HELIOLITH

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 […]

The story: via the BBC:
“The authorities in Mexico say a US-owned hotel in Mexico City may have broken the law by expelling a group of Cuban officials.”
The quote by Sean McCormack (US State Dept. spokesman):
“Very basically, US law would apply to US corporations or subsidiaries of US corporations, no matter where they […]

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 […]

This is an open letter to Maribel Cuevas, age 11 of Fresno California, who after being seperated from her parents for 3 days [edit: 5 days], and put under house arrest for 30 is being prosecuted for assault with a “deadly weapon” for throwing a rock at a boy that had been pelting her with […]

The Slate today mentions (without linking to) an activist group of physicians, “Physicians for Human Rights” who were co-recipients of the Nobel Peace prize in 1997 for their work to ban landmines. In a report released today PHR reveals that “…extensive evidence that psychological torture was systematic and central to the interrogation process of […]

Or at least I’m trying to. I hear it’s more fun than the logical reasoning section (yes I’m studying for the LSAT) and anyway if you have fun then you’ll do better, right? So. Read on if you feel like putting your brain through some calisthenics.

I think there is something wrong with this question. I’m […]

In an article entitled: Coke: The New Nike the Nation magazine reports that students in the U.S. (and other countries) are backing a Colombian workers’ union pleas to boycott Coke for human rights abuses. Apparently six colleges and universities are on-board, cancelling contracts and banning vending machines from the company. […]

(Fast Foward to ENGLISH at the End)
Mujeres valientes: ¿enemigos del estado?
Hablamos de Dora María Téllez, Giuliana Sgrena, y Digna Ochoa.
Hay trés mujeres en las noticias de los últimos trés días que han sido víctimas de los abusos de poder. Sus historias no son directamente relacionadas, pero las tomo como otros ejemplos del maltrato a […]

My latest obsession? Linux. Class I’m taking this quarter (after 2 years away from school)? Intro to Unix/Linux. Online lessons I’m following? Linux.org/lessons Ok, so I’m a latecomer to the geeky realm of one of the world’s most efficient, powerful, customizable, and innovative operating systems. Until I downloaded […]