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'Humboldt Transparency Project' Reveals Diebold, U.S. Federal E-Voting Scam Hundreds of Lost Ballots, Illegal Voting System ...
'Humboldt Transparency Project' Reveals Diebold, U.S. Federal E-Voting Scam Hundreds of Lost Ballots, Illegal Voting System, and the Boondoggle Behind Billions of Federal Dollars Spent on Voting Machines That Don't Work All Illustrated by Simple...
Wednesday, December 10, 2008  |  Sacramento for Democracy

Killing in the name of: the US Army and video games
Well this is one way to rope some kids into signing up. Killing in the name of: the US Army and video games By Mike Thompson | Published: December 07, 2008 - 11:30PM CT The gamer as soldier The branches of the United States military have had a...
Wednesday, December 10, 2008  |  Sacramento for Democracy

Chicago workers approve $1.75 million settlement, end sit-in at shuttered factory
Chicago workers approve $1.75 million settlement, end sit-in at shuttered factory By MICHAEL TARM - Associated Press Writer - 12:28 AM CST, December 11, 2008 CHICAGO (AP) — Jubilant workers, cheering and chanting "Yes We Can," celebrated...
Wednesday, December 10, 2008  |  Sacramento for Democracy

Freedom's Watch folds
Right-wing nut Sheldon Anderson is CEO of Las Vegas Sands Corp. which owns the Venetian and the new Palazzo on the Vegas Strip. I wouldn't suggest spending any money in those casinos... Freedom's Watch folds By Reid Wilson - Posted: 12/08/08...
Wednesday, December 10, 2008  |  Sacramento for Democracy

Klamath Riverkeeper Endorses Mike Thompson for Interior Secretary
Klamath Riverkeeper Endorses Mike Thompson for Interior Secretary by Dan Bacher The Klamath Riverkeeper today joined the Karuk Tribe, the Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen's Associations and the nation's leading fish and wildlife...
Wednesday, December 10, 2008  |  Sacramento for Democracy

Governor Gone Wild: Blagojevich Busted
If these allegations are true (I know, he's innocent until proven guilty, but come-on...), then I hope they throw the book at him. This is exactly the kind of thing that turns people off from politics. Maybe he'll be able to room with Jack...
Wednesday, December 10, 2008  |  Sacramento for Democracy

Justice, of a Sort, for Blackwater By Jeremy Scahill
Justice, of a Sort, for Blackwater By Jeremy Scahill For more than five years, the Bush administration's mercenary force of choice, Blackwater Worldwide, has operated on a US government contract in Iraq in a climate that has wed immunity with...
Wednesday, December 10, 2008  |  Sacramento for Democracy

Arnold Deficit Clock Now At $14.8 Billion
Arnold The Showman is back. With Monday's joint legislative meeting on the state's fiscal crisis seemingly failing to thaw the frozen partisan fight on budget solutions, Governor Schwarzenegger today unveiled a ticking budget deficit clock and...
Wednesday, December 10, 2008  |  Capitol Notes

We Need New Ideas. From 2004.
Like every good state Capitol denizen, I still have the yellow books sitting on a shelf here in the bureau. It's a handsomely bound set dominated by two volumes each the size of a San Francisco phone book, emblazoned with a memorable title: "A...
Tuesday, December 9, 2008  |  Capitol Notes

California's Economic Guardians Plead for Immediate Action, Will Legislative Republicans Listen?
Yesterday, the California Assembly and Senate held a rare joint legislative session to hear from California's economic experts on the state of California's economy. Treasurer Bill Lockyer, Controller John Chiang, Department of Finance Director...
Tuesday, December 9, 2008  |  The California Majority Report

GM Facts and Fiction Myth
GM Facts and Fiction Myth - With the largest workforce in the auto industry, General Motors has far too many people working for it. Fact - GM has cut its payroll drastically, by 45.8 percent in the U.S. alone since 2000. In fact, GM is far from...
Tuesday, December 9, 2008  |  Sacramento for Democracy

Illinois Gov Arrested for selling Obama's Seat
While this just happened in Illinois, this happens all over the US every day. Our own local politicians have "Pay to Play" scemes similar to what has been alleged in Illinois...the olnly difference is is that the Iliinois office of the FBI does a...
Tuesday, December 9, 2008  |  The Sacramento Insider

Baby Striped Bass in Central Valley Rivers Born Stunted and Deformed
Baby Striped Bass in Central Valley Rivers Born Stunted and Deformed by Dan Bacher An alarming report released by UC Davis Professor David Ostrach documents the maternal transfer of pollutants to striper larva in Central Valley rivers and the...
Monday, December 8, 2008  |  Sacramento for Democracy

O Come All Ye Faithful
In a debate over a budget crisis that has so far felt very predictable, today's activity at the state Capitol is decidedly new. The convening of this joint session of the Assembly and Senate, where the state's top fiscal officers will lay out the...
Monday, December 8, 2008  |  Capitol Notes

Karuk Tribe Joins With Conservation Groups in Supporting Thompson For Interior Secretary
Karuk Tribe Joins With Conservation Groups in Supporting Thompson For Interior Secretary by Dan Bacher The Karuk Tribe of northern California today joined a broad coalition of fishing, hunting and conservation groups through the nation in...
Monday, December 8, 2008  |  Sacramento for Democracy

Republic Windows sit-in is the dawn of a "new movement"
PROTEST: Window maker shuts plant, but employees still seek compensation. By Rupa Shenoy, The Associated Press Long Beach Press Telegram Posted: 12/06/2008 09:09:52 PM PST CHICAGO - Workers who got three days' notice that their factory was...
Sunday, December 7, 2008  |  Sacramento for Democracy

How the War on Terror Turned into A War on American Values
From UC TV, Harry Kreisler interviews Jane Mayer. In her book, "The Dark Side", she explains how, under the direction of Vice President Cheney and his Assistant David Addington, the Bush administration, contrary to American history and tradition,...
Saturday, December 6, 2008  |  Sacramento for Democracy

Arrest Made in the Suspicious Death of a Child
The Sacramento Police Department has arrested Joseph Skates for the homicide of 3-year-old Manuel Maciel.
Friday, December 5, 2008  |  Sac Police Department Blog

Anti-Gang Media Campaign
The Sacramento Police Department, in conjunction with the U.S. Attorney’s Office and the City of Sacramento’s Office of Youth Development, is pleased to announce the launching of an anti-violence media campaign designed to divert our youth...
Friday, December 5, 2008  |  Sac Police Department Blog

Crime & Case Log #47: 12/3/08 – 12/5/08
Fire Arson Investigators contacted the police regarding a molotav cocktail that had been thrown at the rear wall of 2018 Sutterville Road (Pet Extreme).
Friday, December 5, 2008  |  Sac Police Department Blog
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