Articles Posted by FCJ Editor
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Power Plant Shell Game:
San Franciscans Will Breathe Bad Air For Another Year,
For Electricity That Isn’t NeededBut last Friday, September 18, even though San Francisco’s energy demands have not increased, the ISO suddenly reversed itself and said the City now needs to keep a whopping 362 megawatts online for the next year to satisfy reliability. 206 of these megawatts will come from a dinosaur natural gas boiler at the Mirant power plant in Potrero Hill that is so old and obsolete it cannot be turned off, and must run 24/7 kicking massive amounts of air pollution into Potrero and nearby Bayview, and devastating our bay habitat with heat and toxic dispersions because of its antiquated ‘once-through cooling’ system.
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UnitedHealth Lobbyist Announces Pelosi Fundraiser
As She Begins Backing Off Public OptionAccording to CNN, Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid “said they would support any provision that increases competition and accessibility for health insurance – whether or not it is the public option favored by most Democrats.” This announcement came just hours before Steve Elmendorf, a registered UnitedHealth lobbyist and the head of UnitedHealth’s lobbying firm Elmendorf Strategies, blasted this email invitation throughout Washington, D.C. I just happened to get my hands on a copy of the invitation from a source.
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A Failed War on Crumbs:
SFPD Chief Gascón’s Crackdown in the Tenderloin
is the Wrong AnswerGascón’s plan won’t work, targets the wrong people and wastes valuable public resources: you simply cannot win the “War on Drugs†one or two crack rocks — or crumbs — at a time.
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America’s Tortured Past
Referring to a heavily redacted December 2004 report (originally commissioned by CIA director George Tenet) detailing torture of prisoners in Iraq and Afghanistan, it “describes the use of abusive interrogation techniques including forced nudity, sleep deprivation, dietary manipulation and stress positions.” Far worse ones were understated or redacted entirely.
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The Time Has Come for a United Ireland
Our task now is to lobby our elected officials and government so that they, in turn, can influence governments across the world to support a united Ireland. This is an issue that concerns all people, regardless of background. We now have an opportunity to seize the high moral ground and respect the wishes of the Irish people. It is time for a new approach to be adopted.
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Growing Poverty and Despair in America
Perhaps more than anything, increasing homelessness and hunger highlight the growing problem as, in the face of deteriorating economic conditions and growing human needs, administration policies are indifferent, counterproductive, uncaring and hostile.
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The Obstacles to Real Health Care Reform:
Private Insurers and Big PhRMAObama’s Central Asia agenda matches his domestic arrogance against the rights and welfare of millions of Americans. Denying them real health care reform is one of many ways he defiles the public interest in deference to the corporate ones he serves.
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