Bob Morris @ May 19th 2006 11:34 - Category: Unfiled ;
LA-traffic-sucks-lets-fix-it has ideas, tips (as well as sneaky shortcuts) for how to negotiate the psychotically dysfunctional miasma known as L.A. traffic, as well as ideas for fixing it.
Bob Morris @ May 19th 2006 00:32 - Category: Immigrant rights ;
U.S. Mexico border near San Diego, Thursday
U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents began following a black SUV after a citizen reported seeing the vehicle pick up suspected illegal immigrants near the U.S. side of the border, police said.
As traffic backed up near the border, the vehicle stopped on the shoulder. When agents approached, the suspect began to drive off, said police Lt. Kevin Rooney. Two agents then opened fire.
According to the article, the driver clearly was not threatening any lives. So why was he killed?
From CounterPunch
“This is the calm before the storm; they’re going to make it tough,” Professor Armando Navarro had told LA’s La Opinion. “They’re talking about raids, deportations. In every barrio we have to organize migrant defense committees, and get ready for civil disobedience.”
Bob Morris @ May 19th 2006 00:24 - Category: Immigrant rights ;
Sunday, May 21, 11 am
Gather at Olympic and Broadway, LA
From ANSWER LA
This Sunday, join pro-immigrant organizations, including the A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition, at a counter demonstration against the racist, anti-immigrant Minuteman Project. Minutemen members and supporters will be marching through downtown Los Angeles that day in a so-called “Civil Rights” march. The Minuteman Project is an organization that opposes immigrants and undocumented workers. Dubbing their hateful action a march for “Civil Rights” is an outright lie. Their true aim is to prevent immigrants from gaining the Civil Rights they deserve.
This is the same march route as the historic immigrant rights marches of March 25 and May1, both of which drew multiple hundreds of thousands. Doubtless the Minutemen will only draw a miniscule fraction of that. Still, it’s important to be there as counter-protestors to help unmask these Klan-like bigots so people see who they actually are.
Bob Morris @ May 19th 2006 00:18 - Category: Net Neutrality ;
The Christian Coalition supports net neutrality
Roberta Combs, the President of Christian Coalition of America said, “Christian Coalition is joining a broad array of organizations, representing consumers, businesses, and all ends of the political spectrum. The Coalition is committed to working on behalf of our supporters to ensure that the Internet remains the free marketplace of ideas, products and services that it is today.”
This is an important endorsement, coming as it does from the Religious Right flank of the Republican Party. Hey, they want the Net free too, and not controlled and locked down by the telcos.
Bob Morris @ May 19th 2006 00:12 - Category: Unfiled ;
Prime Minister Romano Prodi on Thursday vowed to undo most of the policies of his predecessor, Silvio Berlusconi, and pledged to bring all Italy’s troops home from what he called the “occupation” of Iraq.
MPs in Nepal have taken revenge on the man who drove them from office, voting to dramatically reduce the powers of the king, calling for him to be stripped of his legal immunity, authority over the army and freedom from paying taxes.
Bob Morris @ May 19th 2006 00:06 - Category: Unfiled ;
From The John Heron Project, comes one tiny sign of the emergence of a more humane world - the gallows export business is being shut down in Britain.
No doubt some of the more lunatic defenders of capitalism will protest this hurts “free enterprise.”
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