Despite its problems, KPFK has always been right on the spot when rewarding its
subscribers with premiums. I say this from experience: the person in charge of
premiums has always been easy to reach, and has even sent me premiums I
requested that were not publicized during that fund drive.
As
Sometimes I get frustrated with KPFK, when
some (not all) of the hosts make a silly parsing of humanity into two
camps. If you agree with the multicultural Left, you are good. If you
disagree with them on anything, then
you are a traitor, an imperialist, a fascist, even a racist or white
You can find some stuff here:
http://groups.google.com/group/occupytheroseparade/topics
http://occupylosangeles.org/?q=node/3583
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I hope many other people can report their own perspectives, especially if they
are different from mine, and especially if they can fill in the blanks of what
I didn't see.
There was pretty good coverage on KABC-7 at 5:00 pm, which even PRECEDED
coverage of the official parade itself! The only
fully.
Jerry Rubin
On Dec 26, 2011, at 5:07 PM, Tom Louie wrote:
I just listened to today's edition of Deadline L.A. The commentators were,
respectively, writers for the L.A. Times and the Daily News, pontificating
about the biggest local stories of 2011. In just one hour, they managed
I just listened to today's edition of Deadline L.A. The commentators
were, respectively, writers for the L.A. Times and the Daily News,
pontificating about the biggest local stories of 2011. In just one hour,
they managed to insult not only all politically active Angelenos but
the very city
Today, an exhibition of the Art of Occupy L.A. opened at the
Latino Museum of History, Art and Culture at 514 S. Spring Street.
Unfortunately, five of the contributing artists were not on hand for the
opening, because they were arrested yesterday. On Wednesday, Oscar, Hugo,
Freddie, Alex, UE and
While the media and Hollywood are fawning over the new invasion of America by
the useless, tax-swilling, parasitic British royals, the rest of the world
would like to remind the British Empire that there are still urgent issues that
are preventing the UK from being a decent citizen of the world
This web petition, deceptively titled Save Great Teachers,
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/702/241/267/
was sponsored by StudentsFirst, which was started by none other than Michelle
Rhee, former chancellor of the D.C. schools who fired hundreds of teachers (and
then slandered them
Attention! If you received an email in my name, today, through LAAMN or
actionla
or peacecenter, do NOT click on the link! My account was maliciously accessed
and used to send out ads without my knowledge or consent. I have changed my
password, so that should prevent further recurences, for
http://formaciongerencial.com/images/acc.php
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Unfortunately, I made an ERROR in paragraphs 9 and 12 (in red). It turns out
that you can, indeed, compare individual teachers to each other numerically
using the information on the Times database. Dr. Hanushek was right and I was
wrong on that particular point. He got his information about
Tonight there was a public forum on Value-Added evaluation of teachers at the
Southern California Public Radio center in Pasadena. The host was KPCC host
Larry Mantle, who was the first to interview Rigo's brother Alex last September
29. (Mantle's assistant, Karen, remembers taking Alex's
On Monday, November 8, 3:30 - 5:30 PM, there will be a vigil in memory of
Rigoberto Ruelas planned by the Miramonte Elementary School community and his
family. Meet after school at 3:30 in front of LAUSD headquarters, 333 South
Beaudry, and join the candlelight walk to the L.A. Times building,
Ruelas Remembered on KPFK
Support KPFK during the FUND DRIVE
818.985.5735
Politics or pedagogy?
with John Cromshow
Thursday, October 21, 2010, 8:00 PM
Words that Kill: Yellow Journalism's Fatal Flaw.
IN-STUDIO GUESTS
Miramonte teachers -
Tom Louie, Dawn Fuentes
Rigo's brother -
Alex Ruelas
March For Education and Against Budget Cuts -- Thursday, October 7, 2:30 PM,
beginning at the LAUSD Board of Education (333 S. Beaudry), going to the
Central
Library (630 W. 5th Street) -- the same library that Mayor Villaraigosa is
closing two days a week! Issues such as Legalization for the
As a friend and colleague of Rigoberto Ruelas, I need to say that it is
extremely disturbing, and infuriating, to read the conclusions of so-called
journalists and bloggers (like some at the LA Weekly) who did not know Rigo,
have not been to Miramonte and have not put any effort into
http://www.scpr.org/programs/airtalk/2010/09/29/teachers-suicide-leads-to-call-for-times-to-remove/
Alejandro did a good job on the audio portion of the program. There are also
many written comments on the show's bulletin board.
Warning: some of the posted comments are insensitive, ignorant or
will be multiplied in years to come.
Tom Louie
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For more truth and facts, go to UTLA’s page about Value-Added Models at
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-Tom Louie, September 13, 2010.
ENDNOTES
1Felch, Jason, with Jason Song Doug Smith. “Who’s teaching L.A.’s kids?”
Los Angeles Times. August 14, 2010.
2 Koedel, Cory
Although the promoters of the Park51 project may still decide on a
“face-saving”
solution and build their centre elsewhere, I believe at this point it would be
an abject surrender to the forces of hate and bigotry. Now that national
politicians have gone on TV comparing the Islamic religion to
This coming Tuesday, February 19, 2008, Blasé Bonpane will present a
talk titled Militarism: What Do Morals Have To Do With It? The talk
will be at Cal State L.A., in the 3rd floor ballroom of the Golden
Eagle building, from 7:15 PM to 9:15 PM.
For more information, please call (323)
This Thursday, January 31, over 1,600 high school, college and
university campuses nationwide will participate in Focus The Nation
Day, a nationwide teach-in on Global Warming. Please see
http://focusthenation.org/ to get an idea of this phenomenon that's
sweeping the country!
Cal State
Dr. John Gamon, a plant biologist from CSULA's Biology Department, will
give a talk titled Beyond Global Climate Change: Adjusting to a New
World on Wednesday, November 28, from 2:00 to 4:00 PM in the Third
Floor Ballroom in Cal State LA's Golden Eagle building. This event is
presented by the
Save the date! If you're a student studying for finals, take a study
break!
Dr. John Gamon, a plant biologist from CSULA's Biology Department, will
give a talk titled Beyond Global Climate Change: Adjusting to a New
World on Wednesday, November 28, from 2:00 to 4:00 PM in the Third
Floor
(Background: In 1943, composer Ollie Wallace wrote a song for a Walt
Disney cartoon that later won an Oscar. The song, Der Fuehrer's Face,
featured Donald Duck trapped in a nightmare in Nazi-land, where
everyone slaves away in munitions factories and reflexively has to Sig
Heil in their sleep. The
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