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Wednesday, August 25 2010
Mosque Fallout
NEW YORK (AP) — Mayor Michael Bloomberg delivered an impassioned speech at an event marking the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, saying that not allowing a proposed mosque to be built near ground zero would be “compromising our commitment to fighting terror with freedom.”

“We would undercut the…
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Thursday, August 05 2010
Solar Survival
“I’d put my money on the sun and solar energy. What a source of power! I hope we don’t have to wait until oil and coal run out before we tackle that.”

Thomas Edison – 1931

In introducing his new $10 million Solar Roofs Act, independent Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders quoted Edison. But his b…
Posted at 05:40 PM (View Post) 12 Comments

Wednesday, July 07 2010
BP Says Gulf Oil Must Be Changed
July 7, 2010

BP Says Oil in Gulf Must be Changed Every Six Months

Bad Situation Gets Worse

GULF OF MEXICO (The Borowitz Report) – At a time when many thought that news out of the Gulf of Mexico couldn’t get any worse, BP announced today that the oil in the Gulf needs to be changed every …
Posted at 07:54 PM (View Post) 18 Comments

Friday, June 11 2010
Hershey's Child Labor
This Saturday, June 12, is World Day Against Child Labor.

In recognition of this day, we’re asking you to join us in a call-in action to Hershey’s Chocolate, asking them to take action to ensure that no forced child labor is used in making their chocolate products.

As the producer of dozens…
Posted at 02:43 AM (View Post) 16 Comments

Wednesday, May 05 2010
Social Security Changes?
I got the following e-mail from a friend today. Does anyone know anything about this?

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SOCIAL SECURITY CHANGES

It does not matter if you personally like or dislike President Obama. You need to sign this petition and flood his e-mail box with e-mails …
Posted at 07:53 PM (View Post) 9 Comments

Proposition 16: Good or Bad?
It’s been a while since we talked about Proposition 16. But the “Yes” drumbeat of TV ads and mailers funded by PG&E continues unabated. So it seems a good time to revisit the issue (along with the original comments):

Proposition 16 requires a two-thirds voter approval requirement before local …
Posted at 04:25 PM (View Post) 9 Comments

Saturday, May 01 2010
NBC Dateline: Michelle O'Keefe
Last night NBC Dateline presented a two-hour examination of the O’Keefe murder, “The Girl With the Blue Mustang”, and the (three) trials of Raymond Lee Jennings, ending with a 40 years-to-life sentence.

While it was alternately fascinating and infuriating to see our community held up to a nati…
Posted at 04:34 PM (View Post) 16 Comments

Thursday, April 29 2010
Statehood for Puerto Rico?
I was curious about a reference to Puerto Rican statehood on another blog thread and did a little checking.

The leader of the Puerto Rico Statehood movement in Congress in recent years has been Don Young (R-Alaska). The last big push for Puerto Rican statehood was in 2007, however there is (an…
Posted at 07:11 PM (View Post) 17 Comments

Wednesday, April 14 2010
The Big One: Are You Ready?
Today’s 6.9 earthquake in China, following the Haiti and Chile quakes, is yet another reminder that we are due for a major rupture along a large segment of the San Andreas Fault and that it will almost certainly happen within the next few months or years.

Consider this scenario: May 1st 6:20 a…
Posted at 08:33 PM (View Post) 9 Comments

Monday, March 15 2010
Scentless Decision
Remember Tim Burton’s first “Batman” movie, the 1989 version with Michael Keaton and Jack Nicholson? One of the Joker’s pranks was the “cosmetics scare” in which people became afraid to use deodorant, or cologne, perfume or after-shave for fear of contamination? It wasn’t long before people were …
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