Day January 29, 2005

Schwarzenegger seeks outside donors for campaigns

Lucrative new sources from across the U.S. would help fund a fight over California’s voting districts and pension system, he says. And who might those lucrative sources be and why would they give millions to Arnie? Wall Street has an…

Richard Becker. How to Fight the Right

Richard Becker is a member of the National Steering Committee of ANSWER. He spoke last night at ANSWER LA about the neocons, the Bush agenda, and what we can do to stop them. Link  (mp3, 22 MB) This is also…

Stealth all-electric hybrids

The 2004 Toyota Prius can be tweaked to a) run completely on electric and b) to be plugged in and recharged. “One guy I know plugs his Honda hybrid into a windmill for power,” Kroushl says. “It costs him practically nothing…

Casual Auschwitz Thursdays. Dick dresses down.

At yesterday’s gathering of world leaders in southern Poland to mark the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, the United States was represented by Vice President Cheney. The ceremony at the Nazi death camp was outdoors, so those in…