Monthly Archives: June 2022

“Where all think alike, no one thinks very much.” ― Walter Lippmann Walter Lippmann (September 23, 1889 – December 14, 1974) was an American writer, reporter and political commentator. With a career spanning 60 years he is famous for being among the first to introduce the concept of Cold War, coining… Continue reading →

Talk-It-Out Radio (on KPFA.org) SUNDAYS 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM This is a collaborative program where skilled hosts welcome guests and callers to practice empathy, awareness, and authentic and effective communication. Our intention is to provide skills, knowledge, and resources that empower listeners to effectively connect across differences so that we can all work together to create… Continue reading →

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia in 2011 (Wikimedia Commons). Written by Bill Blum and Roundtable May 31, 2022 (alternet.org) The court is about to take Second Amendment fundamentalism to a new and even more dangerous level. If you’re looking for someone or something to blame for the mass shootings that have left our… Continue reading →

Friday 9:45AM (theonion.com) LARGO, OH—In an effort to keep students and faculty ready should the situation ever arise, a local middle school was reportedly practicing the drill Thursday for what to do when there’s not an active shooter. “Attention teachers and students: For the next 10 minutes, we will proceed as… Continue reading →

Likely voters split 47-47; with very few undecided, it’s going to be all about turnout. By TIM REDMOND JUNE 3, 2022 (48hills.org) The ballot measure that would recall District Attorney Chesa Boudin is a a dead heat, with 47 percent of likely voters supporting it and 47 percent opposing, a… Continue reading →

Justin Phillips, Raheem Hosseini June 3, 2022 (SFChronicle.com) In a nearly 500-page report, California’s reparations task force detailed how slavery, despite never being technically legal in the state, serves as the bedrock for systemic inequalities that Black residents endure today. The report, which the task force spent a year crafting and released Wednesday,… Continue reading →

3 Articles. The two from SFChron are cc/pasted to get past the paywall Mission Local: ‘A hostage being shot, especially by us, is a failure’: Officers lament SFPD killing two men – June 3, 2022 ‘A hostage being shot, especially by us, is a failure’: Officers lament SFPD killing two men… Continue reading →

Vote to protect SF’s progressive policies. Our endorsements for the June 7 election.By Guardian Editorial -May 9, 2022 There’s plenty on the San Francisco ballot in June, but the defining issue is Prop. H, the effort to recall District Attorney Chesa Boudin. A huge amount of money from big Republican donors has poured into… Continue reading →

THU, 6/2/2022 – BY STEVE RUSHTON  (Occupy.com) Illustration by Robert G Fresson This is the sixteenth installment in a series about extending the Green New Deal to confront multiple global crises. Read Part I (Deconstructing environmental racism), II (Rural renewal), III (Upcycle the war machine), IV (GND manifestos), V (No oil bailouts), VI (No corporate ecocide), VII (Defund the police), VIII (Zero Covid approach: NZ), IX (Finnish equality lessons), X (Denmark stops… Continue reading →