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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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Protests Continue at the White House Against Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline | AlterNet

Posted on August 24, 2011 by iwilder

Bill McKibben, speaking from jail after getting arrested for protesting the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, said, “We don’t need your sympathy, we need your company.”

Who are the doctors, lawyers, teachers and students joining Bill McKibben in civil disobedience against the pipeline? Watch this video from the first days of protest to see who is answering the call:

via Protests Continue at the White House Against Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline | AlterNet.

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8/24/2011: Long Island Traffic situation – Sunrise Highway, North of 231 (West of Little Eastneck Road)

Posted on August 24, 2011 by kwilder

Long Island Press reports that the traffic is due to police investigating a fatal accident West of Little East Neck Road. Story: here. Read more »

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Long Island: Stories of the earthquake reaction (including video)

Posted on August 23, 2011 by kwilder

Today, Tuesday, August 23, 2011 there was an earthquake in Virginia. Though, the shaking was felt up and down the East Coast, including here on Long Island, New York.  The video above has some reactions from people in Smithtown who felt the earth shake. There is also video of musical instruments shaking after the tremors. (Watch the second cello from the left.) Director: Kimberly Wilder. Key Grip: Ian Wilder. Many thanks to the people who agreed to participate with their thoughts on the earthquake.

Other reactions gleaned from family, friends, and people on the street: Read more »

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US Green Party demands US/NATO withdraw from Libya and support African Union resolution

Posted on August 23, 2011 by iwilder
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Green Party leaders urged an immediate US/NATO withdrawal from Libya after the advance of rebel forces into Tripoli, and called on President Obama to support a political solution to the crisis in Libya through diplomacy, with the involvement of the African Union, Arab League, and United Nations.

“The African Union’s mediation committee offered a positive outline for an immediate ceasefire, followed by negotiation without preconditions and democratic elections in Libya.  This is the perfect moment for President Obama, NATO, and the UN to support the efforts of the African Union to broker a resolution.  All elements of Libyan society must be invited to the table to determine the country’s new direction.  The Libyan people must be allowed to decide their own future,” said Romi Elnagar, member of the Green Party of Louisiana and the Green Party’s International Committee.

“If US and NATO forces prolong military action and attempt an occupation to stabilize Libya, the result will be more civilian lives lost and a disaster similar to the occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan, and the evaporation of hopes for freedom and democratic self-determination for the Libyan people,” Ms. Elnagar added.    Read more »

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Earthquake on Long Island, New York

Posted on August 23, 2011 by iwilder

The last earthquake in memory on Long Island was 30 years ago. The earthquake [today] made buildings shake for  less than a minute throughout central Long Island.– IW

Update for Tuesday evening: More earthquake reaction video and comments from onthewilderside: here.

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OCAs Ten Reasons to Buy Organic

Posted on August 23, 2011 by iwilder
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Organic foods and products are the fastest growing items in Americas grocery carts. Thirty million households, comprising 75 million people, are now buying organic foods, clothing, body care, supplements, pet food, and other products on a regular basis. Fifty-six percent of U.S. consumers say they prefer organic foods. Here are 10 reasons why you should buy organic foods and products:

via Beyond Frankenfoods and Toxics: OCAs Ten Reasons to Buy Organic.

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#AfghanistanTuesday | Peace Couple

Posted on August 23, 2011 by iwilder

Let’s get the tweets rolling to end this ten-year war.  The cost of all these wars are destroying the US.  The US needs to leave now!

Until the US leaves Afghanistan, tweet every Tuesday:

  • Your thoughts on how to get out of Afghanistan immediately.
  • Your reasons for wanting to get out of Afghanistan immediately.
  • What Town Board meeting you are going to demand they pass the US Mayors’ Bring the War Dollars Home resolution.
  • Quote articles and blogs posts giving reasons to end the Afghanistan War immediately

via #AfghanistanTuesday | Peace Couple.

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Critters moving away from global warming faster

Posted on August 22, 2011 by iwilder
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Animals across the world are fleeing global warming by heading north much faster than they were less than a decade ago, a new study says.

About 2,000 species examined are moving away from the equator at an average rate of more than 15 feet per day, about a mile per year, according to new research published Thursday in the journal Science which analyzed previous studies. Species are also moving up mountains to escape the heat, but more slowly, averaging about 4 feet a year.

via Critters moving away from global warming faster | Long Island Press.

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Int’l Business Times “article” on the Fed: Important info (hold the opinion)

Posted on August 22, 2011 by kwilder

KW writes: A fascinating piece at IBTimes. New information shows that in addition to the TARP funds and bank bailout that Americans know about, there were secret loans from the Federal Reserve to private banks. And, did you know that our US Federal Reserve secretly loaned money to foreign banks? What is that about? My comments on the article (and its status quo bias) are below. A January 2011 video with Ron Paul and Ralph Nader about the Federal Reserve is: here.

(excerpt from) International Business Times
Federal Reserve Lent Private Banks $1.2 Trillion During Financial Crisis’ Acute Stage
IBTimes Staff Reporter | August 21, 2011 9:10 PM EDT

The U.S. Federal Reserve lent private banks about $1.2 trillion in order to maintain credit market liquidity, bank function, and prevent the U.S. economy from plunging in to a depression.

The largest borrower was Morgan Stanley (MS), which received as much as $107.3 billion in loans, Bloomberg News reported Sunday, while Citigroup (C) received $99.5 billion, and the Bank of America (BAC) received $91.4 billion. Bloomberg News obtained the information through Freedom of Information Act requests.

The loan totals far surpass the $160 billion in public bailouts the top 10 banks received from the U.S. Treasury Department. Up until now, the Federal Reserve action was not made public… Read more »

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My Visit to the Middelgrunden Wind Farm, Copenhagen (via Ecobeth)

Posted on August 22, 2011 by iwilder

My Visit to the Middelgrunden Wind Farm, Copenhagen It was a thrill for me to be able to travel to Denmark July 19-21, 2011 and visit the Middelgrunden Wind Farm, installed in 2000. It is located about a mile out in the North Sea from Copenhagen city, and is comprised of 20 turbines in a subtle arch formation. They produce 40 MW of energy, or enough to power 3% of the city of Copenhagen. Though the tours happened to be closed during my time there, I managed to find a ferry that goes past the wind … Read More

via Ecobeth

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50% of the World will not have Clean Water by 2030

Posted on August 21, 2011 by iwilder
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Access to water is a problem many are already facing. Significant water scarcities already exist in some regions of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development  OECD and in many non-OECD countries and with a growing world population, it is projected that almost half of the world’s population, or almost 4 billion people, will be living in areas with high water stress by 2030, mostly in non-OECD countries.

via Cool, clean water.

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Arctic heat wave melting ice at record pace – US news – Environment – Discovery.com – msnbc.com

Posted on August 21, 2011 by iwilder
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Arctic sea ice has melted away with astonishing speed in the first half of July, at an average rate of about 46,000 square miles per day, according to the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) in Boulder, Colo.

That’s equivalent to an area roughly the size of Pennsylvania melting into the sea every 24 hours.

via Arctic heat wave melting ice at record pace – US news – Environment – Discovery.com – msnbc.com.

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Is the SEC Covering Up Wall Street Crimes?

Posted on August 20, 2011 by iwilder

h/t Roger Snyder

For the past two decades, according to a whistle-blower at the SEC who recently came forward to Congress, the agency has been systematically destroying records of its preliminary investigations once they are closed. By whitewashing the files of some of the nation’s worst financial criminals, the SEC has kept an entire generation of federal investigators in the dark about past inquiries into insider trading, fraud and market manipulation against companies like Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank and AIG. With a few strokes of the keyboard, the evidence gathered during thousands of investigations – “18,000 … including Madoff,” as one high-ranking SEC official put it during a panicked meeting about the destruction – has apparently disappeared forever into the wormhole of history.

via Is the SEC Covering Up Wall Street Crimes? | Rolling Stone Politics.

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Year-round, emissions free power

Posted on August 20, 2011 by iwilder

Mike Strizki says hes figured out how to store solar energy in a way that could provide the world with an infinite source of year-round, emissions-free power, but also says no one is listening to him.

At his house in the woods of western New Jersey, the civil engineer turned green energy evangelist uses fuel cells to convert the power generated by about 150 solar panels so that it can be stored in 11 hydrogen tanks about 100 yards from the house.

via Completely Off The Grid.

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