From: geoff smith Date: December 25, 2008 10:05:50 PM EST (CA) To: “Newsmax.com” Subject: Re: U.S. Military Preparing for Domestic Disturbances your U.S. military cannot control even Iraq or Afghanistan…what makes you think it could control unruly rednecks? The military would be a pushover. On 25-Dec-08, at 8:34 PM, Newsmax.com wrote: Breaking from Newsmax.com U.S. [...]
OR NOT, AS THE FINANCIAL TIMES RELATES IN A CLEAR ASSESSMENT OF A KEY PART OF OUR TROUBLED LOCAL (SMALL-TOWN) MEDIA…. Who will mourn local newspapers? By John Gapper Published: December 10 2008 19:21 | Last updated: December 10 2008 19:21 They say that journalists prefer bad news to good news. There is plenty of [...]
John King of the Chronicle gets in the time machine and writes a marvelous back-to the future travelogue….. S.F. old and new in timeless coexistence John King, Chronicle Urban Design Writer Sunday, November 30, 2008 Back in 1961, a local author named Jack Shelton mapped out the perfect San Francisco day. It started at 9:30 [...]
FROM ALTERNET….INSIGHT! Attacking Alzheimer’s with Red Wine and Marijuana By Tom Jacobs, Miller-McCune.com Posted on December 8, 2008, Printed on December 10, 2008 http://www.alternet.org/story/110806/ This article first appeared on Miller-McCune.com. Two new studies suggest that substances usually associated with dulling the mind — marijuana and red wine — may help ward off Alzheimer’s disease and [...]
Well, here we are, on the verge of watching the U.S. government approve yet another bailout plan, this time to save Detroit’s Big Three Automakers. Given the amount of money spent under conservative George W. Bush’s tenure, one may surmise that there is no reason not to keep printing money. But please give the spectacle [...]
TRY THIS AMERICAN IDEA — ABERDEEN ST COULD BECOME PART OF THE OLD WEST!! IF IT ALREADY ISN’T……. Gun Crazy: Firearms Proponents Want a World Where College Kids Carry Concealed Weapons By Liliana Segura, AlterNet. Posted December 9, 2008. The NRA and Co. have pushed campaigns to allow concealed-weapons permits on college campuses in 15 [...]
FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES, A STUDY IN WHAT HAPPENS TO DISSENTERS: NB, THE U.S. HAS USED THIS TACTIC IN ITS SCHOLARSHIP, PARTICULARLY THE CONSENSUS HISTORIANS OF THE 1940S-1960S….. THINK ABOUT IT….. December 9, 2008 Complainers in China Hospitalized By ANDREW JACOBS BEIJING — Local officials in Shandong Province have apparently found a cost-effective way [...]