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...

And now, a word from Monsanto "Scientists"!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyKGn20Ifhk&feature=youtu.be

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...

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.
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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...

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...

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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...

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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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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


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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.

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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...

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Some more facts. Not hyperbole and reducing complexity to binary opposition:
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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...

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


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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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...

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!!! ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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/

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=NXUPDAMc_6o

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...

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....

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

https://www.pnhp.org/sites/default/files/docs/2012/supreme-court/Fact-sheet-Court-upholds-law-1.pdf
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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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20120528/WIRE/205281056

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".

Badgers?

BADGERS?!!

We doan neeed no steenkeengg BADGERS!!!

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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