Jan 12 2011
California’s new Governor Jerry Brown on Monday released what he called “a tough budget for tough times.” Brown’s balanced budget comes from taxes, cuts to social services, and deep cuts in pay for state employees. The proposed taxes will be extensions of tax increases implemented in 2009 that are set to expire at the end of June of this …
Jan 12 2011
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
In the wake of the gun-murders committed by Jared Loughner in Tucson, Arizona last weekend, Rep. Peter King of NY has proposed a new gun control law. King’s bill …
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Jan 12 2011
“What is called ‘capitalism’is basically a system of corporate mercantilism, with huge and largely unaccountable private tyrannies exercising vast control over the economy, political systems, and social and cultural life.” — Noam Chomsky …
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Jan 11 2011
As millions of Sudanese are voting in a referendum to create an independent Southern Sudan, we’ll examine the significance of the vote, and whether it will in fact change anything. And, how the whopping 59% Blue Shield rate hike may finally spur health insurance premium regulation. Plus, Jerry Brown’s new tough budget for the state, is not so tough on corporations. And this week’s edition of The Right Hook. …
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Jan 11 2011
Tomorrow marks the one-year anniversary of the Haiti earthquake that caused catastrophic devastation to the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince and surrounding areas. The carnage remains incomprehensible: an estimated 3 million Haitians were affected, with 230,000 dead, 300,000 injured, 1.3 million displaced, and $13 billion in damages. Although billions in aid from world governments including the United States, NGOs and corporations …
Jan 11 2011
The term “forensic science,” once confined to jargon laden conversations among criminologists, has now become commonplace in the lexicon of contemporary society. And thanks to the syndication of legal-medical shows like CSI and the various Law & Order reincarnations, forensics has become the modern day panacea of justice in America. In his new book, The Killer of Little Shepherds, …
Jan 11 2011
The 2008 voter-approved ballot measure known as Prop 8, which denies same-sex couples the right to marry in California, is likely to shift back to the state’s Supreme Court. There is also a possibility of the case reaching the US Supreme Court. The 9th Circuit Appeals Court, which heard arguments on December 6th, requested that the state’s high court …
Jan 11 2011
“The longer we live, the more we find we are like other persons.” — Oliver Wendell Holmes …
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Jan 10 2011
We’ll take a look back at Haiti a year after the devastating earthquake that killed over 200,000 people. And, award winning writer Douglass Starr joins us to discuss his latest book “The Killer of Little Shepherds: A True Crime Story and the Birth of Forensic Science.” Plus, an update on the latest in the battle over Proposition 8. …
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Jan 10 2011
A twenty two year old white man in Tuscon, Arizona on Saturday shot and killed 6 people including a federal judge and a nine year old girl, and wounded 14 people. Among those injured was the target of the attack, Democratic Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. Giffords is critically injured after being shot in the head from 4 feet, and remains …
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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