French rioting spreads to 300 towns

What’s happening in France is unprecedented. U.S. riots generally last three days, with day two the most violent. By contrast, France has now had eleven days of steadily escalating and spreading unrest. And, it’s "spread to neighbouring Belgium and possibly…

Antiwar sermon brings IRS warning

The Internal Revenue Service has warned one of Southern California’s largest and most liberal churches that it is at risk of losing its tax-exempt status because of an antiwar sermon two days before the 2004 presidential election. Joe Mirando, an…

Commies in the anti-war movement

Yes, there were commies in the anti-war movement in the 60’s. Still are! This is a good thing. Organizing is in the DNA of socialists and communists. It’s only in the US, home of predatory capitalism, that the mere mention…

The Water Barons

The explosive growth of three private water utility companies in the last 10 years raises fears that mankind may be losing control of its most vital resource to a handful of monopolistic corporations. In Europe and North America, analysts predict…

Day 11. Paris riots

The Paris riots continue. And they aren’t centrally controlled. Although the Interior Minister, Nicolas Sarkozy, has spoken darkly of " organisation" of the riots by drugs barons or Islamist radicals, police chiefs and social workers dismiss such claims. Police intelligence…

Portable Firefox and password programs

Now, you can run the Firefox web browser off a portable USB drive. JohnHaller.com has this and other portable apps, including calendering, web authoring, and OpenOffice. Most excellent! Now I can go anywhere and launch my customized version of Firefox…