Comment Archives: Last 30 Days
Re: “Celebrity Chef Tour Dinner Series”
This dinner has been postponed for fall 2013.
Re: “Letters to the Editor: May 22, 2013”
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder is heading to Capitol Hill , where he’s expected to be grilled over the Justice Department’s decision to secretly seize the work, home and cellphone records used by almost a hundred reporters and editors at the Associated Press. On Tuesday, Holder defended the move as a necessary step in a criminal probe of leaks of classified information.
The use of the Espionage Act, to essentially silence whistleblowers within the government—Kiriakou, Drake and others, although Kiriakou went to jail on—pled out on another charge—the FISA Amendment Act, which allows for warrantless wiretapping, the National Defense Authorization Act, which allows for the stripping of American citizens of due process and indefinite detention. And it is one more assault in a long series of assault against freedom of information and freedom of the press.
And I would also, of course, throw in the persecution of Julian Assange at WikiLeaks and Bradley Manning as part of that process all of these measures to essentially shut down the freedom of information, as symptomatic of a reconfiguration of our society into a totalitarian security and surveillance state. One where anyone who challenges the official narrative, who digs out cases of torture, war crimes—which is, of course, what Manning and Assange presented to the American public—is going to be ruthlessly silenced.
Ted Rudow III
Re: “My Lambo Is Hot”
Hmm. I think they ripped the beat from Rick Ross's BMF, but who's counting.
Re: “Warehouse Stories”
By the way - these artists are amazingly cooperative yet fiercely independent- with a strong streak a
capitalism' , which is refreshing these days!
Re: “Warehouse Stories”
Thank you, Gabe!!! Can you tell I'm not a U2 fan?
Re: “Warehouse Stories”
You're right, Erin - I blew it. Fixed above. (The actual line is "We get to carry each other," from "One.") Sorry.
Re: “Warehouse Stories”
Nominal and trite? Aren't you just the art critic. Way to place unnecessary context on an otherwise heartfelt piece of art. It is not, in fact, a U2 lyric. But thanks for putting that terrible reference into the minds of viewers before they even experience the piece.
Re: “Warehouse Stories”
So proud of you Roman. The show is going to change minds and open eyes. I love you and what you've done!
Re: “Warehouse Stories”
This is seriously unique and creative mural art. A ' one moment-in-time 'show - one night only, that you don't want to miss!!
Re: “The Final Four”
Yes, I too would like PG&E to be compared with the 4 companies being considered by SCE. I am shocked at the heavy involvement in nuclear and would never support that. And i grew up in NYC with ConEd, which I associate with belching smokestacks. I suspect that PG&E might look angelic in a comparison with Con Ed. Although I spoke last night in favor of Petalumans having some choice, what I have read here is looking like "out of the frying pan and into the fire." I am concerned and would like to hear what Sonoma Clean Energy has to say about the advantages of going with their plan.
Re: “Voices of Dreamers”
My goodness, this is the best story I have read in a long time. It was sent to me via the SRJC website which I am a member of. I will post this on SRJC Human Services Network to get the word out. Keep dreaming.
Re: “Watch Cotati Police Kick Door In, Tase Resident”
In a situation like this it is perfectly acceptable for the police to enter the residence; the phone call about the domestic disturbance provides exigent circumstances. The police acted under the suspicion of further potential harm to either the children or one of the spouses. They can't just take the word of the wife who is locked in a house with a man who may pose a threat to her and refuses to talk to the police. In a situation like this if the police were to leave without even talking face to face with the suspects and then the dispute led to a murder it would be a huge failure and the department would still be blamed for not stoping it.
The reality of policing is that the police can do what ever they want, warrant's do discourage police misconduct but they mainly serve to protect evidence which in this case is irrelevant. The police were responding to exigent circumstances, not seeking to search the house for evidence. The police know that they can't just bust down a door and search a house. By not complying the resident gave the police the lawful right to search the area incident to arrest.
Had the resident complied there would be little grounds for arrest, forced entry, or any search of the residence. That being said from what is visible in the video it doesn't appear that there was reason to tase the resident but as long as the officer can articulate his reasoning it's justifiable.
Re: “The Final Four”
And I'd love it if PG&E were on this list, to weigh these companies fairly, and if Bohemian asked Sonoma Clean Power to talk about what it's like to try to buy cleaner power with a cheaper price in a market known for being dirty in general -- we as citizens just didn't push hard enough to demand a nation-wide clean energy supply, so now we're stuck with playing in the dirty muck of the energy market as it is.
Re: “Bird Call”
I'm down in Long Beach and I'm starting to spread the word down here.
Re: “Best of the Fest”
And the only black person, a women, was on Ben Harper's guest list?...White punks on Dope and Alcohol ..And yuppies with no common sense....I'll see you at S.F's Stein Grove or Hardly Strictly Bluegrass three days and pay zip..Or WIndsor Green for Charlie Musslewhite...And all the "swells will be present."..Thanks for writing about a place that had few people until the weekend....Allowed charges of $10.00 for two cookies, presented a shortage of clean up facility stations, long lines to many flooded toilets, trash cans overflowing and stupid people...Sounds like Haiti without the blacks and gunfights.
Re: “The Final Four”
I like this article and I love the fact that the Bohemian is investigating something so important to all of us, but I'd love it EVEN MORE if your reporter looked into the labor practices of each company. You can't be a GREEN ENERGY provider if you don't pay workers decent wages and benefits and give them a voice at work (especially in jobs like this where public safety is at risk- do you want a worker to have to choose between speaking up about shoddy safety standards or losing his or her job?) Workers rights standards should be a part of any criteria in picking a "Green Energy Partner"
Re: “Watch Cotati Police Kick Door In, Tase Resident”
@leha, to get this straight is actually easy: if the police have suspicions about illegal activity, they obtain the warrant. This should have happened in Cleveland, and this should have happened in this case. However, the judge usually only issues the warrant when there's enough evidence for the entry. A single call is not nearly enough, i.e. in this case if the police followed the law, not only they wouldn't be able to enter without the warrant, but, assuming that the call was all they had, they wouldn't obtain the warrant as well - in which case they have to leave. In Cleveland, a single call wouldn't be enough either, but when the number of tips and suspicions accumulated, the warrant would be issued. This is how it's supposed to work in civilized society, and this is how it has been working for many decades in our country.
Re: “Watch Cotati Police Kick Door In, Tase Resident”
Not only the officers won't be charged with anything, but from the comments so far made by Parish, they will be rewarded. Contrary to numerous rulings of the Supreme Court, Parish claims that the call from 3rd party is already the exigent circumstance, and no warrant is required. I.e. all it takes for the police to break into your home, is somebody's word that violence _might_ be going on inside.
Note that the crime the occupants were arrested for was not anything related to the violence. It was obstruction, i.e. from the police's standpoint, not cooperating with their investigation (by not coming out or opening the door) is a crime by itself. Equally, the taser was used as punishment for non-compliance, i.e. for refusing to lay on the ground.
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Re: “What Can—and Can't—be Known by a Short Video Clip”
Shame on You for that ridiculous apology, and honestly What a bunch of Garbage! Who Cares why they were called to the house, or by whom! It's plain as day there were NO Exigent Circumstances requiring Police to breakdown the door. They Issued UNLAWFUL commands to these homeowners, and BURGLARIZED their home and ASSAULTED them when the Owners refused to comply with the commands. Police have no authority to come onto private property without a Warrant or Emergency/Exigent Circumstances. Neither of those conditions were met. These criminals with Badges should be in Federal Prison for civil rights violations.... since we know the Sheriff is too much of a Coward to charge them as they should be!