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The Agenda of the Illuminati Part 17th of a multi-series)

by Marvin Ramire­z

­Marvin  J. Ramírez­Ma­rv­in­ R­­am­­­í­r­­ez­­­­­

NOTE FROM THE EDITOR: Given the important and historical information contained i­n this 31-page article on the history of the secret and evil society, The Illuminati, El Reportero is honored to provide our readers with the opportunity to read such a document by Myron C. Fagan, which mainstream media has labeled it a conspiracy theory. To better understand this series, we suggest to also read the previous articles published in our previous editorials.

This is the seventeenth part of the series.

The following is a transcript of a recording distributed in 1967 by Myron C. Fagan. He had hoped that if enough Americans had heard (or read) this summary, the Illuminati takeover agenda for America would have been aborted, just as Russia’s Alexander I had torpedoed the Illuminati’s plans for a One World, League of Nations at the Congress of Vienna from 1814-15. Fagan correctly describes those members of congress, the executive branch, and the judicial branch of that time as TRAITORS for their role in assisting to implement the downfall of America’s sovereignty. It’s understandable that most listeners of that period would have found it impossible to believe that the Kennedy’s, for instance, were (are) part of the Illuminati plot, but he did say that Jack had a spiritual rebirth and attempted to rescue the country from the Illuminati’s stranglehold by issuing U.S. silver certificates, which apparently greatly contributed to the Illuminati’s decision to assassinate him (his son, John Jr., was also murdered because he had intended to expose his father’s killers after he  gained public office).

— That is; all but one: the United States, the very one that Schiff and his coconspirators least expected would balk and that was their one fatal mistake in that early plot. You see; when Schiff planted Woodrow Wilson in the White House; the conspirators assumed that they had the United States in the proverbial bag. Wilson had been perfectly built up as a great humanitarian. He supposedly became established as a God-man with the American people. There was every reason for the conspirators to have believed that he would easily hornswaggled Congress into buying the “League of Nations,” sight unseen, exactly as the Congress of 1945 bought the “United Nations,” sight unseen.

But there was one man in the Senate in 1918 who saw through that scheme just as the Russian Czar did in 1814. He was a man of great political stature; almost as great as that of Teddy Roosevelt and fully as astute. He was highly respected and trusted by all members of both houses of Congress and by the American people. The name of that great and patriotic American was Henry Cabot Lodge (not the phony of today who called himself Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., until he was exposed). Henry Cabot Lodge completely unmasked Wilson and kept the United States out of the “League of Nations.”

Shortly thereafter; the Illuminati had created the 17th Amendment to do away with appointed Senators by the legislatures of the several states of the Union. Whereas the Illuminati controls the press; they now control the election of the US Senators. The Illuminati/CFR had little or no power over the individual legislatures of the several states or their appointed U.S. Senators prior to the [purported] ratification of the 17th Amendment. Although the 17th Amendment supposedly amends the method of placing Senators into the US Senate; the 17th Amendment was never ratified in accordance to the last sentence of Article V of the US Constitution.

Two states, New Jersey and Utah, voted down the proposition and nine other states never voted at all. Whereas the states of New Jersey and Utah expressly refused to relinquish their “suffrage” in the Senate while the other non-voting nine states never gave their “express” consent; the proposition for the 17th Amendment did not obtain the “unanimous” vote required for its adoption. Furthermore; the resolution that created the “Proposition” did not pass the Senate with a “unanimous” vote and as those Senators of that day were “appointed” by the legislatures of their states; those “negative” votes or “non-votes” were made in the name of their respective state.

Here it becomes of great interest to know the real reason for the Wilson League of Nations flop. As I previously stated, Schiff was sent to the United States to carry out four specific assignments:

1. Most important was to acquire complete control of the U.S. money system.

2. As outlined in the original Weishaupt Illuminati blueprint, he was to find the ­right kind of men to serve as stooges for the great conspiracy and promote them into the highest offices in our federal government, our Congress, our U.S. Supreme Court, and all federal agencies, such as the State Department, the Pentagon, the Treasury Department, etc.

3. Destroy the unity of the American people by creating minority groups strife throughout the nation; especially between the whites and blacks as outlined in Israel Cohen’s book.

4. Create a movement to destroy religion of the United States with Christianity to be the chief target or victim.

In addition; he was strongly reminded of the imperative directive of the Illuminati blueprint to achieve full control of all mass communications media to be used to brainwash the people into believing and accepting all of the maneuverings of the great conspiracy. Schiff was warned that only control of the press, at that time our only mass communications media, would enable him to destroy the unity of the American people. IT WILL CONTINUE ON THE NEXT WEEK’S EDITION.

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Religious leaders shine light on SF Hotel workers’s plight

por Mark Carney

Diferentes denominaciones religiosas participaron en una vigilia candelaria en apoyo a los trabajadores hotelres en SF.Different religious denominations participated in a candle vigil in support of hotel workers in SF.

December, for several western religions, is a month held sacred, and a month in which, perhaps not coincidentally, social harmony is especially esteemed. This past Wednesday, December 8, the Progressive Jewish Alliance (PJA) and the Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice (CLUE-San Francisco), joined Local 2, the San Francisco hotel workers’ union, in a candlelight procession around Union Square to protest the stalled contract negotiations with the luxury hotels of downtown San Francisco. The procession, consisting of eight life-size candles and a banner reading “Shine A Light on Economic Justice for 12,000 Hotel Workers”, circled Union Square, and then delivered a life-size “holiday card” to Hyatt hotel management.

The eight candles symbolized the eighth night of Hanukkah, regarding which Rabbi Julie Sax-Taller, of the PJA, said,” One aspect of the miracle we celebrate during Hanukkah is the miracle of faithÑdespite that it appeared that they had only a small supply of fuel, the people took the step of faith as they lit the lamp in the ancient Temple. We can join the workers in having faith that they are on a worthy journey toward justice and dignity in the workplace.”

Members of the local faith community, according to a press release, urged the hotel industry ” to treat workers with respect and dignity, and provide just wages and safe working conditions.” At present, contract negotiations between Local 2 and hotel management have not resulted in any signifi cant agreements. Management is insisting that workers pay more for health insurance, and that wages remain stable. Local 2, on the other hand, refuses to agree to increases in health care premiums, and would like small wage increases.

The procession ended at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, owned by the Pritzker family. While Hyatt workers across North America experienced layoffs, increased workloads, reduced hours, and increasing rates of injury, the Pritzker family cashed out over $900 million in Hyatt shares. Company performance, too, was bright, as “higher levels of corporate and group business resulted in improved  ­performance at convention and business hotels”, in the words of Hyatt CEO Mark Hoplamazian. Hilton, another of the luxury hotels with which Local 2 is negotiating, is owned by Blackstone Group, one of the largest private equity firms on Wall Street. Blackstone recently persuaded the Federal Reserve to write off $180 million of its debt, despite clearly having the resources to pay it off. Indeed, according to a recent article in the Wall Street Journal, Blackstone expects revenue to increase by 50% this year.

For workers in these hotels struggling to pay their bills, the splendor and glory of high fi nance is less comprehensible. As Caddie Lin, a housekeeper at the Grand Hyatt, said ”I don’t understand how these hotel corporations can demand unaffordable concessions from us, especially as they keep growing. We make them millions. When will they start investing in us?

 

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Obama’s healthcare scheme ruled unconstitutional

by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger

Editor of NaturalNews.com

(NaturalNews) U.S. District Judge Henry Hudson dealt a severe blow to Obamacare today, ruling that the government’s attempt to force citizens to buy health insurance violates the U.S. Constitution. This decision puts the enforceability of Obama’s health care system in doubt.

Obama’s health plan was designed around a “minimum essential coverage provision” that seeks to force every American to purchase health insurance beginning in 2014.

This is essentially a Big Brother commerce requirement where the government dictates that private citizens must purchase a product or service even if they don’t wish to. It also forces followers of natural medicine to buy into a system of drugs-and-surgery conventional medicine even if they have no intention of  ever using it.

The Constitution limits the power of federal government

The United States Constitution, which is the document that grants the federal government powers, did not grant the federal government any right to force citizens to purchase certain products or services. Obama’s health care insurance mandate, therefore, was an overreaching effort on the part of the federal government to dictate the purchasing decisions of private citizens in order to achieve a political goal.

Citizens who refused to comply with this requirement to purchase health insurance were to be punished by none other than the IRS. Fines would be issued to citizens beginning in 2014 if they failed to prove to the IRS that they had purchased health insurance.

Thus, Obama’s health care system put the IRS in charge of enforcing an unconstitutional mandate that private citizens buy something they did not want nor need.

This is what Judge Henry Hudson found to be unconstitutional. He found that the essential coverage provision “exceeds the constitutional boundaries of congressional power.”

Tenth Amendment protections He’s right, of course.

There is no such power granted to the federal government by the United States Constitution. Furthermore, the Tenth Amendment clearly states that the “powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.”

In other words, if a specific power was never granted to the federal government, then that power remains with the States or the people. Since the Constitution never granted the federal government the power to dictate that private citizens purchase health insurance — and in fact Jefferson, Franklin, Madison and other founding fathers would have been horrifi ed by such a power grab — that power remains solely with the States and the people.

What will the US Supreme Court rule?

With this ruling in place, the constitutionality of Obamacare will now likely move to the U.S. Supreme Court. The Supreme Court, of course, is the body that interprets the Constitution and decides whether modern- day laws are allowed under its provisions.

If the justices of the Supreme Court actually abide by the Constitution, they must agree with Judge Henry Hudson and strike down the minimum essential coverage provision of Obama’s health care law.

But if they choose to betray the Constitution and the People, they may decide in favor of Obamacare and thereby ratchet up the power of Big Government to control the private lives and purchasing decisions of American citizens. The Supreme Court has not always respected the language of the Constitution, of course, so it’s not yet certain how the court will rule on this subject. Most likely, the more conservative members of the Court will rule it unconstitutional.

Conventional health care is so bad that you have to threaten people if they don’t buy it

It is especially enlightening that the U.S. health care system is such an utter failure ­that the government must force citizens to buy into it under the threat of IRS penalties. If health care based on conventional drugs and surgery actually worked, you wouldn’t have to threaten the citizens with punishment if they chose not to use it. The only reason IRS agents have to be used to bully people into buying health insurance is because our modern sickcare system doesn’t work. Obama’s dictatorial approach to health care mirrors the health care system itself, in fact: Oppressive, punitive, widely hated and ridiculously ineffective.

Instead of forcing people to buy into a system that’s already broken, Obama would serve the interests of the American people far better by ending the medical racket monopoly currently being operated by Big Pharma, the FDA, the quack medical journals and corrupt doctors, and instead legalizing healing by embracing health freedom and the world of natural medicine.

It is quite fascinating that even in a system where natural medicine isn’t covered by insurance, and where natural therapies are widely discredited by the FDA, the AMA and most conventional doctors, record numbers of people seek out natural therapies anyway because they are more affordable, more effective, safer and more readily compatible with human biology.

The FDA and Big Government don’t want people to have a choice in the matter, you see. They want to force everyone to buy into the failed pharmaceutical system that enriches the drug companies, even while keeping the U.S. population suffering from record rates of degenerative disease.

That’s why we call it a “sick care” system. It’s not about health. It’s about making money off a diseased population while denying them access to natural treatments and cures that could save this nation from medical bankruptcy.

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Mexico smarts from WikiLeakes

by the El Reportero’s news services

Felipe CalderónFelipe Calderón

On 2 December, the designated publishers of the ‘WikiLeaks’ U.S. State Department cables started publishing material on Mexico. The first half dozen (of the 2,500) cables to be published show the U.S. officials to be scathing about President Felipe Calderón Hinojosa. Calderón’s wellknown sensitivity to any criticism means that the publication will further complicate U.S.-Mexican relations.

How Chávez is playing his rapprochement with Santos

The thaw in Colombian-Venezuelan relations that began when presidents Juan Manuel Santos and Hugo Chávez restored ambassadorial relations last August has been proceeding apace. Venezuela is handing over Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (Farc) guerrillas, paying accumulated debts, agreeing to joint anti-drugs and anti-kidnap efforts. Colombia is reciprocating by clamping down of gold smuggling from Venezuela and agreeing to extradite a suspected Venezuelan drug kingpin — a man Chávez is keen to get hold of for political reasons involving the U.S.

WikiLeaks gives Unasur a leg up

Among the standout diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks in late November was one sent to the U.S. State Department by the U.S. ambassador to Honduras, Hugo Llorens, stating unequivocally that the former president Manuel Zelaya (2006-2009) was illegally removed in a coup d’état on 28 June 2009. The timing of the WikiLeaks release is a perfect gift for the 12-member Union of South American Nations (Unasur), which has just approved the addition of a new democratic charter to its 2008 constitutive treaty empowering the new regional organisation to impose political and commercial sanctions against member nations for breaches of the democratic order.`

The empire with no clothes: WikiLeaks and U.S.-Latin American relations

Criticism, concern, silence, even indifference. The release of just the first few hundred of 250,000 classified U.S. State Department memos and cables by WikiLeaks on 28 Nov. elicited a varied response from Latin American governments. Venezuela’s President Hugo Chávez said the U.S. was left “naked”.

He is right. The fact that so much could be accessed and leaked might complicate international diplomacy for the U.S.. Where he is wrong is in supposing that only the U.S. was stripped bare. Many Latin Americans have a visceral suspicion of U.S. duplicity and will be surprised nothing more compromising has emerged – at least not yet. That some of their own governments are guilty of hypocrisy is more of an eye-opener, especially at a time when they are striving to deepen integration, and reduce U.S. infl uence in the region, through the Union of South American Nations (Unasur).

­Bolivia to be host to ALBA

Defense Academy Minister of Defense of Bolivia Ruben Saavedra confirmed that as of 2012 the eastern region of Santa Cruz will be the venue of the Defense Academy of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America. In remarks to state-run Cambio daily, Saavedra said that the certero f academia studies and research is being constructed in Santa Rosita del Paquio, in Warnes province.

He recalled that the presidents of each member country of ALBA will put the academy in operation to train their military and even civilians interested in defense and security. He said that the center is being constructed at the initiative of President Evo Morales put forward in the ALBA Summit of Cochabamba on Oct. 17, 2009, as a response to foreign military infl uence and the need for ALBA members to count on their own doctrine.

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Big sis wants behavior scanners at sports events, malls

by Paul Joseph Watson

Homeland Security chief Janet Napolitano admitted yesterday that body scanners would eventually find their way into U.S. public transportation, trains and boats, but Big Sis is already beta-testing technology that goes even further, by forcing Americans to undergo a behavioral interrogation before they are allowed to enter sports events, rock concerts and shopping malls.

“I think the tighter we get on aviation, we have to also be thinking now about going on to mass transit or to trains or maritime.

So, what do we need to be doing to strengthen our protections there?” said Napolitano, indicating that naked body scanners and invasive pat downs will eventually become a necessity in order to merely catch the subway or ride a bus.

Indeed, mobile body scanners have already hit the streets with “more than 500 backscatter x-ray scanners mounted in vans that can be driven past neighboring vehicles to see their contents” having been sold to government agencies,” reports Forbes. American Science & Engineering, a company based in Billerica, Massachusetts, has sold many of the devices to U.S. law enforcement agencies, who are already using them on the streets for “security” purposes.

However, body and vehicle scanners are just one tool authorities plan to implement on a widespread basis as part of our deepening decline into a hi-tech militarized police state.

Homeland Security is already implementing technology to be enforced at “security events” which purportedly reads “malintent” on behalf of an individual who passes through a checkpoint. The video below explains how “Future Attribute Screening Technology” (FAST) checkpoints will conduct “physiological” and “behavioral” tests in order to weed out suspected terrorists and criminals.

Big Sis wants to know if there are any evil thoughts inside your head before they   allow you to go about your business.

The clip shows individuals who attend “security events” being led into trailers before they are interrogated as to whether they are terrorists while lie detector-style computer programs analyze their physiological responses. The subjects are asked about their whereabouts, and if they are attempting to smuggle bombs or recording devices into the “expo,” proving that the technology is intended to be used at public events and not just airports. Individuals who do not satisfy the fi rst lie detector- style test are then asked “additional questions”. Americans will be mandated to prove to the government that they are well-behaved slaves before they are allowed to do anything. “The best thing about FAST is its portability,” points out Howard Portnoy.

“If the Big Sis has a mind, they can park an MMR (mobile miner reader—my own acronym) outside the local mall, the petting zoo … you name it, and the government will be there to tap into your brainwaves and fi nd out whether you’re naughty or nice.”

The use of such technology is not only a complete violation of the Fourth Amendment, it also eviscerates the notion of innocent until proven guilty, and therefore totally undermines everything America stands for. Given the widespread abuse witnessed in the fi rst year alone after the roll out of airport body scanners, Americans need to boycott the companies producing these systems and also resist their deployment at every turn.

­Big Sis has made it clear that everything we see in the airport, from invasive groping to body scanners to iris scans, is eventually destined to be rolled out on the streets. When this happens, people who thought they could avoid such treatment by simply refusing to fly will instead discover that their apathy has greased the skids for a total surveillance society that outstrips anything they read about in George Orwell’s 1984 or saw in movies like Minority Report.

Paul Joseph Watson is the editor and writer for Prison Planet.com. He is the author of Order Out Of Chaos. Watson is also a fill-in host for The Alex Jones Show. Watson has been interviewed by many publications and radio shows, including Vanity Fair and Coast to Coast AM, America’s most listened to late night talk show.

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Boxing

Luis Franco, Fernando Saucedo and Julio César Chávez, JrLuis Franco, Fernando Saucedo and Julio César Chávez, Jr

Saturday, Nov. 27 — at Oakland, CA (Showtime)

  • WBA su­per middleweight titles: Andre Ward vs. Sakio Bika

Wednesday, Dec. 1 — at Bali, Indonesia

  • WBA featherweight title: Chris John vs. Fernando Saucedo.

Thursday, Dec. 2 — at Paris, France

  • Jean Marc Mormeck vs. Hasim Rahman.

Friday, Dec. 3 — at Santa Ynez, CA (Showtime)

  • Lateef Kayode vs. TBA.­
  • Luis Franco vs. Leonilo Miranda.

Saturday, Dec. 4 — at Anaheim, CA (iNDEMAND)

  • Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. vs. Alfonso Gomez.
  • WBC lightweight title: Humberto Soto vs. Urbano Antillon.
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Benefit for Chilean earthquake victims

Compiled by Mark Carney

Rafael Manriquez and Ingrid Rubis will be joined by Quijerama for a performance to benefit the Chilean victims of February’s earthquake. Rafael, a native of Santiago, Chile, is known for his exquisite voice as well as his facility on many Latin American string instruments. On his ten albums, he has sung of the struggles and hopes of Latin Americans and, over the years, he has performed throughout Europe and the Americas. Quijerama is a Bay Area quintet that, in playing over thirty instruments, synthesizes the diverse genres of South American folk music into a jazzy idiom.

Art House Gallery & Cultural Center, 2905 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley. Friday, Dec. 3, at 7 p.m. Donation is $10-50. Call Harold Adler at (510) 472-3170 for more info.

Ancient Dances of India to be performed

On Saturday, Dec. 4th, Odissi Vilas will perform ancient temple dances of India. The evening will include storytelling, pallavi (pure dance), as well as moksha (dance of liberation).

On the following day, Sri Vishnu Tattva Das will teach an odissi workshop. La Peña Cultural Center, 3105 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley. 8 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 4. $13 in advance, $15 at the door. For more info call (510) 849-2568 or visit http://lapena.org.

Weekend of Flamenco

On the third weekend of December, Caminos Flamencos, a northern California flamenco company, will perform Lo Clasico , a show of traditional Iberian dance and music. Yaelisa, an Emmy-award winner and the troupe’s Artistic director, describes this show as classic in that, “ (it) is something which never goes out of style, and which can bring one to a nostalgic place. Our show this year is all of these things, with a few surprises thrown in.”

The 2010 Season Premiere is a holiday concert for the entire family that pays tribute to all things classical – Spanish classical dances using the music of Manuel de Falla, Ravel’s Bolero, and others, and the more traditional, fiery flamenco that the Company is recognized for. Yaelisa brings together 20 dancers ­and four musicians onstage for an evening of exploration into what makes something classical, whether it is the Ritual Fire Dance, a traditional Fandango, a Jerez-style Bulerias, Faure’s Pavane or Yaelisa’s signature Soleares, considered the mother of all flamenco.

Lo Clásico, is offered for three performances only on Friday & Saturday, December 17 & 18 at 8p.m., and Sunday, December 19 at 3p.m. at San Francisco’s Cowell Theatre (Fort Mason Center). Reserved Seating is $35; $25 students/seniors; $15 Children 12 and under). To purchase call (415) 345-7575 / www.fortmason.org/boxoffice.

Free Holiday Events at the SF Public Library

There are a plethora of free events being offered at the San Francisco Public Library over the next several weeks. In addition to the many craft workshops throughout the month, there will be a performance of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. On Dec. 9, 10:30 a.m., Main Library, Fisher Children’s center, 100 Larkin St., San Francisco. (415) 557-4282

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Alexis y la Orquesta Original

Alexis y la Orquesta OriginalAlexis y la Orquesta Original

This Saturday, the only woman-headed salsa orchestra in SF since 2009, comes to Roccapulco Super Club with salsa, cumbia and merengue. Alexis Guillén of Mexico, is the voice, and the leader in piano is Mario Arsenio, of Perú.

­At 3140 Mission Street, SF. For more info: alexis laorigina@hotmail.com or visit: www.facebook.com/alexisylaoriginal.

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Latin Grammy party continues with big celebrations

­by Yeshenka Baca

One of the Latino Grammy winners: (PHOTO BY GETTY IMAGES, JPISTUDIOS)One of the Latino Grammy winners.  (PHOTO BY GETTY IMAGES, JPISTUDIOS)

The Latin Grammy’s party continues: Famous singers and musicians continued celebrating their nominations and awards after the conclusion of the Latin Grammy Awards ceremony in Las Vegas on Nov. 11. Singers such as Jandy Ventura and Alex Cuba attended the After-After Party offered by Hennessy, the cognac-known brand in the Mix Restaurant & Lounge located on the terrace of Hotel Mandalay Bay of the same city.

Personalities such as Omega, the urban merengue singer, and the new R&B Latin sensation Miguel, celebrated their first appearance at the Latin Grammy Awards toasting and sharing with other nominees such as Koko, the group Banda de Turistas and Perrozompopo. N’Klabe salsa trio, singers such as Frankie J and Patio’s Sensato were present and shared cocktails with personalities like Laura Stylez, the well-known radio host.

Also, the Jabbawockeez group, which performed along with Nelly Furtado during the Latin Grammy Ceremony, kept the gyrations going on a very tight dance floor. Benny Ibarra in Miami: the Mexican singer will visit the city of Miami, between November 29th and December 2nd to launch his new album called La Marcha de la Vida.

Ibarra, who became famous with his song Cielo in 2002, interprets a duet with Mexican singer and Latin Grammy winner Lila Downs, this new song called Calaveras is “a fusion of folk-rock, cumbia, reggae, and pop, and it’s about two characters in the middle of a sensual fantasy, “a sort of dream” the singer explained. Benny Ibarra’s new album goes on sale on November 30th in the U.S.

Fernanda Romero back to the Movies: The actress, native of Mexico, is back on stage to perform on the film “Orol, el surrealista involuntario,” the first feature by director Sebastián del Amo.

The film is based on the autobiography of one of the icons of Mexican cinema, the Galician-born filmmaker John Orol, known as the “king of black cinema” and the promoter of the “cinema of Rumba” in Mexico.

In this production Romero plays Dinorah Judith, the woman who married Orol at age 16 and was with him until his death in 1988.

The actress is accompanied by Roberto Sosa, who plays Orol, and actresses Ximena González-Rubio and Gabriela de la Garza who play the rol of other two couples the filmmaker had through his life.

The group Jotdog wins a Telehit prize: Jotdog The Mexican group formed by musicians María Barracuda and Chiquis Amaro, won the Telehit prize in the category of Nueva Revelación, on Thursday Nov. 18th in Acapulco, Mexico.

The recognition comes just two weeks after this ­new musical sensation obtained an award as Revelación del Año at the Oye! Prize ceremony. Both awards are due to the album called Debut, that placed the group’s name at the top of the Mexican radio charts for a year and a half.

Jotdog, currently on tour in Mexican territory, is already recording the songs that will be part of their second album, expected in early 2011.

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Mass evictions of tenants after forclosures

Compiled by Mark Carney

Most tenants renting ­properties that are in foreclosure are in danger of being evicted, according to a report released by Tenants Together, a California organization advocating for renter’s rights. Because at least 37% of residential units in foreclosure in California are rentals, a large number of renters could face eviction.

“Banks are gobbling up millions of renter-occupied homes across the country through foreclosure. There’s no rational reason for them to kick out renters after foreclosure. They should start acting like responsible landlords”, says Dean Preston, Executive Director of Tenants Together.

Despite federal law preventing eviction of tenants in foreclosed properties—the Protectin Tenants of Foreclosure Act was passed in 2009—most banks continue to evict tenants, with the exception of JP Morgan Chase, Freddie Mac, and Fannie Mae.

“Banks will continue being landlords for years to come. Why not earn rental income, prevent homelessness, and earn the goodwill of their communities?” argues Gabe Treves, Program Coordinator for Tenants Together.

Oakland RNs demand better security at Children’s Hospital

After several incidents of compromised security at Children’s hospital, Oakland RNs are, in the course of their collective bargaining negotiations, demanding better security at work. On two occasions in recent months, armed individuals entered the emergency room; in one of those incidents, a RN and a ward clerk were held hostage.

While noting the recent killing of a RN at Contra Costa Regional Medical Center, Martha Kuhl says, “Nurses want to be able to concentrate on our patients’ care and not do double duty as security personnel. By introducing the proposal in negotiations we hope the Hospital will decide to work with us cooperatively to make our workplace safe for our patients, their families and all hospital employees.”

Comercia Bank donates $30,000 to food banks

Comercia Banks has donated $30,000 to California non-profit agencies that deliver meals and holiday turkeys to people in need. In the Bay area, the San Francisco Food Bank received $5,000, as did the Second Harvest Food Bank in Santa Clara County.

“Thanksgiving represents not only a time of thanks, but a time when families gather around the table for a wonderful celebratory meal,” says Crystal Ulrich, associate director of donor services and campaigns for Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo counties. “Unfortunately for many in our community, funds simply aren’t available to purchase the food we think of for a traditional Thanksgiving meal. Comercia Bank’s gift of $5,000 will help provide Thanksgiving meals to thousands of families in Santa Clara County.”

Jeffrey Smith interview on GMO food

Jeffrey smith, author of Seeds of Deception, a book detailing the dangers of GMO (genetically modifi ed) food, is disturbed by President Obama’s lack of policies regarding GMO.

During his presidential campaign, Smith notes, he had promised to force agribusiness to label all GMO food as such. Upon election, however, he appointed several pro-GMO executives to the USDA and the FDA. Watch the interview at http://dpprogram.net

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