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  1. Re: Voter Guide: Proposition 35 - Human Trafficking

    Prostitution, Pimping, Trafficking and Child Trafficking, Child Molestation/Rape are all illegal with lots of existing laws focused on them. This proposition is opposed by former prostitutes with...
  2. Re: Prop 37: Vote YES to Label GMO Food & FIGHT THE LIES & SPREAD THE WORD!

    And now, a word from Monsanto "Scientists"!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyKGn20Ifhk&feature=youtu.be
  3. Re: A Dozen Nuclear Plants in Hurricane's Path

    KtK has her facts wrong about Fukushima, her talk of reactors running at full and over full capacity is, "inaccurate". They were shut down.

    The tsunami wrecked the generators required to produce...
  4. View Post

    Chris Hedges weighs in. Mostly quoting Jill Stein.

    I strongly disagreed with his take on Black Bloc/k/que tactics in Occupy! But here, we're on the same page.
    ...
  5. Re: Farmer's Market at The Barlow

    Allorrah Be,

    Surely you meant Hostel, and not Hospice? Unless there's something about the miraculous healing powers of Town, that I have not heard about...

    New Town Slogan, The Lourdes of West...
  6. Re: Progressives: In Swing States, Vote for Obama

    I saw it day before yesterday, late, on my FB feed. I read it yesterday via my email feed. I have great respect for Professor Ellsberg. Aside from his personal heroism, I learned a lot from him about...
  7. Re: Romney wins Florida according to FiveThirtyEight

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    "...Silver is almost as accurate as RCP, and they both show Romney in the electoral lead..."

    I don't see where you get that Silver says Romnification is in the electoral lead, unless you're...
  8. Re: Romney leads Obama 52% to 47% among likely voters

    https://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/18/gallup-vs-the-world/

    https://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/19/oct-18-obama-gains-in-forecast-on-resiliency-in-swing-state-polls/
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  9. Re: V o t i n g__R e c o m m e n d a t i o n s

    Edward,

    Your reactivity caused you to jump the gun, once again.

    My comment about Libertarian Economic Theory vs. their approaches to Social Issues was because I used a Libertarian website link...
  10. Re: Why I'm Voting "NO" on Prop 37

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    Just want to emphasize that Post #52 in this thread is the best explanation for why Prop 37 is written the way it is. Rosa R. gives the exact reasons why, legally and procedurally. That's the post...
  11. Re: Debate #1 ... And the winner is ... Romney?? :(

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    Point of information.

    Non-Corporate Liberals, Progressives, Social Democrats, Labor Advocates, Environmentalists and others, have been working within the Democratic Party since I have been...
  12. Re: Debate #1 ... And the winner is ... Romney?? :(

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    Edward, Edward, Edward, "There you go again!" (Ronnie Rayguns, in a debate.)

    There's no way I'll invest all the time required to debunk every detail of your hyperbole. This is getting...
  13. Re: Debate #1 ... And the winner is ... Romney?? :(

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    OK! Conrad,

    Let's look at your list:

    Put more Scalias at every level of the Federal court system.

    Keep health care in the hands of the Market.

    Support Big Oil, Big Coal, Big Climate...
  14. Re: Debate #1 ... And the winner is ... Romney?? :(

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    Romnification, "has a record of success"?!

    At what? Slicing and dicing companies for profit and shipping jobs to cheaper labor markets?

    Aside from Romneycare, his tenure as governor of...
  15. Why This Black Man Watching The Debates and Voting Green

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    https://blackagendareport.com/content/why-black-man-watching-debates-and-voting-green


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  16. Re: Politics Stinks

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    https://www.gp.org/committees/platform/2010/economic-justice.php#245108

    Don't know why the GP Platform page won't hyperlink, just copy/paste it into your browser.

    ...
  17. Re: Politics Stinks

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    "The majority of Americans have better judgement in these elections and Obama will win because of it."

    So the structural limits of American electoral law and the consequences of the same, are...
  18. Re: Politics Stinks

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    Some more facts. Not hyperbole and reducing complexity to binary opposition:
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  19. Re: Politics Stinks

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    "A cynical vote for a 3rd party in these elections under the misleading propaganda that it doesn't matter who wins is seriously irresponsible, dangerous, and untrue."

    This is a total...
  20. Re: Politics Stinks

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    https://www.counterpunch.org/2012/09/28/letter-to-the-dismal-center/


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  21. Re: Democrat or Green?

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    Moon,

    I'd never claim that every Green Party Member has a sophisticated knowledge of history, politics, political philosophy or a host of other related topics. The Greens are mixed bag, just...
  22. Re: Democrat or Green?

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    Edward,

    So, basically you're declaring yourself a single issue voter. And Gay Rights are your single issue.

    You keep using the term, "Vote Swapping", apparently referring to those who vote...
  23. Re: Democrat or Green?

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    Winks, Are you voting in California? Have you read my previous posts about Safe States vs Swing States?

    Ralph did say that, and I marked it at the time. I have repeatedly said in recent...
  24. Re: Why I'm Voting "NO" on Prop 37

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    "Whether you or I vote for it or against it won't change whether Prop. 37 wins or loses..."

    Clint, Could you unpack that and explain what you base it on?

    Because when it comes to California...
  25. Re: Why I'm Voting "NO" on Prop 37

    So the Proposition isn't perfect. What is? It's a start.

    If passed, we'll know more than we did before. And the gaps provide new opportunities for public education by informed activists.

    If...
  26. Re: Mark Twain's 'Battle Humn of the Republic' (1901)

    Yeah, that duplicitous, pesky Samuel Clemens hiding behind his pseudonym of Mark Twain. Defaming this great country!!! No wonder he was so unpopular in his time and vilified ever since!! Traitor!!! ...
  27. Re: Supporting da "Prez?"

    The popular vote doesn't decide. Except state by state, with two exceptions. Do you know which two? I didn't until last week.

    So, essentially you're saying that details don't matter, you are only...
  28. Re: Supporting da "Prez?"

    Edward,

    Did you peruse the "FiveThirtyEight" blog link I provided in my previous post? Because the reporting on polling in the MSM has been highly deceptive. For months. 538 is the number of...
  29. Re: Supporting da "Prez?"

    In California, and all other "Blue" "Safe" States, The Obamanator has a distinct lead over Romnification and is guaranteed all of the Electoral College votes. In all "Red" "Safe" States that's the...
  30. Re: Democrat or Green?

    I'm adding this link to this thread, since I came across this information after SonomaMark and I went around on the "Nader was a spoiler for Gore in 2000" tussle. It's definitive as far as I'm...
  31. Re: CVS/Chase - After the approval with conditions

    Regarding Community Market's "non-profit" status:

    https://srcommunitymarket.com/about.html

    https://srcommunitymarket.com/missionstatement.html
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    Consider the source.

    https://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/index.php/joe-mercola-quackery-pays/
  33. Re: CVS/Chase development proposal

    Mark Fiore has explained ALEC in a very direct, brief and accessible way:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=NXUPDAMc_6o
  34. Re: Fractional Reserve Banking, Government, and Moral Hazard--Ron Paul's Weekly Update for

    Podfish,

    I respect your efforts here, but the other day I think Ubaru articulated the crux of the issue quite well, when she wrote,

    "In a free society no one is forced to do anything."

    In...
  35. Re: Greg Sarris at Bioneers ???

    JBox,

    You clearly do not understand, since the Sovereignty of Indian Tribes is based on Treaty Rights. Treaties that were signed by American invaders, mostly violated, but occasionally honored....
  36. Re: Greg Sarris at Bioneers ???

    My question wasn't solely a legalistic response. It was also a reference to history, and the need for justice, in spite of the history and the legal complications. As for the role of Congress, it...
  37. Re: Greg Sarris at Bioneers ???

    Conrad,

    Google is your friend. Plenty more where this came from, but it is as advertised, A Primer:

    https://rtc.ruralinstitute.umt.edu/tanac/Sovereignty_Primer.pdf
  38. Re: Greg Sarris at Bioneers ???

    Just an addendum to my post about the reality of Indian life today. (From an interested outsiders perspective.) I referred to federally recognized Indians. Of which the Graton Rancheria Pomo were...
  39. Re: Greg Sarris at Bioneers ???

    For those concerned about "special rights" that Indians have. What part of, Sovereign Nation, do you not understand?

    The legal status of Indians (American / U.S., Native American, Aboriginal...
  40. Re: Need gopher help!

    Claire,

    Castor Beans are the source of Ricin. A deadly poison. I would not use them if they can be ingested, or anything that has ingested them, ingested. The poison in Castor Beans is far more...
  41. View Post

    https://www.pnhp.org/sites/default/files/docs/2012/supreme-court/Fact-sheet-Court-upholds-law-1.pdf
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  42. KPFA "Recall" Ballots Mailed

    Ballots will be mailed today. Vote NO!

    Here's why:

    https://www.stopthekpfarecall.org/

    Read. Don't just go by what the entrenched staff spouted on the air, when they violated policy. There...
  43. Re: CNBC Admits We're All Slaves To Rothchild Central Bankers Global Government

    Whether you realize it or not, referring to the most powerful world bankers as Rothschild's, is code for Anti-Semitism. It's gratuitous and furthers the Racist stereotype.

    I type this as a man...
  44. Re: How Ron Paul Deconstructed the Phony Baloney Left-Right Paradigm

    Thanks for bothering Hotspring, but this is what clued me into the latest piece of Paulite spam from his enegetic acolyte. "Phony Baloney Left - Right Paradigm". That claim, that the Left/Right...
  45. Re: What's in your travel first aid kit?

    Unless he's roughing it in the boonies of rural Turkey, he'll be in a thoroughly modern country, with a very old culture. Depending on where he's going, I would just take the basics, a few bandaids,...
  46. Re: Atheism

    This is something I wrote about a week ago. In a similar discussion. It's one of my more succinct iterations of this idea:

    A friend posted this -

    "As creatures of faith, we must choose either...
  47. Re: Palm Drive Hospital / Hand and Physical Therapy Billling

    https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20120528/WIRE/205281056
  48. Re: help with posting

    On the website, upper right hand corner, under the banner, there's a sub-bar called "Bulletin Board Quick Nav", hover your cursor over it, it will drop down, click on "My Posts".
  49. Re: Need gopher help!

    Badgers?

    BADGERS?!!

    We doan neeed no steenkeengg BADGERS!!!
  50. Re: Article: Vote for a Third Party?

    Regarding Ron Paul (who as far as I can tell, will not be on the ballot in November):

    https://miniver.blogspot.com/2011/12/ron-paul.html
    ...
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