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badmetrics wrote a new diary post: #Occupy According to Eileen & Monty
My Great Aunt Eileen used to chase ambulances. And no, not in the skeezy lawyer sense. Literally, if she happened to see an ambulance or fire truck – lights flashing, siren wailing – she’d maneuver in traffic to try and follow them, just to see what was happening. She also got a little too tipsy [...] -
badmetrics commented on the diary post A Broken System by badmetrics.
I’m only a step or two away from homelessness my self – thank goodness for an amazing family.
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badmetrics commented on the diary post A Broken System by badmetrics.
I know many OWS folks are going out of their way to help the homeless that they’re meeting – and I imagine it wasn’t something most were prepared to do. In fact, I’ve been thrilled to hear that OWS is including the homeless in so many instances, already. It’s a statement to the quality of [...]
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badmetrics commented on the diary post OWS leaderless? Let a hundred Chomskys bloom! by David Seaton.
Excellent post and insights. I regret that I only found Noam a few years ago. If I’d found his work while I was in college…
Recommended heartily, Mr. Seaton.
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badmetrics commented on the diary post A Broken System by badmetrics.
Thank you for the kind words, and even moreso for the work you’re doing with OWS.
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badmetrics commented on the diary post A Broken System by badmetrics.
All excellent points.
I apologize if it came off as generalizing all homeless as substance abusers or the mentally ill. And I did completely miss the youth issue.
It’s a tragedy that FDR’s ‘Second Bill of Rights,’ that included that right to housing, never made it to fruition.
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badmetrics commented on the diary post Obama and Marijuana by ubetchaiam.
Glad I could help. I thought I was fairly well versed in the MJ Legalization/Drug War department, but like I said, I didn’t find this until fairly recently.
Educate. Legalize. Regulate.
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badmetrics commented on the diary post Obama and marijuana by ubetchaiam.
It would be nice to hear a statement by the administration on Marijuana Legalization that didn’t come from the ONDCP. I may have been a little late to the party, but I didn’t find out until not too long ago, that the Drug Czar/ONDCP is required by its Congressional charter to oppose all attempts to [...]
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badmetrics commented on the diary post A Broken System by badmetrics.
Everybody’s hurting these days. I was volunteering at a local food bank run by a local church, but funds ran dry, so that had to be shut down.
But even donating some money/canned goods/clothing to a local Food Bank or shelter makes a difference.
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badmetrics commented on the diary post A Broken System by badmetrics.
Link works – Great Call! Haven’t heard that one in ages.
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badmetrics wrote a new diary post: A Broken System
With the burgeoning of the Occupy movement, many cities are being forced to at least acknowledge if not deal with what continues to be a repugnant mark of failure of this country – homelessness. As Occupiers camp out in various city centers, many homeless are gravitating towards the sites, some hoping for food, some for heat [...] -
badmetrics commented on the diary post Why We Call It “Marriage Equality” by Teddy Partridge.
Thank you, Mr. Partridge. I honestly hadn’t considered the derogatory nature of the phrase – to say nothing of the practical implications of using one phrase over another.
Marriage Equality, henceforth.
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badmetrics commented on the diary post The Destitute Need to be Embraced by The Occupys by CTuttle.
I get the feeling that there’s a lot of support for #OWS, but that a lot of people aren’t exactly the sit-in type of folks. How about a Facebook Page/Twitter thing for people to sign up to bring prepared cold/hot meals (macaroni/casseroles,etc.,) to the various OWS sites? They may not want to ‘sit-in’ but maybe [...]
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badmetrics commented on the diary post OWS-This is just the beginning by Cynthia Kouril.
Thank you Ms. Kouril – it’s nice to get an update without the ‘media filter.’ I hope you’ll keep posting any info you get.
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badmetrics commented on the diary post ‘Magic Money’ by badmetrics.
I hope you don’t have “Fuckery” copyrighted. That’s a new one on me – and I have always prided myself on the use/variety of expletives, and hope to use it regularly.
Again, thanks for the welcome.
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badmetrics commented on the diary post ‘Magic Money’ by badmetrics.
Masoninblue and amghru,
I sincerely appreciate the welcome.
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badmetrics wrote a new diary post: ‘Magic Money’
#OWS While both Democrats, and a few Republicans are trying to frame #OWS as understandable “frustration,” Matt Taibbi correctly points out in his newest post , that a separate rule book seems to exist for Wall Street, resulting not in ‘frustration,’ but a just plea for a level field of play and some measure of parity and justice, by [...]
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badmetrics commented on the blog post Delaware AG Beau Biden Sues MERS
RJ Eskow (blogs for HuffPo a lot) has a great breakdown of MERS -
Short answer is it’s funded and owned by BofA, Wells Fargo, HSBC and a host of others to ‘streamline’ title transfers.
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