San Francisco Considers Banning Sale of Pets Except Fish
Friday 30th of July 2010 09:37:44 AM
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| Sell a guinea pig, go to jail. That's the law under consideration by San Francisco's Commission of Animal Control and Welfare. If the commission approves the ordinance at its meeting tonight, San Francisco could soon have what is believed to be the country's first ban on the sale of all pets except fish. That includes dogs, cats, hamsters, mice, rats, chinchillas, guinea pigs, birds, snakes, lizards and nearly every other critter, or, as the commission calls them, companion animals. "People buy small animals all the time as an impulse buy, don't know what they're getting into, and the animals end... |
The Battle of San Jacinto (April 21, 1836)
Friday 30th of July 2010 09:37:44 AM
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| The Battle of San Jacinto As related by DeWitt Colonist Creed Taylor to James T. DeShields and published in "Tall Men With Long Rifles" 1935. The morning of April 21 dawned bright and crisp. It was to be a great day for Texas. From their crude pallets the boys sprang up as if for a joyous holiday. Merry jests went the rounds, and the camp wits spared neither high private nor officers. "If you get bumped off, Bill, won't you will me your coonskin cap?" Tomlinson said to a comrade: "You can take the cap now; I'll wear a Mexican... |
Sarah Palin’s Going Rogue #3 In Heterophobic San Francisco Despite Ban
Friday 30th of July 2010 09:37:44 AM
Posted by admin / Under San Diego
| Liberal booksellers have banned Sarah Palin's book "Going Rogue" and refuse to carry it. They are retarded. I thought Liberals were against banning books. This is anti-free speech. The public in San Francisco demand the book, though, as it is #3 on the San Francisco bestseller list by being sold at Costco in San Francisco (among other stores). |
Police detail gang bust
Friday 30th of July 2010 09:37:44 AM
Posted by admin / Under San Diego
| More than a dozen suspected members of a ruthless Norteño street gang allegedly responsible for four murders, several attempted murders and assaults in San Jose are behind bars, the result of a 1 1/2-year police investigation. A five-week grand jury proceeding culminated Tuesday with indictments being issued against 13 suspected members of El Hoyo Palmas, described by police as a multi-generation gang that has operated in San Jose for about 30 years. |
S.F. Supervisor Sandoval ['USA should have no military'] to run for Superior Court
Friday 30th of July 2010 09:37:44 AM
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| Sandoval, who represents the city's Excelsior district as the supervisor for District 11, will challenge Judge Thomas Mellon, who has served on the bench since 1994. Mellon, 65, was appointed by then-Gov. Pete Wilson, a Republican. Sandoval, a supervisor since 2000, was a deputy public defender in San Francisco and previously worked for former Mayor Art Agnos. |
Arms-deal submarines lie idle (South Africa)
Friday 30th of July 2010 09:37:44 AM
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| Arms-deal submarines lie idle By Henri du Plessis Budget problems are causing a severe shortage of skilled staff that is crippling the operation of South Africa's new R1,5-billion submarines, bought in the scandal ridden arms deal. The staffing shortage at the dock, described as "critical" by a top defence expert, has prompted the DA to call for the cancellation of the delivery of the third and final submarine from Germany, scheduled for May next year, in order to reduce operational costs. At present the navy has had to allow for the staff shortages in its overall operational plan. Respected defence... |
Arabic-speaking passengers sue American (Airlines)
Friday 30th of July 2010 09:37:44 AM
Posted by admin / Under San Diego
| Arabic-speaking passengers sue AmericanThe Associated Press DETROIT --Six men of Iraqi descent who were flying home after a stint training Marines sued American Airlines on Thursday, saying employees publicly humiliated them after a passenger expressed concerns about them to security guards. The men, who sued in U.S. District Court in Detroit alleging racial discrimination, say airline employees grounded their Aug. 28 flight from San Diego to Chicago and detained them, believing they were security risks. The men, some of whom are U.S. citizens, were returning to the Detroit area after training Marines at Camp Pendleton in California when another passenger... |
TSA Warns Airport Security About Terror Dry Runs
Friday 30th of July 2010 09:37:44 AM
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| WASHINGTON — Airport security officers around the nation have been alerted by federal officials to look out for terrorists practicing to carry explosive components onto aircraft, based on four curious seizures at airports since last September. The unclassified alert was distributed on July 20... The seizures at airports in San Diego, Milwaukee, Houston and Baltimore included "wires, switches, pipes or tubes, cell phone components and dense clay-like substances," including block cheese, the bulletin said. "The unusual nature and increase in number of these improvised items raise concern." Security officers were urged to keep an eye out for "ordinary items that... |
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