From marksafron at att.net  Sun Aug  3 10:22:46 2014
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2014 10:22:46 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Big Banks Still a Risk
Message-ID: <DC8904EF-37E5-466E-B01C-CE1DD2AA6C62@att.net>

??if the Army Corps of Engineers came out with a study that said a levee system works pretty well when it?s sunny ? but couldn?t be trusted in a hurricane ? we would take that as evidence we need to act.?
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/03/business/big-banks-still-a-risk.html?emc=edit_th_20140803&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=35653813

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From jupiter at mcn.org  Sun Aug  3 10:33:43 2014
From: jupiter at mcn.org (Linda Jupiter)
Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2014 10:33:43 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Dillon's Rule
Message-ID: <09102699-0212-41A0-8CE8-A002E92FEDD6@mcn.org>

At yesterday?s meeting, we learned something about Dillon?s Rule.
This article mentions it, too.


Paul Cienfuegos sent this link.
http://ecowatch.com/2012/12/26/restoring-democracy-fracking/

Linda


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From marksafron at att.net  Tue Aug  5 19:52:57 2014
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2014 19:52:57 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] White House Weighs Actions to Deter Overseas Tax
	Flight
Message-ID: <8BDDEA29-639C-4329-8B54-574912EFEBEE@att.net>

White House Weighs Actions to Deter Overseas Tax Flight
Treasury Department officials are rushing to assemble an array of options that would essentially wipe out the economic incentive for the deals, Mr. Lew said. No final decision has been made.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/06/business/Action-in-washington-on-corporate-inversions.html?emc=edit_cn_20140805&nl=us&nlid=35653813


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From irenelsm at mcn.org  Tue Aug  5 21:04:47 2014
From: irenelsm at mcn.org (Irene L. Malone)
Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2014 21:04:47 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Justice for Eric Garner!
Message-ID: <9984A058-C901-40FA-91D8-B6153DE0B091@mcn.org>


A NY Medical Examiner has ruled the tragic police killing of Eric  
Garner a homicide. Now is time to redouble our efforts. Demand full  
accountability and an end to the violent, discriminatory policing  
practices. Pass along this powerful image to show your support.
http://act.colorofchange.org/sign/Justice4EricGarnerSTW/? 
sp_ref=51707585.176.8822.e.0.3&source=em_sp


From rkarch at mcn.org  Wed Aug  6 13:39:54 2014
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2014 13:39:54 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Cash Hoarding becomes an Addiction
Message-ID: <092B9732-5978-4C2D-90A1-92C90AD6924A@mcn.org>

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Cash Hoarding becomes an Addiction
Submitted by Bud Meyers on January 15, 2014 - 4:19pm

Several studies have been done since the Great Recession, and we've learned that many of the CEOs who devastated our economyweren't only greedy, but nearly 40% of them bombed at their jobs?and that 10% were psychopaths. Some studies have also revealed that the wealthier they were, the more likely they were to be more narcissistic and more unethical. So unless they were lucky enough to be born into wealth, many of these "job creators" were using nefarious means to accumulate their vast wealth?contrary to the popular myths that they accomplished this with just hard work and/ or a great idea.
Another psychological disorder which is related to greed is hoarding, which is also on the rise.
Hoarding is when a person accumulates a massive amount of valued objects for which that person has no practical use. The most damaging form of hoarding is the hoarding of money. Yet this is routinely done by those who can, and desire to do so; and it's celebrated in publications such as Forbes Magazine and the Wall Street Journal. The richest among us have far more money that they could possibly ever need, or even use, but to them it is a game in which the richest one is the "winner"?and as Paul Krugman recently noted, the rest of us are "losers".
Since the financial crisis, the wealthy have become the nation's top cash hoarders, filling up deposit accounts and money markets at a rapid clip (and in offshore banks accounts, such as in the Cook Islands and Ireland). One study found that ultra-wealthy investors are now keeping a bigger cash cushion out of the market?with 56% of millionaires who have a ?substantial? amount of cash on hand, but only 16% of them plan to invest in the next few months?and 40% don't intend to invest for another two years. Critics argue that this cash may be better invested or pumped into the economy; but the markets seem to be doing just fine without those added funds.
But can making and hoarding too much money become an addiction, such as alcoholism; or induce someone to engage in obsessive-compulsive behavior similar to gambling? It's been said that wealth doesn't change people, but only enhances their character. But either way, if a mentally unstable person can become rich, or if excessive wealth can cause an addictive or obsessive-compulsive behavior, then maybe more taxation can be their only cure?or at the every least, help to control their manic behavior or obsessive impulses (by reducing the dose of their drug of choice --- cash.)
Maybe it's not their fault if multi-billionaires can't stop making and hoarding money, not even if they tried. It's only natural human behavior than someone would want more. We don't have built-in biological governors to tell us to stop. Eating and sleeping might be the only two exemptions, or when we reach our physical limitations when working or having sex. Even then, we sometimes over-extend ourselves. Satisfying our biological urges and needs is natural human behavior. But exceeding those desires can be harmful, not just to ourselves, but to others. If we are weak and lack will-power, or engage in obsessive behavior, or succumb to anti-social and/or criminal behavior, or surrender to other temptations, our actions often harm others.
"Government" is one of society's ways of governing human behavior, to keep some from harming others. We make rules and laws, such as "you can't kill" and " you can't steal" ? then we met out punishments to those who break those rules. Without self-imposed rules, humans would have chaos and anarchy. In a democracy, we make laws based on the consensus of the majority. Some have argued that "rules" deprives us of our "freedoms" ? the freedom to do as we please, no matter what the consequences are to others.
Governments collect taxes to benefit a society as a whole, and taxation has been a means of collecting revenues for centuries. Although, some politicians have argued that this "redistribution of the wealth" is somehow evil. But civilized societies have always used taxation for building and maintaining roads and bridges (infrastructure), building and maintaining an army (defense) and addressing the well-being of the populace (hospitals, food, water). The purposes and means for collecting taxes vary, but in a democracy, the majority decides what they need, how much to collect, and how to collect tax revenues. Some countries use a "progressive" tax system, where the rich pays a higher tax rate; but in the U.S., over the past 40 years, it's become only mildly progressive.
It's only natural human behavior than someone would want more. It's only natural human behavior than someone would not want to pay taxes. It's only natural human behavior than someone would want to earn more and keep more of what they earn. But at what point does our behavior become obsessive and/or excessive? What is the purpose for hoarding (rather than just saving for a rainy day)? Is it possible that someone can earn too much in income, and then pay too little in taxes ? especially if it means that many more will earn too less and have too little in which to sustain themselves in a society that we built for ourselves collectively?
How many generations of one family can live in optimum luxury (without ever producing one more dollar of income) with $100 million ? or even $1 billion ? sitting idle in a typical checking account, without even earning interest to compensate for inflation? How many houses and cars can they buy?
Nick Hanauer in a speech at TED University: "Somebody like me makes hundreds or thousands as times much as the median American, but I don't buy hundreds or thousands of times as much stuff. My family owns three cars, not 3,000. I buy a few pairs of pants and shirts a year like most American men. Occasionally we go out to eat with friends."
From Mark Thoma, a macroeconomist at the University of Oregon:
"Most of the income gains during the recovery have gone to a group of people that tends to have a high saving rate. Instead of spending the money mostly on consumption goods like working class households do, much of it is saved instead ... The savings [trillions] piles up as retained earnings in corporations and excess reserves at banks. Had the economic gains gone to the working class and been spent on goods and services instead of sitting idle in corporate and bank coffers, the economy would have recovered faster."

We know when someone can have too little (now there are almost 50 million people in America who are poor), so at what point does someone have "enough", "more than enough" or "too much"? If someone has enough to sustain themselves in the highest capacity possible for the remainder of their natural life, and then also has enough to sustain their children in the highest capacity possible for the remainder of their natural lives?as well as their children's children?would that be enough for one person?
50% of all wage earners in the U.S. takes home less than $28,000 a year?the medium wage (a great many of these people are single moms).
The most expensive home in America costs almost $200,000,000 (Recently sold by John Rudey, the CEO of U.S.Timberlands Services.)
One American man has a net worth of $78,000,000,000 (Like a game of Monopoly, Bill Gates recently recaptured the title of world's richest person from the Mexican investor Carlos Slim)
The 6 heirs of Walmart have over $100,000,000,000 in net worth and each earn over $1 million every single day of the year with stock dividends. The Walmart heirs rake in $41,000 an hour, but pay their employees an average of $9 an hour.
America's 20 richest people have over ? trillion dollars?just 20 individual human beings!
Is there anything at all obscene with this? When will the very few have too much if the vast majority will have too little?
$1 billion is seen in the image below in $100-bills on pallets of $100 million each. There is 10 tons of cash sitting idle on those pallets collecting dust. Now multiply this by 78 for Bill Gates.

In 1961 IRS records indicate that the nation?s top 400 wealthiest Americans had incomes that averaged just over $2 million a year. These taxpayers, after exploiting every tax loophole they could find, paid 42.4 percent of their total incomes in federal tax.
Now fast forward to 2007, the last year before the Great Recession hit, and the IRS reports that our top 400 averaged $345 million in income. These contemporary rich, after exploiting every loophole they could find, paid only 16.6 percent of their total incomes in federal income tax.
After inflation, the top 400 in 2007 grabbed 25 times more in gross income than their top 400 counterparts in 1961 ? and 36 times more income after taxes. In actual dollars (after taxes and after inflation) our top 400 in 2007 had $112 billion more than the top 400 of 1961.
A good chunk of this top 400 hailed from the hedge fund world. In 2007, according to the financial industry trade journal Alpha, 50 hedge fund managers made at least $210 million each, well above the $138.8 million minimum needed over the course of the year to reach top 400 status.
Our hedge fund and private equity kingpins are once again pulling down pre-recession-level jackpots, and last year, for the first time ever, the nation's top 10 corporate CEOs each realized over $100 million in compensation.
AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka unveiled the 2013 Executive PayWatch, revealing that U.S. CEOs of the largest companies made 354 times the average rank-and-file worker per year.
Where are today?s super rich putting all this loot? When they're not hoarding it, a good bit of it is cascading into politics. The Washington Post reported last week that in 2012 the billionaire Koch brothers and their allies stuffed at least $407 million in politically active nonprofits (and didn't even have to disclose their donors.) These rich people want to influence, corrupt and poison our democracy by getting politicians elected who won't tax them.
$1 trillion is seen in the image below in $100-bills on pallets of $100 million each. $1 trillion would cover a football field full of these pallets stacked two-high. Now multiply this by 2. This is America's 400 wealthiest job creators?and 6 of those are the Walmart heirs. And this doesn't even include what they have hidden away in offshore bank accounts?untaxed by our government to repair our infrastructure.

Is this too much or what? Billionaires can't stop making and hoarding money, not even if they tried. They don't need more, they just want more. It's like a game to them, and they are racing to become the world's first trillionaire. It's only natural human behavior than someone would want more. We don't have built-in biological governors to tell us to stop. So governments must make them stop, or at least slow them down a little, because all this wealth is not trickling down to the masses, but is only being sucked up from the bottom and hoarded at the top.
Never before have so few made so much at the expense of so many. You can call it "greed" or whatever you like, but "too much" is too much. It might be time to raise the tax rates, don't you think? Before the rich own all our government leaders, stop taxing at all, and our civilization falls into irreversible decay?and the entire nation will end up just like Detroit. Or worse, in total chaos and anarchy?and only then would the Tea Party radicals and anti-government libertarians finally be satisfied.
But why isn't the top 0.01 percent ever satisfied? Whenever we ask them to pay a little more in taxes, or ask them to pay us a "living wage", they look at us as though we were crazy?as if we were asking them to burn their money, even though they have no other use for their excess cash. It's almost as though they cling to their money like a security blanket, afraid to let go. Besides just narcissism and ethics, do they also have issues with anxiety as well? Let's ask the forensic psychologist Dr. Stephen Diamond:
"Avarice can describe various greedy behaviors such as betrayal or treason for personal gain, hoarding of material things, theft, robbery, and fraudulent schemes such as Bernie Madoff's, designed to dishonestly manipulate others for personal profit...Greed is about never being satisfied with what one has, always wanting and expecting more. It is an insatiable hunger...Addiction is a form of greed. Addicts always want more of what gets them high, gives them pleasure, enables escape from anxiety."

And from the clinical psychologist, Dr. Tian Dayton:
"The person who uses money to mood-alter can have their relationship with money spin out of control; by being overly focused on accumulating it, spending it, hoarding it or using it to control people, places and things... Just as with a drug or alcohol, tolerance increases and they may find themselves needing to devote increasingly larger amounts of time to these activities... Just as is the case with any addict, their preoccupation with money becomes their primary preoccupation and money becomes their primary relationship."

The U.S. has 400 billionaires on the Forbes Fortune list, but over 75 million Americans (50% of all wage earners) take home less than $28,000 a year (while we also had 23% unemployed). So what is the top 0.01 percent's "End Game"? When the U.S. has 5,000 billionaires, but 50% of all wage earners take home less than $1,000 a year with 75% unemployed? When will the economic devastation of the American people finally end? Or is their grand plan to completely eliminate human labor altogether by using robots with artificial intelligence, thereby putting all of us out of work?
New York Times: The Second Machine Age - "Our generation will have more power to improve (or destroy) the world than any before, relying on fewer people and more technology. But it also means that we need to rethink deeply our social contracts, because labor is so important to a person's identity and dignity and to societal stability. They suggest that we consider lowering taxes on human labor to make it cheaper relative to digital labor, that we reinvent education so more people can race with machines, not against them, that we do much more to foster the entrepreneurship that invents new industries and jobs, and even consider guaranteeing every American a basic income. We?ve got a lot of rethinking to do, they argue, because we?re not only in a recession-induced employment slump. We?re in a technological hurricane reshaping the workplace ? and it just keeps doubling."

Mad Money's Jim Cramer recently said in an interview on MSNBC that "the best way for corporations to make money is to fire people." (And he wasn't joking.)
We have a minimum wage that hasn't been raised in 5 years or kept up with inflation. Recently seventy-five leading economists sent a letter to Congress telling them to raise the minimum wage, saying the Miller-Harkin plan would increase the wages of close to 17 million low-wage workers, bringing the minimum-wage value back to that of the late 1960s.
And we should raise the minimum wage, and we should also start considering a basic income; but maybe we should also consider a maximum wage as well. And we can accomplish this with taxation?and the best way to accomplish this is by taxing the top 0.01 percent on their capital gains income according to the current marginal income tax rates on regular wages; and also by taxing capital gains 100% for Social Security taxes (just like 95% of all regular wage earners currently pay).
Bruce Bartlett at the New York Times wrote a very interesting article about the history of the capital gains tax. It seems that ever since the Civil War, investors have filed lawsuits and constitutional challenges, arguing that capital gains were not ordinary income. But this should be changed, because obviously we can't seem to make these "job creators" pay us a living wage; nor can we keep them from offshoring our jobs overseas either?because of their addiction to cash hoarding.
But if we could convince Congress to tax them (and themselves) a little more progressively, just think of all the mentally unstable ultra-wealthy multi-billionaires we can cure with a little bit more taxation, by limiting their addiction to the hoarding of excessive money. And maybe this would also help cure them of their other vices: wrath, greed, sloth, pride, lust, envy, and gluttony. But unfortunately for us, too many members of our Congress also suffer from these same afflictions.
* The video below shows that wealth inequality in America is very real, but a study revealed that 9 out of 10 Americans were shocked to learn just by how much.
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From rkarch at mcn.org  Thu Aug  7 19:45:06 2014
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2014 19:45:06 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Radio report and survey on Net Outage from Jim
	Heid.
Message-ID: <EEFACF61-8F5D-4D86-999D-2CD10FBA6675@mcn.org>

Hi, neighbors:

If you missed last night?s ?Point & Click Radio?, during which we talked about the recent fiber-optic outage on the coast, here?s an archive:

http://www.macilife.com/audio/Point&Click_fiber_outage_Aug5_2014.mp3

(Thanks to Toni Orans for recording this!)

One of the topics we discussed was a new online survey aimed at finding out how many people were affected and how they were affected. This survey was assembled by the county and the Broadband Alliance of Mendocino County. 

If you haven?t completed this short survey, please do! If your business was affected ? for example, by not being able to perform credit card transactions ? please indicate that, too. 

http://surveymonkey.com/s/coastoutage

Thanks to Jim Moorehead of the Broadband Alliance of Mendocino County for taking the time to join us on the air. Please check out their site to learn more about their efforts.

http://www.mendocinobroadband.org/

Jim
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From irenelsm at mcn.org  Thu Aug  7 20:52:43 2014
From: irenelsm at mcn.org (Irene L. Malone)
Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2014 20:52:43 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Share this image with family and friends to
	#RememberRenisha
Message-ID: <61F399CA-FE8C-4F20-9B5E-C1575EB8090A@mcn.org>

JUSTICE: A jury found confessed killer Theodore Wafer guilty of  
second degree murder, manslaughter, and felony firearm charges for  
the tragic murder of 19-year-old Renisha McBride. Show your love and  
support by sharing this powerful image with friends and family.
http://act.colorofchange.org/sign/RememberRenishaSTW/? 
sp_ref=51925346.176.8878.e. 
0.2&referring_akid=3551.1023540._aoWi3&source=em_sp


From agnes at mcn.org  Tue Aug 12 20:31:58 2014
From: agnes at mcn.org (agnes at mcn.org)
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2014 20:31:58 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] [Fwd: [CRNMC] Report from the Mendocino County
 Board of Supervisors mtg 08/12/2014]
Message-ID: <5d97d3fe8640f1090c2af2bd7ee5c242.squirrel@webmail.mcn.org>

---------------------------- Original Message ----------------------------
Subject: [CRNMC] Report from the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors mtg
08/12/2014
From:    bodhirobin at pacific.net
Date:    Tue, August 12, 2014 5:22 pm
To:      "Community Rights" <crn at lists.mcn.org>
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

Report from the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors meeting 08/12/2014

They brought up their proposal for an anti-fracking ordinance and opened
it up to public comment.  I was the only person from CRNMC so I asked, ?Is
this a competing ordinance?  I thought you voted unanimously last week to
put Measure S on the November ballot.  Why are we putting 2 competing
ordinances on the November ballot??

Barry Vogel is in favor of the anti-fracking ordinance based on Butte
County written by interim County Counsel Doug Losak because it is
straightforward and will hold up to constitutional scrutiny.  It can also
be passed right here and now by the Board of Supervisors rather than wait
for November.  He said the CRNMC initiative, Measure S, is fatally flawed
because it has multiple issues and is unconstitutional.

Carre Brown wants to wait on the BOS anti-fracking ordinance until after
November when the People have spoken on Measure S.  She said that while
gathering signatures, the CRNMC deceived the People by making it about
anti-fracking.

John McCowen made it clear that they voted unanimously for Measure S just
because it was their duty to confirm the pubic signatures, but he first
wanted a report on its legality.  He agrees that they should wait until
after the November election before moving their ordinance forward.  If
Measure S passes, it would supersede this BOS anti-fracking ordinance.

John Pinches agrees to wait until after the November election for this
ordinance.  Let the People make their statement, and then, if Measure S
fails to pass, then move ahead with this one.

Dan Hamburg is in favor of the BOS ordinance because it distinguishes the
?good? fracking (steam) from the ?bad? (chemical hydrocarbon) fracking.
And it will stand up to constitutional muster.  He wants it in place now
to fall back upon in case Measure S doesn?t pass in Nov.
He disagrees about the deceit from the CRNMC because they were
straightforward about asserting community rights over corporate rights.

Dan Gjerde moved to pass it now.  Lost 2:3.  Result: No action taken on
the BOS's anti-fracking measure.



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From irenelsm at mcn.org  Wed Aug 13 08:50:25 2014
From: irenelsm at mcn.org (Irene L. Malone)
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2014 08:50:25 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Example: I just took action to secure
	#JusticeForMikeBrown
Message-ID: <4E287B2C-ECF1-4A0C-BDEF-40674398E351@mcn.org>

On Aug. 9th, 2014 a Fergueson, Missouri police officer racially  
profiled and fatally shot 18-year-old Michael Brown as the teen stood  
with his hands in the air. His family and community members are  
calling it an execution.

Racially-motivated police violence has no place in law enforcement  
and represents the systemic police abuse against Black communities in  
Ferguson and Missouri at large.

Enough is enough. We need widespread public pressure to ensure  
justice for Michael's family and to prevent this type of indefensible  
violence in the future. Please join me in calling on federal and city  
officials to investigate, prosecute, and fire all officers involved:

http://act.colorofchange.org/sign/mike_brown/? 
sp_ref=52391346.176.8892.e.0.2&referring_akid=3560.1023540.Y6z6T- 
&source=em_sp


From irenelsm at mcn.org  Thu Aug 14 11:48:17 2014
From: irenelsm at mcn.org (Irene L. Malone)
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2014 11:48:17 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Example: I just took action to secure
	#JusticeForMikeBrown
Message-ID: <B819160D-C33D-47E8-A147-2E0DEBCFEEA7@mcn.org>

On Aug. 9th, 2014 a Fergueson, Missouri police officer racially  
profiled and fatally shot 18-year-old Michael Brown as the teen stood  
with his hands in the air. His family and community members are  
calling it an execution.

Racially-motivated police violence has no place in law enforcement  
and represents the systemic police abuse against Black communities in  
Ferguson and Missouri at large.

Enough is enough. We need widespread public pressure to ensure  
justice for Michael's family and to prevent this type of indefensible  
violence in the future. Please join me in calling on federal and city  
officials to investigate, prosecute, and fire all officers involved:

http://act.colorofchange.org/sign/mike_brown/? 
sp_ref=52572284.176.8892.e.0.2&referring_akid=. 
1023540.YzwGg6&source=em_sp


From marksafron at att.net  Thu Aug 14 19:14:12 2014
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2014 19:14:12 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] "Ferguson police just executed my unarmed son!"
Message-ID: <7A9699E9-3D59-436D-BDEC-D75924C85BDA@att.net>

Dear friends,

A Ferguson, Missouri police officer racially profiled and fatally shot 18-year-old Michael Brown as the teen stood with his hands in the air. Mike Brown's father ? Louis Head ? and community members are calling it an execution.

Racially-motivated police violence has no place in law enforcement and represents the systemic police abuse against Black communities in Ferguson and Missouri at large.

Enough is enough. Please join us in calling on federal and city officials to rigorously investigate, prosecute, and fire all officers involved.

That's why I signed a petition to Eric Holder, United States Attorney General, Chris Koster, Missouri Attorney General, and Thomas Jackson, Ferguson Police Chief.

Will you sign this petition? Click here:

http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/ferguson-police-just?source=s.em.mt&r_by=1738757


Thanks!
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From irenelsm at mcn.org  Thu Aug 14 19:45:43 2014
From: irenelsm at mcn.org (Irene L. Malone)
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2014 19:45:43 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Terror in Ferguson!
Message-ID: <DE0548D7-EC7B-4F2D-AEC9-473C3CED414D@mcn.org>

Last night, St. Louis and Ferguson police ? dressed in camouflage and  
equipped with armored tanks and military rifles ? fired tear gas,  
rubber coated bullets, and flash grenades at thousands of Black  
residents exercising their right to peacefully assemble and demand  
accountability for the police killing of 18-year-old Michael Brown.

Local authorities have proven incapable and the federal government  
must step in. Will you join me in calling on President Barack Obama  
and US Attorney Eric Holder to deploy federal marshals to protect  
Missouri from an out of control and extremly violent police force:

http://act.colorofchange.org/sign/mikebrownpresobama/? 
sp_ref=52681817.176.8945.e. 
0.2&referring_akid=3569.1023540.xhjdg8&source=em_sp

From marksafron at att.net  Fri Aug 15 11:00:55 2014
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2014 11:00:55 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] An excellent presentation of inequality.
Message-ID: <9178D545-6252-484B-A427-F81E623B7FF9@att.net>

Please share:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rtySUhuokM

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From jupiter at mcn.org  Fri Aug 15 14:03:01 2014
From: jupiter at mcn.org (Linda Jupiter)
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2014 14:03:01 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Music is powerful
Message-ID: <566E6211-E084-41CD-BB9F-B0CC2487AF14@mcn.org>

Greetings,
At our second ?decolonization of the mind? meeting, folks from Community Rights Network, Occupy Mendo, and others got together to brainstorm about decolonization of our minds. This meeting focused on chanting and sound healing, led by Joy, and how music is such a powerful way to bring people together for social change. At the beginning of Occupy Mendo, we were all about music, thanks to Richard, the two Sheilas, Irene, Ed, and others. Somehow the music stopped.

I was in the Bay Area recently at a demonstration against Bank of America and women brought instruments and we sang during the entire demo, except for one or two short speeches. Nancy Schimmel is part of Occupella (and a music co-writer with an old friend, Bonnie Lockhart). She turned me on to her website, which is filled with all sorts of political songs: ?zipper songs (zip in new words to fit your event), parodies, social justice, Occupy songs, and more. 
  													http://www.occupella.org

Songs are free for all. And we can send of our songs to them, too, for a wider distribution.

The next meeting of decolonization of our minds will continue with the music theme. We?re planning on having some political events with a focus on music. If you?re interested, let me know and I?ll give you more info.

Cheers,
Linda










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From jupiter at mcn.org  Fri Aug 15 14:19:16 2014
From: jupiter at mcn.org (Linda Jupiter)
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2014 14:19:16 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Powerful YouTube video
References: <36826DCE-018D-476E-B332-5D746A12FDCF@mcn.org>
Message-ID: <77C59D1B-71C7-4C31-A2BA-6967038BE75A@mcn.org>

Debra Scott sent out this URL. She writes:
> 
> Please watch this beautiful being and shed a tear with me, as our brilliant youth ask us to step forward.
>  may they perservere!
>         LOVE AND GRATITUDE
>                  Debra
>> 
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6PrMybQzyQ

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From sheila.dawn50 at yahoo.com  Sat Aug 16 08:59:15 2014
From: sheila.dawn50 at yahoo.com (she-la)
Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2014 08:59:15 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Fwd: Minutes of August 2nd  OM meeting
Message-ID: <fx8j5e1n8cqhh2jnykbb5gol.1408204755278@email.android.com>



-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Minutes of August 2nd  OM meeting
From: she-la <sheila.dawn50 at yahoo.com>
To: occupymendocinolists at mcn.org
CC: 

 Present: Irene, Agnes, Daniel, Linda, Mark Bob & Sheila
   A review of the Public Banking Meeting in July was provided by Agnes. It was attended by Robin Sunbeam, Ellen & David Rosser as well as Agnes, Jessie & Sheila of OM. Agnes described a long meeting in which the current draft of the charter was revised to address the comments of Supervisor John McCowen in hopes of getting the needed third vote to put the Charter on the November ballot. After making the changes, McCowen replied in an email that there were other numerous concerns that he had not specified-- making it impossible to make the deadline for the Nov. election. 
   Agnes then informed the group that John Khury, the head of the EDFC ( Economic Development  & Financial Corp. for Mendocino County), who initially supported the idea of a Pubic Bank, was of the opinion that a County Public Bank was prohibited by 'Dillon's rule'.   This was a 1868 court case (upheld in 1923 by the Supreme Court) that allows the State to control local financial structure. Khury  also felt there was not enough capital flow within the County to make it feasible to warrant a Public Bank. 
    Eight states, including California, have exceptions to the rule in regard to municipalities. It was decided that more research was needed in this area. Agnes offered to contact Ellen Brown, Pres. of the Public Banking Institute, for her opinion.  It was also suggested to have a legal opinion from lawyer, Barry Vogel.
    The home rule clause is also a fundamental statement in the Community Rights proposal on banning fracking from the County, which will be on the Nov. ballot. If this proposal is challenged in court, the Community Environmental Legal  Defense Fund (CELDF) has promised legal support in defense of the right to home rule. It would be wise to watch the development of this legal struggle as it has direct ramifications regarding the authority to create a PublicBank.
  A question was raised about who has the most influence over the BOS. Does the charter give more control to this person, specifically the CEO, Carmel Angelo? 
   Agnes made a suggestion that complaints be made to the Grand Jury on the fact that Carmel Angelo did not follow through on the direction given to her by the BOS to explore ways an audit of County property records and financial transactions involving those records could be done. Did she go to the County dept. heads and discuss with them the possibilities of an audit as directed or was she delinquent in carrying out  that direction?  A follow up to the BOS on this question may be effective in getting an answer. 
   Plans for a fundraiser for the campaign for a Public Bank have been temporarily stalled with the invitation to Jim Hightower  declined.
   Robert Reich, a professor at UC Berkeley and the subject of a film, Inequality for All, which was featured in the Mendocino Film Festival this year, was suggested. Robin Sunbeam (through an email to Agnes) also suggested a panel discussion of bankers which would include Ellen Brown and Reich as a way to gain clarity of the myriad issues and obstacles surrounding a Public Bank.

     Notice of the Community Rights Open Meeting was given. It will be on this Sunday, Aug 17th, at the Camp 20 rest stop on Hwy 20 from 11 to 2 p.m. A pot luck of side dishes is requested to compliment a main course of various meat dishes to be provided by members of the group. People are also requested to make connections regarding carpooling.

   The upcoming Paul Bunyan Parade was discussed as the next scheduled OM activity.
  Research on the theme, deadline date for entry and cost of entry still need to be done before a final decision is made. 
  The question of whether the group thought the July 4th Parade was effective and worth the effort was met with an affirmative declaration.
  Sheila thought more outreach to potential marchers was needed for the  Labor Day Parade which will be on Monday, Sept. 1st.
   Linda offered to do an email invite to those on the Occupy mailing list to recruit a one time appearance of marchers ( as in flash mob) in support of the Occupy theme of Economic, Environmental Social & Political Justice.
    Mark advised that the email invite  response be directed to a specific person as those not on the Occupy Mendocino listserve will not be able to respond through that means.

    Sheila gave a short report of her request to the KZYX Bd . of Directors to have a discussion of the volunteer policy on the  Board's July meeting agenda.   It was not on the agenda as agreed to at the May Annual Membership meeting.  After fending off a denial of the Bd. Pres. that she had publicly agreed to a public discussion of the volunteer policy, specifically as it regarded the authority of management to ban prospective volunteers, and an attempt by Bd. member, Meg Courtney to derail a discussion by stating she understood that it was not a Bd. decision, a compromise was proposed by Bd. member, Holly Madrigal to come up with guidelines for accepting or rejecting prospective volunteers.
    A few weeks later, Sheila was informed by Bd. Vice Pres., Stuart Campbell, that she was welcome to participate in the planned Oct. Birthday celebration event. She had been banned from volunteering at the public radio station for over 1 1/2 years for recording a statement by the Program Director that she could not answer phones during the pledge drive due to an unflattering question asked in an AVA article regarding the extension of the Program Director's duties into the realm of security. The compromise means that other ways to fulfill a volunteer membership were found as was originally promised by GM, John Coate.  Moreover, other potential volunteers will have written guidelines established to prevent similar overreaches of management & staff in regard to exclusionary decisions.

 A report on the BOS meeting attended  by Ann R., Bob & Sheila on July 8th was given.
  In that mtg,  a report of the temporary closure of the Buddy Ehler homeless shelter in Ukiah  and the impacts of that decision on coastal resources was given by Supervisor Dan Gjerde.
   Ann commented that $1 million was budgeted for copy machines in the County but no money could be found to help those struggling to find shelter.
     She also commented on the Grand Jury finding that several million $ from the County Libraries  sales tax initiative had been misdirected into the General Fund. A 40 page response was formulated by County CEO, Carmel Angelo, which the public was told was available to read on the County's website.
      The approval on a ban of disposable polystyrene containers was also approved by the BOS. This will effect take out orders at restaurants , grocery stores and special events. The ban goes into effect March 15 2015. Violations after that date will be given one warning after which a $500 fine will be imposed foe each violation.
 
  The Piccadilly Flea Market at the Community Center of Mendocino was discussed. It will occur on the 2nd Saturday of the month. OM acquired more complete sets of Occupy Cards (25) which are being sold for $5. Donations of clothes and contributions could not be organized on short notice.
    Richard, who is one of the organizers & on the CCM Board, required a $25 participation fee. It was decided at this meeting that such a high stipend would negate any potential benefit as it was not assured we could generate enough income to make it worth OM's time and effort.
    Lastly, the requirements of the Peace & Justice grant regarding having a storefront presence and incorporating a strategy for acquiring  more new and a younger base of members were discussed.
    Sheila thought the one possibility that was open to OM was to work out an agreement with the Regenerative Design Center in Mendocino which has  been favorable to having greater community involvement of the space. Located on Ukiah St, next to what used to be Lu's Burrito open air restaurant and currently under the proprietorship of Justin Calvino, it offers the potential of reaching many of the youth of Mendocino. 
     Do we have the energy & commitment to move this idea forward? It could serve as a meeting place and the money we now give to the Senior Center could go to the RDC --Regenerative Design Center. OM needs new energy to survive.
    A conversation about setting up a hostel for travelers in Mendocino, as was recently approved for Ft Bragg, was a part of the brainstorming of what direction OM should focus on in gaining new future momentum.
  The next OM meeting is scheduled for Saturday,Aug 16th  at the Senior Center from 2 to 4 p.m.
                    Respectfully submitted.
                   Sheila Dawn Tracy

From agnes at mcn.org  Sat Aug 16 11:45:11 2014
From: agnes at mcn.org (agnes at mcn.org)
Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2014 11:45:11 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] [Fwd: My letter to Shari Shapmire re: the Annual
	Investment Report]
Message-ID: <7a7f3d012a32d62c839cb0a7b02228a0.squirrel@webmail.mcn.org>

Robin Sunbeam works with Occupy Mendocino and the Public Banking
Coalition. Please read this to see with what our County Treasurer is
investing our  county money including School Bands, Retirement Funds of
the $234 Million of the County Budget. I urge you to watch the video at
the end: Our money is not Safe in the Big Banks.
Best Regards,
Agnes Woolsey

---------------------------- Original Message ----------------------------
Subject: My letter to Shari Shapmire re: the Annual Investment Report
From:    bodhirobin at pacific.net
Date:    Sat, August 16, 2014 10:54 am
To:      "Agnes Woolsey" <agnes at mcn.org>
         "Mary Zellachild" <maryzel at willitsonline.com>
         "Ellen Rosser" <ellen.rosser at gmail.com>
         "Ian Mackenzie" <ianmackenzie24 at gmail.com>
         "Jed Davis" <jedasiah at gmail.com>
         "Dan Hamburg" <vote at pacific.net>
         "Dan Gjerde" <dangjerde at netscape.net>
         "John McCowen" <mccowen at co.mendocino.ca.us>
         "Carre Brown" <carrebrown at pacific.net>
         "John Pinches" <pinchesj at co.mendocino.ca.us>
         "Bart Kaplan" <bobaka2 at comcast.net>
         "Peggy Backup" <pbackup1 at gmail.com>
         "Keith Wyner" <kwyner at mcn.org>
Cc:      "Jessie VanSant" <vjessielee at gmail.com>
         "Sheila Dawn" <sheila.dawn50 at yahoo.com>
         "Tom Davenport" <tom.davenport at vintagenet.us>
         "Phil Baldwin" <felipe at pacific.net>
         "Benj Thomas" <ukiahguy at yahoo.com>
         "Steve Scalmanini" <sscalmanini at yahoo.com>
         "Jane Jarlsberg" <jjarlsberg at gmail.com>
         "Sakina Bush" <sakina at mcn.org>
         "Linda Jupiter" <jupiter at mcn.org>
         "Jim Tarbell" <rtp at mcn.org>
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Letter
to Mendocino County Treasurer, Shari Shapmire, about the county Annual
Investment Report.

 Hi Shari,
 I arrived a bit late and
didn't hear the beginning of your Annual Investment Report.  I have
several questions.

  1) Did I overhear the Chandler adviser
mention something about "credit  enhancements" that might boost
your return...?  The derivatives market  is always coming up with
creative new  names for their high risk,
unregulated investments.  I surely hope that  you are not investing the
County's money in any fancy designer notes.

  2) The
Economic Update on p3 gives a surprising and rosy report.  Were  those
statistics for Mendocino County, California, or the USA?

 3)
Since farming is the largest income producer in our county, what do
nonfarm payrolls mean to us?

  4) Although the unemployment
rate fell, how many of those jobs pay a  living wage?  How many of them
also require public assistance to make  ends meet?

 5) Why
is it a good thing that consumer debt rose?   That just means that there
will be more fodder to foreclose on when  the Homeowner's Bill of Rights
expires in 2018.

 6) What is an "asset backed
security"?  What is a "mortgage pass through"?

They both sound like the mortgage backed securities that the big wall
street banks are paying settlements for defrauding people and the rating
agencies declined to take responsibility for their ratings of these  toxic
assets.  Although the big Wall Street banks have been paying  settlements,
the laws have not changed and the banks are still carrying  on the same
frauds.  The settlements are only a small fraction of the  amount of
profits gained from the fraud.

 Please remember that Orange
County went bankrupt from the Treasurer investing public money in
derivatives.

  I noticed that there were no ABS in June
2013.  Now there is 3.6%.   BEWARE!!!!  I suggest to stay miles away from
ABS or MPT for investing  public monies!  Don't be tempted by that smooth
Chandler guy.

  7) General Electric is one of the biggest
defense contractors in the  nation, and they control a large part of the
mainstream media.  They are  war profiteers and promote nuclear weapons.
They are an unethical  company and I suggest you divest our public monies
from them.

  8) Wells Fargo Corporation is one of the banks
that have settled over  their fraudulent foreclosure practices.  They are
an unethical company  and our public monies should not help fund their
unethical business  practices.

 9) Both Coca Cola and
Pepsico contributed to  defeat the GMO labeling law Prop 37.  They bought
fraudulent advertizing  with misleading and specious accusations shortly
before the election.   Considering that Measure H was passed in 2004
banning GMO agriculture in  our county, one could assume that your
constituents are in favor of GMO  labeling.  You must not invest our
public funds in companies that  actively fund opposition to the will of
Mendocino County voters.

  10) The Wal-Mart business model
depends upon paying such low wages that  their employees need public
assistance to make ends meet making  Wal-Mart one of the most profitable
companies in the world.  Wal-Mart  corporation is an unethical welfare
queen robbing the public coffers to  get richer and richer.  Please divest
our county's public money from  supporting a welfare queen like Wal-Mart.


 11) Why are we  investing all the county's money in
companies that have NOTHING to do  with Mendocino County?  Why aren't we
investing our county's dollars  into our own county's economic
development?

 12) Carmel Angelo  said our county loses about
$53,000 per year from MERS bypassing  recording fees.  If we started
recording assignments, and stopped paying  BOA $45,000/yr, we would be
$8000 ahead. (a joke)

 12) Please watch this 12 minute video
about the looming risk of depositing in the big banks. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIVRcYJvjwA

 In Peace,
Robin Sunbeam
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From agnes at mcn.org  Sat Aug 16 13:12:56 2014
From: agnes at mcn.org (agnes at mcn.org)
Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2014 13:12:56 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] [Fwd: Facebook is taking over your phone]
Message-ID: <613bf51addf008608671b2f3cbad50ed.squirrel@webmail.mcn.org>

---------------------------- Original Message ----------------------------
Subject: Facebook is taking over your phone
From:    "Kaytee Riek, SumOfUs.org" <us at sumofus.org>
Date:    Sat, August 16, 2014 11:43 am
To:      "Agnes S. Woolsey" <agnes at mcn.org>
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

      Facebook is forcing users to install a messaging app that gives it
access
   to a wealth of personal data and allows it to control your phone without
   your permission.

   Tell Facebook to stop this shocking invasion of users' privacy.

   [1]Sign the Petition

   Agnes,

   In a breathtakingly creepy invasion of privacy, Facebook is forcing all
   smartphone users to install a new messaging app. The Android version of
   the app -- and to a lesser extent the iPhone version as well -- allows
   Facebook to access your phone camera and record audio, call and send
   messages without your permission, identify details about you and all your
   contacts, and send that info on to third parties.

   If you want to carry on sending and receiving messages on Facebook you now
   have no choice but to install Facebook Messenger - and give the company
   access to a wealth of personal data stored on your phone.

   Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has also admitted that his long-term plan
   is to 'monetize' the app, so we need to act now before the app becomes
   impossible to stop.

   [2]Tell Facebook to stop invading its users' privacy and allow people to
   keep using the old messenger feature.

   The company claims that it is simply improving the user experience, and
   that it doesn't have control over the permissions required for the app,
   specifically on Android phones. But there's a simple solution to the
   problem: don't make users download the new messenger.

   Most people installing the app have absolutely no idea what they just
   agreed to. So we need to spread the word about Facebook's shocking privacy
   invasion -- and if we can make this petition huge, Facebook will have to
   listen.

   [3]Sign the petition and share it on Facebook.

   Thanks for all you do,

   Kaytee, Angus, Hanna, Jon and the rest of us at SumOfUs



   **********
   More information:

   [4]Facebook's Messenger app wants all of your personal information,
   Canada.com, July 31 2014
   [5]Facebook Is Forcing Messenger on Users and They Aren't Happy About It,
   Mashable July 30 2014
   [6]The Insidiousness of Facebook Messenger's Mobile App Terms of Service,
   Huffington Post, December 1 2013

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From rkarch at mcn.org  Sun Aug 17 10:02:40 2014
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2014 10:02:40 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Create A Moratorium On Closing Postal Facilities
Message-ID: <59D7202C-6609-4174-B6D0-1189F8881518@mcn.org>



Create A Moratorium On Closing Postal Facilities And Cutting Services Until A Reform Bill Has Been Passed By Congress
We demand the US Postal Service cease closing post offices of all sizes and keep current service levels. We want the postal service to continue six day delivery of all mail. We demand Congress establish an immediate moratorium of any downsizing of any type until a new postal reform bill has been passed. This bill should include repealing the requirement to prefund 75 years of retiree healthcare benefits in a 10 year window at $5.5 billion dollars a year.

Dear Richard:

Last week a group of 50 US Senators banded together to protest the closure of 82 mail processing plants across the USA.  Please sign and share our petition to stop the closure of any postal facilities until Congress takes action.  The link follows:  Create a moratorium. 

As always you mail us your letters and postcards to SAVE OUR POST OFFICE, P.O. Box 5041, Terre Haute, IN 47805 and we will share with Congress.

Thank You
Jerry 
 
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From marksafron at att.net  Sun Aug 17 13:13:24 2014
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2014 13:13:24 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] I don't use Facebook.
Message-ID: <527E2BEA-2DAE-4BE7-9D41-3E5B7A523475@att.net>

Nothing on the internet is ?free.? Google tracks you. About a dozen services know every time you visit a site. How do you think those pop up ads tailor themselves to items you?ve looked at? There is anti tracking software you can install to stop tracking you which also shows you who?s doing it:

I use Adblock: http://downloadian.com/softwares/578927
and Ghostery: https://www.ghostery.com/en/

Regards, Mark 


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From marksafron at att.net  Sun Aug 17 22:43:23 2014
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2014 22:43:23 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Breaking News: Autopsy Shows Michael Brown Was
	Struck at Least 6 Times
Message-ID: <AA077E56-99C6-4CA5-BCFB-3FCC379D26B8@att.net>


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BREAKING NEWS	Sunday, August 17, 2014 11:02 PM EDT
Autopsy Shows Michael Brown Was Struck at Least 6 Times
A private, family-requested autopsy shows that Michael Brown was shot at least six times ? twice in the head ? with all of the bullets striking him in the front.
The report was made available to The New York Times on Sunday.
One of the bullets entered the top of Mr. Brown?s skull, suggesting his head was bent forward when it struck him and caused a fatal injury, according to Dr. Michael M. Baden, the former chief medical examiner for the City of New York. Dr. Baden, who flew to Missouri on Sunday at the family?s request to conduct the autopsy, said it was probably the last of the bullets to hit him.
Mr. Brown was also shot four times in the right arm, Dr. Baden said.
The rounds did not appear to have been fired from very close range because no gunshot powder residue was present on his body. However, that determination could change if it turns out that there is gunshot residue on Mr. Brown?s clothing, to which Dr. Baden did not have access.
Local officials have completed an autopsy, but have not made the results public. The Justice Department said Sunday that it was also planning an autopsy in the case.
Mr. Brown, an 18-year-old African-American, was shot and killed Aug. 9 after a confrontation with a white police officer in Ferguson, Mo., a St. Louis suburb.
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From irenelsm at mcn.org  Sat Aug 16 08:52:37 2014
From: irenelsm at mcn.org (Irene L. Malone)
Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2014 08:52:37 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Fwd: JUSTICE in #Ferguson for Mike Brown: It's
	time to demilitarize the police
References: <24edc6-1414-53ee0864@list.democracyforamerica.com>
Message-ID: <39958B5A-DF79-4659-AA74-4C78B80E10B4@mcn.org>



Begin forwarded message:

> From: "Charles Chamberlain, Democracy for America"  
> <info at democracyforamerica.com>
> Date: August 15, 2014 6:17:24 AM PDT
> To: "Irene Malone" <irenelsm at mcn.org>
> Subject: JUSTICE in #Ferguson for Mike Brown: It's time to  
> demilitarize the police
> Reply-To: info at democracyforamerica.com
>
?
> Irene --
>
> Sniper rifles aimed at protesters. Armored vehicles that look like  
> tanks. Police dressed like storm troopers.
>
> It looks like Baghdad. But it's not. It's America.
>
> It's a town of 20,000 people in the Heartland.
>
> The images from Ferguson, Missouri, are shocking. In an outrageous  
> overreaction to the protests that have erupted demanding answers  
> and accountability in the police killing of unarmed teenager  
> Michael Brown, police responded by shooting tear gas, rubber  
> bullets, and stun grenades at children, nonviolent protesters and  
> reporters.
>
> When Huffington Post reporter Ryan J. Reilly was unfairly arrested  
> by police on Wednesday, he said that "the police resembled soldiers  
> more than officers."
>
> This isn't "protect and serve." It's an occupying army. And these  
> military tactics and weapons used by police have escalated tensions  
> and made Ferguson less safe. Even moderate Democrats like Missouri  
> Senator Claire McCaskill are calling on police to demilitarize to  
> help calm the situation.
>
> This problem isn't unique to Ferguson.
>
> Chances are that your own police department already has militarized  
> itself. The Pentagon has used part of a little known law, known as  
> Section 1033, to sell surplus weapons from the Afghanistan and Iraq  
> wars to local police. Instead of getting out of their cars and  
> working with communities to tackle crime, police increasingly hide  
> behind high tech weapons, vehicles and armor made for use on a  
> battlefield -- not the city streets of small town America. In  
> Ferguson, we are starkly witnessing how this limits freedom and  
> puts law-abiding Americans' safety at risk.
>
> Sen. McCaskill's comments are an excellent start. Now we need  
> elected leaders across America to take immediate action. Join us by  
> telling Congress to reform Section 1033 and stop the flow of  
> military weapons and hardware to local police.
>
> This policy is turning every city in America into the next possible  
> battlefield. Even worse, we've heard from several Iraq and  
> Afghanistan veterans that the armor and weapons the police are  
> using in Ferguson are more than they ever used overseas. These  
> veterans were astonished and troubled to see American police  
> pointing the barrel of a gun at nonviolent protesters.
>
> This is not a new trend. Military weapons and tactics have been  
> used to quash protests against inequality and corporate power since  
> the World Trade Organization protests in Seattle in 1999. And I  
> still remember seeing grenades and tanks used to crush Occupy Wall  
> Street protests in 2011. These tactics don't make anyone safer.  
> Instead they injure innocent people, sow distrust between the  
> public and the police, and undermine our Constitutional rights.
>
> Our country is built upon the right to speak out in protest -- and  
> we declared independence in part because of a military occupation  
> of Boston. Military weapons and tactics have no place in our local  
> police forces. Our officers should be partnering with the public to  
> fight crime together rather than targeting the public with weapons  
> previously used in overseas wars.
>
> Congress needs to hear from us loud and clear: it's time to  
> demilitarize the police in America. Sign our petition demanding  
> Congress reform Section 1033 now.
>
> Thank you for taking action and standing up for a safer America.
>
> - Charles
>
> Charles Chamberlain, Executive Director
> Democracy for America
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From irenelsm at mcn.org  Mon Aug 18 12:37:30 2014
From: irenelsm at mcn.org (Irene L. Malone)
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2014 12:37:30 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] I just signed this petition -- will you?
Message-ID: <C83DD239-5469-465C-BB7F-BF0E0ACDCDFB@mcn.org>

Hi,

Recently, St. Louis and Ferguson police ? dressed in camouflage and  
equipped with armored tanks and military rifles ? fired tear gas,  
rubber coated bullets, and flash grenades at thousands of African- 
American residents exercising their right to peacefully assemble and  
demand accountability for the police killing of 18-year-old Michael  
Brown.

I just signed this petition calling on President Barack Obama and US  
Attorney General Eric Holder to deploy federal marshals to protect  
Missouri from an out of control and extremely violent police force. I  
think you should, too: http://act.credoaction.com/sign/ 
Obama_Ferguson/?sp_ref=53172173.4.8944.e.33639.2&referring_akid=. 
2103749.uSRmsK&source=mailto_sp

From rkarch at mcn.org  Tue Aug 19 10:23:32 2014
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2014 10:23:32 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] KKKlan organizing
Message-ID: <820C1DEC-212E-4A1C-8526-AA158374B60C@mcn.org>

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/08/18/klan-heading-to-ferguson-to-guard-white-businesses-back-shooting-of-ngger-criminal/
 
 Ku Klux Klan (KKK) members from three different states are reportedly traveling to Ohio to hold a two-day fundraiser for the officer who shot unarmed teen Michael Brown, and to ?guard white businesses.?
The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) first reported last week that that the New Empire Knights of the Ku Klux Klan had begun raising money in support of the Ferguson police officer who killed Brown.

 that it would be holding a fundraiser on August 23-24 in Sullivan, about 60 miles from Ferguson.
On Friday, the New Empire Knights announced 



?With the police state in Ferguson, we will be holding our fundraiser in Sullivan City, MO,? the announcement said. ?Donations of $10 and up. All money will go to the cop who did his job against the negro criminal.?

New Empire Knights Imperial Wizard Charles Murray said in the comments section of the group?s website that the event was ?being attended by 3 different Klan fractions.?

And to anyone thinking of trying to get in the way, Murray warned, ?we have guns (and more).?


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From marksafron at att.net  Thu Aug 21 17:59:37 2014
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2014 17:59:37 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Beyond Dodd-Frank
Message-ID: <1E3F331C-BC67-4F0D-BFF2-47264D50E072@att.net>

For federal regulators, the Dodd-Frank Act (DFA) of 2010 resembles an earthquake so massive that its aftershocks threaten to go on forever. The overarching purpose of this legislation is to end the perception that very large financial organizations can and do make themselves economically, politically, and administratively so difficult to fail and unwind that their liabilities implicitly enjoy near perfect government guarantees.
 
Has the legislation had the intended effect? ?No" is the definitive answer provided by Edward Kane, a professor of Finance at Boston College, and a longstanding critic of the direction which financial reform has taken since the collapse of Lehman.
Full story: http://ineteconomics.org/new-economic-thinking/edward-kane-beyond-dodd-frank

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From rkarch at mcn.org  Sat Aug 23 10:45:43 2014
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2014 10:45:43 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] BANK OF AMERICA SETTLEMENT LIKELY TO BENEFIT FEW
Message-ID: <749BB354-BEA1-49A8-9FCB-9D916DEC6693@mcn.org>

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_BANK_OF_AMERICA_SETTLEMENT?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

BANK OF AMERICA SETTLEMENT LIKELY TO BENEFIT FEW

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From irenelsm at mcn.org  Sun Aug 24 09:31:35 2014
From: irenelsm at mcn.org (Irene L. Malone)
Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2014 09:31:35 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] I just signed this petition -- will you?
Message-ID: <355EA49F-E753-44FF-8F8B-AA39012508DC@mcn.org>

Hey there,

The online fundraising platform GoFundMe is profiting off racially- 
motivated donors, some of whom are celebrating the police killing of  
Michael Brown.

In the past week, a fundraising effort has been started to support  
Darren Wilson, the officer responsible for Michael Brown's death.

Take a look at this donor comment:

?Let this ?GoFundMe' serve as an example to all cops in America: The  
general public will support you, especially if you pull the trigger  
on violent criminal thugs.?

It made my blood boil, and there are others like it. So I'm calling  
on GoFundMe to take down Darren Wilson fundraising pages and return  
all profits.

http://act.colorofchange.org/sign/gofundme/? 
sp_ref=53858570.176.9059.e. 
34163.2&referring_akid=3597.1023540.wF_CJe&source=em_sp

I hope you'll join me!

From rkarch at mcn.org  Wed Aug 27 09:05:22 2014
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2014 09:05:22 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] 40% of Restaurant Workers Live Near Poverty
Message-ID: <7FC64E15-D69B-4C0B-8547-1A1CABBC6F39@mcn.org>

http://www.motherjones.com/tom-philpott/2014/08/40-percent-restuarant-workers-live-near-poverty


It isn't just fast-food empires that rely on a low-paid, disempowered, and quite-often impoverished workforce. As a stomach-turning new report (PDF viewablehere) from the Economic Policy Institute shows, the entire restaurant industry hides a dirty little labor secret under the tasteful lighting of the dining room.

Here are some highlights:
? The restaurant industry is a massive and growing source of employment. It accounts for more than 9 percent of US private-sector jobs?up from a little more than 7 percent in 1990. That's nearly a 30 percent gain.
? The industry's wages have stagnated at an extremely low level.


http://www.motherjones.com/tom-philpott/2014/08/40-percent-restuarant-workers-live-near-poverty

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From sheila.dawn50 at yahoo.com  Fri Aug 29 13:16:29 2014
From: sheila.dawn50 at yahoo.com (she-la)
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2014 13:16:29 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Meeting place and order of 99% stickers
Message-ID: <7yt1kdpouolqdwr4xbj3qoa7.1409343388726@email.android.com>

   Linda & OM ers
      I had hoped to give the 99% stickers away at the parade but we have the Occupy cards ( Public Banking & Fracking) so its not essential.
   I will check to see if the Senior Center is available when I go in today or by a telephone call. We have to lock down a firm meeting place by this evening
      Richard said he will try to attend tomorrow's meeting which will help. Has Jessie mentioned any response to the evite?
  Peace ,
 Sheila Dawn



Linda Jupiter <jupiter at mcn.org> wrote:

>Hi, Sheila,
>Yes, it seems that Howard is weakening. Irene spends quite a bit of time with him, which is a gift.
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>No we didn?t discuss the 99% stickers. I thought they were pretty inconsequential looking and doubt that anyone will buy them. We?d have to order bigger ones, as bumper stickers, which can be expensive, if we want folks to buy them. 
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>The puppets would be great for the parade. The Brazilian drumming group TreMendo has joined our parade contingent so they will no doubt make singing moot, as they?re pretty loud. They?re wonderful, however, for keeping up our energy. 
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>I?d prefer meeting at the Senior Center on Saturday, Sheila, although that?s not our usual time so it might be booked.
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>Onward,
>Linda
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>> Hi Linda, 
>>   I saw Howard yesterday and he was agreeable to meeting at his house next Sat. but today I got an email from Irene saying that his daughter requests that we not plan to meet there. I guess she feels he is not strong enough after his blood transfusion.
>>   I don't know if we discussed getting 99% stickers-- the 2 inch size to distribute at the parade while you were there. 
>>  If I remember correctly, you were the person who ordered them the first time. Also, I saw the 99% bumper stickers while I was at Howard's and was wondering if they could be ordered through the same site. It might be an easy way to pick up a few $ at yard sales and I am personally interested in getting a couple to give to friends. What do you think? Is there enough time for an order?
>>   I emailed Richard K. to request use of the puppets for the parade and asked him if he wanted to be involved. I also suggested singing the Occupy song so I await his response.
>>   Is it possible to have the informal meeting at your place next Sat.? You could set a time frame that's most convenient for you. It would be a short meeting to make sure we have appropriate signage for the puppets (Richard willing) and the parade. If not, there's always the Senior Center.
>>                          Onward & Upward,
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From sheila.dawn50 at yahoo.com  Fri Aug 29 13:49:57 2014
From: sheila.dawn50 at yahoo.com (she-la)
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2014 13:49:57 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Meeting time for Parade details
Message-ID: <hmrjg645d4jr2plyl86qllj4.1409345396952@email.android.com>

Hi All, 
 I called the Senior Center and they've reserved our usual room for us. 
 It is Labor Day weekend with lots of activities going on so both Ann R. & I would like to meet earlier than usual-- from 12 p.m. to 2p.m.-- if we actually need 2 hours.  
We need to know how many people are marching, what signs we are going to use and make a few small new signs for the puppets. Richard is on board with letting us use them in the parade.
  I had an idea that perhaps we can raffle off a hat & a T shirt to anyone who participates in the march with us as an incentive.
  Brainstorming what is most relevant for the small puppet signs is needed. Bring markers & tape & white paper to the meeting if you have such supplies. (I have some).
   Please email ASAP if the time doesn't work for anyone as it is open to discussion.
  Also Hildy? at the Senior Center asked if we were current on our contributions.
      Looking forward to getting all the details worked out &  having a great presence on Monday. 
     See you there hopefully.
            Sheila Dawn

