http://bravenewfilms.org/topics/sacramento 2008-10-07T12:19:08Z http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/42200-noah-feeds-himself 2008-10-07T12:19:08Z zoee2102 <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/msjS8MWK_8I&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/msjS8MWK_8I&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/42200-noah-feeds-himself"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/47621" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>My grandson Noah feeding himself...he's such a big boy! Also, Noah on Good Day Sacramento.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/42200-noah-feeds-himself">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/40143-memorial-day-free-speech-victory 2008-06-07T09:36:51Z LiberalViewer <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/r5sTVkwySzw&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/r5sTVkwySzw&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/40143-memorial-day-free-speech-victory"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/45300" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>As a member of the board of the Sacramento County Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), I was honored to help bring about the Memorial Day VICTORY for free speech on the Capitol Mall medians that I describe in this video.</p> <p>You can find more information about the Iraq Body Count flag display pictured in this video at: <a href="http://www.iraqbodycountexhibit.org/">www.iraqbodycountexhibit.org</a> </p> <p>You can find more details about the Sacramento Coalition to End the War's fight to put up that flag display (and some still photos I used in my video) at: <a href="http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/05/18/18500072.php">www.indybay.org</a> </p> <p>You can find video of the two sessions of the Sacramento City Council from which I took clips for my video at: <a href="http://sacramento.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=8&amp;clip_id=1537">sacramento.granicus.com</a> </p> <p>And at: <a href="http://sacramento.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=8&amp;clip_id=1543">sacramento.granicus.com</a> </p> <p>You can find the local CBS news affiliate story on the flag display from which I took a short clip for my video at: <a href="http://cbs13.com/video/?id=33798@kovr.dayport.com">cbs13.com</a> </p> <p>And, finally, you can find more information about the Sacramento County Chapter of the ACLU at <a href="http://www.aclusac.org">www.aclusac.org</a> </p> </div> <a href="/blog/40143-memorial-day-free-speech-victory">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/26598-sacramento-peace-festival 2008-07-16T16:58:47Z Michael Stavros <embed style="width:375px; height:308px;" id="VideoPlayback" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=-5662149460042532594&hl=en" flashvars=""> </embed> <a href="http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/26598-sacramento-peace-festival"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/thumbnail_pic/28594" style="border: solid 1px black; margin-right: 7px; margin-top: 3px;" align="left" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Guest speakers, bands, rappers and song writers come together for the Sacramento Peace Festival, aimed at building awareness and unity for a peaceful world.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/26598-sacramento-peace-festival">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/26587-4th-year-anniversary-of-the-invasion-of-iraq 2008-06-10T09:37:09Z Michael Stavros <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/lXhRiy63mOg&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/lXhRiy63mOg&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/26587-4th-year-anniversary-of-the-invasion-of-iraq"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/28584" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>On March 17, 2007, people of Sacramento gathered to protest the Bush Administration and the Iraq War, marking the 4th anniversary of the US led invasion. (08:20)</p> </div> <a href="/blog/26587-4th-year-anniversary-of-the-invasion-of-iraq">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/25032-fair-for-sacramento-bee-to-ignore-murder-victims-families-against-the-death-penalty 2008-06-11T21:29:58Z LiberalViewer <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/0buIIUcyCR0&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/0buIIUcyCR0&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/25032-fair-for-sacramento-bee-to-ignore-murder-victims-families-against-the-death-penalty"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/27051" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>When the California Commission on the Fair Administration of Justice held hearings last week on the fairness of the death penalty, I didn't expect all the details of more than 6 hours of hearings to be covered in my local newspaper, the Sacramento Bee. I was surprised, however, to see the Sacramento Bee article covering the hearings did not even mention the many murder victim family members who oppose the death penalty who spent all day at that hearing to share the stories I excerpt in my video. Instead, the Sacramento Bee only quoted a murder victim family member supporting the death penalty who did not even speak at the hearing.</p> <p>The online version of the Sacramento Bee article I am criticizing is available at: <a href="http://www.sacbee.com/111/story/626308.html">www.sacbee.com</a> </p> <p>Video of the entire January 10, 2008, hearing is available from the California Channel at: <a href="http://www.calchannel.com/MEDIA/0110A.asx">www.calchannel.com</a> </p> <p>Also, more information about the California Commission on the Fair Administration of Justice is available at: <a href="http://www.ccfaj.org/">www.ccfaj.org</a> </p> <p>Finally, a lot more testimonials from victims of crimes seeking alternatives to the death penalty are available at: <a href="http://www.californiacrimevictims.org/">www.californiacrimevictims.org</a></p> </div> <a href="/blog/25032-fair-for-sacramento-bee-to-ignore-murder-victims-families-against-the-death-penalty">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/11672-hate-crimes-workshop-by-sacramento-police-department 2008-06-17T09:30:49Z LiberalViewer <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/omn6D5Emcgg&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/omn6D5Emcgg&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/11672-hate-crimes-workshop-by-sacramento-police-department"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/11781" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p></p> </div> <a href="/blog/11672-hate-crimes-workshop-by-sacramento-police-department">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/9180-is-a-cat-stuck-in-a-tree-really-news 2008-06-05T21:29:50Z LiberalViewer <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/coCXDI-GdZg&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/coCXDI-GdZg&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/9180-is-a-cat-stuck-in-a-tree-really-news"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/9255" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>After some feedback I got on my "soft news" analysis of the renetto-gregsolomon controversy, I noticed a 17 second clip from the Fox TV comedy "The Simpsons" also raised this serious issue. Juxtaposed with a questionable news teaser from my local NBC affiliate, these two clips lead to two serious questions I pose at the end of my video.</p> <p>The 17 second clip from "The Simpsons" is taken from episode 1807 titled "Ice Cream of Margie (With The Light Blue Hair)" that originally aired on November 26, 2006 and is described in greater detail at: <a href="http://www.thesimpsons.com/episode%5Fguide/1807.htm">www.thesimpsons.com</a> </p> </div> <a href="/blog/9180-is-a-cat-stuck-in-a-tree-really-news">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/9169-don-t-drink-too-much-water-mom-of-3-is-dead 2008-06-05T21:29:52Z LiberalViewer <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/B7ATJ3Hv3gI&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/B7ATJ3Hv3gI&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/9169-don-t-drink-too-much-water-mom-of-3-is-dead"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/9244" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>The suspected water intoxication death of Jennifer Lea Strange reported here in Sacramento over the weekend was very sad. Some of the coverage and the facts, however, made the story even sadder, as I show in this video.</p> <p>The short clip from my local ABC news affiliate KXTV channel 10 comes from a longer segment available at: <a href="http://www.news10.net/includes/buildasx.aspx?fn=/january2007/011307/radio-death-sat.wmv">www.news10.net</a> </p> <p>The Sacramento Bee stories I reference are available at Sacbee.com with a free registration, or, much further news info is available at: <a href="http://news.google.com/news?client=safari&amp;rls=en&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;tab=wn&amp;ncl=1112701123&amp;hl=en">news.google.com</a> </p> </div> <a href="/blog/9169-don-t-drink-too-much-water-mom-of-3-is-dead">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/9167-radio-contest-death-who-is-to-blame 2008-06-05T21:29:56Z LiberalViewer <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/kXEAx9vhQms&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/kXEAx9vhQms&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/9167-radio-contest-death-who-is-to-blame"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/9242" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>This video follows up on my previous one detailing the sad death of Jennifer Lea Strange from suspected water intoxication reported in Sacramento last weekend. Since that last video, the Sacramento Bee has obtained audio recordings of the radio show available at: <a href="http://www.sacbee.com/static/newsroom/kdndslides/">www.sacbee.com</a> </p> <p>These recordings have led to a criminal investigation and some further questions from me about the case</p> <p>Some of the background footage in this video was taken from stories on the website of my local ABC news affiliate, KXTV available at: <a href="http://www.news10.net/includes/buildasx.aspx?fn=/january2007/011307/radio-death-sat.wmv">www.news10.net</a> </p> <p>And at: <a href="http://www.news10.net/includes/buildasx.aspx?fn=/january2007/011707/radio-death-wed.wmv">www.news10.net</a> </p> </div> <a href="/blog/9167-radio-contest-death-who-is-to-blame">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/9161-can-a-public-library-screw-your-constitutional-rights 2008-06-05T21:30:01Z LiberalViewer <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/HSkWN5eIxWM&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/HSkWN5eIxWM&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/9161-can-a-public-library-screw-your-constitutional-rights"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/9236" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Politicians often VOTE to screw folks' constitutional rights, but you don't often see them SAY they are doing it while they do it. In the statement caught here for which she later apologized, Sacramento City Councilwoman Bonnie Pannell revealed just such an attitude behind her vote to censor adults viewing constitutionally protected material using internet access in public libraries.</p> <p>For more information about the unconstitutional internet access policy adopted by the Sacramento Public Library Authority, see agenda item 7.1 and accompanying materials at: <a href="http://www.saclibrary.org/about_lib/auth_board/070322/agenda_03_22_07.pdf">www.saclibrary.org</a> </p> <p>The Sacramento Bee coverage of the March 22, 2007 hearing of the Sacramento Public Library Authority was available at the time of this upload at: <a href="http://www.sacbee.com/101/story/142825.html">www.sacbee.com</a> </p> </div> <a href="/blog/9161-can-a-public-library-screw-your-constitutional-rights">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/7512-sacto-goes-sicko-michael-moore-meets-with-legislators 2008-06-13T09:34:50Z Michael Moore <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/R-ESWJNlN3I&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/R-ESWJNlN3I&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/7512-sacto-goes-sicko-michael-moore-meets-with-legislators"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/6799" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Michael Moore goes to the California state Capitiol seeking to upend the greedy, for profit U.S. health care system.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/7512-sacto-goes-sicko-michael-moore-meets-with-legislators">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/7511--sicko-in-sacto-mike-and-nurses-rally-for-care 2008-06-14T15:30:54Z Michael Moore <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/3OmAsXmyVeQ&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/3OmAsXmyVeQ&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/7511--sicko-in-sacto-mike-and-nurses-rally-for-care"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/6798" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Michael Moore and nearly 1,000 nurses rally to upend the greedy, for-profit, private health insurance industry. More to cure what ails you at <a href="http://www.michaelmoore.com/">www.michaelmoore.com</a> </p> </div> <a href="/blog/7511--sicko-in-sacto-mike-and-nurses-rally-for-care">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/7509-michael-moore-talks-sicko-on-nightline-part-1 2008-06-17T09:32:05Z Michael Moore <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/tOpc2I6-9e0&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/tOpc2I6-9e0&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/7509-michael-moore-talks-sicko-on-nightline-part-1"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/6796" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>More 'SiCKO' news at <a href="http://www.michaelmoore.com/sicko/">www.michaelmoore.com</a> .</p> </div> <a href="/blog/7509-michael-moore-talks-sicko-on-nightline-part-1">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/7510-michael-moore-talks-sicko-and-more-on-nightline-6-13-07 2008-06-16T21:31:19Z Michael Moore <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/YdSvrz9s5ys&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/YdSvrz9s5ys&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/7510-michael-moore-talks-sicko-and-more-on-nightline-6-13-07"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/6797" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>More 'SiCKO' news at <a href="http://www.michaelmoore.com/sicko/">www.michaelmoore.com</a> </p> </div> <a href="/blog/7510-michael-moore-talks-sicko-and-more-on-nightline-6-13-07">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/7508-michael-moore-talks-sicko-on-nightline-part-2 2008-09-21T22:50:59Z Michael Moore <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/jPmn6XcgBBs&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/jPmn6XcgBBs&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/7508-michael-moore-talks-sicko-on-nightline-part-2"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/6795" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>More 'SiCKO' news at <a href="http://www.michaelmoore.com/sicko/">www.michaelmoore.com</a> .</p> </div> <a href="/blog/7508-michael-moore-talks-sicko-on-nightline-part-2">Watch the video</a>