Washington, D.C., office of New America Media....
Posted: Thu, Jun 22, 2006 3:59pm PDT
textVideo shows Rove spokesman at Libby fundraiser...at home of top Democratic strategist by Various
Democratic strategist James Carville's wife, Mary Matlin, hosted a $500/plate fund-raiser for Scooter Libby's Defense Fund, former chief of staff to Vice President Cheney before being indicted in the CIA leak investigation....
Posted: Thu, Jun 22, 2006 9:16am PDT
imageFrank Moore Announces Run for President in 2008!
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by Corey
Frank Moore for President 2008. Candidate of the Just Makes Sense Party. Vote for Frank Moore. He gets results!...
Posted: Wed, Jun 21, 2006 11:29pm PDT
textEurope’s leaders close ranks with Bush by wsws (reposted)
On Tuesday, US President George Bush touched down in Vienna for the annual summit of US and European Union (EU) leaders. After brief talks in Vienna, Bush is due to fly to Budapest on Thursday for the 50th anniversary of the 1956 Hungarian uprising....
Posted: Wed, Jun 21, 2006 10:17pm PDT
calendarOakland: Movie Night! Join the Nurses to Watch "The Big Buy: Tom DeLay's Stolen Congress" by Shum Preston
California Nurses Association Headquarters--2000 Franklin St. @ 20th. Accessible via the 19th St. Bart Stop....
Event Date: Tue, Jun 27, 2006 6:30pm PDT
Posted: Wed, Jun 21, 2006 5:01pm PDT
imageBizarre Tectonics
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by b
the attack on america culminates in destruction of the land by the british agents bush and their german air force accomplices......
Posted: Wed, Jun 21, 2006 2:45pm PDT
imageGeorge W. Bush is politically dead
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by Latuff
Copyleft artwork by Brazilian cartoonist Latuff....
Posted: Wed, Jun 21, 2006 2:12pm PDT
textThe DLC: Bush's Trojan horse in the Democratic Party by Various
Greenberg is mentioned below. He co-wrote a paper recently with James Carville - Download the latest strategy memo from Greenberg and Carville: "From Underperforming to Overperforming" . Carville is hosting a fundraiser tonight for Scooter Libby - Why is a top Democrat strategist hosting a fundraiser for Cheney's top former aide? . Mentioned below is Jerome Armstrong who is featured in, "SHILL TO HACK, CELEBRATED LIB STRATEGIST HAS SHADY MARKET PAST", http://www.nypost.com/business/shill_...
Posted: Tue, Jun 20, 2006 11:21am PDT
textAlexander: Death Row, Many Challenges by Stewart A. Alexander
The U.S. Supreme Court made two important decisions on the death penalty that will impact the fate of hundreds of men and women that are on death rows nationwide. Stewart Alexander, Candidate for California Lieutenant Governor, says, “I respect the decisions made by the U.S. Supreme Court, however the entire process of capital punishment in America is flawed.”...
Posted: Mon, Jun 19, 2006 9:57pm PDT
calendarKrissy Keefer for Congress Campaign Joins Dyke March by Sue Vaughan
Dolores Park, near 18th Street...
Event Date: Sat, Jun 24, 2006 3:00pm PDT
Posted: Mon, Jun 19, 2006 12:06pm PDT
textThe Rove Fixation: The Left and the Blathersphere by Alexander Cockburn, Counterpunch (reposted)
Before me are the three press releases for the recent “Campaign for America Future” (staged by “progressive” Democrats) conference announcing the three daily schedules for the mid-June sessions in Washington DC, entitled “Take Back America”. The Iraq war did not feature at all on the first two days, and slunk in to the proceedings briefly as one of the last panels, on the last day, featuring, of course, Joe Wilson, husband of V. Plame....
Posted: Mon, Jun 19, 2006 6:42am PDT
textNepal - the challenges ahead by BBC (reposted)
Maoist rebel leader Prachanda is last known to have set foot in Kathmandu 25 years ago, when the Nepalese capital was a sleepy temple town and political parties were banned....
Posted: Sun, Jun 18, 2006 7:18pm PDT
textProgressives set sights to ‘Take back America’ by PWW (reposted)
WASHINGTON — Ask Steve Robinson, a local Democratic committeeman from Lawrence, Kan., if his state is posed to help reverse right-wing rule in Congress, and he looks you straight in the eye and answers a firm “yes.”...
Posted: Sat, Jun 17, 2006 10:20pm PDT
textSan Francisco Pursues 'Question Time' by Beyond Chron (reposted)
A charter amendment discussed Thursday at the Rules Committee would require the Mayor to attend a regularly scheduled meeting of the Board of Supervisors once per month. No law currently compels the Mayor and the Board to engage in official dialogue on current events; conversely, no law specifically restricts this interaction either. Believing that open lines of communication between the branches will improve the quality of government in San Francisco, Supervisor Chris Daly’s proposal asks fo...
Posted: Sat, Jun 17, 2006 9:54pm PDT
calendarVotergate Father's Day Party by Sara Frucht
2225 Woolsay St. Berkeley, Ca. cross street Deakin...
Event Date: Sun, Jun 18, 2006 3:00pm PDT
Posted: Sat, Jun 17, 2006 5:02pm PDT
textMaoists to join Nepal government by BBC (reposted)
The Nepalese government is to dissolve parliament and set up an interim government that will include the country's Maoist rebels....
Posted: Fri, Jun 16, 2006 10:20pm PDT
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