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FCJ Interview with Supervisor Jane Kim
And in the first test of her political independence since her swearing in to the Board of Supervisors in January, Kim supported the appointment of Richard Johns, the husband of Willie Brown Institute Executive Director Eleanor Johns, to the Historical Preservation Commission despite claims that Johns is not qualified to serve as a historian on the commission.
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Mayor Lee Announces Strong Federal Support
for Central Subway ProjectEnvironmental clearance for the project was granted by the FTA in November 2008. The project team has completed the design plans for the Guideway Tunnel which is the largest construction contract in the program estimated to cost approximately $195.5 million and will be advertised for bid by the end of this month. Design plans for the three Central Subway stations at Moscone Convention Center, Union Square and Chinatown are advancing and these contracts will go out to bid later this year and early next year.
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Walk Like an Egyptian, Hosni Mubarak Resigns
Following the announcement, fireworks filled the sky over Cairo as cheers of joy and celebration rang out in Tahrir Square where the uprising began some 18 days ago. Citizens hugged soldiers showing their appreciation to the army for remaining neutral during the uprising and protecting the protesters from paid pro-Mubarak thugs. Though estimates vary, as many as 300 Egyptians may have been killed during the unrest.
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Hall Expected to Raise $75k
During Kickoff Fundraiser for MayorHall, who opened an exploratory committee in December to legally begin fundraising, told FCJ yesterday he is “committed” to running for mayor.
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Mubarak’s 30-Year Hard-Line Dictatorship
Throughout decades of brutal rule, Mubarak remained a steadfast US ally. As a result, Washington rewarded him generously. US administrations also ignored his crimes, corruption, and lawlessness, as late January released WikiLeaks cables reveal, showing Obama knew he kept power through ruthless state terror.
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Drapetomania: A Disease Called Freedom
According to Dr. Cartwright, the disease of drapetomania — peculiar to Blacks — justified the enslavement as a therapeutic necessity for the slaves and as a medical and moral necessity for their White masters. He claimed that Blacks who fled slavery suffered from drapetomania. At the time pro-slavery advocates believed that Blacks benefited from slavery and any Black who tried to escape must be crazy. The cure was a sound beating.
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Egyptians Ready, Americans Unready
Of course, the dictatorship in Egypt is far different than what the vast majority of Americans face. Despite liberty and freedom, our tyranny exists within an electoral, constitutional republic. But with a two-party plutocracy thoroughly corrupted by corporate and wealthy interests most Americans are victims of a dysfunctional, inefficient and unfair democracy. How ironic that in the nation with monumental gun ownership among its citizens there is no hint of people giving up on meaningless elections and taking to the streets in massive numbers to protest their corrupt government.
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