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Doctors in ethics row as execution nears
Barring a last-minute intervention by the courts, California will execute the third death-row prisoner in as many months at one minute past midnight tonight....
Posted: Mon, Feb 20, 2006 11:13am PST
Democrats force antiwar candidate out of Ohio Senate race
Iraq war veteran and antiwar activist Paul Hackett withdrew from the US Senate race in Ohio February 14, after his campaign for the Democratic Party nomination was sabotaged by the top national Democratic leaders, including Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid and Senator Charles Schumer of New York, chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee....
Posted: Sun, Feb 19, 2006 10:21pm PST
End the War, Meet Workers' Needs: Peace and Freedom Party, Candidates Submit Statements
The Peace and Freedom Party and six of its statewide candidates last week submitted brief statements to be included in the Voter Information Guide sent to all registered voters by the Secretary of State. The statements summarize key points of the party’s program of ending the war in Iraq and transforming society to meet the needs of working people in California....
Posted: Sun, Feb 19, 2006 10:05am PST
DIEBOLD RE-CERTIFIED IN CA!
Secretary of State McPherson seems to have a thing for making major announcements late on Fridays just before holidays. Following in what seems to be a pattern of his, he announced late this afternoon that he was certifying Diebold Optical Scan and AccuVote TSx (touch-screens) for use in elections in the state....
Posted: Sat, Feb 18, 2006 5:04pm PST
NAVYA SHASTRA CALLS FOR A BROADER REPRESENTATION OF HINDU TRADITIONS AND FAIRER TREATMENT
Navya Shastra, the international Hindu reform organization, has called for a broader representation of Hindu traditions and a fairer treatment of Dalits in California textbooks....
Posted: Sat, Feb 18, 2006 11:02am PST
California HMOs to Provide Interpreters
alifornia has taken the first step towards giving non-English speaking patients equal access to healthcare. At a press conference yesterday at Asian Health Services in Oakland’s Chinatown, community groups lauded the release of the first draft of regulations by California’s Department of Managed Health Care (DMHC) that requires all HMO plans in California to provide healthcare in the patients’ primary language....
Posted: Sat, Feb 18, 2006 9:24am PST
Global Warming Threatens California’s Major Ethnic Populations
SAN FRANCISCO -- Barbara Lott-Holland’s most fervent wish is that her 11 grandchildren thrive in a habitable world. She sees a clean environment as a basic human right, one that has not been guaranteed for her and others in her Crenshaw neighborhood in Los Angeles....
Posted: Sat, Feb 18, 2006 9:23am PST
Mad Max in Borderland -- Overnight With the Minutemen
Since 9.11, individuals calling themselves "Minutemen" have formed loosely structured volunteer associations that patrol the Southern U.S. border and have been vilified as racist vigilantes for their armed actions against undocumented immigrants. After camping out with the Minutemen of Campo, Calif., Russell Morse discovers the unexpected, even conflicting, reasons these men spend their lives in the desert. Morse, Furtado and Rojas are editors at YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia a Proje...
Posted: Sat, Feb 18, 2006 9:21am PST
Anger Greets Colin Powell as Protesters Are Evicted in Santa Barbara
Angry throngs bedecked in a dazzling array of costumes, sporting signs and guerrilla theatre regalia opposed Colin Powell on his self-serving speaking engagement where he waxed profound on general themes of leadership and barely mentioned his role in the lead up to the bloody Iraq war. Protesters were forcibly evicted by a coterie of muscle men as apparent supporters of the alleged war criminal chided them and the venue manager refused to refund the $50 ticket price....
Posted: Fri, Feb 17, 2006 11:56pm PST
Little Hope Left For Morales
Michael Morales is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection early Tuesday morning; however there is little hope that he will be granted clemency. "Schwarzenegger is now playing his favorite role as governor and it's another version of the terminator", says Alexander....
Posted: Fri, Feb 17, 2006 10:30pm PST
Doug Slaydon Comes Out Swinging
Doug Slaydon Comes Out Swinging
In a letter sent out to the Department of Labor Office of Labor Management Services (OLMS) Doug details the Loveall Leaderships many business ventures taken on while they are raking down big bucks to represent us.
We found it a bit strange that during the ’04 BAC contract campaign that Jacques was producing four films with his company Dream Reel films.
The letter to the DOL follows and it probably wouldn’t hurt if we followed up with copies on our o...
Posted: Fri, Feb 17, 2006 9:55pm PST
DPF Execution Alert
The Governor has decided that the state of California should execute Michael Morales on February 21, 2006. The death penalty demeans us as a society and serves no legitimate purpose. Michael Morales should be sentenced to life without parole just like his co-defendant....
Posted: Fri, Feb 17, 2006 9:04pm PST
Anti feminist neo-con's are going to teach Iraqi women to build Democracy
Administration Chooses Anti-Feminist Group to Train Iraqi Women
Jim Lobe
OneWorld US
Tue., Oct. 5, 2004...
Posted: Fri, Feb 17, 2006 3:59pm PST
CA Medical Board ignores executioner docs: "We don't get involved in ethical violations".
When the physicans who aided and abetted torture of human beings in Abu Gharaib, "Gitmo", or wherever come to California after military service, will the Board allow ex-torturers to start caring for patients? Hey - Alberto Gonzales tells us it's all legal - no criminal activity here.
So if you call the medical board (1-800-633-2322), maybe they can explain to you - if executioners can be doctors, why not torturers? Why not cannibals?
Heck, it's just that pesky ethical stuff - ...
Posted: Fri, Feb 17, 2006 9:57am PST
Cheney, "A Beer or Two," and A Gun
Vice President Dick Cheney, who was forced to leave Yale University because his penchant for late-night beer drinking exceeded his devotion to his studies, and who is one of the small number of Americans who can count two drunk driving busts on his driving record, may have been doing more than hunting quail on the day that he shot a Texas lawyer in the face....
Posted: Fri, Feb 17, 2006 7:55am PST
Indian Groups Contest California Textbook Content
HAYWARD, Calif. – Even as the California Board of Education (CBE) is trying to grapple with the contentious and loudly debated issue of what corrections requested from Hindu groups in proposed textbooks for sixth-graders, another group is trying to make its voice heard over the din....
Posted: Fri, Feb 17, 2006 7:22am PST
Take Action During Medical Marijuana Week
Every year during the
week of February 15 medical marijuana patients around the country take time to
raise awareness about and celebrate the passage of California's Proposition
215. Also known as the Compassionate Use Act, Prop. 215 helped to spark the
modern-day medical marijuana movement!...
Posted: Thu, Feb 16, 2006 12:02pm PST
EL Proyecto Latino:jaime ,carolina, cristina , aquiles y carina
EL Proyecto Latino:jaime ,carolina, cristina , aquiles y carina JAIME Y EDUARDO ESTABAN MUCHOS AMIGOS, TODOS Y DOS PARTENECEN A ACEULLO ESPLENDIDO ESTUDIO QUE ES SCIENTOLOGY , QUE AIUDA NUESTRA ALMA, JAIME COMO ESTABA EDUARDO ES UN SER MUY ESPIRITUAL , MUY BUENO, MUY AMABLE, Y AHORA JAIME AIUDA ACEULLA LINDISSIMA ASSOCIAZIONE QUE ES EL PROYECTO LATINO QU ANTES TIENE EL FONDO EDUACIONAL EDUARDO PALOMO, QUE HAS COMO SOCIA HONORARIA CARINA LA ESPOSA DE EDUARDO, JAIME LLEGA CON CARO SU ESPOSA A A...
Posted: Thu, Feb 16, 2006 4:47am PST
BUILDING PRISONS IS NO SOLUTION
Schwarzenegger wants to build more state prisons to reduce overcrowding, however building more prisons will be wasteful spending and misguided planning....
Posted: Wed, Feb 15, 2006 10:15pm PST
DiFi and the Royal Democrats: The Curious Withdrawal of Cindy Sheehan
Last week, that noble antiwarrior, Cindy Sheehan, declined to challenge Senator Diane Feinstein in the upcoming Democratic primary. Ms Sheehan reiterated that Party officials had not pressured her against running. It reminded me of how the Party had so thoroughly squashed the stridently anti-war candidacy of Howard Dean in 2004, that every time the good doctor surfaces now to speak, he’s looking over his shoulder.
Feinstein should be challenged. Feinstein is one of the “Royal Democrats,"...
Posted: Wed, Feb 15, 2006 7:15am PST