Month August 2003

Supersize that fatwa please! From Muslim Wake Up What do the Saudi monarchy and their Wahhabi cohorts have in common with McDonald’s (besides the sad fact that women and men have to order from separate sections at Saudi Mickey D’s–the women’s…

Grand Theft America How Katherine Harris stole Florida election, and the Presidency for Bush. All in a powerful two minute Flash animation. Check it out, and circulate widely.

Guess who’s pushing for touchscreen voting machines? “Northrop-Grumman, Lockheed-Martin, EDS and Accenture”, that’s who. You may know Accenture by their previous name, Andersen Consulting. Yes, that Andersen. This is not making me feel warm and fuzzy. They just had a…

Cruz goes populist! Bustamante blasts oil companies He is now supporting a “state constitutional amendment to regulate the price of gasoline” Which, since regular gas is now $2.12 a gallon in L.A., ain’t a bad idea at all, as the…

Workers comp in California Total premiums paid statewide have risen from around $9 billion in 1995 to about $29 billion this year, even though the system is treating fewer workers then it was eight years ago. Rates spiked 8 percent…