Articles Posted in 2009
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“Monetary Policy” Transfers Your Children’s Future
Earnings to the Financial EliteBy Charles Hugh Smith December 25, 2009 The bail-out of Wall Street and the banking and mortgage industries is not monetary policy; it is a massive transfer of wealth from future taxpayers to the Financial…
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Compulsory Private Health Insurance:
Just Another Bailout for the Financial Sector?By Ellen Brown December 24, 2009 Dr. Benjamin Rush, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, is quoted as warning two centuries ago: “Unless we put medical freedom into the Constitution, the time will come…
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Time to Pass the Health Insurance Industry
Antitrust Enforcement ActBy Ralph E. Stone December 24, 2009 What happened to the Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act of 2009? Did it fall through the cracks along with the public option? Because there is unlikely to…
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Obama Year One: Betrayal and Failure (Part II)
“Obama wants to do George Bush one better by continuing the worst of his policies, enact more of his own, and destroy the middle class to turn America into Guatamala with ruling elites governing a…
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Authors Discuss Genesis of Marriage Equality Book
Authors Geoffrey King (left) and Sunny Angulo, with City Attorney Dennis Herrera, pose for a picture during a release party event for their new book, Such a Bitter Sweet Day: Marriage Equality in the Wake…
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Obama Year One: Betrayal and Failure (Part I)
“In Obama’s America, only the privileged have rights, not people of color, the poor, and growing numbers going hungry, without jobs, and other life’s essentials his budget allocations won’t fund.” Photo by Luke Thomas By…
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Houston’s Road to Victory for Oddwads and Queers
Houston Mayor-elect Annise Parker is the first openly gay activist to be elected mayor of a major US city. Photo courtesy AnniseParker.com By Larry Bush, guest columnist December 20, 2009 Somewhere in Houston, a few…
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Somalia By The Bay?
Former Treasure Island Executive Director Tony Hall. Photo by Luke Thomas By Tony Hall, former San Francisco Supervisor and Executive Director for Treasure Island December 19, 2009 I truly wish for the sake of all…
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Obama May Pay a High Premium
for Insurance Industry LobbyistsChange we can’t believe in. Photo by Luke Thomas By Jill Chapin December 18, 2009 There are strange bedfellows aligning themselves around the country as we settle into our heated positions in the healthcare debate.…
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Radulovich Opts Out of D8 Race
BART Director Tom Radulovich. Photo by Luke Thomas By Luke Thomas December 17, 2009 FCJ reported in October BART Board Director Tom Radulovich is considering throwing his hat into the 2010 race for District 8…
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US Navy Transfers Treasure Island
An undated aerial photo of Treasure Island, purchased by the US Navy in 1942 for $1. Photo by Luke Thomas By Luke Thomas December 17, 2009 The US Navy in 1942 seized Treasure Island from…
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Daly to Host Holiday Party
Benefiting Homeless San FranciscansSupervisor Chris Daly will host a holiday party Thursday benefiting the Coalition on Homelessness. File photo by Luke Thomas By Luke Thomas December 16, 2009 A festive party to benefit homeless San Franciscans will be…
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Cooperative Restraining Order Clinic Needs Help
By Ralph E. Stone December 16, 2009 Domestic violence should not happen to anybody. Ever. Period. But it does – and when it does, there is help in San Francisco. One such helpful organization is…
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Af-Pak War Racket:
The Obama Illusion Comes Crashing DownAny serious observer of the Iraq and Af-Pak wars knows that these are geo-strategic conflicts based on controlling the world’s oil supply. Anyone in the “news” media who tells you otherwise is either unaware of…
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The Other Revolution in Latin America:
Leading the Way
To a More Progressive Drug PolicySeveral Latin American countries including Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia and Ecuador, are instituting decriminalization policies in an effort to reduce drug violence and costs associated with a failed war on drugs. Photo via EiTv.com By…
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Obama: A Politician As Usual
Cartoon courtesy Mr. Fish. By David Bryson, MD (Yale ’63) December 13, 2009 Three years ago I posted three columns at Fog City Journal under the rubric of Cosmopolitics, presenting an exponential escalation of human…
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Mirkarimi’s Holiday Party,
Joe Lynn Confirms Life After DeathPirate Cat Radio interviews Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi during a holiday art party held yestereve at San Francisco City Hall. Photos by Luke Thomas By h. Brown December 12, 2009 You believe in voices from the…
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