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I am a writer who has worked as an investigative reporter for 37 years, 25 of them for the San Francisco Chronicle. I am currently teaching journalism at Cal State Hayward. I served in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War but generally oppose the use of military force. I am researching the role of the mass media in the internship of Japanese Americans during WWII hoping to turn the material into an academic article and a book length manuscript. I am a union supporter, member and former officer. I led two union strikes. I helped organize shops. Some of my stories got California labor law changed. I like a good fight and hate seeing power abused. Despite this, I think life is generally pretty amusing, and I find myself laughing at something absurd almost every day.
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Re: US report sounds China spying alarm
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New story, maybe, but old news:
``Silicon Valley is a hotbed'' of economic espionage, said Don Przybyla, who heads a FBI counterintelligence unit in San Jose. The valley is home to many of the estimated 3,000 Chinese front companies nationwide ... read more discussion post on Fri, November 20, 2009 - 3:57 PM
Re: 30 years later: debunking the October Surprise Task Force
(in Political Junkies)
Consortiumnews is really the 21st century version of the old I.F. Stone Biweekly, and I say that in praise, not ridicule. It comes up with solid scoops by digging through mounds and mounds of government paperwork that other reporters are too dumb...
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discussion post on Fri, November 20, 2009 - 3:29 PM
Re: Obama Lost 2008 Election, According to 52% of GOP Voters
(in Political Junkies)
[The reason why I point out that the Republican party is full of conspiracy nuts is because of the 52% which is what this thread originated as.]
WTF? You have the effrontery to post something that is on point? You should be suspended for argu... read more discussion post on Fri, November 20, 2009 - 3:22 PM
Re: Palin has a point here
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[journalism integrity at its core ]
As New York Sun publisher and Lincoln cabinet member Charles Dana once said, "The business of journalism consists of buying white paper at one cent a pound and selling it for ten cents a pound." discussion post on Thu, November 19, 2009 - 9:44 AM
Re: GOPers Were Happy To Try Moussaoui In Federal Court
(in ! * POLITICS * !)
Republicans are interested in only one thing, face it: political power.
If they had to endorse the Communist Manifesto and repudiate Jesus Christ as the one true savior and son of God, they would do it in a minute if they could win a majority ... read more discussion post on Wed, November 18, 2009 - 10:17 PM
Re: alin says Glenn Beck ‘clever,’ won’t rule out Palin-Beck ticket
(in Political Junkies)
[Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, asked whether she'd campaign with Fox News' personality Glenn Beck as her running mate, chuckled, but according to a conservative website, "wouldn't rule it out."]
Why is anybody still paying attention to to the... read more discussion post on Wed, November 18, 2009 - 10:07 PM
Re: GOPers Were Happy To Try Moussaoui In Federal Court
(in ! * POLITICS * !)
[i love that the Left has to defend the worst preisdent by far in american history]
Oh -- is the left now defending George W. Bush III? discussion post on Wed, November 18, 2009 - 10:01 PM
Re: Obama leaves Beijing Empty Handed
(in ! * POLITICS * !)
It isn't entirely true that Obama left empty handed.
He scored a couple of made to order suits from a cool little tailor shop right outside Tienamen Square and a smokin' order of Szechuan shrimp with wheels . . . discussion post on Tue, November 17, 2009 - 6:59 PM
Re: Palin: 'I'm a Lover of Books and Magazines and Newspapers'
(in ! * POLITICS * !)
[So what? Like GW, she's smarter than the General Public can comprehend.]
Actually, it appears that a large part of the general public still hasn't realized just how dog-ass dumb GW actually was. Probably because a very, very large portion o... read more discussion post on Tue, November 17, 2009 - 6:50 PM
Re: Palin has a point here
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I think the cover was a cheap shot, but I wouldn't expect anything else from Newsweek, which somebody insightfully called the US Magazine of "serious politics."
Unfortunately, Newsweek isn't about serious politics. Newsweek is another celebr... read more discussion post on Tue, November 17, 2009 - 6:38 PM
Re: GOP bigwigs’ health insurance covers elective abortions: report
(in Political Junkies)
I guess the GOP response would be to say consistency is the bugbear of small minds.
discussion post on Fri, November 13, 2009 - 12:26 PM
Re: Seth is being readmitted on probationary status
(in ! * POLITICS * !)
If people would stop responding to his trolling, he would probably go away after a while. He is just an attention seeker, after all.
discussion post on Fri, November 13, 2009 - 12:13 PM
Re: Lou Dobbs resigns from CNN
(in Political Junkies)
Thanks for that link. For once, I laughed out loud at something on the Internet...
discussion post on Thu, November 12, 2009 - 2:08 PM
Re: When will Obama be "Bushed" on Hasan?
(in ! * POLITICS * !)
Did Obama put out an executive order telling the FBI to back off investigating Islamic whack jobs? I sure don't remember hearing anything about it if he did -- and I sort of suspect that the wingnuts in the GOP would have been howling about it l...
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discussion post on Thu, November 12, 2009 - 1:54 PM
Re: Tax in the USA is about 75% right now
(in Intelligent Political Discussion)
[Brussel sprouts 12%]
That is pretty funny. Guess they are imported from Belgium, right? And they must grow them right in downtown Bruge, since they are called "Brussell Sprouts," right? Gad, the free trade movement has gone too damn far. ... read more discussion post on Thu, November 12, 2009 - 1:21 PM
Re: Recession Sparks Global Shoplifting Spree
(in Intelligent Political Discussion)
I never heard the term "LP agent" before and had to look it up. Were you actually titled LP agent or was it part of a general security detail?
discussion post on Thu, November 12, 2009 - 1:11 PM
Re: Lou Dobbs resigns from CNN
(in Political Junkies)
That last in response to Dr. D's comment...
discussion post on Thu, November 12, 2009 - 12:27 PM
Re: Lou Dobbs resigns from CNN
(in Political Junkies)
Yes. Another Father Coughlin.
discussion post on Thu, November 12, 2009 - 12:26 PM
Re: Driver Forces Passengers To Pray On MARTA Bus
(in Political Junkies)
I once took an Atlanta bus for a few blocks. Got off as fast as I could after the driver narrowly missed running over a pedestrian in the crosswalk and nearly hit the driver getting out of a parked car.
Praying is definitely a good idea for M... read more discussion post on Thu, November 12, 2009 - 12:22 PM
Re: Shooter an Islamic Terrorist Says Chuck Norris
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[Bronson was a god and would skull fuck Van Damme ]
Yeah -- whatever happened to that guy? I loved him as Serge in Beverly Hills Cop... discussion post on Thu, November 12, 2009 - 12:10 PM
Re: Lou Dobbs quits CNN
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What a tragic loss.
Not. discussion post on Thu, November 12, 2009 - 12:01 PM
Re: American is a conservative Country 2 to 1
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[He wasn't winning the arguments on this thread anymore, so he started up a few new ones. ]
Has he ever won an argument? I must have missed that memo . . . discussion post on Thu, November 12, 2009 - 11:58 AM
Re: Plastic Can Now Be Converted. .
(in ! * Environmental Protection * !)
[Now if we could only invent a process to convert the stupid back to intelligent. ]
Amen, brother... discussion post on Sun, November 8, 2009 - 11:33 AM
Re: Building 7 Mystery Solved
(in Intelligent Political Discussion)
You must be dreaming if you think this will shut the truthers up. To them, it is just further evidence of how widespread the conspiracy really was...
discussion post on Sun, November 8, 2009 - 11:31 AM
Re: Never Mind
(in ! * POLITICS * !)
I wonder how many seconds she takes to drop her drawers when a camera is running...
discussion post on Thu, November 5, 2009 - 10:33 AM
Re: Dave Y is being given probationary readmittance
(in ! * POLITICS * !)
Who is Dave Y? I am at least familiar with the names of most of the people who get tossed because they offend repeatedly and spectacularly. I am not sure I have even seen one of this guy's posts . . .
discussion post on Tue, November 3, 2009 - 5:01 PM
Re: American is a conservative Country 2 to 1
(in ! * POLITICS * !)
Did you wipe the brown stuff off those numbers before you posted them?
discussion post on Tue, November 3, 2009 - 4:52 PM
Re: 55 in Congress who should give-up their gov't health care
(in Political Junkies)
[Arm the homeless. There are a lot more of them now. ;) ]
No winking semicolon for this boy. Arm them now, and give them NRA approved multi-shot magazines on their assault weapons and teflon-coated, vest-penetrating rounds to use in their weap... read more discussion post on Mon, November 2, 2009 - 9:39 PM
Is responding to Cliff anything resembling Intelligent Political Discussion?
(in Intelligent Political Discussion)
[oh Cliff, you are so predictable.]
I would say I do not understand why people still engage this buffoon, but I do so myself on occasion, despite the fact that most of what he posts is so palpably ridiculous that even the average Republican Cen... read more discussion post on Mon, November 2, 2009 - 9:32 PM
Re: Glen Beck
(in Intelligent Political Discussion)
[I think you are so inured to the blight of communism that you are incapable of sensing it.]
I think you are so mentally ill that you are utterly beyond any sort of help. Either that or you are the crudest jokester who ever lived, a buffoo... read more discussion post on Mon, November 2, 2009 - 9:18 PM
Re: No Special Rights for Churches!
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[I think that non-profits serve a social good, and shouldn't be taxed as long as they aren't for profit. ]
I happen to believe that the revenue-generating methods of modern governance have been gutted by pandering to special interest groups, in... read more discussion post on Sun, November 1, 2009 - 1:17 PM
Re: Glen Beck
(in Intelligent Political Discussion)
[That's it. Every single response about Beck has been purely visceral opinion. And I rather suspect it is one that is purely the outgrowth of closed mindedness and political bias manifesting as hatred of another human for no reason more noble than...
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discussion post on Sun, November 1, 2009 - 1:03 PM
Re: Thomas L. Friedman: Don't build up in Afghanistan
(in ! * POLITICS * !)
[Have you no concern about the results of us getting "the fuck out"? ]
No. discussion post on Sat, October 31, 2009 - 10:20 PM
Re: Palin v. Reality
(in Political Junkies)
[I believe that Anchorage doesn't even add up to a 1/3rd of Oakland]
Your belief is incorrect. Anchorage has a population of 279,243 according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Oakland's population is 404,155. discussion post on Sat, October 31, 2009 - 10:13 PM
Re: is male prison rape a laughing matter?
(in ! * POLITICS * !)
[prisons are a confined set area and cameras could be posted EVERYWHERE]
Somebody has to monitor them 24/7. And somebody has to be able to respond to an emergency when it is seen on video. Not a solution. There still aren't ever going to be... read more discussion post on Sat, October 31, 2009 - 10:07 PM
Re: What is the Proper and Beneficial Role for a Public Police?
(in Political Junkies)
After more than 30 years of covering cops and courts, I think the public's chances of getting "community policing" from private cop companies are just about as good as getting "humane incarceration" from private correctional companies.
Ann Grog... read more discussion post on Sat, October 31, 2009 - 9:56 PM
Re: Tea Baggers Turn Against GOP
(in Political Junkies)
[Where the heck do you get off inuslting Zack ? ]
Was that was I was doing? I didn't know I was capable of it. In fact, I am not even sure what "inuslting" is. I can't seem to find it in any of my dictionaries... discussion post on Sat, October 31, 2009 - 7:35 PM
Re: is obama backstabbing progressives on healthcare?
(in Political Junkies)
[Is Obama backstabbing progressives on healthcare?]
Does Schrodinger's Cat shit in the woods? Unfortunately, he isn't just screwing progressives. He's screwing the entire population. discussion post on Sat, October 31, 2009 - 7:29 PM
Re: Palin v. Reality
(in Political Junkies)
[That got Bush elected remember. If Rove steps up to run her campaign we're doomed. ]
I don't think the two are remotely comparable. Bush served all of his terms as governor of Texas, a state with 35 times the population of Alaska and several ... read more discussion post on Sat, October 31, 2009 - 7:26 PM
Re: Thanks Antivaxxers.....
(in ! * POLITICS * !)
[ I think that the government should promote education but should not be imposing their decisions by police enforcement. ]
I wasn't aware that the Gestapo was rounding people up and sending them to the vaccination camps... discussion post on Sat, October 31, 2009 - 4:29 PM
Re: Glen Beck
(in Intelligent Political Discussion)
[And the idiots keep calling him a liar.
What's he lied about?] I don't call him a liar. I call him a moron. The asshole couldn't even spell "oligarchy" on a program that he had clearly rehearsed. He is a cluck. End of report. discussion post on Sat, October 31, 2009 - 2:21 PM
Re: Tea Baggers Turn Against GOP
(in Political Junkies)
But I am delighted his buddy, Zack, paid for a graduate certificate in radio. We can always use another bloviating dipshit on the air waves....
discussion post on Sat, October 31, 2009 - 2:17 PM
Re: Tea Baggers Turn Against GOP
(in Political Junkies)
["Hypocracy" is not a word, you schmuck! ]
No, Yoda. Actually Hypocracy is real: It's a nation like the U.S. that is ruled by public relations men and spin doctors . . . Usually it is spelled Hypeocracy, though. Although I am not really ... read more discussion post on Sat, October 31, 2009 - 2:16 PM
Re: It's the Jason Leary show!
(in Political Junkies)
[a graduate certificate from a private radio college ]
That is just so incredibly wrong on so many levels. This character actually paid money to an 'educational' institution peddling certificates (not even degrees). And from this he expected... read more discussion post on Sat, October 31, 2009 - 2:11 PM
Re: San Francisco Mayor Drops Governor Bid
(in Political Junkies)
Glad to see him gone.
All hat, not a single fucking head of cattle. discussion post on Sat, October 31, 2009 - 1:56 PM
Re: is male prison rape a laughing matter?
(in ! * POLITICS * !)
[Could we even stop it if we wanted to? ]
Short answer: no. Prisoners always outnumber warders, and there are simply never enough guards around to watch every prisoner all the time. That is why prisons are rife with smuggled drugs, illegal... read more discussion post on Sat, October 31, 2009 - 1:51 PM
Re: Bad Driver Genes!
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[but i find all the idiots out there to be more scary than funny.............
but then thats just evolution. gota love em all............try to teach them something ] Yes, but you buy them books and send them to school and what do they do?... read more discussion post on Sat, October 31, 2009 - 1:16 PM
Re: Bad Driver Genes!
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[The researcher say the gene also slows mental decline for people with conditions such as Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease or multiple sclerosis. ]
Why is this good news? They are less likely to be mentally handicapped in old age beca... read more discussion post on Sat, October 31, 2009 - 1:14 PM
Re: Zionist take things to a new low!
(in ! * POLITICS * !)
[Too bad for the Pals that the Israelis are the dominant force compared to the Pals and will be for the next...oh...forever? ]
Why is it that some people in Tribe consistently use denigrating terms like "Pals" for Palestinians? Or "fuking P's,"... read more discussion post on Sat, October 31, 2009 - 1:12 PM
Re: No Special Rights for Churches!
(in ! * POLITICS * !)
[If so, is that different than what other charitable organizations can do? If not, again, why single religious organizations out? ]
That is why I say that all non-profits should be taxed. I think taxing religious nonprofits while not taxing non... read more discussion post on Sat, October 31, 2009 - 12:46 PM
Dirty Laundry
Interesting article in the Financial News about the summit on the Americas and how one of the premiere topics has becoming what to do about drugs.
Sun, April 19, 2009 - 1:31 PM
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www.financialpost.com/opinion/story.html Last week, the Mexican Congress began debating the merits of legalizing marijuana for personal use and as the debate unfolded, the bishop of Ciudad Victoria, Antonio Gonzales Sanchez, said he was in favor of legalizing all drugs. www.sfgate.com/cgi-... read more
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