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Sunday, November 13, 2011

The Morning News

Posted by on Sun, Nov 13, 2011 at 8:59 AM

Posted by news intern Paul Holmes

In Case You Missed It: You didn't miss much at last night's Republican foreign policy debate.

The Euro Is Still Not So Hot: The New York Times, as always, eloquently explains the gravity of the situation.

Berlusconi Eventually Wants Back In: When asked for comment, the new Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti simply replied, "Have you seen what a splendid day it is?"

This Is Why People Dislike Canada: Vancouver, BC is trying to become the world's greenest city by 2020.

A Homeless Man with an Ax, Alleged Fire, and a Dead Deer Wearing Sunglasses and a Knight's Helmet: In Tacoma!

Occupy Olympia Agrees to Self-Police: After repeated complaints of drug use and violence problems in Heritage Park. They will not, however, end their occupation.

Lou Engle Enraptures Detroit Prayer Rally: If there weren't enough to object to about a 24-hour prayer rally in a football stadium in its own right, leaders of the movement believe Dearborn is under demonic control due to its muslim population, and that black people are cursed by satan for voting for the Democrats.

Chicago Area House Explodes: In West Lawn. Two are critically injured.

WSU President Elson Floyd: Speaks out against the State's proposed budget.

Temporary new favorite song here. I know it's freaking old, but I hadn't heard it before yesterday:

 

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Posted by reverend dr dj riz on November 13, 2011 at 9:05 AM
Max Solomon 2
i learned it from great rock n roll swindle
Posted by Max Solomon on November 13, 2011 at 9:35 AM
Fifty-Two-Eighty 3
I broke down yesterday and spent way too much money on the new Gibson Firebird X guitar. Holy shit, I love it, though - more than the Les and the Strat, even. Sweetness is.
Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty http://www.nra.org on November 13, 2011 at 9:58 AM
Supreme Ruler Of The Universe 4
The euro is clearly defunct.

I like what they are saying about bringing in a rule by Technocrats.

That is what the US needs. Get rid of the pompadours and windbags.
Posted by Supreme Ruler Of The Universe http://yrihf.com on November 13, 2011 at 10:42 AM
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Oh, Tacoma. I swear there's something in the water.
Posted by tacomagirl on November 13, 2011 at 11:26 AM
Vince 6
@3 Congratulations! What's money when you can have your heart's desire?
This Lou Engle piece of shit, not to worry. He'll flame out like the rest of those religious phonies. Power corrupts.
Posted by Vince on November 13, 2011 at 11:47 AM
Kenn Space 7
I am hoping that what I say makes sense to someone, and they will start writing and treating this "occupy movement" with the respect it is going to earn. Did you see where Israel had a demonstration of 500,000 people demanding concessions from their government? It worked. Listen to Martin Luther King, his words are as meaningful today as they were then. This struggle for economic justice and government control will be won by the people! (It is very old..).

I feel the occupy movement does have a basic underlying message; Stop letting money decide political elections; And regulate corporate lobbying (and all lobbying) making it a public forum. Right now lobbying is mostly two old white guys sitting across from each other in an office. "They" have probably worked with each other or went to the same school; And "they" have promised you a job when you get out of politics, -- tripling your present salary!. The "lobbyist" used to be a "politician", it worked for him!. Who owns who? - That's a "Person-hood".

I lived in the Glenn Hotel in downtown Seattle when the WTO protests happened. It happened at my front door. I was a part of it, promoting it, and involved in it. There is something going on, and I am going to be a part of it again. I have helped organize and promote protests in Bellevue, Olympia, and Seattle Washington; another big one is coming. I feel it will be a “WTO” sized protest in multiple cities.

"I" was at the WTO protests in Seattle Washington, (with thousands of "other" really awesome "people", and a few "freaks") when a bunch of "anarchists" started busting windows with crowbars. We surrounded them, and they got in a circle with their crowbars. I tried to get the "Seattle police" to come arrest "these anarchists”, that were only fifty feet away and threatening violence and breaking windows… The "Seattle police" would not budge from their “police line”, making all of "us" the "enemy".... (There were thousands of "union" and "other" people sitting and standing in the street, - it was a relatively peaceful protest until the windows started breaking…). " I" am not the "enemy".

I will be in Seattle at 700 Stewart street at the Federal courthouse January 20th, 2012!!! I know we can do this better than last time.

The Corporate Occupation of the United States

Our corporate controlled government (through corporate lobbying and election funding ) is out of the peoples control. People want government control back. Makes sense to me… I feel US corporate capitalism (corporatism) is a type of economic fascism: To have a corporate being where the chain of command eventually muddles all responsibility to any human being. These corporate beings are running your life, and controlling your government. (Enough to really make an individual mad and protest.) In reality, the corporate being does not exist, and when it comes to face it’s corporate responsibility, it is a piece of paper. (Or a CEO saying; “I do not recall that”, “I did not have that information”, “that was not my responsibility, I was running the company, and not just that department”,,, and on and on. It has bred a corporate culture of abuse, because they keep getting away with it..), Corporate person-hood is plain and simply wrong: A corporation is not a human being. Restore capitalism to individual responsible chains of command, or this struggle will be lost.

Please Sign the petition to amend the Constitution for revoking corporate personhood at:

movetoamend.org

(I feel January 20th, 2012: will be a bigger day in US history than WTO in Seattle. The battle continues, rage against the machine is real.)

January 20, 2012 – Move to Amend Occupies the Courts!

Move To Amend is planning bold action to mark this date — Occupy the Courts — a one day occupation on Friday January 20, 2012, of the Federal Courts, including the Supreme Court of the United States and as many of the 89 U.S. District Court Buildings as we can. (I am inspired by Doctor Martin Luther King who said; "a true revolution of values", ... "there comes a time when silence is betrayal"., "people are not gonna be silenced".). Move to Amend will lead the charge on the judiciary which created — and continues to expand — corporate personhood rights.

http://open.salon.com/blog/kennspace/201…
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Posted by Kenn Space http://movetoamend.org/ on November 13, 2011 at 11:48 AM
Original Andrew 8
Uh-huh.

Reality check: A euro is still worth $1.35, so that really says something about our own economic leaders' incompetence if the "world's reserve currency" is worth less in value than a currency that hysterical journalists claim is about to collapse. It's clear that investors have far more confidence in the EU's ability to solve its problems.
Posted by Original Andrew on November 13, 2011 at 11:59 AM
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"Economic Justice"?

Before one is entitled to something they must get off their ass and earn it.

The refuse in the parks already have received far more than they are entitled to under any notion of "Economic Justice".....
Posted by we are due some change back, scumbags on November 13, 2011 at 12:06 PM
Supreme Ruler Of The Universe 10
#7

There is a problem with the Arab Spring:Occupy parallel.

We vote.

Posted by Supreme Ruler Of The Universe http://yrihf.com on November 13, 2011 at 1:01 PM
Fifty-Two-Eighty 11
Thanks, Vince.

Oh, and @7? Nope, it didn't make sense.
Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty http://www.nra.org on November 13, 2011 at 1:15 PM
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10

We vote.

But the clowns at OWS don't.....
Posted by too busy changing the world to vote, man.... on November 13, 2011 at 2:29 PM
venomlash 13
@4: I don't think "Pompadour" means what you think it means.
Posted by venomlash on November 13, 2011 at 5:10 PM
Fifty-Two-Eighty 14
I'm not so sure Bailo knows what anything means.
Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty http://www.nra.org on November 13, 2011 at 5:20 PM
15
@1 Fantastic.
Posted by Unpaid Intern on November 13, 2011 at 11:11 PM

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