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PARK(ing) Day, September 21

by derek, posted to California / News / San Francisco / Urban Planning

The Rebar group is doing another PARK(ing) Day in San Francisco on September 21. They’re looking for volunteers to help set it up.

“Please join us as we transform parking spots into PARK(ing) spaces: temporary public parks in areas that need open space – enlivening the streets and improving the quality of urban human habitat.”

Iranian Leader Challenges Bush to Televised Debate

by derek, posted to News / Our Government

See, the New York Times is flexible. A NY Times presto-chango headline. Take a look at this article.
Iranian Leader Challenged by Reporters
The previously title of this article was “Iranian Leader Challenges Bush to Televised Debate.” If you read the article, that’s what it’s about. But over the course of the day, the title has been [...]

Peace, Propaganda & The Promised Land

by derek, posted to News / Our Government / Video

Nice documentary on the history of the Israel/Arab conflict.

Israel Is Finally Catching On

by derek, posted to Dissent / News / Our Government / Video

See, in today’s world, governments have to manipulate the public before they can attack their enemies. If you want to invade another country, you just provoke them until they get pissed off enough to do something, then just say you’re defending your self from their attacks. Yea, they’re catching on.

I mean Hizbollah’s stated reason […]

Clean Elections is on California’s November Ballot

by derek, posted to California / News / Our Government / San Francisco

California is on it’s way to becoming the third state to enact Clean Money/Clean Elections campaign finance reform. Prop 89 qualified for the November ballot. I’m excited. It seems everyone is pretty much in agreement that our current method of financing public campaigns gives corporations and those with money a much bigger voice than your […]

Berkeley, California will vote on Bush Impeachment

by derek, posted to California / News / San Francisco

Berkeley, California will become the country’s first city to place a referrendum on the ballot to impeach President Bush and Vice President Cheney.

BERKELEY / Bush impeach resolution on ballot / Council, with overwhelming support, OKs measure

Bloomberg Defends Science

by derek, posted to New York / News / Video

In his commencement address at John Hopkins University, NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg very directly demonizes those that would politicize stem cell research, global warming, Terry Schaivo, and evolution.
From the speech:

Today, we are seeing hundreds of years of scientific discovery being challenged by people who simply disregard facts that don’t happen to agree with [...]

San Francisco suburb uses eminent domain to keep out Wal-Mart

by derek, posted to News / San Francisco / Urban Planning

A San Francisco suburb voted Tuesday night to use the power of eminent domain to keep Wal-Mart Stores Inc. off a piece of city land after hearing from dozens of residents who accused the big-box retailer of engaging in scare tactics to force its way into the bedroom community.
The overflow crowd that packed into the [...]

Jessie MacBeth

by derek, posted to News / Our Government

Former Army Ranger and Iraq War Veteran Jessie MacBeth speaks out about American atrocities. Quite shocking and depressing, but think of it as penance. He describes families he was made to kill, says the war is a big lie. Suprise, suprise.
Update: the video has now been removed. Seems his uniform didn’t check out with the [...]

Filing Deadline Today and, Oops, We Don’t Have Any Candidates

by derek, posted to News / Our Government

From The Daily Kos on Alabama’s House campaigns.
3 of 5 GOP incumbent congressman are running unopposed as of right now, and the filing deadline is at 5:00 central time. We need candidates to run against these thugs.
Doesn’t sound to me like the well-oiled machine that is going to take back control of the House…