The San Francisco office of Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) denied claims that a final decision had been made on whether she would challenge the electoral college result on the floor of the Senate Thursday.

If Boxer did challenge, it would be the first time a senator has challenged the electoral tally since 1877.

The call to challenge came from Rep. John Conyers of Michigan, however he need a senator to back it.

A single senator supporting the effort would by law require the two chambers to meet separately for up to two hours and consider the objection. Democratic aides said Sen. Barbara Boxer (news, bio, voting record), D-Calif., might support such a move.

Boxer is the most liberal Senator and she just won reelection by a landslide. It’s her or no one.

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We have regular weekly meetings for volunteers at ANSWER LA. Last night, on the first meeting after the holidays, it was packed, not just with ANSWER volunteers but also with people from other groups and coalitions too.  The tribes are coming together.

ANSWER LA called a counter-inaugural demo at the Westwood Federal Building for Jan 20. It will be part of protests happening in San Francisco and, of course, D.C. Judging from the size and enthusiam of the meeting last night, and from the many phone calls and emails asking about the protest, calls which didn’t slow down even during the holiday, it’s looking like Jan. 20 could be sizable. Indeed, we’ve had people from four other states, some as far away as Colorado, say they are coming, something that’s never happened before.

Homeland Security pulled an already granted permit for a rally on the federal building lawn. Apparently they think peaceful protest ise a threat to national security. ANSWER LA is working on getting a permit from the City of L.A. for a rally on the street or in the park next to the federal building. Lawyers will go to court on this, and we’ve won before on permit battles. The march pemit through Westwood has already been granted.

People everywhere are mobilizing against the war and the imprisonment without end policies of Bush. A big turnout on Jan. 20 will send an unmistakable message across the planet that while the ruling class in the US may have turned to the right, the people have not. When the economy, crippled by the war-driven deficit, crumbles, when antiwar sentiment becomes mainstream, then Bush, like Nixon, will fall. This can and will happen. We need to be mobilized and ready when it does. January 20 will be an important step along the way.

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What’s more, the $350 million the Bushies have now grudgingly agreed to pledge, will be given over a period of years. 

Many have commented on the paltry, really disgraceful U.S. aid offer. The U.S. spends approximately $270 million each day for the occupation of Iraq. The cost of one F-22 Raptor fighter jet is $225 million.

The Bush-Cheney Presidential Inaugural Committee intends to raise $40 million in the next few weeks to host its gala parties and the inaugural parade.

The Bush administration is shameless. Endless funds for limitless violence to take over Iraq is one thing (it is well over $150 billion in the last 21 months). Money to meet human needs and to alleviate suffering, however, that will only come as a consequence of political pressure and radical change.

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Abbas calls Israel ‘Zionist enemy’ after shells kill seven Palestinians.

Or maybe he’s indulging in rhetoric so as to get elected. Time will tell.

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The cause of Tsunami is earth’s melting of permafrost in artic circle due to global warming: Indian Scientists

Think the above is crazy, that those who believe in global warming couldn’t be right? Check this…

Munich Re, the world’s largest reinsurer, expects damage from natural disasters to rise “exponentially” in the coming years, triggered by human-driven climate changes such as global warming.

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