http://rt.com/usa/news/oakland-occupy-protest-strike-299/ Published: 01 November, 2011, 19:30 People hold photos of Scott Olsen in Oakland (Justin Sullivan / Getty Images / AFP) TRENDS: Occupy Wall Street As thousands of protesters prepare to launch a city-wide strike in less than a day, Oakland, California officials are gearing up for what could come as a turning points in […]
http://www.opoa.org/uncategorized/an-open-letter-to-the-citizens-of-oakland-from-the-oakland-police-officers%E2%80%99-association/ An Open Letter to the Citizens of Oakland from the Oakland Police Officer’s Association 1 November 2011 – Oakland, Ca. We represent the 645 police officers who work hard every day to protect the citizens of Oakland. We, too, are the 99% fighting for better working conditions, fair treatment and the ability to provide […]
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/nov/01/governments-hacking-techniques-surveillance Ryan Gallagher guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 1 November 2011 11.34 GMT Surveillance firms that recently attended a US conference are accused of offering their services to repressive regimes Italy’s Hacking Team offers ‘an offensive solution for cyber investigations’ In a luxury Washington, DC, hotel last month, governments from around the world gathered to discuss surveillance technology […]
NOTE: The “Super Committee” (USA) is the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, of the United States Congress, created by the Budget Control Act of 2011. There is much controversey over the make-up and powers of the Super Committee. Google it for more information. http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2011/10/31-0 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 31, 2011 CONTACT: Common Cause Mary Boyle, […]
Bush and Co. launched the war. Lockheed Martin officials were critical promoters of the decision. They had a self-interest. Just as people are networked internationally to Get Bush Arrested, people in different countries are networked in opposition to Lockheed Martin. One of the vehicles of resistance is the census: Lockheed Martin has census contracts. It […]
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-study-that-shows-why-occupy-wall-street-struck-a-nerve/2011/10/27/gIQA3bsMNM_story.html?wprss=rss_opinions Eugene Robinson for The Washington Post The hard-right conservatives who dominate the Republican Party claim to despise the redistribution of wealth, but secretly they love it — as long as the process involves depriving the poor and middle class to benefit the rich, not the other way around. That is precisely what has been happening, […]
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Note: This interview with Paul Martin is not directly about Paul Hawken’s book “Natural Capitalism” (Hawken who also wrote “Blessed Unrest”). http://sandrafinley.ca/?p=3492 . Paul Martin on Natural Capital http://www.cbc.ca/thecurrent/episode/2011/10/28/paul-martin-on-natural-capital/?mid=516 Friday October 28, 2011 Former Prime Minister Paul Martin tells us about a concept called natural capital, an idea that would see our water, forests and […]
“Ralph Waldo Emerson once asked what we would do if the stars only came out once every thousand years. No one would sleep that night, of course. The world would become religious overnight. We would be ecstatic, delirious, made rapturous by the glory of God. Instead the stars come out every night, and we watch […]
Click on: Pryde newspaper. (The name and date of the publication were trimmed off.) Note: I have a few family pictures for Fiona. 2 — THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD — Monday, June 19, 1967 (Re: Georgina (Gina) Blondin, mother of Fiona) /INetCache/IE/SVJEE32R/Linder_June191967.pdf Centennial Show On Barges HAY RIVER, N.W.T. (CP) The Northwest Territories’ counterpart to the […]