Why No Healthcare Coverage on C-SPAN?

Why No Healthcare Coverage on C-SPAN?

January 12, 2010 | 3 Comments

The C-SPAN lie: Obama promises televised healthcare negotiations. By Jill Chapin January 12, 2009 One of my readers recently questioned an apparent flip flop in my support of President Obama. She’s not alone; my friends…

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Profanity Versus the Truly Profane

Profanity Versus the Truly Profane

January 11, 2010 | 48 Comments

Supervisor Chris Daly Photo by Luke Thomas By Chris Daly, special to FogCityJournal.com January 11, 2010 For 2010, I vow to use the word “fuck” in each of my remaining Board of Supervisors meetings. A…

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Human Trafficking in California

January 11, 2010 | 7 Comments

By Ralph E. Stone January 11, 2010 By proclamation, President Obama proclaimed January 2010 as National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month. Across the country, anti-trafficking organizations are hosting activities, from film screenings to training…

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The Recession is Over, Depression Just Beginning

The Recession is Over, Depression Just Beginning

January 11, 2010 | 2 Comments

By Stephen Lendman January 11, 2010 In late 2009, former Merrill Lynch economist, now with the Canadian firm, Gluskin Sheff, said the following: “The credit collapse and the accompanying deflation and overcapacity are going to…

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Avalos Responds to Newsom Attempt to Narrow Just Cause Eviction Protections

Avalos Responds to Newsom Attempt
to Narrow Just Cause Eviction Protections

January 11, 2010 | No Comments

Supervisor John Avalos Photo by Luke Thomas By Carol Harvey, guest columnist January 11, 2009 Standing behind a podium under the San Francisco Mayor’s office balcony on the City Hall steps, December 7, 2009,  Housing…

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Protecting Californians From Identity Theft

January 06, 2010 | 3 Comments

By Ralph E. Stone January 6, 2009 According to the California Office of Privacy Protection, over 8 million Americans were victims of identity theft in 2006. One million of those victims lived in California. Since…

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Ammiano Endorses Mandelman

Ammiano Endorses Mandelman

January 05, 2010 | 3 Comments

Assemblymember and former San Francisco Supervisor Tom Ammiano. Photos by Luke Thomas By Luke Thomas January 5, 2010 Assemblymember Tom Ammiano today endorsed San Francisco Board of Appeals Commissioner Rafael Mandelman in the 2010 race for…

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