Hot off the Press: Colonialists trying to be friendly edition

This LAT investigation found that California state welfare debit cards are accepted at many Golden State casino ATMs: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-welfare-casinos-20100624,0,6190326.story.

The Charles Maclay Middle School in Pacoima sits in a pretty bad neighborhood: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-outthere-20100623,0,7911336.story.

This is a little late: a series of LAT articles regarding the events commemorating the 100th anniversary of Mark Twain's death: http://www.latimes.com/travel/la-tr-twain-20100627,0,887312.story and http://www.latimes.com/travel/la-tr-twainsidebar-20100627,0,249407.story. The centennial of Twain's death was April 21. Totally late.

The Golden State is doomed, but in the meantime its political candidates are promising a return to its utopian past...without raising taxes: http://www.latimes.com/la-fi-hiltzik-20100627,0,1036557.column.

I'm not sure why the NYT dug this up, but here is an archive op-ed from around the time of the Hillsborough Disaster in England: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/27/opinion/27opclassic.html. Many in the UK would say that although Hillsborough brought many good changes in the sport, it likely ushered in the spirit crushing corporatism and family-friendly label given to soccer in England.

Thanks to loosened municipal restrictions, golf carts are becoming a popular mode of transportation within small towns in Eastern Iowa: http://www.kcrg.com/news/local/97260634.html.

The FDA has told meat producers to stop using antibiotics to promote livestock growth and reserve its use only to assure animal health: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-fda-antibiotics-20100629,0,4918781.story. Only for animal health, eh? Basically, nothing will change. Given the diet and living conditions we force on them, livestock need antibiotics to just survive before slaughter.