[LAAMN] Hiroshima: The Ultimate Act of Terrorism, and The Culture of Cash

2012-08-06 Thread Ed Pearl
Climate change threatens the future of humanity, but we refuse to respond rationally was how George Monbiot opened his essay on the use of fossil fuels. Here, John Pilger adds Nuclear War to the list of dire and immediate threats, and makes as pressing an argument. I don't have the article in

[LAAMN] Syria:What the Prime Minister's Defection Might Say About State of the Conflict

2012-08-06 Thread Cort Greene
Syria Snap Analysis: What the Prime Minister's Defection Might Say About State of the Conflicthttp://www.enduringamerica.com/home/2012/8/6/syria-snap-analysis-what-the-prime-ministers-defection-might.html inShare*0* [image: Date]Monday, August 6, 2012 at 13:36 Riyad HijabOne of the most

[LAAMN] LA Times: In Anaheim, voting by district could alter the power dynamic

2012-08-06 Thread John A Imani
(JAI: Anaheim, scene of recent police murders and vigorous protests against them is in the political hands of the representatives of the locality's wealthy. The attempted change to district voting from city wide selection of representatives (in which all the voting members of the locality select

[LAAMN] IRONIC TIMES - 08/06/12

2012-08-06 Thread scotpeden
ROMNEY: I'VE PAID MY SALES TAX U. S. NEWS Top Wall Street CEOs Contribute to Romney by 4-To-1 Margin Over Obama Figure so disproportionate White House says it just might stop doing everything they say. more at ... http://www.ironictimes.com/ NOTE: Some readers have had problems

[LAAMN] The Most Important Question We'll Ask All Year

2012-08-06 Thread scotpeden
[image: National Women's Law Center]Are you registered? http://action.nwlc.org/site/R?i=DwYFml5Hd8tyGX0jOnnS1A http://action.nwlc.org/site/R?i=KHzatSfdj-bN1iO71oXH9g Please use our simple online voter registration tool to get started today! [image: Register to

[LAAMN] Any Goodman: The Obama administration has torpedoed the arms trade treaty

2012-08-06 Thread Ed Pearl
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/aug/03/obama-administration-ar ms-trade-treaty http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/aug/03/obama-administration-arm s-trade-treaty The Obama administration has torpedoed the arms trade treaty A campaigner lays flowers in a mock graveyard

[LAAMN] Fwd: support nutrition for people in recovery

2012-08-06 Thread John A Imani
-- Forwarded message -- From: Frank Tamborello fr...@hungeractionla.org Date: Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 2:43 PM Subject: support nutrition for people in recovery To: food-advoca...@aumlist.com * *** *Support AB 828 The Nutritional Assistance for Families Act* * * *August 2012: *

[LAAMN] New Bradley Manning Petition--PLEASE SIGN

2012-08-06 Thread Romi Elnagar
Dear Friends,   This is a new BRADLEY MANNING petition on AVAAZ - PLEASE SIGN IT AND CIRCULATE !.   http://www.avaaz.org/en/petition/Save_human_rights_whistleblower_Bradley_Manning/?cCTAqdb   It’s just gone live this week, and we’re particularly anxious to get signatures in the first week or so,