Bob Morris @ Jan 16th 2005 10:44 - Category: Unfiled ;
Iraqi officials said Saturday they are considering new measures to protect voters in the Jan. 30 national election, including a three-day, nationwide ban on driving to discourage car-bombings.
Other plans include locking down polling stations so that they resemble prisons - hey, welcome to democracy, Iraq.
Bob Morris @ Jan 16th 2005 00:18 - Category: Unfiled ;
We end our honeymoon in the wondrous island of Maui and head back to L.A. today where I’m hearing that many major canyon roads are still closed due to the storms last week, thus a trip from the Valley to Hollywood that normally takes 30 minutes each way took a friend 2 1/2 hours each way on Thursday. Yikes.
The L.A. Counter-Inaugural rally and march is Thursday 6 pm at the Westwood Federal Building. Now, more than ever, it’s important to get into the streets. Public opinion has shifted our way on the war. Let’s keep the pressure on.
Maui, we shall return, probably in late summer. Those West Maui mountains are calling me, the ocean too.
Bob Morris @ Jan 16th 2005 00:09 - Category: Unfiled ;
UC Davis study shows Lake Tahoe is warming up
The waters of Lake Tahoe are warming up at almost twice the rate of the world’s oceans, probably as a consequence of global climate change, according to a new study by UC Davis scientists. The higher warming rate, reported for the first time in the new study, could have major implications for public plans to keep the lake blue.
Meanwhile, the Bushites blindly ignore science in favor of corporate profits, and thus are getting sued..
Green lobbyists and several US cities hope a lawsuit against US development agencies will force the government to act on global warming, even though President George W Bush has long insisted there’s no scientific proof linking human activity to warming.
Environmental lawyers say the suit will be closely watched as lawsuits against utilities and the government tied to global warming increase. Last July, for example, eight US states and New York City sued five US power companies, accusing them of stoking climate change.
Bob Morris @ Jan 16th 2005 00:06 - Category: Unfiled ;
Two new websites, BuyBlue.org and ChooseTheBlue.com managed to attract national attention in the closing weeks of 2004. The site owners classify national chains as either “red” or “blue” based on whether their employees – almost always top executives – give major financial support to either Republicans or Democrats, respectively.
Many such execs of course, give money to both parties, to insure they have “access” no matter who is elected. Let’s not forget the Dems are no better on the PATRIOT ACT and the war than the Republicans nor did Kerry voice even a peep of protest about the obviously slanted Ohio vote results.
We need a new political and economic system, and that won’t happen by making well-meaning but ultimately futile “protests”, but organizing mass movements.
Bob Morris @ Jan 16th 2005 00:02 - Category: Unfiled ;
The FBI refuses to answer the question so EFF has filed an FOIA request. Be glad EFF is there.
It’s been over three years since the USA PATRIOT Act was passed, and the DOJ still hasn’t answered the public’s simple question: ‘Can you see what we’re reading on the Web without probable cause?’” said Kevin Bankston, EFF Staff Attorney and Bruce J. Ennis Equal Justice Works Fellow. “Much of PATRIOT is coming up for review this year, but we can never have a full and informed debate of the issues when the DOJ won’t explain how it has been using these new surveillance powers.”
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