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Reflections on Occupy Wall Street, with photos, fun, and good wishes for the future. eBook, Occupy Wall Street: What Just Happened? (Only $.99 !) In the eBook, the Occupy movement is explored through original reporting, photographs, cartoons, poetry, essays, and reviews.The collection of essays and blog posts records the unfolding of Occupy into the culture from September 2011 to the present. Authors Kimberly Wilder and Ian Wilder were early supporters of Occupy, using their internet platforms to communicate the changes being created by the American Autumn.
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from Facebook (with permission) I now officially hate Democrats. Green Czar Van Jones resigns because Repub. opponents are after him because he said bad things about Bush and the GOP? When are the Dems going to fucking grow a spine? What a goddamn wimp. So now all you have to do is… throw mud, and […]
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KW: I really, just don’t get why people like Van Jones resign when the right-wing slings mud. Big deal. Get a p.r. person to handle it for you. I also notice that Democratic leaders are easily shamed into leaving. Republicans will stay through anything. Democratic politicians are real whimps. excerpt from Washington Post White House […]
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from Green Party Watch Jeremy Cloward Moves Forward In California Congressional Race September 2nd, 2009 Election results were delayed tonight as firefighters from the 10th congressional district who have joined the battle against the raging wildfires around Los Angeles were given the chance to cast their ballots beyond the ordinary close of polls. However, with […]
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Thanks to Peter Orvetti at Independent Political Report for the news. Ralph Nader’s new, fiction book is: “Only the Super-rich Can Save Us!” It will be released by Seven Stories Press on September 22, 2009. Description from the publisher’s web-site, below: “In the cozy den of the large but modest house in Omaha where he […]
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The Green Party of Connecticut called on the General Assembly to reform the “Clean Elections” Law ,which was struck down as unconstitutional by the Federal Court, as soon as possible, and not appeal the ruling to other courts, which would cost the taxpayers more money in legal fees and could take months in the courts. […]
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from Ballot Access News Federal Legislation May Doom September Primaries August 28th, 2009 The bill moving through Congress to fund the military has an amendment that requires states to postally mail ballots to overseas absentee voters no later than 45 days before the general election. This New York Times story says that New York state […]
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As journalist and Iraqi citizen Muntadhar al-Zeidi threw his shoe towards President Bush, standing at a podium in Iraq, Muntadhar said, “This is from the widows, the orphans and those who were killed in Iraq.” (excerpt from) The LA Times Iraqi shoe thrower to be released early The lawyer for Muntadhar al-Zeidi, who became a […]
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KW: This is very good news for third party and independent candidates. Having government/public money set aside to fund candidates can be a healthy idea for getting all voices heard during election season. The idea is that people willing to run for office do not have to be rich to get their ideas out and […]
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from TruthDig: It looked like it was business as usual for President Barack Obama on the first day of his Martha’s Vineyard vacation, as he spent five hours golfing with Robert Wolf, president of UBS Investment Bank and chairman and CEO of UBS Group Americas. Wolf, an early financial backer of Obama’s presidential campaign, raised […]
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Krist Novoselic, a founding member of Nirvana, is now an electoral activist (see video below), and Democratic Chairperson. He is also a member of the Grange. Krist has his own opinions about the “Top-Two” voting system in Washington State, and the part of the system that allows any person to list any party as their […]
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Random thoughts on Obama’s school speech
The full text of the speech, as released by the White House previously, is: here. Kimberly writes: In my house, we are just not amused by status quo politicians. So, I tried not have a lot of hot feelings either way about Obama making a speech for school children, or the right wing response to […]
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