Notes from the Surf
Just missed the bus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BO2rW1alVv8
In Soviet Russia, bus miss you.
Jesus heals the sick
http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs149.snc1/5535_1204448880170_1497063847_30585715_274323_n.jpg
...if Jesus did it like we do it.
US Chamber Shuts off TheYesMen.org and Websites of Hundreds of Others
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2009/10/23-5
"Hundreds of... organizations had their internet service turned off last night after the US Chamber of Commerce strong-armed an upstream provider, Hurricane Electric, to pull the plug on The Yes Men and May First / People Link."
Rape and Health Insurance
http://huffpostfund.org/stories/2009/10/rape-victims-choice-risk-aids-or-health-insurance
"they were deemed ineligible for health insurance because they had a pre-existing condition as a result of a rape, such as post traumatic stress disorder or a sexually transmitted disease... insurers are routinely denying long-term mental health care to women who have been sexually assaulted."
Deep cuts push Californians to edge
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2009/10/20091019205530422375.html
Kerry was a preschool teacher until a year ago, when her world caved in. "I got sick," she told me. "Ulcerative colitis. Ended up losing my job, and ended up here. Ran out of health insurance and money and this is what happened."
Press Freedom Index 2009
http://www.rsf.org/en-classement1003-2009.html
Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Norway, and Sweden tied for first. New Zealand tied with Austria and Latvia at 13. Australia at 16. Canada at 19. UK and USA tied with Luxembourg at 20. South Africa at 33. Hong Kong at 48. India at 105. United States of America (extra-territorial) at 108. Philippines tied with Turkey at 122. Singapore at 133.
The Plutonomy Symposium Rising Tides Lifting Yachts
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=6694962&mesg_id=6694962
"Spending by the uber-rich overwhelms that of the average consumer... The United States is one of the plutonomy countries countries whose economies are powered by a relatively small number of rich people."
UK: Tactics against union members
http://www.socialist.net/a-trade-unionist-not-a-terrorist.htm
"Workers were blacklisted and made in effect unemployable because they complained about people falling off unsafe scaffolding."
Mexico: Hundreds of thousands defend union from government
http://www.marxist.com/mexico-october-15-electrifying-mobilization-to-defend-sme.htm
"In spite of all the government and media campaign, the workers were not intimidated... an elderly man raised his fist and smiled at the same time... When the last... arrived, the rally had already finished, but the Zocalo was still packed."
Algiers: Poor defend homes from destruction
http://maketotaldestroy.blogspot.com/2009/10/2nd-day-of-riots-in-algiers-slums.html
"There are families of 14 people in two rooms, how can they sleep? One at a time? Some of the children spend all night outside taking drugs so their brothers and sisters can sleep. We will not stop the riot."