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LI Blizzard Juno 2015: Our Riverhead home in snow

Posted on January 27, 2015 by iwilder

Blizzards can be fun, if you are safe and warm inside. I work at a nursery school, so we knew we were off work the day before.

Wanted to share my fun photos of our Riverhead house and neighborhood from the blizzard. Both doors were covered with snow. Though, it was fluffy enough to push aside.

You can see our whole Flickr album here: Long Island Blizzard 2015, gallery.

Filed under: Environment, Global Warming, local, long island, Long Island news, new york, News, Photos, Riverhead, suffolk county | Tagged: 2015, blizzard, blizzard 2015, juno, Long Island blizzard, snow, Weather, winter | Leave a Comment »

LI Winter 2015 Music

Posted on January 15, 2015 by iwilder

Bill Staines

Our Times Coffeehouse

Bill Staines

www.acousticmusic.com/staines/index.htm

Third Friday January 16 at 8PM. $15 donation

http://www.ourtimescoffeehouse.org

Ethical Humanist Society of Long Island, 38 Old Country Road Garden City, Meadowbrook Parkway Exit M1 Old County Rd. West about 1.5 miles going past Roosevelt Field, County Court House & Offices. Ethical Humanist Society on Left (South) Side Just passed the Garden City Water Tower. When you have gone too far Old Country Rd turns North, becomes Herricks Rd and goes under the LIRR

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+ Third Fri Jan 16, 2015 Bill Stains + Third Fri Feb 20 Gathering Time: Gathering Time’s WinterFolk (a program of special songs for the snow season) + Third Fri Mar 20 + Third Fri Apr 17 + Third Fri 15 + Check Fri June + Sept 18 The Kennedys + Oct 16 Spuyten Duyvil + Nov 20 Claudia Schmidt

Filed under: Calendar, events, local, Long Island Music, long island music scene, music, News, suffolk county | Tagged: Bill Staines, Charlie Backfish, Christine Lavin, Claudia Schmidt, Dee Harris, gathering time, harry chapin, peacesmiths, Spuyten Duyvil, The Kennedys | Leave a Comment »

Eleven Reasons To Love Antique and Vintage Jewelry

Posted on December 12, 2014 by kwilder

For those of us who already love vintage jewelry, we don’t need any more reasons to hunt it down, wear it, and gift it. Though, if you haven’t included vintage in your wardrobe, yet, or you are still mulling over holiday gift ideas, we wanted to give a shout out for how vintage jewelry can add sparkle to your life and help save the world!

Vintage Jewelry

1. “A thing of beauty is a joy forever.” – Keats. You will always look beautiful wearing a graceful cameo, or something elegant with pearls.

1b. Something unique and funky will stand out in any era. (Didn’t want to forget those of us who like Retro, Kitsch, and/or the Austin Powers influence.)

2. “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle” makes the world a better place. Vintage fashion is inspired reuse. And, crafts that make old jewelry into new are an artsy way to recycle (upcycle).

3. An Antique or Vintage piece is often unique or one-of-a-kind. Sometime, you may have the only piece like it left in existence. Though, at least you can be fairly certain that no one else at the party will have the same thing!

4. Put your money where you heart is. Buying vintage items take money away from big corporations and mass market spending, and diverts resources to more local businesses and artful marketplaces.

4b. Vintage and Antique jewelry supports ethical buying. There are no worries about new impacts regarding unfair trade or cruelly mined gemstones. Read more »

Filed under: Ecology, Environment, green, Holidays, News, personal, social & economic justice, sustainable | Tagged: antique jewelry, buy local, celebrity fashion, Christmas gifts, eco gifts, holiday gifts, Kate Middleton Fashion, Mary-Kate Olsen, reasons to buy vintage, recycled gifts, shopping, Vintage Jewelry | Leave a Comment »

Uneven Recovery: Place, Race and Mortgage Lending on LI 12/10/14

Posted on November 26, 2014 by iwilder

An Uneven Road to Recovery: New Findings on Place, Race and Mortgage Lending on Long Island

Wednesday, December 10, 2014, 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Hofstra University, University Club, North Campus, Hempstead, New York

Long Island Housing Services (LIHS), the private nonprofit fair housing advocacy and enforcement agency serving Nassau and Suffolk Counties, in partnership with Hofstra University’s National Center for Suburban Studies and the Department of Sociology, will present results of its most recent research into lending patterns.

The symposium will provide an overview of fair housing/fair lending laws. All are welcome: academics, attorneys, advocates, government, non-profit, housing counselors, press and public stakeholders. This program is made possible with the support of HUD’s Fair Housing Organization Initiative Program. A light lunch will be served.

RSVP by Monday December 8, 2014 using the following link: http://events.hofstra.edu/index.php?eID=10081 Admission is FREE, but space is limited and advance registration is required

Keynote Speakers Read more »

Filed under: activism, Calendar, long island, new york, News, social & economic justice | Tagged: AFFH, fha, hofstra university, housing, Long Island Housing Services, mortgage, New York Attorney General, United States Department of Housing and Urban Development | Leave a Comment »

Suffolk Green Party Endorses Transgender Day of Remembrance 2014

Posted on November 16, 2014 by iwilder

The Green Party of Suffolk continues to support Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR). TDOR is a worldwide event held every November to raise awareness about discrimination, violence, and murder directed at transgender (living as or expressing a gender other than the one expected at birth), intersex (biologically in between or outside male and female), and gender-nonconforming (acting in any way contrary to gender stereotypes) people.

The Green Party believes in supporting the safety, dignity, and equality of all people. Our Diversity Platform includes LGBTI (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex) individuals. We are opposed to discrimination and violence, including any directed against a person’s expressed or perceived gender or sexuality. In keeping with our Pillars of social/economic justice, grassroots democracy, ecological wisdom, and peace/nonviolence, The Green Party of Suffolk supports Transgender Day of Remembrance, both as an event and in its local observances. For general information about Transgender Day of Remembrance, visit tdor.info. Upcoming TDOR events in Suffolk County include:

*Stony Brook Unitarian Universalist Fellowship event, Transgender 101, followed by Q and A by organizers of Greater Long Island TDOR, 11/16 starting at 10:30am. Location: Stony Brook U.U., 380 Nicolls Rd. Visit uufsb.org or call (631) 751-0297 for further information.

*The Greater Long Island Transgender Day Of Remembrance: Sunday 11/16 at 7pm. Location: 1st Presbyterian Church of Port Jefferson – 107 South St. and Main St. Log onto litdor.org for full details.

*Long Island GLBT (Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender) Services Center TDOR, Wednesday 11/19 from 7-10pm. Location: Bayshore office, 34 Park Place. For additional information, please visit www.ligaly.org or call (631) 665-2300.

*Stony Brook University TDOR, Thursday 11/20 at 7pm. Location: SAC (Student Activities Center Plaza). For information, please call the Center for Prevention and Outreach at (631) 632-2748.

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Green Party Election Results 2014: NY Governor, national Green Party, etc.

Posted on November 4, 2014 by iwilder

The Green Party NY Governor ticket has earned more than the 50,000 votes needed to keep the Green Party as an automatic, ballot status party!

Updated Election Results Links:

National Green Party overview from gp.org:
http://www.gp.org/newsroom/press-releases/details/4/749

Green Party State-by-State Election Results from Green Party Watch:
http://www.greenpartywatch.org/2014/11/04/green-party-2014-election-results/

Election Night notes and comments from onthewilderside:

So far, the Green Party Governor/Lt. Governor ticket has 89,345 votes, with 7,922 of 15,178 districts reporting. That is 4.69% of the vote, though the percentage will probably change a lot depending on which districts are reporting first.

For New York State Election Results, click on the NYS BOE website:here, and refresh a lot.

Based on current figures, the Green Party could move up on the ballot to be at the number 4 spot. It looks like the new ballot arrangement might be: Democrat; Republican; Conservative; Green Party; Working Families Party; Independence Party; Stop Common Core Party (may or may not get the 50,000 for automatic ballot status); Women’s Equality Party (may or may not get the 50,000); SAP Party (may or may not get the 50,000); Women’s Equality Party (may or may not get the 50,000). And, the SAP Party will probably not get the 50,000.

Notes: With 6,538 of 15,178 reporting…
Working Families has surpassed the 50,000 automatic ballot status number
Independence Party has 30,370 votes, so there is a small chance they will not reach 50,000 ballot status
Stop Common Core (created by Astorino supporters) has 23,884, so there is a chance it could reach 50,000 ballot status

Some other Suffolk, Nassau, and Statewide results to follow…

In Suffolk County, for NY Congressional District 1, incumbent, Democrat Tim Bishop has lost to Republican Lee Zeldin.

In Nassau/Suffolk, for NY Congressional District 2, incumbent, Republican Peter King has won his seat again.

Green Party candidate in Nassau County, William D. Stevenson, running in the NY Cong District 2, won 1.6% of the votes.

Filed under: Green Party, New York State Politics, News, third party | Tagged: #votegreen, Green Party, Green Party ballot status, Green Party Governor, Green Party of New York, Howie Hawkins for Governor, New York State Green Party, Third Party politics | Leave a Comment »

OTWS: Suffolk Ballot Propositions 2014

Posted on November 2, 2014 by iwilder

Suffolk County Ballot Propositions 2014 results:
Prop 4 – Financial Consolidation – PASSED (61.45% to 38.54%), with the ironic outcome that the County Executive just gave more power to the County Comptroller position, and a Republican won for Comptroller. At least there is some justice in this world!)
Prop 5 – Shuffling and returning environmental funds – PASSED (65.66 to 34.44)

For Suffolk County election results, check out the fancy data page at the Suffolk County Board of Elections: here. (Remember that it is Suffolk-only totals, so the statewide races will not necessarily reflect the overall winners and losers.)

New York State Ballot Proposition 2014 results:
Update as of 11/5/2014: All three propositions passed. Article at “Capital New York”: here.
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Suffolk County Ballot Propositions
and New York State Ballot Propositions

Onthewilderside Voting Guide:

Election Day is Tuesday, November 4, 2014
Don’t forget to FLIP your ballot paper over
for the propositions!

Prop 1 – Redistricting Commission
MIXED THOUGHTS. This bill would make only a small improvement to a very bad statewide redistricting process. Many advocates want to hold out for an even better solution. Vote yes or no, depending on how adamantly you feel about it. (A statewide proposition)

Prop 2 – Electronic versions of bills
YES. Will allow some versions of bills to be posted on-line instead of on paper. Seems like a measure to keep our government and laws up to date with the information age. (A statewide proposition)

Prop 3 – Bonding for technology
NO. The purchases under this proposal will include buying computers for private and parochial schools with our tax money. Anyway, why put anything with a short shelf-life on debt? (A statewide proposition)

Prop 4 – Financial Consolidation
NO, NO, NO. Seeks to combine the county Treasurer and Comptroller office. This prop seems like a gimmick to combine two elected offices and pretend that will save money. Though, the prop is even worse, because it takes away some financial oversight of our local government. (A Suffolk County prop. Resolution No. 507-2014. Sometimes called Suffolk County Proposition “1”)

Prop 5 – An environmental cover-up

NO, NO, NO. The County Executive played a game and spent earmarked funds in the wrong way. This prop tries to “cover his tracks”. Let’s go back to the drawing board for a solution, and let our elected officials know that financial shenanigans are not too easily forgiven.
(A Suffolk County prop. Resolution No. 579-2014. Sometimes called Suffolk County Proposition “2”)

Why are we RAVEN about

Prop 4 and Prop 5 ????? Read more »

Filed under: News, suffolk county | Tagged: Elections 2014, New York State Propositions, Resolution No. 507-2014, Resolution No. 579-2014, Suffolk County ballot, Suffolk County elections 2014, Suffolk County politics, Suffolk County Prop 4, Suffolk County Propositions, Suffolk County Resolution 507-2014, Suffolk County Resolution 579-2014 | Leave a Comment »

Edgeleft: The Case for Howie Hawkins for NY Governor

Posted on October 28, 2014 by iwilder

David McReynolds

by David McReynolds

Election day is just a week away and I am sending this to my Edgeleft list, and to others – if you are in New York state, please consider Howie Hawkins and if you are outside of the state, send it, if you can, to friends in New York.

Howie Hawkins is the Green Party candidate governor. (He is also a member of the Socialist Party and Solidarity, and has wide support from the democratic left in New York).

I know Howie, I’ve been up to his district and know he has a solid base in the community. His background is important – he has worked in construction, helped build a worker cooperative, is a former Marine who helped organize opposition to the Vietnam War and in the 1970’s and 1980’s was a leader in the anti-apartheid divestment movement in the US.

He works at UPS unloading trucks, and is a member of Teamsters Local 317 and is active in Teamsters for a Democratic Union, US Labor Against the War, and the Labor Campaign for Single Payer Healthcare. Read more »

Filed under: 3rd party, election, governor, grassroots democracy, Green Party, howie hawkins, New York State Politics, News | Leave a Comment »

Green Party Governor candidate Howie Hawkins in Nassau County 10/27/14

Posted on October 25, 2014 by iwilder

Nassau Meet-and-Greet With Green Party Governor candidate Howie Hawkins!

A chance for Nassau Howie Hawkins supporters to meet the candidate! Find out how you can help get out the vote in the final days of the campaign. Light refreshments served. Please RSVP or contact Jim Brown, Chair of the Green Party of Nassau County, in advance.

WHEN

October 27, 2014 at 6:30pm – 7:30pm

WHERE

The Home of Al and Shelly Dorfman
134 New York Ave
Freeport, NY 11520
United States
Google map and directions

CONTACT

Jim Brown, Chair, Green Party Of Nassau County · jrb398@yahoo.com

Filed under: 3rd party, election, governor, howie hawkins, New York State Politics, News | Tagged: andrew cuomo, Jim Brown, Nassau County, Nassau County New York, Rob Astorino | Leave a Comment »

Halloween Fun: Carved Pumpkin Ideas and more…

Posted on October 16, 2014 by iwilder

Decorated Pumpkin: Daisy Eyes

The Riverhead Country Fair 2014 was great fun on a beautiful day. Lots of folk art and community expression. Had to share some of the ideas for carving pumpkins. Will share a couple of photos here. More fun at our Flickr album: Carved Pumpkin Ideas.

Carved Pumpkin: Hen House

______________________More Halloween Fun… Read more »

Filed under: Holidays, local, long island, Long Island news | Tagged: Carved Pumpkin Ideas, Carved Pumpkins, Duchess of Devonshire, Duchess of Devonshire costume, Georgiana, halloween, Halloween Pumpkins, Pumpkin Art, Riverhead Country Fair | Leave a Comment »

Suffolk Green Party Update on Esposito, Long, and Cuomo/Astorino Pay-to-Play

Posted on October 11, 2014 by iwilder

Only Green Party candidates Refuse Corporate Donations

Democratic and Republican Party insiders have taken advantage of New York State Election law to place their candidates on the Green Party line. Democratic Party candidate Adrienne Esposito will appear on the Green Party line in the New York Third (3rd) State Senate District, which runs along the south shore of Long Island from Brentwood to Center Moriches. In addition, Republican Party Huntington District Court Judge candidates Steve Hackeling, Walter Long, and Paul Senzer are as well.

According to a September 30, 2014 Daily News article titled “Democrats accuse GOP candidate Rob Astorino of ‘pay-to-play’ in report,” NY Republican Governor candidate Rob Astorino received $907,669 in campaign donations from dozens of companies that got county contracts. The Astorino campaign issues a 100-page report detailing $2.7 million in donations that NY Democratic Governor candidate Andrew Cuomo received since 2010 from companies that won a combined $7.2 billion in state contracts.

Green Party Governor Candidate Howie Hawkins states, “For once Cuomo and Astorino are both right — and both guilty. They are both right about the other participating in pay-to-play contributions-for-contracts. They are both hypocrites for calling out the other for unethical transactions in which they themselves participate.” Read more »

Filed under: election, governor, grassroots democracy, Green Party, howie hawkins, Long Island Politics, New York State Politics, News, progressive politics | Tagged: 3rd state senate, Adrienne Esposito, andrew cuomo, howie hawkins, Paul Senzer, pay-to-play, Rob Astorino, Steve Hackeling, Walter Long | Leave a Comment »

PeaceSmiths Coffeehouse: Fri. Oct. 10th on Long Island

Posted on October 5, 2014 by iwilder

First of the 2014/2015 season!

PeaceSmiths Coffeehouse
Friday, October 10, 2014
at 8pm

John Phillips at PeaceSmiths

Dedicated to the memory of
John Phillips,
(“Portugie” of Copper Rose fame)
PeaceSmiths friend and videographer,
musician, artist, activist, and Pubic Access producer

A special evening of music by old and new friends. Among the presenters:

-Nightmare Police (acoustic duo)

-Billionaire Brian

-Tom Ryan

And,

Open Mic, maybe you! (We enjoy poets, musicians, dancers, and storytellers. Feel free to share a few minutes of your latest manifesto.)

PeaceSmiths motto: Community organizing for peace and justice.
Please bring a friend! We love activist announcements and occupy literature (and vice-versa).

Directions: Read more »

Filed under: activism, Anti-War, local, long island, Long Island Music, long island music scene, Long Island news, Long Island Politics, News, Peace | Tagged: John Phillips, peacesmiths, Portugie | Leave a Comment »

4pm: Eating pizza with Occupy on Wall Street, Monday, 9-22-14

Posted on September 22, 2014 by iwilder

Yesterday was just the Global Warming parade!

This afternoon, activists and occupiers take to Wall Street. Find updates with Twitter update #FloodWallStreet.

Thousands of occupiers. Moving sit-ins. I think the action is focused on Broadway. Street closed at one point between Exchange Place and The Bull. There is some police activity.

Tim Pool is doing some live streaming, but going on and off air to save batteries:
http://new.livestream.com/timcast/events/3418167

A random U Stream I found on Twitter:
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/glassbeadian

News story at Politico:
http://www.politico.com/story/2014/09/climate-activists-wall-street-111207.html?hp=l3

Beautiful weather for a protest!

“We are unstoppable, another world is possible” a favorite chant of the day! 3:51pm on 9-22-2014 on Wall Street

Filed under: News | Tagged: #FloodWallStreet, 9/22/2014, Global Warming, Global Warming Protest, Monday Global Warming protest, nyc events, occupy, ows, pizza on Wall Street, Tim Pool, wall street | Leave a Comment »

Green Party of Suffolk Update on Esposito, Hackeling, and Gaza Position

Posted on September 21, 2014 by iwilder

Only Green Party candidates Refuse Corporate Donations The Green Party of New York State has a ban on endorsing Democratic and Republican candidates because those parties do not agree with the Green Party’s worldwide Four Pillars of Social and Economic Justice; Grassroots Democracy; Ecological Wisdom and Nonviolence/Peace.

Democratic and Republican Party insiders have taken advantage of New York State Election law to place their candidates on the Green Party line. Democratic Party candidate Adrienne Esposito will appear on the Green Party line in the New York Third (3rd) State Senate District which district runs along the south shore of Long Island from Brentwood to Center Moriches. In addition, Republican Party Huntington District Court Judge candidates Steve Hackeling, Walter Long, and Paul Senzer.

The Green Party Governor candidate, Howie Hawkins http://www.howiehawkins.org, has raised nonviolence issues to be addressed in this year’s State races. Hawkins and and his Lt. Governor running mate Brian Jones Condemned the Israeli War on Gaza. They support the International Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Movement

In response to the Israeli war in Gaza, the Hawkins and Jones released the following statement: Read more »

Filed under: election, Green Party, long island, Long Island Politics, New York State Politics, News | Tagged: 3rd state senate, Adrienne Esposito, Boycott Divestment and Sanctions, Desmond Tutu, district court, Gaza, Israel, Paul Senzer, Steve Hackeling, Walter Long | Leave a Comment »

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