Day June 23, 2006

Wahoo! Major victory in LA 8 case

Government defeated in federal trial The government has been trying to deport the LA 8 for nineteen years simply because they were activists for the Palestinian cause. The government tried every slimy trick they could. Finally, one of the Eight…

Using the Net to organize (cont.)

More thought on the Using the Net to organize post. Reading the comments to that post aptly demonstrates the power and reach of the Net. Comments came from Australia, Puerto Rico, and England, as well as the US. Not only…

Chris Douridas update

In January, Chris Douridas, popular DJ of trend-setting public radio station KCRW in Santa Monica, CA was arrested on suspiction of kidnapping and drugging an underage teenage girl. The girl was in a bar. He says he saw she was…

A shot of expresso with my lard, please

A 20-ounce Venti banana mocha Frappuccino with whipped cream contains 720 calories and 11 grams of saturated fat. Like Ben and Jerry’s, who also have a progressive image, Starbuck’s products can be seriously unhealthy. That’s not coffee, it’s a fat…