Articles Posted in the Politics Category
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Why No Healthcare Coverage on C-SPAN?
The C-SPAN lie: Obama promises televised healthcare negotiations. By Jill Chapin January 12, 2009 One of my readers recently questioned an apparent flip flop in my support of President Obama. She’s not alone; my friends…
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Profanity Versus the Truly Profane
Supervisor Chris Daly Photo by Luke Thomas By Chris Daly, special to FogCityJournal.com January 11, 2010 For 2010, I vow to use the word “fuck” in each of my remaining Board of Supervisors meetings. A…
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The Recession is Over, Depression Just Beginning
By Stephen Lendman January 11, 2010 In late 2009, former Merrill Lynch economist, now with the Canadian firm, Gluskin Sheff, said the following: “The credit collapse and the accompanying deflation and overcapacity are going to…
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Avalos Responds to Newsom Attempt
to Narrow Just Cause Eviction ProtectionsSupervisor John Avalos Photo by Luke Thomas By Carol Harvey, guest columnist January 11, 2009 Standing behind a podium under the San Francisco Mayor’s office balcony on the City Hall steps, December 7, 2009, Housing…
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Ammiano Endorses Mandelman
Assemblymember and former San Francisco Supervisor Tom Ammiano. Photos by Luke Thomas By Luke Thomas January 5, 2010 Assemblymember Tom Ammiano today endorsed San Francisco Board of Appeals Commissioner Rafael Mandelman in the 2010 race for…
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“Monetary Policy” Transfers Your Children’s Future
Earnings to the Financial EliteBy Charles Hugh Smith December 25, 2009 The bail-out of Wall Street and the banking and mortgage industries is not monetary policy; it is a massive transfer of wealth from future taxpayers to the Financial…
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Compulsory Private Health Insurance:
Just Another Bailout for the Financial Sector?By Ellen Brown December 24, 2009 Dr. Benjamin Rush, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, is quoted as warning two centuries ago: “Unless we put medical freedom into the Constitution, the time will come…
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