Yes, It's True: California is Banning Plastic Bags

by Brian Merchant, Brooklyn, New York on 06.7.10
Business & Politics

"...Technically, only the practice of handing out bags for free will be banned -- plastic bags will still be available to purchase for a nickel each..."

"...Californians use a stunning 19 billion plastic bags every year, or some 552 per person..."

So, I guess I won't be forgetting my reusable bags when I go shopping, which frankly is as little as possible these days.

Recycling in my area got a slow start, especially construction recycling. Most of my neighbors don't give a crap, but I throw three times more stuff in the recycling dumpster than I do in the trash dumpster.

Ten year gold price chart

Hmmmm. It can't buy clean water, clean air, health, or happiness, so what is the appeal? And who's buying it? I mean where is the stuff exactly when you do buy it? Do people really have gold bars or coins hanging around in the basement? Some do, I guess.

Five women presenters resign from Al Jazeera

"According to the daily Al-Hayat, they resigned last week after complaining of repeated comments and criticism by a member of the management about their attire, which was considered insufficiently conservative."

Autopsies reveal 9 men on Gaza aid boat shot, 5 in head

By Ivan Watson and Talia Kayali
June 4, 2010 -- Updated 1445 GMT (2245 HKT)

"...In one case, Ince said, a gunshot victim had been shot at at extremely close range.

"From the analysis of the bullet distance on one of the bodies," Dr. Ince said, "the gun was fired between 2 and 14 centimeters' distance from the victim's head."...

"...Turkey, once Israel's closest Muslim ally in the Middle East, has accused Israel of committing an act of international piracy.

"From now on, Turkish-Israeli ties will never be the same," Turkish President Abdullah Gul said on Thursday. "The incident has left a deep and irreparable scar."


" Israel has been a major supplier of arms to Turkey, and Israeli firms have been responsible for modernizing the F-4 Phantom fleet of the Turkish air force. Their agreements include cooperation in the "domains of air, sea, land, intelligence; and the manufacturing of aircraft, armaments and missiles," and "prepares the way for mutual military visits, training and exercises, dispatch of observers to oversee military exercises, staff exchanges and military know-how."

Grrr ratsa fratsa ggghhht tuhhhh

Fucking insurance companies. They already raised the premiums 390% in one fucking year, now they want to do whatever they can to NOT cover someone who is too fucking busy to prove eligibility. Between that fact and the fact that the parties involved have some major communication isssues, I'M FUCKING FRIED.

And another thing. Why the hell is the only place in the US now that has call centers populated by syrupy, hard to understand accents and idiots trained to give cryptic and somewhat misleading information? Grrrrrrrrrrr....

The snotty British accent isn't working for me either today.

And the geek pit can't get my computer to crash. wtf? I'm good at crashing the effing thing...

Hmmm. Geeky brother says maybe the drivers need to be updated. Ahhhh, yuh, I try. The good news is I got my new clothes washed and none of my back up files are infected. woot

Doubts Grow Over Israel’s Value as US Ally

Gee, ya think?

43 Years After Surviving Israeli Attack on USS Liberty, US Veteran Joe Meadors Seized by Israeli Forces on Gaza Aid Flotilla

(click on pics for stories behind them)


Previous activists killed by Israel.

Distracting news

Paul McCartney sings Beatles song 'Michelle' to Mrs. Obama at White House Gershwin Prize concert
By Soraya Roberts
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER


This is how I remember Rue Mclanahan



Yeah, I can't deal with the corporate bullshit , the Israeli bullshit , the military bullsit , more military bullshit. And yet even more military bullshit

How many more of these assholes do you create when you kill one of them?

Who paid for this story?

California Proposition 15 facing uphill battle
(ABC San Francisco)
Tuesday, June 01, 2010

The United States Supreme Court make up

is a right-wing Bush created Frankenstein nightmare that might end before I die, but I doubt it.


Court: Suspects must say they want to be silent By JESSE J. HOLLAND (AP) – 1 hour ago

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that suspects must explicitly tell police they want to be silent to invoke Miranda protections during criminal interrogations, a decision one dissenting justice said turns defendants' rights "upside down."


JUNE 1, 2010, 12:38 P.M. ET.Supreme Court Says Suspects Must Disclose Intent to Remain Silent

...Justice Sonia Sotomayor, in a dissent longer than the majority opinion, argued that the majority misread precedent and reached beyond the facts of the case to impose a tough new rule against defendants.

"Today's decision turns Miranda upside down," Justice Sotomayor wrote, joined by Justices John Paul Stevens, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen Breyer. "Criminal suspects must now unambiguously invoke their right to remain silent—which, counterintuitively, requires them to speak."...


Wow.

So if I'm understanding this correctly, if I ever get arressted and interrrogated I have to open my mouth and tell them I am going to remain silent.

Good thing I've watched enough cop shows and movies to know that I HAVE a right to remain silent and ask for a lawyer, eh?

Fuck me.

Anyone else wonder just how far pretzel logic can go in this fucked up world?

The Death of Capitalism
Written by Solomon Comissiong Daily Journal (Opinion), Politics May 31, 2010