Nope, nuhgunnadoo, as Poppy used to say. I hope you can turn into new repression-fighting tools for Tarheel.

OMG, the Georgia O’Keefe book sounds beau-ti-ful. Unfortunately, I have recently given most of my disposable income (ha ha) to those Chico people, if you know what I mean. But perhaps in the next few days I could at least contribute a bit to Tarheel’s Wepay account. This is a lovely thing you’re doing and [...]

Thank you, pastfedup and GA_spoken. Your support and kind words mean a lot. The people of Oakland really do deserve better than this and I hope someday we get it. It’s not going to happen unless we demand it.

ChePasa, that’s all exactly right. The latest news is that Chris has been charged with six counts of battery on an officer and one count of assault on an officer with a deadly weapon. There were many eyewitnesses and even those of us who were not there (I missed that meeting) know that’s not how [...]

Rec’d, wendy. Good luck with your book sale for such a worthy cause.

Thank you, RC. Yes, the needle is buried on that meter; you can’t even gauge it any longer. People (like me) who don’t usually attend the FTP rallies have promised to be there tonight, because this has to stop.

Oh, wendydavis, what is there to say? I’ve run out of words – it seems like I am writing the same story over and over. Actually, it doesn’t just seem like that. In today’s Chronicle, it says that there have been nine OPD officer-involved fatal shootings since May 2010 and that eight of them have involved African-American [...]

Thank you so much, my Canadian friend. The Great Bear suits me just fine. I wish I had something more hopeful to write about. This stuff gnaws at me if I don’t write it down. I appreciate people taking time to read it, and to care what happens here.

Somehow I missed that video and the diary, but it is priceless. “We’re off our meds, we’re watching TED” was but one of my favorite lyrics.

Right on, I’m a child of the 70s too. :)

Nothing from nothing leaves nothing. Ya gotta have somethin’ if ya wanna be with me. Worth checking out for the fros alone.

Rec’d, wendy. I am shocked, I tell you, SHOCKED! about this turn of events, given my certainty that the US always negotiates in good faith with its “heads we win, tails you lose” strategy. I suppose those nukes we are “allowed” to have are about the only reason anyone ever even comes to the table. [...]

Don Lemon’s coverage on CNN right now (4:30 PST) is hopelessly uninformed. He’s repeating a lot of talking points and lies, of course, but it’s also clear he hasn’t done his homework at all. Livestreamers, as usual, are giving us the real news.

Love and good vibes from the HFC household including Eddie Biscuits, Babaloo, Spud and Ladybug. Four cats are NOT too many.

Rec’d, Wendy. I love the poem. And all of the comments. It would be OK with me if the dolphins inherited the earth, even Virginia.

Here’s a song for Rahm and Obama and the Chicago PD, from one of the original agitators.

I don’t think you have to make a minimum purchase; I’m just repeating what I heard on my local news last night (it is BIG news here, of course) about how companies like Ameritrade are only offering FB stock to the rich and the very rich and the very very rich and the very very [...]

Stealth rec’d, wendy. Will read when I am done crying over the fact that I only have $249K in my portfolio and you must have a minimum of $250K in order to be eligible to buy Facebook stock. Boo fucking hoo.

I’d have to look closer to see whether OPD has actually said they are investigating Brandy’s murder as a hate crime; they are certainly being pushed to do so by the community. Yes – I appreciate everyone who stops to take the time to read these litanies of horror that we’ve both been writing lately; [...]