Duuuuuuuuude.
So a bunch of frat boys out at San Diego State got busted for selling coke, pot, ecstasy to DEA .
This cracked me up:
"Those arrested included a student who was about to receive a criminal justice degree and another who was to receive a master’s degree in homeland security."
Tuesday, May 06, 2008
Fight the War on Greed (explains tax loopholes)
"Monsanto investigators" hound farmers regarding alleged sale or use of genetically modified seeds? How creepy is that? Not what they wanted you to remember when you rode the Monsanto ride at Disneyland.
Don't tell me corporate hegemony and in fact corporate criminality isn't about PR, because it is.
I remember her and this info from the Corporation. The estimates on the cyclone death toll in Myanmar are going up as high as the size of a small city in the US, and they're already mentioning the rice crop destruction. Color me cynical. I thought at first that the food riots we were seeing could be blamed on overpopulation alone. Not so:
Goldman Sees `Explosive' Commodity Rallies, $175 Oil (Update1)
By Claudia Carpenter and Alexander Kwiatkowski
March 14 (Bloomberg) -
Well well well, I just keep getting entertainment sent to me via e-mail today "Goodbye Bush" (song by my friend, who like me, can't wait for Jan '09) I need it today.
Monday, May 05, 2008
Return of the population timebomb
May 5, 2008 11:00 AM | Printable version
It has become taboo over recent years, but population, not consumption, really is the key to managing our use of the world's resources
It has become taboo over recent years, but population, not consumption, really is the key to managing our use of the world's resources
Truthout chats with Donna Frye
My Chat With Donna Frye
By Marc Ash
t r u t h o u t | Interview
Thursday 01 May 2008
Donna Frye is a name not well known outside of San Diego, but her story speaks to the heart of American politics today. What's wrong with American politics today? What ordinary people doing extraordinary things can do to change American politics for the better.
Have a look.
Donna talks about political realities in the County of San Diego.
By Marc Ash
t r u t h o u t | Interview
Thursday 01 May 2008
Donna Frye is a name not well known outside of San Diego, but her story speaks to the heart of American politics today. What's wrong with American politics today? What ordinary people doing extraordinary things can do to change American politics for the better.
Have a look.
Donna talks about political realities in the County of San Diego.
Saturday, May 03, 2008
My PBS shows were different last night
Here's what was on last night.
Friday, May 2 KPBS
KPBS Channel 15
KPBSHD Channel 15.1
Evening
5:00 pm Washington Week
5:30 pm Mclaughlin Group
6:00 pm Bill Moyers Journal : Healthcare
7:00 pm The Newshour with Jim Lehrer
8:00 pm Fiesta Mexicana
10:00 pm Supernatural Science : Open to Suggestion
11:00 pm Road Trip : Central Coast
What's up with the Mclaughlin Group? A bunch of ancient Republicans screaming the same fucking message at each other. Damn, they need to get some hearing aids or something. Ugh. I don't have cable and I don't want to watch it.
Ummm, this is what was NOT on my teevee last night:
Week of 5.2.08
Election 2008: What to Expect (click video link to watch online)
It usually is.
Bill Moyers wasn't on when it usually is & he opened the show with one hell of an essay on Rev. Wright.
It wouldn't surprise me at all to find out that GOP operatives and crackers are getting their noses out of joint at some of the "liberal" programming on the local PBS station. Yes, to a lot of local fu%*tar#s, "Liberal" is a still a bad word. They can't help it. They're easily frightened.
Friday, May 2 KPBS
KPBS Channel 15
KPBSHD Channel 15.1
Evening
5:00 pm Washington Week
5:30 pm Mclaughlin Group
6:00 pm Bill Moyers Journal : Healthcare
7:00 pm The Newshour with Jim Lehrer
8:00 pm Fiesta Mexicana
10:00 pm Supernatural Science : Open to Suggestion
11:00 pm Road Trip : Central Coast
What's up with the Mclaughlin Group? A bunch of ancient Republicans screaming the same fucking message at each other. Damn, they need to get some hearing aids or something. Ugh. I don't have cable and I don't want to watch it.
Ummm, this is what was NOT on my teevee last night:
Week of 5.2.08
Election 2008: What to Expect (click video link to watch online)
It usually is.
Bill Moyers wasn't on when it usually is & he opened the show with one hell of an essay on Rev. Wright.
It wouldn't surprise me at all to find out that GOP operatives and crackers are getting their noses out of joint at some of the "liberal" programming on the local PBS station. Yes, to a lot of local fu%*tar#s, "Liberal" is a still a bad word. They can't help it. They're easily frightened.
Friday, May 02, 2008
Southern California Residents Gear Up for New Fight to Stop Secretive Expansion by Military Firm Blackwater (Democracy Now)
Blackwater Still Courting Investors
By Noah Shachtman
May 02, 2008 | 3:01:55 PM Categories: Mercs
Looks like Wired Magazine is doing a fine job of following all things Blackwater
San Diego GOP has a cracker?
Heh.
By Noah Shachtman
May 02, 2008 | 3:01:55 PM Categories: Mercs
Looks like Wired Magazine is doing a fine job of following all things Blackwater
San Diego GOP has a cracker?
Heh.
The FCC is as full of crap as a Christmas Goose
Adopted: May 1, 2008 Released: May 1, 2008
By the Assistant Chief, Policy Division, Media Bureau:
1. In this Order, we grant in part a petition for declaratory ruling filed by the Christian Broadcast Network, Inc. (“CBN”), producer of a 60-minute television program entitled “The 700 Club.”
This program airs weekdays on 100 television stations in the United States, as well as on the ABC Family cable network, FamilyNet, and Trinity Broadcasting Network.
1. In its petition, CBN asks the Commission to declare that the subject program qualifies in its entirety as a bona fide newscast within the meaning of Section 315(a) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (the “Act”), 47 U.S.C. § 315(a), or, in the alternative, that the news segments aired on “The 700 Club” qualify as bona fide newscasts and the news interview segments qualify as bona fide news interviews pursuant to Section 315(a).
2 . For the reasons set forth below, we conclude that the newscast and news interview segments of “The 700 Club” qualify for the bona fide newscast and news interview exemptions under Section 315(a), respectively, and that these segments conducted on the program are exempt from equal opportunities.... (click here, to read the document)
So you kin click raht ther on the pitchur to find out a lil bit more about yer bona fide newzcaster/interviewer, thet the FCC sez is a bona fide news program exempt from the equal opportunities rule.
( Exempt from the equal opportunities clause????? )
"The FCC also ruled Friday that the news segments and interviews on Christian Broadcasting Network's 700 Club -- which airs on TV stations as well as ABC Family -- are also a bona fide news program exempt from the equal opportunities rule.
That show is hosted by Pat Robertson, himself once a presidential candidate.
But the commission stopped short of declaring the entire program exempt. CBN had asked that the whole show be exempt, but absent that, it wanted the interviews and news segments to get the exemption. The FCC chose the latter."
I know I've seen the Pentagon pundits on those gasbag Christofascist interviews. I need to go throw up.
Also
The Federal Communications Commission is requiring Sprint, the nation's third-largest wireless carrier, to clear certain channels by June 26, a move designed to eliminate radio interference with thousands of public safety agencies across the country. The company would essentially swap spectrum with the public safety agencies...
...The deadline was set three years ago in an initial order....
...Sprint, which said the FCC's new position was unreasonable, claimed if regulators enforce the deadline it would cripple the network....
...The court said if Sprint vacates those channels then it's likely it will immediately reduce radio interference that public safety agencies have experienced....
...expects the FCC will extend the deadline by at least another six months.
By the Assistant Chief, Policy Division, Media Bureau:
1. In this Order, we grant in part a petition for declaratory ruling filed by the Christian Broadcast Network, Inc. (“CBN”), producer of a 60-minute television program entitled “The 700 Club.”
This program airs weekdays on 100 television stations in the United States, as well as on the ABC Family cable network, FamilyNet, and Trinity Broadcasting Network.
1. In its petition, CBN asks the Commission to declare that the subject program qualifies in its entirety as a bona fide newscast within the meaning of Section 315(a) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (the “Act”), 47 U.S.C. § 315(a), or, in the alternative, that the news segments aired on “The 700 Club” qualify as bona fide newscasts and the news interview segments qualify as bona fide news interviews pursuant to Section 315(a).
2 . For the reasons set forth below, we conclude that the newscast and news interview segments of “The 700 Club” qualify for the bona fide newscast and news interview exemptions under Section 315(a), respectively, and that these segments conducted on the program are exempt from equal opportunities.... (click here, to read the document)
So you kin click raht ther on the pitchur to find out a lil bit more about yer bona fide newzcaster/interviewer, thet the FCC sez is a bona fide news program exempt from the equal opportunities rule.
( Exempt from the equal opportunities clause????? )
"The FCC also ruled Friday that the news segments and interviews on Christian Broadcasting Network's 700 Club -- which airs on TV stations as well as ABC Family -- are also a bona fide news program exempt from the equal opportunities rule.
That show is hosted by Pat Robertson, himself once a presidential candidate.
But the commission stopped short of declaring the entire program exempt. CBN had asked that the whole show be exempt, but absent that, it wanted the interviews and news segments to get the exemption. The FCC chose the latter."
I know I've seen the Pentagon pundits on those gasbag Christofascist interviews. I need to go throw up.
Also
The Federal Communications Commission is requiring Sprint, the nation's third-largest wireless carrier, to clear certain channels by June 26, a move designed to eliminate radio interference with thousands of public safety agencies across the country. The company would essentially swap spectrum with the public safety agencies...
...The deadline was set three years ago in an initial order....
...Sprint, which said the FCC's new position was unreasonable, claimed if regulators enforce the deadline it would cripple the network....
...The court said if Sprint vacates those channels then it's likely it will immediately reduce radio interference that public safety agencies have experienced....
...expects the FCC will extend the deadline by at least another six months.
Thursday, May 01, 2008
Read yesterday's post and then this one.
Clinton Gas-Tax Proposal Criticized
Economists Share Obama's View
By Alec MacGillis and Steven Mufson
Washington Post Staff Writers
Thursday, May 1, 2008; Page A01
...Backing up Obama's position against Clinton's proposal to suspend the 18.4-cent-per-gallon tax for the summer is a slew of economists who argue that the proposal, first offered by Sen. John McCain, the presumptive GOP nominee, would be counterproductive...
The car took $50.00 in gas yesterday and it didn't fill up the tank. It ain't an SUV or truck.
Now the campaign geniuses think that allowing further disintegration of the infrastructure that the fucking 18 cents per gallon can't keep up with anyway, AND was stupid to continue building upon, (but that's another story altogether) is a good idea? (note how much higher CA gas taxes are)
Meanwhile people are going unfed, while the fat cats' profits on grain are up.
Before the bell: MRK, BP, ADM, MA, CFC, AAPL ...
Posted Apr 29th 2008 8:25AM by Melly Alazraki
Filed under: ...Archer Daniels-Midland (ADM)....... MasterCard Inc'A' (MA), ....Countrywide Financial (CFC), BP p.l.c. ADS (BP), Merck and Co (MRK), U.S. Steel (X), Valero Energy (VLO)
Before the bell: Street awaits Fed (V, DB, GM)...
....Archer Daniels Midland Co. (NYSE: ADM), the world's largest grain processor, said third-quarter profit rose 42% to $517 million or 80 cents per share, topping analyst estimates of 69 cents per share, as it traded more grains and crushed more soybeans. Sales climbed 64% to $18.7 billion. Seems that being in agriculture lately is a positive and ADM shares are rising 3.75% in premarket trading....
I'm fed up with this pattern.
Economists Share Obama's View
By Alec MacGillis and Steven Mufson
Washington Post Staff Writers
Thursday, May 1, 2008; Page A01
...Backing up Obama's position against Clinton's proposal to suspend the 18.4-cent-per-gallon tax for the summer is a slew of economists who argue that the proposal, first offered by Sen. John McCain, the presumptive GOP nominee, would be counterproductive...
The car took $50.00 in gas yesterday and it didn't fill up the tank. It ain't an SUV or truck.
Now the campaign geniuses think that allowing further disintegration of the infrastructure that the fucking 18 cents per gallon can't keep up with anyway, AND was stupid to continue building upon, (but that's another story altogether) is a good idea? (note how much higher CA gas taxes are)
Meanwhile people are going unfed, while the fat cats' profits on grain are up.
Before the bell: MRK, BP, ADM, MA, CFC, AAPL ...
Posted Apr 29th 2008 8:25AM by Melly Alazraki
Filed under: ...Archer Daniels-Midland (ADM)....... MasterCard Inc'A' (MA), ....Countrywide Financial (CFC), BP p.l.c. ADS (BP), Merck and Co (MRK), U.S. Steel (X), Valero Energy (VLO)
Before the bell: Street awaits Fed (V, DB, GM)...
....Archer Daniels Midland Co. (NYSE: ADM), the world's largest grain processor, said third-quarter profit rose 42% to $517 million or 80 cents per share, topping analyst estimates of 69 cents per share, as it traded more grains and crushed more soybeans. Sales climbed 64% to $18.7 billion. Seems that being in agriculture lately is a positive and ADM shares are rising 3.75% in premarket trading....
I'm fed up with this pattern.
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