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Saying sorry is not enough. That’s the message Mexican human rights and women’s activists are sending to the US-based cosmetics company MAC. At a Mexico City press conference this week, activists announced a boycott of MAC to protest the trendy company’s unveiling last month of a new product line that stirred memories of the Ciudad Juarez women’s murders. 

In flashy form, the lipsticks and nail polishes were dubbed “Ghost Town,” Quinceanera,” “Factory,” and  “Juarez,” among others. 

by Julianne Hing

Saturday, July 10, 2010

posted by Jim Sills

UPDATE…. 7 am, Saturday, July 10, 2010 Riverside County just put up another new vote count at 6 a.m. today. They tabulated just 5 votes in SD 40… and all 5 of them went to Juan Vargas.

That puts Juan Vargas at +22 overall in the sprawling 3-county district….
Juan Vargas now… 24,282…. while Mary Salas …24,260

Juan Vargas is clinging to a 12-vote lead over Assemblywoman Mary Salas, but there are still 12,500 disputed ballots in Riverside County that have not been counted — and may not ever be counted.Erica Felci reports it is unknown how many of those ballots, if any, are within SD 40.

“The Riverside County Democratic Party will ask a judge today to stop the county registrar from certifying the June 8 election results and demand the 12,500-plus late-arriving ballots get counted.

Friday, June 25, 2010

Posted by Jim Sills
Reprinted from San Diego Rostra (http://sdrostra.com)

Completing an astonishing week-long comeback , Juan Vargas today claimed the LEAD over rival Mary Salas in their classic 40th district Democratic primary.

 San Diego’s Registrar posted new results minutes ago.  No updates yet today in Riverside or Imperial counties.

 The new overall totals for the three-county district are…. Vargas….24,079…. Salas…. 24,073.

The margin between winning and losing has shrunk to a single vote.