They’re all going down Hasta la vista, Arnold.
Posts on ‘November 2nd, 2005’
Clashes continue in Paris suburbs
Violent skirmishes between police and immigrant groups in the suburbs around Paris have continued for the sixth consecutive night with scores of cars set alight and nearly three dozen people arrested overnight, officials said today. It’s unusual for riots/uprisings to last more than three days and to be escalating, not lessening, by day six. Something [...]
Bush’s flu plan
He wants to stockpile drugs before a lethal strain develops and spreads worldwide. Some of his goals are unreachable until 2010. Lest the drug companies not make enough money on this, Dubya wants to make it even easier for them. It would protect vaccine manufacturers from liability lawsuits but offer no compensation for individuals who [...]
US dinosaur car makers
Car sales this Oct compared to last Oct. GM 252,207 -25.6% Ford 184,493 -26.1% Toyota 173,086 +1.3% Ford said sales of its Navigator, Explorer and Expedition SUVs all dropped by more than half from the previous October. Fuel-efficient hybrids, meanwhile, continued to show solid gains. Sales of hybrid vehicles at Toyota more than doubled in [...]
California Nov. 8 Election. ANSWER Coalition Voter’s Guide
(Voter’s Guide in italics. Indented quotes from LA Times Op-Ed by Jamie Court. My comments in regular print.) Proposition 73 – NO! (Waiting period & parental notification) Prop 73 would put teens’ lives in danger, undermine safe access to abortion in California, and erode Roe vs. Wade and womens right to choose. Proposition 73 is [...]
