Archive for June, 2009

Mustafa In School: Update and Opportunity

Filed under: No More Victims Bay Area | Ruth Group Project — by Ruth Friend 06/30/2009 @ 12:42:43 PM
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Mustafa News and Update

Fundraising Drive for next 6 months housing in San Francisco

San Francisco Unified School District
Funds Mustafa’s Next School Year!!!

Dear Friends of Mustafa and Ghazwan,

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Fireworks, Bombs and Oil in Iraq

Filed under: Iraq | Middle East | War — by Will Kirkland 06/30/2009 @ 11:52:35 AM
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“Iraqi forces assumed formal control of Baghdad and other cities Tuesday after American troops handed over security in urban areas in a defining step toward ending the U.S. combat role … [Keep reading >>]

Palin: “Little Shop of Horrors”

Filed under: Politics | Republicans — by Will Kirkland 06/30/2009 @ 11:38:29 AM
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From Vanity Fair: via Raw Story

As Palin has piled misstep on top of misstep, the senior members of McCain’s campaign team have undergone a painful odyssey … [Keep reading >>]

Senator Franken!

Filed under: Elections | Politics — by Will Kirkland 06/30/2009 @ 11:33:15 AM
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Coleman concedes Minnesota Senate race after court decision

Limbaugh says Minnesota is like Iran… Now let’s see, the Chief mullah at the time of the election would have been…..Republican Governor … [Keep reading >>]

Sanford: A Regular Don Juan

Filed under: Religion | Sex — by Will Kirkland 06/30/2009 @ 10:03:26 AM
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Heckuva guy! Heckuva guy!

More “line-crossing” encounters admitted by Sanford. Hope he’s studying Spanish for his new home in Buenos Aires….

Guess that Capitol Christian group isn’t as prayer powerful … [Keep reading >>]

US withdraws from Iraq cities

Filed under: Iraq | Middle East | War — by Will Kirkland 06/29/2009 @ 9:24:38 PM
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We shall see.

What does withdrawal mean? To the American? To the Iraqis?

How many Americans remain in Iraq? Where? Doing what? How will the Iraqi government … [Keep reading >>]

Judicial Activists Supreme

Filed under: Law | Supreme Court — by Will Kirkland 06/29/2009 @ 9:19:49 PM
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From Glenn Greenwald

In the now famous “white firefighter” affirmative action case — Ricci v. DeStefano — the Supreme Court today, in a 5-4 ruling (.pdf), reversed the decision of a … [Keep reading >>]

Chris Hedges — Berkeley Hillside Club

Filed under: Books | War — by Will Kirkland 06/29/2009 @ 8:28:41 PM
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Chris Hedges — Berkeley Hillside Club

Filed under: Events — by Joyce Cole 06/29/2009 @ 8:21:21 PM

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Military Coup in Honduras Sends President Into Exile

Filed under: War — by Will Kirkland 06/28/2009 @ 4:33:06 PM
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“The Honduran president, Manuel Zelaya, was ousted by the army on Sunday after pressing ahead with plans for a referendum that opponents said could lay the groundwork for his eventual … [Keep reading >>]

British Embassy Staffers Arrested in Tehran

Filed under: Middle East — by Will Kirkland 06/28/2009 @ 4:25:29 PM
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” The arrest of local staff members at the British Embassy in Iran is “harassment and intimidation of a kind which is quite unacceptable,” British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said … [Keep reading >>]

Blue America — Health Care

Filed under: Health & Welfare — by Will Kirkland 06/27/2009 @ 8:53:22 PM
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I think we can all agree that single payer is the way to go, but since it was never made a priority by our representatives, we are left to fight … [Keep reading >>]

Words for Acts

Of all the enemies of public liberty, war is perhaps the most to be dreaded, because it comprises and develops the germ of every other. War is the parent of armies. From these proceed debt and taxes. And armies, debts and taxes are the known instruments for bringing the many under the domination of the few...No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare.

James Madison, 1795



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