Dec 10 2010
The House of Representatives on Wednesday evening narrowly passed the DREAM Act with just an 18 vote margin. Its passage through the House is historic, but the DREAM Act was tabled in the Senate on Thursday for lack of the necessary 60 votes of support. Senate Democrats have a few days before the end of the lame duck session …
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Dec 10 2010
Today is the last official day of the two week international gathering in Cancun on Climate Change sponsored by the United Nations. As negotiations reach a fever pitch questions still remain on whether or not to extend the 1997 Kyoto Protocol and the emissions cuts that it requires from 40 industrialized countries. Japan has emerged as the most intractable obstacle …
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Dec 09 2010
After numerous private companies dropped their services to the whistle blowing website, WikiLeaks.org, a netroots uprising has taken form to punish companies like Mastercard, Visa, and Paypal. Mastercard yesterday had their website targeted by a Distributed Denial of Service or DDOS attack by a group of anonymous hackers, as part of what they are calling Operation Payback. The cyber offense …
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Dec 09 2010
From underpasses to retaining walls, embankments to the brick sides of local businesses, Los Angeles is known worldwide for its street art. However, depending on whom you ask, public opinion can vary greatly as to whether this is an honorable distinction or a regrettable reality. One thing is certain: if you get caught tagging, the legal repercussions can be severe. …
Dec 09 2010
Glen Ford is a writer and radio commentator and the Executive Editor of The Black Agenda Report. This week’s commentary is on the US and North Korea.
Visit www.blackagendareport.com for more information. …
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Dec 09 2010
“Always remember the first rule of power tactics: power is not only what you have, but also what the enemy thinks you have.” — Saul Alinsky …
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Dec 08 2010
After pledging to let the Bush tax cuts expire for wealthy Americans, President Obama this week cut a deal with Republicans to extend tax cuts for all income levels in exchange for extending unemployment benefits. But the President is facing opposition from his own party. House Majority leader Nancy Pelosi has continued her opposition saying that extending tax cuts for …
Dec 08 2010
The Washington Post on Sunday reported a detailed account of an FBI spying operation gone wrong in Irvine, California. For 10 months beginning in 2006 an FBI informant went undercover as an increasingly devout Muslim, spying on congregants and recording conversations. The informant, Craig Monteilh, was dismissed from the Irvine case after the mosque obtained a restraining order …
Dec 08 2010
The Right Hook, a weekly segment which covers the machinations of the right wing, from the Republican Party to the Tea Party Patriots, and beyond. By Chris Bennett
Discussions of the Dream Act have inspired a new barrage of anti-immigrant rhetoric among conservative pundits on Fox News. The Dream Act, or Development, Relief and Education for Alien …
Dec 08 2010
“This is how America works. Our real government is mostly kept hidden from view, and the truly weighty decisions about where our society is going and what rules it is going to live by are made mostly in private, by groups of anonymous lawyers and bureaucrats and lobbyists, government officials and industry reps alike.” — Matt Taibbi …
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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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