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False Advertising: Making a Federal Case out of Heinz Chili Sauce
I know that both Heinz and the federal government will have long rambling explanations for this anomaly, but we need to cut to the chase: Either Heinz broke the law and should be held financially accountable, or the law allows Heinz to deceive and the law should be changed.
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China’s Hu Arrives to Look Around
The right to petition is guaranteed by the Chinese Constitution — yes, China has a Constitution, but it is unevenly enforced like our own. Falun Gong first tried, but failed, to bring its human rights claims to a Petition office like the bureaucratic centers shown in the film as do a small army of individuals who every day, bravely — sometimes fanatically — insist it is their human right to be heard.
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Why Did Baby Doc Duvalier Return to Haiti?
In 1991, five years after Baby Doc fled, Haitians elected a priest, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, who resisted the IMF’s austerity dictates. Within months, the military, with a wink and a nod from George HW Bush, deposed him. In 2004, after Aristide was re-elected President, he was kidnapped and removed again with a wink and nod, this time, from George W. Bush. He is now in exile in South Africa. As a simple matter of justice, we owe Haiti billions, not just the $1.5 billion promised by President Obama. We helped break it, therefore we must fix it.
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Adachi Planning Prop B Redux
During an interview Tuesday, Adachi was asked if there was any truth to a recent rumor suggesting he was considering putting a modified version of Prop B on the ballot this year.
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Time for Progressives to Move On
There’s an election in November for a permanent replacement for Lee and Gascón. It’s not too late to be thinking of progressives who can win those seats. A cast of thousands may well run for mayor (many names have already been tossed into the hat). Probably not as many will enter the race for DA.
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Edwin Lee Sworn In as 43rd Mayor of San Francisco
The former City Administrator, Lee was appointed unanimously as successor mayor by the Board of Supervisors to fill the remaining year of former Mayor Gavin Newsom’s term, who was sworn in as California’s Lieutenant Governor on Monday. Lee is the first Asian-American mayor in San Francisco history.
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Open letter to our friends
on the Board of Supervisors about Ed LeeThe Ethics Department has shown little ability to investigate possible violations by campaigns that spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to influence elections.
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