Posts from ‘April, 2003’

Bush may be a write-in on more than one state ballot

“The GOP’s unusually late nominating convention — it does not begin until Aug. 30 — is the problem. Bush is not scheduled to accept his party’s nomination until Sept. 2, 2004. That falls after the deadline for certifying presidential candidates not only in Alabama, [...]

Thoughts on this week’s news
What IS North Korea doing? While other countries tremble in fear of offending the U.S., North Korea cheerfully sticks their thumb in George Bush’s eye.
Considering the duct tape will stop terrorists mania which struck a few weeks back, imagine what full blown SARS paranoia could be like. We may find out.
Who would have [...]

Get your armored Cadillac now!

“The country’s two largest automakers are jumping into the limited but expanding U.S. market for armored vehicles as drivers’ concerns grow  about terrorism and random violence.”
Damn, I had NO IDEA I needed to be concerned about this. I drive my Prius all over L.A., sometimes in Areas Thought To Be Dangerous, [...]

SARS hysteria

“Fear has taken hold: 45,000 face masks have been sold by one supplier alone, and the masks are expected to double in price as the Sars virus crisis deepens. But this is not Hong Kong, China or Singapore, where the killer bug has claimed more than 200 lives. This panic buying is taking place [...]

Argentina, the poster child for why neo-liberalism doesn’t work
Argentina has 50% unemployment now. Workers have taken over and are successfully running factories that were abandoned by their owners. Whole new barter systems and neighborhood councils are emerging to fill the void left by an economy on life support and a government that is ineffective at [...]

Sign of the times
This banner appeared outside an Assyrian Church of the East in Los Angeles, just before the U.S. invaded Iraq. Just recently, several American flags were posted prominently outside, directly facing the street.
What a sad commentary on these times when a little church needs to proclaim loudly their members are Americans and for [...]

Flat screen LCD monitor
I held off as long as I could, waiting for prices to fall. And they have! I just bought a ViewSonic 17″ flat screen LCD monitor for $399 (with the rebate). That’s about what I spent several years ago for the 17″ tube monitor I replaced. This new monitor takes up vastly [...]

Thank you, warrior women of Dixie, and welcome to the movement.
This is extraordinary. A top country group speaks out against the Iraq invasion. The right wing hit squads move into action, whipping up a frenzy, trying to make them grovel. The usual stuff; “fans” burn records, radio stations refuse to play them. They even get [...]

ProtestRecords.com

“Protest-Records.com offers free MP3’s and stencils to share, not to sell. www.protest-records.com (as curated by Thurston Moore and Chris Habib) exists for musicians, poets and artists to express LOVE + LIBERTY in the face of greed, sexism, racism, hate-crime and war.
FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT”

Clinton helped Blair plot Iraq invasion politics
What, you thought Clinton was a peacenik? Not him, nor his wife, for that matter.

“Tony Blair took repeated secret advice from the former American president Bill Clinton on how to unlock the diplomatic impasse between Europe and the US in the build-up to the war on Iraq, the Guardian [...]

How the mighty have fallen
“Winnie faces jail term.
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela could face up to 15 years in jail after a South African court convicts her of fraud.”

Deep wisdom from one who knows

“Madonna on American values..
I thought this had to be a joke from the Onion. Madonna is quoted as saying that “We as Americans are completely obsessed and wrapped up in a lot of the wrong values — looking good, having cash in the bank, being perceived as rich, famous [...]

The latest on yet another right wing Congressional bigot

“Santorum’s Stumble. Howard Kurtz weighs in: “At least Trent Lott had the good sense to apologize. Rick Santorum doesn’t seem to grasp why people are upset by his corrosive comments about gays.” Glenn Reynolds says “what really struck me about his remarks was their near-total incoherence.”… [Taegan [...]

Israeli “bulldozer”

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Via MonkeyFist

Just when you think our government can’t get more despicable…
Children held at Guantanamo Bay (13-15 years old)

“Children younger than 16 are being held as “enemy combatants” in the American detention camp at Guantanamo Bay, the US military admitted yesterday, a practice human rights groups condemned as repugnant and illegal.”