Month May 2006

CIA rats self out

CIA officials have corroborated reports that extraordinary renditions – transfers of prisoners from one country to another bypassing due judicial rule – have taken place on European soil with the blessing of EU governments. We really need to cut through…

“But wait, there’s more”

Sue, who is usually as slug-like as I am in the morning, bounced into the bedroom yesterday A.M. waving the L.A. Times saying, “but wait, there’s more.” Stories she read excerpts from included the following. After each story, she chirped,…

Attention L.A. drivers

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.

Why is this not murder?

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…

Protest the Minutemen in L.A. Sunday

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…