This is Day 100 of the grocery strike I went to a Ralphs that was being picketed yesterday. Conservative LA City Council member Dennis Zine spoke strongly in favor of the strikers, saying in his 33 years in LAPD, they…

Bush rating dips to 50%. President George W Bush’s approval rating has dipped to 50%, and the US electorate is evenly split heading into the 2004 presidential election year, a new poll has found. This no doubt means another terror…

The mountains can be unforgiving They found the body of the missing hiker (mentioned here previously.) The body of a 53-year-old hiker missing since New Year’s Day on Mt. Baldy was found Saturday about 900 feet below where rescuers believed…

Ultralight backpacking My recent post about the perils of wilderness areas with treacherous trails and mountain lions has perversely rekindled my interest in backpacking! I’ve done several wilderness trips in the past, usually in the High Sierras, through the amazing…

Health benefits extended for grocery strikers In a welcome move, PacificCare and Kaiser are extending health care benefits for the strikers to February. and March respectively, in effect giving the unions a loan. This is because the Greedy Three companies…

Upcoming grocery strike actions These actions are organized or sanctioned by UFCW Local 770. Distribute widely. UFCW Local 770, one of several locals in LA, has several important actions planned during the next two weeks, culminating in a massive march and…

Michael Moore is a peacenik? Michael Moore, whose books and movies I often enjoy, has inexplicably endorsed Wesley Clark, saying, “That’s right, a peacenik is voting for a general. What a country!.” Tell me Michael, why do you consider yourself…