By Robert Cruickshank
The San Francisco Chronicle’s John King has a truly fascinating article in Monday’s paper examining the debate over whether to build the Golden Gate Bridge, a debate that reached a head in the fall of 1930 ahead of a public vot…
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Attacks on Golden Gate Bridge Similar to Attacks on High Speed Rail Today
Brown’s Budget Cuts at Issue During World Court of Women
By Viji Sundaram New America Media
Latanya Wolf, a slim 64 year-old, didn’t tiptoe around the issue of cuts to services for women and families during a protest rally in Oakland last week.
“I am living on $160 a month,” Wolf asserted during the ra…
Governor Brown Proposes Revised California Budget With More Ugly Cuts to Health and Other Core Services
By Anthony Wright
Governor Jerry Brown announced Monday a revised 2012-13 California budget to solve a newly revised $16 billion deficit. Half of the Governor’s budget solution to the deficit is $8 billion in additional budget cuts, including over $1….
California’s Capitol 2012-05-17 01:09:38
On May 16, 1918, Congress approved the Sedition Act. The law was an expansion of the previous year’s Espionage Act, which allowed the Postmaster General to remove seditious or treasonable material from the mail and punished anyone convicted of interfering with military recruitment with up to 20 years in prison and fines of up to $10,000.
The Sedition Act added the same penalty to anyone who publicly criticized the government:
“Whoever, when the United States is at war, shall willfully make or convey false reports or false statements with intent to interfere with the operation or success of the military or naval forces [....]
New York Times Misinforms Readers on Jerry Brown’s Budget
By Paul Hogarth
Adam Nagourney’s report on Governor Jerry Brown’s May Revise budget got one obvious fact wrong – the state doesn’t have a “new” $16 billion shortfall. The budget deficit was already $8 billion, and now we have to deal with …
An Ad from a Recent Issue of Time Magazine
(Editor’s Note: Among the 14 bullets of warnings, the one at bottom right says the most common side effects include: “ejaculation problems, trouble getting or keeping an erection (impotence), a decrease in sex drive (libido), decreased amount of semen released during sex, dizziness, enlarged or painful breasts (if you notice breast lumps or nipple discharge, you should talk to your healthcare provider), and runny nose.”)
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An Ad from a Recent Issue of Time Magazine
(Editor’s Note: Among the 14 bullets of warnings, the one at bottom right says the most common side effects include: “ejaculation problems, trouble getting or keeping an erection (impotence), a decrease in sex drive (libido), decreased amount of semen released during sex, dizziness, enlarged or painful breasts (if you notice breast lumps or nipple discharge, you should talk to your healthcare provider), and runny nose.”)
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