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Listening to yesterday’s podcast of Democracy Now (transcript here), some serious issues in the trial come to light. I have not been closely following this trial at all, but it seems that an appeal is clearly warranted, on several grounds, and anyone even scanning the headlines can realize how politicized this trial has become, […]

Trying to catch up on the news of May Day Rally in Los Angeles, and wanting primary sources, I turned to YouTube. Lamentably, I had to filter through white-supremacist versions of riot footage, set to what sounds like angry white-power punkrock. Is there really a white-power musical genre? Blech. One of […]

So an Italian judge is trying to decide whether to request the extradition of 26 U.S. citizens in connection with the kidnapping and torture of Mr Hassan, also known as Abu Omar. He was released from prison in Egypt last Sunday, 2/11/07. According to this BBC article, “He says that he was repeatedly […]

Driving home from work I was listening to a local NPR station. I the reporter say (approximately) “Ventura County Sherrifs responded to a domestic violence call last night in Oak View…” They named a very small street I used to live on, and blood rushed to my ears, sensing events that were too […]