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Convergence near? Will police and other officials cross over to stand with military veterans and the rest of the 99%?

Update, just in: Check this out! Oakland police identify with the 99%! What will happen tomorrow, Strike Day? Ever since Vietnam War Vets protecting protestors were beaten by police during a pre-dawn raid and mass arrest in Boston on October 11, and again two weeks later, when Oakland police nearly killed an Iraq War Vet […]

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Mr. Fish: Do we know right from wrong?

I tried, and failed, to stop reading this piece. Astonishing. Thanks to truthdig.com. The Monster Mr. Fish 11/1/2011 By Mr. Fish I stopped believing in monsters on Thanksgiving Day in 1976, when my stepfather came downstairs for dinner wearing black dress pants, a white collared shirt, a pair of freshly polished black leather shoes and […]

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On the day after Halloween . . .

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Occupy the Vatican!

On return from my retreat, I kept seeing little snippets about this brilliant idea. Now there’s a URL which takes you to a facebook page with 3545 “likes” so far. Check out the cartoons! And check out Max Keiser on RT: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15jiCBrg-I0&feature=player_embedded]

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Tom Engelhardt: Paean to the Occupiers

Here’s the first page of a wonderful paean from a ’60s protest elder to the occupiers now, and the territories they are liberating, both in the streets, and in the national and global psyche. Only six weeks old, and already the world is changed. We old ones are so grateful. Thanks to tomdispatch.com. OWW At […]

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Boulder Colorado to vote on municipal home rule for electricity

Bloomington, Indiana, where I live, is constantly battling state and federal jurisdictions and attitudes that violate the values of the majority of those who live here. Transportation issues have been especially prevalent these past few years. Early this spring we lost a battle to not widen “the Bypass;” now we’re in the final stages of […]

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Lee Speigel: are all UFO “rods” really insects?

For those still looking for visual evidence of ET technology (or needing something to show to their friends) here’s an article plus videos that I really enjoyed for its sly, subtle switching back and forth between (seeming?) “scientific” skepticism and real honest-to-God incredulity; not until the very end did it become clear which “side” would […]

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