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Chat with Gavin Newsom – New Solar Incentives!

July 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

Gavin Newsom talking about new San Francisco solar power incentives, running for governor in 2010, and marriage.
The important news here is that there is going to be a San Francisco solar power rebate of $3k to build solar, $6k if you build solar from local businesses that use locally-trained employees, $10k if you build solar [...]

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Tags: Economics · Politics · Sociology

Fed trying to define birth control as abortion

July 16th, 2008 · No Comments

RH Reality Check – HHS Moves to Define Contraception as Abortion
This would mean any agency that receives federal grants would allow their employees to deny birth control if they wanted to. So, if some anti-abortion nut is working for a health agency that would regularly give out birth control as requested/needed and they decide their [...]

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Tags: Politics · Sociology

The Big Sort – Willful segregation

July 11th, 2008 · No Comments

The Big Sort – book review
Author’s Web Site
I glanced over this book at Borders 2 nights ago and it seems to make a few good points about the willful segregation of Americans over time. The author views it as one of the reasons the US is so polarized and why the idea of compromise has [...]

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Tags: Politics · Sociology