SF events 12.8

Radical tool for activism: http://tribe.net

Heal Your Intersection! Repair Your City!
http://www.cityrepair.org

See for yourself the squibs ejecting from World Trade Center 7 on 911;
evidence of high explosive demolition BEFORE the collapsing building:
http://911research.wtc7.net/wtc/evidence/videos/wtc1_jets_frames.html

A Petition for California's Secession from the Federal Government
http://www.petitiononline.com/casec/petition.html

(#6) Closing Access to Information Technology
http://www.projectcensored.org/publications/2004/
http://www.projectcensored.org/publications/2004/6.html

Access to Internet Might Need to be Limited - Former CIA Dir.George Tenet
http://www.WantToKnow.info/internetaccess

The national ID card bill is about to pass and we're desperately trying to mobilize people to call their Congressman and voice opposition to it. http://infowars.com
Please read the details at the following link and then call your Congressman with the number provided.
http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/december2004/071204nationalid.htm
PLEASE CALL YOUR LOCAL CONGRESSIONAL OFFICE RIGHT NOW
AND VOICE YOUR OPPOSITION TO THIS BILL.
The bill is S 2845 or 'intelligence reform' and the sub-section with the national ID card provisions is 7212.
Tell your congressperson to get the federal mandates for standardized drivers licenses out of the bill.
According to Deist, the bill would not only introduce the national ID card, but make it mandatory to have a job as well as setting up internal checkpoints in the USA.
The House Switchboard number is (202) 225-3121. Simply ask for your Representative by name.
If you don't know your representative, use the House website to find him/her by simply typing in your ZIP code. Click here. http://www.house.gov

Oh well, TOO LATE. NAZI BILL PASSED. Please ignore or arrest any NAZI
who asks you for a national ID card "Your papers, please!"
Geneva convention says we are to resist genocide by any means necessary.
US constitution instructs us to overthrow our government when it does not represent us.
Start with the first officer who asks you for a national ID card. REVOLT!

Fallujah to become a high tech concentration camp
http://globalresearch.ca/articles/NIM412A.html
Fallujah: Pentagon Plans a High-Tech Strategic Hamlet, by Kurt Nimmo
The Pentagon plans to funnel returning Fallujans to "citizen processing
centers" where their identities will be compiled via DNA tests and retina
scans, they will be issued badges displaying their home addresses which they
must wear at all times, will depend upon military-run buses for
transportation (no cars allowed. Men will have to work in "military style
battalions" reconstructing the city (which the US military destroyed). A
senior US military officer told the Boston Globe to expect no more "Oprah
stuff", the military will show the Iraqis who is dominant. And Fallujah will
be a "model city" for the rest of Iraq!

Gasoline Boycott Day Jan 20 http://www.gasolineboycottday.org/
Join the Army, It's just like Xbox- only you die
http://www.enjoythedraft.com

Eternal Fascism: Fourteen Ways of Looking at a Blackshirt
http://www.themodernword.com/eco/eco_blackshirt.html

Join the Christmas Resistance Movement! Do not buy.
http://www.xmasresistance.org/
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Returning Fallujans Will Face Police State Measures
News?Update?from?Citizens for Legitimate Government
December 5, 2004
http://www.legitgov.org/
http://legitgov.org/index.html#breaking_news

Returning Fallujans Will Face Police State Measures --The US military is
drawing up plans to keep resistance fighters from regaining control of
this [their] battle-scarred city, but returning residents may find that
the measures make Fallujah look more like a police state than the
democracy they have been promised. Under the plans, troops would funnel
Fallujans to so-called citizen processing centers on the outskirts of
the city to compile a database of their identities through DNA testing
and retina scans. Residents would receive badges displaying their home
addresses that they must wear at all times. Buses would ferry them into
the city, where cars, the deadliest tool of suicide bombers, would be
banned.
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CLG Newsletter editor: Lori Price Citizens For Legitimate Government
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Are we next? http://infowars.com reported this first, last week:

Fallujah Residents Face Choice: Retina Scan and Take ID Card....Or Die
http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/december2004/021204facechoice.htm
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Take the ACLU pledge @  http://www.aclu.org/refusetosurrender
"I REFUSE TO SURRENDER MY FREEDOM."

Free yourself: don't feed them - http://magickriver.net/matrix.htm

Heal Your Intersection! Repair Your City! - http://cityrepair.org

criminal charges filed against Bush in Canada last week.
http://www.lawyersagainstthewar.org/

Photos of US Navy Seals' Prisoner Torture
http://mparent7777.blog-city.com/read/941890.htm

http://www.house.gov/paul/congrec/congrec2003/cr071003.htm
HON. RON PAUL OF TEXAS IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Neo – CONNED !

American Born, addicted to Happiness http://www.globalresearch.ca
http://globalresearch.ca/articles/BAK411C.html

Washington State to fight Global Warming by Cars
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/202167_emissions03.html

Cheney, Halliburton and the Food for Oil Program
http://www.truthout.org/docs_01/02.03E.Hallib.Iraq.htm

Subject: "NEW WORLD ORDER" thoughts and quotes
http://www.etherzone.com/2004/moor112904.shtml

"Bernie" Kerik the "ticking time bomb" of Homeland Security
http://www.newsday.com/news/columnists/ny-nyhen034063947dec03,0,2592726.column?coll=ny-news-columnists

"Seeds of Fire " / " US-China-Israel - The Real Axis Of Evil "
http://www.rense.com/general57/axis.htm
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/01-08-2002/0001643577&EDATE=

Returning Fallujans Will Face Police State Measures
News Update from Citizens for Legitimate Government
December 5, 2004
http://www.legitgov.org/ 
http://legitgov.org/index.html#breaking_news 
 
Returning Fallujans Will Face Police State Measures --The US military is
drawing up plans to keep resistance fighters from regaining control of
this [their] battle-scarred city, but returning residents may find that
the measures make Fallujah look more like a police state than the
democracy they have been promised. Under the plans, troops would funnel
Fallujans to so-called citizen processing centers on the outskirts of
the city to compile a database of their identities through DNA testing
and retina scans. Residents would receive badges displaying their home
addresses that they must wear at all times. Buses would ferry them into
the city, where cars, the deadliest tool of suicide bombers, would be
banned.
Address to receive newsletter: clg_newsletter-subscribe [at] mlm.legitgov.org
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http://infowars.com reported this first, last week:

Fallujah Residents Face Choice: Retina Scan and Take ID Card....Or Die
http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/december2004/021204facechoice.htm
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Taking Back Your Power: Your Re-Declaration of Independence
http://www.worldnewsstand.net/history/your_power.htm

For a Global Disruption of Empire = A Call for decentralized,
local actions around the world on J20 Jan 20 Inauguration protest.
http://www.dawndc.net http://ORGANICcollective.org

Statistics of Americans dead for Bush http://www.bushflash.com/ma.html

North American birds on the decline. Nearly a third of native
bird species - even common ones - are seeing striking losses,
http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/1202/p13s01-sten.html

http://tinyurl.com/3q4ky Bush Secrecy and Counter-measures

http://www.codepinkalert.org/National_Actions_Voter_Bill_of_Rights.shtml

Sign the petition below to demand congress does more than just
investigate the `tens of thousands' of election fraud abuse
incidents. http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/636288161

http://ACLU.org "Refuse to Surrender Your Freedom" Campaign - Take the Pledge!

Our most fundamental freedoms are in jeopardy. Only a bold, spirited movement of people like you who refuse to surrender your freedoms can protect our civil liberties -- that is why the ACLU has launched our "Refuse to Surrender Your Freedom" campaign.

On January 20th, George Bush will pledge to uphold the Constitution. Our goal is to recruit 100,000 new ACLU supporters by that day to proclaim "I REFUSE TO SURRENDER MY FREEDOM" by taking this simple pledge:

"I pledge to join with over 400,000 ACLU members and supporters to help ensure that the President, his administration, and our leaders in Congress fulfill their duty to preserve, protect, and defend our Constitution.

By reaffirming my commitment to the American values of justice and liberty for all, I am enlisting in a powerful movement to defend our freedoms against assaults on our civil liberties."

Please stand with us and make it clear to those who seek to take away our freedoms that they are on the wrong side of the law . . . the wrong side of core American values . . . and the wrong side of history. Take the pledge now and stand strong in support of freedom.

If you haven't already taken the pledge, add your name to those of over 40,000 people who have - it only takes a minute: http://www.aclu.org/refusetosurrender

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BushCo: Rat Poison For Kids

EPA'S BACKROOM DEAL WITH CHEMICAL COMPANIES TRIPLES RAT POISONING RATE IN KIDS

In 2001, the Bush led EPA struck a deal with chemical companies to remove two important rat poison regulations designed to protect the safety of children. Specifically, the safety measures had required rat poisons contain an ingredient that makes the candy-like pellets taste bitter to kids and a dye to make it more obvious to adults when a child has ingested the poison.

As a result of no longer requiring those safety additives, the nation is now seeing a record number of children poisoned by the toxic pellets. This year more than 50,000 children were poisoned by rodenticides, which is three times as many as were affected prior to the removal of safety regulations.

According to a recent article in the Los Angeles Times, the EPA met five times behind closed doors with representatives of the chemical industry, which ultimately resulted in the removal of the safety regulations.

Sign Petition to Reinstate Rat Poison Safety Measures!
(your info will not be shared - privacy policy)
http://www.organicconsumers.org/epa.htm

see also

http://www.organicconsumers.org/school/ratpoison113004.cfm
http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/nation/10284267.htm?1c
http://www.organicconsumers.org/school/ratpoison111704.cfm
http://www.grist.org/news/daily/2004/11/16/4/
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Court date to be set for Summons or Warrant for Torture Charges against Bush
Court date to be set for Torture Charges against Bush

Thursday, December 2, 2004
_________________________________________________________________
Lawyers against the War applied today to have the torture charges against
George Bush set before a judge to determine whether a summons or warrant should
issue. A date will be set in BC Provincial Court, Criminal Division, at
Vancouver on Monday December 6th 2004.

Torture charges against Bush were laid November 30th 2004 by Gail Davidson,
co-chair of Lawyers against the War--LAW, under provisions enacted pursuant to
the U.N. Convention against Torture, ratified by Canada in 1987 and the United
States in 1994. The charges concern the well known abuses of prisoners held
by US Armed Forces in the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq and the Guantánamo Bay
prison in Cuba.

Because Bush is not a Canadian citizen the consent of the Attorney General of
Canada is required within 8 days in order for the prosecution to continue.

LAW has requested that Attorney General of Canada, Irwin Cotler review the
evidence upon which the charges are based before deciding whether to consent to
the prosecution.

Canada has a duty under the Convention against Torture to ‘take effective
measures to prevent torture’.
_______________________________________________________________________

LAW is an international group of jurists and others based in Canada with
members in 14 countries.
Michael Mandel, Professor, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, 4700
Keele Street, Toronto, Ontario, M3J 1P3. Tel: 416 736-5039, Fax:
416-736-5736, Email: MMandel [at] osgoode.yorku.ca
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Bush Administration Rejecting Strong State Environmental Laws
http://www.bushgreenwatch.org/
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Today is the 20 year anniversary of the Union Carbide accident in Bhopal
Today is the 20 year anniversary of the Union Carbide accident in Bhopal, so I decided to write Dow a little letter... I thought it was funny, anyway. :-)

Dow Chemical
4520 Ashman Street
P. O. Box 1206
Midland, MI 48642

Dear Union Carbide/Dow Chemical Company:
Congratulations on your victory over human rights! For 20 years after the massive Bhopal chemical disaster, you have successfully avoided making adequate reparations to the 150,000 people you've injured and 20,000 you've killed. And to date, you still haven't cleaned up the accident site! I am amazed at how you've successfully managed to balance corporate profit at the expense of hundreds of thousands of people; this is a feat not many companies can accomplish. See, in America, corporations run the risk of occasionally being held accountable for their actions (and I do mean occasionally!), but you were smart enough to set up shop in a third-world country where people are too poor and powerless to protect themselves. As I tell my friends: in today's fast-paced world, who has time to pay attention to petty human rights issues when you're trying to maximize corporate profit?

As Bill O'Reilly would say, those whining Bhopalians should just SHUT UP. "Oh, waa, I can't afford medical treatment for my massive lung scarring, I'm dying of horrific cancers, and I've given birth to five deformed babies, waa waa!" Come on people, move on already! Just because you're too sick to get out of bed, that doesn't mean you have the right to try to take the right to take Dow's hard-earned money to pay for your medical bills. Please. Get fucking serious.

As a matter of fact, my roommate and I were just making fun of the disaster victims last night. We're going to organize a dorm-wide reenactment of the chemical spill... man, how funny will that be? All of us screaming up and down the hallways, gasping for breath, vomiting as fluid fills our lungs, trampling our own friends to death because the chemicals are burning through our eyes... oh man! I'm cracking up right now just thinking about it!

Anyway, I'd like to congratulate you on your successes; you must have worked very hard to reach the number one spot for worst industrial accident in world history. Not only does your company manufacture vast quantities of toxic chemicals, but through gross negligence and lawlessness, you've managed to share these your murderous product with thousands of Indian citizens.

Once again, congratulations, and I look forward to seeing what great industrial disasters you guys can come up with next! Sincerely, Abbey Hartland
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Bush Administration Want Artic Meltdown
http://www.axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/printer_13618.shtml
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All About Reiki Wednesday, December 8 7:00 PM
Change Makers Books & Gifts
6536 Telegraph Ave Oakland, CA 510- 655-2405
http://www.changemakersforwomen.com
Have you heard about Reiki and would like to know more?
Have you thought about becoming a Reiki Practitioner but have questions before you commit to training?
Are you already a Reiki Practitioner and would like to be in community with other Reiki Practitioners?
Are you interested in being part of a Reiki Circle?
If you have always wanted to know more about Reiki, then this workshop is for you! Come and join me for an informative Q & A and ask any and all things Reiki!
Get a FREE mini reiki session too!
To pre-register please call 510-710-2816 or email workshops [at] moyosafi.com
Cost: $12 - $20 SS
Learn all about the benefits of Reiki and how you can experience:
Increased positive and mental emotional attitudes
A shift of your emotional baggage
A greater sense of well-being
A deepening of your level of spiritual connection
And, improved physical comfort.
Join me, Moyosafi Ajabu, Usui, Karuna Ki and Kundalini Reiki Master, for an informative and enlightening workshop!



# Mark Growdens' going away BBQ and yard sale party/jam
Wednesday, December 8 7:00 PM
The Cleaners 1284 W. Grand ave. @ Poplar Oakland, CA. 94607
http://transinterval.com
Mark's moving to N.Y. , come buy his stuff. this wed. dec. 8
he plays at 8pm B.Y.O.B. donations accepted


# "Oil on Ice" Film Screening
Wednesday, December 8 8:00 PM
Jewish Community Center 3200 California St SF
http://www.oilonice.org
The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is on the top of the Bush Administration's hit list for the new term.

Oil on Ice, which had its San Francisco premiere at the Film Arts Festival, is have an encore screening at the Jewish Community Center, 8 pm Wednesday 12/8.

Check out the Oil on Ice web site for more information including a 4-minute short film that touches the issues of the documentary. Then, please go see this beautiful documentary and experience the real story behind protecting America's last, great wild places... It's not too late to protect the Refuge. Americans need to know what's at stake.

Presented by California Academy of Sciences and Sierra Club, Jewish Community Center, 3200 California Street, San Francisco, CA (directions).

Short Description: The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska, one of America’s last great wild places, faces a greater threat of being opened – and destroyed – by the oil industry than ever before. ?Local filmmakers Dale Djerassi and Bo Boudart invite you to see their award-winning documentary Oil on Ice. Visually stunning, the film examines the controversy over drilling for oil in the Arctic Refuge and shows how the choices we make today affect not only the future of a national treasure, but also the way America addresses its energy needs.


#Farewell to Walter - Dec 8th
Wednesday, December 8 8:00 PM
Doc's Clock 2575 Mission at 21st
http://tribe.net
Come raise a glass to Walter, the former "Face of Tribe"!
He's answered our questions, soothed our troubled minds, and helped make Tribe.net what it is. Come celebrate with the man as he heads off towards new adventures


# East Bay Spin Jam - update
Wednesday, December 8 2004 more on this date
9:00 PM Spaz Warehouse
3rd st. at Jones (NE corner)
Berkeley, CA view map
The SPAZ warehouse is in fact getting shut down by the evil City of Berkeley. Dec 8 will be the last Wednesday spin jam in that location.
However, starting in the new year, the sister space will be opening up for a weekly spin jam, although perhaps on a different day of the week. Stay tuned for the announcement of the start date that will be in early 2005.
In the meantime, I hope to see lots of you at the last spin in 2004 on the 8th.


### Thurs Dec 9

# Rally for Academic Freedom at UCB
Ignacio Chapela's last class at UC Berkeley is this Thursday, Dec. 9th from 8:00 - 9:30 AM. in 141 McCone Hall
Show Solidarity with Professor Ignacio Chapela by coming to his Last Class and/or joining the Rally starting from McCone Hall at 9:30 am
An outspoken critic of the university's ties to the biotechnology industry, Dr. Chapela had his tenure denied after he published an article demonstrating that native corn in Mexico had been contaminated by genetically engineered corn. His tenure denial came in the face of overwhelming support by his peers at UC and from around the world.
Please Join us for Ignacio's last class and stand behind Academic Freedom
We hope to encourage as many people to come to this last class before Ignacio loses his job, which will be an open-mic session. We must fill the class and overflow to the outside. At the end of the class, we will then march to California Hall to demand from the Chancellor a full investigation of Ignacio's tenure case and to extend Ignacio's job while the investigation occurs. Wear a ribbon around your arm to show solidarity.
    €     Thursday, Dec. 9th 8am-9:30am in 141 McCone Hall, UC Berkeley
 If need be, will move the class outside - to the open area just West of McCone Hall
    €     9:30 - 10:00 am March to California Hall. Hand Chancellor Demands
    €     10:00 am - Speakers and much more in front of California Hall


# Thursday, December, 9th
AK Press Holiday Blow Out Sale!
3 PM—10 PM FREE!
Radical book sale! This is your chance. Buy all those holiday gifts for your loved comrades and family. Everything in the AK Press warehouse, books, t-shirts, CDs, DVDs, videos, calendars, zines, pamphlets…' etc…', will be 25% off. There will also be remainders, overstock and damages available between $1-$5. Don't miss this chance to stock up on all of this years most exciting radical reads from your friendly neighborhood collective. Refreshments will be served.
AK Press Warehouse
674-A 23rd St. Oakland, CA 94612
Between MLK and San Pablo—Near 19th St. BART and West Grand Exit of 80/980
For more information contact AK Press: 510.208.1700
http://www.akpress.org/events


# A Four-Lane Highway in Golden Gate Park?  
HANC GENERAL MEETING NOTICE
Haight Ashbury Neighborhood Council
Everyone is invited to attend.
DATE:            Thursday, December 9, 2004
PLACE:          Park Branch Library, 1833 Page St.
TIME:              7:00 -­ 9:00 PM
HANC will convene a panel of neighborhood organizations and individuals to discuss the proposal to widen MLK Drive to accommodate access to the underground garage being constructed. The panel will include the GGP Alliance, Irving Street Merchant Assoc, Supervisor-elect Ross Mirkarimi, Pinky Kushner and the Representatives of Local Neighborhood Groups.  Highway plans include widening the roadway from Ninth and Lincoln and MLK Drive to four lanes. The und erground garage proposal was approved with Prop J in 1998.


# 'Poetry' feature... special invitation Thu Dec 9 7:00 PM
greetings tribe. you are all invited to attend my spoken-smut feature reading on dec. 9th 7 - 9 pm at Dalva located on 16th st. @ valencia and guerrero. enjoy slices of the novel, lewd rantings, and gratuitous nudity (maybe)... xo, e.


# "Votergate" Documentary and Powerpoint Presentation on Election Fraud
Dec 9 Thu 7pm Unitarian Church 505 E. Charleston, Palo Alto
How could the exit polls have been so wrong? Did tampering with
electronic voting machines and voter disenfranchisement swing the
election to Bush? Come learn more about these issues as we watch
"Votergate" and a powerpoint presentation on election irregularities.
Votergate is an investigative documentary about new computer voting
systems that allow a few powerful corporations to record our votes in
secret. $5 pdrekmeier [at] earthlink.net (650) 223-3333.


# Greetings old skool kitties and tigers!  If you don't already know about it, on Thursday night there is an opening night party at Studio Z for the documentary film Short Cut to Nirvana.  Directed by our friend Maurizio, Short Cut to Nirvana is about Kumbha Mela, known as "the world's largest act of faith" held in India every 12 years.  The documentary was picked up by Landmark Films and opens this week in the Bay Area.  Please join us in celebrating Maurizio's latest accomplishment.  hope to see you there!  xo luv luv luv freekittens

Documentary Film - Shortcut to Nirvana - Opening Night Party 

Thursday, December 9th
 8pm – 2am
 Studio Z 314 11th St, San Francisco

21+ with i.d.
$10 Donation* 

All Proceeds to Benefit Project AHIMSA – bringing musical instruments
and education to deserving Indian students.

"This party celebrates the opening of Short Cut to Nirvana an award-winning documentary about Kumbh Mela, the oldest, most fascinating festival on earth. Held every 12 years where the holy Ganges and Yamuna rivers meet, this festival brings together 70 million pilgrims with
India's greatest spiritual leaders, including the Dalai Lama."  For more on the film:
http://www.melafilms.com

The opening night party features

Bangla Beats * Bollywood Treats * Hypnotic Bhangra Dancers Raising the
Heat * Sumptuous Sitar * Live Tabla & Turntables * Kumbh Mela visual fables *

Spin your wheel of Samsara in two temples of opulent beats! 

Shiva Temple - Shake your booty all the way to Nirvana with:
dj Cheb-i-sabbah
 DJ Amar
 Dholrhythms Dance Troupe
 VJ Elijah Opium

Parvati Temple - Indulge in ethereal enlightenment with the best live
Indian music:
Sandeep Bhatt – Vocals
Robin Sukhadia - Tabla
Srinivas Reddy – Sitar
Ferhan Qureshi – Tabla

Plus visuals from the great Kumbh Mela festival!


### Fri Dec 10

# Human Rights Day in Berkeley
Friday, December 10 2004 more on this date
11:45 AM
HUMAN RIGHTS DAY IN BERKELEY
December 10
11:45 a.m.- 12:45 p.m.
UCB Sproul Plaza
Berkeley, CA
http://www.amnestyusa.org/events/w...rn/12102004ucberkeley.html

12:30 p.m. GTU: Starr King Seminary (in the Fireside Room). A special lecture on "The Universal Declaration of Human Rights Today: Relevant, not Quaint" at 12:30 pm with Dr. Rita Maran, international human rights expert and UC Berkeley lecturer.
http://www.gtu.edu/news_events.php

Amnesty International USA, the UNA-USA East Bay/UNICEF Center, , the Bears for UNICEF and UC Berkeley Model UN, extends to you an invitation to participate Human Rights Day at UC Berkeley.

The purpose of the event is to bring an awareness of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights to the UC Berkeley campus and community, and to commemorate this universal document pioneered by Eleanor Roosevelt at the UN, which has become a solid foundation for many human rights treaties and resolutions around the world. The Center and groups will have an opportunity to present their information tables with materials, and candles representing struggle for human rights.

This event is open to the public and targets anybody who will be passing by on the Sproul Plaza on that last day of classes. A Tentative Program includes: an Opening Statement by Rita Maran, UCB Professor of Human Rights and UNA-USA East Bay Chapter President at 11:45 a.m., followed by Brief Reflections (3 min. each) by the representatives of the student groups on the importance of human rights work in their organizations. Around 12:15, Merrill Collins will lead the group into a chant, which she wrote based on the text of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

For more information, please contact me at (510) 849-1752, or by e-mail: unaeastbay [at] sbcglobal.net.

http://www.gtu.edu/news_events.php
December 10, 2004 (Friday)
All Human Rights for All!
Starr King in the Fireside Room.
A special lecture on "The Universal Declaration of Human Rights Today: Relevant, not Quaint" at 12:30 pm with Dr. Rita Maran, international human rights expert and UC Berkeley lecturer. Dr. Maran has extensive experience with the United Nations and many human rights activities in Indonesia, Kosovo, Bosnia, Algeria and other locations across the globe. Sponsored by Starr King School for the Ministry and Seminarians for Choice. 510/665-7785


# WMD: WEAPONS MASS DECEPTION FILM OPENS WITH GUEST SPEAKERS:DIRECTOR DANNY SCHECHTER AND ACTIVIST MEDEA BENJAMIN, DEMEMBER 10-12, 2004
Friday, December 10 2004 - Sunday, December 12 2004
4:00 PM
Opening weekend shows for the film WMD: WEAPONS MASS DECEPTION will include comments and discussion by its director Danny Schechter, and by activist Medea Benjamin. Schechter will speak with audiences at both evening shows on Friday, December 10 and Saturday, December 11; Benjamin will speak at the late afternoon show on Sunday, September 12; all at the Embarcadero Center Cinema in San Francisco. Other details and information available at: 415/267-4893, and at
http://www.landmarktheatres.com

In the new film WMD: WEAPONS OF MASS DECEPTION, Danny Schechter examines the way TV networks in America considered their non-stop coverage of the war in Iraq their finest hour, pointing to the use of embedded journalists and new technologies. But different countries saw different wars. Why? WMD explores this story with the findings of gutsy insider-turned-outsider Danny Schechter, a former network journalist and one of America's most prolific media critics. Schechter "self-embedded" himself in his living room, fastidiously monitoring and tracking TV coverage on a daily basis. The resulting film busts through so-called "objective reporting" to challenge media complicity with the government and its cooperation in presenting the Iraq War the way it did.
http://www.cinemalibrestudio.com/wmd/
http://www.wmdthefilm.com


# Artists' Television Access benefit auction
Fri Dec 10 7pm - midnight free
Signed and limited addition prints, videos, photos, paintings,
sculptures and ephemera by
established and emerging artists--all of whom have either shown or
worked at ATA over the past 20 years.
992 Valencia @ 21st http://www.atasite.org


# "2nd Sight Benefit" @ Xenodrome - save the date!
Friday, December 10 8:00 PM Xenodrome
1320 Potrero Avenue (between 25th & Cesar Chavez)
San Francisco, CA 94110 view map

More Info:
415-285-9366
http://www.xenodrome.com , http://xeno.tribe.net


# Fierce Couture and Sean Allen Fenn & the Maids of Dishonor
Fri Dec 10 9:30pm $5
Giving in to emotion and obsession, electronic musician Sean Allen Fenn
fuses dark, poetic,
indie rock with bedroom-produced electronic music and a pop
sensibility. His emotive,
dissonant- yet-desirable sound represents the furtive lifestyle of the
svelte San Francisco urbanite tinged with an innocent magnetism.
Club ID 155 Fell @ Van Ness http://www.diaf.info squidlist/
http://www.fiercecouture.com/downloads/PR112904-ClubID.html


# Opel :: Raise Up benefit friday 12-10
Friday, December 10 2004 - Sunday, December 12 2004
10:00 PM Mighty 119 Utah St. SF
http://www.opelproductions.com
Friday 10/11 Raise-up @ Mighty

http://www.opelproductions.com/archiv...00098.php

In honor of UN Human Rights Day, Friday, December 10th Opel, Spundae, Fat Souls, and Mighty come together for a special benefit event to raise money for Next Aid.

NextAid is a Los Angeles based non-profit organization dedicated to creating sustainable solutions for African children orphaned as a result of AIDS. NextAid actively links artists, musicians and the global community with some of the most impoverished and vulnerable children on the planet. By partnering with various organizations in the production of music events and other awareness raising activities, NextAid channels emergency and long-term aid to African children in need.

NextAid is committed to represent the international dance community as the charity representing an effective and practical response to the AIDS pandemic.

NextAid aims to inspire people into tangible action, taking responsibility and making a difference. We believe it is each generation's responsibility to create a better future for the next.

Please help us help others, by simply coming out to dance!

With

Garth (Wicked / Greyhound Recordings)

Syd Gris (Opel / Opulent Temple)

Melyss (Mayo / Sister SF)

Hoj (Opel / djhoj.com)

Said (Fat Souls)

@ Mighty
119 Utah St. SF

$10
100% of proceeds goes to Next Aid


#human/nature

at Cell Space, 8 pm
Dec. 10 and 11, 2004
$10 donation, no one turned away

“human/nature”is an interactive performance environment intended
to draw attention to our personal daily relationship with nature in our
landscape. We investigate the boundaries implicit in our very concept
of nature. What is human? What is nature?

The performance environment will include: improvisational dance scores
that aim to open the human bodies integral connections with the natural
world, video projections which explore architecture, depth, boundaries
and landscape, and live sculptural installation intended to open our
perceptions of human/nature.

This is a participatory event, so feel free to wear your dancing shoes
and bring an instrument.

- created by karl gillick and alexander zendzian
- video projection by tina tarpgaard and alexander zendzian
- live aerial sculpture by karl gillick

unamed is a new performance project founded by karl gillick and
alexander zendzian.



# cirKus eviKtus Dec 10-12 12:00pm-? Every day FREE
circo mutante and spaz inc, woefully present cirKus eviKtus!!!
december 10, 11th, and 12th
a celebration of life and death of creation and destruction and all
thejoy we can make of this mess!
A Benefit for the Nascent Project Relocation Plan
come down, play, demolish, and make music... and have fun!!!
that's right we're breaking the shit down, all of it!!!!
come check it out Nascent Project North
1455 Third St. (at Jones) Berkeley 1-800-GUN-NUMB
http://www.nascentproject.org
http://laughingsquid.org/squidlist/calendar


# Weapons of Mass Deception Premiere with Filmmaker
Fri, Dec 10 - Sat, Dec 11 Early Evening Shows
$10 for General Admission / $7.50 for Seniors and Children
Landmark's Embarcadero Center Cinema
One Embarcadero Center, Promenade Level
http://www.landmarktheatres.com
http://laughingsquid.org/squidlist/calendar/



### Sat Dec 11

# The Wisdom of Chakras

Saturday, December 11 2004 more on this date
11:30 AM

Location:
Change Makers Books & Gifts
6536 Telegraph Ave
Oakland, CA 94609 view map

More Info:
510-655-2405
http://www.changemakersforwomen.com
The primary chakra centers are the major energetic gateway to the human body. They are directly connected to our physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being. This workshop will explore the seven major chakras and how they relate to our overall physical health, spiritual growth, and life fulfillment. With a greater understanding of your chakras wonderful healing and spiritual awareness can be gained.

Learn how to identify:

• Emotional and spiritual blockages
• Contributing factors to ailments, depression, or physical discomfort
• Issues relating to your finances, family, relationships, or overall well-being

Then learn the tools to release these blocks through:

• Charging and balancing the Chakra
• Color, gemstone and essential oil therapies
• Reiki treatments
• Meditation
• Spiritual Coaching

Even if you already know something about the chakras, this wokshop will teach you something new!

Join me for a informative and healing workshop!

Cost: FREE WILL DONATION

To register please call 510-710-2816 or email workshops [at] moyosafi.com. Or visit http://www.moyosafi.com for more information


# Sat, Dec. 11, 2004 noon
Rally to Challenge the Tally: Recount and Re-vote
Powell and Market Streets
San Francisco


# http://www.fairnessbybeckerman.blogspot.com/

Saturday, December 11th. Rally to Change the Tally. San Francisco, CA.
12:00 Noon. Meet at Market and Powell Streets, San Francisco
- Petition Senator Barbara Boxer to challenge the legitimacy of the 2004 elections.
- Demand a revote, not just a recount, in Ohio.
- Learn more about disenfranchisement of minority voters and voting machine malfunctions in 2004.
Sponsored by the Wellstone Democrat Club of the East Bay. Contact Don Goldmacher at
dongolmacher [at] sbcglobal.net or (510) 527-1761.

****************************************************************

People-v-Ohio-n-Florida--Election 2004--Join Us!

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/People-v-Ohio-n-Florida/

****************************************************************

US Constitution, The Bill of Rights 12/15/1791;

'Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.'


# Santarchy 2004 - Santa comes to town
Sat, Dec 11
Noon and 2:00pm
Your child-like Innocence

---------North Pole transmission begin-----------

"You better watch out
You better watch out
You better watch out
You better watch out"
-Santa

WHAT TO BRING:

An unmarked drinking vessel (paper bag/flask) to
supplement bar drinks, CASH for drinks, $5.50 for
ferry (if coming from Oakland), stained and unwashed
Santa suit.

WHAT TO DO/WHAT NOT TO DO:

1. Don't fuck with Santa
2. Don't fuck with the bartenders (have money ready,
know what you want to drink or we will choose for
you... and TIP!)
3. Don't fuck with the law (of any sort...that means
pimply mall security guys on up to cops. SOMEONE
ELSE will always talk to the cops.)
4. Santa likes sluts

WHERE AND WHEN:

Oakland->Ferry->SF
------------------

* Noon - Oakland Santa Gathering
Heinhold's First and Last Chance Saloon
56 Jack London Square, Oakland

(from BART, use the 12th St. Oakland
stop and allow 20 minutes walking time.)

* 1:45 - Ferry Trip: Oakland to SF Ferry Building
Don't be late or you'll be waiting for two hours for
the next ferry.

Purchase tickets onboard the ferry - $5.50 One Way
http://www.eastbayferry.com/when/printable.html

SF->Trouble
-----------

* 2:00pm - San Francisco Santa Gathering
Eddie Rickenbacker's Saloon
133 2nd Street (at Minna) in SF

(from BART or Muni - Montgomery Station, and then
walk 1.5 blocks on 2nd St.)

* 3:00ish until city-wide curfew - Grand Santa Procession

Various high points of city fare and culture will be
visited upon by the merry Santa team, including the
black-veined crack whores who tend to the discerning
gentlemen looking for that something extra. Bring
toys, mistletoe, beer money, lube, elf-sized bondage
gear, and rubber gloves.

If you don't catch us at this point, you better have a
friend who's already with us and who will answer his
cell phone and be aware enough to tell you more than
"There's all these Santas! In a bar!".

And remember....

Don't fuck with KIDS
Don't fuck with THE LAW
Don't fuck with SECURITY
DON'T FUCK WITH SANTA

----------North Pole transmission end-----------

Venue:

Last Chance Saloon, Oakland Ferry, Eddie Rickenbacker's
56 Jack London Sq, O-town and/or 133 2nd St (at Minna), SF
Oakland, San Francisco http://www.santarchy.com


# December 11th Oakland Ashram Grand Opening Fundraiser with DJ Cheb I Sabbah

The TYI Oakland Ashram

Doors open at noon
A fundraiser to revamp the new commercial Yoga space in the Oakland TYI Ashram. $10 love donation, Simple Yogic Dinner $3. Located at 52 Hamilton Place (on the corner of Harrison and Hamilton. Open House during the day with Yoga and meditation workshops, evening dancing and lounging with DJ Cheb I Sabbah. For more info call Abra or Nandi at 510-836-7544. For more info about DJ Cheb I Sabbah, please visit http://www.chebisabbah.com
http://tantrayogainternational.org/images/flyer-oak-12-11-04.JPG

Please come and join us. Help us to spread the Tantra Yoga International vision.
We will have yoga classes , meditation, discussions on Eastern Art, and best of all an awesome Ayervedic  meal and dance party with Chebi Sabbah.


# Humane Trapping of Feral Cats SF SPCA Sat Dec 11 1:30-2:30pm
The class will be held at the SF/SPCA in the old grooming college
Alabama St @ 16th St around the corner and to the left of the
SPCA's spay/neuter clinic. basics will be covered and if time permits,
class will also cover harder to trap cats. No fee. donats apprec.
(415) 554-3071 Feral Cat Assistance Prog http://www.sfspca.org
download: http://www.sfspca.org/gifs/pdf_feralcats/feralbk.pdf


# We're having a small party before the event from 6 to 7, with a little wine and perhaps some food, so feel free to stop by early and mingle with some of SF Green Party Housing and Land Use members and others.

The Green Party Housing and Land Use Group Presents:

The November 2004 Election Results

San Francisco Housing Issues, IRV and the National Races - What did we learn and where do we go next?
With:
Matt Gonzalez, San Francisco Board of Supervisors
Steven Hill, New America Foundation and author of Fixing Elections
Ted Gullicksen, SF Tenants Union
Saturday, December 11th, 7 - 9 pm
New College of California
777 Valencia Street, San Francisco

Before Matt Gonzalez leaves the Board of Supervisors for new challenges, the Green Party Housing and Land Use working group thought this would be a good time to hear Matt's reflections on the recent national and local election results and get his thoughts about future San Francisco housing issues.

Joining Matt will be Steven Hill, chief proponent of Instant Runoff Voting used in the November 2004 Board of Supervisor races and author of Fixing Elections: the Failure of Winner Take All Politics (http://www.FixingElections.com), which has been called "the most important book on American democracy in many years." Steven and Matt will give their reflections on the recent elections nationally and locally and report on how IRV worked this year, along with strategies progressives might use in upcoming elections. They'll also discuss future improvements to San Francisco's election rules that could benefit progressive candidates and causes.

In the second half of the program Matt and Ted Gullicksen discuss San Francisco housing issues with the perspective of the 2/3 of the city's residents who are tenants. They'll address the prospects for building new affordable housing in the aftermath of the defeat of Prop A and discuss proposed changes to local landlord tenant rules in the wake of recent appellate court rulings.

As always, audience questions and dialogue with the presenters will be encouraged.

Finally, in 2005 the local Green Party will begin drafting its housing and land use platform. If you're interested in shaping the final document, contact the group with your suggestions, watch the Green Party website for upcoming meeting times or sign-up to receive periodic emails from the internal HLU working group. For details about the housing seminar series visit our HLU web page on the SF Green Party website.


# Sat Dec 11th, from 6 til 9pm, in Bel Marin Keys
65 Calypso Shores, Novato, http://www.living-foods.com
Cost: raw food dish to serve 8 and $3 don
6:00 pm start. eat at 6:15 and our speakers 7:00


# Sustain, December 11th 2004
Djs: Miles (SFDance), Kenny, Syd Gris (Opel/Opulent Temple), Solar (Sunset),
Jackson (DHP, SFDance) and more!

Live Electronic Music @10 : Kat and Kepi (Thump/Redeye Foundation)

Performance Art by Mystic Family Circus
Visuals: pix + stones
Chill Room w/ Massage
Breakfast in the morning
Zebra Sound

$9 pre-sales
$12 before 11PM; $15 after
10PM to all night
(Location will be announced in the SFDance.org newsletter and at
http://www.sfdance.org


# Nightmare Before Christmas party!
Saturday, December 11 2004 more on this date
10:00 PM
*please forward to all friendly lists and friends*

"'Twas a long time ago, longer now than it seems in a place perhaps you've seen in your dreams. For the story you're about to be told began with the holiday worlds of auld. Now you've probably wondered where holidays come from. If you haven't I'd say its time you begun, for the holidays are the result of much fuss and hard work for the worlds that create them for us. Well you see now quite simply that's all that they do, making one unique holiday especially for you. But once a calamity ever so great occured when two holidays met by mistake...."

Mistress of Evil Records presents:

~Nightmare Before Christmas~
a dark and twisted psychedelic costume extravagaanza!!
December 11, 2004

Cast of Characters:

GHREG ON EARTH (M.o.E, SF)
OCELOT (Dropout, SF)
OLOWANPI (Dropout, CH)

Special guest announcement, coming all the way from Aarhus, Denmark:
MUSSY MOODY (M.o.E, DK)
She is a brilliant psy-producer making seriously mental nitetime trance. She has been producing psytrance since 1999 when she studied at an electronic computer school in Aarhus. She currently works as a sound designer for a software firm called Koble which makes synths and samplers. She has been in several projects including Psilo Cowboys and The Dizzy Elf. She has released or has upcoming releases on Mistress of Evil Records (USA), Parvati (DK), Trishula (DE), Insomnia (RU), and Zyxm (DE). We are very very excited to share her musical madness with you. To hear samples of her music please http://www.mussymoody.dk

mwah ha ha, you crazy kids are in for a big suprise. check out her tracks and be ready!!

Art Installations by:
Nik Seizure http://www.scary-art.com
plus more TBA

Visuals by Mattbot

Your hosts, Jack The Pumpkin King and Sally, invite you to laugh, celebrate and dance your ass off with us in Halloween Town!!! All of our effort and energy is focused on creating a fun and yet mind twisting experience for you. We hope to stimulate all your senses, beyond the just aural. Embrace the theme, dress up! Watch the movie again to prepare yourself :)

Located at an underground Oakland location
10pm-7am
$15 presales (visit website for info)
$15 at door before 11pm or in full costume (theme attire please!)
$20 otherwise

For presale, directions and other info please stay tuned to our website: http://www.mistressofevil.com or call 415-820-9652. Directions/public transport info will be posted day of the party.

"Tender lumplings everywhere. Life's no fun without a good scare. That's our job but we're not mean.In our town of Halloween. Boys and girls of Halloween age,won't you like to see something strange? Come with us and you will see,this our town of Halloween...."


# http://basswaves.com Sat 12.11.04 - 10pm to 6am


Dec 11-12 KPFA craft fair http://kpfa.org

http://kpfa.org/craftsfair/pages/main.html

KPFA crafs & Music Fair

Saturday & Sunday :: December 11 & 12, 2004
10 am - 6 pm
The Concourse   
8th & Brannan Streets, San Francisco

220 thoughtfully juried craftsmakers & artists show
their best work in a warm and spirited ambiance,
with natural foods from many cultures, exceptional
international musicians performing live, and other
spirit-bringers reflecting the Bay Area’s great diversity

$8 entry * $5 seniors or disabled * under 17 free *
2-day pass $13

free shuttles 9:30 am - 6:30 pm between the
KPFA Fair & Civic Center BART (8th & Market MUNI Bus Stop) & Caltrain Station (4th & King)

Valet bicycle parking provided by the S.F. Bicycle Coalition

public information by telephone : 510-848-6767 x611

Benefits non-commercial KPFA Radio 94.1 FM

KPFA Radio 94.1FM, the first listener-supported, non-profit radio station in the U.S., was born in 1949 and is the flagship station of the Pacifica Radio Network. KPFA broadcasts throughout Northern and Central California.1929 M. L. King Jr. Way, Berkeley, CA 94704

Caroline Casey, KPFA's Visionary Activist, wearing an original felted wool hat she got at the fair in 2003 made by Lauri Chambers, Acme Hats, of Nordland, Washington. Lauri is returning for her second time to the fair. You will find her and her hats in booth 83.



### Sun Dec 12

# You are invited to the ACLU of Northern California’s Annual Bill of
Rights Day Celebration!
Please join our honored guests Congressman Mike Honda and Julian Bond,
Chair of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored
People, as we celebrate our 70th Anniversary.  
Thanks to your help, the ACLU of Northern California has been defending
civil liberties for seventy years.  We hope you will join us to
celebrate our work and the freedoms we hold dear.
2004 Bill of Rights Day Celebration
“70 Years for Justice”
Noon on Sunday, December 12, 2004
Fairmont Hotel (170 South Market Street)
San Jose, CA http://www.aclunc.org/events.html
Please join us as we honor Julian Bond with the Chief Justice Earl
Warren Civil Liberties Award for his lifelong commitment to racial
justice and equality. 
$25 per person; $15 student/low income; $300 table sponsor
(10 seats per table) RSVP: http://www.aclunc.org/events.html


# Sun Dec 12 CR!T!CaL ST!LTs http://tribe.net
Every Sunday! Meet at Panhandle @ Masonic at 2-3pm walk through and
up the HIppie Hill. We'll gather there and play around until we decide
its time to wreak havoc on the haight street bars.


# 9th Annual Naughty Santa’s Black Market

69 boutiques with Edge, Irony, and Attitude!

Sunday, December 12, 2004
4pm to Midnight
4-6p children-friendly

PRICE:
$6 at the door

WHERE:
SomArts Gallery
934 Brannan and 8th Streets,
San Francisco

EVENT HOTLINE:
(415) 695 - 9100
http://www.NaughtySantas.org

WHO:
69 Offbeat Bay Area artisans selling hand made holiday gifts for the budget-conscious shopper.

Interactive fabric arts show, “Circus” by Cloud Factory Design Collective.

Holiday spoof drag band: Smashup Derby (featuring Adrian Roberts of Blue Period), RUN DMC puppetshow, DJ Pusspuss, Stilt Walkers Fashion Show, Twisted Toy Making, and more!

Naughty Santa’s is shining a little light for today’s shoppers. They have re-worked the traditional crafts fair. This revival brings edge, irony and attitude. Choose from many one-of-a-kind gifts under $20. Or support local artists and pamper yourself with fashion, art or jewelry priced as high as your rent-check.

“This is not your grandmother’s crafts fair!!”

“It’s like a vast art gallery of eclectic fine arts”

“A feast of visual and tactile delights”

“Shopping, Partying and Entertainment!!”

Naughty Santa’s has established a 2 hour ‘family’ period (after naptime before dinner/bedtime) that is stroller and young adult friendly. We have asked the artists to respect that younger people might be viewing their art. There still may be some explaining to do. It may be the easiest way for families to experience art together.

PARTIAL LIST OF VENDORS:

Yumfactory: Comic books and toys from artist/inventor Attaboy! http://www.yumfactory.com

Sophistafunk: Funky hats with hair from Santa Barrios http://www.sophistafunksf.com

The Wrong Element: Politically in-correct tee-shirts http://www.thewrongelement.com

Jewelry and Custom Clothing from Cloud Factory Design Collective http://www.cfdesign.net

Posters and Tee-Shirts from street artist Ben Collison http://www.bencollison.com

Bangles and Baubles from performer Dee Dee Russell http://www.deedeetv.com

Side Show Sweetie Dolls from Jenny Bird http://www.jennybirdart.com

Naughty Santa's is a chance to get together and party. We are a community of artists with attitude and irony as our common themes. This is a chance to show off your art and make everybody merrier, sharing Kwanza type cheer, fueling Hanukah bliss and make some good money.

Contact us via hotline for the deets…'

============================

Silke Tudor always framed it best
http://www.sfweekly.com/issues/20...2-24/news/nightcrawler.html

“I dress in elf garb for the Naughty Santas' Black Market, just on the off chance other elves might be similarly lured. Under the auspices of Hernan and Brynne Cortez, SomArts has been transformed into less a winter wonderland than a surrealist toy shop located somewhere beyond the looking glass. In the main hall, artists peddle their wares -- hand-painted fairy wings, animated jewelry, hats adorned by antennae and fun fur, plush-toy vaginas, insuperable games, and fantastic apparel -- while self-appointed "toychitects" forage through mounds of decimated playthings, combining their parts into strangely beautiful Frankentoys using just a hot-glue gun and a few shots of peppermint schnapps. While this is an ideal setting for him, Crackhead Elf is nowhere to be seen. I wander into the theater, where Kennedy is fronting the Yuletards, a group of very off-color Christmas carolers, and I am immediately caught on the business end of a candy cane.

"We've lost our elf," says the spritely Santa-girl on the other end of my favorite peppermint confection. "Will you help us?" I glance around at the bleary-eyed Santas in her company and think better of it. It's a well-known fact among holiday miscreants that the Naughty Santas have a long-running feud with the Porn Clown Posse, and I don't want to be stuck in the middle. Sure enough, in a matter of minutes, there is a great disturbance. Lascivious clowns wearing adult undergarments and strap-on dildos descend on the Santas, shouting invectives about subnormal Santa intelligence while wielding whips and bottles of cheap clown booze. The Santas fight back. There's a smackdown in the kiddie pool. Baby bottles and grapes go flying. Greasepaint and fake white beards are everywhere. It's revolting and depressing, and, just when I think I can't take it anymore, something happens. The Santas offer the Porn Clowns a peace offering -- a black velvet clown portrait -- and the age-old rivals agree to a truce, promising from here forward to turn their aggressions to the more constructive task of slaughtering Easter Bunnies. It's a Christmas miracle. It warms the cockles of my heart (in much the way that certain appendages are warmed, whenever a Porn Clown pees in his diaper, just because he can). As peace descends over the Black Market, a troupe of living tulips gathers onstage for the Cloud Factory Design Collective's otherworldly fashion show.


# December SVO: The Free State Project
Sunday, December 12 2004 more on this date
6:00 PM

Location:
Coco's Family Restaurant
1209 Oakmead Pkwy
Sunnyvale,CA 94085 view map

More Info:
(408) 736-2895
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svo-announce/message/90
You are invited to the December SVO meeting for a presentation by Dan McGuire on the Free State Project:

The Free State Project
Liberty in our Lifetime

A lecture by
Daniel McGuire, PhD
Pacific Northwest Coordinator of the Free State Project

Are you frustrated at the loss of freedom and responsibility in America, while the growth of government and taxes continues unabated? Do you want to live where your rights are respected and where people are accountable for themselves and their dealings with others?

You're not alone. The members of the Free State Project have a practical plan to restore our liberties and roll back state interference in our lives. Come hear how. More information is also available online http://www.freestateproject.org

Sunday, December 12, 7:30pm (dinner at 6:00pm)


# Every Sunday- Firespinning at NIMBY
Sunday, December 12 2004 more on this date
8:00 PM NIMBY space 1649 28th St and Peralta Oakland
http://www.nimbyspace.org 8PM Sundays,



### Mon Dec 13

# Dec 13 2 Workshops on Flirting!
Location: SF - 600 block Valencia @ 17th, $25 each
Everyone welcome
<http://goodvibes.com/cgi-bin/sgdynamo.exe?CODIV=
02&UID= 04110911145736&H
TNAME=íucational/after_hours/index.html>

Looking to heat up your holiday parties? Want to make a New Year's
resolution to meet more people? These workshops on flirting will give you
the tips and skills you need to make it happen.

Working It and Playing Games I: An Introduction to Proactive Flirting
Monday, December 6, 8-10 pm

You may not have been born a flirt, but you can definitely learn how to
become one. "Flirt-slut" LaSara W. FireFox and co-facilitator Traci Burleigh
return to Good Vibrations to show you how to become an amazing flirt. You'll
explore overcoming blocks to effective flirting and the basics of being safe
and aware, as well as how to be sensitive to boundaries, the nuances of
all-orientations flirting, cultivating flirt-ethics and forming your
flirting style.

Working It and Playing Games II: Advanced Proactive Flirting
Monday, December 13, 8-10 pm

If you've already got the basics of flirting, but want to learn how to use
them more effectively, LaSara W. FireFox and co-facilitator Traci Burleigh
will help you do exactly that. Get the attention of an entire room of people
-- or just one person -- with comfort and confidence. Using interactive
exercises and games, as well as body awareness practices, you'll fine-tune
your own style of proactive flirting.

NEW WORKSHOP! Power Flirting
Location: SF - Valencia
Tuesday, December 14, 8-10 pm
$25, pre-registration suggested
Everyone welcome

Sometimes, flirting is all about smiles and glances, but what about when you
want to use a more direct approach? Then this is the flirting workshop for
you! LaSara W. FireFox and co-facilitator Traci Burleigh are extending their
classes on proactive flirting and are taking it to a new level. With a
variety of exercises, group discussion, interactive techniques, and guided
visualization, they'll help you find your way to be powerfully flirty and
put yourself out there so that you can get what you want.



### Tue, Dec 14

# Dec 14 Liquid Hoopdance with Christabel in San Francisco, Hoopjam by DJ Kramer!
Tuesday, December 14 2004 - Wednesday, December 15 2004
7:00 PM

Location:
Danzhaus
1275 Connecticut St
San Francisco, CA view map

More Info:
http://www.DanceHoop.com
WHAT: Finally Christabel is coming to teach Liquid Hoop Dance in San Francisco!!! Come super-undulate your body in a hour long class of chi-building exercises, fun hoop tricks, and booty bumping hoopdance -- classes emphasize qualities of movement and developing kinesthetic intelligence -- moving by feeling instead of thinking. Shaking and vocal release exercises, as well as breath awareness exercises included. Liquid Hoopdance classes are inspired by the flowing, sensual, supple movements of milk, water and honey .. come express your own unique hoopdance!
WHEN: TUESDAY December 14
TIME: Class lasts from 7-8:00, HoopJam to super deep progressive sounds of THUMP DJ Kramer
http://www.djkramer.com from 8:00-10pm.
WHO: YOU! Beginners and advanced students welcome. Register early! Space is limited.
HOW MUCH: $15 pre-register by palpal to info [at] circushoops.com or $20 drop in on a space available basis.
WHERE: Located at 1275 Connecticut St. Lots of free parking. Directions and pictures of studio
http://www.danzhaus.com/
Hoops provided for class uses and colorful hoops will be available for sale. Questions? Call Christabel at 415-515-0469. Or check out the website at http://www.DanceHoop.com



### Wed, Dec 15

Wed Dec 15 3pm Holly 1937



### Thu Dec 16

# Greetings all indie politics folks,

You are all invited to the NWPC-SF's holiday party,
set for Thursday, December 16, 7-11pm, at The Make
Out Room (3225 22nd Street, San Francisco.)

All are welcome at this soiree, which will feature
local politicos of all stripes, genders, and ages, and
offers an excellent networking opportunity in an
informal, social setting that is especially welcoming
to young people. Local women DJs will be on hand to
offer their own creative takes on Òspin control.Ó

$5 donation requested, but no one turned away for lack
of funds.

more info on NWPC-SF at:

http://www.nwpc-sf.org/


### Fri Dec 17

# Fri Dec 17 Mark your calendar! On Friday, December 17, I'll be hosting this
month's "Green Beat Music Gathering" featuring acoustic
singer/songwriters, massage, organic vegetarian food, and other fun
stuff.

(I'm right now talking with Henna tattoo artists, psychics, and hemp
clothing designers about strutting their stuff at the Gathering
too... If you're an artist, healer, or vendor, contact me about this
opportunity!)

When: 6:00 - 9:30pm, Friday December 17
Where: One Taste, 1074 Folsom (near 7th St), SF.
Cost: $10 at the door -- but see below for details on getting a 2-for-
1 deal!

Now let me tell you about this month's music... I've searched the far
corners of the Bay area for the most passionate unsigned
singer/songwriters. I've convinced them to break from their glamorous
nightclub appearances, and unveil their hearts and souls in this
intimate Gathering.

From 6:00 - 7:00pm, hang out with us at the in-house Organic Cafe,
and enjoy soups, salads, desserts, juices, and smoothies. Plus, visit
the artists, healers, and vendors I am lining up for you right now!

From 7:00 - 9:30pm, Forest Sun, Jesse Dyen, and I will perform
original songs in an intimate "round robin" atmosphere. You'll be
touched by acoustic songs about love, fear, and courage, then roused
by delicious social commentary. There will be a few open slots for
other songwriters, so come early to sign up.

A musical vagabond, Forest runs the gamut from speakeasy blues and
southern soul to reggae and folk. Jesse's songs explore the strengths
and frailties of the human condition, and employ his remarkable voice
to orchestrate a melodic, soulful brew.

If you haven't seen me perform yet, you'll be amazed at how
passionate and vulnerable I become when performing. Fans compare my
voice to Jim Morrison's, and say my songwriting falls between Billy
Joel and Andrew Lloyd Weber. You can read about all three of us at
http://www.acousticsongwriters.com/new_york_live_music_dates.htm

You can also hear our music by visiting our respective web pages at:
http://www.cdbaby.com/trevorlevine
http://www.cdbaby.com/jessedyen
http://www.forestsun.com

It's $10 at the door, but you can get a 2-for-1 advance reservation
deal by emailing reservations [at] aweber.com or filling out the form at
http://www.acousticsongwriters.com. You can check out the artists at:

NOTE: For those of you who drive, there's a gravel parking lot behind
One Taste. To access it from downtown SF, head west on Howard Street,
and after crossing 6th Street, look carefully on your left for Moss
Alley. (It's just before 7th Street.) Turn left down that alley, and
pull in the very last parking lot on your left, just before you hit
Folsom Street.

PS - Can't make this Gathering? Mark your calendar! The next three
Gatherings are scheduled for January 21, February 18, and March 18 --
and will feature new singer/songwriters each time!

PPS - If you're a singer/songwriter and want to be featured at a
future Gathering, please visit
http://www.acousticsongwriters.com/new_york_singer_songwriter_gigs.htm


# Voting "Irregularities" and the Implications for our Democracy

Friday, December 17, 2004, 7 p.m.
Ives Hall, Room 119, Sonoma State University


Dan Hamburg - former North Coast Congressman and
present Executive Director of Voice of the Environment -
currently working to expose the irregularities in the Ohio vote
and promote a fully transparent recount

Judith Volkart - attorney, board member of the American Civil
Liberties Union, teacher of constitutional law at Sonoma State
University, and a member of the Election Protection Coalition, who
worked in the Colorado Springs, CO field office during the election

Gail Jonas - attorney and mediator - supervising attorney on the
non-partisan Election Protection Coalition national voter protection
hotline

Moderated by Peter Phillips of Project Censored

$5.00 donation requested - Parking is free

Sponsored by the North Bay Spokes Network, http://www.northbayspokes.org
Project Censored, http://www.projectcensored.org
The Peace and Justice Center of Sonoma County
http://www.peaceandjusticesonomaco.org
For information call 707-664-2500
--
Peter Phillips Ph.D.
Sociology Department/Project Censored
Sonoma State University
1801 East Cotati Ave.
Rohnert Park, CA 94928
707-664-2588
http://www.projectcensored.org/














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# Winter: the profound image!!!
Saturday, December 18 2004 more on this date
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