May 12 2008
* We’ll discuss the Politics of Bad Ideas: The Great Tax Cut Delusion and the Decline of Good Government in America, with co-author Walter Williams.
* Bread for the World Institute critiques the 2008 Farm Bill set to pass by Congress and vetoed by Bush.
* Members of the Hawaiian Sovereignty Movement say “Hawaii Needs You.” …
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May 12 2008
GUEST: James Rucker, Executive Director of Color of Change
Following last Tuesday’s Democratic primaries, the Obama campaign for the presidency gained superdelegate votes and an influential union endorsement. All but eviscerating Senator Hillary Clinton’s lead, Obama inched within three votes, according to the Superdelegate Transparency Project, of tying Mrs. Clinton’s once significant lead, …
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May 12 2008
GUEST: Carmen Balber, Consumer Advocate with Consumer Watchdog
In 1988 California voters passed a proposition to regulate the auto insurance industry to keep premiums reasonable and fair. The group Consumer Watchdog, formerly known as the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer rights, estimates that Proposition 103, which is enforced by the state’s Department of Insurance, …
May 12 2008
GUEST: Amanda Martinez, Pete Micek, New American Media
Immigration and Custom Enforcement agents caused panic in the communities of Oakland and Berkeley last week by stationing vans near various schools while conducting raids. As ICE conducted surveillance in multiple East Bay School Districts, parents and family members alerted their children in school about the …
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May 12 2008
GUEST: Rahul Mahajan, author of Full Spectrum Dominance and The New Crusade
Empire Notes are weekly commentaries filed by Rahul Mahajan, author of Full Spectrum Dominance and The New Crusade. Today’s commentary is on Palestine and the Future
Empire Notes is online at www.empirenotes.org. …
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May 12 2008
… about the Mayagüez incident
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May 12 2008
“Only when we are no longer afraid do we begin to live.” –- Dorothy Thompson …
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Former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis Is Coming To Los Angeles!
Come and hear Varoufakis speak in person on Saturday April 23rd in Pasadena, California, at his ONLY Los Angeles-area event!
WHEN: Saturday April 23rd, Reception at 12 noon, Event at 1 pm
WHERE: Neighborhood Unitarian Universalist Church, 301 N. Orange Grove Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91103
Yanis Varoufakis of the Syriza Party took the European political establishment by storm a year ago when he was appointed Finance Minister of Greece by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. Varoufakis is an ……
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