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EATS, SHOOTS 'N' LEAVES: Berkeley politics: Corrupt business as usual

From Richard Brenneman's Blog
Monday October 05, 2015 - 09:43:00 AM

In Berkeley, a town where developers are kings and poor people are being gentrified out of existence, genteel sleaze is the order of the day, as we noted recently. -more-


New: ECLETIC RANT: Syria, What's Next for the U.S.?

Ralph E. Stone
Monday October 05, 2015 - 11:03:00 AM

The U.S. finds itself between a rock and a hard place in the Syrian civil war. Russia has deployed warplanes and tanks to a base near Latakia, Syria in support of President Bashar al-Assad's Syrian government. In the meantime, Iran ground troops have arrived in Syria. These troops would be backed by Assad's Lebanese Hezbollah allies and by Shi'ite militia fighters from Iraq. Russia would provide air support for these ground troops. -more-


ON MENTAL ILLNESS: Rethinking Responses

Jack Bragen
Thursday October 01, 2015 - 10:58:00 PM

Schizophrenia and bipolar are both illnesses that can worsen the tendency toward anger. This is more so for someone who refuses treatment. However, despite being medicated, a schizophrenic or bipolar person can have a worse than average temper, because of how our brains are built. Therefore, in order to exist among people, we must work to remain as peaceful as we can and we must learn to avoid getting verbally abusive. -more-