Join us at Spice Monkey Cafe (upstairs), 1628 Webster Street (at 17th Street), this Tuesday.

Just a quick reminder about tomorrow night's meeting.

A couple of articles that I thought were interesting

California goes from $9 billion to $16 billion in the red as Governor pushes ballot tax hike. (reuters.com)
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/14/us-usa-california-budget-idUSB...

UC police clear Occupy the Farm protest in Albany (sfgate.com)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/05/14/BAUF1OHMS8.D...

Warren: Bank self-regulation "wrong and dangerous" (cbsnews.com)
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505267_162-57433523/warren-we-must-stop-self...

Henry Kissinger, in wheelchair, gets TSA pat-down - The Washington Post (washingtonpost.com)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/in-the-loop/post/henry-kissinger-get...

And finally, this doesn't have anything to do with politics, but I thought it was a neat story & wanted to share:
Wild Elephants gather inexplicably, mourn death of “Elephant Whisperer” (delightmakers.com)
http://delightmakers.com/news-bleat/wild-elephants-gather-inexplicably-m...

Looking forward to hearing what you have to say tomorrow,
-Eva

Join us at Lukas this Sunday for coffee, brunch and maybe a libation, along with lively conversation. Lukas is at Broadway & Grand in Oakland, just 3 blks north of the 19th St Bart station, and equally close to the # 1, 12, 18, 51 & 72 busses. Nowadays sometimes we're up in front, in the room to the left, at the long table. Otherwise we're all the way back in the poolroom. Find us and join in.

Just a quick reminder about our meeting this Sunday.

So, today marks the 42nd anniversary of Kent State
Discussing Occupy Wall Street, Coulter Says: "It Just Took A Few Shootings At Kent State To Shut That Down" (mediamatters.org)
http://mediamatters.org/blog/201111260001

City ends program that shuttles elderly and disabled to medical appointments, despite federal grant that would provide nearly all funds. "We're not an entitlement community... I guess I'm coming off as a heartless Republican" (yourhoustonnews.com)
http://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/t38pa/city_ends_program_that_s...

"The biggest deterrent to an energy plan in America is Koch Industries" T. Boone Pickens, natural gas investor, blames the Koch Brothers for US energy policy failures. (businessinsider.com)
http://www.businessinsider.com/t-boone-pickens-koch-brothers-us-energy-p...

BP Oil Spill Criminal Investigation May Ensnare Executives In Cover-Up (huffingtonpost.com)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/03/bp-oil-spill-criminal-investiga...

San Francisco police seize building from protesters, 26 arrested (reuters.com)
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/03/us-usa-occupy-building-idUSBRE...

A former Marine, neo-Nazi, and Minutemen who was running for sheriff in Arizona kills 4 people and then himself. They were his girfriend (47), her daughers (24 & 23) and granddaughter (16mo). (news.yahoo.com)
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/vigilante-neo-nazi-suspected-deadly-...

Publicly Funded Scientific Research Should be Freely Available to All, Says the UK Government (bdaily.co.uk)
http://bdaily.co.uk/news/technology/03-05-2012/publicy-funded-research-t...

The Jet That Ate The Pentagon: "The F-35 is a boondoggle. It's time to throw it in the trash bin." (foreignpolicy.com)
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2012/04/26/the_jet_that_ate_the_pe...

Looking forwards to hearing what you have to say on Sunday!
-Eva

Join us at Spice Monkey Cafe (upstairs), 1628 Webster Street (at 17th Street), this Tuesday.

Just a quick reminder about our scheduled meeting on Tuesday night.

It's May Day!!!

The U.S was the birthplace of International Workers' Day and yet we really seem to ignore it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Workers%27_Day#History

A couple of articles that I thought looked interesting:

Occupy boardroom: Shareholders attempt to push out board members and fight back against executive pay packages. (money.cnn.com)
http://money.cnn.com/2012/04/24/markets/occupy-boardroom/

Wells Fargo, Terrified to Face Victims of Its Foreclosure Fraud and Predatory Lending, Locks Shareholders Out of Annual Meeting
http://www.alternet.org/story/155141/wells_fargo%2C_terrified_to_face_vi...

Voter suppression is real and must be stopped - CNN.com (cnn.com)
http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/27/opinion/roland-martin-voter-suppression/in...

And a couple of interesting links, from co-host Michael, about the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster:
FUKUSHIMA… the ‘Japanese Chernobyl’…a year later and politics still ‘trump’ safety… | UK Progressive
http://www.ukprogressive.co.uk/fukushima%E2%80%A6-the-%E2%80%98japanese-...

Fukushima Daiichi: Inside the debacle - CNN Fortune Tech
http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2012/04/20/fukushima-daiichi/

And thanks to Jennifer, for another interesting article:
The Self-Made Myth: Debunking Conservatives' Favorite -- And Most Dangerous -- Fiction
http://www.alternet.org/visions/155149/The_Self-Made_Myth:_Debunking_Con...

Lots of stuff to talk about. Looking forwards to hearing what you have to say,
-Eva

Join us at Spice Monkey Cafe (upstairs), 1628 Webster Street (at 17th Street), this Tuesday.

Just a quick reminder about our scheduled meeting, tomorrow night.

Hope that you can make it - looking forwards to hearing what you have to say on Tuesday.
-Eva

Join us at Lukas this Sunday for coffee, brunch and maybe a libation, along with lively conversation. Lukas is at Broadway & Grand in Oakland, just 3 blks north of the 19th St Bart station, and equally close to the # 1, 12, 18, 51 & 72 busses. Nowadays sometimes we're up in front, in the room to the left, at the long table. Otherwise we're all the way back in the poolroom. Find us and join in.

Just a quick reminder about this Sunday's meeting.

And Santorum is out...
Santorum suspends campaign, clearing Romney's path - CNN.com (edition.cnn.com)
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/04/10/politics/campaign-wrap/index.html?on.c...

New Yorker nails it (i.imgur.com)
http://i.imgur.com/uUsyv.jpg

and
http://www.cagle.com/news/romney-frontrunner/page/14/

GOP's "fake candidate" trick backfires as progressive activist gets approval from the Wisconsin GAB to run as a Republican against Scott Walker. (wtaq.com)
http://wtaq.com/news/articles/2012/apr/12/gov-walker-will-face-a-primary...

Interesting take on North Korea's failed missile launch
Why North Korea's launch failure was the worst possible outcome, second only to striking China. (piie.com)
http://www.piie.com/blogs/nk/?p=5700&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=fe...

Tax time is upon us...
What America Pays In Taxes (npr.org)
http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2012/04/13/150441259/what-america-pays-in...

And finally, this doesn't have anything to with politics, but I had to pass it along.
Oxford University and the Vatican Library to digitize 1.5 million pages of ancient texts and images and make them freely available online (reuters.com)
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/11/net-us-vatican-oxford-digital-...

Looking forwards to hearing what you have to say.
-Eva