[LAAMN] Re: How's health?

2012-12-11 Thread John Johnson
Thanks, Been seeing a new doctor a few times, older guy the last one wasnt very attentive. The new one is a younger guy. Took some xrays of my lungs and tomorrow the heart, to see what might be a problem. The other day woke up with a bit of a swollen foot, I thought it was one of the meds he

[LAAMN] Save the date Feb. 9, 2013 - Turning the Tide 25th anniversary year fundraiser

2012-12-11 Thread Michael Novick
Turning the Tide: Journal of Anti-Racist Action, Research and Education is turning 25 next year, and its editor/publisher, Michael Novick, will be turning 66 on February 9, so we are having a fundraiser for the paper on that date, a Saturday night -- live music and DJs from 8 PM until ? Save th

Re: [LAAMN] Syria Civil War Origins

2012-12-11 Thread Cort Greene
NY Times December 11, 2012 Seeking Allies Among Syrian Rebels, U.S. Instead Finds Hostility By ANNE BARNARD and HANIA MOURTADA BEIRUT, Lebanon — As the United States tries attempts to rally international support for the Syrian rebellion, trying to herd the opposition into a shadow government that

[LAAMN] PEACE ACTIVIST BREAKS "SAVE CHAIN REACTION" HUNGER FAST AFTER 24 WEEKS

2012-12-11 Thread Jerry Rubin
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jerry Rubin 310-399-1000 jerrypeaceactivistru...@earthlink.net PEACE ACTIVIST JERRY RUBIN BREAKS "SAVE CHAIN REACTION" HUNGER FAST AFTER 24 WEEKS Santa Monica, CA- Longtime peace activist Jerry Rubin remembers the last spoonful of food he had just before

Re: [LAAMN] Syria Civil War Origins

2012-12-11 Thread Cort Greene
Last Fridays demo's in Syria were telling the UN/West/USA to stay out and were conducted by the opposition. The US would need way more than 10,000 troops more like 100,000 and Iraq is allied with Iran in the region. Iran is in the process of preparing for new elections in 8 months( lets remember

Re: [LAAMN] Syria Civil War Origins

2012-12-11 Thread scotpeden
If the UN/Western Nations, AKA USA would stay out of it, Id be quite happy, but it is a stepping stone to Iran. It is presently a deterrent to Israel also. Someone on another groups said Iraq is now a deterrent, yet we just put close to 10,000 troops into Iraq, quietly through the Kuwait border, h

Re: [LAAMN] Syria Civil War Origins

2012-12-11 Thread Cort Greene
Yes this true also but the Qatar regime supports one section, the Turkey government supports another grouping and is working with the CIA to block weapons and funding to most groups and were friends and trade partners up to a little over a year ago, The Saudis are funding most of the right wing gr

Re: [LAAMN] Syria Civil War Origins

2012-12-11 Thread scotpeden
Yes, that is so true. Yet, we have Western nations with their paid fighters and black Ops working to get the UN aka the USA in to take over and install a puppet who will work for us. The same old agitate and regime chance with a puppet who is quite often, even more brutal then those we replaced.

[LAAMN] Syria Civil War Origins

2012-12-11 Thread Cort Greene
Oh how soon the conspiracy theorists forget, the Egyptian Brotherhood is not blaming outside force for their problems. For nearly 21 months now, Assad has been slaughtering his people. And it’s extremely important to remember how this all started. In March 2011, Assad’s thugs arrested and torture

[LAAMN] Syria Civil War Origins

2012-12-11 Thread scotpeden
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/13251-the-doha-protocol-for-syria-the-veritable-road-map-in-13-points-drawn-up-by-syrian-traitors-in-the-service-of-imperialists-and-the-gulf-monarchies   Road Map Drawn Up by Syrian Traitors to Serve Imperialists, Gulf Monarchies Noureddine Merdaci, Truthout: In

[LAAMN] Right to Worker is about free-loading

2012-12-11 Thread janbtucker666
Unions are obligated to represent an individual whether or not they "choose" to pay dues under a right to work law, and under the Supreme Court's decision in Hines v Anchor Motor Freight the union is screwed if it doesn't fairly represent somebody in its bargaining unit. http://janbtucker.com/blog

[LAAMN] 3 More Days of Free Tickets to See: "Who Bombed Judi Bari" ~ At Noho Laemmle Theatre in North Hollywood ~ Tuesday, December 11th, Wednesday 12th & Thursday 13th ~ For All Shows Except 7:20 PM

2012-12-11 Thread Frank Dorrel
3 More Days of Free Tickets to See: Who Bombed Judi Bari? - www.whobombedjudibari.com At Noho 7 Laemmle Theatre - 5240 Lankershim Blvd, North Hollywood 91601 Tuesday, December 11th - Wednesday, December 12th - Thursday, December 13th ShowTimes are 1:30, 4:00, 7:20 & 10:00 PM Daily Free Tic

[LAAMN] Global Arms Trade Makes EU Unworthy of Nobel Prize, Nobel Laureates Salute Bradley Manning

2012-12-11 Thread Ed Pearl
http://www.democracynow.org/2012/12/10/ We broadcast from Oslo, Norway, just outside Oslo City Hall, as the European Union receives the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize. Norwegian peace organizations and opponents of the European Union held a torch-lit march

[LAAMN] GOOD READ: The Plutocrats and the Placeholder President

2012-12-11 Thread Romi Elnagar
Austerity, Obama-Style The Plutocrats and the Placeholder President by ROB URIE In Quentin Tarantino’s movie ‘Jackie Brown’ the illegal arms dealer played by Samuel L. Jackson laughs as he recounts the sales slogan used by the manufacturer of the ‘Tech Nine’ semi-automatic weapon—“the most popul

[LAAMN] FW: [change-links] URGENT KPFK election] Quorum needed

2012-12-11 Thread Cindy Henderson
This is from Peace & Freedom Comrade Chuck Anderson. Chuck has been very active in KPFK for a long time, and I share his recommendations To: change-li...@yahoogroups.com; actio...@lists.riseup.net; o...@yahoogroups.com From: quetzalcoat...@aol.com Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2012 19:45:03 -0500 Subject: