The symptoms of swine flu in people are expected to be similar to the symptoms of regular human seasonal influenza and include fever, lethargy, lack of appetite and coughing. Some people with swine flu also have reported runny nose, sore throat, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea.
If you live in or around the San Diego California area, and you are experiencing swine flu like symptoms please contact your Doctor immediately. Do not go to work, Do not send your kids to school.
@BarackObama Planning to Ramp Up the War on Drugs, WTF?
Holder exploring ways to lower the minimum amount required for the federal prosecution of possession cases?
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Add this to the $3-billion Byrne Grant money in the Obama stimulus package for stimulating more drug task forces, more drug courts and more drug prisons and a pattern of an intensified prohibition drug war is quickly emerging within the Obama administration.
Just weeks after implying a promise to no longer raid medical pot dispensaries in states where medical pot is legal the administration raided Emmalyn's California Cannabis Clinic in San Francisco. And the next day Obama personally sneered at online marijuana reform advocates for their show of overwhelming support for rethinking America's draconian and authoritarian drug prohibition. Many of of those online activists supported the Obama presidential campaign based on how he audaciously raised false hopes of reform....
"I have no problem with the concept of the 241 extension at all. It’s where they want to build it. In my mind, San Onofre is off the table a park is a park is a park. California made state parks so people have the security of knowing they’re always going to be there. They’re not supposed to be there until someone decides to build on it. It’s a park." - Huell Howser
The strangest part in Gustavo's interview with Huell Howser this week was learning that the Transportation Corridor Authority tried to get his special on San Onofre State Beach delayed. I knew the TCA hated ol' Huell for his opposition to extending the 241 Toll Road through San Onofre State Park, further testimony that the TCA is the county's most-evil organization since the only people possible who'd rag on Huell are Nazis and Satan, but to actually, actively try to fuck with Huell's scheduling? Not that we didn't believe Huell, but his claim was so outrageous that my jefe asked me to call the TCA to see what they had to say about it.
TCA spokeshole Jennifer Seaton (Satan?) said they tried to rat out Huell to KCET-TV Channel 28 because they wanted to get "their side of the story," a strange position given Huell does specials on California treasures, not bloody freeways (at least, if they're not historic in some way). Satan claimed they knew the San Onofre episode was going to be a "one-sided look at the issue." When I asked her how the TCA could have any idea about the content of an episode that hadn't even screened, Satan responded by saying there was a "summary available" on Huell's website.
Problem is, the summary gives no clue whatsoever about the show's content.
For readers, here's the summary:
San Onofre State Beach in San Diego County covers some 2100 acres and has five miles of beach, including Trestles – one of the most famous and truly iconic surf spots in the world! Park Supt. Rich Rozzelle showed Huell a spectacular section of the park that most people don’t know exists. Turns out the park goes four miles inland, contains several archeological sites, is the home of seven threatened or endangered species and protects significant portions of San Mateo Creek, which is one of the last relatively unspoiled watersheds in Southern California. San Onofre State Beach is now the focus of a huge controversy! Tune in to find out all about it.
"Huge controversy"--how is Huell showing his hand here?
But Satan didn't stop there. Satan then said that the episode was problematic because Huell didn't disclose that he's an advisory board member of the California State Parks Foundation, which opposes the 241 extension. Yeah, as if that matters. As if viewers and the public already didn't know that Huell is a staunch defender and celebrator of all California state parks. This is the biggest non-controversy since Barack Obama's terrorist bump.
It amazes me that the TCA tried to pick a fight with Huell, who's too much of a Southern gentleman to demand satisfaction. As I said earlier this year:
"Saying Huell Howser is an alarmist when it comes to California state parks is like saying Vin Scully overreacts during Los Angeles Dodgers broadcasts, that John Wooden cheers too much whenever the UCLA Bruins play at Pauley. Lance: You don't question Huell when it comes to California treasures; you shut up, learn, and hope you can ever have an ATOM of the respect Howser commands amongst Californians."
To conclude, Watch Huell's special on San Onofre--and screw the TCA! - by Gustavo Arellano...
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Please call your congressional representatives today - Demand impeachment hearings and accountability - Capitol Hill Switchboard: (202) 224-2131 , (800) 828-0498
1. Article I - Creating a Secret Propaganda Campaign to Manufacture a False Case for War Against Iraq. 2. Article II - Falsely, Systematically, and with Criminal Intent Conflating the Attacks of September 11, 2001, With Misrepresentation of Iraq as a Security Threat as Part of Fraudulent Justification for a War of Aggression. 3. Article III - Misleading the American People and Members of Congress to Believe Iraq Possessed Weapons of Mass Destruction, to Manufacture a False Case for War. 4. Article IV - Misleading the American People and Members of Congress to Believe Iraq Posed an Imminent Threat to the United States. 5. Article V - Illegally Misspending Funds to Secretly Begin a War of Aggression. 6. Article VI - Invading Iraq in Violation of the Requirements of HJRes114. 7. Article VII - Invading Iraq Absent a Declaration of War. 8. Article VIII - Invading Iraq, A Sovereign Nation, in Violation of the UN Charter. 9. Article IX - Failing to Provide Troops With Body Armor and Vehicle Armor 10. Article X - Falsifying Accounts of US Troop Deaths and Injuries for Political Purposes 11. Article XI - Establishment of Permanent U.S. Military Bases in Iraq 12. Article XII - Initiating a War Against Iraq for Control of That Nation's Natural Resources 13. Article XIII - Creating a Secret Task Force to Develop Energy and Military Policies With Respect to Iraq and Other Countries 14. Article XIV - Misprision of a Felony, Misuse and Exposure of Classified Information And Obstruction of Justice in the Matter of Valerie Plame Wilson, Clandestine Agent of the Central Intelligence Agency 15. Article XV - Providing Immunity from Prosecution for Criminal Contractors in Iraq 16. Article XVI - Reckless Misspending and Waste of U.S. Tax Dollars in Connection With Iraq and US Contractors 17. Article XVII - Illegal Detention: Detaining Indefinitely And Without Charge Persons Both U.S. Citizens and Foreign Captives 18. Article XVIII - Torture: Secretly Authorizing, and Encouraging the Use of Torture Against Captives in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Other Places, as a Matter of Official Policy 19. Article XIX - Rendition: Kidnapping People and Taking Them Against Their Will to 'Black Sites' Located in Other Nations, Including Nations Known to Practice Torture 20. Article XX - Imprisoning Children 21. Article XXI - Misleading Congress and the American People About Threats from Iran, and Supporting Terrorist Organizations Within Iran, With the Goal of Overthrowing the Iranian Government 22. Article XXII - Creating Secret Laws 23. Article XXIII - Violation of the Posse Comitatus Act 24. Article XXIV - Spying on American Citizens, Without a Court-Ordered Warrant, in Violation of the Law and the Fourth Amendment 25. Article XXV - Directing Telecommunications Companies to Create an Illegal and Unconstitutional Database of the Private Telephone Numbers and Emails of American Citizens 26. Article XXVI - Announcing the Intent to Violate Laws with Signing Statements 27. Article XXVII - Failing to Comply with Congressional Subpoenas and Instructing Former Employees Not to Comply 28. Article XXVIII - Tampering with Free and Fair Elections, Corruption of the Administration of Justice 29. Article XXIX - Conspiracy to Violate the Voting Rights Act of 1965 30. Article XXX - Misleading Congress and the American People in an Attempt to Destroy Medicare 31. Article XXXI - Katrina: Failure to Plan for the Predicted Disaster of Hurricane Katrina, Failure to Respond to a Civil Emergency 32. Article XXXII - Misleading Congress and the American People, Systematically Undermining Efforts to Address Global Climate Change 33. Article XXXIII - Repeatedly Ignored and Failed to Respond to High Level Intelligence Warnings of Planned Terrorist Attacks in the US, Prior to 911. 34. Article XXXIV - Obstruction of the Investigation into the Attacks of September 11, 2001 35. Article XXXV - Endangering the Health of 911 First Responders
Mercury poisoning (also known as mercurialism, hydrargyria, Hunter-Russell syndrome, or acrodynia when affecting children) is a disease caused by exposure to mercury or its toxic compounds. Mercury is a cumulativeheavy metalpoison which occurs in its elemental form, inorganically as salts, or organically as organomercury compounds; the three groups vary in effects due to differences in their absorption and metabolism, among other factors.[1] However, with sufficient exposure all mercury-based toxic compounds damage the central nervous system and other organs or organ systems such as the liver or gastrointestinal tract. Symptoms typically include sensory impairment (vision, hearing, speech), disturbed sensation and a lack of coordination. The type and degree of symptoms exhibited depend upon the individual toxin, the dose, and the method and duration of exposure.
Due to its toxicity, there have been campaigns in many countries to ban mercury altogether...
A faction of a Native American tribe against a proposed toll road through south Orange County has agreed to drop its opposition -- and stands to make $350,000 because of it...
“Only when the last tree has died and the last river been poisoned and the last fish been caught will we realize we cannot eat money.” Cree Indian Proverb
Experts agree that Chinese earthquake of 5/12/08 was probably caused by HAARP grid located in the United States and operated by the CIA. Witnesses say 30 minutes before the earthquake they could see lights in the sky above the epicenter, similar to aurora borealis, which is exactly how the use of HAARP manifests itself. It is important to note that although country’s policies and ambitions are most probably at play here, in this sad case on which many scholars happen to agree, the directors of country’s policies and ambitions are responsible for the actions... .
The (YEACH) Transportation Corridor Agency is trying to revive its plan to build the 241 Foothill-South Toll Road through San Onofre State Beach. (JUST WONT TAKE NO FOR AN ANSWER) They have asked the U.S. Secretary of Commerce to override the California Coastal Commission's denial of the road.
Remember, on February 6, 2008 the California Coastal Commission voted to deny the 241 Foothill South Toll Road through San Onofre State Beach. Following thousands of pages of written comments and a 14 hour hearing attended by thousands, the Commission listened to reason and to the law by rejecting the toll road application.
Unfortunately the agency planning this Toll Road has appealed the Coastal Commission’s decision to the U.S. Secretary of Commerce. The Secretary is accepting comments from the public on this appeal until May 28th. The people in D.C. need to hear from Californians and people from all over the world who care about San Onofre and Trestles!
Your voice is needed! Don't let the TCA's lobbyists be the only influence on this important decision!
Hotel heiress Paris Hilton was released from prison on Thursday for medical reasons after serving just over three days of a 23-day sentence but she will be confined to her home for 40 days, officials said.
Steve Whitmore of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s office said Hilton had been “reassigned” though he declined to give specific information on her medical condition for privacy reasons.
Hilton, a symbol of privilege and American celebrity culture, will have to wear an electronic monitoring device on her ankle to ensure she does not go out for the next 40 days... .
Nicknamed 'Big Ivan' by its makers, was the largest nuclear bomb ever built. With a yield of 50 megatons, it was 4000 times more powerful then the bomb that devastated Hiroshima... .
Is the evolutionary process by which favorable traits that are heritable become more common in successive generations of a population of reproducing organisms, and unfavorable traits that are heritable become less common. Natural selection acts on the phenotype, or the observable characteristics of an organism, such that individuals with favorable phenotypes are more likely to survive and reproduce than those with less favorable phenotypes. If these phenotypes have a genetic basis, then the genotype associated with the favorable phenotype will increase in frequency in the next generation. Over time, this process can result in adaptations that specialize organisms for particular ecological niches and may eventually result in the emergence of new species... .
Two former U.S. Border Patrol agents -- Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean -- are serving 11- and 12-year prison terms for attempting to apprehend an illegal alien drug smuggler. The smuggler, who was transporting 743 pounds of marijuana (about $1 million worth), was given full immunity to testify against our agents and is suing our government for $5 million.
Now, reports indicate that the Mexican government was instrumental in this case even being launched. Plus, our own government has been lying about key details in the case. Meanwhile, the agents sit in jail (Ramos was severely beaten by Mexican nationals in jail who shouted “death to the border agent”), the drug smuggler may get rich and our President has not taken action!!! .
Frequently used in the context of "ghost riding the whip" (a "whip" being a vehicle) or simply ghostin', is when the driver of a car puts the car in neutral and then the driver (and passengers) of a vehicle exit while it is still rolling and dance beside it or on the hood or roof.
Ghost riding is one of the latest trends to be popularized by hyphy culture, which originated in the Bay Area of California. The act is one of the highest forms of "going dumb" and a representation of the style of hyphy. The term "ghost ride the whip" was given nationwide exposure in E-40's 2006 song "Tell Me When to Go". However, E-40 was not the first to use this term, as it was coined much earlier by other Bay Area rappers such as Mac Dre.
Ghost riding as a term also has a history in motorcross and stunt cycling. The rider typically jumps off the back of the bike then runs after it and jumps back on... .
Somewhat disconcerting for US tax paying citizens to find out that about to become law is an agreement signed on June 29, 2004, between the U.S. Commissioner of Social Security and the director general of the Mexican Social Security Institute that allows illegal aliens to collect Social Security benefits if they have as little as 18 months of employment history. While US citizens must show 10 years, or 40 quarters of job history, to collect benefits...
