Wednesday, April 08, 2015

Secretary of State Kerry explains the Iran deal



Kerry makes a stout defense of the deal. The only incredible thing about Kerry has always been his hair. An old white guy with hair like that? But I suppose the Republicans have always known that the hair was real. Getting caught wearing a rug would have been more damaging to Kerry than the Swift Boat lies.

See also this.

The US Fact Sheet on the deal.

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2014: 31 homeless people died in SF last year
















Based on the Department of Public Health's Homeless Death Forms, these 31 homeless people died in San Francisco in 2014 (The previous year's count was 23):

Name: Alfred Jeter
Date of Death: 1/03/14
Place of Death: Southbound 280
Circumstances of Death: Ped vs. Auto
Birthdate: 5/06/14
Sex: Male
Race/Ethnicity: Black

Name: Antonio Flores
Date of Death: 1/08/14
Place of Death: I.F.O. 1200 Hollister Ave.
Circumstances of Death: IPV
Birthdate: 10/02/73
Sex: Male
Race/Ethnicity: White Hispanic

Name: Lou Ellen Bass
Date of Death: 1/11/2014
Place of Death: Friend’s Residence
Circumstances of Death: Poss. Drug Rela
Birthdate: 10/02/53
Sex: Female
Race/Ethnicity: White

Name: Charles Stevens
Date of Death: 1/13/14
Place of Death: IFO 1680 Bay Street
Circumstances of Death: IPV
Birthdate: 7/27/46
Sex: Male
Race/Ethnicity: White

Name: John Doe #6
Date of Death: 1/18/14
Place of Death: IFO 3550 16th Street
Circumstances of Death: IPV
Birthdate: 
Sex: Male
Race/Ethnicity: White

Name: John Doe #8
Date of Death: 445 O’Farrell Street
Place of Death:
Circumstances of Death:
Birthdate:
Sex: Male
Race/Ethnicity: White

Name: Tilmon Brooks Jr.
Date of Death: 1/27/14
Place of Death: CPMC
Circumstances of Death:
Birthdate: 4/11/42
Sex: Male
Race/Ethnicity: Black

Name: Jacob Boatright
Date of Death: 3/15/14
Place of Death: Outside, Western Addit
Circumstances of Death: App. Hanging
Birthdate: 12/24/81
Sex: Male
Race/Ethnicity: White

Name: Phat Sin
Date of Death: 4/05/14
Place of Death: St. Francis
Circumstances of Death: Unknown
Birthdate: 1/07/50
Sex: Male
Race/Ethnicity: Asian

Name: Donald Smith
Date of Death: 4/06/14
Place of Death: I.F.O. 2505 3rd Street
Circumstances of Death: IPV
Birthdate: 3/26/1959
Sex: Male
Race/Ethnicity: Black

Name: Rene Hilton
Date of Death: 4/15/2014
Place of Death: IFO Storage Unit
Circumstances of Death: 
Birthdate: 2/06/59
Sex: Male
Race/Ethnicity: Black

Name: Salvador Vargas
Date of Death: 4/17/2014
Place of Death: Potter Hotel
Circumstances of Death:
Birthdate: 6/09/66
Sex: Male
Race/Ethnicity: Other

Name: David Winn
Date of Death: 4/17/2014
Place of Death: VA Hospital Heli Pad
Circumstances of Death: Unknown
Birthdate: 12/03/64
Sex: Male
Race/Ethnicity: White

Name: Wendy Thomas
Date of Death: 4/21/14
Place of Death: IFO 150 Valencia Street
Circumstances of Death: Jumper
Birthdate: 1/25/64
Sex: Female
Race/Ethnicity: White

Name: Adam Erb
Date of Death: 5/04/14
Place of Death: Great Highway and JFK
Circumstances of Death: IPV
Birthdate: 12/08/70
Sex: Male
Race/Ethnicity: White

Name: Joseph Woods
Date of Death: 6/21/14
Place of Death: SFGH
Circumstances of Death: Fall
Birthdate: 7/21/56
Sex: Male
Race/Ethnicity: Black

Name: De Audry Carr
Date of Death: 6/25/14
Place of Death: 5th Street Exit of Interstate 8
Circumstances of Death: MVC
Birthdate: 4/13/71
Sex: Male
Race/Ethnicity: Black

Name: Ian Muraguri
Date of Death: 6/05/14
Place of Death: UCSF Medical Center
Circumstances of Death: 
Birthdate: 7/03/64
Sex: Male
Race/Ethnicity: Other

Name: Mark Vellez
Date of Death: 8/31/14
Place of Death: Mission Inn, 5630 Mission
Circumstances of Death: Unknown
Birthdate: 10/03/58
Sex: Male
Race/Ethnicity: White Hispanic

Name: Ivory Walker
Date of Death: 9/07/14
Place of Death: 140 Jones Street #509
Circumstances of Death: Possible Drug Relate
Birthdate: 4/29/56
Sex: Male
Race/Ethnicity: Black

Name: Ryan Flint
Date of Death: 9/18/14
Place of Death: Galindo Avenue and Ch
Circumstances of Death:
Birthdate: 12/16/79
Sex: Male
Race/Ethnicity: White

Name: Joseph Briones
Date of Death: 9/24/14
Place of Death: 865 Market Street
Circumstances of Death: App. OD
Birthdate: 12/06/81
Sex: Male
Race/Ethnicity: White Hispanic

Name: Cynthia Nowicki
Date of Death: 10/01/14
Place of Death: Across from 88 King St.
Circumstances of Death: 
Birthdate: 11/13/74
Sex: Female
Race/Ethnicity: White

Name: John Doe #82
Date of Death: 10/10/14
Place of Death: Lake Merced
Circumstances of Death: IPV
Birthdate: 
Sex: Male
Race/Ethnicity: White

Name: Gerardo Usi
Date of Death: 10/24/14
Place of Death: 165 Turk Street 1st floor hall
Circumstances of Death: Sudden Collapse
Birthdate: 4/19/68
Sex: Male
Race/Ethnicity: Asian Filipino

Name: Guillermo Alamo
Date of Death: 11/02/14
Place of Death: CPMC, St. Luke’s
Circumstances of Death: Drug Related
Birthdate: 4/26/1950
Sex: Male
Race/Ethnicity: White Hispanic

Name: Donald Felton
Date of Death: 11/04/14
Place of Death: Sidewalk @ 400 block
Circumstances of Death: Unknown
Birthdate: 1/12/75
Sex: Male
Race/Ethnicity: White

Name: Henok Ayele
Date of Death: 11/05/14
Place of Death: IFO 34 Turk Street
Circumstances of Death: Ped vs Auto
Birthdate: 8/02/79
Sex: Male
Race/Ethnicity: Black

Name: John Doe #92
Date of Death: 11/11/14
Place of Death: Pier 22
Circumstances of Death: Floater
Birthdate: 
Sex: Unknown
Race/Ethnicity: Unknown

Name: Roger Cruz
Date of Death: 11/15/14
Place of Death: SFGH
Circumstances of Death: Stabbing
Birthdate: 10/08/89
Sex: Male
Race/Ethnicity: White Hispanic

Name: Tai Lam
Date of Death: 11/24/14
Place of Death: IFO 130 Sutter Street
Circumstances of Death: Blunt force
Birthdate: 11/20/47
Sex: Male
Race/Ethnicity: Asian

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The drought and hamburgers



From the above video:

KIP ANDERSEN: I found out that one quarter pound hamburger requires over 660 gallons of water to produce. Here I’ve been taking the short showers trying to save water and to find out just eating one hamburger is equivalent of showering two entire months. So much attention is given to lowering our home water use, yet domestic water use is only 5% of what is consumed in the U.S. versus 55 percent for animal agriculture. That’s because it takes upwards of 2500 gallons of water to produce one pound of beef. I went on the government’s Department of water resources save our water campaign where it outlines behavior changes to help conserve our water like using low flow shower heads, efficient toilets, water saving appliances, and fix leaky faucets and sprinkler heads, but nothing about animal agriculture. When added up, all of the government’s recommendations, I was saving 47 gallons a day but still that is not even close to the 660 gallons of water for just one burger.

From Alternet

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Republican: "My political party wants war" with Iran



The Iranian people want peace.

Thanks to Harry's Place and Daily Kos.

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