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Following on the heels of Mayor Bloomberg’s ban on certain sugary drinks in New York City restaurants, a wave of absurd regulations has seemingly begun emanating outwards. In neighboring New Jersey, drivers can be fined up to $1000 for driving with “unrestrained” animals in the car, and the Mayor of Berkeley, California is looking to ban sitting on sidewalks. According to CBS in Philadelphia, police and animal control officers will be authorized to ticket New Jersey drivers between $250 and $1,000 if they have “unrestrained” animals in the front seat of their car, on the driver’s lap, partially out the...

Berkeley Police Chief Michael Meehan sent his public information officer to an Oakland Tribune reporter’s house in the middle of the night on Friday to push for changes in a story that Meehan thought was inaccurate. Chief Meehan then twice called the reporter, Doug Oakley, and sent him numerous follow up emails urging him to alter wording in the story about a community meeting called to examine Berkeley police response to the Feb. 18. murder of Peter Cukor. The 12:45 am visit by Sgt. Mary Kusmiss on March 9 and subsequent police demands have left Oakley disturbed and shaken. “I...

It's meant to be racist, and it's meant to be discriminatory. But the controversial "Increase Diversity Bake Sale" hosted by the Berkeley College Republicans is still on, the club's president said, despite "grossly misguided comments" and threats aimed toward supporters of the University of California Berkeley student group.During the sale, scheduled for Tuesday, baked goods will be sold to white men for $2, Asian men for $1.50, Latino men for $1, black men for $0.75 and Native American men for $0.25. All women will get $0.25 off those prices.The bake sale is meant to draw attention to pending legislation that...

During a recent speaking tour in Canada, MK Nahman Shai (Kadima) shocked some of his hosts when he said that his primary goal in politics today is to bring down the Netanyahu government. Although indelicate, Shai's comment was not surprising. Kadima is in the opposition. And like all opposition parties in all parliamentary democracies, the primary goal of its members is to bring down the government so that they can take power. Given that this is the case, it is unsurprising that until this week, Kadima leader Tzipi Livni tried to blame Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu for US President Barack...

Looks like the Liberals at Berkley and other California Colleges are finally getting what they asked for. Maybe they should have used that college education to do a little more research on who they were voting for. 32% Inflation on UCLA Tuition. 14 Arrests one student Tazered are the reports I received from students. Tomorrow their will be another one at 10am. Sorry Conservatives that go to College in California. Best advice I have for you is to wake you fellow students up! VIDEOS AT LINK

If further proof was needed that the field of Middle East studies is marred by a politicized, morally vacuous approach to the Arab-Israeli conflict, the reaction of many of its leading lights to the current war in Gaza should suffice. According to these self-appointed arbiters of international law, Israel’s military campaign against Hamas following the firing of over 6,000 rockets at Israeli civilian targets since 2005 is unjustified. Hamas, they tell us, is not a terrorist organization bent on Israel’s destruction, but rather a national liberation movement that seeks only the noble founding of a Palestinian state. Either that or...

https://secure.donationreport.com/donation.html?key=0E6KU1WLTPV6 Video on the site of recent Berkley Marine Recruiting station protests and police response, finally.

Live talk with Goe Leader Dale Lanham & Freeper Fire Engine Red that were in Brekley for the Protest on Tuesday. http://www.blogtalkradio.com/show.aspx?userurl=frontline&year=2008&month=02&day=17&url=The-Front-Line

RECOMMENDATION: Send a letter to Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Diana Finley and Liberal Party leader Stephane Dion requesting that the government of Canada establish provisions to provide sanctuary for U.S. military service members who are living in Canada to resist fighting in the Iraq War. BACKGROUND: Throughout the Vietnam War era, Canada provided a place of refuge for United States citizens seeking to resist the war. Because of Canada’s rich tradition of being a refuge from militarism, approximately 200 U.S. military service people have moved to Canada to resist fighting in the Iraq War....

Thank you for your thoughts. Your message will be conveyed to the Mayor. Attached is the Mayor's Statement to the Media and a statement from Lt. Colonel Piccoli, U.S. Marine Corps on this issue. Statement from Mayor Carty Finkbeiner -Regarding U.S. Marine Corps. February 10, 2008 Frank Szollosi can play politics with anything. It is what he does best. Today, I spoke with Major Jeff Brooks of the United States Marine Corps. I conveyed my sincere regret for the failure to communicate within the administration and any inconvenience that caused the U.S. Marine Corps. I also conveyed, as my staff...

I have posted these videos on the other threads in responce to the Berkley anti - Marine stance. It is a recruting commercial put out by the Marine Corps. The first link is to the commmercial. The other links are to videos of the locations where the film was made. They have interviews with the Marines and with the Americans who love and respect them. Take some time and watch a few and don't blame me if you feel good!

PHONE NUMBERS AT THE CITY OF BERKELEY The City of Berkeley does not want the Marines in their city. They have said outrageous things about them. But what if the city had a natural disaster or were victim of a terrorist attack? I called the mayor's office and got some young female hack. I set it up that my son in law, who is currently on active duty, may soon be in the reserves or in the Guard. If a disaster hit the city, would the military be welcome. The girl couldn't answer the question! She didn't know! So...

Under the weight of a national uproar, two Berkeley City Council members want to rescind an official statement that the U.S. Marines and their recruiting station are "uninvited and unwelcome intruders." Betty Olds and Laurie Capitelli, however, did not move to rescind three other items the council passed last week: giving the protest group Code Pink a free weekly parking space and sound permit; calling on residents to impede the work of any military recruiting station in the city; and asking the city attorney to investigate whether the Marines violate city laws banning discrimination based on sexual orientation. The item...

Berkeley council tells Marines to leave By Doug Oakley STAFF WRITER Article Launched: 01/30/2008 01:48:16 PM PST Related Links Photoblog: Share your Berkeley photos and videos Forum: Discuss Berkeley news More Berkeley coverage Hey-hey, ho-ho, the Marines in Berkeley have got to go. That's the message from the Berkeley City Council, which voted 6-3 Tuesday night to tell the U.S. Marines that its Shattuck Avenue recruiting station "is not welcome in the city, and if recruiters choose to stay, they do so as uninvited and unwelcome intruders." In addition, the council voted to explore enforcing its law prohibiting discrimination on...

So, last Tuesday my wife and I traveled on business to Napa Valley California. I was there for a users conference with a software company that we are doing business with. The 2nd speaker of the first day was Daniel Kammen, who is Professor of Energy at the University of California at Berkley. PHD, been on 60 minutes etc. You can google him if you're interested. Well he spoke on his speciality topic of "the sky is falling" aka global warming. Yes we were treated to 30 minutes of classic DU. In fact, later in the day I confirmed with...

Skipping last fall’s vote on the Hurricane Katrina relief bill in order to get plastic surgery was worth it, says Rep. Shelley Berkley (D-Nev.), who loves her new look, ROLL CALL reports. “For the last couple of years whenever I was on TV all I could do was look at my neck,” Berkley said in a recent online audio interview. “It was driving me crazy because my neck was starting to hang ... and it was making me very self conscious.” Now, she joked in an interview with hosts of the Vegas-centric podcast show “The Strip,” “I have the neck...

Three days after a Navy reservist flew home from the Middle East for the holidays, his wife's teenage lover and a friend killed him on a wooded trail in a North Raleigh park, according to accounts from police and relatives. Monique Berkley, 26, was charged Monday in what officials say was the calculated murder of her husband, Paul Berkley, 46. Andrew Canty and his friend Latwon Johnson, both 18, also were charged with murder in Berkley's killing before dawn Sunday. "He was over there getting shot at, and he comes home to get shot," said Chaz Jutting of Apex, a...

<p>RALEIGH, North Carolina (AP) -- Home for Christmas after nearly a year in the Middle East, Navy Reservist Paul Berkley was making up for lost time with his family.</p> <p>He arrived Wednesday, in time to hear his 18-year-old son, Zeke, sing the national anthem with his high school chorus. On Friday, he and 16-year-old stepdaughter Becky ate pizza, watched movies and danced.</p>

Mega-popular grocery store is getting flak over proposal to open clone a mile away. Berkeley Bowl, the one-of-a-kind supermarket that draws loyal customers from around the Bay Area, is so popular that it is known to some as "Berkeley Brawl'' because its aisles and parking lot are typically so crowded. That's why the store's owner hopes to build a second store about a mile away, which would be known as West Berkeley Bowl. Glenn Yasuda wants to ease the pressure created by the demand for his huge selection of fruits and vegetables and eclectic product offerings -- ranging from a...

BERKELEY, Calif. - Hundreds of pro-Israel demonstrators calling for an end to global terrorism rallied in a city park here yesterday, as counter demonstrators nearby decried Israeli military tactics in the West Bank and Gaza. The focal point of the rally was a mangled bus brought from Jerusalem to dramatize the impact of terrorism on civilians. The bus was nearly destroyed in a suicide bomb attack last year that left 11 people dead and 50 wounded. Signs urged passersby to compare the bus to a San Francisco cable car in which they could have been riding.