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- Climate Change Threatens California Water Supply
  Posted by Jeff from Environmental News Network
  California's tallest mountain range, the Sierra Nevada, may lose nearly all its snowpack by the end of the century, threatening a water crisis in the nation's most populous state, a leading scientist and Nobel laureate said.
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- California jails offer cell upgrades — for the right price
  Posted by Jeff from Seattle Times
  For offenders whose crimes are usually relatively minor (carjackers should not bother) and whose bank accounts remain lofty, a dozen or so city jails across the state offer pay-to-stay upgrades. Theirs are a clean, quiet, if not exactly sought-after, alternative to the standard county jails, where the walls are bars, the fellow inmates are hardened and privileges are few.
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- Microsoft Opposing California Open Doc Bill
  Posted by Jeff from Slashdot
  "Microsoft is going through its email and phone lists asking people to support their opposition to California A.B. 1668 — 'Open Document Format, Open Source' — by writing to the California Assemblymen involved in this bill (contact info in the link). Apparently they fear that California will join Massachusetts in wanting documents based on open standards in their government. Let's see if this community can raise as much support for the California ODF bill as Microsoft can raise opposition."
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- California Seeks to Ban Investment in Iran
  Posted by Jeff from New York Times
  California pension divestments broke ground on apartheid, here not as clear: “They’ve got a president that is talking one day about having nuclear bombs and saying he’s not the next day, and taking hostages,” he said on Friday, referring to the Iranian capture of 15 British sailors and marines. “I’m not saying that we should take a foreign policy stance; I’m saying it’s not a good place to invest our money.”
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- WP: Calif. leads in energy conservation
  Posted by Jeff from MSNBC
  "California really represents what the rest of the country could do if it paid a bit more attention to energy efficiency," says Greg Kats, managing principal at Capital E, an energy and clean-technology advisory firm. "California is the best argument we have about how to very cost-effectively both reduce energy consumption and cut greenhouse gases.
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- Parents Claim Victory as California Bill to Ban Spanking is Shelved
  Posted by Jeff from Lifesite
  "This home-invasion bill has been stopped cold by parents and grandparents who know that to love children is to discipline them and show them the way to live," said Randy Thomasson, president of Campaign for Children and Families (CCF), a leading nonprofit, nonpartisan California-based pro-family organization, which has been strongly opposing...
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- Buying 'dirty power' in Calif. illegal - Oil & Energy
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  California regulators approved rules Thursday banning power companies from buying electricity from high-polluting sources, including most out-of-state coal-burning plants.
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elizabeth3405 comments on:
Apple gives $100,000 to fight California gay marriage ban

I see, thanks for enlightening me… maybe I’m just glad Apple could help the cause on one level or another… ;)

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7:17 pm 10/31/08
j1o2n3a4s5 comments on:
Apple gives $100,000 to fight California gay marriage ban

it’s because apple has a high percentage or homosexual employes and a ceo that is. makes sence they would stick up for their human rights against this mormon financed campain.
mormons are some suck ****s.
other wise apple is a dispicable company that engages on protectionist monopolization and acult practices while at the same time being a better windows PC than a OSX intel box ;)

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4:27 pm 10/30/08
elizabeth3405 comments on:
Apple gives $100,000 to fight California gay marriage ban

Apple is the cherry pie, those who oppose are the pits.

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10:59 am 10/26/08
pongpong comments on:
Apple gives $100,000 to fight California gay marriage ban

Big brother G, bravo!!

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12:06 am 10/26/08
srebrenicagenocideinfo comments on:
Apple gives $100,000 to fight California gay marriage ban

Oh WAIT! I misunderstood this news… They are doing a GOOD THING! They are NOT opposing gay marriage, but they are opposing BAN on gay marriages! Ok! I am buying MacBook!!!!!

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11:47 pm 10/24/08
srebrenicagenocideinfo comments on:
Apple gives $100,000 to fight California gay marriage ban

Wow! Unbeliavable. I can’t believe it. Damn you Apple. I am not buying MacBook! Purchase cancelled!

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11:46 pm 10/24/08
Jeff comments on:
Social Investing: The Golden State's not-so-golden goose

These cash differences are quite small for investment funds of this size. The costs of investing in smoking may be even higher. Investing responsibly isn’t free. Investing in damaging industries is also not free, the costs are just externalized and borne by taxpayers and the environment later. This article is very poorly written.

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4:24 pm 7/16/08