From marksafron at att.net  Tue Oct  1 08:50:25 2013
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2013 08:50:25 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Borowitz: Millions Flee Obamacare
Message-ID: <D3349B6D-C4C4-4FF2-A33F-77758E126A8D@att.net>

MILLIONS FLEE OBAMACARE


UNITED STATES ?Millions of Tea Party loyalists fled the United States in the early morning hours today, seeking what one of them called ?the American dream of liberty from health care.?

Harland Dorrinson, 47, a tire salesman from Lexington, Kentucky, packed up his family and whatever belongings he could fit into his Chevy Suburban just hours before the health-insurance exchanges opened, joining the Tea Party?s Freedom Caravan with one goal in mind: escape from Obamacare.

?My father didn?t have health care and neither did my father?s father before him,? he said. ?I?ll be damned if I?m going to let my children have it.?

But after driving over ten hours to the Canadian border, Mr. Dorrinson was dismayed to learn that America?s northern neighbor had been in the iron grip of health care for decades.

?The border guard was so calm when he told me, as if it was the most normal thing in the world,? he said. ?It?s like he was brainwashed by health care.?

Turning away from Canada, Mr. Dorrinson joined a procession of Tea Party cars heading south to Mexico, noting, ?They may have drug cartels and narcoterrorism down there, but at least they?ve kept health care out.?

Mr. Dorrinson was halfway to the southern border before he heard through the Tea Party grapevine that Mexico, too, has public health care, as do Great Britain, Japan, Turkey, Spain, Belgium, New Zealand, Slovenia, and dozens of other countries to which he had considered fleeing.

Undaunted, Mr. Dorrinson said he had begun looking into additional countries, like Chad and North Korea, but he expressed astonishment at a world seemingly overrun by health care.

?It turns out that the United States is one of the last countries on earth to get it,? he said. ?It makes me proud to be an American.?


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From ttfarm at mcn.org  Tue Oct  1 09:27:00 2013
From: ttfarm at mcn.org (Laurie York)
Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2013 09:27:00 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Nurses explain "Obamacare" in 90 seconds...
In-Reply-To: <D3349B6D-C4C4-4FF2-A33F-77758E126A8D@att.net>
References: <D3349B6D-C4C4-4FF2-A33F-77758E126A8D@att.net>
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http://www.upworthy.com/bam-nurses-explain-obamacare-in-90-seconds-2?g=3&c=bl3

From rkarch at mcn.org  Tue Oct  1 12:23:15 2013
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2013 12:23:15 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Thank For Your Support Note From Charles Bush
	with Board Application link.
References: <E1VR2rt-0002Ny-FN@beryllium.elinuxservers.com>
Message-ID: <F9E16D4B-963E-43D9-A269-AF1A79DCE077@mcn.org>

> 
> 
> 	Tuesday, October 1, 2013
> 
> Dear Richard and Pat  ,
> Thank you for attending last Friday's Board of Director's meeting. I agree with some of the speakers who called this meeting a 'wake-up call' and I want you to know that I appreciate ALL of your input and feedback. My door is always open to interested members of our community.
> Many of you expressed interest in becoming Board members. As you know, we are now in the position to recruit six! The process is simple, and details may be found here: Board Application Letters . I look forward to several applications, and to working with an enthusiastic new Board. 
> I also want to take this opportunity to invite you ALL to continue your involvement with the Center. Our next scheduled Board Meeting is on November 1st at 1pm. As always, everyone is welcome at our Board Meetings. And I also want to call attention to our next 'Friend Raiser', our 40th Anniversary Banquet on October 26th. And of course, you are welcome at lunch every weekday.
> I hope you will excuse me for taking the liberty of sending you this email. You will note, below, that you can send us a message directly Of course if you express your wish that we not email to you again, we will take your name off our mailing list.
> Once again, thank you for your devotion to our Senior Center.
>  
> Charles Bush
> Executive Director
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Reality is not what it seems to be, nor is it otherwise.   
                                       Tibetan Buddhist teaching

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From marksafron at att.net  Tue Oct  1 21:10:49 2013
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2013 21:10:49 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Who's running the meeting?
Message-ID: <D328F5E9-382B-4BC4-A537-1C2713811FBF@att.net>



From marksafron at att.net  Tue Oct  1 21:44:34 2013
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2013 21:44:34 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] How Congress Will Still Get Paid in a Government
	Shutdown - The Daily Beast
Message-ID: <6D099009-7FA1-4FB0-840D-BCEAE79FC021@att.net>


http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/09/30/how-congress-will-still-get-paid-in-a-government-shutdown.html

How Congress Will Still Get Paid in a Government Shutdown

Ted Cruz is leading the charge in the Senate (and apparently the House) to defund the Affordable Care Act, even as the strategy hurls the country toward a government shutdown on Tuesday. But on Friday night, Cruz told a Texas audience that he plans to keep his Senate paycheck during the shutdown while much of the rest of the government grinds to a halt and other federal employees go without pay. A handful of other senators and members of Congress have said they won't take a salary starting this week if they don't pass a continuing resolution to fund the government, but so far Cruz is the only one to say he has no plans to stop getting paid.


Jacquelyn Martin/AP

"At least at the current time, I have no intention to do so," Cruz said when an audience member at the Texas Tribune festival asked if he would forgo his Senate salary if Congress fails to reach an agreement this week to fund the federal government. Cruz added that he had not given much thought to the question before and reiterated that he doesn't think the government should shut down.

But no matter whether Cruz and others in Congress think the government should shut down, it is becoming abundantly clear that the government will shut down and that hundreds of thousands of federal employees around the country who are paid through annual appropriations will be furloughed without pay as long as it lasts.  Millions more, including active-duty members of the military, will be required to report to work without a salary until the government goes back to regular operations. Although service members and other federal workers have been paid retroactively after past shutdowns, the House and Senate would have to approve the back pay, which is not guaranteed.

Members of Congress will have no such dilemma about the future of their own finances this week because the 27th Amendment to the Constitution specifically stipulates that the salaries of the House and Senate cannot change until a congressional election has come and gone. Members of both chambers currently make $174,000.

The 27th Amendment was originally hatched by the Founding Fathers and ratified in 1992 to prevent senators and House members from boosting their own salaries before an election. But the reality is that Congress is now the only class explicitly protected by the Constitution from financial pain in the event that they themselves fail to fund regular government operations. Even their own congressional staff members will be furloughed or go to work on Capitol Hill without the promise of getting paid once the dust settles.

Twitter reacts to the House vote to delay Obamacare.

?They don?t seem to care about the single mom who works as a custodian in one of our government buildings who is struggling to get by.?

A handful of Democrats and Republicans have stepped forward recently to say they will not accept their paychecks this week if a shutdown occurs. Alabama Republican Rep. Martha Roby has said she shouldn?t get paid if members of the military don't get paid. "This is Congress?s problem to fix," she said. Rep. Gary Peters (D-MI) says he'll donate his salary to charity if Congress can't agree on a continuing resolution. "Michigan families work hard and when they don?t go to work, they don?t get paid," Peters said. "The same should hold for Congress."

On Saturday, Rep. Pete Gallego (D-TX) introduced a bill to designate members of Congress as "non-essential employees," meaning they would be stop being paid along with the other federal employees starting on Tuesday.

Looking to take the decision out of individual members' hands, Sen. Barbara Boxer introduced legislation in January to prevent any member of the House or Senate from getting paid in the event of a government shutdown. A similar bill passed the Senate unanimously in 2011, but the House never voted on it. This year, as the likelihood of a shutdown looks more certain than ever, Boxer's bill has one co-sponsor, Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA).

"How is that Republicans who are urging a shutdown of the government are not co-sponsors of my bill?" Boxer said Friday. "They want to protect their own pay, they want to protect themselves and their families, but they don?t seem to care about the single mom who works as a custodian in one of our government buildings who is struggling to get by ... These Republicans are willing to put the livelihoods of millions of American workers at risk?but not their own."

Late Saturday night, just before the House passed the latest version of the latest funding bill that President Obama had already promised to veto, Reps. Jim Moran (D-VA) and Frank Wolf (R-VA) both said that regardless of congressional action, federal employees should get paid this week and into the future, no matter what. "They should not be punished because the president and Congress cannot agree," Wolf said. Moran added that a shutdown would only hurt the people who have no power to avoid it. 

"What are we doing this for?" Moran said. "This doesn't make sense."


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From moxie at mcn.org  Tue Oct  1 16:25:07 2013
From: moxie at mcn.org (moxie at mcn.org)
Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2013 16:25:07 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] [Fwd: FOCUS: Chris Hedges | The Sparks of
	Rebellion]
Message-ID: <d73e8e41c5245e5f485e677d4e6887a0.squirrel@webmail.mcn.org>

Hey OCCUPANTS! ~

I mat Chris Hedges in Ft. Meade! He's really smart & articulate, & he
liked the custom 'trial mix' I made up for court survival sustenance!
This is a Great article: pass it around to anyone You know who hasn't
figured this stuff out yet...or fogrot...or...

xoxo, K! {moxie at mcn.org)

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From vjessielee at gmail.com  Wed Oct  2 03:23:41 2013
From: vjessielee at gmail.com (Jessie VanSant)
Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2013 03:23:41 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Who's running the meeting?
In-Reply-To: <D328F5E9-382B-4BC4-A537-1C2713811FBF@att.net>
References: <D328F5E9-382B-4BC4-A537-1C2713811FBF@att.net>
Message-ID: <1D7F5DF7-26A9-4CDC-8E22-FE5957BD4C5E@gmail.com>

Are we on for this Saturday?

I can facilitate if that's OK with majority?.

Agenda items please

Jessie Lee


On Oct 1, 2013, at 9:10 PM, Mark Safron <marksafron at att.net> wrote:

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From marksafron at att.net  Thu Oct  3 11:16:29 2013
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2013 11:16:29 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Borowitz: Boehner: Obama Stubbornly Refusing to
	End Crisis I Created
Message-ID: <1A7225C0-AD61-4E5D-A5B2-9A7EC5CA6D49@att.net>


BOEHNER: OBAMA STUBBORNLY REFUSING TO END CRISIS I CREATED



WASHINGTON?Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-Ohio) said that he was disappointed after meeting with President Obama at the White House on Wednesday afternoon, telling reporters, ?The President is stubbornly refusing to end the crisis I created.?

?Government is about teamwork,? Mr. Boehner continued. ?I?ve done my part by putting together an entirely optional crisis that has shut down the government and will throw thousands out of work. Now it?s up to the President to do his part by ending it.?

Mr. Boehner said that he was ?flabbergasted? that the President was looking to him to bring the current government shutdown to an end: ?So after doing all of the hard work to push the country to the brink, I?m supposed to pull it back, too? How about you pitching in a little, Mr. President??

The House Speaker said that he hoped he did not have to manufacture another entirely avoidable crisis over the debt ceiling in order to stir the President to action. ?Quite frankly, orchestrating these unnecessary stalemates takes a lot of energy and I could really use a rest,? he said.

But Mr. Boehner seemed pessimistic that the President ?got the message.?

?Because of my actions, thousands of federal workers have already been furloughed,? he said. ?How many more people do I have to throw out on the street before the President wakes up??




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From rkarch at mcn.org  Thu Oct  3 14:17:52 2013
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2013 14:17:52 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Hi Everyone! Come to the First Friday Rally in
	Fort Bragg
Message-ID: <ADF8DE77-2A02-4935-899B-65E22230980C@mcn.org>

Plan to join us in front of the banks between 4 and 6 PM for a rally.
We are nearly into our second year rallying in front of the B of A and 
Chase Banks.  Some thought we would give up as soon as the weather
changed, but we didn't and still are there every Friday.

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From rkarch at mcn.org  Thu Oct  3 19:05:11 2013
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2013 19:05:11 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Occupy GA Minutes for 9/21/13
Message-ID: <6E67FF93-7CE0-40E2-B2A7-EF3E3478A367@mcn.org>



Occupy Mendocino GA meeting
Redwood Coast Senior Center 
 9/21/13, 2-4 PM
Chair: Agnes
Stacker: Dan
Secretary: Richard

Members attending, Mark, Howard, Dan, Irene, Linda, Ann, Agnes, Sheila, Jessie, Richard

Mark: read letter below from Redwood Coast Senior Center board member Gin Kremen.

THERE IS A BOARD MEETING FRIDAY.  THAT IS OUR REGULAR "LAST FRIDAY OF THE MONTH" BOARD MEETING.  NO SURPRISES THERE.  

PER ANN RENNACKER'S SALARY STATEMENT:  THE PAYROLL IS $30,000 A MONTH.    I ASSUME SHE UNDERSTANDS THAT.  CHARLES GAVE BACK PART OF HIS SALARY THE FIRST YEAR HE WAS E.D.  THIS HAS NOT CONTINUED.  (DID SHE UNDERSTAND THAT $30,000 TO BE FOR THE YEAR?)

PRESIDENT DID NOT SAY "OCCUPY WILL NOT MEET HERE AGAIN".  THAT IS TOTAL BULL%&*#.  I WAS THERE UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE.  THIS IS NOT ABOUT OCCUPY.   THE PRESIDENT TAKES A LOT OF FLACK THAT SHE DOES NOT DESERVE (AND HAS RECEIVED DEATH THREATS).  SHE, AND THE BOARD, BELIEVE THAT OCCUPY SHOULD PAY RENT LIKE EVERYONE ELSE DOES.  (I THINK SO, TOO).  

YOU CAN'T FIRE CHARLES WITH 4 "YES" VOTES.  CHARLES WAS NOT FIRED.  

BOB LEFT BEFORE A VOTE WAS TAKEN.
SYD LEFT AFTER THE VOTE, BUT BEFORE THE END OF THE MEETING.
CHARLES HAD LEFT THE BUILDING BEFORE THE MEETING ENDED.

DRAW YOUR OWN CONCLUSIONS AS TO WHERE THIS "THE BOARD FIRED CHARLES"  CAME FROM, AND PUT THE BLAME FOR THIS MESS WHERE IT TRULY BELONGS. 

FOR MONTHS, EVERYTHING IN CLOSED SESSIONS HAS BEEN IMMEDIATELY LEAKED TO CHARLES.  AGAIN?PUT THE BLAME FOR THIS MESS ON WHOMEVER LEAKED CLOSED-SESSION INFORMATION.  ALL THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED HAD WE BEEN ALLOWED TO WORK IT OUT IN A SENSIBLE, ORDERLY FASHION.   THIS WAS NOT "WHISTLE-BLOWING" AND DOES NOT DESERVE "GRATITUDE" FROM THE COMMUNITY.  THIS WAS MEAN-SPIRITED, SELF-SERVING AND HAS TORN A COMMUNITY APART.

SHAME ON THE LEAKER AND SHAME ON US ALL.

GIN KREMEN

Jessie on Gin letter: Occupy has always paid rent. From very beginning we paid money.
 Bob B said we should pay rent. Gin might not have heard it. People are not getting the 
idea that we are paying. We have paid through Aug.  We have been paying. It is about 
Occupy that this firing is happening.   Linda will listen to Syd?s  tape of meeting this 
week.
Long discussion of the RCSC ?firing? continued with people puzzled about details and
awaiting the RCSC board meeting on Friday, 9/25  at 1PM

Agnes: Letter report from Charter meeting yesterday.
Dan,
    Some after thought about the surprise announcement by Ellen that we
don't need money for an audit, but that quoting John Pinches, we
could have access to public records in the County Office of the
Assessor. First, Could you verify the facts?
Second, I can't say who else besides myself would drive to Ukiah each week
from the coast to look through documents.
Third, Will volunteers need to be computer nerds to do this?
fourth, will there be any compensation for mileage driving from the coast
to Ukiah for volunteers? Some of whom need to work part time.

Fifth, Will Suasan Ranochak train volunteers multiple times?
Will Jed get paid for training us if he is willing to give up a work day
at his business/farm?

Agnes
9/20/13
 
Richard: Occupy forums. Films, workshops, etc. To educate and fill loss of Alliance of 
Democracy presentations that used to be at Town Hall. 
HOward: Occupy should present  a forum  for local nonprofit  board directors to  
fill  them in on fiduciary responsibility for non profits.  Richard made a motion
to have a forum committee. Motion died from lack of a second.  Sheila said this should
come under the publicity committee we already have.

Sheila:  got a phone call that said that the board of Footlighters approved
 the presenting of the building to MCTV in 2006. Seven board members voted/approved
giving the building to MCTV. Old board members need  to come forward. 
Jessie: says she has standing.  Others were telling lies and don?t want to have
anything to do with Footlighters.  

Richard: We should send to the Grand Jury about this matter. (Handed out forms .)

Irene:  There?s an event in Mendocino that will have tables for nonprofits.  Sheila and 
Agnes want to go there.  Richard will find out details and get application form.
JESSIE: Suggest we have a second year party for Occupy. She summed up the need to
prioritize so as not to get too scattered.   People need to work on vital projects.
4:PM Meeting concluded:

Had a birthday party for brother Daniel. He is 48 years old.  Ice cream, pie, cookies 
and more.
Next Meeting: Saturday October 5, 2 PM at Senior Center.


Minutes submitted by Richard 


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From marksafron at att.net  Fri Oct  4 12:22:33 2013
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2013 12:22:33 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Sen. Warren: We Are Not a Country of Anarchists
References: <1BF6BF58-38D1-4B33-A125-4C3F8E17570F@att.net>
Message-ID: <484DA3D4-0584-4235-A147-59888F28C67D@att.net>

(I continue to be impressed by her plain-speaking well reasoned arguments and wish the President would do the same. M.S.)    


http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/19708-focus-we-are-not-a-country-of-anarchists

We Are Not a Country of Anarchists


By Elizabeth Warren, Reader Supported News

04 October 13

 

f you watch the anarchist tirades coming from extremist Republicans in the House, you'd think they believe that the government that governs best is a government that doesn't exist at all.

But behind all the slogans of the Tea Party - and all the thinly veiled calls for anarchy in Washington - is a reality: The American people don't want a future without government.

When was the last time the anarchy gang called for regulators to go easier on companies that put lead in children's toys? Or for inspectors to stop checking whether the meat in our grocery stores is crawling with deadly bacteria? Or for the FDA to ignore whether morning sickness drugs will cause horrible deformities in our babies?

When? Never. In fact, whenever the anarchists make any headway in their quest and cause damage to our government, the opposite happens.

After the sequester kicked in, Republicans immediately turned around and called on us to protect funding for our national defense and to keep our air traffic controllers on the job.

And now that the House Republicans have shut down the government - holding the country hostage because of some imaginary government "health care boogeyman" - Republicans almost immediately turned around and called on us to start reopening parts of our government.

Why do they do this? Because the boogeyman government in the alternate universe of their fiery political speeches isn't real. It doesn't exist.

Government is real, and it has three basic functions:

	? Provide for the national defense.
	? Put rules in place rules, like traffic lights and bank regulations, that are fair and transparent.
	? Build the things together that none of us can build alone - roads, schools, power grids - the things that give everyone a chance to succeed.
These things did not appear by magic. In each instance, we made a choice as a people to come together. We made that choice because we wanted to be a country with a foundation that would allow anyone to have a chance to succeed.

The Food and Drug Administration makes sure that the white pills we take are antibiotics and not baking soda. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration oversees crash tests to make sure our new cars have functioning brakes. The Consumer Product Safety Commission makes sure that babies' car seats don't collapse in a crash and that toasters don't explode.

We are alive, we are healthier, we are stronger because of government. Alive, healthier, stronger because of what we did together.

We are not a country of anarchists. We are not a country of pessimists and ideologues whose motto is, "I've got mine, the rest of you are on your own." We are not a country that tolerates dangerous drugs, unsafe meat, dirty air, or toxic mortgages.

We are not that nation. We have never been that nation. And we never will be that nation.

The political minority in the House that condemns government and begged for this shutdown has its day. But like all the reckless and extremist factions that have come before it, its day will pass - and the government will get back to the work we have chosen to do together.


Reader Supported News is the Publication of Origin for this work. Permission to republish is freely granted with credit and a link back to Reader Supported News.



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From rkarch at mcn.org  Fri Oct  4 14:48:59 2013
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2013 14:48:59 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] The Truth About the Economy
References: <a11e9bde490ca403b5bd7371cb6f3a38.squirrel@webmail.mcn.org>
Message-ID: <222F62E5-FC61-4486-8097-0CA1C5410DA3@mcn.org>

> From Kay Rudin:
> Here's a REALLY GOOD (quick) ONE! ~
> 
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTzMqm2TwgE
> 
> enjoy!
> 
> K!
> 



From marksafron at att.net  Sat Oct  5 00:01:06 2013
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Sat, 5 Oct 2013 00:01:06 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Donald Segretti Tribute - The Triumph Of The
	Ratfuckers - Esquire
Message-ID: <E2C32190-FFA4-4631-A164-4E837043CBA3@att.net>


http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/donald-segretti-ratfking-100413

THE TRIUMPH OF THE RATFUCKERS

By Charles P. Pierce 


AFP via Getty Images

Donald Segretti, the original ratfker, in the 1970s.

As the Reign Of The Morons enters its third day, let us pause for a moment to pay tribute to a political visionary whose entire career presaged the current moment, anticipating the essential dynamic in play in Washington right now in all of its petulant, kindergartenish glory. Let us raise a morning glass to Donald Segretti, the ratfucker.

(As any student of Watergate knows, "ratfucking" was the word used by Segretti and a number of other officials in the Nixon White House for the dirty tricks they ran in student elections when they all were at the University of Southern California. Segretti -- as well as his pal, Dwight Chapin -- simply transferred these techniques to our national elections.)

There are two basic philosophical foundation stones to ratfucking. The first is that political sabotage for its own sake is a worthy enough goal. There doesn't necessarily have to be an obvious purpose or obvious logic behind it. Everything is simply tactics. Those tactics either work or they don't. To believe this, of course, one must first believe that all politics is a essentially a zero-sum game of power; you win and the other guy loses. Who rules? Period. One cannot for a moment contemplate the notion that politics -- and therefore, government -- has anything to do with the public good. I trust I don't have to spell out the parallels between this elemental basis of ratfucking and what the Republicans are about in their current campaign of vandalism. This has now entered a time in which we are seeing sabotage for sabotage's own sake. Remember, the conservative rump faction has brought this shutdown upon the country because its members refuse to agree to a federal budget that contains lower discretionary spending than even Paul Ryan contemplated. That's because now -- as Congressman Marlin Stutzman pointed out clearly yesterday -- this isn't about the budget, or even about economics, it's about who wins and who loses. It's about whether or not John Boehner, the castrato Speaker Of The House, can keep his job. The public, as was said during our previous Gilded Age, be damned.

The second basic philosophical tenet of ratfucking is that it is essentially bullying. It is essentially about ridicule and deceit as ends in themselves. Segretti's activities were meant to bring embarrassment and public scorn upon his targets. They were not aimed at proving to voters that the opposition was wrong. They were aimed at making it look ridiculous. Hubert Humphrey's bastard child. Edmund Muskie's rallies cancelled. Sooner or later, of course, the viciousness and the schoolyard taunting can't be contained. Segretti's activities, while relatively harmless, opened the ballgame for the late Lee Atwater's vicious race-baiting and for the entire public career of Karl Rove, in which the latter has not drawn a single breath in which he did not dedicate himself to the degradation of the political process and the poisoning of the political debate.

We are seeing this aspect of ratfucking playing out now. We saw it when Representative Randy Neugebauer bullied a Park Ranger. We saw it when Rep Todd Rokita told CNN anchor Carol Costello, essentially, to sit there and look pretty while he unspooled whatever the line of the day was. We saw it when Rep. Darrell Issa flipped out at a reporter a few days before that. And we are seeing it in the cynicism of the the now-daily Republican gimmick of finding a government service that polls well and then pretending to care about funding it, as though the whole party hasn't been running against "government" since before Don Segretti was cheating the student body at USC. We will open the National Parks, and all the other good stuff, and we can do it without really paying for it. The last victory of pure Reaganomics is on display.

We are coming into the first weekend -- and therefore, the first Green Room festival -- since the Reign Of The Morons began, so I suspect we will see a lot of ratfucking gussied up as high rhetoric come Sunday. But, for the rest of us, we are living through a living history of sabotage, through a single extended dirty trick. We are all of us, milling around the public square, wondering who cancelled the rally today and somewhere, in a Days Inn near the airport, a clever young man snaps his suitcase shut and moves on to the next town. There is always another rat to fuck, after all.


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From marksafron at att.net  Sat Oct  5 00:16:12 2013
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Sat, 5 Oct 2013 00:16:12 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Wendy Davis: Yes, She Can | The Nation
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http://www.thenation.com/blog/176488/wendy-davis-yes-she-can

Wendy Davis: Yes, She Can


Texas State Senator Wendy Davis filibusters an abortion bill in June. (AP/Eric Gay)

Yes, Wendy Davis is making an uphill run for governor of Texas.

She?s a progressive, pro-choice woman with a dramatic personal story, who made her name fighting the powers that be. As such, she does not fit the currently accepted image of a winning statewide candidate in a place where, as Molly Ivins noted, there has been a tendency to elect ?good ol? boy? governors.

But Davis has some history on her side.

And that history counters the narrative of those who would write her off.

If Davis gets Texas voters excited, if she gets them to engage?and re-engage?her candidacy could change the politics of the Lone Star State. A win would be transformational. A strong showing would be transitional.

The key to the calculus is the excitement factor. Can the woman who this spring excited tens of thousands of Texans enough to get them to come to the state capitol to back her filibuster of an assault on reproductive rights now excite hundreds of thousands who don?t usually cast ballots in off-year elections to come vote?

It has happened before.

Less than a quarter-century ago, a populist coalition led by a bold Democratic woman who boldly promised a new politics and a ?new Texas? won the governorship. And they did so by boosting turnout, especially among the historically neglected and disenfranchised voters that formed the candidate?s base.

In the gubernatorial election of 1990, Ann Richards replaced a two-term Republican governor, Bill Clements, and beat an exceptionally well-funded and well-connected Republican nominee, Clayton Williams.

The 2014 race to replace retiring Governor Rick Perry is the first open-seat Texas gubernatorial contest since 1990.

If 2014 is a Republican wave year?like 1994, when Richards was removed from office by a Republican upstart named George Bush, or like 2010?then Davis will have a very hard time. To deny that would be foolish.

But if 2014 is a more typical election year?and especially if it is an election year that sees turnout spike among young voters, African-Americans, Latinos and women?it would be foolish to dismiss Davis.

As foolish as it was to dismiss Ann Richards.

Back in 1990, Richards was?like Davis today?an outspoken state official who had made a name by challenging Democratic insiders and Republican money interests. She faced a tough primary to get the party nod, with fellow Democrats suggesting there was just no way Texans were going to elect a woman who absolutely and unequivocally defended the rights of women?especially their reproductive rights?and who was serious about empowering communities that had traditionally been neglected.

The Democratic primary and run-off in 1990 were vicious affairs, with opponents attacking Richards in the crudest and most personal ways. They didn?t just suggest that she was too liberal; one foe ran TV ads that suggested she was ?soft? on capital punishment, while another accused her of having drug problems.

Richards won a brutal Democratic runoff race, but she went into the general election with a divided party and a deficit in her campaign treasury. Her Republican foe, Williams, was on the attack and, while he bumbled at several turns, he was rich enough to ?own? the airwaves?outspending the Democrat two to one.

Yet, when the votes were counted, Richards won by a 100,000-vote margin, for a 49-47 finish.

What was her secret?

Ann Richards ran as Ann Richards. She was didn?t pull punches or tailor her message to fit the demands of campaign consultants.

Richards was proudly pro-choice. She promised to veto legislation that attempted to limit access to reproductive health services. Her campaign proudly circulated a letter from pro-choice activists that identified the Democrat as a champion in the struggle to defend abortion rights.

Richards defended voting rights. She advocated for low-income Texans and people of color. And she was blunt. Very blunt.

?Power is what calls the shots, and power is a white male game,? said Richards.

She made points that made sense to working women of every race and ethnicity.

?They blame the low income women for ruining the country because they are staying home with their children and not going out to work,? explained Richards. ?They blame the middle income women for ruining the country because they go out to work and do not stay home to take care of their children.?

Ann Richards made so much sense, and she made it so boldly, so unapologetically, that voters who had grown frustrated with the process got engaged again. And new voters got excited.

Turnout was high on November 6, 1990?roughly 51 percent, as compared to 47 percent four years earlier. And the difference provided the margin by which Richards won.

Turnouts are nowhere near that these days. In 2010, just 38 percent of registered voters cast ballots for governor of Texas. In 2006, it was just 34 percent.

Richards got more people to the polls. And she got their votes, sweeping the communities she has spoken to, and spoken for. Sixty percent of women who came to the polls backed Richards, as did 65 percent of Hispanic voters and 90 percent of African-American voters.

?She represented all of us who have lived with and learned to handle good ol? boys,? recalled Ivins, ?and she did it with laughter.?

It is often suggested now that, at some point in the none-too-distant future, Texas will ?tip? into the Democratic column as women and people of color form a new majority that beats the ?good ol? boys? at the ?white male game.?

But the fact is that Texas tipped almost a quarter-century ago. And then it tipped back.

Of course, there are differences between Wendy Davis and Ann Richards.

And, yes, of course, a lot has changed since 1990. The old Democratic courthouse establishment in all those Texas counties has, in many instances, become the new Republican courthouse establishment. The population of Texas has grown dramatically, and the demographics have shifted dramatically.

Some old truths remain, however.

Politics is supposed to be exciting. It is supposed to mean something. It is supposed to present real choices?choices that matter enough to get people to the polls.

Ann Richards practiced the politics of high expectations and high turnouts.

There is good reason to believe that Wendy Davis can do the same.

Yes, of course, Davis will be attacked?crudely, viciously. And, though she has a significant fund-raising network in Texas and nationally, Davis will be outspent. Dramatically.

There is no way she will win by running a cautious or apologetic campaign.

There is no way she will win by trying to identify the mythical center of Texas politics. As Jim Hightower, who won two statewide elections in Texas in the 1980s, reminds us, ?There?s nothing in the middle of the road but yellow stripes and dead armadillos.?

The key to the 2014 election in Texas is going to be turnout. And the key to turnout is excitement, drama, a sense that something new is possible. Or, perhaps, something old.

Texas Democrats have not prevailed in a gubernatorial race since Ann Richards won an uphill contest in which many suggested she did not have a chance. But Texas Democrats have not has a candidate with the record, the determination and the popular appeal Ann Richards since then. Now, perhaps, they do.

Katha Pollitt calls Wendy Davis her ?superhero? after Davis?s bold abortion-bill filibuster.


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From rkarch at mcn.org  Sat Oct  5 09:35:25 2013
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Sat, 5 Oct 2013 09:35:25 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] OM Facebook entry
Message-ID: <DBAA7C81-A0A3-4B8F-B580-13C5CEFCF664@mcn.org>


Options
Zappa MontagOccupy Mendocino
10 hours ago ? 
It was good to catch up with some of you all today. It is cool to see folks sticking with it, and keeping on the message. I am going to try to make to the GA meeting tomorrow, at least for a bit. Anyone else want to come. Autumn Faber Mendo Stylee Crew Peter Kafin?



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From rkarch at mcn.org  Sat Oct  5 10:41:13 2013
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Sat, 5 Oct 2013 10:41:13 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino]
	feds-urged-to-halt-fracking-off-the-california-coast
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http://www.fishsniffer.com/blogs/details/feds-urged-to-halt-fracking-off-the-california-coast/



From agnes at mcn.org  Sat Oct  5 12:01:05 2013
From: agnes at mcn.org (agnes at mcn.org)
Date: Sat, 5 Oct 2013 12:01:05 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Fwd: [strikedebtba-announcements] Article written
 by SDBA members, Hannah and myself, on eminent  domain, up on Strike Debt
Message-ID: <55350689564f92792402c68a76b0fabc.squirrel@webmail.mcn.org>

All about Richmond and Eminent domain.
Agnes


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From rkarch at mcn.org  Sat Oct  5 23:06:44 2013
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Sat, 5 Oct 2013 23:06:44 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Antonia Lamb on Senior Perspectives
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http://mendocoasttv.org/SeniorPerspectiveswithguestAntoniaLamb.html#featured

I enjoyed this so much.  It was like she was still here.  
Her concluding guiding comments are uplifting and a good model for all. 
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From marksafron at att.net  Sat Oct  5 23:47:33 2013
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Sat, 5 Oct 2013 23:47:33 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Pension-Fund Looters Get Tax Breaks,
	Too | Matt Taibbi | Rolling Stone
Message-ID: <CB1573FB-AE09-4EEB-A178-06AF9D581C5A@att.net>


http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/taibblog/pension-fund-looters-get-tax-breaks-too-20131004

Pension-Fund Looters Get Tax Breaks, Too

                                                     
Rhode Island State Treasurer Gina Raimondo, a Democrat, has declared war on public pensions
A few weeks ago, I wrote a feature on pension reform in states like Rhode Island for Rolling Stone. Since the piece was sharply critical of alternative investments like hedge funds, I expected a heated response, and got one right away. In fact, a series of raving/chest-thumping emails from one Manhattan Institute hedge fund billionaire appeared in my email inbox about four and a half seconds after the piece went live on the Rolling Stone website.

This colorful personage calmed down eventually, though, and I figured a more sophisticated, for-public-consumption response would come from those quarters later on.

It finally showed up this week in GoLocalProv, when Aaron Henn, an "opinion-leading urban affairs analyst" who appears in striking tie-and-folded-arms pose in his column photo, wrote a piece in defense of the Rhode Island Treasurer profiled in the piece called "Matt Taibbi's Deceptive Hatchet Job on Gina Raimondo."

Henn discloses up top that he's written in the past for the Manhattan Institute (again, a think-tank created by hedge funds to further industry objectives), so there's that. I'm not going to go through his article line-by-line, because this dispute is surely already becoming tiresome to many, but there are one or two points in it worth responding to.

For one, Henn complained that I didn't mention in my article that Raimondo is a Democrat. Through this omission, he says, I was trying to "obscure the severity of America's municipal pension crisis by portraying reform efforts as driven by right-wing ideology."

Well, it is right-wing ideology, for sure. Ayn Rand herself would have loved the idea of unilaterally imposing cuts to the "unsustainable" benefits of parasitic workers. But that doesn't mean it hasn't been advanced by Democratic Party politicians. That's something I have no problem admitting.

Anyone who covers the finance sector knows Democrats over the years have been in bed with Wall Street every bit as much as Republicans. In some ways, the finance industry is actually closer, especially on a cultural level, to the Democrats (many prominent financiers, former Goldman chief Bob Rubin being a great example, are social liberals).

This dates back to the Nineties, when two of the signature deregulatory moves that led to the financial crisis ? the final repeal of the Glass-Steagall Act and the Commodity Futures Modernization Act deregulating derivatives ? were pushed by the Clinton administration and its ballyhooed Rubin/Summers economic advisory team, famously lauded on the cover of Time as the "Committee to Save the World." (Even back then, politicians were casting Wall-Street friendly reforms as technocratic decisions designed to save regular people from financial ruin.)

More recently, I've written many times about the failure of Democratic Party politicians like Barack Obama to do anything about the outrageous carried interest tax break, under which hedge fund billionaires like the ones manning the board of the Manhattan Institute and making millions managing the pensions of states like Rhode Island pay a maximum personal tax rate of 15 percent.

In fact, not only have Democrats not done anything about that outrage, there have been many prominent ones ? like for instance Cory Booker and Bill Clinton, two politicians who both benefitted from finance-sector largesse in their respective careers ? who stood up and defiantly took bullets for the industry when Obama offered highly muted criticisms of Mitt Romney's finance-sector past last summer.

In a way, I should probably thank Henn, because had he not written his piece, I wouldn't have remembered this key point. Not only are states like Rhode Island paying millions in fees to outrageously expensive money managers, but those millions will be taxed at a rate far below what the teachers and police and sanitation workers who are being forced to swallow cuts in those states pay on their dwindling incomes. This is thanks in large part to a tax loophole preserved for years by cowardly Wall Street-supplicating politicians hailing, as Henn correctly notes, from both parties, Republican and Democrat.

There's another section of Henn's piece that coincides with another industry-friendly online criticism of the Rolling Stone piece, an article written by Andrew Biggs for the American Enterprise Institute. I've actually also seen the following argument in a few letters sent to me from pro-industry types in just the last few days, so it feels like a collectively-agreed-upon talking point of very recent vintage. And it's really, really weird stuff.

Both writers essentially say that the central thesis of the RS piece ? that hedge funds are pushing reform because it's in their own financial self-interest ? is "illogical" or a "non-sequitur," despite the undeniable fact of the hundreds of millions in fees paid out to money managers who have gone to great lengths to keep the details of their compensation secret.

Henn's argument went like this:

I agree with Taibbi that having pensions invest in hedge funds is a dubious practice, though I could quibble with his method of using simply fees paid as reason why it's bad. But that misses the much bigger issue, which is that cutting pension liabilities actually reduces, not increases, the justification for investing in hedge funds.

Taibbi rightly shows how governments systematically underfunded pensions for years and then attempted to deal with the resulting deficits through high risk investment strategies like hedge funds. But if you reduce the liability, you reduce the incentive to gamble with the funds. So it's absolutely anti-sensical to suggest anyone acting at the behest of peddlers of such risky plans would take action to reduce the very liability that gives any sort of a fig leaf to investing in them. His central thesis is a complete non-sequitur.

You can get a contact high just from staring at those paragraphs for too long. I think Henn here is saying the following:

States are turning to hedge funds because they have an unfunded liability problem and need to address it by earning higher returns. But if those high returns go on to actually reduce the liability, this will therefore reduce the justification for hiring hedge funds in the first place.

Therefore, nobody acting at the behest of hedge funds would actually hire a hedge fund.

Right? Or something like that. Incidentally, I didn't point to fees "simply" as the only argument against hedge funds. I also noted that they are underperforming blind bets on the market at two or three hundred times the cost, that many of the funds being chosen to manage union money have anti-union histories, and a few other things. In any case, Biggs, from the American Enterprise Institute, echoed Henn:

What strikes me is [the Rolling Stone article's] basic illogic. Taibbi's thesis is apparently a) the high fees charged by hedge funds are ripping off public pensions; and b) think tanks and other groups are pushing to shut down DB pensions.

I'm not sure whether either of these claims is true, but the problem is that ? as Taibbi goes to lengths to argue ? these shadowy groups are themselves supported by current or former hedge fund managers. In other words, the very people Taibbi claims are profiting the most from the public pension gravy train ? and profiting they are, as public plans are the largest single investors in hedge funds and private equity in the country ? are the ones trying to stop it. My spider-sense tells me the story might be a little more complicated than Taibbi lets on.

Biggs leaves out the fact that pension-reform advocates are not trying to "stop" pensions, they're mainly trying to convert them from a defined-benefit model to a defined-contribution model. The gravy train they're trying to "stop" is for workers, not money managers, who will actually earn more under reform, as states move more toward alternative investments. In no way is the financial services sector campaigning for an end to its pension gravy train. This is a pretty big thing to forget in this particular argument. It's actually the whole argument, isn't it? Readers, if I'm missing something, please let me know.




From agnes at mcn.org  Sun Oct  6 17:22:24 2013
From: agnes at mcn.org (agnes at mcn.org)
Date: Sun, 6 Oct 2013 17:22:24 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] [Fwd: Sign the petition: Cut John Boehner out of
 the process and end this shutdown]
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---------------------------- Original Message ----------------------------
Subject: Sign the petition: Cut John Boehner out of the process and end
this shutdown
From:    "Michael Langenmayr, Daily Kos" <campaigns at dailykos.com>
Date:    Sat, October 5, 2013 1:52 pm
To:      agnes at mcn.org
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Agnes, House Democrats are pushing a procedural move that could cut John
Boehner and Tea Party extremists out of the process and force a vote on a
clean spending bill to end the government shutdown. But they need 18
Republicans for it to work.

*Tell House Republicans: Sign the discharge petition and end this shutdown
now. [ https://www.dailykos.com/campaigns/518 ]*

Tea Party extremists shut down the government to force their right-wing
agenda on the American people. John Boehner is too scared of them to bring
a clean funding bill up for a vote-even though there are enough Democrats
and moderate Republicans to pass one.

A discharge petition could change all that.

House Democrats can force a vote on a clean funding bill and reopen the
government if 218 representatives sign the discharge petition. With 200
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*Sign the petition: Tell House Republicans to end the government shutdown.
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From marksafron at att.net  Mon Oct  7 08:06:03 2013
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2013 08:06:03 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Borowitz: Ted Cruz: Destroying Entire Planet Best
	Way to Stop Obamacare
Message-ID: <9D8F9EB8-91EF-4C7F-9585-FEF2B6A4D05B@att.net>


TED CRUZ: DESTROYING ENTIRE PLANET BEST WAY TO STOP OBAMACARE


WASHINGTON?Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) raised the ante in the battle over the Affordable Care Act on Sunday, telling CNN?s Candy Crowley that ?destroying the entire planet is really the best and only way to stop Obamacare.?

?Look, I?m in favor of shutting down the government and not raising the debt ceiling, but let?s not kid ourselves. Those are only half measures,? he told Crowley. ?If we are really serious about stopping Obamacare, we?ll destroy the entire planet.?

Explaining his proposal to a visibly alarmed Crowley, Senator Cruz said, ?Obamacare is like a parasite that needs a host to feed on. If you want to kill the parasite you kill the host, and in this case that means killing this planet. As long as there?s a planet Earth, the nightmare of Obamacare could always come screaming back to life.?

While he was not specific about how he would go about destroying the planet, Cruz said, ?This is something that my colleagues and I have been working on for some time.?

The Texas senator refused to speculate on whether there were enough votes in Congress to support his proposal of obliterating Earth, but he ended his interview on a personal note: ?Candy, I don?t want my children and my children?s children to live in a world with Obamacare. And the best way to guarantee that is by destroying the world.?



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From deejayliz at yahoo.com  Mon Oct  7 09:18:00 2013
From: deejayliz at yahoo.com (Liz Helenchild)
Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2013 09:18:00 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Fw: NPR wants you to think about fracking
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Stay tuned, y'all!
 


Environmental Action 
 
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Liz,

I don't know about you, but I listen to a LOT of NPR. If you're an avid NPR listener like me, you've probably had one or two "driveway moments", when you were so riveted by a story that you sat in your driveway listening until it was over. 

Unfortunately, there is also what I call the "drive away moment," in which I become so angry and frustrated that I want to rip the radio out of the dash and hurl it into the neighbor's yard. You may have experienced this, too, but for me, the drive away moment is when NPR's programming is sponsored by the American Natural Gas Association, the umbrella group for the frackers who pollute our water, land, and communities. 

You have probably heard the spots too: some bit of frackwashing followed by the words "Think About It." Fortunately, now there's a way to fight back that doesn't put you or your radio at risk. We have decided to beat the frackers at their own game by launching the website www.npr-dont-even-thinkaboutit.org where we provide real fuel for thought about natural gas and truly clean renewable energy. You can sign up to be part of the campaign right on the website?Click here to tell NPR "Don't Even Think About It!" when it comes to fracking. 
Many of us rely on NPR for real reporting on issues vital for our planet. Accepting these spots from ANGA calls all that into question. If you expect better from NPR, I hope you will join the campaign by visiting our site where you can help people think about energy by adding your voice and sharing the message. They need to hear from listeners and members of fracking-affected communities around our country who pledge to oppose fracking! Join the campaign to get NPR to go frack-free here. 
Made possible by YOU,

Jesse Bacon, Field Organizer,
Environmental Action  
You can support our work today by making a secure online contribution.
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From marksafron at att.net  Mon Oct  7 19:13:59 2013
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2013 19:13:59 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] If you have friends that don't understand
	fracking, show them this.
Message-ID: <2F427797-42B9-418D-87F4-3AE408D55AD3@att.net>

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uti2niW2BRA


From rkarch at mcn.org  Mon Oct  7 22:56:19 2013
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2013 22:56:19 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Rich People Just Care Less
Message-ID: <AAA24173-18EC-4A15-A97D-A6180F553FAC@mcn.org>

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/10/05/rich-people-just-care-less/?hp&_r=1&


  
Rich People Just Care Less
By DANIEL GOLEMAN

The Great Divide is a series about inequality.
TAGS:

DISCRIMINATION,EMPATHY, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,INCOME INEQUALITY,PSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHOLOGISTS,REPUBLICAN PARTY
Turning a blind eye. Giving someone the cold shoulder. Looking down on people. Seeing right through them.

These metaphors for condescending or dismissive behavior are more than just descriptive. They suggest, to a surprisingly accurate extent, the social distance between those with greater power and those with less ? a distance that goes beyond the realm of interpersonal interactions and may exacerbate the soaring inequality in the United States...









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From marksafron at att.net  Tue Oct  8 09:17:11 2013
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2013 09:17:11 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Pay attention to this man.
Message-ID: <BC8FE897-CEC1-4FCA-A7FE-07896E7A504E@att.net>

(Why are Republican cuts the only ones up for debate? Every last cut in the sequester agreement should be debated in the Democratic Senate. M.S.) 

http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/Sucker_Play

THE GREAT SUCKER PLAY

By Charles P. Pierce

As we pass into the second week of the Reign Of The Morons, it is becoming increasingly clear that the Republicans who are running the show are doing so in a manner based on two apparently contradictory dynamics. At this point, with the whole obsessive-compulsive fascination with the Affordable Care Act having waned somewhat, the Republicans are deeply confused as to why they are doing what they are doing to the country. (In this case, I am speaking of those Republicans who can still reach sanity without asking for the area code. The rump faction that's driving the party, of course, has no doubt of what it's doing at all. It believes it's forming up at Stirling Bridge against the forces of Edward Longshanks.) And, at the same time, even if they don't realize it, they're winning.

All weekend, the conservative pivot on the shutdown-debt-ceiling-spittlepalooza was consistent and obvious. This is now no longer entirely about the beastly tyranny of Obamacare. Oh, no. This is now about federal spending and about the deficit. Never mind that the deficit is dropping, and that the Democrats are now pleading to return to a level of federal spending below that which even Paul Ryan recommended. The old scarecrows are all coming out in time for Halloween. Poor, befuddled John Cornyn tried to make the case on CBS yesterday. And, on ABC, castrato Speaker Of The House John Boehner made it plain that there would be no movement on his side regarding the debt ceiling unless he gets what he wants in a further reduction of federal spending, and that there would be no tax increases of any kind from his side. He even trotted out the single most threadbare argument of all -- that the government should run its books like "an American family" does. (Sadly, this is a misbegotten trope to which even the president has resorted from time to time.) I am increasingly coming to believe that, for all the talk of how the conservatives have hurtled into a box canyon, it is the administration, bright people all, that may have been euchred into a situation that will truly damage it. After all, if the shutdown ended tomorrow, the sequester would still be in place. Austerity still would be the tacitly agreed upon program for both parties, and Paul Krugman likely still would be drinking before noon. The administration's brilliant eleventy-dimensional chess in 2010 looks more and more like a case of being too smart by half. It created a new reality in which both sides decided that what a country barely out of a devastating recession really needed was some belt-tightening and some fiscal discipline. If the administration really believed that the conservative monkeyhouse elected in 2010 wasn't going to be completely at home in this new reality, then somebody over there needs to be fired.

In the current political context, there was no reason for Jack Lew to go on television yesterday and utter the words "entitlement reform." There should be memos circulating throughout the Executive branch to the effect that, in the current circumstances, anyone who goes about with "entitlement reform" on his lips, should be boiled in his own pudding, and buried with a stake of holly through his heart. (Scrooge is very much on my mind these days. I'm getting a little worried.) Jesus God, entitlement reform? Now? Who is this man negotiating for? There also was no reason for him to talk about "tax reform, closing loopholes," without mentioning that what we really need is a higher top rate, and a financial-transaction tax, and a lot of other things that will make the Wall Street side of the Republican party howl.

For all the talk about how Republican extremism is finally catching up with the party, one can argue just as well that Wall Street-friendly, deficit-hawk, DLC-onomics is finally catching up with the Democratic party. There is no reason in the world now for the Democrats not to trot out a wish-list as long and as detailed as the one the Republicans burped up last week. Every last cut in the sequester agreement should be debated in the Democratic Senate. Medicare For All should get another run around the track. Major stimulative infrastructure programs should be designed. Hell, they should dig up John Maynard Keynes and sit him in the well of the Senate. If the denizens of the monkeyhouse want to gimmick things up with "continuing resolutions" funding those parts of the government that a) poll well, and b) make them look as though they give a rat's ass about poor people -- Tea Party congressmen defending the WIC program? Pull the other one. -- then the Democrats, many of whom actually care about this stuff, should give them a double dose of it in return.

This pivot can still work. The president has demonstrated that he can be brought to a deal if someone properly engages his impulse to be a conciliator. They're never going to be able to do that by asking him to chloroform the Affordable Care Act. But if they start talking about the deficit, they can get him to listen. If he starts to think about bipartisanship and about problem-solving, and about the rosy dream he painted in his famous 2004 speech at the Democratic convention, a speech that now sounds as though it were delivered by a five-year old, then he can convince himself to do anything. At which point, I will believe that, in doing what he did when he did it, Ted Cruz is the smartest man alive. And I do not, under any circumstances, want to believe that.

FULL COVERAGE OF THE SHUTDOWN FROM CHARLES P. PIERCE? 

? THE MORONS: Their reign is here 
? THE DEMOCRATS: The sellouts in the party 
? THE REPUBLICANS: Public Policy Polling's profile of their radical beliefs 
? MARLIN STUTZMAN: And his lonely war 
? AND SO MUCH MORE?


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From marksafron at att.net  Tue Oct  8 16:29:08 2013
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2013 16:29:08 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Republicans are violating the 14th Amendment.
Message-ID: <53D02F73-E9D8-490E-BF93-EC91D97E9529@att.net>



(So, why is a Constitutional scholar like Obama putting up with this crap?  M.S.) 

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/08/opinion/obamas-options.html?pagewanted=1&nl=opinion&emc=edit_ty_20131008&pagewanted=all

Obama and the Debt

PRINCETON, N.J. ? THE Republicans in the House of Representatives who declare that they may refuse to raise the debt limit threaten to do more than plunge the government into default. They are proposing a blatant violation of the 14th Amendment, which states that ?the validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law? is sacrosanct and ?shall not be questioned.?

Yet the Obama administration has repeatedly suppressed any talk of invoking the Constitution in this emergency. Last Thursday Jay Carney, the White House press secretary, said, ?We do not believe that the 14th Amendment provides that authority to the president? to end the crisis. Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew reiterated the point on Sunday and added that the president would have ?no option? to prevent a default on his own.

In defense of the administration?s position, the legal scholar Laurence H. Tribe, who taught President Obama at Harvard Law School, has insisted, as he put it two years ago, that ?only political courage and compromise? can avert disaster.

These assertions, however, have no basis in the history of the 14th Amendment; indeed, they distort that history, and in doing so shackle the president. In fact, that record clearly shows that Congress intended the amendment to prevent precisely the abuses that the current House Republicans blithely condone.

Congress passed the 14th Amendment and sent it to the states for ratification in June 1866. Its section on the public debt began as an effort to ensure that the government would not be liable for debts accrued by the defeated Confederacy, but also to ensure that its own debt would be honored.

That was important because conservative Northern Democrats, many of whom had sympathized with the Confederacy, were in a position to obstruct or deny repayment on the full value of the public debt by paying creditors in depreciated paper money, or ?greenbacks.? This effective repudiation of obligations already accrued ? to, among others, hundreds of thousands of Union pensioners and widows, as well as investors ? would destroy confidence in the government and endanger the economy.

As the wording of the amendment evolved during the Congressional debate, the principle of the debt?s inviolability became a general proposition, applicable not just to the Civil War debt but to all future accrued debts of the United States. The Republican Senate leader, Benjamin F. Wade of Ohio, declared that by placing the debt ?under the guardianship of the Constitution,? investors would be spared from being ?subject to the varying majorities which may arise in Congress.?

Two years later, on the verge of the amendment?s ratification, its champions inside the Republican Party made their intentions absolutely clear, proclaiming in their 1868 party platform that ?national honor requires the payment of the public indebtedness in the utmost good faith to all creditors at home and abroad,? and pronouncing any repudiation of the debt ?a national crime.?

More than three generations later, in 1935, Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes, ruling in the case of Perry v. the United States, revisited the amendment and affirmed the ?fundamental principle? that Congress may not ?alter or destroy? debts already incurred.

House Republicans threatening to refuse to raise the debt ceiling ? that is, force a repudiation of debts already accrued ? would violate that ?fundamental principle? of the Constitution.

Surely the lawyers advising and defending the White House, let alone the president, know as much. Refraining from stating this loudly and clearly, and allowing Congress to slip off the hook, has been a puzzling and self-defeating strategy, leading to the crippling sequester and the politics of chronic debt-ceiling crisis. More important, by failing to clarify the constitutional principles involved, the administration has neglected to do its utmost to defend the Constitution.

That failure has led to another abdication, involving constitutional action as well as constitutional principle. The White House, along with Mr. Tribe, has rightly pointed out that the 14th Amendment does not give the president the power to raise the debt limit summarily.

But arguing that the president lacks authority under the amendment to halt a default does not mean the executive lacks any authority in the matter. As Abraham Lincoln well knew, the executive, in times of national crisis, can invoke emergency powers to protect the Constitution.

Should House Republicans actually precipitate a default and, as expected, financial markets quickly begin to melt down, an emergency would inarguably exist.

In all, the Constitution provides for a two-step solution. First, the president can point out the simple fact that the House Republicans are threatening to act in violation of the Constitution, which would expose the true character of their assault on the government.

Second, he could pledge that, if worse came to worst, he would, once a default occurred, use his emergency powers to end it and save the nation and the world from catastrophe.

Were the president to act with fortitude, Republicans would continue to lambaste him as the sole cause of the crisis and scream that he is a tyrant ? the same epithet hurled at Andrew Jackson, Lincoln and Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Lincoln, who became accustomed to such abuse, had some choice words in 1860 for Southern fire-eaters who charged that he, and not they, would be to blame for secession if he refused to compromise over the extension of slavery: ?A highwayman holds a pistol to my ear, and mutters through his teeth, ?Stand and deliver, or I shall kill you, and then you will be a murderer!? ?

It is always possible that if the administration follows the two-step constitutional remedy, the House might lash out and try to impeach Mr. Obama. Recent history shows that an unreasonable party controlling the House can impeach presidents virtually as it pleases, even without claiming a constitutional fig leaf.

But the president would have done his constitutional duty, saved the country and undoubtedly earned the gratitude of a relieved people. Then the people would find the opportunity to punish those who vandalized the Constitution and brought the country to the brink of ruin.



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From rkarch at mcn.org  Tue Oct  8 16:43:27 2013
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2013 16:43:27 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Petition: Just Say No to Citizens United
Message-ID: <BFA2C0EA-8441-48D6-BFD2-BD5A54F2B813@mcn.org>

Just Say NO to Citizens United!

http://citizensunited2.com/


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From marksafron at att.net  Tue Oct  8 20:25:59 2013
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2013 20:25:59 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Monsanto
Message-ID: <15CBBF8B-DEDF-47EC-B5F6-9854B30FE7CA@att.net>

Dear Friends,

In an obscene development, a Monsanto executive is winning this year?s 'Nobel Prize of agriculture' -- the prestigious World Food Prize -- for creating GMOs. Receiving it legitimizes the sort of rampant genetic modification Monsanto pioneered, and helps validate a ruthless business model that impoverishes farmers and monopolizes our food. If that wasn't baffling enough, the founder of Syngenta, the same biotech giant joining Bayer in suing Europe to keep selling bee-killing pesticides, will also win the prize. The ceremony is in less than two weeks, so we need to act now.

Please join me in tell the World Food Prize Foundation not to reward Monsanto and bee-killer Syngenta?s outrageous practices. http://action.sumofus.org/a/world-food-prize-monsanto-syngenta/?sub=mtl

Thanks, Mark 

From marksafron at att.net  Wed Oct  9 08:47:00 2013
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2013 08:47:00 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Borowitz: Republicans Shut Down Prefrontal Cortex
Message-ID: <99138135-D256-4337-AD7B-3EB5F5A01955@att.net>

REPUBLICANS SHUT DOWN PREFRONTAL CORTEX


WASHINGTON?In an escalation of the stalemate gripping Washington, House Republicans voted today to shut down the prefrontal cortex, the part of the brain that controls reasoning and impulses.

The resolution, which passed with heavy Tea Party support, calls for a partial shutdown of the brain, leaving the medulla and cerebellum, sometimes referred to as the ?reptilian brain,? up and running.


The Tea Party caucus cheered the passage of the bill, which was sponsored by Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann, who called the measure ?long overdue.?

House Speaker John Boehner (R., Ohio) offered no timetable for restarting the prefrontal cortex, telling reporters, ?It will most certainly remain shut down during any negotiations with the President. That?s the only leverage we have.?

Representative Bachmann agreed: ?The President can go ahead and put a gun to our heads. There?s nothing there.?

While the G.O.P.?s decision to shut down the prefrontal cortex rattled Wall Street, the neuroscientist Davis Logsdon said it should be seen as little more than a symbolic vote, noting, ?It?s actually been shut down since the 2008 election.?



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From ttfarm at mcn.org  Wed Oct  9 09:13:48 2013
From: ttfarm at mcn.org (Laurie York)
Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2013 09:13:48 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Borowitz: Republicans Shut Down Prefrontal Cortex
In-Reply-To: <99138135-D256-4337-AD7B-3EB5F5A01955@att.net>
References: <99138135-D256-4337-AD7B-3EB5F5A01955@att.net>
Message-ID: <D233881D-A2B8-4BBF-B3C8-797FF0705D08@mcn.org>

Good one!  Thanks for sending.
-Laurie


On Oct 9, 2013, at 8:47 AM, Mark Safron wrote:

> REPUBLICANS SHUT DOWN PREFRONTAL CORTEX
> 
> <michele-bachmann-580.jpg>
> 
> WASHINGTON?In an escalation of the stalemate gripping Washington, House Republicans voted today to shut down the prefrontal cortex, the part of the brain that controls reasoning and impulses.
> 
> The resolution, which passed with heavy Tea Party support, calls for a partial shutdown of the brain, leaving the medulla and cerebellum, sometimes referred to as the ?reptilian brain,? up and running.
> 
> 
> The Tea Party caucus cheered the passage of the bill, which was sponsored by Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann, who called the measure ?long overdue.?
> 
> House Speaker John Boehner (R., Ohio) offered no timetable for restarting the prefrontal cortex, telling reporters, ?It will most certainly remain shut down during any negotiations with the President. That?s the only leverage we have.?
> 
> Representative Bachmann agreed: ?The President can go ahead and put a gun to our heads. There?s nothing there.?
> 
> While the G.O.P.?s decision to shut down the prefrontal cortex rattled Wall Street, the neuroscientist Davis Logsdon said it should be seen as little more than a symbolic vote, noting, ?It?s actually been shut down since the 2008 election.?
> 
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From marksafron at att.net  Wed Oct  9 17:11:47 2013
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2013 17:11:47 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] You Are Here: Carl Sagan on the pale blue dot
	photo
Message-ID: <591EE5F3-552F-4F7A-88A7-A998A2BC06CE@att.net>

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9TIeuBF9Ss


From marksafron at att.net  Fri Oct 11 08:26:19 2013
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2013 08:26:19 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Borowitz: Hostage-Takers Call Comparisons to Tea
	Party Hurtful
Message-ID: <D6B4CD58-D023-44CE-9DF1-C8D0295AF866@att.net>

HOSTAGE-TAKERS CALL COMPARISONS TO TEA PARTY ?HURTFUL?

WASHINGTON?A group representing America?s hostage-takers today blasted President Obama for his repeated comparisons between them and the Tea Party Republicans, calling his remarks ?degrading and hurtful.?

The complaint came from the National Alliance of Hostage-Takers and Blackmailers, a watchdog group that monitors negative images of extortionists in the media.

?As professional hostage-takers, we never take hostages unless we have a well-thought-out plan, realistic demands, and a clear exit strategy,? read the group?s official statement. ?Any comparison between what we do and these inane Tea Party antics are derogatory and unacceptable.?

The statement continued, ?For years, our members have been subjected to offensive Hollywood stereotypes of hostage-takers as crazed madmen, cackling evildoers, and worse. The President?s hurtful remarks only reinforce those negative images.?

Later in the day, White House press spokesman Jay Carney offered an apology to the group: ?As you can imagine, in the heat of a crisis we often say things we don?t mean. The President regrets any hurt his remarks may have caused.?

Mr. Carney said that in order to avoid offending other groups in the future, the President would resist the temptation to call the Tea Party Republicans terrorists, lunatics, or babies.




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From ellen.rosser at gmail.com  Fri Oct 11 12:44:19 2013
From: ellen.rosser at gmail.com (ELLEN ROSSER)
Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2013 12:44:19 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] a petition on fracking
Message-ID: <CAFGqSt73kvqEJMtqA0dw_zV+g8DYnG=AbcWAqX-vufm7c=OZNA@mail.gmail.com>

Ban fracking in Mendocino County
Inbox
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Richard Shattuck via CREDO Mobilize <act at credoaction.com>
11:31 AM (1 hour ago)
to me
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from act at credoaction.com
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*The petition below was started by Richard Shattuck, a CREDO activist in
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you help ban fracking in Mendocino County by signing Richard's
petition<http://www.credomobilize.com/petitions/ban-fracking-in-mendocino-county?t=2&akid=9146.2698777.RZ0Hs6>
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sharing it with your friends and family?*
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Dear Ellen,

Fracking is a toxic method of oil and gas extraction that involves blasting
vast quantities of water and toxic chemicals deep underground -- and it's
endangering countless Californians' health, safety and livelihoods.

*But Big Oil has plans to massively expand fracking in a huge section of
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That's why I started my own campaign on CREDOMobilize.com, which allows
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*Fracking is an inherently dangerous threat to our air, water and health.
Ban fracking now before it's too late. Mendocino County was the first to
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*

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the expansion of this toxic industry.

That's why *we have to take matters into our own hands and ban fracking at
the local level. Cities and counties in California have broad authority to
ban fracking, and we should pressure our elected officials to step in where
the state government has so far failed to act.*

Local bans on fracking may also be one of the most effective strategies for
winning change at the state level. If a wave of cities and counties in
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*Will you join me and add your name to my petition to urge the Mendocino
County Board of Supervisors to ban fracking in Mendocino
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Thank you for your support.

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From marksafron at att.net  Fri Oct 11 14:37:54 2013
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2013 14:37:54 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Worth Reading
Message-ID: <BB3DA0E7-0240-4964-AF41-C48A82B55D54@att.net>


THE MEDIA EQUATION
When Our News Is Gerrymandered, Too
By DAVID CARR
Published: October 11, 2013
I read an interview this past week with someone who gets his news from a narrow band of information providers.

He reads The Wall Street Journal, a really good newspaper that tilts right on its editorial page and sometimes in its news coverage. He also reads The Washington Times, a more reflexively conservative publication, and listens to ?the talk guys? on the radio during his commute to work. We know which ones because liberals don?t do well on the radio.

Even though he lives in Washington and works in government, he dumped his subscription to The Washington Post. He explained: ?It was the treatment of almost any conservative issue. It was slanted and often nasty. And, you know, why should I get upset every morning?? He added that The Post was ?shrilly, shrilly liberal.?

Just another guy in Washington who can?t stand hearing anything that doesn?t comport with his world view? Well, this one happens to work on the United States Supreme Court.

As Justice Antonin Scalia might say, ?Boom!? His interview with Jennifer Senior in New York magazine suggests that the tendency to limit one?s sources of information to avoid dissonance is not the province of a bunch of narrow minded, politically obsessed characters who send mass e-mails from their mother?s basement.

Political analysts trying to explain the current standoff in Washington are quick to point to redistricting as helping to foster ideological extremism in Congress. Representatives have been skillfully gerrymandered into safe districts of like minds where they can do as they please, listening only to reflections of their own thinking without fear of political consequence.

But given that politics in its current form is threatening to produce a crisis that threatens to create financial mayhem on a global scale ? while striking one more blow against claims of American ?greatness? ? perhaps something more complicated than sketching out voting districts is at play. The polarized political map is now accompanied by a media ecosystem that is equally gerrymandered into districts of self-reinforcing discourse. Justice Scalia and millions of news consumers select and assemble a world view from sources that may please them, but rarely challenge them.

As I flipped through cable channels over the last week, the government shutdown was viewed through remarkably different prisms. What was a ?needless and destructive shutdown? on MSNBC became a low-impact and therapeutic ?slim-down? over at Fox News.

But cable blowhardism would not be such a good business if there hadn?t been a kind of personal redistricting of news coverage by the citizenry. Data from Pew Research Center for the People and the Press on trends in news consumption released last year suggests people are assembling along separate media streams where they find mostly what they want to hear, and little else.

Fully 78 percent of Sean Hannity?s audience on Fox News identified as conservative, with most of the rest of the audience identifying as moderate and just 5 present as liberal. Over on MSNBC, conservatives make up just 7 percent of Rachel Maddow?s audience.

It isn?t just politicians that are feeding their bases, it is the media outlets, as well. The village common ? you know, that place where we all meet to discuss our problems, relying on the same set of facts ? has shrunk to the size of a postage stamp, surrounded by the huge gated communities of like minds who never venture into the great beyond.

But if you look past cable, talk radio and traditional media, there is another layer of self-reinforcing messages that may be having an impact. As Eli Pariser described in ?The Filter Bubble,? search companies rely on algorithms to predict what users want to see based on past clicks, meaning that users are moved farther away from information streams that don?t fit their ideological bent.

To put it another way, you and I might find very different results when we enter the word ?shutdown? on Google. The skillful custodians of search can produce what Mr. Pariser describes as ?personal ecosystems of information.?

To take that one step further, think of your Facebook feed or your Twitter account, if you have either. When you pick people to follow, do you select from all over the map, or mostly from among those whose views on culture and politics tend to align with your own? Thought so.

Unless you make a conscious effort to diversify your feeds, what you see in your social media stream is often a reflection, even amplification, of what you already believe. It?s a choir that preaches to itself.

In the spirit of real discussion, I decided to leave my lane, if that?s what it is, and talk to John Podhoretz, a twice weekly columnist for The New York Post and the editor of Commentary magazine. He?s a conservative, but not a strict ideologue, as evidenced by the recent scolding he issued in the The Post to ?my fellow conservatives who are acting as the enablers for irresponsible G.O.P. politicians.?

?Right now, people have more choices than they have ever had,'? he told me. ?Hannity and Maddow are right next to each other on the cable dial. But what makes it different is how unwelcoming everyone is to everyone else. People just don?t cross over in their habits, or if they do, they are made to feel very uncomfortable.?

?What?s different is the intensity level, the level of vituperation,? he said, adding that he had been on the receiving end of some of that by suggesting that the Tea Party was goading fellow Republicans into a suicide mission. ?You can dial up the intensity level by following 200 more people who think like you on Twitter or by turning on MSNBC or Fox News.?

More often than not when we tune in to cable or fire up the Web, we are staring into the mirror, not looking out a window. If we did look out a window, we?d see government officials talking past and around one another as they all fall down a flight of stairs, perhaps a perfect reflection of the people they represent.


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From jessie at mac.com  Sat Oct 12 03:52:37 2013
From: jessie at mac.com (Jessie Lee VanSant)
Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2013 03:52:37 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Switzerland takes on CEO pay inequality
Message-ID: <DDA06C50-449A-403B-8080-1807F8FAD3BA@mac.com>

> 	
> Swiss Showing the World How to Take on Pay Inequality
> 
> 
> Common Dreams staff
> October 5, 2013
> Common Dreams
> 
> There's a growing movement in Europe against pay inequality and the right for a basic income.
> 
> 	
> 
> Swiss activists submitted more than 100,000 signatures needed to get a vote on a guaranteed income Friday, October 4, 2013. In a symbolic gesture, they dumped a truckload of 8 million five-cent coins outside the parliament in Berne, one for every citizen., Reuters,
> 
> 	
> There's a growing movement in Europe against pay inequality and for the right for a basic income.
> 
> Swiss activists submitted more than 100,000 signatures needed to get a vote on a guaranteed income Friday, October 4, 2013. In a symbolic gesture, they dumped a truckload of 8 million five-cent coins outside the parliament building in Berne, one for every Swiss citizen.
> 
> There's a growing movement in Europe against pay inequality and the right for a basic income.
> 
> Switzerland is one of Europe's richest countries but does not have a minimum wage law.
> 
> But growing public activism over pay inequality since the 2008 financial crisis has already led to two referendum drives on CEO pay.
> 
> In March 2013, Swiss voters overwhelmingly passed one of the world's strictest controls on executive pay, forcing public companies to give shareholders a binding vote on compensation. Voters ignored the business lobby's claim that such curbs would undermine the country?s investor-friendly image.
> 
> Next month, November 24, a separate proposal to limit monthly executive pay to no more than what the company's lowest-paid staff earn in a year, the so-called 1:12 initiative, faces a popular vote.
> 
> Now, on Friday, Swiss activists submitted over 130,000 signatures to the Swiss Parliament likely forcing another referendum - this one to create a new law guaranteeing all Swiss nationals a basic income of CHF 2,500 a month ($2,756 US).
> 
> Under Swiss law, citizens can organize popular initiatives and the Swiss Parliament must address or hold a referendum over any issue which has gathered more than 100,000 signatures.
> 
> After submitting the signatures to Parliament, the activists dumped a truckload of 8 million five-cent coins outside the Parliament building in Berne, one for every Swiss citizen.
> 
> Enno Schmidt, founder of Generation Basic Income Initiative, said that he believes the Swiss government should be concerned about the groundswell of support for income equality. He opines that the country?s politicians are angry ?because now they have to look into this initiative.?
> 
> The date of the vote has yet to be announced.
> 
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From agnes at mcn.org  Sat Oct 12 09:54:40 2013
From: agnes at mcn.org (agnes at mcn.org)
Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2013 09:54:40 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] [Fwd: No Cuts to Social Security]
Message-ID: <22690c53fecee442721e7a7fede804a0.squirrel@webmail.mcn.org>

Bernie Sanders video is well worth watching.
Agnes

---------------------------- Original Message ----------------------------
Subject: No Cuts to Social Security
From:    "U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders" <bernie at bernie.org>
Date:    Sat, October 12, 2013 5:09 am
To:      agnes at mcn.org
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                                                  Bernie's Statement on
the Fiscal Crisis

                         Burlington, Vermont, Oct. 11 &ndash; Sen. Bernie
Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement
today on the 11-day-old government shutdown and
the debt ceiling:

                         &ldquo;The Republicans must stop holding the
American people hostage.  Speaker Boehner must
allow the House to vote so that they reopen the
government and pay our bills. Frankly, given the
enormous problems facing this country, it is
beyond belief that we have wasted weeks debating
whether, for the first time in our history, the
largest economy in the world should default and
plunge the world into a severe financial crisis.

                         &ldquo;Yesterday, the Republicans were using the
Affordable Care Act as the reason why they had to
shut down the government and not pay our bills.
Today, it&rsquo;s &lsquo;reforming&rsquo; Social
Security, Medicare and Medicaid. What will it be
tomorrow?

                         &ldquo;Social Security, which is independently
funded through the payroll tax, has nothing to do
with the deficit.  The deficit -- which has been
cut in half since 2009 -- was significantly
caused by the Bush wars in Iraq and Afghanistan,
the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy and the Wall
Street-induced recession, which led to a
significant decline in federal revenue.

                         &ldquo;The Republican Party and Paul Ryan cannot
be allowed to get their way by threatening the
American people with a continued government
shutdown and a default unless Congress cuts
Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.  That is
not what the American people want.  Rather, we
should be passing legislation which rebuilds our
infrastructure and creates millions of new jobs,
address the crisis of low wage employment by
raising the minimum wage, make college affordable
and fight for equal pay for equal work."

                         Below is a recent interview that Bernie did on
CNN with Wolf Blitzer which discusses these
issues.




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From marksafron at att.net  Sat Oct 12 11:07:11 2013
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2013 11:07:11 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Borowitz: Poll: Americans Divided Over What Wild
	Animal They Would Like To See Congress Mauled By
Message-ID: <57AAB3CC-616C-4205-8904-107B533A84E3@att.net>

POLL: AMERICANS DIVIDED OVER WHAT WILD ANIMAL THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE CONGRESS MAULED BY


WASHINGTON?As the partial government shutdown grinds on into its twelfth day, Americans remain deeply divided over what kind of wild animal they would most like to see Congress mauled by, according to a new poll released today.

While a majority of Americans say they would enjoy seeing Congress torn limb from limb by a ferocious bear, there is disagreement over which species of bear would be best suited for that assignment.

When asked, ?What kind of bear would do the best job of savaging Congress with its fearsome paws?,? Americans gave grizzly bears the highest job-approval rating, followed by polar bears, and by brown bears in a distant third.

But the poll showed that there was also strong support for the idea of Congress being set upon by a pack of rapacious animals, with rabid hyenas the first choice of many respondents, followed by feral dogs and cats.

While insatiable, bloodthirsty mammals were most often cited as the animals Americans would like to see eviscerate Congress, there was significant support for another scenario, involving Congress being consumed by a swarm of predatory insects.

Fifteen per cent of those surveyed ?strongly agreed? with the statement, ?Being torn limb from limb by a grizzly bear or devoured by a pack of rabid hyenas is too good for these people. They should be eaten, very slowly, by a colony of hungry fire ants. Yes, that?s it?fire ants. That would be amazing.?




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From marksafron at att.net  Sat Oct 12 11:26:30 2013
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2013 11:26:30 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] The Soaring Cost of a Simple Breath
Message-ID: <A377F433-3BCC-4E10-9781-FC7369F46961@att.net>

Here's what "Free Market" medicine looks like. 

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/13/us/the-soaring-cost-of-a-simple-breath.html?emc=edit_na_20131012&_r=0

From agnes at mcn.org  Sat Oct 12 14:03:27 2013
From: agnes at mcn.org (agnes at mcn.org)
Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2013 14:03:27 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] [Fwd: From HOFJ:  remember this?]
Message-ID: <b89d4385fbfd5e3f3a7af2d2e39957d2.squirrel@webmail.mcn.org>

FYI CJ Holmes sent this. Take the time to click on the links-pole change
and what to do to survive.
Learn some survival skills etc.
Agnes


---------------------------- Original Message ----------------------------
Subject: From HOFJ:  remember this?
From:    "CJ Holmes" <cjholmes at cjholmes.com>
Date:    Thu, August 15, 2013 9:01 am
To:      "HOFJ" <hofj at cjholmes.com>
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

On July 25 I said we're way past foreclosure fighting?  Here's why.

I believe this underlies everything else:  (peeling away all the layers of
fraud and tyranny)
1. video:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWP_Ha_Yg9I&feature=youtu.be
2. wobble evidence:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fjw3B862Pdc
3. sinkhole evidence:  http://bit.ly/1cFRwGY
4. safety:  http://bit.ly/14C4ED7
5. help:  http://bit.ly/1bzBXwz

Archive library link:  http://bit.ly/142gH0R

May the Force be with us all.  cj



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From agnes at mcn.org  Sun Oct 13 21:53:52 2013
From: agnes at mcn.org (agnes at mcn.org)
Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2013 21:53:52 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] [Fwd: Fw: Wind of Change]
Message-ID: <e9abed9d195ef58b721c2deb14ed99ae.squirrel@webmail.mcn.org>

---------------------------- Original Message ----------------------------
Subject: Fw: Wind of Change
From:    "Joan Daley" <calicoblue at hotmail.com>
Date:    Sun, October 13, 2013 5:15 pm
To:      "Agnes Woolsey" <agnes at mcn.org>
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

WE MUST make a change folks!!!!!!!!!!!!

        Wind of Change
        Warren Buffet is asking each addressee to forward this email to a
minimum of twenty people on their address list; in turn ask each
of those to do likewise. At least 20 if you can. It has to stop
somewhere.

              In three days, most people in The United States of America
will have this message.


              This is one idea that really should
              be passed around.


                    Congressional Reform Act of 2013



                    1. No Tenure / No Pension.



              A Congressman/woman collects a
              salary while in office, and receives no
              pay when they're out of office.


              2. Congress (past, present & future) participates in Social
Security.


              All funds in the CongressionalRetirementFund move to the
Social Security system immediately. All future funds flow
into
              the Social Security system, and Congress participates with
the American people. It may not be used for any other
purpose.


              3. Congressmen/women can purchase their own retirement
plans, just as all Americans do.


              4. Congress will no longer vote themselves a pay raise.
Congressional pay will rise
              by the lower of CPI or 3%.


              5. Congress loses their current health care system and
participates in the same
              health care system as the American people.


              6. Congress must equally abide by all laws they impose on
the American people.


              7. All contracts with past and present Congressmen/women are
void effective 12/31/13. The American people did not make
this contract with Congressmen/women.


              Congressmen/women made all these contracts for themselves.
Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding
Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, so ours should serve
their term(s), then go home and back to work.


              If each person contacts a minimum of twenty people then it
will only take three days for most people (in the U.S. ) to
receive the message.
              Don't you think it's time?


              THIS IS HOW YOU FIX CONGRESS!


              If you agree with the above, pass it on.
              If not, just delete.

        You are one of my 20+ - Please keep it going, and thanks.





        Music is a form whose meaning depends upon its violation.
        Rimsky-Korsakov


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  ____________________________________________________________
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  Could add $1,000s to Your Social Security Checks! See if you Qualify&#8230
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From marksafron at att.net  Sun Oct 13 23:25:14 2013
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2013 23:25:14 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] [Fwd: Fw: Wind of Change]
In-Reply-To: <e9abed9d195ef58b721c2deb14ed99ae.squirrel@webmail.mcn.org>
References: <e9abed9d195ef58b721c2deb14ed99ae.squirrel@webmail.mcn.org>
Message-ID: <6AFE4AB3-50A5-44EE-A19E-D4A26A76F29B@att.net>

I gotten this damn message about 20 times over the last couple of years from conservatives and liberals. Most of this has nothing to do with Warren Buffet. Read about it yourself.
http://www.snopes.com/politics/medical/28thamendment.asp


On Oct 13, 2013, at 9:53 PM, agnes at mcn.org wrote:

---------------------------- Original Message ----------------------------
Subject: Fw: Wind of Change
From:    "Joan Daley" <calicoblue at hotmail.com>
Date:    Sun, October 13, 2013 5:15 pm
To:      "Agnes Woolsey" <agnes at mcn.org>
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

WE MUST make a change folks!!!!!!!!!!!!

       Wind of Change
       Warren Buffet is asking each addressee to forward this email to a
minimum of twenty people on their address list; in turn ask each
of those to do likewise. At least 20 if you can. It has to stop
somewhere.

             In three days, most people in The United States of America
will have this message.


             This is one idea that really should
             be passed around.


                   Congressional Reform Act of 2013



                   1. No Tenure / No Pension.



             A Congressman/woman collects a
             salary while in office, and receives no
             pay when they're out of office.


             2. Congress (past, present & future) participates in Social
Security.


             All funds in the CongressionalRetirementFund move to the
Social Security system immediately. All future funds flow
into
             the Social Security system, and Congress participates with
the American people. It may not be used for any other
purpose.


             3. Congressmen/women can purchase their own retirement
plans, just as all Americans do.


             4. Congress will no longer vote themselves a pay raise.
Congressional pay will rise
             by the lower of CPI or 3%.


             5. Congress loses their current health care system and
participates in the same
             health care system as the American people.


             6. Congress must equally abide by all laws they impose on
the American people.


             7. All contracts with past and present Congressmen/women are
void effective 12/31/13. The American people did not make
this contract with Congressmen/women.


             Congressmen/women made all these contracts for themselves.
Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding
Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, so ours should serve
their term(s), then go home and back to work.


             If each person contacts a minimum of twenty people then it
will only take three days for most people (in the U.S. ) to
receive the message.
             Don't you think it's time?


             THIS IS HOW YOU FIX CONGRESS!


             If you agree with the above, pass it on.
             If not, just delete.

       You are one of my 20+ - Please keep it going, and thanks.





       Music is a form whose meaning depends upon its violation.
       Rimsky-Korsakov


   =




 ____________________________________________________________
 One Weird Trick
 Could add $1,000s to Your Social Security Checks! See if you Qualify&#8230
 newsmax.com




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From marksafron at att.net  Sun Oct 13 23:34:10 2013
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2013 23:34:10 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Poleshift is coming!
Message-ID: <7890FCAE-CE5A-4A17-ABD7-64B2867F5D79@att.net>

Holy crap! Get away from the oceans! Who cares about Wall St. & mortgages?  We're all going to die!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWP_Ha_Yg9I&feature=youtu.be

From moxie at mcn.org  Fri Oct 11 13:57:05 2013
From: moxie at mcn.org (moxie at mcn.org)
Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2013 13:57:05 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] [Fwd: Ban fracking in Mendocino County]
Message-ID: <fa5bd67ad1916ea2d903845aa0408ae0.squirrel@webmail.mcn.org>

---------------------------- Original Message ----------------------------
Subject: Ban fracking in Mendocino County
From:    "Richard Shattuck via CREDO Mobilize" <act at credoaction.com>
Date:    Fri, October 11, 2013 11:31 am
To:      "K RUDIN" <moxie at mcn.org>
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

      The petition below was started by Richard Shattuck, a CREDO
   activist in Mendocino County. Richard
   started a petition on [1]CREDO Mobilize, where activists can launch their
   own campaigns for progressive change. Will you help ban fracking in
   Mendocino County by [2]signing
   Richard's petition and sharing it with your
   friends and family?

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   [3]CREDO Mobilize
   [4]Ban fracking in Mendocino County

   [5]Sign the petition |>

   Dear K,

   Fracking is a toxic method of oil and gas extraction that involves
   blasting vast quantities of water and toxic chemicals deep underground --
   and it's endangering countless Californians' health, safety and
   livelihoods.

   But Big Oil has plans to massively expand fracking in a huge section of
   the state -- roughly 1,750 square miles from Southern to Central
   California, from Modesto to San Diego County.

   That's why I started my own campaign on CREDOMobilize.com, which allows
   activists to start their own petitions. My petition, which is to the
   Mendocino County Board of Supervisors, asks the following:

     Fracking is an inherently dangerous threat to our air, water and
health. Ban fracking now before it&#39;s too late. Mendocino County
was the first to stop GMO&#39;s from being grown and now we need to
step up and protect our ground water from this dangerous practice.
Thank you!

   [6]Tell the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors: Ban fracking now.

   Despite the clear risks posed to Californians by the oil industry's plans
   to frack our state, legislation that would have placed a moratorium on
   fracking died in the Assembly and Governor Brown appears eager to
   encourage the expansion of this toxic industry.

   That's why we have to take matters into our own hands and ban fracking at
   the local level. Cities and counties in California have broad authority to
   ban fracking, and we should pressure our elected officials to step in
   where the state government has so far failed to act.

   Local bans on fracking may also be one of the most effective strategies
   for winning change at the state level. If a wave of cities and counties in
   California reject fracking, it will put increased pressure on Governor
   Brown to ban fracking in all of California.

   [7]Will you join me and add your name to my petition to urge the
   Mendocino County Board of Supervisors to ban fracking in
   Mendocino County?

   Thank you for your support.

   Richard Shattuck

   [8]Sign the petition |>

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From agnes at mcn.org  Mon Oct 14 22:39:14 2013
From: agnes at mcn.org (agnes at mcn.org)
Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2013 22:39:14 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] [Fwd: Do your fiduciary responsibility,
	Treasurers!]
Message-ID: <9656fcfa0f4ef01e924aaed9aad09a57.squirrel@webmail.mcn.org>

---------------------------- Original Message ----------------------------
Subject: Do your fiduciary responsibility, Treasurers!
From:    agnes at mcn.org
Date:    Mon, October 14, 2013 10:27 pm
To:      agnes at mcn.org
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Please paste this link into your google browser and sign this petition.
Agnes



http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/state-and-county-treasurers-1?source=s.icn.em.cp&r_by=7244206





From annxpress at live.com  Tue Oct 15 18:25:34 2013
From: annxpress at live.com (Ann Rennacker)
Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2013 18:25:34 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] FW: URGENT: TAKE ACTION NOW to 'Defend Ancient
 Redwoods, Save Richardson Grove State Park!' on Change.org
In-Reply-To: <525dcfc67d37e_56cbf8807c21864d4@production-change-main-resque-08.mail>
References: <525dcfc67d37e_56cbf8807c21864d4@production-change-main-resque-08.mail>
Message-ID: <SNT145-W7358AEEA304CA06FD159B9DD040@phx.gbl>

We must save the drive-thru tree and Richardson Grove from CalTrans!!
 
Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2013 23:29:10 +0000
From: mail at change.org
To: annxpress at live.com
Subject: URGENT: TAKE ACTION NOW to 'Defend Ancient Redwoods, Save Richardson Grove State Park!' on Change.org

Greetings ALL~


Over the past several years this petition to Defend Ancient Redwoods has continued to gather signatures. I just want to personally send my deepest gratitude to ALL of you who have signed and forwarded this petition.  


Through actions and lawsuits Caltrans has been unable to "touch" Richardson Grove State Park.


Alas, they are back and hoping to start construction mid-2014.


Below is a letter from then Environmental Protection Information Center requesting that everyone TAKE ACTION NOW.


Help us continue to be a voice for the trees--- for the Ancient Redwoods.


Much respect and gratitude,

Aliana


>From EPIC: 


 Take Action Link: http://org2.salsalabs.com/o/5349/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=15562


Take action. The fate of Richardson Grove State Park is in your hands. Caltrans is now accepting comments on the newly released Supplement to the Environmental Assessment for the Richardson Grove highway-widening project during a 30-day public comment period that will end on October 21, 2013.

After a sternly worded remand from a federal court in April 2012, in which Caltrans was determined to have been ?arbitrary and capricious? in their use of ?false data,? Caltrans has flouted the federal court order by coming back with yet another inadequate analysis for the Richardson Grove Operational Improvement Project. Caltrans is now communicating to the public that they will begin construction on the Richardson Grove project in mid-2014.


We are at a critical junction in our ongoing community supported campaign to stop Caltrans from conducting destructive activities amongst these ancient redwoods of Richardson Grove, which were supposed to be protected in perpetuity under the California State Park System. Your comments are vital. 


As this inadequate analysis demonstrates, Caltrans continues to downplay and ignore how road construction activities, tree thinning, old-growth root cutting, and long-term impacts of highway expansion will impact the irreplaceable old-growth ecosystem protected in the park.


Now is your chance to speak up for the trees. There is less than 3% of the original ancient redwood temperate rainforest left after more than a century of intense human economic development in the redwood region. Most all of the ancient redwoods that remain are held in isolated pockets of park-protected forests.  We can?t risk losing any of these last redwood giants. Don?t let Caltrans degrade this public trust resource further when other viable alternatives are possible. Please take action now to ensure that this sacred and magical place is protected for future generations.


Click here to take action today!

 http://org2.salsalabs.com/o/5349/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=15562




This message was sent by Aliana Lee Knapp-Prasek using the Change.org system. You received this email because you signed a petition started by Aliana Lee Knapp-Prasek on Change.org: "Defend Ancient Redwoods, Save Richardson Grove State Park!." Change.org does not endorse contents of this message.


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From rkarch at mcn.org  Wed Oct 16 12:44:52 2013
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2013 12:44:52 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] CALL YOUR U.S. REPRESENTATIVE TODAY DELIVER THE
	MESSAGE: "COSPONSOR HR676!"
Message-ID: <CE057D6D-9E5B-427E-B084-F72DC66D3B75@mcn.org>





CALL YOUR U.S. REPRESENTATIVE TODAY
DELIVER THE MESSAGE: "COSPONSOR HR676!"

Dear Single Payer Supporters:

Today, October 16th, 2013 is the National Call-In Day for HR 676 (Expanded & Improved Medicare For All Act) - the federal single payer legislation introduced by Representative John Conyers (D-MI).  While PNHP California works hard to pass Single-Payer health care reform in Sacramento, we also support HR 676.

A list of cosponsors can be found here.  If you don't see your representative's name please call the Congressional Switchboard tomorrow at 202-224-3121.  To find the name of your rep use the tool located here.

When connected with your representative's office please state your name and where you live.  Ask your representative to represent you by cosponsoring HR 676 - single payer health care, which would cover everyone and save money in the process.  

For a fiscal analysis by Gerald Friedman, Ph.D. of the University of Massachusetts showing HR 676 would save our country $592 billion in 2014, click here.

If your elected official already cosponsors HR 676 please call to say thanks!

(Thanks to Health Care for All California for putting together this alert)

In solidarity,

PNHP California






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From rkarch at mcn.org  Wed Oct 16 15:56:10 2013
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2013 15:56:10 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Marissa Alexander Granted New Trial
Message-ID: <EFFB8E41-B84E-4037-BEF1-FE61CC72DD4E@mcn.org>

Stand Your Ground Marissa Alexander


Marissa Alexander Granted New Trial
Alexander was sentenced to 20 years for firing 'warning shots' at abusive husband

By STEVEN NELSON
September 26, 2013 RSS Feed Print
Comment (20)


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Marissa Alexander, the Jacksonville, Fla., mother serving a 20-year prison

Protesters point toward the Courthouse Annex building as they listen to speakers calling for the resignation of State Attorney Angela Corey on July 20, 2013, in Jacksonville, Fla.
sentence for firing what she says was a warning shot to scare off her abusive husband, is getting a new trial.Marissa Alexander, the Jacksonville, Fla., mother serving a 20-year prison 
State Attorney Angela Corey filed aggravated assault charges against Alexander that come with a 20-year mandatory minimum sentence when a gun is involved after the Aug. 1, 2010, incident.

The shooting caused no injuries, but Alexander was found guilty by a six-person jury on March 16, 2012. The sentencing judge said his hands were tied when he ordered as punishment two decades behind bars.

The First District Court of Appeal in Florida ruled Thursday that "the jury instructions on self-defense were erroneous" and ordered a retrial, reversing a May 2012 lower court decision that denied a retrial.

[EARLIER: Alexander's Sentence Provokes Fresh Outrage]

Bruce Zimet, Alexander's attorney, told U.S. News he was pleased with the ruling. "We're trying to get a hold of Marissa right now, because she's in prison, to let her know," he said.

Corey quickly announced her intention to retry the case.

"The defendant's conviction was reversed on a legal technicality," said a statement released by Corey's office. "The case will be back in Circuit Court in the Fourth Judicial Circuit at the appropriate time."


Corey was widely ridiculed for her harsh approach to Alexander's case. She initially offered Alexander three years behind bars as part of a plea bargain, an offer that was turned down. Rep. Corrine Brown, D-Fla., frequently urges freedom for Alexander and confronted Corey in an emotional exchange after the verdict was announced.

"Three years is not mercy and 20 years is not justice," Brown told Corey outside the courtroom.

"I do know that [Corey] has shown absolutely no compassion," Brown told U.S. News in July. "Where was the common sense? I hate to say this, but you wouldn't expect this from a female."

[READ: Zimmerman Attorney: 'Trayvon's Law' Wouldn't Have Changed Case]

Corey received national attention during the trial of George Zimmerman for the death of Trayvon Martin. Zimmerman was found not guilty of murder July 13, after successfully claiming self-defense. In light of that verdict, Alexander's case attracted an intense bout of media interest.

By all accounts Alexander had recently returned to her home from the hospital, after having given birth to the couple's daughter, when husband Rico Gray arrived at the house. In a disposition given before trial, he admitted to abusing many women.

"I got five baby mammas, and I [hit] every last one of them, except for one," he said.

Gray was arrested in 2006 and 2009 for domestic battery. In 2006 the charge was dropped and in 2009 he received probation, The Florida Times-Union reported. Alexander was granted a restraining order against Gray after his 2009 arrest...

http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2013/09/26/marissa-alexander-granted-new-trial




http://justiceformarissa.blogspot.com/

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From rkarch at mcn.org  Wed Oct 16 16:24:27 2013
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2013 16:24:27 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Occupy and Inequality
Message-ID: <044DAA62-6D86-4953-89C4-FB5C795293ED@mcn.org>

Occupy and Inequality: Zakaria Listens to CEOs
http://www.fair.org/blog/2013/10/15/occupy-and-inequality-zakaria-listens-to-ceos/

CNN's Fareed Zakaria has a reputation as being what some might consider the Thinking Man's Pundit.
It doesn't really match up with his record, which is something more like the Wealthy Man's Pundit?as in 2010, when he wrote a columndefending Goldman Sachs, which the Washington Post helpfully headlined "Cool the Goldman Rage."
Zakaria dedicated a portion of his October 13 CNN show to a discussion of income inequality and the second anniversary of Occupy Wall Street, with, wouldn't you know it, Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein.
As Zakaria noted, the segment was actually part of a discussion he moderated at the Clinton Global Initiative. In addition to Blankfein, Zakaria also spoke to Jim Rogers, the soon-to-be-retiring CEO of Duke Energy, and Denis O'Brien, who owns a company called Digicel.
Zakaria previewed the discussion by saying, "How did we get so unequal and what responsibility do corporations have to fix the problem?" Blankfein unsurprisingly comes out against the idea of "income redistribution" as a fix to inequality;  presumably he prefers to continue the way income is currently being redistributed?upward.
O'Brien, an Irish telecom billionaire, expresses some sympathy for Occupy?"I think we should be listening to some of the things that these people are saying." It's a somewhat odd message from someone who apparently changed his official residence to Malta for tax purposes...
http://www.fair.org/blog/2013/10/15/occupy-and-inequality-zakaria-listens-to-ceos/
 (Village, 12/14/11).


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From marksafron at att.net  Wed Oct 16 17:08:22 2013
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2013 17:08:22 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Borowitz: Cruz: 'The Dream of Keeping Poor People
	from Seeing a Doctor Must Never Die'
Message-ID: <AD4C7DFC-9FF7-45D9-8480-7A3725F1BB6D@att.net>

CRUZ: ?THE DREAM OF KEEPING POOR PEOPLE FROM SEEING A DOCTOR MUST NEVER DIE?

WASHINGTON?Acknowledging that the government shutdown was coming to an end, an emotional Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) took to the Senate floor today to make an impassioned speech, telling his colleagues, ?The dream of keeping poor people from seeing a doctor must never die.?

His eyes welling up with tears, Sen. Cruz said, ?I embarked on this crusade with a simple goal: to keep affordable health care out of the reach of ordinary, hard-working Americans. And while this battle was lost, that dream?that precious, cherished dream?will live on.?

Reflecting on the government shutdown and near-default that almost touched off a global financial apocalypse, Sen. Cruz said, ?We?ll give it another try in a few weeks.?

Sen. Cruz?s closest ally, Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) also spoke reverently of the shutdown, calling it ?the most expensive Civil War re?nactment in history.?

?Unfortunately, once again, the wrong side won,? he said.

Over in the House of Representatives, Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) congratulated his colleagues on the deal to resolve the shutdown, telling reporters, ?This proves that when we work together, we can come up with a totally unsatisfactory solution to a completely unnecessary crisis.?

But the last word belonged to Sen. Cruz, who ended his emotional speech with a quiet benediction: ?Goodnight stars. Goodnight air. Goodnight noises everywhere.?

 


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From marksafron at att.net  Wed Oct 16 18:40:42 2013
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2013 18:40:42 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] A Lobbyist And A Senator Walk Into A Restaurant
	...
Message-ID: <348825C1-6FA3-467D-B988-DCBDFAD65448@att.net>

Just another night in Washington, DC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hy9_fsL6uS8
There's a message at the end.

From marksafron at att.net  Thu Oct 17 08:27:47 2013
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2013 08:27:47 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Borowitz: Obama Declares National Day of Gloating
Message-ID: <604B12BA-A385-4563-AF7D-CD3D72793DCA@att.net>

OBAMA DECLARES NATIONAL DAY OF GLOATING


WASHINGTON?Residents of the District of Columbia were roused from their sleep by a massive fireworks display over the White House just after midnight, as President Obama declared what he called ?a national day of gloating.?

?It would not be productive for this nation, going forward, to crow about our victory over political adversaries,? he said in a nationally televised address. ?So let?s get it all out of our systems today.?

Immediately after the President?s speech, loudspeakers outside the White House blasted ?We Are the Champions,? and the national day of gloating began.
In addition to a ticker-tape parade, the day?s events will include a screening on the Mall of a clip reel of Texas Senator Ted Cruz?s marathon Senate speech, punctuated by sad trombone sounds.

?Starting tomorrow, my message to the Republicans is, ?Let?s work together for the American people,??? said Obama, wearing what appeared to be a beer hat. ?But today my message is, ?We won, bitchaz.???



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From rkarch at mcn.org  Thu Oct 17 10:32:02 2013
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2013 10:32:02 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Men Got Us the Shutdown, Women Got Us Out
Message-ID: <D3D86056-F679-43E2-875E-E7150E7E42F3@mcn.org>

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/16/shutdown-women_n_4110268.html?utm_hp_ref=politics



Laura BassettBecome a fan
lbassett at huffingtonpost.com

 
Men Got Us Into The Shutdown, Women Got Us Out


Senators John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Mark Pryor (D-Ark.) said on Wednesday afternoon that their female colleagues can take most of the credit for driving the compromise that is expected to temporarily reopen the U.S. government and raise the debt ceiling before Thursday's deadline.

"Leadership, I must fully admit, was provided primarily from women in the Senate," McCain said after the bipartisan deal was announced.

Pryor said that people sometimes like to joke about women in leadership, but he is a huge fan of his female colleagues after watching them negotiate. "The truth is, women in the Senate is a good thing," he said. "We're all just glad they allowed us to tag along so we could see how it's done."

Following weeks of stagnation, The New York Times reported on Monday....







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From rkarch at mcn.org  Thu Oct 17 12:52:59 2013
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2013 12:52:59 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Call For Single Payer on Friday
Message-ID: <17A2AF8B-F6CE-4838-B661-D3650E39CF94@mcn.org>


Call Congress for HR 676,
The Expanded and Improved
Medicare for All Act

Dear Healthcare Activist,

Please Call Congress on Friday, October 18 in support of HR 676, the Expanded and Improved Medicare for All Act. We want to increase the number of co-sponsors. Call the congressional switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and ask for your representative by name. You can find your representative by entering your zip code at this link.

HR 676 has 51 co-sponsors in the current 113th session of Congress in addition to initial sponsor John Conyers (D-MI). That list of current co-sponsors is here.

If your Congress Member is not a co-sponsor, please ask them to become a co-sponsor.

If your Congress Member is a co-sponsor, thank them.

We encourage you for to forward this alert.

Please let us know if you were able to reach your Congress Member's office and what they said.

___ Yes, I called my Congress Member. He/she is _______________
___ I have forwarded this alert.

Fifteen national and state organizations, including
Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP), Single Payer Now, Healthcare Now, and the All Unions Committee for Single Payer Health Care HR 676 are calling Congress this week in support of HR 676, Expanded and Improved Medicare for All.

The call in day was initiated by Progressive Democrats of America (PDA).

Passage of HR 676 would bring all medically necessary care, including dental, drugs, and long term care, to every person in the United States.

HR 676 would remove the insurance industry from our lives.

HR 676 would spend our resources wisely, whereas the health insurance bureaucracy wastes 31 cents of every healthcare dollar. Each person will choose their physicians and hospitals, and there will be no deductibles and no co-pays.

Thank you,
Don Bechler
Chair - Single Payer Now
415-695-7891

Single Payer Now survives on the generosity of our supporters.
Please consider making a donation.

www.SinglePayerNow.net | 415-695-7891 |dbechler at value.net




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From rkarch at mcn.org  Fri Oct 18 00:22:30 2013
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2013 00:22:30 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Antonia Lamb Remembrance Mon. 10/21  KZYX
Message-ID: <77122C55-4C49-47AF-99A7-4460BB68E3DE@mcn.org>

"Stay in the light & don't forget to boogie!"
Antonia Lamb said that.
Tune into KZYX Monday evening 10/21 for a celebration of her magical, musical life in song & then some, 
this coming Monday 10pm to midnight on Dreamtime with Bessie Mae Mucho AKA Latenight Liz.


Reality is not what it seems to be, nor is it otherwise.   
                                       Tibetan Buddhist teaching

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From rkarch at mcn.org  Fri Oct 18 13:33:29 2013
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2013 13:33:29 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Problems With Privatization of Public Services
Message-ID: <C56ED95E-ABCE-4342-A91F-3EF6B32AC7CD@mcn.org>


Food Stamp Outage Highlights Problems With Privatization of Public Services
Friday, 18 October 2013 09:27
By Mike Ludwig, Truthout | Report
The government shutdown was not to blame for the crashing of the food stamp program for poor families in 17 states over the weekend, just the latest in a long line of snafus by private contractors hired by government.
Over the weekend, low-income shoppers in 17 states were unable to use their electronic food stamp debit cards. In this reporter's neighborhood in...

http://truth-out.org/news/item/19481-food-stamp-outage-highlights-problems-with-privatization-of-public-services 


                                       
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From marksafron at att.net  Fri Oct 18 16:04:42 2013
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2013 16:04:42 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] How low can you go?
Message-ID: <E7E4743B-4F33-4E4E-924A-6ABABF32EA72@att.net>

(In the old days political operators used to buy drinks for voters and send them off to the polls. This is the modern day equivalent. I wonder if the Koch bros. are getting desperate? M.S.)
http://www.alternet.org/tea-party-and-right/beer-offensive-koch-brothers-try-bribe-college-students-not-sign-obamacare?akid=11051.289601.TVrXNB&rd=1&src=newsletter911639&t=5

Beer Offensive: The Koch Brothers Try to Bribe College Students Not to Sign Up for Obamacare with Brewskies



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From deejayliz at yahoo.com  Fri Oct 18 16:45:28 2013
From: deejayliz at yahoo.com (Liz Helenchild)
Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2013 16:45:28 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Fw: Keep Caltrans Away From Our Old-growth
	Redwoods
In-Reply-To: <1382135229.96784.YahooMailNeo@web161206.mail.bf1.yahoo.com>
References: <2694945365.1437334942@org.orgDB.mail.democracyinaction.org>
	<1382135229.96784.YahooMailNeo@web161206.mail.bf1.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <1382139928.29216.YahooMailNeo@web161201.mail.bf1.yahoo.com>







 



On Friday, October 18, 2013 8:07 AM, Center for Biological Diversity <bioactivist at biologicaldiversity.org> wrote:
 
Center for Biological Diversity




Dear Liz,

 In 2012 the Center for Biological Diversity helped smack down a misguided Caltrans highway-widening proposal that would have damaged the ancient redwood grove at Richardson Grove State Park. The plan sought to widen Highway 101 and slice through the root systems of a grove of ancient trees in the state park -- all to increase access for oversized commercial trucks in rural Humboldt County.

But Caltrans just can't stomach the defeat. Even after a sternly worded remand from a federal court that determined the agency had been "arbitrary and capricious," Caltrans has come back with another inadequate analysis of the Richardson Grove project. It vows to begin construction in mid-2014.

Please take action before Monday, Oct. 21, and tell Caltrans to protect the irreplaceable treasures of Richardson Grove State Park.
 
 Click here to take action and get more information.
  
If you can't open the link, go to http://action.biologicaldiversity.org/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=14451.
________________________________
 
Donate now to support the Center's work.

Photo of a redwoods in Richardson Grove State Park courtesy Flickr/Miguel Vieira.

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From agnes at mcn.org  Fri Oct 18 19:14:53 2013
From: agnes at mcn.org (agnes at mcn.org)
Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2013 19:14:53 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Antonia Lamb Remembrance Mon. 10/21  KZYX
In-Reply-To: <77122C55-4C49-47AF-99A7-4460BB68E3DE@mcn.org>
References: <77122C55-4C49-47AF-99A7-4460BB68E3DE@mcn.org>
Message-ID: <40293333faa5ba7400a3cda25116e1c1.squirrel@webmail.mcn.org>

 Monday night 7:00 pm on Women's Voices, Robin,Ellen, Sheila and I will be
speaking about the Charter and Public Bank.
Please send this message to other list serves.

Tell us how we did.

Agnes







From annxpress at live.com  Sat Oct 19 08:30:11 2013
From: annxpress at live.com (Ann Rennacker)
Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2013 08:30:11 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Meeting
In-Reply-To: <0A2880E3-7D20-4886-BA9C-10471EF94433@mcn.org>
References: <0A2880E3-7D20-4886-BA9C-10471EF94433@mcn.org>
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I will be at the Antonia event too. Ann
 
> From: rkarch at mcn.org
> Subject: Meeting
> Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2013 23:50:57 -0700
> To: agnes at mcn.org; sheila.dawn50 at yahoo.com; vjessielee at gmail.com; blackdantheman100 at gmail.com; nsdusoir at mcn.org; jupiter at mcn.org; annxpress at live.com
> 
> Hi OMers,
> Sorry I can't be at the meeting. 
> We have family coming for the Antonia wake.
> Hope to see all of you there.
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From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2013 13:22:22 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Fwd: Respect
References: <4979F92E-B048-4CD2-AEF1-C608A008B9E0@mcn.org>
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From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2013 13:24:11 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Stop the Fast Food Swindle
Message-ID: <3CB82338-1A1B-4EBE-AF74-E018FBF4A338@mcn.org>

Hi 99%ers,

I signed a petition to McDonald's, Wendy's, Burger King, Taco Bell, KFC, Pizza Hut, Domino's, Subway, and Papa John's which says:

"A whopping 52% of fast food employees? families are forced to rely on public assistance to put food on the table or see a doctor because you pay them poverty wages. That means every single American is picking up the check for nearly $7 billion in tax dollars a year ? while the fast food industry reaps billions in profits. It?s outrageous and it has to stop. It?s time to pay your workers $15 an hour so they can make ends meet and Americans can stop paying for the hidden costs of poverty wages."

Will you sign this petition? Click here:

http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/stop-the-fast-food-swindle?source=s.icn.em.mt&r_by=1546766

Thanks!

Richard





From jbodemar at baymoon.com  Sat Oct 19 20:01:35 2013
From: jbodemar at baymoon.com (Jeri Bodemar)
Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2013 20:01:35 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] "Un-Subscribe me" please
In-Reply-To: <mailman.21.1382209220.11779.occupymendocino@lists.mcn.org>
References: <mailman.21.1382209220.11779.occupymendocino@lists.mcn.org>
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At 10/19/2013, you wrote:
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>    1. Problems With Privatization of Public Services (Richard Karch)
>    2. How low can you go? (Mark Safron)
>    3. Fw: Keep Caltrans Away From Our Old-growth        Redwoods
>       (Liz Helenchild)
>    4. Re: Antonia Lamb Remembrance Mon. 10/21  KZYX (agnes at mcn.org)
>    5. Re: Meeting (Ann Rennacker)
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>Message: 1
>Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2013 13:33:29 -0700
>From: Richard Karch <rkarch at mcn.org>
>Subject: [Occupymendocino] Problems With Privatization of Public
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>To: occupymendocino at lists.mcn.org
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>Food Stamp Outage Highlights Problems With Privatization of Public Services
>Friday, 18 October 2013 09:27
>By Mike Ludwig, Truthout | Report
>The government shutdown was not to blame for the crashing of the 
>food stamp program for poor families in 17 states over the weekend, 
>just the latest in a long line of snafus by private contractors 
>hired by government.
>Over the weekend, low-income shoppers in 17 states were unable to 
>use their electronic food stamp debit cards. In this reporter's 
>neighborhood in...
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>From: Mark Safron <marksafron at att.net>
>Subject: [Occupymendocino] How low can you go?
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>(In the old days political operators used to buy drinks for voters 
>and send them off to the polls. This is the modern day equivalent. I 
>wonder if the Koch bros. are getting desperate? M.S.)
>http://www.alternet.org/tea-party-and-right/beer-offensive-koch-brothers-try-bribe-college-students-not-sign-obamacare?akid=11051.289601.TVrXNB&rd=1&src=newsletter911639&t=5
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>From: Liz Helenchild <deejayliz at yahoo.com>
>Subject: [Occupymendocino] Fw: Keep Caltrans Away From Our Old-growth
>         Redwoods
>To: "occupymendocino at lists.mcn.org" <occupymendocino at lists.mcn.org>
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>On Friday, October 18, 2013 8:07 AM, Center for Biological Diversity 
><bioactivist at biologicaldiversity.org> wrote:
>
>Center for Biological Diversity
>
>
>
>
>Dear Liz,
>
>  In 2012 the Center for Biological Diversity helped smack down a 
> misguided Caltrans highway-widening proposal that would have 
> damaged the ancient redwood grove at Richardson Grove State Park. 
> The plan sought to widen Highway 101 and slice through the root 
> systems of a grove of ancient trees in the state park -- all to 
> increase access for oversized commercial trucks in rural Humboldt County.
>
>But Caltrans just can't stomach the defeat. Even after a sternly 
>worded remand from a federal court that determined the agency had 
>been "arbitrary and capricious," Caltrans has come back with another 
>inadequate analysis of the Richardson Grove project. It vows to 
>begin construction in mid-2014.
>
>Please take action before Monday, Oct. 21, and tell Caltrans to 
>protect the irreplaceable treasures of Richardson Grove State Park.
>
>  Click here to take action and get more information.
>
>If you can't open the link, go to 
>http://action.biologicaldiversity.org/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=14451.
>________________________________
>
>Donate now to support the Center's work.
>
>Photo of a redwoods in Richardson Grove State Park courtesy 
>Flickr/Miguel Vieira.
>
>This message was sent to deejayliz at yahoo.com.
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>Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2013 19:14:53 -0700
>From: agnes at mcn.org
>Subject: Re: [Occupymendocino] Antonia Lamb Remembrance Mon. 10/21
>         KZYX
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>  Monday night 7:00 pm on Women's Voices, Robin,Ellen, Sheila and I will be
>speaking about the Charter and Public Bank.
>Please send this message to other list serves.
>
>Tell us how we did.
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>Agnes
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>Message: 5
>Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2013 08:30:11 -0700
>From: Ann Rennacker <annxpress at live.com>
>Subject: Re: [Occupymendocino] Meeting
>To: richard karch <rkarch at mcn.org>, O/M lists
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>I will be at the Antonia event too. Ann
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> > From: rkarch at mcn.org
> > Subject: Meeting
> > Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2013 23:50:57 -0700
> > To: agnes at mcn.org; sheila.dawn50 at yahoo.com; vjessielee at gmail.com; 
> blackdantheman100 at gmail.com; nsdusoir at mcn.org; jupiter at mcn.org; 
> annxpress at live.com
> >
> > Hi OMers,
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From rkarch at mcn.org  Fri Oct 18 09:48:22 2013
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2013 09:48:22 -0700
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From marksafron at att.net  Sun Oct 20 11:36:34 2013
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2013 11:36:34 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Mentioned briefly at Occupy 10/19
Message-ID: <1C45F096-42A6-4AAE-8D20-EBA54EFC9EA3@att.net>

(It's a really big number.)
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/20/us-jpmorgan-settlement-idUSBRE99I09020131020



From marksafron at att.net  Sun Oct 20 14:14:34 2013
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2013 14:14:34 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Fwd: Wall Street does NOT want you to try this at
	home
References: <5263a9fddd5da_1dc8b888002724c@worker2.nbuild.3dna.managedmachine.com.mail>
Message-ID: <0A1D0AE7-59FE-4EE5-B5C1-1EC5A3636B3C@att.net>



Begin forwarded message:

Our partners at the Home Defenders League asked me to pass this invite along to folks here at Action for the Common Good who had shown interest in the Local Principal Reduction campaigns in the past. This is great opportunity to take on Wall Street in your own city.

-Brian Kettenring, Action for the Common Good

Dear Mark -
"":https://www.wepay.com/donations/support-the-covington-seven p. As we have seen from the last two weeks, things in Washington are horribly broken. For homeowners, the five year wait for real relief will continue, as we face another 3 months of budget negotiations.

However, the City of Richmond, California is leading the way in talking about local solutions for relief for underwater homeowners. Seattle and cities in New Jersey are following with campaigns for Local Principal Reduction. But if we really want to fix what Wall Street bankers broke, these campaigns need to be happening all over America!

You can help make this happen! Join me, HDL Organizing Director Jeff Ordower, on a conference call on Thursday, October 24th at 9pm Eastern/6pm Pacific to find out how you can be a part of beating Wall Street right in your own hometown. Register here <http://myaccount.maestroconference.com/conference/register/VGN65LF43QVWE1R>.

These programs keep underwater families from having their homes stolen via foreclosure, which helps stabilize the entire community and keeps everyone?s equity from eroding even more. Winning these campaigns is important not just for struggling families, but for the health and strength of entire cities. Register for the call and you can join the discussion and ask questions about to accomplish this where you live.

http://myaccount.maestroconference.com/conference/register/VGN65LF43QVWE1R<http://myaccount.maestroconference.com/conference/register/VGN65LF43QVWE1R>

You may have heard people talk about eminent domain in describing these campaigns. To be clear, that?s a powerful option for cities to use as part of a comprehensive solution to the problem, but it?s definitely not the only one. However, it is the one that has Wall Street bankers up at night working feverishly and spending big money to stop because it?s the one tool that definitely benefits underwater homeowners while also being completely out of the bankers? control. Join the call <http://myaccount.maestroconference.com/conference/register/VGN65LF43QVWE1R> and you can be a part of beating Wall Street bankers ? like the giant investment corporation BlackRock which you might have seen advertised during the baseball playoffs ? in your own town.

We look forward to talking more about the fight on the 24th.

In Solidarity,

Jeff Ordower, Organizing Director, Home Defenders League

www.homedefendersleague.org <http://www.homedefendersleague.org>

http://www.campaignforfairsettlement.org/ <http://www.campaignforfairsettlement.org/>


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From rkarch at mcn.org  Sun Oct 20 17:35:49 2013
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2013 17:35:49 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Calif. Finds More Instances of Offshore Fracking
Message-ID: <F1562A9D-2E29-4DBF-9347-801E133604FA@mcn.org>

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/calif-finds-instances-offshore-fracking-20621540

Calif. Finds More Instances of Offshore Fracking
LONG BEACH, Calif. October 19, 2013 (AP)
By ALICIA CHANG and JASON DEAREN Associated Press


The oil production technique known as fracking is more widespread and frequently used in the offshore platforms and man-made islands near some of California's most populous and famous coastal communities than state officials believed.

In waters off Long Beach, Seal Beach and Huntington Beach ? some of the region's most popular surfing strands and tourist attractions ? oil companies have used fracking at least 203 times at six sites in the past two decades, according to interviews and drilling records obtained by The Associated Press through a public records request.

Just this year in Long Beach Harbor, the nation's second-largest container port, an oil company with exclusive rights to drill there completed five fracks ...

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/calif-finds-instances-offshore-fracking-20621540
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From sanutter at mcn.org  Sun Oct 20 19:59:58 2013
From: sanutter at mcn.org (susan nutter)
Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2013 19:59:58 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Excellent video--a must watch!
Message-ID: <935E460F307542BCAE41F8E569B0D617@nutter>

I urge you to watch this video just released by Move to Amend.org--I think you will agree it is excellent.  It is a sneak preview until October 27th, so you have a week to see it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLZHjlBbMuQ

Tell your friends about the film too.

The Mendocino Coast Move to Amend organization is currently conducting a listening survey to hear what you and your neighbors think about corporations. If you want to participate, please let me know.

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From ellen.rosser at gmail.com  Mon Oct 21 00:04:56 2013
From: ellen.rosser at gmail.com (ELLEN ROSSER)
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2013 00:04:56 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Fracking, etc.
Message-ID: <CAFGqSt6b9pVF3pgDY6u4W+pApn-cDJq1ccMVL4-jxJowOTRA+w@mail.gmail.com>

From: sharondelgado at earth-justice.org
To: sharondelgado at earth-justice.org
Subject: NC Climate Change Coalition
Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2013 10:53:16 -0700

*Nevada County Climate Change Coalition*

*Upcoming Events and General Meeting*

*(also sent as an attachment)*

* *

*Keep current with what we are doing at our Nevada County Climate Change
Coalition FaceBook
page<https://www.facebook.com/pages/Nevada-County-Climate-Change-Coalition/224603254310478?ref=hl>
.***

* *

*Nevada County Contingent to the Global Frackdown*

Saturday, October 19, 11 a.m. to  4 p.m. at the Capitol



Several of us Nevada City are going to the anti-fracking demonstration at
the Capitol in Sacramento on Saturday, October 19, to send a message to
Governor Brown and our representatives that we will be facing one of the
greatest environmental disasters in the history of California if we allow
fracking to continue.  Join us and "fracktavists" all over the world in
spreading the word about how dangerous and toxic fracking is to our
drinking, irrigation and ocean water, the air we breathe, the climate and
the soil!  Bring your placards, your outrage, your sense of humor and your
cameras. We plan on having fun!



*Nevada County Climate Change Coalition Organizing Meeting*

Tuesday, October 29, 6:30 to 8 p.m.

Unitarian Universalist Community of the Mountains

246 S. Church Street, Grass Valley



The first face-to-face organizing meeting of the Nevada County Climate
Change Coalition will be on Tuesday, October 29, at the Unitarian
Universalist Community of the Mountains, 246 S. Church Street in Grass
Valley.  We will begin at 6:30 p.m. and end at 8:00 sharp.  Join us to help
organize a network of local groups that can:  1)  Stay informed, educate,
and update their members about issues and actions related to climate
change;  2)  Stay connected and coordinate actions with national and global
organizations working for climate justice;  3)  Plan local actions that
will help raise awareness, defeat denial, spread truth, and limit
greenhouse gas emissions locally and on a larger scale.



*League of Women Voters Program on Climate Change*

with local Climate Change Coalition presenters

November 9, 10:00 am ? 12:00 pm

Peace Lutheran Church, 828 West Main Street, Grass Valley



*Nonviolence Training for the*

*Keystone XL Pipeline Pledge of Resistance*

Sometime in November, still in the planning process



*Power Point Presentation by the Citizens Climate Lobby*

Sometime in November, still in the planning process



*Resources and Opportunities to Learn More and Connect:*



*Citizens Climate Lobby*

Introductory Conference Call

Every Wednesday at 5 p.m. PST

http://citizensclimatelobby.org/



*Climate Reality Project's Campaign, 24 Hours of Reality*

October 22 and 23

http://www.24hoursofreality.org/.



*New Educational CD by Sharon Delgado*

"Climate Change:  What do we know?  What can we do?"Recorded by Sun Sound
Studios, Grass Valley, California.

Download here:
https://soundcloud.com/revsher/sets/climate-change-what-do-we-know or
purchase CD from Sharon.  Find out more at :
http://sharondelgado.org/2013/10/05/climate-change-what-do-we-know-what-can-we-do/



*Previous Nevada County Climate Change Coalition Events: *



*Draw the Line:*  On September 21 we organized a "Draw the
Line"<http://350.org/en/about/blogs/draw-line-next-step-stop-keystone-xl>action
at Bridgeport in coordination with 350.org, to oppose the Keystone XL
Pipeline.  Our action took place during the South Yuba River Citizen's
League celebration following the Yuba River Cleanup, during a rainstorm
that featured thunder and lightning.  It was quite an event.



*Do the Math:*  On September 27, Climate Reality Presenter Carol Kuczora
showed 350.org's movie, "Do the Math" at the Unitarian Universalist
Community of the Mountains.  If you didn't make it to the movie, you can watch
Do the Math online <http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/do-the-math>.
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From marksafron at att.net  Mon Oct 21 11:12:42 2013
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2013 11:12:42 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Borowitz: Snowden Offers to Fix Healthcare.gov
Message-ID: <E0D97A0E-1166-48F1-A4DE-B64A3459EF16@att.net>

SNOWDEN OFFERS TO FIX HEALTHCARE.GOV


MOSCOW ?The N.S.A. leaker Edward Snowden today reached out to the United States government, offering to fix its troubled healthcare.gov Web site in exchange for immunity from prosecution.

Speaking from an undisclosed location in Russia, Mr. Snowden said he hacked the Web site over the weekend and thinks he is ?pretty sure what the problem is.?

?Look, this thing was built terribly,? he said. ?It?s a government Web site, O.K.??

Mr. Snowden said that if an immunity deal can be worked out, ?I can get to work on this thing right away?I don?t need a password.?

In addition to full immunity, Mr. Snowden said he is requesting that he be allowed to work from home.

At the White House, President Obama offered a muted response to Mr. Snowden?s proposal: ?Edward Snowden is a traitor who has compromised our national security. Having said that, if he knows why we keep getting those error messages, that could be a conversation.?



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From marksafron at att.net  Mon Oct 21 11:26:30 2013
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2013 11:26:30 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] If only banks were run like this business.
Message-ID: <C6A8F726-14EF-4CC2-A63A-5F2A7ADFD466@att.net>

I wish we had more like this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrON4uh6T1k


From rkarch at mcn.org  Mon Oct 21 15:40:15 2013
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2013 15:40:15 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] GMO Corn
Message-ID: <AE2464C6-C381-4066-A4FE-28A7E755AC25@mcn.org>

http://www.nationofchange.org/mexico-bans-gmo-corn-effective-immediately-1382022349
MEXICO BANS GMO CORN

Published: Thursday 17 October 2013
A Mexico judge has placed an indefinite ban on genetically engineered corn.

Effective immediately, companies like Monsanto and DuPont/Pioneer will no longer be allowed to plant or sell their corn within the country?s borders...











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From rkarch at mcn.org  Tue Oct 22 08:30:02 2013
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2013 08:30:02 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Antonia Launched Into Space
Message-ID: <AD1060C8-E9CD-4956-860D-55DA7DBCFD6F@mcn.org>

http://mendoboards.forumotion.com/t128-antonia-lamb





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From annxpress at live.com  Tue Oct 22 09:15:41 2013
From: annxpress at live.com (Ann Rennacker)
Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2013 09:15:41 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] FW: AlterNet: Disturbing: Dangerous Amounts of
 Radiation Detected in Stream Containing Fracking Wastewater
In-Reply-To: <20131022161433.34490A403F@vps717.getcadre.com>
References: <20131022161433.34490A403F@vps717.getcadre.com>
Message-ID: <SNT145-W123F735B820133D2004AD43DD020@phx.gbl>

Another good reason to put a ban on Fracking!
 
To: annxpress at live.com
Subject: AlterNet: Disturbing: Dangerous Amounts of Radiation Detected in Stream Containing Fracking Wastewater
From: annxpress at live.com
Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2013 12:14:33 -0400

This story has been forwarded to you from

http://www.alternet.org by annxpress at live.com





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Disturbing: Dangerous Amounts of Radiation Detected in Stream Containing
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http://admin.alternet.org/fracking/frackings-radioactive-impact-water



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From rkarch at mcn.org  Tue Oct 22 11:10:28 2013
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2013 11:10:28 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] This List Should NOT Make You Uncomfortable
Message-ID: <37162564-F6CA-4464-9585-9475D700D0F2@mcn.org>

http://www.upworthy.com/i-love-you-america-but-this-list-should-not-make-you-uncomfortable-6?c=cp2

I Love You, America, But This List Should NOT Make You Uncomfortable
Did you know that the United Nations outlined what basic rights and freedoms we are entitled to? It's called the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. I?m really glad Zen Pencils drew up this simplified version, because it sure looks like a lot of countries need a refresher. Yeah, America, I?m looking at you, too!



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From rkarch at mcn.org  Tue Oct 22 18:13:57 2013
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2013 18:13:57 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Koch brothers could profit 100 billion from
	keystone pipeline
Message-ID: <494AD828-8613-4081-B055-3ED137AF56D2@mcn.org>

http://ecowatch.com/2013/10/20/koch-brothers-100-billion-profit-keystone-xl-pipeline-built/
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From ellen.rosser at gmail.com  Tue Oct 22 21:44:03 2013
From: ellen.rosser at gmail.com (ELLEN ROSSER)
Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2013 21:44:03 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] a petition to make big banks less risky. In your
 comment,
 ask that the banks be required to collateralize deposits at 90% collateral
 to prevent risks.
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The Honorable Thomas Curry
Comptroller of the Currency
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
400 7th Street SW, Suite 3E-218
Washington, D.C. 20219

The Honorable Ben Bernanke
Chairman
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
20th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20551

The Honorable Martin J. Gruenberg
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
550 17th Street NW
Washington, DC 20429-9990

Dear Comptroller Curry, Chairman Bernanke, and Chairman Gruenberg:

We write to commend you for tackling a core problem in our financial
system: too much gambling with other people?s money, by banks that are
often regarded as too big to fail. As Andrew Haldane, the Executive
Director for Financial Stability for the Bank of England, has noted, every
financial crisis has one critical ingredient: excess leverage. This is
because a financial institution with a lot of equity can absorb unexpected
losses, whereas one with too much debt relative to its equity will fail in
the face of financial stress.

We think that the standard you have proposed, a supplementary leverage
ratio (SLR), is less prone to manipulation and more likely to succeed than
many alternatives. At the same time, we also believe that the proposed
ratio is simply too low. As Nobel Prize winner Eugene Fama recently argued,
"The simple solution is to make sure these firms have a lot more equity
capital -- not a little more, but a lot more -- so they are not playing
with other people's money.? We agree.

The problem the proposed rule addresses is as follows: A system in which
banks or bank-like institutions are tightly coupled with one another, and
in which those institutions have too much debt relative to equity, is prone
to meltdowns that can spill into the real economy and cause massive damage.
Whether these liabilities are in the form of derivatives and
off-balance-sheet assets or overvalued tulips pledged as collateral, too
much debt without loss-absorbing equity to match it is simply too dangerous
to exist.

It is difficult to measure the exact cost to society of our
undercapitalized large banks blowing up during the most recent financial
crisis, but it was certainly enormous. The nonprofit advocacy and research
group Better Markets pegged the cost at roughly $12 trillion, whereas the
U.S. Government Accountability Office put it at $22 trillion. Regardless of
which figure one uses, it is obvious that the United States is a much
poorer society because there was too much leverage backed by over-valued
collateral in our financial system. The proposed rule strikes at this
problem.

Of course, all capital and accounting standards are not created equal, and
many are prone to manipulation, especially during a crisis. For example, in
2009, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Chairman Robert Herz
complained of getting ?calls and visits from some of those institutions
that are now in government hands, about two weeks before they get taken
over, trying to get the accounting [standards] changed.? It is critical to
set standards that are as simple and strong as possible, so as to reduce
the pressure on regulatory bodies to allow bad actors into the market, as
well as to create sufficient information in the market to ensure that
investors are pricing risk accurately.

The proposed rule by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC),
the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board), and the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) would require large,
systemically important financial institutions (SIFIs) to hold more equity
relative to their amount of debt. This rule would require the application
of the SLR to the institution?s balance sheet, in addition to a
risk-adjusted capital ratio. An SLR measures a financial institution?s tier
one capital against its total assets. A risk-adjusted capital ratio
measures a financial institution?s capital base against assets that are
adjusted by regulators based on how risky they are perceived to be.
According to the rule, SIFIs would be required to have a minimum
capitalization of 3%; to be allowed capital distributions and executive
bonuses, the capitalization would be higher, at 6% for the holding company.

An earlier rule proposed a minimum amount for the SLR. This rule would
define the amount required for an institution to be deemed well-capitalized
and able to pay out executive bonuses and dividends. It only applies to
bank holding companies (BHCs) with more than $700 billion of consolidated
assets or over $10 trillion in assets under custody. The institutions to
which this rule would apply are Citigroup Inc.; JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Bank
of America Corporation; The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation; Goldman
Sachs Group Inc.; Morgan Stanley; State Street Corporation; and Wells Fargo
& Company. These are the institutions that are often regarded as ?too big
to fail.?

We believe that an SLR is a more accurate measurement of how much risk a
financial institution is actually taking on, versus using risk-based
capital.

In a crisis, as former FDIC Chairman Sheila Bair has observed, the market
cares about the leverage ratio, not risk-adjusted capital. Risk weights are
prone to manipulation by internal bank models. As the Vice-Chairman of the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Tom Hoenig, has noted, there
was a ?steady downward trend in risk weights and upward trend in leverage
leading into the crisis.? And less-capitalized banks manipulated risk
weights after their internal models were approved by regulators. The use of
a leverage ratio in the United States by regulators meant that American
banks were, relatively speaking, better capitalized than their European
counterparts.

Risk-weighted capital ratios also have the added downside of increasing,
rather than reducing, systemic risk. Regulators deemed certain asset
classes as less risky than others. Mortgage backed securities, sovereign
debt of Zone A states, agency debt, and interbank debt all effectively
received subsidies because regulators determined that banks had to hold
limited capital against them. Thus, a crisis beginning in mortgage debt
spread through agency debt, interbank debt and into sovereign debt.
Risk-adjusted capital allowed banks to treat Greek sovereign debt as
bearing the same risk as German sovereign debt. Regulators cannot predict
the future, but risk-adjusted capital models require them to. Leverage
ratios do not.

As you continue crafting and applying this rule, we believe several
principles should apply:

1)      *When in Doubt, Require More Capital*: Insufficient capital
requirements for banking institutions might increase the return on equity
of specific institutions and help bank executives garner bonuses, but it
also caused a multi-trillion-dollar financial crisis. Erring on the side of
requiring too little capital is not a risk worth taking. It makes no sense
that smaller, simpler, less complex banks that have no implicit backstop
are better capitalized than large, opaque, and systemically significant
institutions that have sprawling international operations and an undeserved
taxpayer-enabled funding advantage.

Stanford University professor Anat Admati recommends that large banks hold
capital levels of 20 percent. Tom Hoenig has pointed out that the average
Tier 1 leverage ratio for banks that have between $250 million and $10
billion in assets is a little under 10 percent. A 6% ratio, with a 3%
minimum threshold, is insufficient. We urge you to increase the SLR
substantially for large institutions, in accordance with bipartisan
legislation backed by Senators Sherrod Brown and David Vitter.

2)      *Set the Highest Possible Standards*: Setting high capital
standards is critical; in a crisis, simplicity matters. An SLR is simpler
and easier to understand than a risk-based capital ratio. Therefore, we
think an SLR should be the primary measure for regulators, and that
risk-based capital standards should be the backstop. During a crisis,
investors believed the leverage ratio, whereas they did not trust
risk-based capital.

Ensuring that the SLR is a high-quality ratio is also critical. The
numerator in the ratio should be Common Equity Tier 1 capital. In addition,
the SLR should conform to the proposed Basel revision of leverage ratio
(from consultative document issued June 2013). The Basil revision updates
capital standards for derivatives and off-balance sheet assets, although
we?d prefer the use of the more cautious International Financial Reporting
Standards (IFRS) when accounting for derivatives exposure as opposed to
Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). Regulators should also
ensure that loan loss reserves and deferred tax credits are not being
included as a part of an institution?s regulatory capital.

3)      *Cast a Wide Net*: The application of the Supplementary Leverage
Ratio should be extended beyond the largest financial institutions. The
Savings and Loan crisis involved thrifts that were not particularly large,
but it still was costly to certain regional economies. The fall of Long
Term Capital Management, a highly leveraged hedge fund, created enormous
problems for the large banks and nearly required a massive bailout. In a
deeply interconnected system without the firewalls of Glass-Steagall, the
risks of inadequate capitalization are not confined solely to the largest
institutions or solely to banks. Regulators should consider using their
authority to extend it beyond the largest financial institutions, and into
institutions that are smaller institutions that are nonetheless an integral
part of the financial system.

4)      *No Self-Regulation*: There should be no self-regulation when it
comes to setting capital standards. Large banks are asking that
requirements to hold capital against derivatives exposure be calculated
based on internal bank models, which include the use of Value-At-Risk (VAR)
calculations. Internal bank models are prone to manipulation, and VAR fails
precisely when a financial crisis hits.

This is also why banks should not be allowed to net between trading and
banking books. We believe that the more reasonable firewalls there are
within and between institutions, the less interconnected the system is, and
the less risk it poses to the real economy.

In addition, we think that it is problematic to treat insured depository
institutions (IDIs) that are subsidiaries of bank holding companies
differently from the holding companies themselves. There is no reason for a
5% ratio for the IDIs and a 6% ratio for the holding company. This is an
invitation to regulatory arbitrage.

Once again, we thank you for your attention to this matter. Inadequate
capitalization of large financial institutions was at the heart of the
financial crisis. Thank you for your work to address this critical problem.

Sincerely,

Alan Grayson
Member of Congress

John Conyers
Member of Congress
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From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2013 08:47:44 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Don't be fooled...
Message-ID: <C2702B56-65E2-4F43-8D0B-D8E3BB36C5DD@att.net>

Tea Party is an anti-populist elite tool. And it has progressives fooled
http://www.salon.com/2013/10/22/tea_party_is_an_anti_populist_elite_tool_and_it_has_progressives_fooled/
Many frustrated liberals, and not a few pundits, think that people who share these beliefs must be downscale and poorly educated. The New York Times survey found the opposite.
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From ellen.rosser at gmail.com  Wed Oct 23 14:53:04 2013
From: ellen.rosser at gmail.com (ELLEN ROSSER)
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2013 14:53:04 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] GMO news
Message-ID: <CAFGqSt4QsB-k6PEpLoT8hL2oHPU+GncP8SehsnfN0K_eyG7u2w@mail.gmail.com>

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It hasn't been a good week for Monsanto and the rest of the biotech
industry.

Just three days ago, Mexico
banned<http://www.theyucatantimes.com/2013/10/mexico-bans-gmo-corn/>
genetically
engineered corn. Citing the risk of imminent harm to the environment, a
Mexican judge ruled that, effective immediately, no genetically engineered
corn can be planted in the country. This means that companies like Monsanto
will no longer be allowed to plant or sell their corn within the country's
borders.

At the same time, the County Council for the island of Kauai passed a
law <http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/23707723/kauai-council-approves-controversial-gmo-pesticide-labeling-bill>that
mandates farms to disclose pesticide use and the presence of genetically
modified crops. The bill also requires a 500-foot buffer zone near medical
facilities, schools and homes -- among other locations.

And the big island of Hawaii County Council gave preliminary
approval<http://bigislandnow.com/2013/10/16/council-votes-to-restrict-gmos-ban-fracking/>
to
a bill that prohibits open air cultivation, propagation, development or
testing of genetically engineered crops or plants. The bill, which still
needs further confirmation to become law, would also prohibit biotech
companies from operating on the Big Island.

But perhaps the biggest bombshell of all is now unfolding in Washington
state. The mail-in ballot state's voters are already weighing in on
Initiative 522, which would mandate the labeling of genetically modified
organisms (GMOs). Knowing full well that 93 percent of the American public
supports <http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=97567> GMO labeling,
and that if one state passes it, many others are likely to follow,
entrenched agribusiness interests are pulling out all the
stops<http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2021941264_gmomoneyxml.html>
to
try to squelch yet
another<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ocean-robbins/monsanto-prop-37_b_2088934.html>
state
labeling effort.

This time, however, things aren't going quite as planned. On Wednesday,
Washington state Attorney General Bob Feguson filed a
lawsuit<http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/16/us-usa-gmo-labeling-idUSBRE99F19B20131016>
against
the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA). The GMA, a lobby for the junk
food industry, has been by far the largest donor to efforts to defeat the
labeling initiative. The lawsuit alleged that the GMA illegally collected
and spent more than $7 million while shielding the identity of its
contributors.

The source of the money has now been exposed, and it turns
out<http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/2013/10/18/pepsi-coke-nestle-top-multi-million-dollar-campaign-against-i-522/>
to
be Pepsico, Coca-Cola, NestleUSA, General Mills and a few other junk food
companies. The lawsuit
revealed<http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/2013/10/17/corporate-secrets-how-the-anti-522-campaign-was-planned/>
that
GMA leadership held a series of secret meetings to plot how to perpetrate a
money laundering scheme and illegally hide member donations from Washington
state voters, in direct violation of campaign disclosure laws.

Unlike the junk food companies that feared consumer backlash, Monsanto
hasn't even bothered to hide the more than $4 million the company has given
to the "no" campaign. In fact, GMA, Monsanto and a handful of other
corporate donors have now broken a state
record<http://blogs.seattletimes.com/politicsnorthwest/category/general-election/gmo-initiative/>
by
pouring more than $17 million into their effort to stop Washington's GMO
labeling ballot initiative.

Voting is already underway in Washington, and the final ballots will be
cast on November 5. The "yes" side is
ahead<http://www.seattlemet.com/news-and-profiles/publicola/articles/elway-poll-eyman-initiative-gmo-labeling-measure-hold-big-leads-september-2013>
in
the most recent polls, but supporters of the right to know fear that a
barrage of heavily funded and
misleading<http://www.inspirationsforchange.com/healthy-living/yes-522-misleading-no-on-522-commercials-analyzed/#.UmJCIWRgb0g>
ads
could sour voters to the initiative.

They remember that just last year, California's Proposition 37 was well
ahead in the polls until Monsanto and its allies spent more than $46
million<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ocean-robbins/monsanto-prop-37_b_2088934.html>
on
their campaign in the Golden State.

All this label fighting and money laundering leads to some very significant
questions. Why are Monsanto and the junk food industry willing to spend
many tens of millions of dollars every year trying to keep you in the dark
about your food? What doesn't big food want you to know? And what are they
afraid might happen if you did?

Monsanto tells us that their products are about the best thing to come
along since sliced bread. For years they've been promising that GMOs would
reduce<http://www.motherjones.com/tom-philpott/2012/10/how-gmos-ramped-us-pesticide-use>
pesticide
use, increase<http://www.alternet.org/food/why-monsanto-wrong-about-gm-crop-promises>
yields, reduce<http://www.ucsusa.org/food_and_agriculture/our-failing-food-system/genetic-engineering/monsanto-fails-at-improving.html>
water
consumption, and offer foods that are
more<http://www.biotech.iastate.edu/biotech_info_series/bio8.html>
tasty
and more <http://monsantoblog.com/2009/04/01/gmos-improving-nutrition/>
 nutritious.

I wish they were right.

But in the 20 years since GMO crops first came on the market, studies have
found that they have led to
higher<http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/02/us-usa-study-pesticides-idUSBRE89100X20121002>
pesticide
use, and no meaningful improvement in
flavor<http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/24/booming/you-call-that-a-tomato.html>
, nutrition<http://www.medicaldaily.com/nutritional-value-corn-does-gmo-corn-contain-same-nutrients-246496>
, yield<http://www.ucsusa.org/food_and_agriculture/our-failing-food-system/genetic-engineering/failure-to-yield.html>
or water<http://www.ucsusa.org/food_and_agriculture/our-failing-food-system/genetic-engineering/monsanto-fails-at-improving.html>
requirements.
Instead, what they've created are plants that are engineered to withstand
massive<http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/04/business/energy-environment/04weed.html?pagewanted=all>
dosing
of toxic<http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=weed-whacking-herbicide-p>
herbicides,
and plants that function as living pesticide factories. Monsanto's Bt.
corn, for example, is actually
registered<http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/biopesticides/pips/regofbtcrops.htm>
with
the EPA as a pesticide.

With concern about GMOs growing fast, and with the public being pummeled
with vast amounts of misinformation, there is a tremendous need for clear,
accurate and reliable information about GMOs. In response, the 100,000+
member Food Revolution Network and the Institute for Responsible Technology
are co-sponsoring a free online GMO Mini-Summit <http://www.gmosummit.org/>.
>From October 25-27, some of the top GMO experts on the planet will be
providing insights and clear calls to action in this teleseminar that is
also being broadcast without charge on the Internet. Monsanto probably
isn't too happy about the prospect of tens of thousands of people getting
informed and mobilized. But if you love life, safe food, and the truth,
then you might want to check it out. <http://www.gmosummit.org/>

And if you want to lend a hand to getting out the vote in the state of
Washington, you cansign up to volunteer
here.<http://yeson522.com/volunteer-for-yes-on-522/>

Nobody knows what's going to happen in Washington between now and November
5. But from Mexico, to Hawaii and to the 64 nations that already have GMO
labeling, this tide just might be turning.

Maybe we, the people, do get a say in what we know, and what we eat, after
all.


*Ocean Robbins is co-author of Voices of the Food
Revolution<http://foodrevolution.org/getvoices>,
and serves as adjunct professor for Chapman University and CEO and co-host
(with best-selling author John Robbins) of the 100,000+ member Food
Revolution Network. The GMO Mini-Summit starts October 25. Find out more
here. <http://www.gmosummit.org/>*
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From agnes at mcn.org  Wed Oct 23 15:36:24 2013
From: agnes at mcn.org (agnes at mcn.org)
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2013 15:36:24 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] [Fwd: Attorney's Advice]
Message-ID: <7a0b8764142b010d964b0fb3ca413bd7.squirrel@webmail.mcn.org>

----- Original Message ----- From:Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2013 8:17 AM

I know this or at least part of this has been around before but there
may be something new here that all should know.  It has prompted me to
actually make copies of certain items whereas I didn't before.
> ATTORNEY'S ADVICE - NO CHARGE
>
> Read this and make a copy for your files in case you need to refer to
> it someday. Maybe we should all take some of his advice! A corporate
> attorney sent the following out to the employees in his company:
>
> 1. Do not sign the back of your credit cards. Instead, put 'PHOTO ID
> REQUIRED.'
>
> 2. When you are writing checks to pay on your credit card accounts, DO
> NOT put the complete account number on the 'For' line. Instead, just
> put the last four numbers. The credit card company knows the rest of
> the number, and anyone who might be handling your check as it passes
> through all the check processing channels won't have access to it.
>
> 3. Put your work phone # on your checks instead of your home phone. If
> you have a PO Box use that instead of your home address. If you do not
> have a PO Box, use your work address. Never have your SS# printed on
> your checks. (DUH!) You can add it if it is necessary. But if you have
> It printed, anyone can get it.
>
> 4. Place the contents of your wallet on photocopy machine. Do both
> sides of each license, credit card, etc. You will know what you had in
> your wallet and all of the account numbers and phone numbers to call
> and cancel. Keep the photocopy in a safe place.
>
> I also carry a photocopy of my passport when I travel either here or
> abroad. We've all heard horror stories about fraud that's committed on
> us in stealing a Name, address, Social Security number, credit cards..
>
> Unfortunately, I, an attorney, have firsthand knowledge because my
> wallet was stolen last month. Within a week, the thieves ordered an
> expensive monthly cell phone package, applied for a VISA credit card,
> had a credit line approved to buy a Gateway computer, received a PIN
> number from DMV to change my driving record information online, and more.
>
> But here's some critical information to limit the damage in case this
> happens to you or someone you know:
>
> 5. We have been told we should cancel our credit cards immediately.
> But the key is having the toll free numbers and your card numbers
> handy so you know whom to call. Keep those where you can find them.
>
> 6.. File a police report immediately in the jurisdiction where your
> credit cards, etc., were stolen. This proves to credit providers you
> were diligent, and this is a first step toward an investigation (if
> there ever is one).
>
> But here's what is perhaps most important of all: (I never even
> thought to do this.)
>
> 7. Call the 3 national credit reporting organizations immediately to
> place a fraud alert on your name and also call the Social Security
> fraud line number. I had never heard of doing that until advised by a
> bank that called to tell me an application for credit was made over
> the Internet in my name.
>
> The alert means any company that checks your credit knows your
> information was stolen, and they have to contact you by phone to
> authorize new credit.
>
> by the time I was advised to do this, almost two weeks after the
> theft, all the damage had been done. There are records of all the
> credit checks initiated by the thieves' purchases, none of which I
> knew about before placing the alert. Since then, no additional damage
> has been done, and the thieves threw my wallet away this weekend
> (someone turned it in). It seems to have stopped them dead in their
> tracks.
>
> Now, here are the numbers you always need to contact about your
> wallet, if it has been stolen:
>
> 1.) Equifax: 1-800-525-62851-800-525-6285
>
> 2.) Experian (formerly TRW): 1-888-397-3742 1-888-397-3742
>
> 3.) Trans Union : 1-800-680 7289 1-800-680 7289
>
> 4.) Social Security Administration (fraud line):
>
> 1-800-269-0271 1-800-269-0271
>
> We pass along jokes on the Internet; we pass along just about everything.
>
> If you are willing to pass this information along, it could really
> help someone that you care about.
>





From agnes at mcn.org  Wed Oct 23 16:06:04 2013
From: agnes at mcn.org (agnes at mcn.org)
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2013 16:06:04 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] [Fwd: Too big to fail]
Message-ID: <5ec70168594221e83e8f7597d0ec95d4.squirrel@webmail.mcn.org>

---------------------------- Original Message ----------------------------
Subject: Too big to fail
From:    "Forrest Brown, BoldProgressives.org" <info at boldprogressives.org>
Date:    Wed, October 23, 2013 2:01 pm
To:      "Agnes Woolsey" <agnes at mcn.org>
--------------------------------------------------------------------------


 Occupy,

   We could strike a major blow against the big banks and their ability to
   gamble with our money if we act by tomorrow.

   Financial regulators have proposed a new rule that ends big bank gambling.
   The rule requires banks to put up $89 billion to protect against the
   unforeseen losses like the ones that destroyed the economy in 2008. With
   this rule in place, the eight biggest banks -- including JP Morgan Chase,
   Bank of America, Citigroup, Wells Fargo, and Goldman Sachs -- will be much
   safer.

   The federal regulators are taking public comments on the rule this week
   and they usually only hear from banks. Those comments will help determine
   whether the final rule actually makes big banks safer, so we need to make
   sure the regulators hear from us.

   [1]Rep. Alan Grayson has written a letter calling for even stronger
   regulations and he's asking for citizens to sign on. Can you add your
   name?

   If thousands of us sign, we'll show that the public supports strong rules.
   This will be important throughout the regulatory process. Please take one
   minute to add your name to the letter.

   [2]But we only have until tomorrow to get comments in. Click here to
   co-sign Rep. Grayson's letter.

   We'll deliver your signatures and comments to the bank regulators.

   Thanks for being a bold progressive.

   --Forrest Brown, PCCC organizer

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From sheila.dawn50 at yahoo.com  Wed Oct 23 16:44:53 2013
From: sheila.dawn50 at yahoo.com (Sheila Dawn)
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2013 16:44:53 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Occupymendocino] MMinutes of Oct. 19th meeting
Message-ID: <1382571893.81551.YahooMailNeo@web120606.mail.ne1.yahoo.com>

?Present: Linda, Daniel, Russ, Mark & Sheila
?Facilitator & Secretary: Sheila
??? Updates: Linda spoke on the interviewing process that will result in new people being announced as those selected for Senior Center Board of Director seats at the next Board meeting on Friday, Nov. 1st.
??? There are two ad hoc advisory committees that sit in on the interviews, composed of three people each. They do not ask questions. Their job is to provide feedback to the current Board on those who are interviewed. Two people were interviewed on the 15th, four more still to go and two applications still to be processed as of last week.
??? The last interview will be next Tuesday with the Board having its election selection by the next day, Wednes.
Publicity: Sheila told of the planned events of those members of the foreclosure committee( Agnes, Jessie, Sheila) to publicize the efforts to have a Charter County proposal put on the 2014 ballot.
? On Monday, the 21st , the group along with Ed Oberweiser and Robin Sunbeam, planned to meet( and did) in Philo to dicuss, review and make additional changes to the draft charter.
? Agnes, Jessie, Robin & Sheila were scheduled to speak on KZYX's Women's Voices show at 7 P.M. hosted by Val Mulhowski.?
? On the following day, members of OM were sceduled to be on KNYO 107.7 (John Fletcher's show) at 3 P.M. to also discuss the need for a Public Bank and a County Charter.
? Sheila said she would follw up on an Email to Carmel Angelo to see what plan she had come up with to get an audit of county property records to detect fraudulent foreclosures.

? The meeting was lightly attended due to prior obligations of several members.
Discussion took place on whether it was worth $20 for the price of the Senior Center? meeting room when so few attended. Alternatives of the Library or someone's home were suggested.
? Sheila noted that attendance at the Direct Protest on Friday's in front of the Banks on Main St. was also diminished. Discussion on whether to switch to once a month first Friday meetings will be on the next agenda-- time change and weather being additional concerns. 

? ? Other topics discussed were sending an Email to Phil Ting of S.F. to ask that he introduce a bill requiring a state Certificate of Authenticity on property transfers and how to brainstorm methods to get new people interested in OM's work. We will need more people to educate the public on the public bank and charter issues.
? ? Linda mentioned knowing a real estate agent in Anderson Valley who was attempting to put together refinancing for people who couldn't get it done through the banks but didn't have enough clients.
? ? Sheila said she will pursue Emailing the Atty. General's office to find out which state agencies are distributing the 25 billion agreemrnt won from the baks for illegal procedures involving foreclosures.
?? Daniel discussed the J.P. Morgan Chase settlement of 13 billion. Who gets this money?

?? Next meeting:? Sat. Nov 2nd at Senior Center 2-4P.M. New people welcome!
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From marksafron at att.net  Wed Oct 23 20:14:14 2013
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2013 20:14:14 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] [Fwd: Attorney's Advice]
In-Reply-To: <7a0b8764142b010d964b0fb3ca413bd7.squirrel@webmail.mcn.org>
References: <7a0b8764142b010d964b0fb3ca413bd7.squirrel@webmail.mcn.org>
Message-ID: <71C326EC-AFC8-4BA0-829B-036BA81321A2@att.net>

One other thing I do is to put my middle initial in my check printing. However
I never sign my checks with it. Anyone who found my checks would assume
I signed my name as printed.
Regards, Mark 


On Oct 23, 2013, at 3:36 PM, agnes at mcn.org wrote:

----- Original Message ----- From:Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2013 8:17 AM

I know this or at least part of this has been around before but there
may be something new here that all should know.  It has prompted me to
actually make copies of certain items whereas I didn't before.
> ATTORNEY'S ADVICE - NO CHARGE
> 
> Read this and make a copy for your files in case you need to refer to
> it someday. Maybe we should all take some of his advice! A corporate
> attorney sent the following out to the employees in his company:
> 
> 1. Do not sign the back of your credit cards. Instead, put 'PHOTO ID
> REQUIRED.'
> 
> 2. When you are writing checks to pay on your credit card accounts, DO
> NOT put the complete account number on the 'For' line. Instead, just
> put the last four numbers. The credit card company knows the rest of
> the number, and anyone who might be handling your check as it passes
> through all the check processing channels won't have access to it.
> 
> 3. Put your work phone # on your checks instead of your home phone. If
> you have a PO Box use that instead of your home address. If you do not
> have a PO Box, use your work address. Never have your SS# printed on
> your checks. (DUH!) You can add it if it is necessary. But if you have
> It printed, anyone can get it.
> 
> 4. Place the contents of your wallet on photocopy machine. Do both
> sides of each license, credit card, etc. You will know what you had in
> your wallet and all of the account numbers and phone numbers to call
> and cancel. Keep the photocopy in a safe place.
> 
> I also carry a photocopy of my passport when I travel either here or
> abroad. We've all heard horror stories about fraud that's committed on
> us in stealing a Name, address, Social Security number, credit cards..
> 
> Unfortunately, I, an attorney, have firsthand knowledge because my
> wallet was stolen last month. Within a week, the thieves ordered an
> expensive monthly cell phone package, applied for a VISA credit card,
> had a credit line approved to buy a Gateway computer, received a PIN
> number from DMV to change my driving record information online, and more.
> 
> But here's some critical information to limit the damage in case this
> happens to you or someone you know:
> 
> 5. We have been told we should cancel our credit cards immediately.
> But the key is having the toll free numbers and your card numbers
> handy so you know whom to call. Keep those where you can find them.
> 
> 6.. File a police report immediately in the jurisdiction where your
> credit cards, etc., were stolen. This proves to credit providers you
> were diligent, and this is a first step toward an investigation (if
> there ever is one).
> 
> But here's what is perhaps most important of all: (I never even
> thought to do this.)
> 
> 7. Call the 3 national credit reporting organizations immediately to
> place a fraud alert on your name and also call the Social Security
> fraud line number. I had never heard of doing that until advised by a
> bank that called to tell me an application for credit was made over
> the Internet in my name.
> 
> The alert means any company that checks your credit knows your
> information was stolen, and they have to contact you by phone to
> authorize new credit.
> 
> by the time I was advised to do this, almost two weeks after the
> theft, all the damage had been done. There are records of all the
> credit checks initiated by the thieves' purchases, none of which I
> knew about before placing the alert. Since then, no additional damage
> has been done, and the thieves threw my wallet away this weekend
> (someone turned it in). It seems to have stopped them dead in their
> tracks.
> 
> Now, here are the numbers you always need to contact about your
> wallet, if it has been stolen:
> 
> 1.) Equifax: 1-800-525-62851-800-525-6285
> 
> 2.) Experian (formerly TRW): 1-888-397-3742 1-888-397-3742
> 
> 3.) Trans Union : 1-800-680 7289 1-800-680 7289
> 
> 4.) Social Security Administration (fraud line):
> 
> 1-800-269-0271 1-800-269-0271
> 
> We pass along jokes on the Internet; we pass along just about everything.
> 
> If you are willing to pass this information along, it could really
> help someone that you care about.
> 




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From vjessielee at gmail.com  Wed Oct 23 20:58:11 2013
From: vjessielee at gmail.com (Jessie VanSant)
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2013 20:58:11 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Fwd: Petition to Repeal HR 6407 The Postal
	Accountability and Enhancement Act
References: <35.DD.01556.89988625@outbound.moveon.org>
Message-ID: <0162DB20-B383-4C66-8E6B-6F0DB5D20E8D@gmail.com>

> 
> Subject: Petition to Repeal HR 6407 The Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act
> Date: October 23, 2013 7:42:52 PM PDT

> As of today we have well over 190,000 signers on all of our petitions. Many of those support the battle to help keep the U.S. Postal Service in its strongest form possible. We received a request from John L. Marcotte to help assist him in starting a successful petition on moveon.org. John as a union leader helped save his mail processing plant from closing for several years after the postal service designated it for closer. We stand strong with our union brother in his effort to help "Save Our Post Office" in its current form.
> Please sign this petition and share this message with 5 friends and relatives. The link follow:
> Congress Repeal PAEA of 2006 
> 
> Follow John L. Marcotte on facebook at the following link:
> John L. Marcotte 
> 
> ?
> Once again we appreciate your support in "Saving our post office!"
> 
> thank you!
> 
> Jerry
> 

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From vjessielee at gmail.com  Wed Oct 23 21:13:30 2013
From: vjessielee at gmail.com (Jessie VanSant)
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2013 21:13:30 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] [Fwd: Attorney's Advice]
In-Reply-To: <71C326EC-AFC8-4BA0-829B-036BA81321A2@att.net>
References: <7a0b8764142b010d964b0fb3ca413bd7.squirrel@webmail.mcn.org>
	<71C326EC-AFC8-4BA0-829B-036BA81321A2@att.net>
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Post Office requires that your credit card be signed or they will not accept it.  I used to write "Please ask for photo ID" on the back.

Another thing is phone # and drivers license # 's on personal checks.  Some businesses require those in order to take your check but we are advised against putting such info on our checks?.
 
JL

On Oct 23, 2013, at 8:14 PM, Mark Safron <marksafron at att.net> wrote:

> One other thing I do is to put my middle initial in my check printing. However
> I never sign my checks with it. Anyone who found my checks would assume
> I signed my name as printed.
> Regards, Mark 
> 
> 
> On Oct 23, 2013, at 3:36 PM, agnes at mcn.org wrote:
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- From:Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2013 8:17 AM
> 
> I know this or at least part of this has been around before but there
> may be something new here that all should know.  It has prompted me to
> actually make copies of certain items whereas I didn't before.



From marksafron at att.net  Wed Oct 23 22:09:53 2013
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2013 22:09:53 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] We all knew it but, Charley says it so well.
Message-ID: <6F769033-F2FE-4C22-B8C8-99A8567D1F5F@att.net>


http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/Further_Proof_

OCT 23, 2013
NO SURPRISES HERE
By Charles P. Pierce





Win McNamee/Getty Images

George W. Bush and Dick Cheney in 2007.

I don't know why people are acting shocked -- SHOCKED! -- by  one particular revelation from Peter Baker's new book about the Avignon Presidency.

A book written by New York Times reporter Peter Baker reveals the take of a senior official from former President George W. Bush's administration, who is quoted as saying that America went into Iraq to 'find somebody's ass to kick'. Baker's book titled, 'Days of Fire: Bush and Cheney in the White House', reveals some astonishing details about the Iraq War. The anonymous official claims that the only reason US went into Iraq was to look for a fight adding that Afghanistan was too easy... 
This is no surprise. Paul O'Neill told us years ago that Iraq was on the schedule from about thirty seconds after the Supreme Court handed the presidency to C-Plus Augustus. Donald Rumsfeld, that old bag of sins, said pretty much the same thing on the afternoon of September 11, 2001. And he said it again at the same time that they were launching their excellent adventure. And wasn't this essentially the same guiding principle that lay behind the remark that should have decent people spitting on Thomas Friedman to this day?

We spent nearly a decade as a nation, and we lost 5000 of our fellow citizens, and, as a nation, we killed somewhere north of 100,000 Iraqis, because we were led through a period of national trauma by a claque of plutocratic sociopaths with the collective emotional maturity of a junior-high nose tackle. One day, historians are going to drink heavily.


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From agnes at mcn.org  Thu Oct 24 11:03:12 2013
From: agnes at mcn.org (agnes at mcn.org)
Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2013 11:03:12 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] MMinutes of Oct. 19th meeting
In-Reply-To: <50DE2D5F-3AFA-4AD6-AE06-643C022EBB27@gmail.com>
References: <1382571893.81551.YahooMailNeo@web120606.mail.ne1.yahoo.com>
	<50DE2D5F-3AFA-4AD6-AE06-643C022EBB27@gmail.com>
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I disagree, I have invited 3 people to come to the Senior Center G.A.
meeting on the first Sat. in Nov. and I can talk to Chuck Bush about the
disparity in fees. The Toastmasters and the Sr. exercise groups pay $1.00
for each attendee. There needs to be uniformity of rental fees for rooms.

Please hold further discussion on this.
Agnes


> Hi All,
> I suggest we stop meeting at the Senior Center since there continue to be
> so few of us and start meeting at a private home - Howard's for example -
> or the Library.
>
> Or maybe KNYO would let us meet in their front room area??  I don't know
> if they use the space on Saturdays.
>
> JL
> On Oct 23, 2013, at 4:44 PM, Sheila Dawn <sheila.dawn50 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>  Present: Linda, Daniel, Russ, Mark & Sheila
>>  Facilitator & Secretary: Sheila
>>     Updates: Linda spoke on the interviewing process that will result in
>> new people being announced as those selected for Senior Center Board
>> of Director seats at the next Board meeting on Friday, Nov. 1st.
>>     There are two ad hoc advisory committees that sit in on the
>> interviews, composed of three people each. They do not ask
>> questions. Their job is to provide feedback to the current Board on
>> those who are interviewed. Two people were interviewed on the 15th,
>> four more still to go and two applications still to be processed as
>> of last week.
>>     The last interview will be next Tuesday with the Board having its
>> election selection by the next day, Wednes.
>> Publicity: Sheila told of the planned events of those members of the
>> foreclosure committee( Agnes, Jessie, Sheila) to publicize the efforts
>> to have a Charter County proposal put on the 2014 ballot.
>>   On Monday, the 21st , the group along with Ed Oberweiser and Robin
>> Sunbeam, planned to meet( and did) in Philo to dicuss, review and make
>> additional changes to the draft charter.
>>   Agnes, Jessie, Robin & Sheila were scheduled to speak on KZYX's
>> Women's Voices show at 7 P.M. hosted by Val Mulhowski.
>>   On the following day, members of OM were sceduled to be on KNYO 107.7
>> (John Fletcher's show) at 3 P.M. to also discuss the need for a Public
>> Bank and a County Charter.
>>   Sheila said she would follw up on an Email to Carmel Angelo to see
>> what plan she had come up with to get an audit of county property
>> records to detect fraudulent foreclosures.
>>
>>   The meeting was lightly attended due to prior obligations of several
>> members.
>> Discussion took place on whether it was worth $20 for the price of the
>> Senior Center  meeting room when so few attended. Alternatives of the
>> Library or someone's home were suggested.
>>   Sheila noted that attendance at the Direct Protest on Friday's in
>> front of the Banks on Main St. was also diminished. Discussion on
>> whether to switch to once a month first Friday meetings will be on the
>> next agenda-- time change and weather being additional concerns.
>>     Other topics discussed were sending an Email to Phil Ting of S.F. to
>> ask that he introduce a bill requiring a state Certificate of
>> Authenticity on property transfers and how to brainstorm methods to
>> get new people interested in OM's work. We will need more people to
>> educate the public on the public bank and charter issues.
>>     Linda mentioned knowing a real estate agent in Anderson Valley who
>> was attempting to put together refinancing for people who couldn't
>> get it done through the banks but didn't have enough clients.
>>     Sheila said she will pursue Emailing the Atty. General's office to
>> find out which state agencies are distributing the 25 billion
>> agreemrnt won from the baks for illegal procedures involving
>> foreclosures.
>>    Daniel discussed the J.P. Morgan Chase settlement of 13 billion. Who
>> gets this money?
>>    Next meeting:  Sat. Nov 2nd at Senior Center 2-4P.M. New people
>> welcome!
>> TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send an email to occupymendocino at lists.mcn.org put
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>
>




From agnes at mcn.org  Thu Oct 24 11:16:32 2013
From: agnes at mcn.org (agnes at mcn.org)
Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2013 11:16:32 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] [Fwd: fees for room rentals]
Message-ID: <0c9f462f14db823c41fca57441dcec0f.squirrel@webmail.mcn.org>

---------------------------- Original Message ----------------------------
Subject: fees for room rentals
From:    agnes at mcn.org
Date:    Thu, October 24, 2013 11:15 am
To:      cbush at mcn.org
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

Dear Charles and Board Members,
      I am appealing to you to make some consistent rental fees.
Since being part of the Toast Masters Group and the Senior Exercise on
Wednesday I learned that attendees pay one dollar each for use of the
room.

Occupy Mendocino is finding it impossible to pay $20. a week when only 5
people show up for a Saturday meeting. About ten of us are doing most of
the work besides framing a ballot measure for a County Charter with
authority to include a Public Bank.

 Some of us spoke on KNYO and others spoke on KZYX in the last two days
about the draft County Charter. The B.O.S. will have authority over the
final version to be placed on the ballot- hopefully for the June 2014
election.

        We would appreciate your consideration in making the rental fee
for our use the same as these other groups.

Sincerely,
Agnes Woolsey




From agnes at mcn.org  Thu Oct 24 12:53:40 2013
From: agnes at mcn.org (agnes at mcn.org)
Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2013 12:53:40 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] [Fwd: Fukushuima on the Verge KZYX Thursdays
	Midnight]
Message-ID: <09e8abc7c5b077ad4bcbe76397f9f7bd.squirrel@webmail.mcn.org>

---------------------------- Original Message ----------------------------
Subject: Fukushuima on the Verge KZYX Thursdays Midnight
From:    "John Lewallen" <lewallen at mcn.org>
Date:    Mon, October 21, 2013 5:21 pm
To:      opcsteering at lists.mcn.org
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

Dear friends,Barbara Stephens-Lewallen, Jamie Lee, and yours truly plan to
be on KZYX from midnight until two Thursdays at Verge Beaulanger's program
"On The
Verge" helping to organize an international effort to clean up Fukushima.
The program streams on the web at KZYX.org. Love, John

Fate of Human Race in Hands of Fukushima Cleanup Workers



October 21, 2013



          Fukushima cleanup workers deserve the loving support of the
whole human race as they begin next month a one-year process of
removing 1,300 damaged radioactive fuel rods from a tank
teetering eighteen feet above ground below Reactor 4.

          Even a mild earthquake may drain the holding tank or bang the
rods together, triggering atmospheric release of four hundred
tons of highly radioactive material, including plutonium.

          A giant steel frame has been constructed above the tank holding
the radioactive rods. The rods and tank are distorted by the
earthquake and tsunami which hit the Fukushima nuclear power
plants on the Japanese coast in March, 2011, causing three
reactors to melt down, and beginning a cleanup effort now
estimated to take forty years and cost $10 billion.

          An October 13 report in The Guardian found that the 6,000
workers who suit up and work to maintain the leaking radioactive
containment systems are experiencing plummeting morale. Workers
took a 20 per cent pay cut in 2011, and now most are low-paid
private contractors. Hundreds of the most experienced
technicians must leave soon, because they have received the
maximum exposure to deadly radiation allowed by the Japanese
government.

          "I'm particularly worried about depression and alcoholism,"
public health professor Takeshi Tanigawa told The Guardian.
"I've seen high levels of physical distress and symptoms of
post-traumatic stress disorder."

          The radioactive rods must be removed with manual guidance. If
the rods bump or crumble in the process, what is estimated to be
to worst atmospheric release of deadly radioactive materials
ever could occur.


          Please consider joining a well-funded international effort to
clean up Fukushima.



--John Lewallen

Philo, CA

707-895-2996
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From rkarch at mcn.org  Thu Oct 24 15:34:27 2013
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2013 15:34:27 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] The Diminishing Seed Company Controversy
Message-ID: <5F3C80BA-325B-4752-BF4C-6D81B3CD5A27@mcn.org>

An audio program by TUC radio on KZYX Oct 24. Shocking.  rk

feed://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/podcast/podcast.xml?program_id=71980&version_id=79667&version=1

Summary:  According to Philip Howard there were over 10,000 seed companies in the US in the 1970s, by 1998 there were only 1,500 left. This is a fascinating, fact filled report of how an ever smaller group of chemical companies, foremost Monsanto, DuPont and Syngenta have taken over a majority share of the world seed supply in a very short period of time. And they are not only dealing in basic grains and genetic engineering of corn and soy, but have already successfully acquired fruits and vegetables seed companies and hybrid seed stock. 
Genetic engineering, the patenting of seeds, sanctioned by Supreme Court and global trade jurisdiction now make the saving of an increasingly larger part of the world seed inheritance illegal. Of great concern is the movement on the part of these global corporations to also make illegal the replanting of their growing stockpile of non- engineered and hybrid seeds. And Howard explains how that is done.
Credits: 
Notes: Dr. Phil Howard teaches courses in Community, Food and Agriculture at Michigan State University and is one of the leading researchers into "food systems", tracing the journey of food from farming, processing and distribution to our plates at home. <https://www.msu.edu/~howardp/seedindustry.html>
He spoke at the Third Annual Heirloom Seed Expo on September 11, 2013.



Reality is not what it seems to be, nor is it otherwise.   
                                       Tibetan Buddhist teaching

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From agnes at mcn.org  Thu Oct 24 20:14:30 2013
From: agnes at mcn.org (agnes at mcn.org)
Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2013 20:14:30 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] FractionalReserve Banking and the Federal Reserve
Message-ID: <b439d40ba0648f651fd5806fb98f3d28.squirrel@webmail.mcn.org>

www.nolanchart.com/article10049-lets-nationalize-the-federal-reserve.html

One of the most common misconceptions that most Americans have is that the
Federal Reserve is actually an agency of the government, but that could
not be farther from the truth. This excerpt from the Fed?s own website*
tells you all you need to know regarding who?s really in charge and whose
interests the Fed is really concerned about:

"The twelve regional Federal Reserve Banks, which were established by
Congress as the operating arms of the nation?s central banking system, are
organized much like private corporations ? possibly leading to some
confusion about "ownership." For example, the Reserve Banks issue shares
of stock to member banks. However, owning Reserve Bank stock is quite
different from owning stock in a private company. The Reserve Banks are
not operated for profit, and ownership of a certain amount of stock is, by
law, a condition of membership in the System. The stock may not be sold,
traded, or pledged as security for a loan; dividends are, by law, 6
percent per year."

So, what we learn is that the Fed, by their own admission, is currently
structured as a privately owned banking cartel that has an obligation to
its shareholders first and foremost. So, now the question that we must ask
is this; how does the Fed turn a profit? Once again, the answer can be
found on the Fed?s own website:

"The income of the Federal Reserve System is derived primarily from the
interest on U.S. government securities that it has acquired through open
market operations."

The "open market" operations by which the Fed acquires Treasury Securities
is the way which the Fed expands the monetary base; by issuing electronic
"money" to the U.S Treasury Department, who then print the currency and
circulate it while exchanging Treasury securities for the "right" to use
these Federal Reserve notes. It?s no coincidence that the interest the U.S
government is charged for the right to circulate each dollar is at 6%, the
same rate of interest the Fed is obligated to pay its shareholders in
dividends. Now, the Fed tries to cover up this gruesome reality in many
mischievous ways:

"After it pays its expenses, the Federal Reserve turns the rest of its
earnings over to the U.S. Treasury."

Don?t be fooled by this; this is only the profit the Fed makes off the M0
money supply (total amount of physical currency in circulation), which
totals about $2.6 trillion. The rest of the money in circulation is
created by a process known as fractional reserve banking, by which the
Federal Reserve and their member banks create new money by issuing
electronic loans that are about 10 times greater than the actual physical
supply of currency in reserve. In other words, if you go to the bank and
deposit a $100, the Fed and their member banks can create new money by
issuing a loan of about $190 to the next customer, so long as they remain
within the Fed?s 10:1 ratio. The Federal Reserve does not have to turn the
profits made on this money over to the Treasury Department, which is why
$1.4 trillion dollars of our national debt is owed to, you guessed it, the
Federal Reserve. This number will only continue to get higher if we
continue with this financial system. The Federal Reserve is a perpetual
debt machine and as long as it remains in the hands of private bankers, we
will never pay off the national debt.

Despite the gruesome reality of the very structure of our current Federal
Reserve System, the recent statistics above show that central banking can
indeed play a positive role in stimulating economic recovery. So, why
don?t we nationalize the Federal Reserve? After all, if we manage to
nationalize the Federal Reserve, we can instantly reduce the national debt
by $1.4 trillion dollars and, more importantly, begin issuing debt-free
money. The U.S would once again gain the ability to coin its own money
like the Constitution intended and we could finally begin paying off the
national debt while maintaining our promises regarding Social Security,
Medicare, and other entitlement programs. Let?s take back our country,
let?s end the cycle of debt. Let?s nationalize the Federal Reserve.

*This excerpt originally appeared on the Federal Reserve's website, but
was later removed.





From vjessielee at gmail.com  Thu Oct 24 20:17:54 2013
From: vjessielee at gmail.com (Jessie Lee VanSant)
Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2013 20:17:54 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] MMinutes of Oct. 19th meeting
In-Reply-To: <482bbc68ff3d927025c18f0105463b76.squirrel@webmail.mcn.org>
References: <1382571893.81551.YahooMailNeo@web120606.mail.ne1.yahoo.com>
	<50DE2D5F-3AFA-4AD6-AE06-643C022EBB27@gmail.com>
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Message-ID: <76AE09C9-D89A-47EE-8532-A450445C9DB5@gmail.com>

Good deal Agnes - the disparity in fees is a real issue and OCCUPY should be the organization to bring it to Light.

Jessie Lee
On Oct 24, 2013, at 11:03 AM, agnes at mcn.org wrote:

> I disagree, I have invited 3 people to come to the Senior Center G.A.
> meeting on the first Sat. in Nov. and I can talk to Chuck Bush about the
> disparity in fees. The Toastmasters and the Sr. exercise groups pay $1.00
> for each attendee. There needs to be uniformity of rental fees for rooms.
> 
> Please hold further discussion on this.
> Agnes
> 
> 
>> Hi All,
>> I suggest we stop meeting at the Senior Center since there continue to be
>> so few of us and start meeting at a private home - Howard's for example -
>> or the Library.
>> 
>> Or maybe KNYO would let us meet in their front room area??  I don't know
>> if they use the space on Saturdays.
>> 
>> JL



From rkarch at mcn.org  Thu Oct 24 21:37:45 2013
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2013 21:37:45 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] City Council Meeting on Monday With Report on
	Progress Restoring Public Access TV
In-Reply-To: <9503FCFF-A7C1-47B2-A964-57277C24B7D3@mcn.org>
References: <871823F5-027E-4547-8032-429632B1C798@mcn.org>
	<49888F9F-E288-48B6-BA63-8A1230F1850E@mcn.org>
	<0ED97731-0FC5-4960-87D9-9EF4A9340B15@mcn.org>
	<9503FCFF-A7C1-47B2-A964-57277C24B7D3@mcn.org>
Message-ID: <CEDE245A-888C-41F8-998C-B3D13930C727@mcn.org>


> 
> OCCUPIERS ??
> 
> 	Richard, Ann, and I met this week with City Council member Heidi Kraut about the MCTV-Footlighters matter.  As you may know, Heidi and Meg Courtney [who is travelling abroad] are a City Council committee to deal with getting transparency back via public access TV which the Footlighters destroyed.
> 
> 	From Heidi we understand that the City Council on Monday at its 6 pm meeting will hear an update from the City Manager..  We urge all Occupiers, who are able, to attend the City Council session in Town Hall.
> 
> 	Reminder:  The Senior Center is celebrating its 40th anniversary with a banquet Saturday. Seatings are  5-7pm, $40.  It would be nice (socially and politically) that Occupy had a table.
> 
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From marksafron at att.net  Thu Oct 24 21:57:39 2013
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2013 21:57:39 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Borowitz: Congress Spends Several Hours
	Pretending to Understand Internet
Message-ID: <83A0E017-0FD6-4D28-9E8C-178407BCA556@att.net>

CONGRESS SPENDS SEVERAL HOURS PRETENDING TO UNDERSTAND INTERNET



WASHINGTON?In an impressive white-knuckle performance on live television today, members of Congress spent several hours in a hearing room pretending to understand the Internet.

Beginning this morning, members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee devoted four hours to grilling Web-site contractors about site architecture, Web traffic, software, and other I.T. concepts about which their ignorance is nearly complete.

?As members of this committee, we are supposed to have a deep understanding of the technology involved in the health-care Web site,? said Chairman Fred Upton (R-Michigan). ?So it was absolutely imperative for us to fake that we do.?

For the duration of the hearings, the Web contractors offered detailed testimony about ?end-to-end testing,? ?enterprise identity management,? and other technical concepts to a group of elected officials who can barely use e-mail.

?I would say that, to a man, we did not understand ninety-nine per cent of that computer nonsense they were going on about,? Chairman Upton said. ?To me it was a whole lot of blahbitty-blahbitty-blah. I hope it wasn?t too obvious.?

Rep. Upton said that ?looking serious and nodding our heads a lot? contributed to the illusion that committee members had even scant comprehension of what was being discussed.

?At the end of the day, a lot of it came down to not asking the questions you really wanted to ask,? he said. ?Like, ?What exactly is a Web site???




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From vjessielee at gmail.com  Fri Oct 25 00:49:31 2013
From: vjessielee at gmail.com (Jessie VanSant)
Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2013 00:49:31 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Senior Center 40th anniversary evening Saturday
	26 Oct. OCCUPY table??
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Howard's suggestion of having a table is an excellent one (why don't I think of these brilliant things? <wink>) so do we have a contingent willing to 'go'?
I have a music commitment Saturday evening but could come for the 5 pm sitting personally.

And thank you to you 3 for pursuing the public TV issue!!

OCCUPY Mendocino needs to (if you'll pardon my pushing) get behind the County Charter being put on the Nov. '14 ballot and being voted YES cause it's a foundational building block for future economic stability in Mendocino County.

To me it's sort of like (but no where near as important) as global climate change mitigation laws/actions?   if we don't all focus on 'fixing' global climate change, most everything else is toast cause we're(humans and most animal/vegetable) Life on the Earth will die out relatively quickly with the temperature rises and precipitation shifts.

With a County Charter in place, we can /do/ a lot of other good things for Mendocino County.  I hope y'all will turn your focus to this issue for the next push coming so we can make it a #1 priority for OM.

JL

On Oct 24, 2013, at 9:37 PM, Richard Karch <rkarch at mcn.org> wrote:

> 
>> 
>> OCCUPIERS ??
>> 
>> 	Richard, Ann, and I met this week with City Council member Heidi Kraut about the MCTV-Footlighters matter.  As you may know, Heidi and Meg Courtney [who is travelling abroad] are a City Council committee to deal with getting transparency back via public access TV which the Footlighters destroyed.
>> 
>> 	From Heidi we understand that the City Council on Monday at its 6 pm meeting will hear an update from the City Manager..  We urge all Occupiers, who are able, to attend the City Council session in Town Hall.
>> 
>> 	Reminder:  The Senior Center is celebrating its 40th anniversary with a banquet Saturday. Seatings are  5-7pm, $40.  It would be nice (socially and politically) that Occupy had a table.
>> 
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From vjessielee at gmail.com  Fri Oct 25 00:55:35 2013
From: vjessielee at gmail.com (Jessie VanSant)
Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2013 00:55:35 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Fwd: Declining Crime Rates in the Netherlands
	Leads to the Closing of 19 Prisons
References: <AA4216CF4AFF43FE92F123290A58AA6F@Windows7HP>
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forward from Tammy Davis
> From: "Tammy Davis" <tammy at mcn.org>
> Subject: Declining Crime Rates in the Neth
> September 14, 2013 | jcjusticecenter |
> 
> In 2009, the Dutch justice ministry announced the planned closing of eight prisons in the Netherlands due to a declining crime rate which was expected to continue. Now, in 2013, there are 19 prisons scheduled to be closed. This is caused, in part, by a continued decline in crime rates. Additionally, those who are convicted are choosing electronic tagging instead of incarceration. This allows people to go back to work and continue as productive members of society. It also saves about $50,000 per year per person (about $50 million saved per year for every 1000 people).
> 
> Counties and countries with low incarceration rates typically take a different approach to criminal justice and their investment in social services. In the Netherlands, for example, the focus is on ?deterring and mitigating crime? as well as ?sanctioning those who violate laws with ? rehabilitation efforts.? (Source) This is similar to the approach taken in Johnson County with jail alternatives and investing in local social services. The county recently invested approximately $2.3 million into a portfolio of local organizations that have demonstrated a history of success with improving the quality of life in Johnson County.
> 
> While progressive drug laws in the Netherlands may be partially the reason for a decline in arrests, other social factors are also at work. This points to crime reduction through changing social behavior as a key to reducing incarceration ? rather than just changing the laws or telling police to stop arresting people as a method for artificially creating the perception that there?s less crime.
> 
> Further Reading & Resources
> 
> American Enterprise Institute, ?Netherlands is closing 19 prisons due to a serious prisoner shortage; we could do the same if we ended the War on Drugs,? 14 September 2013
> Huffington Post, ?Netherlands Close Eight Prisons Due To Lack Of Criminals,? 13 September 2013 Note: The Huffington Post story is not currently accurate because it?s based on 2009 information. See the MSN story below for the current information.
> Johnson County Sheriff?s Annual Report
> MSN News, ?The Netherlands is closing prisons due to a serious prisoner shortage,? 24 June 2013
> NRC.nl, ?Netherlands to close prisons for lack of criminals,? 19 May 2009
> Wikipedia ? Criminal Justice System of the Netherlands
> Wikipedia ? List of Countries by Incarceration Rate
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From vjessielee at gmail.com  Fri Oct 25 01:03:05 2013
From: vjessielee at gmail.com (Jessie VanSant)
Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2013 01:03:05 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] [Fwd: fees for room rentals]
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References: <0c9f462f14db823c41fca57441dcec0f.squirrel@webmail.mcn.org>
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Good job Agnes!!
On Oct 24, 2013, at 11:16 AM, agnes at mcn.org wrote:

> ---------------------------- Original Message ----------------------------
> Subject: fees for room rentals
> From:    agnes at mcn.org
> Date:    Thu, October 24, 2013 11:15 am
> To:      cbush at mcn.org
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Dear Charles and Board Members,
>      I am appealing to you to make some consistent rental fees.
> Since being part of the Toast Masters Group and the Senior Exercise on
> Wednesday I learned that attendees pay one dollar each for use of the
> room.
> 
> Occupy Mendocino is finding it impossible to pay $20. a week when only 5
> people show up for a Saturday meeting. About ten of us are doing most of
> the work besides framing a ballot measure for a County Charter with
> authority to include a Public Bank.
> 
> Some of us spoke on KNYO and others spoke on KZYX in the last two days
> about the draft County Charter. The B.O.S. will have authority over the
> final version to be placed on the ballot- hopefully for the June 2014
> election.
> 
>        We would appreciate your consideration in making the rental fee
> for our use the same as these other groups.
> 
> Sincerely,
> Agnes Woolsey
> 
> 
> 
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From vjessielee at gmail.com  Fri Oct 25 04:02:00 2013
From: vjessielee at gmail.com (Jessie VanSant)
Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2013 04:02:00 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] northern counties want to secede from CA
Message-ID: <383444C6-5D01-44DC-B34C-8A1C624D1A2C@gmail.com>

http://jeffersondeclaration.net

Listening to Geri Byrne Modoc County BoS member talking with Thom Hartmann about getting the issue on the ballot for Nov.

Interesting?.

From vjessielee at gmail.com  Fri Oct 25 04:20:06 2013
From: vjessielee at gmail.com (Jessie VanSant)
Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2013 04:20:06 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] BofA charged with mortgage fraud
Message-ID: <95125F55-2CF0-4679-A896-16B2DCEA0695@gmail.com>

Elizabeth Warren is pushing for criminal prosecution of persons responsible for the economic meltdown.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/23/us-bankofamerica-hustle-idUSBRE99M14B20131023

From vjessielee at gmail.com  Fri Oct 25 04:25:02 2013
From: vjessielee at gmail.com (Jessie VanSant)
Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2013 04:25:02 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] sign and share this petition with all
Message-ID: <F07D84B6-05D5-4CAA-9D9E-A5D83F54E2B2@gmail.com>

http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/petition-to-the-board-of-supervisors-of-mendocino-county.html

Important to keep sending this out to public regularly.

JL

From agnes at mcn.org  Fri Oct 25 09:02:06 2013
From: agnes at mcn.org (agnes at mcn.org)
Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2013 09:02:06 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Senior Center 40th anniversary evening
 Saturday 26 Oct. OCCUPY table??
In-Reply-To: <7518D574-29BF-4F46-8733-4D3AA2915283@gmail.com>
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Good idea, I'd rather eat at the 5:00 sitting because that's when I
usually have dinner. I hope you can agree that the Charter is our #1
priority. Robin Sunbeam is still working very hard to consolidate and add
sections on voting in the charter similar to San Francisco's Charter.

Richard, please send out the online petition to other list serves, and to
all your friends,everyone.
Agnes>


 Howard's suggestion of having a table is an excellent one (why don't I
> think of these brilliant things? <wink>) so do we have a contingent
> willing to 'go'?
> I have a music commitment Saturday evening but could come for the 5 pm
> sitting personally.
>
> And thank you to you 3 for pursuing the public TV issue!!
>
> OCCUPY Mendocino needs to (if you'll pardon my pushing) get behind the
> County Charter being put on the Nov. '14 ballot and being voted YES cause
> it's a foundational building block for future economic stability in
> Mendocino County.
>
> To me it's sort of like (but no where near as important) as global climate
> change mitigation laws/actions
   if we don't all focus on 'fixing' global
> climate change, most everything else is toast cause we're(humans and most
> animal/vegetable) Life on the Earth will die out relatively quickly with
> the temperature rises and precipitation shifts.
>
> With a County Charter in place, we can /do/ a lot of other good things for
> Mendocino County.  I hope y'all will turn your focus to this issue for the
> next push coming so we can make it a #1 priority for OM.
>
> JL
>
> On Oct 24, 2013, at 9:37 PM, Richard Karch <rkarch at mcn.org> wrote:
>
>>
>>>
>>> OCCUPIERS ??
>>>
>>> 	Richard, Ann, and I met this week with City Council member Heidi Kraut
>>> about the MCTV-Footlighters matter.  As you may know, Heidi and Meg
>>> Courtney [who is travelling abroad] are a City Council committee to
>>> deal with getting transparency back via public access TV which the
>>> Footlighters destroyed.
>>>
>>> 	From Heidi we understand that the City Council on Monday at its 6 pm
>>> meeting will hear an update from the City Manager..  We urge all
>>> Occupiers, who are able, to attend the City Council session in Town
>>> Hall.
>>>
>>> 	Reminder:  The Senior Center is celebrating its 40th anniversary with
>>> a banquet Saturday. Seatings are  5-7pm, $40.  It would be nice
>>> (socially and politically) that Occupy had a table.
>>>
>>> 												<PastedGraphic-3.tiff><PastedGraphic-3.tiff>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> <PastedGraphic-38.tiff>
>>
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From ellen.rosser at gmail.com  Fri Oct 25 09:43:12 2013
From: ellen.rosser at gmail.com (ELLEN ROSSER)
Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2013 09:43:12 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] petition to end persecution of an
	American=Palestinian woman by the feds
Message-ID: <CAFGqSt6WSvfZpG-K4nHAYHmKAUnuZE38kHGcm4oH9rwQE7bqsw@mail.gmail.com>

*A Palestinian woman, Rasmieh Odeh, was arrested at her home this morning,
Oct. 22*, by agents of the Department of Homeland Security.

She is charged with immigration fraud. Allegedly, in her application for
citizenship, she didn?t mention that she was arrested in Palestine *45
years ago* by an Israeli military court that detains Palestinians without
charge - a court that has over 200 children in prison today and does not
recognize the rights of Palestinians to due process.

Friends,



As many of you have heard, a dear friend and essential member of the Arab
and Palestinian-American community in Chicago was arrested and indicted on
immigration fraud charges yesterday.  This is part and parcel of wider
efforts to intimidate and silence the Palestine solidarity movement.
 Palestine Solidarity Legal Support and the Center for Constitutional
Rights prepared this statement in solidarity with Rasmea.



Dima

Subject: Drop the Charges against Rasmea Yousef Odeh





I signed a petition to U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade which says:



"Drop the Charges against Rasmea Yousef Odeh"



Will you sign this petition? Click here:

http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/drop-the-charges-against?source=s.fwd&r_by=5398303
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From marksafron at att.net  Fri Oct 25 11:52:19 2013
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2013 11:52:19 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] petition to end persecution of an
	American=Palestinian woman by the feds
In-Reply-To: <CAFGqSt6WSvfZpG-K4nHAYHmKAUnuZE38kHGcm4oH9rwQE7bqsw@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAFGqSt6WSvfZpG-K4nHAYHmKAUnuZE38kHGcm4oH9rwQE7bqsw@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <A7B04E03-1930-48F5-AFE0-6E554B504D35@att.net>

Ellen,
I don't think the Occupy listserve is the place for this petition. There are other listserves that are more appropriate.
Regards, Mark 

On Oct 25, 2013, at 9:43 AM, ELLEN ROSSER <ellen.rosser at gmail.com> wrote:

A Palestinian woman, Rasmieh Odeh, was arrested at her home this morning, Oct. 22, by agents of the Department of Homeland Security.
She is charged with immigration fraud. Allegedly, in her application for citizenship, she didn?t mention that she was arrested in Palestine 45 years ago by an Israeli military court that detains Palestinians without charge - a court that has over 200 children in prison today and does not recognize the rights of Palestinians to due process.

Friends,
 
As many of you have heard, a dear friend and essential member of the Arab and Palestinian-American community in Chicago was arrested and indicted on immigration fraud charges yesterday.  This is part and parcel of wider efforts to intimidate and silence the Palestine solidarity movement.  Palestine Solidarity Legal Support and the Center for Constitutional Rights prepared this statement in solidarity with Rasmea. 
 
Dima
Subject: Drop the Charges against Rasmea Yousef Odeh
 
 
I signed a petition to U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade which says:
 
"Drop the Charges against Rasmea Yousef Odeh"
 
Will you sign this petition? Click here:
http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/drop-the-charges-against?source=s.fwd&r_by=5398303
 
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From ellen.rosser at gmail.com  Fri Oct 25 12:49:49 2013
From: ellen.rosser at gmail.com (ELLEN ROSSER)
Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2013 12:49:49 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] petition to end persecution of an
 American=Palestinian woman by the feds
In-Reply-To: <A7B04E03-1930-48F5-AFE0-6E554B504D35@att.net>
References: <CAFGqSt6WSvfZpG-K4nHAYHmKAUnuZE38kHGcm4oH9rwQE7bqsw@mail.gmail.com>
	<A7B04E03-1930-48F5-AFE0-6E554B504D35@att.net>
Message-ID: <CAFGqSt5vLrH57Kx-F_Mboter-o=6rwO1OKydD+RfC5H9NjU9ng@mail.gmail.com>

Dear Mark,
     I thought the constitutional rights of all people, especially those
being persecuted for opposing injustice, was part of the Occupy agenda.  I
guess I was wrong?
             Peace and blessings,  Ellen


On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 11:52 AM, Mark Safron <marksafron at att.net> wrote:

> Ellen,
> I don't think the Occupy listserve is the place for this petition. There
> are other listserves that are more appropriate.
> Regards, Mark
>
> On Oct 25, 2013, at 9:43 AM, ELLEN ROSSER <ellen.rosser at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> *A Palestinian woman, Rasmieh Odeh, was arrested at her home this
> morning, Oct. 22*, by agents of the Department of Homeland Security.
>
> She is charged with immigration fraud. Allegedly, in her application for
> citizenship, she didn?t mention that she was arrested in Palestine *45
> years ago* by an Israeli military court that detains Palestinians without
> charge - a court that has over 200 children in prison today and does not
> recognize the rights of Palestinians to due process.
> Friends,
>
>
> As many of you have heard, a dear friend and essential member of the Arab
> and Palestinian-American community in Chicago was arrested and indicted on
> immigration fraud charges yesterday.  This is part and parcel of wider
> efforts to intimidate and silence the Palestine solidarity movement.
>  Palestine Solidarity Legal Support and the Center for Constitutional
> Rights prepared this statement in solidarity with Rasmea.
>
>
> Dima
> Subject: Drop the Charges against Rasmea Yousef Odeh
>
>
>
>
> I signed a petition to U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade which says:
>
>
> "Drop the Charges against Rasmea Yousef Odeh"
>
>
> Will you sign this petition? Click here:
>
> http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/drop-the-charges-against?source=s.fwd&r_by=5398303
>
>
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>
>
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From nlnelson at mcn.org  Fri Oct 25 13:16:08 2013
From: nlnelson at mcn.org (Nancy Liela Wallace-Nelson)
Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2013 13:16:08 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] petition to end persecution of an
	American=Palestinian woman by the feds
In-Reply-To: <CAFGqSt5vLrH57Kx-F_Mboter-o=6rwO1OKydD+RfC5H9NjU9ng@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAFGqSt6WSvfZpG-K4nHAYHmKAUnuZE38kHGcm4oH9rwQE7bqsw@mail.gmail.com><A7B04E03-1930-48F5-AFE0-6E554B504D35@att.net>
	<CAFGqSt5vLrH57Kx-F_Mboter-o=6rwO1OKydD+RfC5H9NjU9ng@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <F3C0BFD31E5D4228A99B70128AB31EB0@NancyPC>

I often agree with you, Richard, but this time I'm with Ellen.....injustice is injustice - today our government lets the banks take our homes - tomorow could it be our bodies/lives they take - imprisoned  for speaking out???

Nancy Nelson
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: ELLEN ROSSER 
  To: Richard Karch 
  Cc: occupymendocino 
  Sent: Friday, October 25, 2013 12:49 PM
  Subject: Re: [Occupymendocino] petition to end persecution of an American=Palestinian woman by the feds


  Dear Mark,
       I thought the constitutional rights of all people, especially those being persecuted for opposing injustice, was part of the Occupy agenda.  I guess I was wrong?
               Peace and blessings,  Ellen



  On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 11:52 AM, Mark Safron <marksafron at att.net> wrote:

    Ellen,
    I don't think the Occupy listserve is the place for this petition. There are other listserves that are more appropriate.
    Regards, Mark 


    On Oct 25, 2013, at 9:43 AM, ELLEN ROSSER <ellen.rosser at gmail.com> wrote:


    A Palestinian woman, Rasmieh Odeh, was arrested at her home this morning, Oct. 22, by agents of the Department of Homeland Security.
    She is charged with immigration fraud. Allegedly, in her application for citizenship, she didn?t mention that she was arrested in Palestine 45 years ago by an Israeli military court that detains Palestinians without charge - a court that has over 200 children in prison today and does not recognize the rights of Palestinians to due process.

    Friends,


    As many of you have heard, a dear friend and essential member of the Arab and Palestinian-American community in Chicago was arrested and indicted on immigration fraud charges yesterday.  This is part and parcel of wider efforts to intimidate and silence the Palestine solidarity movement.  Palestine Solidarity Legal Support and the Center for Constitutional Rights prepared this statement in solidarity with Rasmea. 


    Dima
    Subject: Drop the Charges against Rasmea Yousef Odeh




    I signed a petition to U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade which says:


    "Drop the Charges against Rasmea Yousef Odeh"


    Will you sign this petition? Click here:
    http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/drop-the-charges-against?source=s.fwd&r_by=5398303


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From jupiter at mcn.org  Fri Oct 25 13:24:33 2013
From: jupiter at mcn.org (Linda Jupiter)
Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2013 13:24:33 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Senior Center dinner tomorrow night
Message-ID: <1AA18A74-6F37-4626-AAB7-5668FB9F22C3@mcn.org>

I'll be serving at the dinner tomorrow night and hope to see you all.
Peace,
Linda

Message: 7
Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2013 00:49:31 -0700
From: Jessie VanSant <vjessielee at gmail.com>
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Senior Center 40th anniversary evening
	Saturday	26 Oct. OCCUPY table??
To: rkarch at mcn.org
Cc: occupymendocino at lists.mcn.org
Message-ID: <7518D574-29BF-4F46-8733-4D3AA2915283 at gmail.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252"

Howard's suggestion of having a table is an excellent one (why don't I  
think of these brilliant things? <wink>) so do we have a contingent  
willing to 'go'?
I have a music commitment Saturday evening but could come for the 5 pm  
sitting personally.

And thank you to you 3 for pursuing the public TV issue!!

OCCUPY Mendocino needs to (if you'll pardon my pushing) get behind the  
County Charter being put on the Nov. '14 ballot and being voted YES  
cause it's a foundational building block for future economic stability  
in Mendocino County.

To me it's sort of like (but no where near as important) as global  
climate change mitigation laws/actions?   if we don't all focus on  
'fixing' global climate change, most everything else is toast cause  
we're(humans and most animal/vegetable) Life on the Earth will die out  
relatively quickly with the temperature rises and precipitation shifts.

With a County Charter in place, we can /do/ a lot of other good things  
for Mendocino County.  I hope y'all will turn your focus to this issue  
for the next push coming so we can make it a #1 priority for OM.

JL
Linda

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From agnes at mcn.org  Fri Oct 25 16:00:08 2013
From: agnes at mcn.org (agnes at mcn.org)
Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2013 16:00:08 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] you must see this -Wow!
Message-ID: <8980cd4bf6141450cf2ec13491de5855.squirrel@webmail.mcn.org>

zappire.blogspot.com
TEN STRANGE PLACES ~



From marksafron at att.net  Sat Oct 26 10:06:10 2013
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2013 10:06:10 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Sign the petition from Senator Sanders: No cuts
	to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.
Message-ID: <C22F9515-FF57-4769-A2DD-042D40E16B1D@att.net>

I just took action to speak out against attempts to cut Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid as part of a "grand bargain" on the budget.

I think you should too!  

http://www.credomobilize.com/petitions/no-grand-bargain-in-exchange-for-cuts-to-social-security-medicare-and-medicaid?sp_ref=16167674.4.993.e.4165.2&source=mailto_sp

From marksafron at att.net  Sat Oct 26 10:09:26 2013
From: marksafron at att.net (Mr Mark Safron)
Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2013 17:09:26 -0000
Subject: [Occupymendocino] I joined the Obamacare Reality Response Team,
	you should too!
Message-ID: <20131026170926.29973.74768@web03.actionkit.com>

I've signed up to help stop the Koch Brothers from undermining Obamacare, you should join me! Here's the link: http://act.couragecampaign.org/sign/ObamacareRealityResponse_SignOn/?referring_akid=.1052683.L3V7lD&source=taf

Now that healthcare exchanges are open, right-wing attacks on Obamacare have reached a new level of perversity. The Republican?s government shutdown is only part of the picture.?Generation Opportunity? -- a front group for the Koch Brothers -- has launched a propaganda campaign aimed at convincing young people to opt out of the new healthcare exchanges, putting our kid?s health at risk. It's very similar to the way cigarette companies once marketed to college kids in order to get them hooked, then were no where to be found when those kids developed cancer years later.

Join Courage Campaign in our fight to stop the Kochs and help all Americans access affordable healthcare. Click here to become a part of the Reality Response Team: http://act.couragecampaign.org/sign/ObamacareRealityResponse_SignOn/?referring_akid=.1052683.L3V7lD&source=taf

Generation Opportunity specifically wants to convince the next generation to live without health insurance so that the entire system will fail. If a few of those young people get cancer or are severely injured and can't get the healthcare they need, why should the Kochs care? It won't cost them a dime. Generation Opportunity wants to use college students to forward their own twisted political agenda to kill Obamacare. And we need to stop them. 

This Koch front group is currently touring 20 college campuses, giving away pizza, beer koozies, and alcohol from booths staffed by models, all in order to spread lies about the healthcare law. They have made claims that Obamacare is ?creepy? and a ?pyramid scheme,? including television ads to scare young people. Perhaps you saw the one where someone in a creepy Uncle Sam costume pops up during a gynecological exam?

We must make sure the young people in our lives know the truth. Join us if you?re willing to fight this misinformation campaign by emailing people in your life and/or posting on social media. We must challenge these lies: http://act.couragecampaign.org/sign/ObamacareRealityResponse_SignOn/?referring_akid=.1052683.L3V7lD&source=taf

Here?s the simple truth about Obamacare: it is NOT socialized medicine and it does NOT put the government between you and your doctor. In the new healthcare exchange marketplace, for the first time ever, private insurance companies will compete for your business while they are required to follow basic standards, so the consumer can make an apples-to-apples-style comparison between plans. It?s like shopping for a plane ticket on Kayak.com, where you see the prices, dates, times, and what it would cost to fly coach vs. business class. Plans from different insurance agencies will be seen side by side and people can make their own informed decision for coverage. If you want the minimum, you can select a ?bronze? plan and pay a higher co-pay when you go to see the doctor. If you know you think you?ll be visiting the doctor more frequently, a ?gold? or ?platinum? plan might be a better fit.

Historically, only 11% of young people have been able to afford individual health coverage on their own, leaving 19 million 18-34 year olds without health coverage. Obamacare is a tremendous opportunity for these young people, especially because there are income-based subsidies for those who need financial help -- but the Kochs will be spending millions to mislead young Americans through Generation Opportunity. We must stop them.

Help to spread the truth about Obamacare and stop the Kochs from destroying our best chance to improving America?s barbaric healthcare system:
http://act.couragecampaign.org/sign/ObamacareRealityResponse_SignOn?referring_akid=.1052683.L3V7lD&source=taf
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From marksafron at att.net  Sat Oct 26 10:17:24 2013
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2013 10:17:24 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Ban fracking in N.Y.
Message-ID: <68B4B1A5-D653-402A-818A-91D32B3B0EDD@att.net>

Hi, 

I just told Governor Cuomo not to encourage fracking by lifting New York's ban on liquefied natural gas infrastructure. I think you should, too. 

Click here to read more and take action: http://act.credoaction.com/letter/ny_lng_comments?referring_akid=a127937805.1933868.CdvTmC&source=conf_email 


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From marksafron at att.net  Sat Oct 26 10:18:37 2013
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2013 10:18:37 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Busted at Barneys for being Black
References: <12e069-c67-526aaea9@list.colorofchange.org>
Message-ID: <A7A35060-04C5-4D35-8FB2-8658B7A91165@att.net>


Shopping while Black is not a crime.


Join us in demanding that the NYPD immediately conduct a full investigation into the arrests made outside of Barneys.



Dear Mark,

For months, Trayon Christian ? a 19-year-old Black college student from Queens ? set aside money from a part-time job to buy a $349 designer belt from Barneys New York.1 But in April, as he exited the luxury department store with both the belt and his receipt he was swarmed by undercover cops, peppered with questions, handcuffed and locked in a jail cell.2 While providing several forms of identification to match his debit card, police taunted Trayon with questions like "How could you afford a belt like this?" "Where did you get this money from?"3

Barneys issued a vague statement, disclaiming responsibility for Trayon's arrest, but more than 47 arrests have been made outside of the Madison Ave. store ? hinting at the possibility of a dedicated NYPD task force.4 The public has a right to know the racial breakdown of the suspects arrested, how many were actually charged with a crime, and what role the luxury department store played in these arrests.

Join us in demanding that the NYPD immediately conduct a full investigation of the arrests made outside of Barneys. We'll also send this message to senior executives at Barneys to remind them that the practice of profiling Black customers is unacceptable. It only takes a moment.

Clearly Trayon isn't the only Black person who has been stopped by NYPD after an expensive purchase at this particular store. Just a day after Trayon filed his complaint, 21-year-old Kayla Phillips has come forward and claims that she too was surrounded by undercover cops just blocks from the Manhattan store who pushed her up against the wall after she purchased a designer handbag with her debit card.5

Unfortunately Black folks are too often subjected to this brand of deeply offensive and humiliating treatment by security guards and police officers at the businesses we patronize. And in recent years, the NYPD has become notorious for targeting Black and Latino residents ? subjecting our communities to thousands of illegal stops, searches, and frisks each day that lead to unlawful arrests, constant harassment, and in some cases, serious injury or death.6,7

Enough is enough. In order to end the culture of police misconduct and racial profiling we must demand accountability for these discriminatory practices. Will you sign this petition today and forward it to your family and friends?

Thanks and Peace,

--Rashad, Arisha, Matt, Aim?e, William, Hannah and the rest of the ColorOfChange team.
   October 25th, 2013

Help support our work. ColorOfChange.org is powered by YOU?your energy and dollars. We take no money from lobbyists or large corporations that don't share our values, and our tiny staff ensures your contributions go a long way.

References

1. "Barneys accused teen of using fake debit card for $349 belt because he's a ?young black American male':lawsuit," New York Daily News, 10-22-13
http://act.colorofchange.org/go/3044?t=7&akid=3175.1237097.ZBTxlW

2. "Trayon Christian Complaint," New York City Clerk, 10-21-13
http://act.colorofchange.org/go/3045?t=9&akid=3175.1237097.ZBTxlW

3.See Reference 1

4. "Another black Barneys shopper accused of credit card fraud after buying $2,500 purse: claim," New York Daily News, 08-10-13
http://act.colorofchange.org/go/3046?t=12&akid=3175.1237097.ZBTxlW

5.See Reference 4

6. "Judge approves class action lawsuit over NYPD?s stop-and-frisk searches," The Raw Story, 05-16-12
http://act.colorofchange.org/go/1636?t=14&akid=3175.1237097.ZBTxlW

7. "After Detective's Firing, Tensions Linger in Sean Bell Case," New York Times, 03-25-12
http://act.colorofchange.org/go/3047?t=16&akid=3175.1237097.ZBTxlW



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From moxie at mcn.org  Fri Oct 25 13:11:35 2013
From: moxie at mcn.org (moxie at mcn.org)
Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2013 13:11:35 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] write to Chelsea Manning & sign clemency
	petition: update & link
In-Reply-To: <mailman.31.1382468419.25783.occupymendocino@lists.mcn.org>
References: <mailman.31.1382468419.25783.occupymendocino@lists.mcn.org>
Message-ID: <fa8481ddf90780a9d33537ce85f8eb31.squirrel@webmail.mcn.org>

Keeping up with Chelsea! ~
Here's the latest link...hey gang! let's do that reportback I have been
promising....
K!

"Private Manning Support Network" <contact-bmsn at bradleymanning.org>



From vjessielee at gmail.com  Sat Oct 26 10:49:13 2013
From: vjessielee at gmail.com (Jessie Lee VanSant)
Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2013 10:49:13 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] dinner tonight at Senior Center
In-Reply-To: <0c6d1b60d1e8e777174224b99741b911.squirrel@webmail.mcn.org>
References: <871823F5-027E-4547-8032-429632B1C798@mcn.org>
	<49888F9F-E288-48B6-BA63-8A1230F1850E@mcn.org>
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Message-ID: <C50B5108-A743-48AC-BF3E-D5BC44764FDB@gmail.com>

I am going to come and sit but am eating dinner with my music 'family' this evening -prior commitment - will pay for a dinner though.

Do we need a reservation??  Look forward to seeing you all there then.

xo

JL
On Oct 25, 2013, at 9:02 AM, agnes at mcn.org wrote:

> Good idea, I'd rather eat at the 5:00 sitting because that's when I
> usually have dinner. I hope you can agree that the Charter is our #1
> priority. Robin Sunbeam is still working very hard to consolidate and add
> sections on voting in the charter similar to San Francisco's Charter.
> 
> Richard, please send out the online petition to other list serves, and to
> all your friends,everyone.
> Agnes>
> 
> 
> Howard's suggestion of having a table is an excellent one (why don't I
>> think of these brilliant things? <wink>) so do we have a contingent
>> willing to 'go'?
>> I have a music commitment Saturday evening but could come for the 5 pm
>> sitting personally.
>> 
>> And thank you to you 3 for pursuing the public TV issue!!
>> 
>> OCCUPY Mendocino needs to (if you'll pardon my pushing) get behind the
>> County Charter being put on the Nov. '14 ballot and being voted YES cause
>> it's a foundational building block for future economic stability in
>> Mendocino County.
>> 
>> To me it's sort of like (but no where near as important) as global climate
>> change mitigation laws/actions?   if we don't all focus on 'fixing' global
>> climate change, most everything else is toast cause we're(humans and most
>> animal/vegetable) Life on the Earth will die out relatively quickly with
>> the temperature rises and precipitation shifts.
>> 
>> With a County Charter in place, we can /do/ a lot of other good things for
>> Mendocino County.  I hope y'all will turn your focus to this issue for the
>> next push coming so we can make it a #1 priority for OM.
>> 
>> JL
>> 
>> On Oct 24, 2013, at 9:37 PM, Richard Karch <rkarch at mcn.org> wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> OCCUPIERS ??
>>>> 
>>>> 	Richard, Ann, and I met this week with City Council member Heidi Kraut
>>>> about the MCTV-Footlighters matter.  As you may know, Heidi and Meg
>>>> Courtney [who is travelling abroad] are a City Council committee to
>>>> deal with getting transparency back via public access TV which the
>>>> Footlighters destroyed.
>>>> 
>>>> 	From Heidi we understand that the City Council on Monday at its 6 pm
>>>> meeting will hear an update from the City Manager..  We urge all
>>>> Occupiers, who are able, to attend the City Council session in Town
>>>> Hall.
>>>> 
>>>> 	Reminder:  The Senior Center is celebrating its 40th anniversary with
>>>> a banquet Saturday. Seatings are  5-7pm, $40.  It would be nice
>>>> (socially and politically) that Occupy had a table.
>>>> 
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>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>> 
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>>> 
>>> TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send an email to occupymendocino at lists.mcn.org put
>>> "Un-Subscribe me" in the Subject line.
>>> For listserv problems please contact: listmanager at mcn.or
>> 
>> TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send an email to occupymendocino at lists.mcn.org put
>> "Un-Subscribe me" in the Subject line.
>> For listserv problems please contact: listmanager at mcn.or
> 
> 
> 
> TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send an email to occupymendocino at lists.mcn.org put "Un-Subscribe me" in the Subject line.
> For listserv problems please contact: listmanager at mcn.or



From rkarch at mcn.org  Sat Oct 26 20:06:14 2013
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2013 20:06:14 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Happiest nation
Message-ID: <A7129BCB-4A68-44EE-9A16-E83F2F7F1EE1@mcn.org>

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/19617-how-america-could-be-the-happiest-country-on-earth

And the happiest country in the world is....Denmark!
That's according to a 156-nation survey published by the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network. 
The survey ranks countries on aspects like healthy life expectancy, freedom to make life choices, and social support.
I witnessed Denmark's happiness first-hand back in 2008.
In the summer of 2008, I broadcasted my radio show live from Copenhagen for a week.
On one of the shows, I spoke with Peter Mogensen. Mogensen, an economist by training, is the chief political editor of Denmark's second largest newspaper,Politiken...

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/19617-how-america-could-be-the-happiest-country-on-earth

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From marksafron at att.net  Sun Oct 27 09:20:14 2013
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2013 09:20:14 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Should this be on our listserve? Don't you
	get this at home?
In-Reply-To: <2599E20F-FE84-43AF-81F2-CA766C7D8FEE@mcn.org>
References: <1640845542.-1800155072@wfc.wfcDB.mail.democracyinaction.com>
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Dear Richard (and all other OMers)
I don't agree with Howard because I think we're all on the same mailing lists. And 99% of the time I prefer not to burden people with all the stuff I get. I cannot count the times I have gotten a forward from someone (including you) and right above or below it is an email from that very same org.

If you want, we could put it to a vote of either all the listserve members or just the active ones. I am so inundated by stuff that I only want petitions or proposals being worked on by our group.

For your edification here are 2 that greeted me this AM when I woke up:
Brad Johnson, Forecast the Facts <info at forecastthefacts.org>
To: Mark Safron <marksafron at att.net>
Reply-To: info at forecastthefacts.org
Join our exciting Sandy anniversary forum tonight!
&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
Jordan Krueger, CREDO Action <act at credoaction.com>
To: Mark Safron <marksafron at att.net>
Reply-To: Jordan Krueger, CREDO Action <act at credoaction.com>
Update: Textbook publishers standing up to Texas
And it's only 9AM on a Sunday!


On Oct 26, 2013, at 11:39 PM, Richard Karch <rkarch at mcn.org> wrote:

Don't you think others are sending things from their own incoming
mail?  Just sharing things they deem important. 

How can we be judges of what is and what isn't appropriate?  

 I think people should  be selective and forward the most important ones 
to OM and send the others to their own private list(s) to those who would benefit by receiving them.
I read Howard's reply to you and I agree with him about the Palestinian petition. 


Ricardo




  
On Oct 26, 2013, at 8:17 PM, Mark Safron wrote:

> All the stuff I sent came from my own email account. What I'm saying by the example of forwarding all this is where do you draw the line? I can forward 10 - 15 a day, all worthy causes but is that what we want on our listserve? Palestinians? Polar bears? Pesticides? And that's just the P's.  As for the Senior Center, I'm not feeling that magnanimous towards them at the moment. Gin is more forgiving than I am.
> 
> On Oct 26, 2013, at 7:56 PM, Richard Karch <rkarch at mcn.org> wrote:
> 
> I expect most people get things from Bernie... I do, and fill out petitions.
>  Might be redundant, but not necessarily 'wrong' to share. I think we tend
> to share things that are important to us...
> I think SSI  is an important issue to most of our OM members. 
> Did someone post it, or is this an example of what we should or should not post?
> 
> Ricardo
> Hey, missed you at the Senior Dinner!  Saw Gin. 
> 
> 
> On Oct 26, 2013, at 1:10 PM, Mark Safron wrote:
> 
>> 
>> 
>> Begin forwarded message:
>> 
>> From: "Senator Bernie Sanders, The Other 98%" <info at other98.com>
>> Subject: A Deal to Slash Social Security
>> Date: October 26, 2013 1:05:07 PM PDT
>> To: marksafron at att.net
>> Reply-To: info at other98.com
>> 
>> We're very proud to be joining with Senator Bernie Sanders in demanding no so-called "Grand Bargain" that would needlessly cut Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid benefits. Senator Sanders will soon serve on the budget conference committee that will set the terms for the next federal budget - and he's using that position to make it clear that he and the vast majority of Americans refuse to accept a grand betrayal cutting our earned benefits. Click here to join Senator Sanders, us and a diverse coalition of groups working to make sure we strengthen Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid benefits - not cut them. - Sincerely, John Sellers, The Other 98%
>> 
>> --
>> 
>> Dear Mark,
>> 
>> They?re at it again.
>> 
>> Billionaires like the Koch Brothers, Pete Peterson, Stanley Druckenmiller and others are leading the charge to cut Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid benefits.
>> 
>> If they succeed, millions of senior citizens, working families, disabled veterans and children will suffer. We must not allow that to happen.
>> 
>> Today, the middle class is disappearing, real unemployment is extremely high, poverty is increasing and working families throughout the country are struggling to keep their heads above water economically. Meanwhile, the gap between the very rich and everyone else is growing wider and wider and the wealthiest people and the largest corporations are doing phenomenally well.
>> 
>> We must not balance the budget on the backs of working families, the elderly, the children, the sick and the poor.
>> 
>> As Vermont?s senator, I have the honor of serving on the Budget Conference Committee which will be negotiating a new federal budget over the next few months -- and where I am fearful that a deal could be struck to slash Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid benefits.
>> 
>> As the founder of the Defending Social Security Caucus, please stand with me, our friends at The Other 98% and our coalition partners in demanding; ?No grand bargain in exchange for cuts to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.?
>> 
>> Let?s be clear. Despite right-wing rhetoric:
>> 
>> Social Security is not going broke. According to the Social Security Administration, Social Security has a surplus today of $2.8 trillion and can pay out every benefit owed to every eligible person for the next 20 years.
>> 
>> Social Security has not contributed to the deficit. Social Security is funded independently by FICA taxes which are paid by workers and their employers.
>> 
>> The so-called chained-CPI, which recalculates how COLA?s are formulated, is not a ?modest tweak.? If the chained CPI went into effect today, a senior aged 65 would receive $658 a year less in Social Security benefits when he/she is 75, and $1,100 a year less at age 85. Further, the average disabled veteran would lose tens of thousands of dollars in benefits over his/her lifetime.
>> 
>> Please stand with me today and demand that Congress and the President oppose any grand bargain which cuts Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid benefits.
>> 
>> When one out of four U.S. corporations pay nothing in federal income taxes; when Bush?s tax breaks for the rich remain in place for many wealthy Americans; when the U.S. spends almost as much as the rest of the world combined on defense, there are much fairer and economically sound ways to address the budget than cutting programs desperately needed by the most vulnerable people in our country.
>> 
>> Please stand with me and The Other 98% in protecting the future of Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid benefits. 
>> 
>> Let?s go forward together. Thanks for your continued support.
>> 
>> Sincerely,
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders
>> 
>> 
>> The Other 98% is making democracy work for the rest of us.
>> 
>> Our website is http://other98.com/. This email was sent to marksafron at att.net. You can unsubscribefrom our list at any time.
>> 
>> 
>> 
> 
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> 
> Reality is not what it seems to be, nor is it otherwise.   
>                                        Tibetan Buddhist teaching
> 
> 

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From rkarch at mcn.org  Sun Oct 27 18:04:46 2013
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2013 18:04:46 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] =?windows-1252?q?=91flash_nap=92?=
Message-ID: <CE4E2DBA-522D-43FE-A9C1-C5D4491A6470@mcn.org>

http://www.watchsonomacounty.com/2012/07/cities/occupy-santa-rosa-stages-flash-nap-at-city-hall/

I found this 2012 news item interesting. rk

Occupy Santa Rosa stages ?flash nap? at City Hall
By JULIE JOHNSON
THE PRESS DEMOCRAT

Nobody got any shut-eye at a ?Flash Nap Protest? held Tuesday on the lawn outside Santa Rosa City Hall.

For the third time in four months, Occupy Santa Rosa members staged a flash-mob of nappers to protest a city ordinance prohibiting sleeping outdoors, which they say unfairly penalizes the homeless.

But pillows and blankets went unused Tuesday, with the grumbling buses at the temporary First Street transit stop, the blazing sun and 20 singing protesters.

And that may ? unintentionally ? have been the point.

?Every day is a struggle to live,? said Katherine Zagainoff, 49, who said she?s been homeless for the last year. ?People beat you up ? you have to buddy up with people. It?s not the most relaxed sleep, not the best sleep.?

Santa Rosa adopted an ordinance in 1994 that prohibits camping on city property, aside from public campgrounds, without a permit.

In 2004, Sonoma County banned camping without a permit or sleeping in vehicles after residents and business owners in Guerneville complained about squatter encampments.

The laws have left people who can?t get into shelters, or don?t care to, without an alternative, said Attila Nagy, 65, of Santa Rosa.

?Imagine this: you just lost your home, your relatives are far away ? so what do you do at night? Where do you sleep?? Nagy said.\

Kenneth Spangle, 61, said he received a citation from Santa Rosa police earlier this month for sleeping in his car near Santa Rosa?s Rural Cemetery.
?I told police to cite me,? said Spangle. ?I want to challenge the law, I want to go to court.?

Spangle said he?s been homeless since March, when he was no longer required by his probation terms to have housing and wanted to stop spending his money on a hotel room.

?As long as you?re not in front of someone?s house ? it?s the freedom of living,? Spangle said.

The ?flash naps? were conceived by members of Occupy?s Dorothy Day Working Group and have been held in April, May and again Tuesday. The group plans to convene informally at the Aug. 7 City Council meeting...


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From ellen.rosser at gmail.com  Sun Oct 27 21:54:47 2013
From: ellen.rosser at gmail.com (ELLEN ROSSER)
Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2013 21:54:47 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] petition on McDonald's exploitation of its workers
Message-ID: <CAFGqSt5SsBJYi8ov+6ftR0eoogNVqYScUKXcXJtwOOJfrs6DJw@mail.gmail.com>

McDonald's just bought another $35-million-dollar luxury jet. Yet their
employees make so little they rely on public assistance just to get by.

This costs taxpayers $1.2 billion a year!

It's not right to impoverish your employees while sailing above them at a
rate of $2,500 an hour. It's immoral to do it with a taxpayer subsidy.

*Sign the petition telling Donald Thompson, CEO of McDonald's to cancel his
order for another corporate jet until he pays all his employees a decent
wage.<http://caf.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=0%2BYcjaagxZe38mFwltIrNbAnt9LuUGw1>
*

Marketing materials claim the jet, a luxurious Bombardier 605, "makes
listening to Beethoven on the dual Blu-Ray Disc player, or watching a movie
on either of the two 22" HD monitors, a real pleasure."
Sign the Petition<http://caf.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=1IehwSBz9hRGvfPBJDf1HLAnt9LuUGw1>

Thanks for all you do,
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From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2013 23:24:38 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Today we're asking for something a bit different.
Message-ID: <53178669-A880-4ADF-8292-94A67B7CF492@att.net>

Friends,

Here at 350.org, we spend a lot of time figuring out ways to take collective action, because we believe that?s one of the most powerful ways to drive social change. But today we?re asking you for something a bit different.

Today we're asking you to use your power as an individual investor and divest your personal finances from fossil fuels.

You can get started here: gofossilfree.org/mymoney

We recognize that personal divestment is both a responsibility and a privilege. Many of us don?t have retirement accounts or other investment market funds to divest. But for those of us that do, removing our financial stake in the companies driving the climate crisis is our responsibility.

I recently joined 350.org as a senior analyst, so it?s my job to sort out the numbers. One thing I?ve been tracking is the increasing evidence that we?re in the midst of a ?carbon bubble? that?s sooner or later bound to pop. The most recent report from the UN?s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change underscores the fact that we can only burn a small fraction of current fossil fuel reserves before triggering devastating levels of climate change. Meanwhile, a recent analysis from HSBC, one of the largest banks in the world, suggests that if we get serious about reducing carbon emissions, the value of fossil fuel companies could fall by 40 to 60%.

I?ve divested my family?s nest egg. Even though our divestment wasn?t huge, it felt like a powerful step to take. Will you take that step with me?

If you're not quite ready to divest your own money from fossil fuels but are interested in learning more, click here to sign up for more info.

Last year, we launched Fossil Free, a new campaign urging institutions to divest from the fossil fuel industry. Our premise was simple: if it's wrong to wreck the climate, it's wrong to profit from that wreckage. Since we launched the campaign, divestment has taken off like wildfire. Oxford University recently published a study claiming that the current movement to divest from fossil fuels is growing faster than any previous divestment movement in history.1 According to the Oxford study: "The outcome of the stigmatisation process, which the fossil fuel divestment campaign has now triggered, poses the most far-reaching threat to fossil fuel companies."2

If you believe that we will win -- and I do -- then divestment is both the right thing to do and the smart thing.

Onward,

Brett for the team at Fossil Free and 350.org

PS. For college alumni, here's another opportunity to be part of the divestment movement. Use your power as an alum (and potential donor) to drive divestment forward on campus: gofossilfree.org/alumni

1. Damian Carrington, "Campaign against fossil fuels growing, says study," The Guardian, October 7th, 2013, www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/oct/08/campaign-against-fossil-fuel-growing

2. Atif Ansar, Ben Caldecott, & James Tilbury, "Stranded assets and the fossil fuel divestment campaign," Stranded Assets Programme, University of Oxford (2013).

 
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From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2013 23:28:27 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] 14 Marriage States and Counting
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From marksafron at att.net  Mon Oct 28 08:46:01 2013
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2013 08:46:01 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] TUESDAY history will be made - drone survivors
	speak with Congress
Message-ID: <E9F99800-29E0-493B-BFC9-9DE0B16F1886@att.net>

"":http://unmanned.warcosts.com/unmanned_briefing h4. "I saw her shoes. We found her mutilated body a short time afterwards," ? Nabila, 8-year-old granddaughter of drone strike victim Mamana Bibi 
On Tuesday, October 29, at 10AM EST, Rafiq ur Rahman ? a primary school teacher in Pakistan ? will appear at a briefing called by Representative Alan Grayson (FL-09), along with his children Nabila and Zubair.  In October 2012, Nabila and Zubair were injured in the same drone strike that killed their grandmother ? Rafiq?s mother - while she was tending crops in her garden. This landmark briefing marks the first opportunity for Congress to hear in-person accounts from drone strike survivors. 

The Congressional briefing will be available to watch via live stream.  RSVP today to witness as Rafiq, Nabila, and Zubair share their intimate account of living through a drone strike, the loss they experienced, and the devastating aftermath. <http://unmanned.warcosts.com/unmanned_briefing/>

"I'm looking forward to hearing from the drone strike victims," said Congressman Grayson. "When it comes to national security matters like drone strikes, it's important that we hear not only from the proponents of these attacks, but also from the victims. They have a unique perspective to share with Congress, and I hope that my colleagues will attend this important event on October 29th."

Rafiq ur Rehman has traveled from North Waziristan to tell his story before Congress because he believes that more people should know that these strikes are killing and terrorizing innocent families. It is imperative that Congress and the White House know that the implementation of U.S. drone strikes abroad are fueling anti-American sentiment and serving as a tool for terrorist recruitment.

Don't miss this historic event. ? RSVP* now to watch as drone survivors, for the first time, share their story with Congress. <http://unmanned.warcosts.com/unmanned_briefing>

Sincerely,

Robert Greenwald&The War Costs Team

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From marksafron at att.net  Mon Oct 28 08:49:27 2013
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2013 08:49:27 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] "Beat the snot out of them"
Message-ID: <B64BEEEC-DB3C-40C2-85F9-CE60173658A2@att.net>



"Beat the snot out of them." -- former Rep. Steve LaTourette, R-OH
"If they refuse to fight for us, we must fight them." -- Erick Erickson, RedState

Those aren't Republicans talking about what they are going to do to Democrats next year. Those are Republicans talking about what they want to do to each other -- just as the GOP's approval ratings implode in the aftermath of the government shutdown.

I assume you've heard the phrase, "strike while the iron is hot." Well, if you want to hold the Tea Party accountable, irons don't come much hotter than the upcoming election in the purple state of Virginia -- in just one week. With voters livid about the government shutdown and Republicans embroiled in a civil war, progressives are in prime position to shock the political world in Virginia, setting the stage for Democrats taking back the House in 2014.

Do you want to seize this opportunity to cripple the Tea Party's political power for good? Then join fellow DFA members to Call Out the Vote in Virginia.

Yes, I can volunteer to make calls from home into Virginia on Wednesday.

No, I can't make calls but I can chip in to support DFA's Call Out The Vote program in Virginia -- and in states all over the country in 2014.

DFA went into Virginia early, endorsing and supporting bold Democratic candidates across the state. The polls are extremely tight, and our Purple to Blue endorsed candidates have never been in a stronger position to win.

Our volunteers know that the frustration and fatigue with obstructionist Tea Party tactics is real. Not only is it reflected in the polls -- it is reflected in the daily conversations DFA members are having with voters in Virginia. In recent Call Out The Vote phone banks to Virginia, I've spoken with several Democrats and independents who can't wait to run out and cast a ballot for our endorsed candidates on November 5. And I've even spoken to Republicans for whom the government shutdown was the last straw.

This isn't just about one state or one election. This is about seizing an opportunity to change the congressional campaign landscape for 2014. Can you volunteer to help Call Out the Vote in Virginia this week?

Yes, I can volunteer to make calls from home into Virginia on Wednesday.

No, I can't make calls but I can chip in to support DFA's Call Out The Vote program in Virginia -- and in states all over the country in 2014.

Thank you for helping us win,

Karli 

Karli Wallace, Campaign Organizer
Democracy for America

P.S. As an added incentive, the top caller from each COTV shift will receive a signed copy of Howard Dean's Prescription for Real Healthcare Reform. Click here to sign up now.

 

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From marksafron at att.net  Mon Oct 28 11:28:19 2013
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2013 11:28:19 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] =?windows-1252?q?Please_read_Bernie=92s_email_b?=
 =?windows-1252?q?elow_and_sign_the_petition_today!?=
Message-ID: <0C5DD6CA-A24D-4BC8-94F2-64E116D18514@att.net>





Over 300,000 Americans from across the country have joined Senator Bernie Sanders and our coalition partners in saying loudly and clearly: no cuts to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.  In today?s difficult economy, we must not balance the budget on the backs of working families, the elderly, the children, the sick and the poor.

Please read Bernie?s email below and sign the petition today!

Thank you for standing-up for justice.

-Ben

Ben Eisenberg
Friends of Bernie Sanders

Sent: Saturday, October 26, 2013, 8:05am
Subject: Stop the ?Grand Bargain? to Slash Social Security



They?re at it again.

Billionaires like the Koch Brothers, Pete Peterson, Stanley Druckenmiller and others are leading the charge to cut Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.

If they succeed, millions of senior citizens, working families, disabled veterans and children will suffer.  We must not allow that to happen.

Today, the middle class is disappearing, real unemployment is extremely high, poverty is increasing and working families throughout the country are struggling to keep their heads above water economically.  Meanwhile, the gap between the very rich and everyone else is growing wider and wider and the wealthiest people and the largest corporations are doing phenomenally well.

WE MUST NOT BALANCE THE BUDGET ON THE BACKS OF WORKING FAMILIES, THE ELDERLY, THE CHILDREN, THE SICK AND THE POOR.

As Vermont?s senator, I have the honor of serving on the Budget Conference Committee which will be negotiating a new federal budget over the next few months -- and where I am fearful that a deal could be struck to slash Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. 

As the founder of the Defending Social Security Caucus, please stand with me and our coalition partners in demanding; ?No grand bargain in exchange for cuts to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.?

Let?s be clear.  Despite right-wing rhetoric:

Social Security is not going broke.  According to the Social Security Administration, Social Security has a surplus today of $2.8 trillion and can pay out every benefit owed to every eligible person for the next 20 years.

Social Security has not contributed to the deficit.  Social Security is funded independently by FICA taxes which are paid by workers and their employers.

The so-called chained-CPI, which recalculates how COLA?s are formulated, is not a ?modest tweak.?  If the chained CPI went into effect today, a senior aged 65 would receive $658 a year less in Social Security benefits when he/she is 75, and $1,100 a year less at age 85.  Further, the average disabled veteran would lose tens of thousands of dollars in benefits over his/her lifetime.

Please stand with me today and demand that Congress and the President oppose any grand bargain which cuts Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid benefits.

When one out of four U.S. corporations pay nothing in federal income taxes; when Bush?s tax breaks for the rich remain in place for many wealthy Americans; when the U.S. spends almost as much as the rest of the world combined on defense, there are much fairer and economically sound ways to address the budget than cutting programs desperately needed by the most vulnerable people in our country.

Please stand with me and our coalition partners in protecting the future of Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid benefits.

Let?s go forward together.  Thanks for your continued support.

Sincerely,


Senator Bernie Sanders

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From agnes at mcn.org  Mon Oct 28 12:18:21 2013
From: agnes at mcn.org (agnes at mcn.org)
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2013 12:18:21 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] [Fwd: Cut Social Security or Feed Lockheed's
	Profits?]
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---------------------------- Original Message ----------------------------
Subject: [Fwd: Cut Social Security or Feed Lockheed's Profits?]
From:    agnes at mcn.org
Date:    Mon, October 28, 2013 12:17 pm
To:      occupy at mcn.org
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---------------------------- Original Message ----------------------------
Subject: Cut Social Security or Feed Lockheed's Profits?
From:    "Kevin Martin, Peace Action" <peaceact at mail.democracyinaction.org>
Date:    Mon, October 28, 2013 12:06 pm
To:      agnes at mcn.org
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Dear Agnes,

Members of Congress - including leading Democrats - are talking about a
budget deal that would cut Social Security and Medicare benefits while
protecting the bloated Pentagon budget from planned cuts. [1]

We are joining with Just Foreign Policy to tell President Obama and
Members of Congress to reject any budget deal that cuts Social Security or
Medicare benefits to protect the Pentagon budget:

http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/dont-cut-social-security-20?source=c.url&r_by=1135580
[
http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/dont-cut-social-security-20?source=c.url&amp;r_by=1135580
]

Sen. Dick Durbin, the second most powerful Democrat in the Senate,
recently told Fox News Sunday that he would support cuts to Social
Security and Medicare benefits as part of a "grand bargain" with
Republicans. On CBS's Face the Nation, Sen. Mark Warner - one of the
Democrats picked to negotiate with Paul Ryan on the budget - said: "We all
know at the end of the day...Democrats are going to have to give on
entitlement reform."

The "grand bargain" these Democrats are talking about would cut Social
Security and Medicare benefits to pay for bloated Pentagon spending, like
Lockheed Martin's boondoggle $1.5 trillion F-35 warplane. [2] $1.5
trillion represents more money than the entire savings over the next ten
years from all current plans to cut federal discretionary spending - both
Pentagon spending and domestic spending. And that's just one unneeded
weapons system.


Over the last year, the Washington Post and other media have reported on
the extraordinary perks that the Pentagon makes available to senior
military commanders at taxpayer expense. These include paid military
personnel and DOD civilians to cut grass, chauffeur, schedule events, and
to perform other personal aide duties. They also include extraordinarily
lavish housing and entitlement to tender and/or accept offers for
post-retirement employment with Pentagon contractors and lobbying and
investment firms, even if those firms handle the very same issues that the
senior officer oversaw at taxpayers' expense.


Asking the public to watch their federally funded benefits shrink so we
can pay for these personal perks for generals and admirals is not only
offensive but also drives a deeper wedge between civilian society and
uniformed military leadership.


Tell Congress and the President  [
http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/dont-cut-social-security-20?source=c.url&amp;r_by=1135580
]not to cut our earned Social Security and Medicare benefits in order to
protect the obscene profits of Lockheed Martin and the lavish lifestyles
of the pampered generals.


Thanks for all you do to make U.S. foreign policy accountable to the 99%,

Humbly for Peace,

Kevin Martin
Executive Director
Peace Action

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References:
1. "Cut Pentagon waste, not Social Security," [
http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/economy-a-budget/329963-cut-pentagon-waste-not-social-security
] William Hartung, The Hill, 10/23/13.
2. "Sequester could ax F-35 jets," [
http://thehill.com/blogs/defcon-hill/procurement/330269-at-least-six-f-35-fighters-threatened-by-sequester-in-2014
] Jeremy Herb, The Hill, 10/23/13,


Take Action:
Tell Congress and the President not to cut our earned Social Security and
Medicare benefits in order to protect Lockheed Martin and the Pentagon. [
http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/dont-cut-social-security-20?source=c.url&amp;r_by=1135580
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From marksafron at att.net  Mon Oct 28 15:11:42 2013
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2013 15:11:42 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Don't Let Citigroup Pre-Approve The Next Bailout!
Message-ID: <CE9F8984-1BB3-424E-BE25-F2329D2DAB13@att.net>

Hey friend,

Wall Street megabank Citigroup received $467.2 Billion dollars worth of bailout money during the financial crash - and now Congress is literally letting them write our financial laws.

That's right: Citigroup lobbyists wrote 70 out of the 85 lines of The Swaps Regulatory Improvement Act (HR 992), which would gut a crucial part of the Dodd-Frank law meant to protect taxpayers from future bailouts - and now they?re urging both parties to sign their bill as one of their first post-shutdown actions.

ENOUGH: We are calling on BOTH the Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer AND the Republican Whip Kevin McCarthy to whip AGAINST HR 992. Won't you join us?:

http://other98.com/congress-dont-let-citigroup-pre-approve-the-next-bailout

Thank you for doing the right thing.

From marksafron at att.net  Mon Oct 28 17:20:00 2013
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2013 17:20:00 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] The Spying Industrial Complex
Message-ID: <12B3A568-55AA-451A-B204-487AAF560424@att.net>


Just For Her Protection, Of Course.


Here is Congressman Alan Grayson's commentary on domestic surveillance, from Friday's edition of the Guardian. Read the editorial, then share your thoughts at CongressmanWithGuts.com.

In the 1970s, Congressman Otis Pike of New York chaired a special congressional committee to investigate abuses by the American so-called "intelligence community" - the spies. After the investigation, Pike commented: 

It took this investigation to convince me that I had always been told lies, to make me realize that I was tired of being told lies.
I'm tired of the spies telling lies, too. 

Pike's investigation initiated one of the first congressional oversight debates for the vast and hidden collective of espionage agencies, including the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the National Security Agency (NSA). Before the Pike Commission, Congress was kept in the dark about them - a tactic designed to thwart congressional deterrence of the sometimes illegal and often shocking activities carried out by the "intelligence community". Today, we are seeing a repeat of this professional voyeurism by our nation's spies, on an unprecedented and pervasive scale. 

Recently, the US House of Representatives voted on an amendment - offered by Representatives Justin Amash and John Conyers - that would have curbed the NSA's omnipresent and inescapable tactics. Despite furious lobbying by the intelligence industrial complex and its allies, and four hours of frantic and overwrought briefings by the NSA's General Keith Alexander, 205 of 422 Representatives voted for the amendment. 

Though the amendment barely failed, the vote signaled a clear message to the NSA: We do not trust you. The vote also conveyed another, more subtle message: Members of Congress do not trust that the House Intelligence Committee is providing the necessary oversight. On the contrary, "oversight" has become "overlook".

Despite being a member of Congress possessing security clearance, I've learned far more about government spying on me and my fellow citizens from reading media reports than I have from "intelligence" briefings. If the vote on the Amash-Conyers amendment is any indication, my colleagues feel the same way. In fact, one long-serving conservative Republican told me that he doesn't attend such briefings anymore, because, "They always lie".

Many of us worry that Congressional Intelligence Committees are more loyal to the "intelligence community" that they are tasked with policing, than to the Constitution. And the House Intelligence Committee isn't doing anything to assuage our concerns. 

I've requested classified information, and further meetings with NSA officials. The House Intelligence Committee has refused to provide either. Supporters of the NSA's vast ubiquitous domestic spying operation assure the public that members of Congress can be briefed on these activities whenever they want. Senator Saxby Chambliss says all a member of Congress needs to do is ask for information, and he'll get it. Well I did ask, and the House Intelligence Committee said "no", repeatedly. And virtually every other member not on the Intelligence Committee gets the same treatment. 

Recently, a member of the House Intelligence Committee was asked at a town hall meeting, by his constituents, why my requests for more information about these programs were being denied. This member argued that I don't have the necessary level of clearance to obtain access for classified information. That doesn't make any sense; every member is given the same level of clearance. 

There is no legal justification for imparting secret knowledge about the NSA's domestic surveillance activities only to the 20 members of the House Intelligence Committee. Moreover, how can the remaining 415 of us do our job properly, when we're kept in the dark - or worse, misinformed? 

Edward Snowden's revelations demonstrate that the members of Congress, who are asked to authorize these programs, are not privy to the same information provided to junior analysts at the NSA, and even private contractors who sell services to foreign governments. The only time that these intelligence committees disclose classified information to us, your elected representatives, is when it serves the purposes of the "intelligence community".

As the country continues to debate the supposed benefits of wall-to-wall spying programs on each and every American, without probable cause, the spies, "intelligence community" and Congressional Intelligence Committees have a choice: will they begin sharing comprehensive information about these activities, so that elected public officials have the opportunity to make informed decisions about whether such universal snooping is necessary, or constitutional? 

Or will they continue to obstruct our efforts to understand these programs, and force us to rely on information provided by whistleblowers who undertake substantial risks to disseminate this information about violations of our freedom in an increasingly hostile environment? And why do Generals Alexander and Clapper remain in office, when all the evidence points to them committing the felony of lying to Congress and the American people? 

Representative Pike would probably say that rank-and-file representatives will never get the information we need from the House Intelligence Committee, because the spying industrial complex answers only to itself. After all, Pike, and many of the members of his special congressional committee, voted against forming it. As it is now constituted, the House Intelligence Committee will never decry, deny, or defy any spy. They see eye-to-eye, so they turn a blind eye. Which means that if we rely on them, we can kiss our liberty good-bye.
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From rkarch at mcn.org  Mon Oct 28 23:16:06 2013
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2013 23:16:06 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Ann,
	Howard & Richard went to the FB City Council meeting
Message-ID: <D1C9EFD4-E653-4A61-AE51-DF865AEEB00C@mcn.org>

Here's the letter we presented:
We each got up and spoke too. rk
Dear Mayor Turner and Ft Bragg City Council,
  
 We urge you to continue to work actively to seek applicants for the position of Public Access TV provider, preferably from our community on the Coast.  The loss of MCTV is deeply felt by all who want to hear about what is occurring in our public meetings such as the School Board, Hospital Board, Rec and Park District, and many other groups which are of concern to our community. 

We would prefer a non-profit group, as the for-profit company that currently records some City Council meetings is not willing to do public meetings for affordable prices. As a result the meetings simply are no longer being filmed at all!  The recent problems at the Senior Center are an example of how secretive meetings with hidden agendas can destroy the smooth running of our favorite local public institutions.  When the light is not shone on the workings of the Boards in charge, they sometimes start bypassing bylaws and rules of order and courtesy. This is especially true in the case of self-appointing Boards.  There must be some oversight of appointed Board Members  by taping the meetings and allowing community members to view and review meetings they are unable to attend. This also can keep an awareness of the activities planned, or the budgets or volunteer needs of our institutions. If the PEG TV provider you choose can also train students and volunteers to film meetings and edit and show the films. this can provide needed jobs and training for community members while getting them more involved in governmental processes.

The digitized archive that MCTV produced and left on their website is still a tremendous selling point for the North Coast  and needs to be sustained. Reaching out globally it encourages travel, commerce and education to our remote area.  The recent passing of Antonia Lamb was a good example. Her friends included individuals from all parts of the world who could look and hear her words in the "Senior Perspectives" interview.  A Public-Access television facility has become an important asset to our communities and county over the years. The level of TV production we had with MCTV does not exist in most other rural communities. 
The tape archive now stored at the Footlighters building needs to be secured.  Historical tapes from the 1980's until the present are sitting in limbo waiting for a concerned entity to save them.  Our one historical museum, the Kelly House in Mendocino,  can not handle the care and development of these historical tapes. We need another Public Access TV production facility that can continue to digitize offer access to the many hours of treasured historical programming!

 On tonight's agenda the Board has noted they have tentatively chosen an internet broadcast system offered by a company called Granicus. While this might be good for showing the City Council meetings and distributing City business on the net, it will not provide for the Public Access TV we all want and need to cover other important events.  We understand it costs a minimum of $300 a month to belong to this internet broadcasting facility.  We think this money might be better used to help support our own TV production facility. If the Granicus storage site is the only solution for making up for the loss of MCTV it would probably end our hopes of having our own Public Access TV facility again.

We were happy to hear in your September 5 City Notes report that you are planning to issue a Request for Proposals for PEG services for the coastal community. We want these to be started as soon as possible and request an update on the progress of finding applicants. 

Again, we need a facility to document North Coast activities including: meetings of other boards, school programs, sports, arts, history, education, programs like "Senior Perspectives". A production facility that provides job training opportunities for local citizens and could provide lower cost videography services. 
As a key entity in local government, concerned about the needs of the entire Fort Bragg coastal community, we feel it is incumbent on the City of Fort Bragg to work diligently toward a replacement for the loss of MCTV.   

 The website petition initiated  by Occupy Mendocino, presented to the FB City Council last month, had 450+ citizens asking to restore our Community Access Television Facility on the North Coast.  People want us to have our own facility again! 

We encourage the board to work and search for a person or group to restore our Public Access TV provider/ Community Access Television facility!


     Thank You for your consideration of this important matter.
      Ann Rennacker, Richard Karch and Howard Ennes
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From marksafron at att.net  Tue Oct 29 09:39:40 2013
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2013 09:39:40 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] the latest on our fukushima petition: we are over
	105, 000...& more
Message-ID: <F9262081-11EE-4903-ABB9-331FCCFD5318@att.net>

HELLO EVERYONE!  we are over 105,000 signatures.  this is tremendous.

Tepco says it may begin trying to remove fuel from Fuku 4 on November 8, so we wil present petitions on November 7.  

If you are in NYC and want to help with the delivery, please write me through this site.    

At nukefree.org there is a new petition to sign from Aileen Miyoko Smith in Japan.  Its deadline is October 30 so please hurry if you can.

https://fs220.xbit.jp/n362/form2/

Here's the latest.  Developments are happening fast/furious. Thank you!!!


http://www.nukefree.org/editorsblog/robert-stone-must-now-film-fukushima 

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From marksafron at att.net  Tue Oct 29 09:43:42 2013
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2013 09:43:42 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Kids shouldn't be on the national news for this
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From marksafron at att.net  Mon Oct 28 11:25:55 2013
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2013 11:25:55 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Tell Jamie Dimon,
	CEO of JPMorganChase: No tax breaks for Wall Street crime.
Message-ID: <45E9CD21-C2C6-49DB-A440-3202D763DA4D@att.net>

Campaign for a Fair Settlement
a project of Action for the Common Good
 
Take Action

Chase CEO Jamie Dimon at the DOJ, trying to deflect accountability for Wall Street crime


$13 billion for committing Wall Street crime. That?s what the Department of Justice hit JPMorganChase for this past week, specifically for selling the toxic mortgage backed securities they and other Wall Street criminals used to destroy our economy and steal our homes.

While this settlement will only recoup a small part of the damage JPMorgan Chase and Wall Street caused, it is a refreshing change from past behavior by Attorney General Eric Holder and the Obama Administration. It?s especially promising that this time, according to news reports, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder refused to negotiate away the right to criminal prosecutions.

However, corporate tax law likely allows Chase to deduct all or some of the record penalty they will be paying. That?s outrageous. First they strip the wealth from our homes with predatory loans, then use those loans to blow up our economy, then use the Great Recession as an excuse to steal our homes through foreclosure, and now want to use our tax dollars to help pay their fine.

Tell Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorganChase: No tax breaks for Wall Street crime. Our tax dollars will not go to subsidize Chase?s role in causing the Great Recession, creating the foreclosure crisis, and stealing our homes. 1

The fact that Chase is on the hook for this record penalty and still might face criminal prosecutions is a testament to the pressure people like you have put on the bankers and the Obama Administration to hold Wall Street bankers accountable.

In March, when Attorney General Holder testified before Congress that Wall Street banks couldn?t be prosecuted because of their outsized wealth, you joined with 333,000others from Action for the Common Good, CREDO, MoveOn, Campaign for America?s Future, and the Courage Campaign to demand the Obama Administration end ?Too Big to Jail?. Some of you helped deliver those petitions to US Attorneys in cities across the country. And you stood with 500 home defenders from around the country who risked arrest at the Department of Justice in order to demand accountability for Wall Street criminals in May. That action ended with 28 arrests and non-violent protestors tazed, while seven more were arrested at the high-end Wall Street law firm Covington and Burling protesting the revolving door between the DOJ and Wall Street. Then just two weeks ago over 500 of you called AG Holder?s office demanding a strong deal with Chase. You and people like you are true warriors for justice.

That?s why it is simply unacceptable for any of us, as taxpayers, to pick up part of the $13 billion tab for Chase?s wrong doing. Tell Dimon: Don?t demand any tax deductions from this settlement.

Reuters explains it this way:

?If $11 billion [of the $13 billion total penalty] is tax deductible, and assuming a 38 percent tax rate, the tax deduction could save JPMorgan as much as $4.18 billion, [tax expert Robert] Willens said.
The government, however, could negotiate an exception and require that JPMorgan agree not to deduct some of those expenses from its taxable income, he said.? 2

Simply put, it would be unconscionable for this agreement to allow Chase to use our tax dollars to pay for the criminal acts and economic destruction of which we?ve borne the brunt. Click here to tell Chase their agreement must prohibit tax deductibility for any of the $13 billion.

In Solidarity,

Brian Kettenring, Executive Director, Action for the Common Good


[1] Recent agreements between the DOJ and other corporations show clear precedent here, including one from November 2012 with BP, forbidding them from deducting any of the $4 billion they owe for the Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster. ?Government doing more to prevent corporations from deducting settlements,? Washington Post, December 31, 2012 http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2012-12-31/business/36103880_1_tax-deductions-million-settlement-federal-agencies

[2] "Exclusive: JPMorgan settlement could cost bank closer to $9 billion," Reuters, Oct. 22, 2013. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/22/us-jpmorgan-penalties-idUSBRE99L19720131022?ak_proof=1


http://www.campaignforfairsettlement.org/
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From marksafron at att.net  Tue Oct 29 09:50:38 2013
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2013 09:50:38 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Stop the overuse of antibiotics now!
Message-ID: <484AA1E4-E90A-47E8-97FC-552061F0DFEC@att.net>

Hey Folks,

I just demanded emergency action from Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Secretary Tom Vilsak to stop the overuse of antibiotics and slow the spread of resistant bacteria in our communities. You can join me in taking action by going to Consumers Union's website and send your own message.

The Centers for Disease Control released its superbug Threat Report in September,2013. Read the summary and go deeper here.

Frontline just ran the first in its two part series on the threat of drug resistance: Watch "Hunting the Nightmare Bacteria."  Then read NPR's interview with the lead reporter and this interview with an international medical expert on the special problem of MDN1.

I'm worried. Everyone must do their part. We all must be more careful about demanding antibiotics when we don't need them, but a national action must start at the top. Join me today by sending a quick message at ConsumersUnion, the policy division of Consumer Reports.


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From marksafron at att.net  Tue Oct 29 10:10:47 2013
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2013 10:10:47 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] N.S.A. Promises to Stop Getting Caught Spying on
	Allies
Message-ID: <9AC37908-9AEF-4FFD-B076-5B8A03B764AC@att.net>


N.S.A. PROMISES TO STOP GETTING CAUGHT SPYING ON ALLIES


WASHINGTON ? Responding to the firestorm of controversy over its spying on European allies, the head of the National Security Agency said today it would do everything in its power to avoid being caught doing it in the future.

?There are two important jobs for every spy agency: spying on people and avoiding detection,? said the N.S.A. chief General Keith Alexander. ?Unfortunately, at the N.S.A. we have only done the first job well.?


?We have abused the trust of some of our closest allies,? he said. ?And none of this would have happened if they hadn?t found out.?

General Alexander said that the agency was instituting strict new practices that amounted to ?a zero-tolerance policy on getting caught.?

?I had a meeting with my top people today and said, ?I want you to put the same energy you put into spying on Germany, France, and Spain into keeping them from figuring out what we?re up to,??? he said. ???Anything less than that will be unacceptable.???

General Alexander also offered a heartfelt apology to German Chancellor Angela Merkel, a prime target of the agency?s eavesdropping. ?I know how upsetting it must be for you to know that your closest ally has been listening in on your phone conversations for the past eleven years,? he said. ?I give you my solemn promise that in the future you won?t know.?



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From marksafron at att.net  Tue Oct 29 10:18:46 2013
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2013 10:18:46 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Stop manufacturing crises and start manufacturing
	jobs.
Message-ID: <C59A3B45-CFA0-4171-8281-C98D879427DE@att.net>



Dear friend,

How long has it been since Congress really focused on jobs?

There are still more than 11 million unemployed Americans, but Congress has been consumed by crisis after crisis this year. It?s no way to govern.

America?s manufacturers have started growing again, and Congress should be investing in that growth and helping them create jobs in our communities. I?m working with my colleagues to rally bipartisan support for legislation that would help get our factories running again.

It?s time for Congress to focus on commonsense legislation like this. We need to send a clear message to Washington: stop manufacturing crises and start manufacturing jobs.

Click here to join me in telling Washington that it?s time to refocus on manufacturing jobs.

Manufacturing jobs are a win for everyone. They pay more than jobs in other industries and they have the added benefit of creating more jobs in local service economies, as well. That?s good news for the 11 million Americans still looking for work. For every dollar in manufacturing sales, another $1.34 is added to the economy. That means that investments in manufacturing have an incredible impact on the entire economy?more so than in any other sector.

That?s why my colleagues and I are working to get Congress focused on what matters. There?s no shortage of good ideas, but we need to cut through the gridlock now if we?re going to make a real difference in our economy.

Click here to send a message to Washington: focus on manufacturing jobs now!

Thanks for standing with us to make a difference in our economy.

Best ?
Chris


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From marksafron at att.net  Tue Oct 29 10:59:54 2013
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2013 10:59:54 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] URGENT: Senate to vote on Mel Watt to replace
	DeMarco
Message-ID: <02777D9B-2066-4E45-87A9-8A34BF9221A5@att.net>

http://www.homedefendersleague.org/online_actions?utm_source=homedefenders&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=wattcallsoctoth

If you could make one phone call that would stop the foreclosure crisis and allow help millions of families to stay in the homes, would you do it?

Everyone who has fought for a fair end to the housing crisis knows it is a long, hard fight, and no one action can fix the damage that the big banks have done to our communities. But we are asking you to make two calls right now that could make a big, big difference.

Please call your U.S. Senators right now at 1-866-200-6444.

Tell them: ?Please vote to confirm Representative Mel Watt as Director of the Federal Housing Finance Authority (FHFA). No filibusters, no delays.? 

(It?s easy to call. Dial 1-866-200-6444 to reach the U.S. Senate switchboard and give your state. Do it twice to reach both your Senators. )
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From agnes at mcn.org  Tue Oct 29 12:36:19 2013
From: agnes at mcn.org (agnes at mcn.org)
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2013 12:36:19 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Ann,
 Howard & Richard went to the FB City Council meeting
In-Reply-To: <D1C9EFD4-E653-4A61-AE51-DF865AEEB00C@mcn.org>
References: <D1C9EFD4-E653-4A61-AE51-DF865AEEB00C@mcn.org>
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Ann, Richard and Howard,
      Thank you for the excellent letter to the F.B.City Council and for
being there to speak up for Public Access TV.

Agnes


> Here's the letter we presented:
> We each got up and spoke too. rk
> Dear Mayor Turner and Ft Bragg City Council,
>
>  We urge you to continue to work actively to seek applicants for the
> position of Public Access TV provider, preferably from our community on
> the Coast.  The loss of MCTV is deeply felt by all who want to hear about
> what is occurring in our public meetings such as the School Board,
> Hospital Board, Rec and Park District, and many other groups which are of
> concern to our community.
>
> We would prefer a non-profit group, as the for-profit company that
> currently records some City Council meetings is not willing to do public
> meetings for affordable prices. As a result the meetings simply are no
> longer being filmed at all!  The recent problems at the Senior Center are
> an example of how secretive meetings with hidden agendas can destroy the
> smooth running of our favorite local public institutions.  When the light
> is not shone on the workings of the Boards in charge, they sometimes start
> bypassing bylaws and rules of order and courtesy. This is especially true
> in the case of self-appointing Boards.  There must be some oversight of
> appointed Board Members  by taping the meetings and allowing community
> members to view and review meetings they are unable to attend. This also
> can keep an awareness of the activities planned, or the budgets or
> volunteer needs of our institutions. If the PEG TV provider you choose can
> also train students and volunteers to film meetings and edit and show the
> films. this can provide needed jobs and training for community members
> while getting them more involved in governmental processes.
>
> The digitized archive that MCTV produced and left on their website is
> still a tremendous selling point for the North Coast  and needs to be
> sustained. Reaching out globally it encourages travel, commerce and
> education to our remote area.  The recent passing of Antonia Lamb was a
> good example. Her friends included individuals from all parts of the world
> who could look and hear her words in the "Senior Perspectives" interview.
> A Public-Access television facility has become an important asset to our
> communities and county over the years. The level of TV production we had
> with MCTV does not exist in most other rural communities.
> The tape archive now stored at the Footlighters building needs to be
> secured.  Historical tapes from the 1980's until the present are sitting
> in limbo waiting for a concerned entity to save them.  Our one historical
> museum, the Kelly House in Mendocino,  can not handle the care and
> development of these historical tapes. We need another Public Access TV
> production facility that can continue to digitize offer access to the many
> hours of treasured historical programming!
>
>  On tonight's agenda the Board has noted they have tentatively chosen an
> internet broadcast system offered by a company called Granicus. While
> this might be good for showing the City Council meetings and distributing
> City business on the net, it will not provide for the Public Access TV we
> all want and need to cover other important events.  We understand it
> costs a minimum of $300 a month to belong to this internet broadcasting
> facility.  We think this money might be better used to help support our
> own TV production facility. If the Granicus storage site is the only
> solution for making up for the loss of MCTV it would probably end our
> hopes of having our own Public Access TV facility again.
>
> We were happy to hear in your September 5 City Notes report that you are
> planning to issue a Request for Proposals for PEG services for the coastal
> community. We want these to be started as soon as possible and request an
> update on the progress of finding applicants.
>
> Again, we need a facility to document North Coast activities including:
> meetings of other boards, school programs, sports, arts, history,
> education, programs like "Senior Perspectives". A production facility that
> provides job training opportunities for local citizens and could provide
> lower cost videography services.
> As a key entity in local government, concerned about the needs of the
> entire Fort Bragg coastal community, we feel it is incumbent on the City
> of Fort Bragg to work diligently toward a replacement for the loss of
> MCTV.
>
>  The website petition initiated  by Occupy Mendocino, presented to the FB
> City Council last month, had 450+ citizens asking to restore our
> Community Access Television Facility on the North Coast.  People want us
> to have our own facility again!
>
> We encourage the board to work and search for a person or group to restore
> our Public Access TV provider/ Community Access Television facility!
>
>
>      Thank You for your consideration of this important matter.
>       Ann Rennacker, Richard Karch and Howard EnnesTO UNSUBSCRIBE: send an
> email to occupymendocino at lists.mcn.org put "Un-Subscribe me" in the
> Subject line.
> For listserv problems please contact: listmanager at mcn.or




From marksafron at att.net  Tue Oct 29 15:00:01 2013
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2013 15:00:01 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Shoppers move Target to address toxic chemicals
Message-ID: <321BB947-D4CF-4A68-B134-F8A454A88A26@att.net>

I was pleased to read this article in todays? SF Chronicle about the power consumers are having in making large chain stores offer healthier choices for informed consumption!  PTP!

http://www.sfgate.com/health/article/Shoppers-move-Target-to-address-toxic-chemicals-4933894.php
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From marksafron at att.net  Tue Oct 29 16:10:48 2013
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2013 16:10:48 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] They admitted it!
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From marksafron at att.net  Tue Oct 29 16:15:33 2013
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2013 16:15:33 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Help pass GMO labeling in Washington
Message-ID: <F6931627-7AF5-468E-8AD2-E85A9F807F74@att.net>




		
	Become a Member
	

 One Week Left to Pass GMO Labeling in Washington
Sign up to call voters tomorrow night!

Ready to make GE labeling a reality in Washington?


Sign up to call voters on 
Wednesday night!



In one week, voters in Washington will decide whether or not to label genetically engineered foods in their state. This is a huge opportunity ? it would be the first law of its kind in the U.S., finally giving consumers the right to know what's in the food we're eating. But the polls are close, and we need your help to win this.

Help put us over the edge! Sign up to contact voters in Washington.

Labeling GE ingredients, just like we label fat, sugar and calorie content, seems like a no-brainer. But Monsanto and the big food companies are pouring millions of dollars into efforts to confuse voters. That's why Washington needs your help.

The most important thing we can do is contact voters in Washington to help them understand the issue, and encourage them to get out to vote. Can you make calls from your phone tomorrow night to help get out the vote in Washington State?

Tomorrow night, we're having a training with volunteers across the country and making calls together from 7 to 9 p.m. EST. Sign up to join us!

If you can't make the coordinated phone bank tomorrow night, it's easy to make calls on your own. All you need is a phone and a computer, and you can make calls any time between 10 a.m. and 9 p.m. Pacific time. There's a short training and a call script, and then you can start calling. Get started.  

I hope you can join us tomorrow night!

Katy Kiefer
Activist Network Coordinator
Food & Water Watch 
act(at)fwwatch(dot)org 

P.S. If you can't help make calls, you can still help the campaign by making a generous contribution today to the Yes on 522 campaign: https://secure.yeson522.com/page/Contribute/FWW


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From marksafron at att.net  Tue Oct 29 16:24:26 2013
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2013 16:24:26 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Check this out
Message-ID: <4A94BEB2-40B3-45C2-A433-688752CCB2D4@att.net>

Have you heard the pro-fracking ads on NPR? That?s our public radio dollars spreading lies about fracking. Tell NPR, when it comes to fracked gas: don?t even think about it.
http://npr-dont-even-thinkaboutit.org

From marksafron at att.net  Tue Oct 29 17:30:09 2013
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2013 17:30:09 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Very good documentary
Message-ID: <D0CA48FA-7F03-4B5A-85A5-365E0FE67039@att.net>

OCCUPY SANDY  -- It's been a year since the storm hit.
http://vimeo.com/54432527
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From marksafron at att.net  Tue Oct 29 16:29:41 2013
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2013 16:29:41 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Be Among the First to See Our New Documentary on
	Drones for FREE!
Message-ID: <0677590F-BC0F-42FE-A8CA-019121566F34@att.net>




On October 24 2012, a drone strike hit, killing Rafiq ur Rehman's 67-year-old mother and injuring his two children. Today, he and his family made history by courageously sharing their heartbreaking story with members of Congress and the American Public.  

Unmanned: America's Drone Wars, the eighth full-length feature documentary from Brave New Foundation, investigates the impact of U.S. drone strikes at home and abroad. I interviewed Rafiq ur Rehman and his remarkable family, capturing the gravity of their loss and providing a window into their lives. Through more than 70 separate interviews, including a former American drone operator, other Pakistani families mourning the loss of loved ones and investigative journalists, this important film decries the ineffectiveness of drone strikes and highlights the unthinkable tragedy that ensues.

The film will be available, October 30th! Sign up TODAY for a link to stream the film for free.  Who else do you think needs to see this film? Can we count on you to ask them to sign up to watch this important film? With your help, we can educate and engage enough people and work to change the U.S. drone policy. 

Thank you for your support!

Sincerely,

Robert Greenwald & The War Costs Team

 


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From marksafron at att.net  Tue Oct 29 19:16:17 2013
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2013 19:16:17 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] READ THIS, PLEASE
Message-ID: <2ED3A6AF-0FCB-4A9B-90D3-B9896C134812@att.net>

Dear Occupy Listserve,
You have now have been subjected to ONE DAY of the emails I get from worthy causes that affect every one us. They're important to most, if not all of us. And, I'll bet many of you are on the same lists. 

Did you get annoyed or were you grateful to receive them?

If you were annoyed, then I've made my point. I thought we had discussed this at meetings. As I understood it, a listserve was set up to communicate between members about activities we are involved in -- NOT SOME MASS MAIL MILL FOR CAUSES. If you have to tell the world about it, put it on Facebook, Twitter, or the announcement listserves run by various ISPs such as MCN.

I welcome your comments.
Regards, Mark 

Here's a 'signature' I rarely use:

Life is not fair; if this message has reached you in error, get over it, and be thankful nothing worse happened today. 

Do any of you honestly believe that I'm not on Move to Amend's email list? 

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From nlnelson at mcn.org  Tue Oct 29 21:45:43 2013
From: nlnelson at mcn.org (Nancy Liela Wallace-Nelson)
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2013 21:45:43 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] READ THIS, PLEASE
In-Reply-To: <2ED3A6AF-0FCB-4A9B-90D3-B9896C134812@att.net>
References: <2ED3A6AF-0FCB-4A9B-90D3-B9896C134812@att.net>
Message-ID: <256E85A0E29D43429CB8A258CDC183B0@NancyPC>

you made your point with me, Mark - today was an intrusion -

I do have to say, though, that the one from Ellen the other day that caused your comments is NOT one I had received.....and I do like Ellen's offerings.....

SOOOOOO -  MY idea is that IF we feel we have something vital that we e-mail it to specific individuals we think might be interested...

Nancy Wallace-Nelson
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Mark Safron 
  To: occupymendocino at lists.mcn.org 
  Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2013 7:16 PM
  Subject: [Occupymendocino] READ THIS, PLEASE


  Dear Occupy Listserve,
  You have now have been subjected to ONE DAY of the emails I get from worthy causes that affect every one us. They're important to most, if not all of us. And, I'll bet many of you are on the same lists. 


  Did you get annoyed or were you grateful to receive them?


  If you were annoyed, then I've made my point. I thought we had discussed this at meetings. As I understood it, a listserve was set up to communicate between members about activities we are involved in -- NOT SOME MASS MAIL MILL FOR CAUSES. If you have to tell the world about it, put it on Facebook, Twitter, or the announcement listserves run by various ISPs such as MCN.


  I welcome your comments.
  Regards, Mark 


  Here's a 'signature' I rarely use:


  Life is not fair; if this message has reached you in error, get over it, and be thankful nothing worse happened today. 


  Do any of you honestly believe that I'm not on Move to Amend's email list? 




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From nlnelson at mcn.org  Tue Oct 29 21:58:57 2013
From: nlnelson at mcn.org (Nancy Liela Wallace-Nelson)
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2013 21:58:57 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] READ THIS, PLEASE
In-Reply-To: <2ED3A6AF-0FCB-4A9B-90D3-B9896C134812@att.net>
References: <2ED3A6AF-0FCB-4A9B-90D3-B9896C134812@att.net>
Message-ID: <E4A5652D9E1F4896B9AA988C1BA5944E@NancyPC>

and a PS - forwarding stuff puts all of us at risk of being on yet another list - and every day now i unsubscibe from at least THREE - I do not need more.

Nancy
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Mark Safron 
  To: occupymendocino at lists.mcn.org 
  Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2013 7:16 PM
  Subject: [Occupymendocino] READ THIS, PLEASE


  Dear Occupy Listserve,
  You have now have been subjected to ONE DAY of the emails I get from worthy causes that affect every one us. They're important to most, if not all of us. And, I'll bet many of you are on the same lists. 


  Did you get annoyed or were you grateful to receive them?


  If you were annoyed, then I've made my point. I thought we had discussed this at meetings. As I understood it, a listserve was set up to communicate between members about activities we are involved in -- NOT SOME MASS MAIL MILL FOR CAUSES. If you have to tell the world about it, put it on Facebook, Twitter, or the announcement listserves run by various ISPs such as MCN.


  I welcome your comments.
  Regards, Mark 


  Here's a 'signature' I rarely use:


  Life is not fair; if this message has reached you in error, get over it, and be thankful nothing worse happened today. 


  Do any of you honestly believe that I'm not on Move to Amend's email list? 




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From agnes at mcn.org  Wed Oct 30 17:08:41 2013
From: agnes at mcn.org (agnes at mcn.org)
Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2013 17:08:41 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] tax on speculative transactions on Wall Street
Message-ID: <18724c18f59741f769b5be2e3c07bebe.squirrel@webmail.mcn.org>

Please call your Congress person tell them to pass the Robin Hood Tax.
Agnes

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/10/30-2



From annxpress at live.com  Thu Oct 31 16:43:52 2013
From: annxpress at live.com (Ann Rennacker)
Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2013 16:43:52 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] FW: The House just did something insane
In-Reply-To: <551ab-203-52729cd7@list.unitedrepublic.org>
References: <551ab-203-52729cd7@list.unitedrepublic.org>
Message-ID: <SNT145-W2931D64DCF85D59333EC70DD0B0@phx.gbl>

We are in big trouble now - Democrats and Republicans sold us out to derivative traders and we lose!
 
Subject: The House just did something insane
From: representus at unitedrepublic.org
To: annxpress at live.com
Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2013 18:09:27 +0000










Ann ?
While millions of Americans are barely getting by, your House of Representatives just passed a bill written and paid for by Big Banks. It puts you back on the hook for the dangerous ?derivatives trading? that crashed our entire economy just 5 years ago.
Yesterday, Republicans and Democrats voted together to dismantle rules put in place in 2010 to prevent another economic meltdown and more taxpayer bailouts. 70 of the 85 lines in the new bill were literally written by lobbyists for Citigroup, a multinational megabank that helped bring the economy to its knees in 2008 and forced us to give them billions in bailouts.
This much is clear: Wall Street runs both major parties, and they?ll run our country into the ground if we let them. The American Anti-Corruption Act would make this whole mess completely illegal, so it?s time to change how we think about politics. It?s no longer about Republican vs. Democrat ? It?s about Corrupt vs. Anti-Corrupt. 

Will you pledge to put aside party politics and create a powerful cross-partisan movement behind the American Anti-Corruption Act?
When you look at the facts, it?s hard to ignore the harsh reality. This video perfectly explains how corrupt things really are:

If we can get millions of people to get off the hamster wheel of partisan warfare, stop fighting each other and start fighting corruption, we can win.
Take a minute. Follow the link. Enlist your friends, your family, everyone who has had it with the insanity in Washington. 
-Josh
Josh Silver, DirectorRepresent.Us




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