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CelestialNavigation commented on the blog post Occupy Buffalo & What to Do with Homeless People
There is a difference between people who come to Occupy encampments with no intention of participating and those who may happen to be homeless but are enthusiastic about the cause and are functional because the latter blend in. I am not advocating that Occupy must accommodate everyone who shows up. I recently read that about 20% percent of adults in this country have experienced mental illness within the past year, so we cannot say that people with problems and the homeless are mutually exclusive populations. I am not with Homeland Security.
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CelestialNavigation commented on the blog post Occupy Buffalo & What to Do with Homeless People
It seems that some well meaning people have the idea that are the homeless are drug or alcohol dependent, or have severe emotional problems. Granted, living in the street is so stressful that a person could develop these problems even if they did not have them previously. So many previously productive citizens have become homeless in the economic downturn that it is not at all unusual, in my experience, to find bright, coherent homeless people who are actively involved in supporting Occupy. I wonder what proportion of the active Occupiers at Buffalo are homeless or near homeless.
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CelestialNavigation commented on the blog post And, On Piano, Dick Nixon: Music and Anarchy
Did you take note of the recent talk of Nixon’s partying at Key Biscayne with Bebe Rebozo?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2078822/Did-Nixon-gay-affair-Mafia-fixer-Forget-Watergate-A-new-book-claims-Americas-corrupt-President-hid-far-personal-scandal-.htmlMaybe the public was not fully cognizant of the good times he had behind that uptight exterior.
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CelestialNavigation commented on the diary post On the plus side, maybe we would know where Iran is, … maybe. by tambershall.
Actually, I knew about the shah but was a little vague about how exactly the CIA put him there and did not realize it was their first adventure in regime change. I vaguely knew about British oil interests, though not that this was the beginning of BP. Thanks for the concise summary of our wonderful [...]
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CelestialNavigation commented on the blog post Dowager Queen Can’t Find A Prom Date
What about this development of Stephen Colbert running (as a Republican?) It could be comedic.
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CelestialNavigation commented on the diary post Control by Bin Quick.
“They give the peasants the illusion of democracy, but after the crisis, vulture capitalist (GWB, Romney) return.”
It seems that we are even deeper in the crisis and demand for change than we were in 2008. If there is not a surprise candidate this time around, we are in deep trouble.
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CelestialNavigation commented on the diary post Occupy Boise: Democracy Visits the Idaho Legislature by sagesse.
A great action and apparently nobody was arrested. Occupy Boise is a beacon of light.
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CelestialNavigation commented on the blog post Live Blog for #Occupy Movement: Police Repression Against Occupy Oakland Escalates
Kevin, Thanks again for keeping us informed. It is good to see that many of the folks in Tucson will not be charged, but sad that so many more probably will be. The atrocities in Oakland just keep on coming and never cease to amaze me.
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CelestialNavigation commented on the diary post Tucson Today : Postal Workers Protesting Layoffs March with Occupy Tucson. by Robert Alexander Dumas.
If I remember correctly, Occupy Tucson was just evicted from its third location, yet it keeps going strong. More power to you.
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CelestialNavigation commented on the diary post The 99% Choir goes Christmas Carolling by Cynthia Kouril.
This appears to be a perfect nonviolent action, although the bank security was certainly scurrying around as if they were under threat. I am particularly moved because the 99% chorus was in Seattle where my dear, retired sister and her husband have a house that is under water.
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CelestialNavigation commented on the diary post Occupy Solstice by cadogblog.
Sounds like you had a great time with lots of solidarity. Thanks for being there.
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CelestialNavigation commented on the diary post OCCUPY TUCSON Does What Occupies Do……for a 3rd Time Now, at a 3rd Park. by Robert Alexander Dumas.
Thanks for the report. You Tucsoners are certainly persistent. I bet you are going to love being in a neighborhood.
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CelestialNavigation commented on the diary post Occupy Hallelujah by Elliott.
Fatster, Loved the Alaskan version, too. It seemed to take in the school, the church and the whole village.
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CelestialNavigation commented on the diary post Occupy Raleigh, NC (Part 18) Walkupy Defiance & Arrests by gnomedigest.
Thanks for the post, gnomedigest. I feel that there are a lot more actions in the smaller occupations that go unreported. And thanks also to the marchers from DC who are marching to Atlanta.
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CelestialNavigation commented on the diary post Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition! by welshTerrier2.
Why would the Spanish Inquisition come to mind at this point? Were you thinking of Bradley Manning? Julian Assange? Gitmo? /s
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CelestialNavigation commented on the diary post Ron Paul call for criminal charges against Eric Holder by metamars.
Metamars, here is a link that supports your Item 2 in your penultimate paragraph. It claims that the Feds gave operatives of the Sinaloa Cartel in Mexico immunity from prosecution as well as supplying them with guns in exchange for providing information on rival drug cartels. http://narcosphere.narconews.com/notebook/bill-conroy/2011/11/was-former-dea-agent-jailed-exposing-atf-arms-trafficking “…. allegations that have surfaced recently in the [...]
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CelestialNavigation commented on the diary post MTV Welcomes Us to the Post 12-14-2011 ObamaLand by EdwardTeller.
From the MTV video: “The Holocaust happened to people like us.” Chilling.
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CelestialNavigation commented on the blog post FireShot capture #094 – ‘Fox Graphic Of GOP Candidates Shows Picture Of Obama For Romney I Media Matters for America’ – mediamatters_org_mmtv_201112140011
The video link doesn’t work for me.
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CelestialNavigation commented on the blog post First Things First
Naomi Wolf in the Guardian says she did a survey and found out what OWS wants:
“The No 1 agenda item: get the money out of politics. Most often cited was legislation to blunt the effect of the Citizens United ruling, which lets boundless sums enter the campaign process. No 2: reform the banking system to prevent fraud and manipulation, with the most frequent item being to restore the Glass-Steagall Act – the Depression-era law, done away with by President Clinton, that separates investment banks from commercial banks. This law would correct the conditions for the recent crisis, as investment banks could not take risks for profit that create kale derivatives out of thin air, and wipe out the commercial and savings banks.
No 3 was the most clarifying: draft laws against the little-known loophole that currently allows members of Congress to pass legislation affecting Delaware-based corporations in which they themselves are investors.”
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CelestialNavigation commented on the diary post Filibuster Censorship: Ask Wyden To Read Your Name From Floor Of Senate by demandprogress.
Wyden did place a hold on this bill six months ago.
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/11/wyden-pipa-filibuster/
Now there is a threat that the hold can be over ridden with 60 votes next week. Time is of the essence.
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