BP diagrams were flawed
Usually, I get my news from dailykos before it appears in our local paper, but an article in the Fresno Bee today brought me startling information: Oil spill probe traces miscues...BP diagrams were...
View ArticleMuslim Leader Dies
In an article about Grand Ayatollah Muhammad Husain Fadlallah, who died yesterday in Beirut, Juan Cole says in Informed Comment that the cleric was revered by many Shiite Muslims and by many Lebanese...
View Article"Valero Oil of Texas"
Yesterday at a Valero gas station in Fresno CA, activists demonstrated against Proposition 23, which would undo California's landmark clean energy law passed in 2006. Many drivers at the busy...
View ArticleDems likely to win CA-20
Although election night gave the win to a Republican, there are between 70,000 and 90,000 absentee and provisional ballots yet to be counted in Fresno County and 65,000 in Kern County. In those areas,...
View ArticleCA-20 stays Dem
The news today is that Democrat Jim Costa has taken the lead in California's 20th Congressional District, where the Republican challenger appeared to have won on Election night by 1823 votes. But as...
View ArticleMore HSR funds for California
The Fresno BEE today reports that most of the $1.2 billion refused by Ohio and Wisconsin for high-speed rail will go to California, according to an announcement yesterday by the U.S. Department of...
View ArticleAstroturfing the Internet
For those who haven't linked to an article suggested in Meteor Blades' abbreviated pundit roundup today, I want to provide a few quotes from These astroturf libertarians are the real threat to internet...
View ArticleTen worst acts by Lieberman (poll added)
In an article on his blog Informed Comment today, Professor Juan Cole lists Top Ten Horrible Things done to Us by Outgoing Sen. Joe Lieberman. Summarized below, Lieberman's egregious acts are arranged...
View ArticleLaying train track
Anyone interested in high-speed rail might like to see the video that's making the internet rounds via this email:I wonder what all those laborers who laid the first cross country tracks would think if...
View ArticleCuts in safety-net programs vs. tax breaks for the rich
Donna Cooper at The Center for American Progress analyzes the cost of tax breaks for the wealthy vs. proposed cuts in safety-net programs. In an article titled Infographic: Tax Breaks vs. Budget Cuts...
View ArticleTop Ten Accomplishments of the UN No-Fly Zone
Professor Juan Cole, Middle East specialist at the University of Michigan, today lists the Top Ten Accomplishments of the UN No-Fly Zone. He states that the "liberation movement" probably controls...
View ArticleWe pay our taxes, why doesn't BofA?
To protest the fact that Bank of America, like many large corporations, does not pay its fair share of taxes, about 75 people staged a demonstration yesterday at a major BofA branch in Fresno,...
View ArticleMessage from Four Senators
Senators Barbara Boxer, Sherrod Brown, Dick Durbin and Kirsten Gillibrand are co-sponsors of the Safe and Responsible Redeployment of United States Combat Forces from Afghanistan Act of 2011. Today,...
View ArticleJuan Cole's advice to new Arab democracies
On July 6, Professor Juan Cole of the University of Michigan wrote in his blog Informed Comment that there are 10 Ways Arab Democracies Can Avoid American Mistakes. He pointed out "a whole host of...
View ArticleFree Libya advances
Juan Cole at Informed Comment says that in Benghazi there's "a heady sense of liberation... with censorship gone and the five Qaddafi propaganda rags succeeded by 126 newspapers of all political...
View ArticleRepairing a broken Congress
The Fresno BEE yesterday made some suggestions for repairing what it called a "broken Congress." While some of the ideas have often been mentioned here, I had not been aware of the one-step rule on the...
View Article"Don't ignore Occupy movement"
The Fresno BEE compares Occupy Wall Street and the Tea Party in an editorial today Don't ignore Occupy movement. Participants' dissatisfaction with our society's status quo is very real. The paper also...
View ArticleCampaign for a Healthy California
On October 23, the Campaign for a Healthy California sponsored a presentation in Fresno about single payer healthcare for California. James Haslam, of the Vermont Workers Center, and Donna Smith,...
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"Banks got bailed out, We got sold out!"
In Fresno, California on Saturday, 40 or more protesters of all ages, greatly aided by an energetic, creative contingent from Occupy Fresno, gathered in front of a large Chase Bank and chanted "Banks...
View ArticleBank Transfer Day in Fresno
Today in a demonstration to highlight Bank Transfer Day, about 50 people of all ages held signs and balloons in front of Chase Bank and Bank of America in Fresno for two hours. They also chanted "move...
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