The Art of the Deal – by Kim Jung Un
June 16, 2018 | No Comments
Speaking impulsively without consulting South Korea or the U.S. military, Trump handed a gift to Kim on that proverbial silver platter – an unprecedented give-away with his unilaterally deciding to end joint military exercises with South Korea.
Presidential Debate: San Francisco Greens Love Jill Stein and Roseanne Barr
May 14, 2012 | 15 Comments
The world described by Stein and Barr bears little resemblance to that described by incumbent President Barack Obama and Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney.
Posted in Economy, Education, Energy, Environment, Healthcare, Homelessness, Housing, Immigration, Labor, Land Use, Politics, War
Do Youthful Indiscretions Matter?
May 12, 2012 | 3 Comments
Mitt Romney’s past came out of the proverbial closet involving a fellow student who may have been in one. He couldn’t recall but didn’t deny the mean-spirited description of how he attacked and humiliated a student simply for looking different by pinning him down and cutting what Mitt deemed offensive long hair.
Gill Tract Farm Essential for Post-Peak Oil Food Security
May 11, 2012 | 3 Comments
Without food, we cannot survive and without local farms to grow and supply food in a post-peak oil world, the costs associated with traditional long-distance, oil-reliant food production will continue to soar and become unsustainable.
Posted in Education, Energy, Environment, Land Use, Politics
Europeans Reject Austerity-Centric Fiscal Policies, Favor Growth; Social Capitalism
May 10, 2012 | 2 Comments
This new consensus seeks to elevate growth and job creation to equal status with fiscal consolidation/austerity, and so in that sense truly represents a new wind of change blowing across Europe.
CSU Faculty Union Votes to Strike
May 08, 2012 | No Comments
“While the university’s top brass get pay hike after pay hike and the Trustees find new and creative ways to give excessive raises to campus presidents, the students and workers suffer,” Senator Leland Yee said.
Consumer Chronicles: Maternity Coverage in Health Insurance Plans
May 07, 2012 | 4 Comments
Under Obamacare, starting in 2014, all new health plans sold to individuals and small businesses will be required to cover maternity and newborn care, services explicitly listed in the law as “essential health benefits” that health plans must provide.
Posted in Healthcare, Politics
Milk Club Pens Letter Calling on Olague to Reject Attack on Historical Preservation
May 04, 2012 | 1 Comment
We are extremely troubled that you appear to be buying into the flawed, bogus and self-serving arguments by SPUR and other supporters of this legislation that historic preservation is classist and leads to gentrification, interferes with the production of affordable housing and is a tool of San Francisco’s elite.
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