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Another Gov. Gray Davis recall campaign launched

And this recall attempt has his teeth - and serious funding.

“Advisers to Rep. Darrell Issa said Monday that the wealthy Republican congressman and gubernatorial hopeful has agreed to put up enough “seed money” to begin the professional signature-gathering effort deemed necessary to wage a successful recall effort against Gov. Gray Davis.”

Issa made his fortune by starting a car alarm company - and if you live in an area with car alarms, then you’ve (endlessly) heard those alarms going off for no reason. There should be a special circle of Hell for those who prosper from inflicting the rest of us with annoying, loud, and utterly pointless noise…

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A giant is gone: Walter Sisulu dies at 90

With Nelson Mandela, Walter Sisulu was instrumental in ending apartheid in South Africa and in bringing genuine democracy to the county. They both spent decades in prison for their beliefs. And both, after being released from prison and gaining serious political power, genuinely and tirelessly worked towards national reconciliation for all. Think about that. They spent years in prison as political prisoners and upon release never once wanted revenge. Instead they worked tirelessly for the entire country.

Of his 25 years in prison, he said:

“It was not possible to despair because the spirit of the people outside was too great”

Nelson Mandela on Sisulu

“Xhamela <Sisulu’s tribe name> is no more. May he live forever! His absence has carved a void. A part of me is gone.

Our paths first intersected in 1941. During the past 62 years our lives have been intertwined. We shared the joy of living, and the pain. Together we shared ideas, forged common commitments. We walked side by side through danger and tribulation, nursing each other’s bruises, holding each other up when our steps faltered. Together we savoured the taste of freedom.”

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More hog slop in the water and air, please

The Bushies are destroying more of the envirnoment so a few super wealthy can get, well, fats as pigs.

“The Environmental Protection Agency has been privately negotiating with large industrial livestock farms to offer them amnesty from the Clean Air Act and existing Superfund laws, people involved in the talks say.

A large hog or chicken farm can generate millions of gallons of waste and hundreds of tons of fecal dust particles annually. In the case of hog farms, the waste is often gathered into open-air cesspools that release hydrogen sulfide, ammonia and methane gases, all of which are known to be toxic in high concentrations.”

Hey, what’s a little fecal matter from hogs in the air as long as predatory capitalism can flourish, eh?

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Baghdad Musuem ok after all

This is weird. There’s not much missing from the Baghdad Musuem after all. 38 pieces. to be exact. So why did so many report something so different?

“The vast majority of antiquities feared stolen or broken have been found inside the National Museum in Baghdad, according to American investigators who compiled an inventory over the weekend of the ransacked galleries.

A total of 38 pieces, not tens of thousands, are now believed to be missing. Among them is a display of Babylonian cuneiform tablets that accounts for nine missing items.”

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