Oct
26
2011
Children as young as four years old can now be diagnosed and medicated for Attention Deficit Disorder or ADHD based on new guidelines issued by The American Academy of Pediatrics. Ten years ago the diagnosis could only be made for children between the ages of 6 and 12, but now the official age range has been expanded to include children …
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Oct
26
2011
The Activist Beat with Rose Aguilar, host of Your Call on KALW in San Francisco is a weekly roundup of progressive activism that the mainstream media ignores, undercovers, or misrepresents.
Just hours after riot police armed with tear gas, rubber bullets, and beanbag rounds brutally raided Occupy Oakland and arrested more than 80 demonstrators yesterday, President Obama arrived in the …
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Oct
26
2011
“[T]he hungry ghost realm [is a Buddhist phrase], the creatures in it are depicted as people with large empty bellies, small mouths and scrawny thin necks. They can never get enough satisfaction. They can never fill their bellies. They’re always hungry, always empty, always seeking it from the outside. That speaks to a part of us that I have and everybody in our society has, where we want satisfaction from the outside, where we’re empty, …
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Oct
25
2011
Police in Oakland raided that city’s Occupy Wall Street encampment early this morning with 200 officers. Dozens of people were arrested. Even though the Occupy Los Angeles encampment in front of City Hall continues to enjoy good relations with the city police, mass arrests continue to happen in other cities. Over the weekend, 130 Occupy Chicago protesters were arrested. Members …
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Oct
25
2011
“One of the most ironic things about capitalism is that the capitalist will sell you the rope to hang himself with. Actually they will give you the money to make a movie that makes them look bad, if they believe they can make money off it.” — Michael Moore …
Oct
25
2011
Early Tuesday, the city began ousting protesters who have camped out for two weeks at the Occupy Oakland tent city on Frank H. Ogawa Plaza. Police started assembling around the tent city at 14th Street and Broadway at about 3 a.m.
At a press briefing at City Hall, Police Chief Howard Jordan said the police operation went smoothly, without injuries to police or protesters. No children were found at the camp. Dogs and their owners were …
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Oct
25
2011
In 2003 Texans lost the right to collect more than $250,000 in non-economic damages in medical malpractice suits. That cap on damages was ushered in on a wave of so-called tort-reform advocacy by medical and independent groups, and Governor Rick Perry. Proponents of the ballot initiative claimed high medical costs were directly related to frivolous malpractice lawsuits. Texans were largely …
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Oct
25
2011
Early Tuesday, the city began ousting protesters who have camped out for two weeks at the Occupy Oakland tent city on Frank H. Ogawa Plaza. Police started assembling around the tent city at 14th Street and Broadway at about 3 a.m.
At a press briefing at City Hall, Police Chief Howard Jordan said the police operation went smoothly, without injuries to police or protesters. No children were found at the camp. Dogs and their owners were …
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Oct
25
2011
Welcome to Civic Circus, This is Ankur Patel breaking down local politics, going to three hour meetings so you don’t have to. Each week on uprising I’ll bring you a report on City, County, and State Bureaucracy.
President Obama has been talking about maintaining bridges and building roads on a regular basis, but the reality of crumbling infrastructure is felt at the local level. Los Angeles …
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Oct
24
2011
The LA Weekly published an article today headlined, “Occupy LA Sees a Homeless Invasion.” The Occupy LA encampment is just blocks from Skid Row, and there are an estimated 15,000 homeless people in the city. So far Occupy LA has no rules governing who can set up camp and share in the communal food, supplies, and tents. The Occupy Los …
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