According to the petition: “The governor promised to reduce state spending and reform state government. Instead, he increased spending by over 40%, benefiting public sector unions and special interests, at the expense of taxpayers…. The governor promised to help encourage job creation by reducing costly regulation. Instead he passed more job-killing mandates that are destroying [...]

The War on Drugs is not winnable. Suppliers will meet a demand, and there remains a strong demand for marijuana. This nation’s second experiment in Prohibition only enriches the criminal element. It has enduring costs that go beyond the direct expenditures on law enforcement and prisons. Public lands – now reservation lands – become increasingly [...]

Dec. 28, 1919: The Times analyzes the first six months of Prohibition and finds that many predictions have not come true. Some minor offenses have decreased, but violent crimes have risen sharply, police say. Instead of needing fewer officers, the LAPD says it needs to double the force and build bigger jails for all the [...]

But let’s shine a light on this initiative from another angle. First, the only expenditures it applies to are those devoted to setting up or expanding a municipal electrical utility. And its sole sponsor, according to state campaign finance records — is Pacific Gas and Electric Co., one of the biggest electrical utilities in the [...]

Despite the problems with this industry, AB 350, legislation sponsored by Assemblyman Ted Lieu (D-Torrance) to regulate debt settlement companies, would put the stamp of approval on this abusive model. It would let these companies charge as much as 5% of the debt right off the bat, and total fees of 20% of the debt [...]

California, one of the most unionized of all states, has some of the most powerful police associations in the country. Public safety unions and lobbying groups here doled out more than $33.5 million in political contributions during the last nine years, including $5.5 million to the Democratic Party and $1.95 million to the Republican Party. [...]

Orange County Sheriffs Demonstrate Brutality “California is the most restrictive state in the nation, when it comes to police secrecy,” said Jim Chanin, a former ACLU attorney in San Francisco. “It’s California’s dirty little secret.” via California laws strengthened wall of silence around officers. And this allows police to work as thugs with callous disregard [...]

“After 34 years, will the New York Times cover the Project Censored annual release?” via New York Times: Censoring Project Censored – The Bruce Blog – San Francisco Bay Guardian. The liberal media? Just another multi-national corporation interested in maximizing ad revenue and limiting free speech from my point of view.

At present, the global dominance agenda includes penetration into the boardrooms of the corporate media in the US. Only 118 people comprise the membership on the boards of director of the ten big media giants. These 118 individuals in turn sit on the corporate boards of 288 national and international corporations. Four of the top [...]

According to 11 years’ worth of Environmental Working Group data that tracks $200 billion in subsidies, the wealthiest 10 percent of “farmers” have collected 75 percent of the money. That’s exactly the kind of socialism that Rep. Bachmann and her elite ilk like. via Michele Bachmann: Welfare Queen | Dailycensored.com. Several wealthy congressmen from across [...]