Immigrants Rights March. LA 2/28 ANSWER helped with the sound system. Several thousand marched. Those marching were almost entirely recent immigrants, mostly Latino. What struck me the most was these were regular working class people, those who are most directly…

Mozilla Thunderbird An important note on my converting from Outlook to Mozilla Thunderbird for my mail reader – Thunderbird converted all my Outlook addresses and 25 mb of archived mail absolutely flawlessly and quickly. I was impressed. (I did have…

You heard it here first President Chavez on Venezuela is expected to announce Sunday that one million signatures signed for his recall are invalid. And indeed, observers noted that some people signed the petitions multiple times, children signed them, and,…

This train has left the station! California gay weddings can go on California’s Supreme Court has refused a request from the state’s attorney general to halt gay weddings. And 21 gay couples marry in New Paltz NY The country favors…

Grocery strike deal reached Details of the pact weren’t immediately available, but both sides came away with a contract that they could defend in light of a dispute that was extremely costly to both sides, according to people familiar with…

News shocker: US supports coup attempt while mouthing democracy The US lawyer representing the government of Haiti charged today that the US government is directly involved in a military coup attempt against the country’s democratically elected President, Jean-Bertrand Aristide. Ira…

Leaving Microsoft monoculture Thanks to those who left helpful comments to my post about going to non-Microsoft browsers and mail clients. By using non-Microsoft products, one greatly decreases the chances of being hit by nasty viruses and malware. I’ve decided…