Everyone is Expendable

January 13, 2012 | 1 Comment

The world community is forming, the borders that stand between nations are dissolving as the evolutionary forces of human consciousness awaken to the possibility of sustainable communities. Corporations are the usurpers who cross borders to exploit labor and the environment, buying off corrupt politicians to reap their profits, while families are being ripped apart by deportations that stop people from exercising their rights to a decent living.

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Domestic Violence Consortium Calls for Mirkarimi to Resign, Wife Makes Cameo

Domestic Violence Consortium Calls for Mirkarimi to Resign, Wife Makes Cameo

January 12, 2012 | 8 Comments

Lopez, who denies domestic violence occurred, was spotted in attendance at the press conference wearing dark sunglasses. It is unclear why she was in attendance, but her attorney, Robert Waggener, told the SFApeal that Lopez “was on her way to see her husband and saw the press conference, protest, whatever you want to call it, and stopped to sit and watch it for a minute or two. That’s what happened.”

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Occupy Groups Move to End Corporate Personhood, Restore US Democracy

January 12, 2012 | 2 Comments

What underlies the Citizens United decision is the assumption that corporations are natural persons within the meaning of Section 1 of the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution and therefore, have First Amendment rights. Corporate personhood dates back to the controversial 1886 Supreme Court decision in Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad. Although the Supreme Court supposedly did not make a direct ruling on the question of “corporate personhood,” the misleading notes of a clerk finding corporate personhood were incorporated in the Court’s decision. Whether this is myth or reality doesn’t matter at this point. This result was a Supreme Court precedent finding that a corporation is a “natural person.”

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SF Occupy Protesters Target Bank of America
Over Foreclosure Crisis

January 10, 2012 | 2 Comments

About 100 demonstrators blocked access to a Bank of America branch in the Excelsior District to call attention to unfair lending practices.

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Mirkarimi Inauguration Celebratory Despite Cloud

Mirkarimi Inauguration Celebratory Despite Cloud

January 09, 2012 | 4 Comments

Judge Katherine Feinstein, daughter of US Senator Dianne Feinstein, was originally slated to administer the oath of office to Mirkarimi, Sunday, but declined last week citing a potential conflict of interest resulting from an ongoing investigation into an alleged domestic violence incident on New Year’s eve involving Mirkarimi and his wife, Eliana Lopez.

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Lee Sworn In, Vows to Embrace Innovation to “Get Things Done”

Lee Sworn In, Vows to Embrace Innovation
to “Get Things Done”

January 09, 2012 | No Comments

The well-choreographed proceedings were undertaken below the majestic City Hall rotunda, emceed by Lee’s former boss, Willie Brown, and attended by who’s who list of luminaries and dignitaries.

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Mayor Lee Appoints Olague as D5 Supe

January 09, 2012 | 1 Comment

“Christina Olague is my appointment for District 5 Supervisor,” said Mayor Lee. “As a low-income tenant and immigration advocate, she shares my values in making government more fair and responsive for San Francisco residents. She has been a voice for our neighborhoods and has proven through her voting record on the Planning Commission that what San Francisco needs most right now is job creation and revitalizing our local economy.”

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