deborah davis, civic hero
and John Gilmore, and Dudley Hiibel…considering my sister was just placed on TSA’s watchlist for no apparent reason and was told it could be because her name is similar to someone else’s (Ya think? It’s WILLIAMS)…watch your backs.
sharon olds is my new hero
So this is a week or so old, but it’s great: http://www.poetsagainstthewar.org/sharonolds.asp
We went to the anti-war protest in San Francisco yesterday; you know, it always seems important to be counted. I have to say it was disappointing, lackluster even. It was the same old choir of Bay Area lefties trading flyers for mostly the same [...]
and now for something completely different…
I’m announcing the re-release of a t-shirt first designed in conjunction with my graduate thesis project, the reinvention of a children’s playground in Santa Ana, CA. I’ve gotten so many inquiries about the t-shirt since, that it’s coming out again, thanks to the print-on-demand possibilities of cafepress.com.
Above is the design on the front. The t-shirt [...]
unreal – once again, do something
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) – Police apparently came prepared for gang warfare when they sent three squad cars and a helicopter in response to a 911 call. Instead, they found an 11-year-old girl who had thrown a rock to defend herself as neighborhood boys pelted her with water balloons.
What happened next stunned Maribel Cuevas and her [...]
for those who like to protest (zoo update)
From the CAAR listserv:
Please note that—at last word—the Augsburg zoo exhibit was scheduled to begin today and run through this weekend. Letters of protest can still be sent to the following addresses:
Frau Dr. Barbara Jantschke (Director Zoo Augsburg) at barbara.jantschke@zoo-augsburg.de.
BCC to augsburgprotest@ecoterra.net and send copies to:
Bayerisches Staatsministerium des Innern
Odeonsplatz 380539
Muenchen
Postanschrift:
Postfach
80524 Muenchen
Telefon (zentral): (089) 2192-01
Telefax (zentral): [...]
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