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Michigan Delegates Excluded From Democratic Convention From a Monday, December 3, 2007 entry on Informed Comment, Juan Cole's blog...
Posted: Mon, Dec 3, 2007 7:26am PST
Building 606 points to a time and direction when things were done without any transparency There was a time when things were done with little accountability and less transparency. It started around 1996 when the Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC) to the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard was appointed by the then Mayor. The CAC prior to that was told to take a hike. Choice buildings were given to choice folks. Nancy Pelosi pretended to fight for the Artists - so their gift was a good dose of radiological and other toxic exposure. The SFPD was given given the spacious building 606 - with l...
Posted: Tue, Nov 27, 2007 1:17am PST
Oil demand draws China into Middle East politics Iran also gives China a new foothold in the energy-rich Gulf. China is cementing its influence through arms sales and trade, seeking to push itself ahead of Russia on both fronts. China could overtake Germany as the top exporter of goods to Iran as early as this year. Two-way trade between China and Iran was worth about $US16 billion in 2006. Most of it is in Iranian crude oil sales to China. Iran provided nearly 12 per cent of Chinese oil imports last year, a fraction more than Russia. They ...
Posted: Mon, Nov 26, 2007 4:58pm PST
BOOK REVIEW: The Black Panther is an African Cat--Poems of Exploration and Testimony Black Panther Mondo we Langa, formerly David Rice, has been behind bars for 37 years, convicted for the murder of an Omaha police officer. Langa has steadfastly maintained his innocence in the bombing ambush of patrolman Larry Minard in August 1970 and post-trial revelations of contradictory police testimony and withheld evidence suggest the prison poet was indeed framed for the crime....
Posted: Fri, Nov 23, 2007 5:39pm PST
No new stadium in SF on land prone to liquefaction, that has NO community blessings at all Lennar BVHP LLC has been investing in former Mayor Willie L. Brown Jr. a skunk that is out to screw the community and the constituents of Bayview Hunters Point. This time will be waiting to trap the skunk and with him his cronies Senator Diane Feinstein and that low IQ fat cow Sophina Maxwell. The constituents to Bayview Hunters Point to NOT agree with anyone building an brand new stadium by Candlestick Point on land that is prone to liquefaction and more very polluted.
Coach Walsh may have ...
Posted: Fri, Nov 23, 2007 3:55pm PST
Women For Obama: Strategizing with Michelle Obama Oakland Headquarters
436 14th St., Suite 305
Oakland, CA 94612
510.268.1008...
Event Date: Wed, Nov 28, 2007 4:30pm PST
Posted: Thu, Nov 22, 2007 11:20am PST
A Gandhi Peace Brigade Thanksgiving 
Jes Richardson reports from Washington where he faces a court hearing because of his political activism....
Posted: Wed, Nov 21, 2007 11:04pm PST
Willie L. Brown Jr., Sophina Maxwell, and Diane Feinstein do NOT represent decency.... Willie L.Brown Jr. has been working behind the scenes to keep Lennar BVHP LLC afloat and doing business in San Francisco. More, the Bayview Hunters Point. Joining him two despicable individuals - Sophina Maxwell and Diane Feinstein. Lennar BVHP LLC must go and the community this time - will drive them out - so pay heed. Willie L. Brown Jr. this time around you will be defeated. You can put any ballot measure and San Franciscans will vote it down - no stadium should be built on land that is pr...
Posted: Wed, Nov 21, 2007 12:56pm PST
Hillary Clinton’s LYING she needs 60 votes to Leave Iraq 
Hillary Clinton is passing the buck with an outright lie....
Posted: Wed, Nov 21, 2007 9:17am PST
Pakistan: The Not Yet Nation From a Friday, November 16, 2007 entry on Informed Comment Global Affairs, a group blog run by Juan Cole, Manan Ahmed, Farideh Farhi, and Barnett R. Rubin...
Posted: Fri, Nov 16, 2007 7:27am PST
Lawmakers Strip Immunity for Telecom Companies from Surveillance Bill Friday, November 16, 2007 :
Despite threats of a White House veto, both the full House and the Senate Judiciary Committee passed bills Thursday rejecting blanket immunity for telecommunication companies that cooperated with the Bush Administration’s program of warrantless wiretapping. We speak to Michelle Richardson of the American Civil Liberties Union....
Posted: Fri, Nov 16, 2007 7:26am PST
The Democratic Debate seen from San Francisco, Boston and Des Moines From a Friday, November 16, 2007 entry on Informed Comment, Juan Cole's blog...
Posted: Fri, Nov 16, 2007 7:24am PST
Birds wash up on south county shores after ‘mystery spill’ SANTA CRUZ — At least 45 sick seabirds washed up on two south Santa Cruz County beaches this weekend along with numerous dead birds in what authorities are calling the worst local “mystery spill” in a decade....
Posted: Tue, Nov 13, 2007 3:23pm PST
11/10 KPFA Election Forum Highlights; Mail Ballot Before 11/13 for 11/15 Receipt Deadline This weekend is your last chance to mail your ballot for the KPFA, 94.1 FM Local Station Board election so that it can be received at the PO Box on the return envelope by 11/15/07. Starting 11/13/07, you will have to walk your ballot to the station at 1929 Martin Luther King, Berkeley. Remember, on Monday, 11/12/07, there will be no mail delivery. The second and last 2 hours of the KPFA, 94.1 FM, on air election forum for Local Station Board candidates is highlighted here to illustrate the...
Posted: Sat, Nov 10, 2007 2:38pm PST
Shame on Dianne Feinstein! 
In an e-mail, Jes Richardson of Code Pink and the Gandhi Peace Brigade explains how he was arrested for yelling "Shame!" at San Francisco's Senator Dianne Feinstein who helped comfirm Michael Mukasey, George W. Bish's pick to be U.S. Attorney General....
Posted: Thu, Nov 8, 2007 1:59pm PST
Nov 15 KPFA Election Deadline; Mail Ballots Today With only 1 week to the November 15 KPFA election deadline, it is urgent that you complete your ballots and mail them as quickly as possible, no later than Saturday, November 10. We need at least 10% of the subscribers to vote to make this a valid election, a difficult goal to reach. Please participate in your community radio station, urgently needed in these fascist times....
Posted: Thu, Nov 8, 2007 4:26am PST
Stephen Colbert Smokes Out Political Ickiness What did America learn from comedian Stephen Colbert's presidential campaign? All about political ickiness....
Posted: Wed, Nov 7, 2007 9:58pm PST
Contact the 2008 Candidates: Demand Action for Safe Access! As the presidential primaries get closer and closer, we need to know where all the candidates stand on important medical marijuana issues. Call, write, and ask the candidates in person on their campaign trail where they stand on medical marijuana. Ask them the following questions:...
Posted: Wed, Nov 7, 2007 7:36pm PST
Orange County Sheriff Michael S. Carona's Troubled History Orange County Sheriff Michael S. Carona's Troubled History...
Posted: Wed, Nov 7, 2007 10:51am PST
2d hour 11-12 Noon KPFA 94.1 FM Live LSB Candidates Forum There is a SECOND HOUR STARTING AT 11 A.M., Nov 3, TODAY, of the live program of the candidates for the Local Station Board of KPFA, 94.1 FM. Please listen now and vote TODAY....
Posted: Sat, Nov 3, 2007 11:11am PDT