From rkarch at mcn.org  Thu Dec  4 12:32:21 2014
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2014 12:32:21 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Occupy Honors HOward with a Tree?T
Message-ID: <7D5C8F46-74A1-4317-A7CD-5DD703CA2A0D@mcn.org>

Dear OM, 
I wonder if the Senior Center might give us a space for us to put in a small tree in memory of HOward.  There are lots of Japanese Maples that stay small and others. 
We could have a ceremony and have a marker. I think he is quite befitting as a supporter of the SC and OM.

Just a thought. 

Let me know what y'all think.

Richard  
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From marksafron at att.net  Thu Dec  4 16:33:46 2014
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2014 16:33:46 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] These 17 States Just Sued Obama for Wanting to
	Keep Families Together
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> http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/12/04/1349246/-These-17-States-Just-Sued-Obama-for-Wanting-to-Keep-Families-Together?detail=email <http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/12/04/1349246/-These-17-States-Just-Sued-Obama-for-Wanting-to-Keep-Families-Together?detail=email>
> 
These 17 States Just Sued Obama for Wanting to Keep Families Together
> As you may have heard by now, Obama has been sued by 17 states who think keeping families together is bad for America:
> 
> Texas. Alabama. Georgia. Idaho. Indiana. Kansas. Louisiana. Maine. Mississippi. Montana. Nebraska. North Carolina. South Carolina. South Dakota. Utah. West Virginia. Wisconsin.
> 
> The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Brownsville, Tex., was the first major legal challenge to initiatives Mr. Obama announced Nov. 20 that will provide protection from deportation and work permits to up to five million immigrants in the country illegally.
> -17 States Suing on Immigration <http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/04/us/executive-action-on-immigration-prompts-texas-to-sue.html>How will the future look back on this day? What will it say to those seventeen states for taking up arms against a democratic ideal that sought to serve the powerless and keep them bound to their families, honoring the work ethic of millions of the hardest-working people on the planet <http://www.hispanicallyspeakingnews.com/latino-daily-news/details/hardest-working-people-on-the-planet-mexicans-in-mexico/6915/> who found themselves on American soil?  Will we look back at this day as the political equivalent of dogs and firehoses unleashed on honest people just trying to carve out a small slice of the American dream?
> Or will history say, "It made all the sense in the world, given the many other faults in your Republican stars"? The only time in American history that an entire House of Congress has sued a sitting President of the United States happened last week <http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/22/us/politics/obamacare-lawsuit-filed-by-republicans.html> because that President passed a law to help grandmothers get better care at the hospital and parents offer their children a healthier childhood and working families afford the costs of taking care of the people they work so hard for in the first place. After Obama and Democrats found a way to pass universal health care, Republicans voted 50 times to repeal or cripple the new law. 50 times. Republicans voted 50 times to hurt you and me and the 291 million American citizens <http://kff.org/other/state-indicator/distribution-by-citizenship-status/> that make us who we are. They spent nearly $50 million dollars <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/11/health-care-law-repeal_n_1666917.html> doing that, enough to build an elementary school or two and still have money left over to buy books and buy every kid at that school breakfast and lunch for who knows how long <http://www.fns.usda.gov/sites/default/files/NSLPFactSheet.pdf>.
> 
> But Republicans don't care about schools or books or food for undernourished kids. They don't care about building a brighter future. Their leader, John Boehner, has said outright that its number one priority is rolling back Obamacare <http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/11/06/362056737/boehner-says-rolling-back-obamacare-is-gop-priority>, a healthcare law representing the luckiest break women and young people in urban and rural areas alike have caught in decades <http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/10/29/upshot/obamacare-who-was-helped-most.html?abt=0002&abg=1>.
> 
> They don't care about your beloved aunt battling fibromyalgia, or your first-born son navigating the world with autism <http://www.autismspeaks.org/advocacy/advocacy-news/health-care-reform-what-does-it-mean-autism-community> either. They don't care about your daughter the brilliant young scientist <http://www.amazon.com/The-Republican-Science-Chris-Mooney/dp/0465046762> who aspires to greatness, if there's even a world left for her to actually do great things for <http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2014/06/23/house_gop_threatens_to_defund_epa.html> after Republicans are done with it.
> 
> Republicans like Texan Governor-elect Greg Abbot, who has sued Obama 31 times since 2008 and just launched an unprecedented 17-state lawsuit against the Obama administration for offering to help 5 million people who will contribute $25 billion in deficit reduction over the next ten years to our economy <http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/docs/cea_2014_economic_effects_of_immigration_executive_action.pdf> stay with their families, have nothing to offer our country but anger:
> 
> The suit added to the broadside by angry Republicans against Mr. Obama?s unilateral actions. In Washington, Republicans in the House of Representatives moved toward holding a largely symbolic vote on Thursday on a bill to dismantle the president?s programs, with a plan to vote next week on a spending bill that could fund the Department of Homeland Security, the agency administering the new programs, for only a few months.
> 
> The states? lawsuit also argued that the Obama administration had failed to comply with requirements the federal government must follow in issuing new rules, and it warned that Mr. Obama?s measures would encourage a new wave of illegal crossings at the Southwest border, forcing Texas and other states to spend additional funds on law enforcement, health care and education.
> 
> The President has only authorized a paltry 1.3% of all Executive Orders ever authorized by presidents of the United States <http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/data/orders.php>, but because some of those executive orders actually help big swaths of people in our country, and despite the fact that both Reagan and Bush Senior executed similar immigration measures in their days <http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/foreign-policy/219463-when-reagan-and-ghw-bush-took-bold-executive-action-on>, the GOP is happy to spend its days suing the first black President of the United States for attempting to help people:
> ?I go into the office, I sue the federal government, and I go home,? Mr. Abbott has told audiences at public events and political rallies. But with being joined by other states, Mr. Abbott?s new lawsuit seemed likely to become a primary vehicle for Republicans? efforts to halt Mr. Obama?s immigration actions through the courts.
> Republican millionaires <http://www.texasmonthly.com/story/follow-money> abusing their power in order to sue the government to prevent it from helping people who earn 27 times less <http://www.pewhispanic.org/2009/04/14/a-portrait-of-unauthorized-immigrants-in-the-united-states/>. Think about the fact that we used to help certain immigrants get in <http://www.history.com/topics/u-s-immigration-before-1965>, and now our Democratic presidents have to go it alone <http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/11/20/365519963/obama-will-announce-relief-for-up-to-5-million-immigrants> in order to keep immigrants from being thrown out. Think about that the next time you have the chance to vote for a Democratic governor or senator or president but choose to sit it out.    
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From marksafron at att.net  Thu Dec  4 19:52:38 2014
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2014 19:52:38 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] If Warren won't run, we need Bernie.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ffgQhX0kSA <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ffgQhX0kSA>

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From nlnelson at mcn.org  Thu Dec  4 20:43:28 2014
From: nlnelson at mcn.org (nlnelson at mcn.org)
Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2014 20:43:28 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Occupy Honors HOward with a Tree?T
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I totally agree and would gladly contribute - what about around Solstice
or New Year's Day for planting...

Nancy Nelson



 Dear OM,
> I wonder if the Senior Center might give us a space for us to put in a
> small tree in memory of HOward.  There are lots of Japanese Maples that
> stay small and others.
> We could have a ceremony and have a marker. I think he is quite befitting
> as a supporter of the SC and OM.
>
> Just a thought.
>
> Let me know what y'all think.
>
> Richard  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 ellen.rosser at gmail.com  Thu Dec  4 20:47:14 2014
From: ellen.rosser at gmail.com (ELLEN ROSSER)
Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2014 20:47:14 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] If Warren won't run, we need Bernie.
In-Reply-To: <836C906C-070D-47EB-865B-E37B6FB7C1B6@att.net>
References: <836C906C-070D-47EB-865B-E37B6FB7C1B6@att.net>
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Dear Occupy,
     I recently received information from a WILPF member (Women's
International League for Peace and Freedom, the oldest women's peace
organization in the US, which created the course on Corporations and
Democracy that many of you know)  She and her husband, who live in Vermont,
went a Sanders' Town Hall meeting in Cabot.   She asked a question about
Israel and Palestine, and Sanders over-rode her and tried to redirect to
talk about ISIS.   When her husband spoke and reiterated the question,
Sanders had them arrested.   The papers in Cabot  dealt with the issue at
some length.
      I don''t think we need a president who arrests people who try to
exercise their freedom of speech, do we?  I would never vote for him.
            Peace and blessings,   Ellen Rosser (a WILPF member)

On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 7:52 PM, Mark Safron <marksafron at att.net> wrote:

> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ffgQhX0kSA
>
>
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From rkarch at mcn.org  Thu Dec  4 23:03:50 2014
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2014 23:03:50 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Occupy Honors HOward with a Tree?T
In-Reply-To: <fc748b00ed5183efe3752f71471081bb.squirrel@webmail.mcn.org>
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	<fc748b00ed5183efe3752f71471081bb.squirrel@webmail.mcn.org>
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Or we could do it on his birthday...

Richard
On Dec 4, 2014, at 8:43 PM, nlnelson at mcn.org wrote:

> 
> 
> 
> I totally agree and would gladly contribute - what about around Solstice
> or New Year's Day for planting...
> 
> Nancy Nelson
> 
> 
> 
> Dear OM,
>> I wonder if the Senior Center might give us a space for us to put in a
>> small tree in memory of HOward.  There are lots of Japanese Maples that
>> stay small and others.
>> We could have a ceremony and have a marker. I think he is quite befitting
>> as a supporter of the SC and OM.
>> 
>> Just a thought.
>> 
>> Let me know what y'all think.
>> 
>> Richard  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
> 
> 

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From nlnelson at mcn.org  Thu Dec  4 23:55:48 2014
From: nlnelson at mcn.org (nlnelson at mcn.org)
Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2014 23:55:48 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Occupy Honors HOward with a Tree?T
In-Reply-To: <0F679128-4705-4F3A-8172-275CE18E0E2E@mcn.org>
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better choice
n


 Or we could do it on his birthday...
>
> Richard
> On Dec 4, 2014, at 8:43 PM, nlnelson at mcn.org wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>
>> I totally agree and would gladly contribute - what about around Solstice
>> or New Year's Day for planting...
>>
>> Nancy Nelson
>>
>>
>>
>> Dear OM,
>>> I wonder if the Senior Center might give us a space for us to put in a
>>> small tree in memory of HOward.  There are lots of Japanese Maples that
>>> stay small and others.
>>> We could have a ceremony and have a marker. I think he is quite
>>> befitting
>>> as a supporter of the SC and OM.
>>>
>>> Just a thought.
>>>
>>> Let me know what y'all think.
>>>
>>> Richard  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
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From irenelsm at mcn.org  Fri Dec  5 09:33:30 2014
From: irenelsm at mcn.org (Irene L. Malone)
Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2014 09:33:30 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Fwd: FYI: [stopmassincarceration] NYC: Mass
	Meeting Sunday December 7 to organize a Week of Mass Outrage
	beginning Monday
References: <8D1DEB7BAA3AB67-6EAC-EB06@webmail-vm006.sysops.aol.com>
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Begin forwarded message:

> From: Emilia <ec1msw at aol.com>
> Date: December 5, 2014 7:31:52 AM PST
> Subject: FYI: [stopmassincarceration] NYC: Mass Meeting Sunday  
> December 7 to organize a Week of Mass Outrage beginning Monday
>
> . . No doubt MANY OF YOU HAD SIMILAR EXPERIENCES yesterday. . .
>
> I went to NYC Rally/Protest yesterday evening. IT WAS AWESOME!!! .
> I was most moved by THE NUMBER OF YOUTH, White YOUTH and by the large
> TURN OUT OF PEOPLE OF ALL RACES, AGES, RELIGIONS, COMMUNITIES. I was
> supposed to meet up with a lesbian couple from WOC PI~NYC but Luci had
> to teach until 7:30 which was about when I decided to take my cold
> tired bones to the Port Authority.
>
> I sat it out while the group led by mostly White ENTHUSIASTIC youth
> attempted to take the Brooklyn Bridge. Having marched from Union Sq to
> Foley Sq, I sat it out! I am a bonafide real Senior (Citizen)! I was
> NOT about to march on to Brooklyn. IT'S WINDY & COLD on that Bidge.
>
> I see in the news that the group(s) Mass Incarceration Network Rally
> from Union Sq AND ACLU Rally from Foley Sq who had merged were
> 'allowed' to cross the Brooklyn Bridge, referred to as 'To Take the
> Bridge.' I am sad I cannot go back tonite. .
>
> To me IT WAS REMINISCENT of protest rallies of the 1970's WITH THE
> EXCEPTION THAT THE GROUP WAS FAR MORE DIVERSE. This is THE PEOPLE'S
> MOVEMENT, AWESOME!
>
> I am sure you each had similar experiences.
>
> Take care, Emilia
>
> For I was in prison and you visited me. . . . whatsoever you do for
> the least of my brothers, so you do onto me. ~ Matthew 25:36
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stop Mass Incarceration Network  
> <stopmassincarceration at gmail.com>
> To: Riseup Mailing List <stopmassincarceration at lists.riseup.net>
> Sent: 05-Dec-2014 07:03:30 +0000
> Subject: [stopmassincarceration] NYC: Mass Meeting Sunday December  
> 7 to organize a Week of Mass Outrage beginning Monday
>
>
> Mass Meeting Sunday December 7 to organize a Week of Mass Outrage  
> beginning Monday
>
> Intensify and Spread the Struggle Against Police Murder and the New  
> Jim Crow ? Get Organized and Go Higher!
>
> Sunday, 3 PM - December 7
> West Park Presbyterian Church
> 165 W 86th St, New York, NY 10024
> at the corner of Amsterdam Avenue, enter on 86th
>
> Mass Meeting Sunday December 7 to organize a Week of Mass Outrage  
> beginning Monday
>
> The actions of the people the last week have achieved a great  
> deal.  These actions have forced everyone in this country to  
> confront the reality of this epidemic of police brutality and  
> murder, of mass incarceration, of the criminalization of entire  
> peoples.
>
> Now is certainly not the time to retreat or quiet down. Now is not  
> the time to fall for the honeyed words and empty promises of the  
> oppressors, nor to be misled by their slanders. Now is the time to  
> intensify and to spread this movement and the righteous actions  
> taken so far. Still more people must be involved?there are plenty  
> of people who have not come out in struggle yet, who must and  
> should and can be won to come out. And these actions themselves  
> must become more determined in confronting the business-as-usual of  
> this empire. Organizing through Twitter and Facebook has its  
> definite strengths, but people also need to get together in person  
> and decide how to take this higher.
>
> Sunday, 3 PM - December 7
> West Park Presbyterian Church
> 165 W 86th St, New York, NY 10024
> at the corner of Amsterdam Avenue, enter on 86th
>
>
>
>
>
> -- 
> Stop Mass Incarceration Network
> c/o P.O. Box 941 Knickerbocker Station
> New York, NY 10002-0900
> Email: stopmassincarceration at gmail.com
> Web: www.stopmassincarceration.org
> Twitter: @StopMassIncNet
> 347-979-SMIN (7646)
>
> The "Stop Mass Incarceration: We're Better Than That!" Network is a  
> project of the Alliance for Global Justice, a 501c3 tax-exempt  
> organization.  Tax-deductible contributions accepted, and checks  
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From rkarch at mcn.org  Fri Dec  5 14:07:16 2014
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2014 14:07:16 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] WALKING THE VISION THE GREAT PEACE MARCH OF 1986
Message-ID: <3AF21D08-4C1F-43F2-9BB9-125F9BC1E49D@mcn.org>

WALKING THE VISION

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13th, 7 PM 
THE Community Center OF Mendocino
998 School Street, Mendocino

THE GREAT PEACE MARCH OF 1986

Join photographer Jacquelyn Woodward, and fellow marcher Donna Love for a slice of modern history on the Great Peace March for Nuclear Disarmament. From the California desert to Washington DC., we meet the people who opened their hearts and doors to the walkers. With them, we marvel at the commitment and sheer determination of the marchers , hundreds of ordinary people, who believed that peace was worth the sacrifice. Jacquelyn and Donna will introduce the show and lead a discussion afterwards. A benefit for The Community Center of Mendocino. 
donations appreciated. 
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From rkarch at mcn.org  Fri Dec  5 14:33:28 2014
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2014 14:33:28 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Fwd: WALKING THE VISION THE GREAT PEACE MARCH OF
	1986
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> Poster too!
> 
> WALKING THE VISION
> 
> SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13th, 7 PM 
> THE Community Center OF Mendocino
> 998 School Street, Mendocino
> 
> THE GREAT PEACE MARCH OF 1986
> 
> Join photographer Jacquelyn Woodward, and fellow marcher Donna Love for a slice of modern history on the Great Peace March for Nuclear Disarmament. From the California desert to Washington DC., we meet the people who opened their hearts and doors to the walkers. With them, we marvel at the commitment and sheer determination of the marchers, hundreds of ordinary people, who believed that peace was worth the sacrifice. Jacquelyn and Donna will introduce the show and lead a discussion afterwards. A benefit for The Community Center of Mendocino. 
> Donations appreciated.

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From agnes at mcn.org  Fri Dec  5 16:52:18 2014
From: agnes at mcn.org (agnes at mcn.org)
Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2014 16:52:18 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] We need a Pres. Directive for a FTT
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This is the new contact to send an email to President Obama. Please
personalize the email I have include below or delete parts and send it
with the new white house address.Highlight the body of this letter and
edit with copy then click on the website below. On the form type in your
name and address, note the subject and  click  paste on the box for the
letter.

With massive support for a financial transaction tax (FTT) Pres. Obama may
make another Presidential directive for a FTT. and improve the
economy.Pass it on to friends and family.
Agnes

http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/

The Honorable Barack Obama;

The first Occupy Protest was on Wall Street in 2011 for a great transfer
of wealth to the one Percent-Wall Street Traders.

Even before then,the father of organized crime, Lucky Luciano,said after
he was taken on a tour of Wall Street by bankers: " I suddenly realized I
had joined the wrong mob!"

During the last 15 or more years W.S.Banks have pulled off an
unprecedented heist in broad daylight. They have stolen the bulk of our
country's investment money. According to Jim Hightower, these once
respectable investment firms have been converted into global casinos. They
churn out trillions of dollars in ever changing, indecipherable gaming
devices, like Collateralized Debt Obligations and Credit Default
Swaps.These are derivatives (bets) held on the books of W.S. banks
totaling over $2 Quadrillion, according to writer,Attorney Ellen Brown.

 The Bankruptcy Reform Bill of 2005 prohibits any bail-outs. In case of
bankruptcy these failed banks will be recapitalized by bail-ins with
depositors savings according the 2012 agreement in the G-SIFI, a joint
paper by the FDIC and the Bank of England.
How is that done?
The chief players in this global Casino are called  High Frequency Traders
(HFT). They buy a massive amount  of stocks and commodities like, grain,
oil or securities and if the price changes they instantly sell it and cash
in. It's all done on super computers with super intelligence using
algorithms to search billions of prices at super speeds-in nano
seconds-and place bets automatically.

This is legalized gambling by the 1 percenters and they own half of the
country's stocks. Only a few of them are in the HFT game. They pay no
U.S.taxes, but seven E.U. countries have passed F.T.Taxes. A mere .5% tax
on W.S.transactions could generate more than $850 Billion a year, it has
been estimated. A Robin Hood Tax was proposed in 2012 but it died in
committee. With big money deluging congress our only hope is for a
presidential Directive for a Financial  Transaction Tax.

We urge you to use your power to override the gridlock in D.C. ,bring
economic recovery,create jobs and National Health Care for All.

Sincerely,




From ellen.rosser at gmail.com  Fri Dec  5 17:09:05 2014
From: ellen.rosser at gmail.com (ELLEN ROSSER)
Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2014 17:09:05 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] If Warren won't run, we need Bernie.
In-Reply-To: <c841e33a8bcc76bf80afbdd5751a2210@mcn.org>
References: <836C906C-070D-47EB-865B-E37B6FB7C1B6@att.net>
	<CAFGqSt519J6cJbt2icmDE5Vr6wm+n8tRjukJO1P+2_d0Ehc=ig@mail.gmail.com>
	<c841e33a8bcc76bf80afbdd5751a2210@mcn.org>
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Dear Occupy,
     Here is the link to a Town Hall Meeting where one man asks, "Are you
going to arrest me?"    Does that question imply that the WILPF member was
arrested at a previous meeting?   The description of the event by a WILPF
member indicated that the WILPF member and husband were arrested.  But I
can't find that email.   This Youtube video gives some insight into
Sanders, however.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vf2cCdgwgoM&feature=youtu.be
            Peace and blessings,   Ellen

On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 9:23 PM, Ruby Gold <goldencenter at mcn.org> wrote:

> You are making a very serious accusation - completely contradicting every
> single thing that Mr. Sanders has said AND done for decades.
>
> Please provide some sort of proof or research or something - anything - to
> support your accusations.
>
> ruby
>
>
>
> On Dec 4, 2014, at 8:47 PM, ELLEN ROSSER wrote:
>
>  Dear Occupy,
>>      I recently received information from a WILPF member (Women's
>> International League for Peace and Freedom, the oldest women's peace
>> organization in the US, which created the course on Corporations and
>> Democracy that many of you know)  She and her husband, who live in Vermont,
>> went a Sanders' Town Hall meeting in Cabot.   She asked a question about
>> Israel and Palestine, and Sanders over-rode her and tried to redirect to
>> talk about ISIS.   When her husband spoke and reiterated the question,
>> Sanders had them arrested.   The papers in Cabot  dealt with the issue at
>> some length.
>>       I don''t think we need a president who arrests people who try to
>> exercise their freedom of speech, do we?  I would never vote for him.
>>             Peace and blessings,   Ellen Rosser (a WILPF member)
>>
>> On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 7:52 PM, Mark Safron <marksafron at att.net> wrote:
>>
>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ffgQhX0kSA
>>>
>>>
>>> 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.
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From marksafron at att.net  Fri Dec  5 18:14:22 2014
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2014 18:14:22 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] I don't think Sanders can be blamed for what
	happend.
Message-ID: <322B5D26-7E1F-4B90-A58D-76BB3EF21F50@att.net>

Emotions were high. People were rude. Someone shouted ?Fuck Israel? and the meeting went to hell. No mention of anyone being arrested. 
http://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewkaczynski/bernie-sanders-town-hall-devolves-into-screaming-match-about <http://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewkaczynski/bernie-sanders-town-hall-devolves-into-screaming-match-about>

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From vjessielee at gmail.com  Fri Dec  5 18:33:13 2014
From: vjessielee at gmail.com (Jessie VanSant)
Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2014 18:33:13 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Occupy Honors Howard with a Tree?
In-Reply-To: <7aca689e12eaa6853ae366517a30e0fa.squirrel@webmail.mcn.org>
References: <7D5C8F46-74A1-4317-A7CD-5DD703CA2A0D@mcn.org>
	<fc748b00ed5183efe3752f71471081bb.squirrel@webmail.mcn.org>
	<0F679128-4705-4F3A-8172-275CE18E0E2E@mcn.org>
	<7aca689e12eaa6853ae366517a30e0fa.squirrel@webmail.mcn.org>
Message-ID: <7CB03ADB-A82D-4E6E-A5CB-B09F03257049@gmail.com>

Great Idea - lovely idea.

Ask Charles Bush about bringing it to board or whatever permission necessary?

jl
Jessie Lee VanSant
vjessielee at gmail.com
707-964-5511
"The question is not whether we will be extremists, but what kind of extremists we will be... The nation and the world are in dire need of creative extremists.? MLK Jr.
On Dec 4, 2014, at 11:55 PM, nlnelson at mcn.org wrote:

> better choice
> n
> 
> 
> Or we could do it on his birthday...
>> 
>> Richard
>> On Dec 4, 2014, at 8:43 PM, nlnelson at mcn.org wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> I totally agree and would gladly contribute - what about around Solstice
>>> or New Year's Day for planting...
>>> 
>>> Nancy Nelson
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Dear OM,
>>>> I wonder if the Senior Center might give us a space for us to put in a
>>>> small tree in memory of HOward.  There are lots of Japanese Maples that
>>>> stay small and others.
>>>> We could have a ceremony and have a marker. I think he is quite
>>>> befitting
>>>> as a supporter of the SC and OM.
>>>> 
>>>> Just a thought.
>>>> 
>>>> Let me know what y'all think.
>>>> 
>>>> Richard  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.
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> 
> 
> 
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From goldencenter at mcn.org  Fri Dec  5 18:14:47 2014
From: goldencenter at mcn.org (Ruby Gold)
Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2014 18:14:47 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] If Warren won't run, we need Bernie.
In-Reply-To: <CAFGqSt5gA084T1bYVHtO4+my1=6g-FLDej+T5BQTTxQ8SNYSPg@mail.gmail.com>
References: <836C906C-070D-47EB-865B-E37B6FB7C1B6@att.net>
	<CAFGqSt519J6cJbt2icmDE5Vr6wm+n8tRjukJO1P+2_d0Ehc=ig@mail.gmail.com>
	<c841e33a8bcc76bf80afbdd5751a2210@mcn.org>
	<CAFGqSt5gA084T1bYVHtO4+my1=6g-FLDej+T5BQTTxQ8SNYSPg@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <73342ee78d53df91c9a8428ae557f63e@mcn.org>

Dear MS Rosser

I repeat, your accusations against Bernie Sanders are very serious. But 
where's the proof.
I tried to see if what you are claiming is true - but alas I cannot.

1 - I watched the video and heard only a rude, aggressive man ask the 
question, Are you going to arrest me?" Sanders' answer was, "No I do 
not want to arrest anyone." And he did not in fact arrest anyone. There 
is no evidence that BS ever arrested anyone.

How about naming your friends and having them offer some proof if there 
is any.

2 - I watched the video and read the little blurb at the bottom. How 
distorting. BS was frustrated and angry wanting to answer the question 
that was asked of him and the same rude aggressive people were 
screaming and refusing to let him finish his answer.

3 - This video does not give me any insight into Sanders - rather what 
ever insight I do have comes from his decades and decades of service to 
people and his refusing to be bought out by corporate/Wall Street and 
his voting right along with and true his convictions.

4 - Your post and the video do, however, give me insight into you.

5 - If you don't like the man and his progressive agenda - don't vote 
for him - but please do not use the list serve to lob unsubstantiated 
accusations against someone - anyone. This is the last thing we need.

ruby



On Dec 5, 2014, at 5:09 PM, ELLEN ROSSER wrote:

> Dear Occupy,
> ? ? ?Here is the link to a Town Hall Meeting where one man asks, "Are 
> you going to arrest me?" ? ?Does that question imply that the WILPF 
> member was arrested at a previous meeting? ? The description of the 
> event by a WILPF member indicated that the WILPF member and husband 
> were arrested.? But I can't find that email. ? This Youtube video 
> gives some insight into Sanders, however.
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vf2cCdgwgoM&feature=youtu.be? ?
> ? ? ? ? ? ? Peace and blessings, ? Ellen
>
> On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 9:23 PM, Ruby Gold <goldencenter at mcn.org> wrote:
>> You are making a very serious accusation - completely contradicting 
>> every single thing that Mr. Sanders has said AND done for decades.
>>
>>  Please provide some sort of proof or research or something - 
>> anything - to support your accusations.
>>
>>  ruby
>>
>>
>>
>>  On Dec 4, 2014, at 8:47 PM, ELLEN ROSSER wrote:
>>
>>> Dear Occupy,
>>>  ? ? ?I recently received information from a WILPF member (Women's 
>>> International League for Peace and Freedom, the oldest women's peace 
>>> organization in the US, which created the course on Corporations and 
>>> Democracy that many of you know) ?She and her husband, who live in 
>>> Vermont, went a Sanders' Town Hall meeting in Cabot. ? She asked a 
>>> question about Israel and Palestine, and Sanders over-rode her and 
>>> tried to redirect to talk about ISIS. ? When her husband spoke and 
>>> reiterated the question, ? Sanders had them arrested. ? The papers 
>>> in Cabot ?dealt with the issue at some length. ? ?
>>>  ? ? ? I don''t think we need a president who arrests people who try 
>>> to exercise their freedom of speech, do we?? I would never vote for 
>>> him.
>>>  ? ? ? ? ? ? Peace and blessings, ? Ellen Rosser (a WILPF member)
>>>
>>>  On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 7:52 PM, Mark Safron <marksafron at att.net> 
>>> wrote:
>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ffgQhX0kSA
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  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
>>> occupymendocino at lists.mcn.org put "Un-Subscribe me" in the Subject 
>>> line.
>>>  For listserv problems please contact: listmanager at mcn.or
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From goldencenter at mcn.org  Thu Dec  4 21:23:40 2014
From: goldencenter at mcn.org (Ruby Gold)
Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2014 21:23:40 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] If Warren won't run, we need Bernie.
In-Reply-To: <CAFGqSt519J6cJbt2icmDE5Vr6wm+n8tRjukJO1P+2_d0Ehc=ig@mail.gmail.com>
References: <836C906C-070D-47EB-865B-E37B6FB7C1B6@att.net>
	<CAFGqSt519J6cJbt2icmDE5Vr6wm+n8tRjukJO1P+2_d0Ehc=ig@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <c841e33a8bcc76bf80afbdd5751a2210@mcn.org>

You are making a very serious accusation - completely contradicting 
every single thing that Mr. Sanders has said AND done for decades.

Please provide some sort of proof or research or something - anything - 
to support your accusations.

ruby


On Dec 4, 2014, at 8:47 PM, ELLEN ROSSER wrote:

> Dear Occupy,
> ? ? ?I recently received information from a WILPF member (Women's 
> International League for Peace and Freedom, the oldest women's peace 
> organization in the US, which created the course on Corporations and 
> Democracy that many of you know) ?She and her husband, who live in 
> Vermont, went a Sanders' Town Hall meeting in Cabot. ? She asked a 
> question about Israel and Palestine, and Sanders over-rode her and 
> tried to redirect to talk about ISIS. ? When her husband spoke and 
> reiterated the question, ? Sanders had them arrested. ? The papers in 
> Cabot ?dealt with the issue at some length. ? ?
> ? ? ? I don''t think we need a president who arrests people who try to 
> exercise their freedom of speech, do we?? I would never vote for him.
> ? ? ? ? ? ? Peace and blessings, ? Ellen Rosser (a WILPF member)
>
> On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 7:52 PM, Mark Safron <marksafron at att.net> wrote:
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ffgQhX0kSA
>>
>>
>> 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 savannah.weildye at gmail.com  Fri Dec  5 16:42:09 2014
From: savannah.weildye at gmail.com (Savannah Weil-Dye)
Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2014 16:42:09 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] (no subject)
Message-ID: <CAF6rmK4B4M3GsTuna9S47BZC-T=Wn0kFLGNr+xQ+fCxUJwnagA@mail.gmail.com>

http://litogres.com/fish.php?4b0wvzgxda4w7

















Savannah Weil-Dye
savannah.weildye at gmail.com


---------
How many people can you conference? Tell everyone to STAY THE FUCK AT
HOME and pop open a beer and we'll teleconference. -- Mike Wallace


From marksafron at att.net  Sat Dec  6 10:55:39 2014
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2014 10:55:39 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Does money make you mean? Entitled?
Message-ID: <5B0EB8F4-DF09-48DF-992E-BDF59A496E63@att.net>

This is the full TED presentation of a fascinating talk I heard on the radio.
I think It explains why I don?t like the majority of Republicans.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJ8Kq1wucsk <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJ8Kq1wucsk>



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From agnes at mcn.org  Sat Dec  6 12:44:09 2014
From: agnes at mcn.org (agnes at mcn.org)
Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2014 12:44:09 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] [Fwd: TPP Update -- The TPP Comes to DC: Join the
	Action!]
Message-ID: <dbf9729cf619d789476e5cfe0aeeb078.squirrel@webmail.mcn.org>

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** This Sunday, TPP negotiators are set to begin a new round of talks for
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Join the action in DC
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the final round of TPP talks to be held in the United States.
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From agnes at mcn.org  Sat Dec  6 13:01:46 2014
From: agnes at mcn.org (agnes at mcn.org)
Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2014 13:01:46 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Howard Ennis Memorial Sunday 12/7/14 2:00
	pm@Sr.Ctr.
Message-ID: <95539a9a3d9df86d94e827d8f530822b.squirrel@webmail.mcn.org>

The Occupy Songsters will be singing , the Acafellas,the Women's Chorus and
River quartet.
Please come and honor Howard and his devotion to Occupy Mendocino.

Sincerely,
Agnes, an Occupy songster with Sheila Esson on guitar, Richard Karch on
bass, Sheila Dawn, Irene Malone and Ed Oberweiser on drums. at 2:00 pm



From agnes at mcn.org  Sat Dec  6 13:41:55 2014
From: agnes at mcn.org (agnes at mcn.org)
Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2014 13:41:55 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] With Surveilance Pres Obama has violated our 4th
	amendment Rights
Message-ID: <3d9a9c2fd081da975d84e03319b8c6ac.squirrel@webmail.mcn.org>

Occupy!

Here's something we can thank Edward Snowden for. I put up my sign in my
win dow today "I HAVE A BED FOR ED".

http://www.eff.org/nsa-spying/timeline





From irenelsm at mcn.org  Sat Dec  6 17:44:47 2014
From: irenelsm at mcn.org (Irene L. Malone)
Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2014 17:44:47 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Howard Ennes's memorial
Message-ID: <E951BE9E-B768-498D-980C-CCD4C4CE6E77@mcn.org>

Please come tomorrow to the celebration of the life of Howard Ennes,  
our friend and fellow activist.
It will be at the Senior Center in Fort Bragg at 2 PM



From ellen.rosser at gmail.com  Sat Dec  6 21:54:17 2014
From: ellen.rosser at gmail.com (ELLEN ROSSER)
Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2014 21:54:17 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] If Warren won't run, we need Bernie.
In-Reply-To: <73342ee78d53df91c9a8428ae557f63e@mcn.org>
References: <836C906C-070D-47EB-865B-E37B6FB7C1B6@att.net>
	<CAFGqSt519J6cJbt2icmDE5Vr6wm+n8tRjukJO1P+2_d0Ehc=ig@mail.gmail.com>
	<c841e33a8bcc76bf80afbdd5751a2210@mcn.org>
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Dear Ruby,
     I like Sanders very much for his domestic politics, but I am very
involved in peace in the Middle East, and after learning from a WILPF
member that he had arrested a WILPF member for pushing him on Palestine and
Gaza since he has accepted the mass media accounts of what happened there
instead of finding out the truth (and he does vote the AIPAC line, which is
the Netanyahu line),  that does not bode well for his being an "honest
broker" between Israel and Palestine.    We need someone who is willing to
find out and  speak the truth about Israel's illegal (under international
law) and brutal occupation of Palestine.
     I'm still looking for the email that I paraphrased, and I've asked
other WILPF members for help in finding it.  I agree, the video does not
give proof.
               Peace and blessings,   Ellen

On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 6:14 PM, Ruby Gold <goldencenter at mcn.org> wrote:

> Dear MS Rosser
>
> I repeat, your accusations against Bernie Sanders are very serious. But
> where's the proof.
> I tried to see if what you are claiming is true - but alas I cannot.
>
> 1 - I watched the video and heard only a rude, aggressive man ask the
> question, Are you going to arrest me?" Sanders' answer was, "No I do not
> want to arrest anyone." And he did not in fact arrest anyone. There is no
> evidence that BS ever arrested anyone.
>
> How about naming your friends and having them offer some proof if there is
> any.
>
> 2 - I watched the video and read the little blurb at the bottom. How
> distorting. BS was frustrated and angry wanting to answer the question that
> was asked of him and the same rude aggressive people were screaming and
> refusing to let him finish his answer.
>
> 3 - This video does not give me any insight into Sanders - rather what
> ever insight I do have comes from his decades and decades of service to
> people and his refusing to be bought out by corporate/Wall Street and his
> voting right along with and true his convictions.
>
> 4 - Your post and the video do, however, give me insight into you.
>
> 5 - If you don't like the man and his progressive agenda - don't vote for
> him - but please do not use the list serve to lob unsubstantiated
> accusations against someone - anyone. This is the last thing we need.
>
> ruby
>
>
>
>
> On Dec 5, 2014, at 5:09 PM, ELLEN ROSSER wrote:
>
>  Dear Occupy,
>>      Here is the link to a Town Hall Meeting where one man asks, "Are you
>> going to arrest me?"    Does that question imply that the WILPF member was
>> arrested at a previous meeting?   The description of the event by a WILPF
>> member indicated that the WILPF member and husband were arrested.  But I
>> can't find that email.   This Youtube video gives some insight into
>> Sanders, however.
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vf2cCdgwgoM&feature=youtu.be
>>             Peace and blessings,   Ellen
>>
>> On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 9:23 PM, Ruby Gold <goldencenter at mcn.org> wrote:
>>
>>> You are making a very serious accusation - completely contradicting
>>> every single thing that Mr. Sanders has said AND done for decades.
>>>
>>>  Please provide some sort of proof or research or something - anything -
>>> to support your accusations.
>>>
>>>  ruby
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>  On Dec 4, 2014, at 8:47 PM, ELLEN ROSSER wrote:
>>>
>>>  Dear Occupy,
>>>>       I recently received information from a WILPF member (Women's
>>>> International League for Peace and Freedom, the oldest women's peace
>>>> organization in the US, which created the course on Corporations and
>>>> Democracy that many of you know)  She and her husband, who live in Vermont,
>>>> went a Sanders' Town Hall meeting in Cabot.   She asked a question about
>>>> Israel and Palestine, and Sanders over-rode her and tried to redirect to
>>>> talk about ISIS.   When her husband spoke and reiterated the question,
>>>> Sanders had them arrested.   The papers in Cabot  dealt with the issue at
>>>> some length.
>>>>        I don''t think we need a president who arrests people who try to
>>>> exercise their freedom of speech, do we?  I would never vote for him.
>>>>              Peace and blessings,   Ellen Rosser (a WILPF member)
>>>>
>>>>  On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 7:52 PM, Mark Safron <marksafron at att.net>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ffgQhX0kSA
>>>>>
>>>>>
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From agnes at mcn.org  Sun Dec  7 08:43:36 2014
From: agnes at mcn.org (agnes at mcn.org)
Date: Sun, 7 Dec 2014 08:43:36 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] [Fwd: TPP Update and Actions]
Message-ID: <82d1e4e6c95c51b6258da8cc8b343ddb.squirrel@webmail.mcn.org>

Hi all Occupiers,
        Please sign the petition-againstFAST TRACK
Agnes

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From agnes at mcn.org  Sun Dec  7 13:13:57 2014
From: agnes at mcn.org (agnes at mcn.org)
Date: Sun, 7 Dec 2014 13:13:57 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Let your life ba a friction to stop the Machine
Message-ID: <b8ac6be7a33ac3974e9e97fb616afbb1.squirrel@webmail.mcn.org>

www.youtube.com/classwarfilms



From rkarch at mcn.org  Sun Dec  7 19:51:28 2014
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Sun, 7 Dec 2014 19:51:28 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Fwd:  Occupy Honors Howard with a Tree?
References: <7CB03ADB-A82D-4E6E-A5CB-B09F03257049@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <7F8955DB-1F0F-4F2B-9451-2F113CA9BA8B@mcn.org>

>   Mr Bush, the Senior Center director, welcomed the idea and said we could plant it at the Center.
Just need to find out the correct tree for our area and a date to do it. We could do it 
on Howard's  birthday or maybe to celebrate Occupy Mendocino's birthday!  I know Carrie is a gardener
and might know about the right tree. I know a local man who raises Japanese maples, who might advise us...

Richard  
> Subject: Re: [Occupymendocino] Occupy Honors Howard with a Tree?
> 
> Great Idea - lovely idea.
> 
> Ask Charles Bush about bringing it to board or whatever permission necessary?
> 
> jl
> Jessie Lee VanSant
> vjessielee at gmail.com
> 707-964-5511
> "The question is not whether we will be extremists, but what kind of extremists we will be... The nation and the world are in dire need of creative extremists.? MLK Jr.
> On Dec 4, 2014, at 11:55 PM, nlnelson at mcn.org wrote:
> 
>> better choice
>> n
>> 
>> 
>> Or we could do it on his birthday...
>>> 
>>> Richard
>>> On Dec 4, 2014, at 8:43 PM, nlnelson at mcn.org wrote:
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> I totally agree and would gladly contribute - what about around Solstice
>>>> or New Year's Day for planting...
>>>> 
>>>> Nancy Nelson
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Dear OM,
>>>>> I wonder if the Senior Center might give us a space for us to put in a
>>>>> small tree in memory of HOward.  There are lots of Japanese Maples that
>>>>> stay small and others.
>>>>> We could have a ceremony and have a marker. I think he is quite
>>>>> befitting
>>>>> as a supporter of the SC and OM.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Just a thought.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Let me know what y'all think.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Richard  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
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From rkarch at mcn.org  Sun Dec  7 20:02:59 2014
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Sun, 7 Dec 2014 20:02:59 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Fwd: Workshop on Corporate Power at Mendocino
	College FB/Coast Campus
References: <387AECE4-5111-4414-BA50-32E2645D4AB9@mcn.org>
Message-ID: <5BA456D7-9540-4D9F-B37E-4EB28B0DF92B@mcn.org>

> 
> Dear Concerned Friend:
> 
>   We, Jim Tarbell and Michael St. John, invite you join us at our Mendocino College Community Extension Workshop on Grassroots Solutions to Corporate Power at the Fort Bragg campus, starting February 12, 2015.  We will be meeting for 14 sessions on Thursday evening from 7-8:30 PM.
>         Alliance for Democracy's Justice Rising: Grassroots Solutions to Corporate Rule, the publication that Jim created and has edited for the past ten years, will be the major resource for this workshop.  Over one hundred authors, all experts in various aspects of corporate power and popular efforts to claim our democratic rights and power, have contributed to making Justice Rising the salient publication documenting the rise of resistance to corporate power. Authors have included Raj Patel, Herman Daly, Vandana Shiva, and many others.  All of the issues of Justice Rising are available online at http://thealliancefordemocracy.org/
> 
> The 14 sessions will be split into four subject areas:
> 
> o Corporations, Democracy, & The Rise of Grassroots Popular Power
>         February 12,19, 26 & March 5
> o Economic Democracy or Corporate Hegemony? - March 12,19, 26
> o Saving the Environment from Corporate Destruction - April 9,16 & 23
> o Who or What will Rule the World? Local/Global Governance
>         April 30 & May 7, 14 & 21
> 
> We will discuss the history of corporate power and of popular democracy, although we will mainly be looking at how these two movements function today and where they are going in the future.
> 
>   You can sign up for the Workshop by phone at (707) 468-3236 or online at
> http://www.mendocino.edu/tc/pg/5841/register_for_a_comex.html
> 
>    If you have questions or want more information, you can contact Jim Tarbell at 964-1323, rtp at mcn.org or Michael St. John at 937-3711, msjetal at pacbell.net.  We are attaching a poster for the class for your information.
> 
> Join us in learning: how to keep corporate money from ruining our democracy; effective approaches to stop corporate practices from poisoning our planet; and ways to inhibit corporate self-interest from ruining our economy.  We look forward to seeing you there.
> 
> Jim Tarbell & Michael St. John
> 
> 
> 

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From marksafron at att.net  Sun Dec  7 21:44:45 2014
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Sun, 7 Dec 2014 21:44:45 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] THIS IS REAL BAD, FOLKS
Message-ID: <0A6EE0C5-22EC-416F-8F00-A71B1B977355@att.net>

?When you use a public office, pretty shamelessly, to vouch for a private party with substantial financial interest without the disclosure of the true authorship, that is a dangerous practice,? said David B. Frohnmayer, a Republican who served a decade as attorney general in Oregon. ?The puppeteer behind the stage is pulling strings, and you can?t see. I don?t like that. And when it is exposed, it makes you feel used.?

Attorneys general in at least a dozen states are working with energy companies and other corporate interests, which in turn are providing them with record amounts of money for their political campaigns, including at least $16 million this year.

FULL STORY: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/07/us/politics/energy-firms-in-secretive-alliance-with-attorneys-general.html?emc=edit_th_20141207&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=35653813 <http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/07/us/politics/energy-firms-in-secretive-alliance-with-attorneys-general.html?emc=edit_th_20141207&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=35653813>
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From vjessielee at gmail.com  Sun Dec  7 21:48:44 2014
From: vjessielee at gmail.com (Jessie VanSant)
Date: Sun, 7 Dec 2014 21:48:44 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Occupy Honors Howard with a Tree?
In-Reply-To: <7F8955DB-1F0F-4F2B-9451-2F113CA9BA8B@mcn.org>
References: <7CB03ADB-A82D-4E6E-A5CB-B09F03257049@gmail.com>
	<7F8955DB-1F0F-4F2B-9451-2F113CA9BA8B@mcn.org>
Message-ID: <8CE0BD86-6E66-4773-A703-6999F2B8719B@gmail.com>

Good deal!!!
Jessie Lee VanSant
vjessielee at gmail.com
707-964-5511
"The question is not whether we will be extremists, but what kind of extremists we will be... The nation and the world are in dire need of creative extremists.? MLK Jr.

On Dec 7, 2014, at 7:51 PM, Richard Karch <rkarch at mcn.org> wrote:

>>   Mr Bush, the Senior Center director, welcomed the idea and said we could plant it at the Center.
> Just need to find out the correct tree for our area and a date to do it. We could do it 
> on Howard's  birthday or maybe to celebrate Occupy Mendocino's birthday!  I know Carrie is a gardener
> and might know about the right tree. I know a local man who raises Japanese maples, who might advise us...
> 
> Richard  
>> Subject: Re: [Occupymendocino] Occupy Honors Howard with a Tree?
>> 
>> Great Idea - lovely idea.
>> 
>> Ask Charles Bush about bringing it to board or whatever permission necessary?
>> 
>> jl
>> Jessie Lee VanSant
>> vjessielee at gmail.com
>> 707-964-5511
>> "The question is not whether we will be extremists, but what kind of extremists we will be... The nation and the world are in dire need of creative extremists.? MLK Jr.
>> On Dec 4, 2014, at 11:55 PM, nlnelson at mcn.org wrote:
>> 
>>> better choice
>>> n
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Or we could do it on his birthday...
>>>> 
>>>> Richard
>>>> On Dec 4, 2014, at 8:43 PM, nlnelson at mcn.org wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> I totally agree and would gladly contribute - what about around Solstice
>>>>> or New Year's Day for planting...
>>>>> 
>>>>> Nancy Nelson
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Dear OM,
>>>>>> I wonder if the Senior Center might give us a space for us to put in a
>>>>>> small tree in memory of HOward.  There are lots of Japanese Maples that
>>>>>> stay small and others.
>>>>>> We could have a ceremony and have a marker. I think he is quite
>>>>>> befitting
>>>>>> as a supporter of the SC and OM.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Just a thought.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Let me know what y'all think.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Richard  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
>> 
> 
> 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

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From cdurkee at mcn.org  Sun Dec  7 22:14:07 2014
From: cdurkee at mcn.org (Carrie Durkee)
Date: Sun, 7 Dec 2014 22:14:07 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Occupy Honors Howard with a Tree?
In-Reply-To: <8CE0BD86-6E66-4773-A703-6999F2B8719B@gmail.com>
References: <7CB03ADB-A82D-4E6E-A5CB-B09F03257049@gmail.com>
	<7F8955DB-1F0F-4F2B-9451-2F113CA9BA8B@mcn.org>
	<8CE0BD86-6E66-4773-A703-6999F2B8719B@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <E9519FA1-C8C0-4573-8659-0EA1A2DCF7A4@mcn.org>

Hello:
I was glad to be there today with all of you.
I would be happy to help if you need help in tree selection.
Carrie
On Dec 7, 2014, at 9:48 PM, Jessie VanSant wrote:

> Good deal!!!
> Jessie Lee VanSant
> vjessielee at gmail.com
> 707-964-5511
> "The question is not whether we will be extremists, but what kind of extremists we will be... The nation and the world are in dire need of creative extremists.? MLK Jr.
> 
> On Dec 7, 2014, at 7:51 PM, Richard Karch <rkarch at mcn.org> wrote:
> 
>>>   Mr Bush, the Senior Center director, welcomed the idea and said we could plant it at the Center.
>> Just need to find out the correct tree for our area and a date to do it. We could do it 
>> on Howard's  birthday or maybe to celebrate Occupy Mendocino's birthday!  I know Carrie is a gardener
>> and might know about the right tree. I know a local man who raises Japanese maples, who might advise us...
>> 
>> Richard  
>>> Subject: Re: [Occupymendocino] Occupy Honors Howard with a Tree?
>>> 
>>> Great Idea - lovely idea.
>>> 
>>> Ask Charles Bush about bringing it to board or whatever permission necessary?
>>> 
>>> jl
>>> Jessie Lee VanSant
>>> vjessielee at gmail.com
>>> 707-964-5511
>>> "The question is not whether we will be extremists, but what kind of extremists we will be... The nation and the world are in dire need of creative extremists.? MLK Jr.
>>> On Dec 4, 2014, at 11:55 PM, nlnelson at mcn.org wrote:
>>> 
>>>> better choice
>>>> n
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Or we could do it on his birthday...
>>>>> 
>>>>> Richard
>>>>> On Dec 4, 2014, at 8:43 PM, nlnelson at mcn.org wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I totally agree and would gladly contribute - what about around Solstice
>>>>>> or New Year's Day for planting...
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Nancy Nelson
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Dear OM,
>>>>>>> I wonder if the Senior Center might give us a space for us to put in a
>>>>>>> small tree in memory of HOward.  There are lots of Japanese Maples that
>>>>>>> stay small and others.
>>>>>>> We could have a ceremony and have a marker. I think he is quite
>>>>>>> befitting
>>>>>>> as a supporter of the SC and OM.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Just a thought.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Let me know what y'all think.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Richard  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
>>> 
>> 
>> 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.
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From marksafron at att.net  Mon Dec  8 13:16:36 2014
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2014 13:16:36 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Could you all delete the reposts when you send to
	the listserve please.
Message-ID: <F3D4EDED-B31C-450B-B782-1EC3CD3A63D0@att.net>

This is what I?m talking about. It gets rather messy. Note: I just grabbed a random section. The people in this post are not the only ones.

>>> vjessielee at gmail.com <mailto:vjessielee at gmail.com>
>>> 707-964-5511
>>> "The question is not whether we will be extremists, but what kind of extremists we will be... The nation and the world are in dire need of creative extremists.? MLK Jr.
>>> On Dec 4, 2014, at 11:55 PM, nlnelson at mcn.org <mailto:nlnelson at mcn.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> better choice
>>>> n
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Or we could do it on his birthday...
>>>>> 
>>>>> Richard
>>>>> On Dec 4, 2014, at 8:43 PM, nlnelson at mcn.org <mailto:nlnelson at mcn.org> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I totally agree and would gladly contribute - what about around Solstice
>>>>>> or New Year's Day for planting...
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Nancy Nelson
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Dear OM,
>>>>>>> I wonder if the Senior Center might give us a space for us to put in a
>>>>>>> small tree in memory of HOward.  There are lots of Japanese Maples that
>>>>>>> stay small and others.
>>>>>>> We could have a ceremony and have a marker. I think he is quite
>>>>>>> befitting
>>>>>>> as a supporter of the SC and OM.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Just a thought.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Let me know what y'all think.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Richard  TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send an email to occupymendocino at lists.mcn.org <mailto:occupymendocino at lists.mcn.org>
>>>>>>> put "Un-Subscribe me" in the Subject line.
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From agnes at mcn.org  Mon Dec  8 20:56:34 2014
From: agnes at mcn.org (agnes at mcn.org)
Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2014 20:56:34 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] send letter to Pres. Obama re Trans-Pacific
	Partnership
Message-ID: <f6ce02db62dafbbe697488fe521ecd83.squirrel@webmail.mcn.org>

Because of Pres. Obama's stance in support of the TPP an international
trade agreement that would set up tribunals to sue countries whose labor,
environmental laws and local money prohibits profits for corporations as 
well as it would prevent public banks.

Please copy the message, then go to the white house site and paste, then
send. On your browser the site is http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/


President Obama;

I am against the secretive trade agreement,TPP, and urge you to keep your
vow to protect and honor the Constitution of the U. S.in your oath of
office.
The secretive nature of the Transpacific Partnership denies Congress and
the people the opportunity to read and debate the merits of this proposed
trade agreement.

Your willingness to  defy your  fellow Democrats and your own liberal base
to pursue a partnership with Republicans. Your best chance for a
legacy-building achievement in the final two years of your presidency,is
to obey your oath of office and make this trade agreement transparent to
us, your supporters. Secrecy is a denial of the democratic process and a
government  whose branches represent advise and consent or not.

Speaking at a gathering of business leaders, Obama offered his strongest
public defense of his administration?s pursuit of a major 12-nation trade
deal in the Asia Pacific, known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP),
that has been opposed by Democrats, labor unions and environmental groups.
I urge to stop efforts for fast track of TTP.

Sincerely,




From rkarch at mcn.org  Mon Dec  8 23:32:48 2014
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2014 23:32:48 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Howard's Memorial on Facebook.
Message-ID: <5FE48007-1C09-47F8-B472-FF99B1FB1E1F@mcn.org>

Howard memorial note on Facebook. 

https://www.facebook.com/occupymendocino

Please feel free to share thoughts or pictures on Facebook. ( Or on  occupymendocino at lists.com)

Richard
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From rkarch at mcn.org  Tue Dec  9 00:02:51 2014
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2014 00:02:51 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Don't Shoot T shirts
Message-ID: <30AF1794-7A47-45E4-B74C-3C029A204589@mcn.org>

Hey Sister and Bros. 99%ers, 

It think the Occupy movement should produce T shirts to give all citizens to help stop the racist violence and killing.  It would be a great national gesture to protest this out of control escalating problem. 
 
Maybe one of the funding sites could be used to raise money to have shirts made and pay for sending them to people who request for free or donation.  This could provide some work for locals and fabric print shops.

I know this sounds wild and impossible... but seems to me to be a very appropriate Occupy endeavor.
 
 "Don't Shoot Me!"  

Richard

Please let me know what you think. 

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From rkarch at mcn.org  Tue Dec  9 08:57:00 2014
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2014 08:57:00 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Don't Shoot T shirts
In-Reply-To: <CD42DF61-2DF1-412C-99C1-8428F0535D15@mcn.org>
References: <30AF1794-7A47-45E4-B74C-3C029A204589@mcn.org>
	<CD42DF61-2DF1-412C-99C1-8428F0535D15@mcn.org>
Message-ID: <D0698A73-0D22-46AE-A7D7-CE82072A1582@mcn.org>

Yes in Spanish.  Probably in all languages!  
On Dec 9, 2014, at 8:15 AM, Irene L. Malone wrote:

> Yes, and maybe one in Spanish.
> Irene
> On Dec 9, 2014, at 12:02 AM, Richard Karch wrote:
> 
>> Hey Sister and Bros. 99%ers, 
>> 
>> It think the Occupy movement should produce T shirts to give all citizens to help stop the racist violence and killing.  It would be a great national gesture to protest this out of control escalating problem. 
>>  
>> Maybe one of the funding sites could be used to raise money to have shirts made and pay for sending them to people who request for free or donation.  This could provide some work for locals and fabric print shops.
>> 
>> I know this sounds wild and impossible... but seems to me to be a very appropriate Occupy endeavor.
>>  
>>  "Don't Shoot Me!"  
>> 
>> Richard
>> 
>> Please let me know what you think. 
>> 
>> 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
> 

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From nlnelson at mcn.org  Tue Dec  9 12:46:28 2014
From: nlnelson at mcn.org (nlnelson at mcn.org)
Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2014 12:46:28 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Don't Shoot T shirts
In-Reply-To: <30AF1794-7A47-45E4-B74C-3C029A204589@mcn.org>
References: <30AF1794-7A47-45E4-B74C-3C029A204589@mcn.org>
Message-ID: <308a0ab5f8d08b0903067b791743d025.squirrel@webmail.mcn.org>

>




don't we have to add "Don't Tase"?

anyone out there with the ongoing updates on the man tased to death in our
own PA??

Nancy Wallace-Nelson


Hey Sister and Bros. 99%ers,
>
> It think the Occupy movement should produce T shirts to give all citizens
> to help stop the racist violence and killing.  It would be a great
> national gesture to protest this out of control escalating problem.
>
> Maybe one of the funding sites could be used to raise money to have shirts
> made and pay for sending them to people who request for free or donation.
> This could provide some work for locals and fabric print shops.
>
> I know this sounds wild and impossible... but seems to me to be a very
> appropriate Occupy endeavor.
>
>  "Don't Shoot Me!"
>
> Richard
>
> Please let me know what you think.
>
> 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 marksafron at att.net  Tue Dec  9 14:33:07 2014
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2014 14:33:07 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Obama on Colbert last night plus corrected letter
	to Pres
Message-ID: <CDE94644-95CE-43B1-80FB-6581A0AA3E20@att.net>

Dear OMers, Catch this on the web: http://thecolbertreport.cc.com/videos/88p9oh/the-word---president-barack-obama---to-health-in-a-handbasket <http://thecolbertreport.cc.com/videos/88p9oh/the-word---president-barack-obama---to-health-in-a-handbasket>

(Agnes, in the last paragraph you were no longer talking TO the Pres but ABOUT the Pres. I also fixed a few typos. Regards, Mark )

Dear President Obama,

I am against the secretive trade agreement,TPP and urge you to keep your vow to protect and honor the Constitution of the U.S. in your oath of office.

The secretive nature of the Transpacific Partnership denies Congress and the people the opportunity to read and debate the merits of this proposed trade agreement.

Your willingness to defy your fellow Democrats and your own liberal base to pursue a partnership with Republicans. 

Your best chance for a legacy-building achievement in the final two years of your presidency, is to obey your oath of office and make this trade agreement transparent to us, your supporters. Secrecy is a denial of the democratic process and a government whose branches represent advise and consent.

Speaking at a gathering of business leaders, you offered your strongest public defense of the administration's pursuit of a major 12-nation trade deal in the Asia Pacific, known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), that has been opposed by Democrats, labor unions and environmental groups.

Therefore I urge you to stop your efforts to fast track the TTP.

Respectfully, Mark Safron 
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From agnes at mcn.org  Tue Dec  9 16:49:27 2014
From: agnes at mcn.org (agnes at mcn.org)
Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2014 16:49:27 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] [Fwd: [crnmc-announce] Class at CR-Grassroots
 Solutions to Corporate Power]
Message-ID: <65661c4b11ed895c115bec7cb5d36db9.squirrel@webmail.mcn.org>

---------------------------- Original Message ----------------------------
Subject: [Fwd: [crnmc-announce] Class at CR-Grassroots Solutions to
Corporate Power]
From:    agnes at mcn.org
Date:    Tue, December 9, 2014 4:40 pm
To:      bodhirobin at pacific.net
         jedasiah at gmail.com
         agnes at mcn.org
         kwyner at mcn.org
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

Dear All,
If you did not take the Democracy Workshop with Paul Cienfuegos you might
want to take the class on Grass Roots Solutions at CR.
          The telephone number to use to register for the 8 Session
extension class beginning Feb. 13 is 468-3236between 9:00 am and
5 PM You may use a credit card  or send a check.

Agnes
---------------------------- Original Message ----------------------------
Subject: [crnmc-announce] Class at CR-Grassroots Solutions to Corporate Power
From:    "Carrie Durkee" <cdurkee at mcn.org>
Date:    Fri, December 5, 2014 6:59 pm
To:      crnmc-announce at crnmc.org
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

The National Campaign to End Corporate Personhood and Demand Real Democracy!


About | Donate | Take Action

Dear --

        Jim Tarbell and Michael St. John invite you join them at the
Mendocino College Community Extension Workshop on Grassroots
Solutions to Corporate Power at the Fort Bragg campus, starting
February 12, 2015.  We will be meeting for 14 sessions on Thursday
evening from 7-8:30 PM.
        Alliance for Democracy's Justice Rising: Grassroots Solutions to
Corporate Rule, the publication that Jim created and has edited
for the past ten years, will be the major resource for this
workshop.  Over one hundred authors, all experts in various
aspects of corporate power and popular efforts to claim our
democratic rights and power, have contributed to making Justice
Rising the salient publication documenting the rise of resistance
to corporate power. Authors have included Raj Patel, Herman Daly,
Vandana Shiva, and many others.  All of the issues of Justice
Rising are available online at http://thealliancefordemocracy.org/

The 14 sessions will be split into four subject areas:

o Corporations, Democracy, & The Rise of Grassroots Popular Power
        February 12,19, 26 & March 5
o Economic Democracy or Corporate Hegemony? - March 12,19, 26
o Saving the Environment from Corporate Destruction - April 9,16 & 23
o Who or What will Rule the World? Local/Global Governance
        April 30 & May 7, 14 & 21

They will discuss the history of corporate power and of popular democracy,
although they will mainly be looking at how these two movements function
today and where they are going in the future.

  You can sign up for the Workshop by phone at (707) 468-3236 or online at
http://www.mendocino.edu/tc/pg/5841/register_for_a_comex.html

   If you have questions or want more information, you can contact Jim
Tarbell at 964-1323, rtp at mcn.org or Michael St. John at 937-3711,
msjetal at pacbell.net.

Join us in learning: how to keep corporate money from ruining our
democracy; effective approaches to stop corporate practices from poisoning
our planet; and ways to inhibit corporate self-interest from ruining our
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Court's Citizens United ruling and other related cases, and move to amend
our Constitution to firmly establish that money is not speech, and that
human beings, not corporations, are persons entitled to constitutional
rights.








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From irenelsm at mcn.org  Tue Dec  9 17:27:09 2014
From: irenelsm at mcn.org (Irene L. Malone)
Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2014 17:27:09 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Howard's tree
Message-ID: <25978300-BEDF-4BA7-8D38-64A01EFB7362@mcn.org>

Maybe we could plant it on his birthday.
Irene


From agnes at mcn.org  Tue Dec  9 18:27:18 2014
From: agnes at mcn.org (agnes at mcn.org)
Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2014 18:27:18 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] [Fwd: Progressive Breakfast: Trans-Pacific Trade
 Talks Resume With Almost No Media Coverage]
Message-ID: <8d041f2918666ce87cf77f0dd6eb978e.squirrel@webmail.mcn.org>

---------------------------- Original Message ----------------------------
Subject: Progressive Breakfast: Trans-Pacific Trade Talks Resume With
Almost No Media Coverage
From:    "Campaign for America's Future" <manager at ourfuture.org>
Date:    Tue, December 9, 2014 6:02 am
To:      agnes at mcn.org
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Hiccup In Talks To Keep Government Open

Bill to keep government open delayed. The Hill: "[The bill] won't be
released Monday night and will instead be unveiled Tuesday. This could
complicate the House and Senate's efforts to end the lame-duck session
this week ... The delay would then likely lead to a Thursday vote in the
House. Lawmakers could then bounce it over to the Senate before the
midnight deadline to keep the government open ... [Sen. Barbara Mikulski]
didn't rule out a short-term continuing resolution (CR) for a few days to
make way for the main package."



Final hang-ups over bank reform. Politico: "Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-Texas)
... is trying to use the negotiations over renewing the Terrorism Risk
Insurance Act to enact changes to Dodd-Frank, the 2010 banking regulation
law Republicans have tried to dismantle. Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and
the White House are opposed, and think Hensarling is overreaching ...
Republicans criticized Senate Democrats for including language to install
a person with community banking experience on the Federal Reserve board of
governors."



"G.O.P. Extracts Price for Averting Shutdown" reports NYT: "Congress
prepared on Monday to scale back Michelle Obama's school-lunch nutrition
mandates and curtail some clean water regulations ... Cultural
conservatives in the House and Senate were also pressing to include a
'conscience clause' for employers who say funding contraception violates
their religious beliefs."

New Rule To Constrain Banks

Fed to issue new bank capital requirements. Bloomberg: "Fed Governor
Daniel Tarullo has said the U.S. requirement should be more stringent than
the international standard and take into account how banks borrow money to
determine how much more capital they need. The Fed proposal, to be
announced today, may lower returns for shareholders of U.S. banks compared
with firms in other parts of the world, according to analysts. The extra
capital requirement could be heavier for firms such as Goldman Sachs Group
Inc. and Morgan Stanley that rely more on markets for short-term funding,
instead of looking to depositors."



Housing regulators try to ease access to mortgages. NYT: "... the
government on Monday detailed its plan to offer mortgages with a down
payment of as little as 3 percent of the purchase price [making] mortgages
more widely available to people who have a strong credit history but lack
the ready cash for the standard 20 percent down payment. Some critics
warned about the risk of repeating the subprime mortgage fiasco ... But
federal housing officials and other experts challenged these concerns,
saying the new programs include a range of safeguards, including
underwriting restrictions, a requirement to buy private mortgage insurance
and counseling to reduce the risk of defaults."

Progressive Push For Warren '16

MoveOn.org goes all-in for Sen. Warren. NYT: "The liberal group is poised
to spend $1 million on a campaign to draft Senator Warren, the
Massachusetts Democrat, into the 2016 presidential race, an indication of
an appetite among some activists for a more progressive alternative to
Hillary Rodham Clinton."



AFL-CIO won't rush to endorse Hillary Clinton. Politico: "Top officials at
AFL-CIO are pressing its affiliates to hold off on an endorsement and make
the eventual nominee earn their support and spell out a clear agenda. The
strategy is designed to maximize labor's strength after years of waning
clout and ensure a focus on strengthening the middle class, but it could
provide an opening for a candidate running to Clinton's left to make a
play for union support ... Some unions are giving O'Malley and Sanders a
look. Since the beginning of September, labor interests, primarily
construction unions, have given $122,000 to a pro-O'Malley political
action committee."

Breakfast Sides

Obama to talk immigration in Nashville. The Hill: "'Nashville has
experienced substantial growth in recent years, including one of the
highest job growth rates in the country,' a White House official said.
'Local leaders recognize that such growth is due in part to Nashville's
efforts to actively work to create a welcoming environment for new
Americans.'"



Secretary of State John Kerry will attend international climate talks this
week. NYT: "Negotiators are hoping to produce a draft of ... a deal by the
end of the conference on Friday or Saturday, with the expectation that
world leaders will sign on to the final plan next year in Paris."
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From rkarch at mcn.org  Tue Dec  9 18:35:44 2014
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2014 18:35:44 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Fwd:  Don't Shoot T shirts
References: <EFAB88BE-37DB-466D-9D75-F358493A45C4@mcn.org>
Message-ID: <9B38D5B8-4E56-4F0B-A99A-839AE4440B8F@mcn.org>


> Agnes,

> Did you read the part about starting a fund raising site, BELOW?
> On Dec 9, 2014, at 6:21 PM, agnes at mcn.org wrote:
> 
>> I would rather see people pay for their orders from a site that makes
>> T-shirts. We may need our bank account in tact for other projects, such as
>> signs for a County Charter vote 2015 Nov.
>> 
>> Agnes..
>> 
>> 
>>> Yes in Spanish.  Probably in all languages!
>>> On Dec 9, 2014, at 8:15 AM, Irene L. Malone wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Yes, and maybe one in Spanish.
>>>> Irene
>>>> On Dec 9, 2014, at 12:02 AM, Richard Karch wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Hey Sister and Bros. 99%ers,
>>>>> 
>>>>> It think the Occupy movement should produce T shirts to give all
>>>>> citizens to help stop the racist violence and killing.  It would be a
>>>>> great national gesture to protest this out of control escalating
>>>>> problem.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Maybe one of the funding sites could be used to raise money to have
>>>>> shirts made and pay for sending them to people who request for free or
>>>>> donation.  This could provide some work for locals and fabric print
>>>>> shops.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I know this sounds wild and impossible... but seems to me to be a very
>>>>> appropriate Occupy endeavor.
>>>>> 
>>>>> "Don't Shoot Me!"
>>>>> 
>>>>> Richard
>>>>> 
>>>>> Please let me know what you think.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 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
>> 
>> 
> 

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From vjessielee at gmail.com  Tue Dec  9 23:16:44 2014
From: vjessielee at gmail.com (Jessie VanSant)
Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2014 23:16:44 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Howard's tree
In-Reply-To: <25978300-BEDF-4BA7-8D38-64A01EFB7362@mcn.org>
References: <25978300-BEDF-4BA7-8D38-64A01EFB7362@mcn.org>
Message-ID: <05AE4E38-139B-4036-97F4-F79F3A78C9E5@gmail.com>

Good idea!!
Jessie Lee VanSant
vjessielee at gmail.com
707-964-5511
"The question is not whether we will be extremists, but what kind of extremists we will be... The nation and the world are in dire need of creative extremists.? MLK Jr.






On Dec 9, 2014, at 5:27 PM, Irene L. Malone <irenelsm at mcn.org> wrote:

> Maybe we could plant it on his birthday.
> Irene
> 
> TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send an email to occupymendocino at lists.mcn.org put "Un-Subscribe me" in the Subject line.
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From vjessielee at gmail.com  Tue Dec  9 23:21:16 2014
From: vjessielee at gmail.com (Jessie VanSant)
Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2014 23:21:16 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Don't Shoot T shirts
In-Reply-To: <308a0ab5f8d08b0903067b791743d025.squirrel@webmail.mcn.org>
References: <30AF1794-7A47-45E4-B74C-3C029A204589@mcn.org>
	<308a0ab5f8d08b0903067b791743d025.squirrel@webmail.mcn.org>
Message-ID: <AB5160CD-1A1C-4744-A2BD-63327D782B12@gmail.com>

It?s a good idea Richard

JL
Jessie Lee VanSant
vjessielee at gmail.com
707-964-5511
"The question is not whether we will be extremists, but what kind of extremists we will be... The nation and the world are in dire need of creative extremists.? MLK Jr.

On Dec 9, 2014, at 12:46 PM, nlnelson at mcn.org wrote:

>> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> don't we have to add "Don't Tase"?
> 
> anyone out there with the ongoing updates on the man tased to death in our
> own PA??
> 
> Nancy Wallace-Nelson
> 
> 
> Hey Sister and Bros. 99%ers,
>> 
>> It think the Occupy movement should produce T shirts to give all citizens
>> to help stop the racist violence and killing.  It would be a great
>> national gesture to protest this out of control escalating problem.
>> 
>> Maybe one of the funding sites could be used to raise money to have shirts
>> made and pay for sending them to people who request for free or donation.
>> This could provide some work for locals and fabric print shops.
>> 
>> I know this sounds wild and impossible... but seems to me to be a very
>> appropriate Occupy endeavor.
>> 
>> "Don't Shoot Me!"
>> 
>> Richard
>> 
>> Please let me know what you think.
>> 
>> 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

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From swerson at mcn.org  Wed Dec 10 15:44:07 2014
From: swerson at mcn.org (Sallie Werson)
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2014 15:44:07 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Don't Shoot T shirts
In-Reply-To: <D0698A73-0D22-46AE-A7D7-CE82072A1582@mcn.org>
References: <30AF1794-7A47-45E4-B74C-3C029A204589@mcn.org><CD42DF61-2DF1-412C-99C1-8428F0535D15@mcn.org>
	<D0698A73-0D22-46AE-A7D7-CE82072A1582@mcn.org>
Message-ID: <077D5F7D959B4EC5A0184FD9BED18214@SalliePC>

It's not a wild idea - it's great! btw, you songsters sounded so great at Howard's party. Thank you! I wish I could join you - but I'm there in spirit and appreciate all you do. Still working most days, and will be as long as I can (many years, hopefully!), so I'm not available.

- Sallie


From: Richard Karch 
Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2014 8:57 AM
To: occupymendocino at lists.mcn.org 
Subject: Re: [Occupymendocino] Don't Shoot T shirts


Yes in Spanish.  Probably in all languages!  

On Dec 9, 2014, at 8:15 AM, Irene L. Malone wrote:


  Yes, and maybe one in Spanish. 
  Irene

  On Dec 9, 2014, at 12:02 AM, Richard Karch wrote:


    Hey Sister and Bros. 99%ers, 


    It think the Occupy movement should produce T shirts to give all citizens to help stop the racist violence and killing.  It would be a great national gesture to protest this out of control escalating problem.  

    Maybe one of the funding sites could be used to raise money to have shirts made and pay for sending them to people who request for free or donation.  This could provide some work for locals and fabric print shops.


    I know this sounds wild and impossible... but seems to me to be a very appropriate Occupy endeavor.

     "Don't Shoot Me!"  


    Richard


    Please let me know what you think. 


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From agnes at mcn.org  Thu Dec 11 14:55:57 2014
From: agnes at mcn.org (agnes at mcn.org)
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2014 14:55:57 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] [ Urgent Action: Stop the Republicans' Wall
	Street giveaway]
Message-ID: <3c7039f8a168c0d2e6e4556180dc9744.squirrel@webmail.mcn.org>


 People are frustrated with Congress. Part of the reason, of course, is
gridlock. But mostly it's because they see a Congress that works just
fine for the big guys but won't lift a finger to help them.

 And now the House of Representatives is about to show us the worst of
government for the rich and powerful.

The House is about to vote on a budget deal  negotiated behind closed
doors that slips in a provision that would let derivatives traders on Wall
Street gamble with taxpayer money, and once again get bailed out by the
government when their risky bets threaten to blow up our financial system.

 These are the same banks that nearly broke this economy in 2008 and
destroyed millions of jobs. The same banks that got bailed out by
taxpayers and are now raking in record profits. The same banks that are
spending a whole lot of time and money trying to influence Congress to
bend the rules in their favor.

I'm urgently calling on Congress to withhold support of the deal today
until this dangerous giveaway is removed from the legislation. Join me
right now to stand up to Wall Street.

 You will hear a lot of folks say that the rule that will be repealed in
the Omnibus is technical and complicated, and that you shouldn't worry
about it because smart people who know more than you about financial
issues say that it's no big deal. Don't believe them.

 Actually, the rule is pretty simple. Here's what it's called  the rule
that the House is about to repeal and I'm quoting from the text of
Dodd-Frank PROHIBITION AGAINST FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BAILOUTS OF SWAPS
ENTITIES.

 We put this rule in place after the collapse of the financial system
because we wanted to reduce the risk that reckless gambling on Wall
Street could ever again threaten jobs and livelihoods on Main Street. We
put this rule in place because people of all political persuasions were
disgusted at the prospects of future bailouts.

 And now, no debate, no discussion, Republicans in the House of
Representatives are threatening to shut down the government if they don't
get a chance to repeal it.

 That raises a simple question why? If this rule brings more stability to
our financial system, if this rule prevents future government bailouts,
why in the world would anyone want to repeal it, let alone hold the
entire government hostage in order to ram through the repeal?

 The reason, unfortunately, is simple. It's about money, and it's about
power. Because while this legal change could pose serious risks to our
entire economy, it'll also make a lot of money for Wall Street banks.

 Wall Street isn't subtle about this one according to documents reviewed
by the New York Times, the original bill that is being incorporated into
the House' spending legislation today was literally written by Citigroup
lobbyists, who redrafted the legislation, striking out certain phrases
and inserting others.

 I know that House and Senate negotiators from both parties have worked
long and hard to come to an agreement on the omnibus spending
legislation. And Senate leaders deserve great credit for preventing the
House from carrying out some of their more aggressive fantasies about
dismantling even more pieces of financial reform.

 But this provision goes too far. Citigroup is large, and it is powerful.
But it is a single, private company. It shouldn't get to hold the entire
government hostage to threaten a government shutdown in order to roll
back important protections that keep our economy safe.

 This is a democracy, and the American people didn't elect us to stand up
for Citigroup. They elected us to stand up for all of the people.

We all need to stand and fight this giveaway to the most powerful banks in
the country. Join me in calling on Congress to withhold support of this
package until this risky giveaway is removed from the legislation.

 Thank you for being a part of this,

 Elizabeth Warren


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From marksafron at att.net  Thu Dec 11 19:52:35 2014
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2014 19:52:35 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Tell Congress you won't tolerate corruption.
Message-ID: <4FC1D27C-C3D9-4860-9089-7F18AFAB6962@att.net>

https://represent.us/action/omnibusted/?rd=1&t=3&referring_akid=1908.300127.3qIvew

From marksafron at att.net  Sat Dec 13 09:51:13 2014
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2014 09:51:13 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Citigroup to Move Headquarters to U.S. Capitol
	Building
Message-ID: <B755408B-CA08-4BBC-B8BA-826E2C823BF4@att.net>

WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)?The banking giant Citigroup announced on Friday that it would move its headquarters from New York to the U.S. Capitol Building, in Washington, D.C., in early 2015.

Tracy Klugian, a spokesperson for Citi, said that the company had leased thirty thousand square feet of prime real estate on the floor of the House of Representatives and would be interviewing ?world-class architects? to redesign the space to suit its needs.

According to sources, Citi successfully outbid other firms, including JPMorgan Chase and Goldman Sachs, for the right to move its headquarters to the House floor.

The Citi spokesperson acknowledged that the extensive makeover of the House is expected to cost ?in the millions,? but added, ?It?s always expensive to open a new branch.?

Explaining the rationale behind the move, Klugian told reporters, ?Instead of constantly flying out from New York to give members of Congress their marching orders, Citigroup executives can be right on the floor with them, handing them legislation and telling them how to vote. This is going to result in tremendous cost savings going forward.?

Klugian said that Citi?s chairman, Michael E. O?Neill, will not occupy a corner office on the House floor, preferring instead an ?open plan? that will allow him to mingle freely with members of Congress.

?He doesn?t want to come off like he?s their boss,? the spokesperson said. ?Basically, he wants to send the message, ?We?re all on the same team. Let?s roll up our sleeves and get stuff done.? ?

From nlnelson at mcn.org  Sat Dec 13 16:44:28 2014
From: nlnelson at mcn.org (nlnelson at mcn.org)
Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2014 16:44:28 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Citigroup to Move Headquarters to U.S.
 Capitol Building
In-Reply-To: <B755408B-CA08-4BBC-B8BA-826E2C823BF4@att.net>
References: <B755408B-CA08-4BBC-B8BA-826E2C823BF4@att.net>
Message-ID: <61bf089052733bf5aa5d5e6770d67697.squirrel@webmail.mcn.org>

TOO UNBELIEVABLE - I HAD TO GO  online - indeed this IS what Borowitz said
- will this alarm ANY of the brain-dead taxpaying Fox-watching people??

OMG - Bush would say to go shopping.....

sad nancy



WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)???The banking giant Citigroup announced
> on Friday that it would move its headquarters from New York to the U.S.
> Capitol Building, in Washington, D.C., in early 2015.
>
> Tracy Klugian, a spokesperson for Citi, said that the company had leased
> thirty thousand square feet of prime real estate on the floor of the House
> of Representatives and would be interviewing ???world-class architects???
> to redesign the space to suit its needs.
>
> According to sources, Citi successfully outbid other firms, including
> JPMorgan Chase and Goldman Sachs, for the right to move its headquarters
> to the House floor.
>
> The Citi spokesperson acknowledged that the extensive makeover of the
> House is expected to cost ???in the millions,??? but added, ???It???s
> always expensive to open a new branch.???
>
> Explaining the rationale behind the move, Klugian told reporters,
> ???Instead of constantly flying out from New York to give members of
> Congress their marching orders, Citigroup executives can be right on the
> floor with them, handing them legislation and telling them how to vote.
> This is going to result in tremendous cost savings going forward.???
>
> Klugian said that Citi???s chairman, Michael E. O???Neill, will not occupy
> a corner office on the House floor, preferring instead an ???open plan???
> that will allow him to mingle freely with members of Congress.
>
> ???He doesn???t want to come off like he???s their boss,??? the
> spokesperson said. ???Basically, he wants to send the message, ???We???re
> all on the same team. Let???s roll up our sleeves and get stuff done.???
> ???
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From rkarch at mcn.org  Sat Dec 13 17:00:28 2014
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2014 17:00:28 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] End Racist Police Violence!
Message-ID: <7431C29A-BC19-4D8A-86E7-B15D9A6EAC88@mcn.org>

Is this happening now?
Occupy Mendocino shared US Uncut's photo.
Posted by Daniel Baker ? 3 hours ago
how i wish
Right now, tens of thousands of people are marching through New York City to demand an end to racist police violence. Share to support them! Like our page US Uncut!

#MillionsMarchNYC #EricGarner #SHUTITDOWN #MikeBrown

45 people reached
Boost Post
Occupy Mendocino

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From rkarch at mcn.org  Sun Dec 14 09:05:01 2014
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2014 09:05:01 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] 1949 Geneva Conventions Require US Prosecute
	Anyone Involved With Torture
Message-ID: <FB8C0CCA-ED7A-4D95-8826-957FC559BDE1@mcn.org>

he recently released Torture Report of the Senate Intelligence Committee adds another layer of proof of serial international criminality that was manifestly authorized and/or facilitated by Bush, Cheney, Rice, Gonzales, Rumsfeld, Addington, Rizzo, Rodriguez, Yoo and several others during what George W. Bush admitted in September 2006 was his "program" of "secret" detention and "tough" interrogation tactics. More:

http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/318-66/27436-convention-against-torture-1949-geneva-conventions-require-us-prosecute-anyone-involved-with-torture
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From marksafron at att.net  Mon Dec 15 11:55:23 2014
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2014 11:55:23 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Appointing a Fox to Guard Hen House
Message-ID: <51F6236A-DD37-44DC-9BDE-77B53531D006@att.net>

Hey folks, I?m sure a lot of you are on the same email lists as I am. But in case you aren?t:

I  wrote a letter for the Action Network letter campaign "Keep Burger King's Tax Dodger Out of Government!".

President Obama has nominated yet ANOTHER investment banker to the Treasury Department: Antonio Weiss. But Weiss isn?t just any investment banker. He advised Burger King on their tax-dodging purchase of Canadian chain Tim Horton?s. Burger King?s proposed purchase of Tim Horton?s would allow them to relocate their corporate headquarters to Canada, thereby dodging American taxes in a move called a ?tax inversion.? Obama himself called tax inversions an ?unpatriotic tax loophole.? If President Obama and the Treasury Department were really so serious about fighting the use of unpatriotic loopholes, why would the President appoint the very architect of this sneaky corporate inversion? Senator Elizabeth Warren has come out AGAINST nominating yet another banker to the Treasury. Join us as we stand with Senator Warren against appointing Antonio Weiss at the Treasury Department. Tell your Senator to OPPOSE Antonio Weiss's nomination. We don't need the advisor to Burger King's whopper of a tax dodge at the U.S. Treasury.

Can you join me and write a letter? Click here: https://actionnetwork.org/letters/keep-burger-kings-tax-dodger-out-of-government?source=email&referrer=alexis-goyo <https://actionnetwork.org/letters/keep-burger-kings-tax-dodger-out-of-government?source=email&referrer=alexis-goyo>

Thanks! Mark 
P.S. Now that he?s been nominated for a top job in the Treasury Department; to remind him whom he really works for, if Weiss gets confirmed, Lazard is going to give him a $20 MILLION bonus! 

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From agnes at mcn.org  Mon Dec 15 15:33:40 2014
From: agnes at mcn.org (agnes at mcn.org)
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2014 15:33:40 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] [Fwd: WATCH: The speech that could make Elizabeth
 Warren the next president]
Message-ID: <a5bf9a079c8fbc4e7944bbda6fb3eff2.squirrel@webmail.mcn.org>

---------------------------- Original Message ----------------------------
Subject: WATCH: The speech that could make Elizabeth Warren the next
president
From:    "Eden James, Democracy for America" <info at democracyforamerica.com>
Date:    Mon, December 15, 2014 1:35 pm
To:      "Agnes Woolsey" <agnes at mcn.org>
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      Agnes --

   [1]Have you seen the unprecedented speech by Elizabeth Warren -- attacking
   Citigroup on the Senate floor -- that is now going viral?

   Here's what Miles Mogulescu, a writer at the Huffington Post, said about
   it:

     Early Friday evening, Sen. Elizabeth Warren took to the Senate floor and
     gave a plain-spoken, barn-burning speech that could make history and put
     her into serious contention to be the next President of the United
     States.

     There are only a handful of political speeches that have such historic
     impact. Barack Obama's keynote speech at the 2004 Democratic Convention
     comes readily to mind. It's what catapulted an obscure Illinois state
     Senator into the national limelight and put him on the path to becoming
     President.

     Warren's Senate speech was different, but just as electrifying...

     [2]If you're fed up with the power of Wall Street and the big banks,
     this speech will inspire you. And even if you aren't, watch it for its
     importance as a model of historically transformative political rhetoric.

   We don't normally quote so extensively from media outlets, but what Miles
   wrote perfectly captures why we think this is Elizabeth Warren's moment --
   and why we are asking our members to ratify our plans to draft her to run
   for president.

   [3]WATCH ELIZABETH WARREN'S SPEECH NOW. You won't regret it. Then consider
   chipping in to our fight to help Sen. Warren block the nomination of Wall
   Street crony Antonio Weiss to the Treasury Department.

   Thank you for standing strong with Elizabeth Warren. If you would like to
   know more about the Weiss campaign, scroll down below.

   - Eden

   Eden James, Political Director
   Democracy for America

   ---------- Forwarded message ----------
   From: Eden James, Democracy for America
   Date: Fri, Dec 12, 2014 at 10:37 AM
   Subject: Elizabeth Warren and what happened last night

   Agnes --

   What has happened in the last week demonstrates why Elizabeth Warren is
   the leader we've been waiting for -- and why Wall Street is so scared of
   her.

   Last night, Sen. Warren valiantly took a courageous stand on the Senate
   floor to stop Wall Street from gutting the crucial Dodd-Frank rules --
   implemented to prevent another economic disaster like 2008 -- as part of
   the cromnibus bill to fund the government. Politico even reported that
   Jamie Dimon, the wealthy banker who runs JPMorgan Chase, was so concerned
   that he personally called lawmakers to urge them to vote for the bill.

   Inspired by Warren's leadership and Dimon's outrageous lobbying, the
   Congressional Progressive Caucus rallied House members to stand strong
   against the bill, nearly defeating it. It's not over yet. After passing a
   two-day extension, the Senate still needs to pass the bill -- and Sen.
   Warren and Warren Wing Democrats will do everything they can to stop it.

   Meanwhile, on Monday, Sen. Warren escalated her fight to stop Antonio
   Weiss, a Wall Street crony, from being appointed to a key post in the
   Treasury Department he's not qualified to hold. Now, as momentum builds
   behind Warren's fierce opposition, her fellow Senators are starting to
   join her. In the last few days, Jeanne Shaheen, Al Franken, Tammy Baldwin,
   Dick Durbin, and even Joe Manchin have stood up beside Sen. Warren to
   oppose Weiss.

   That's just scratching the surface of the courageous work Sen. Warren has
   been doing for the American people. No wonder our friends at MoveOn just
   announced they are planning to spend at least $1 million to launch an
   unprecedented campaign to draft Sen. Warren to run for president -- and
   why DFA members are currently voting right now on the question of drafting
   Sen. Warren to launch a presidential campaign.

   It's not just because we think she'd be a great president -- it's also
   because we want to help her rally the Democratic Party and Americans
   across the country to take on income inequality and take our government
   back from Wall Street.

   [4]Will you stand with Elizabeth Warren? Chip in $3 or more today to help
   DFA build a campaign to support Sen. Warren in her battle against Wall
   Street and Antonio Weiss.

   The battle to stop Antonio Weiss and to protect strong financial
   regulations are becoming defining moments in the battle for the future of
   the Democratic Party. It doesn't stop here.

   DFA and our allies are about to ramp up the pressure to stop the Antonio
   Weiss nomination. This battle will be decided in the coming weeks.
   Meanwhile, we can expect Republicans, who will control both the House and
   the Senate starting in January, to double down on their efforts to destroy
   the financial regulations put into place to prevent another economic
   disaster.

   Elizabeth Warren is doing everything she can to hold Wall Street
   accountable and make sure that your government works for you -- and not
   for the wealthy elite. But she can't do it alone. That's why DFA members
   like you are crucial to helping Sen. Warren build a powerful movement to
   take our government back from Wall Street.

   [5]Sen. Warren needs your help. Will you pitch in to build a sustained
   campaign to stop Antonio Weiss -- and show Democrats that we won't let
   them side with Wall Street?

   Thank you for helping Sen. Warren build a people-powered movement to build
   an economy that works for everyone.

   - Eden

   Eden James, Political Director
   Democracy for America

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From rkarch at mcn.org  Mon Dec 15 23:17:11 2014
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2014 23:17:11 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] CIA Maybe Went Too Far On Torture
Message-ID: <3296CE01-2B34-4F77-9366-ED67727C960B@mcn.org>

John Yoo Says CIA Maybe Went Too Far
By Andy Sullivan, Reuters
15 December 14

http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/318-66/27507-focus-john-yoo-says-cia-maybe-went-too-far
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From marksafron at att.net  Tue Dec 16 09:56:41 2014
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2014 09:56:41 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] =?utf-8?q?Borowitz=3A_Warren=E2=80=99s_Display_?=
 =?utf-8?q?of_Backbone_Threatens_Career_as_Democrat?=
Message-ID: <F165C76A-66BE-446E-AF91-A356BF74EC7B@att.net>

> WASHINGTON ?What some insiders are calling a ?rash display of backbone? last week could endanger Senator Elizabeth Warren?s career as a Democrat, leading party operatives say.
> 
> Harland Dorrinson, a strategist who has guided the campaigns of dozens of Democratic candidates, said that the Massachusetts legislator?s ?recklessly truthful? tirade about banks left him ?smacking my head.?
> 
> ?She stood up for what she believed in and didn?t try to water it down,? he said. ?That is a serious violation of the Democratic playbook.?
> ?Whenever you?re talking about banks or Wall Street, it?s crucial that a Democrat sound as indistinguishable from a Republican as possible,? he said. ?Apparently, Elizabeth Warren didn?t get the memo.?
> 
> The strategist said that Warren could possibly salvage her career as a Democrat if her advisers dissuade her from further outbursts of integrity in the future.
> 
> ?There?s still hope for her,? he said. ?But someone needs to sit her down and say, ?We are the party of Dukakis, the party of Mondale. This is not how we roll.? ?
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From agnes at mcn.org  Tue Dec 16 10:23:42 2014
From: agnes at mcn.org (agnes at mcn.org)
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2014 10:23:42 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] [Fwd: HOFJ: 21 steps to taking down the banksters]
Message-ID: <e45d55120dc1c8d9721f0f3dcb885b66.squirrel@webmail.mcn.org>

This is a fantastic, truth telling website.remember C.J. Holmes who spoke
at our MLK,Jr. celebration 2 yrs ago. She sent this.It's worth exploring-
You tubes and all.
Agnes

---------------------------- Original Message ----------------------------
Subject: HOFJ:  21 steps to taking down the banksters
From:    "CJ Holmes" <cjholmes at cjholmes.com>
Date:    Tue, December 16, 2014 8:06 am
To:      "HOFJ" <hofj at cjholmes.com>
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

"Fraudclosures" are just one fruit of the evil tree.  We must chop down
the tree starting at the root.

Please read and share:   
http://www.veteranstoday.com/2014/11/16/its-time-to-strike-at-the-root/

Thanks, cj

[cid:image001.png at 01D01905.18BF3760]
CJ Holmes, Founder
Home Owners For Justice
Real Estate Analyst, DRE 01234197

www.HOFJ.org<http://greatransition.org/home-owners-for-justice/>
Youtube Channel<https://www.youtube.com/user/cjholmes11>
phone (707) 583-9497
fax (707) 244-4332


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From elained at mcn.org  Tue Dec 16 14:16:11 2014
From: elained at mcn.org (Elaine and Ed)
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2014 14:16:11 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino]
 =?windows-1252?q?Borowitz=3A_Warren=92s_Display?=
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In-Reply-To: <F165C76A-66BE-446E-AF91-A356BF74EC7B@att.net>
References: <F165C76A-66BE-446E-AF91-A356BF74EC7B@att.net>
Message-ID: <9F981FFF-069B-4A8D-BBC8-4FDCF4AFB670@mcn.org>

This is another obvious example of why we need a completely new form of government. The US has never been a Democracy and was never meant to be one. Two books show this quite well. The first is Charles Beard's "An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution." The other is "Trading With The Enemy" by Charles Higham. Another example is shown by the Video titled "Taken For A Ride"


On Dec 16, 2014, at 9:56 AM, Mark Safron wrote:

>> WASHINGTON ?What some insiders are calling a ?rash display of backbone? last week could endanger Senator Elizabeth Warren?s career as a Democrat, leading party operatives say.
>> 
>> Harland Dorrinson, a strategist who has guided the campaigns of dozens of Democratic candidates, said that the Massachusetts legislator?s ?recklessly truthful? tirade about banks left him ?smacking my head.?
>> 
>> ?She stood up for what she believed in and didn?t try to water it down,? he said. ?That is a serious violation of the Democratic playbook.?
>> ?Whenever you?re talking about banks or Wall Street, it?s crucial that a Democrat sound as indistinguishable from a Republican as possible,? he said. ?Apparently, Elizabeth Warren didn?t get the memo.?
>> 
>> The strategist said that Warren could possibly salvage her career as a Democrat if her advisers dissuade her from further outbursts of integrity in the future.
>> 
>> ?There?s still hope for her,? he said. ?But someone needs to sit her down and say, ?We are the party of Dukakis, the party of Mondale. This is not how we roll.? ?
>> 
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From rkarch at mcn.org  Tue Dec 16 16:32:18 2014
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2014 16:32:18 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] The Six-Step Process to Wipe Out the Poor Half of
	America
Message-ID: <2CD4EAAB-5410-404E-BEE5-E053BC66DB62@mcn.org>

The Six-Step Process to Wipe Out the Poor Half of America

American citizens are deprived of living-wage jobs, meaningful education and equal treatment by our system of justice. Rebellion, in the form of violence, is not hard to understand.

Published: December 15, 2014 | Authors: Paul Buchheit | NationofChange | Op-Ed
One of the themes of the superb writing of Henry Giroux is that more and more Americans are becoming ?disposable,? recognized as either commodities or criminals by the more fortunate members of society. There seems to be a method to the madness of winner-take-all capitalism. The following steps, whether due to greed or indifference or disdain, are the means by which America?s wealth-takers dispose of the people they don?t need.

1. Deplete Their Wealth

Recent analysis has determined that half of America is in or near poverty. This is confirmed by researchers Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman, who point out: ?The bottom half of the distribution always owns close to zero wealth on net. Hence, the bottom 90% wealth share is the same as the share of wealth owned by top 50-90% families ? what can be described as the middle class.?


http://www.nationofchange.org/2014/12/15/six-step-process-wipe-poor-half-america/


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From marksafron at att.net  Tue Dec 16 19:04:14 2014
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2014 19:04:14 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Our very own Darth Vader.
Message-ID: <ED9CD482-652E-4ED5-820A-3E436916A7C3@att.net>

Dick Cheney Makes a Great Case for Prosecuting Torturers
In an interview on ?Meet the Press <http://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/meet-press-transcript-december-14-2014-n268181>? on Sunday, former Vice President Dick Cheney basically taunted ambitious lawyers at the Hague to come after him.

The host of the show, Chuck Todd, read details from the Senate report on ?enhanced interrogation? and asked Mr. Cheney if he thought they amounted to torture. Rectal feeding? Keeping a man in a coffin-sized box? Handcuffing another man?s wrists to an overhead bar for 22 hours per day, for two consecutive days?

No.  Mr. Cheney would only apply the label ?torture? to the 9/11 attacks. What Americans did after the attacks was not torture for one of three reasons.

1. Because the Justice Department sanctioned the technique: ?All the techniques that were authorized by the president were, in effect, blessed by the Justice Department opinion that we could go forward with those without, in fact, committing torture.?

2. Because it was not officially part of the interrogation program: ?That was not something that was done as part of the interrogation program?It wasn?t torture in terms of it wasn?t part of the program.? 

3. Because it wasn?t as bad as 9/11: ?With respect to trying to define that as torture I come back to the proposition torture was what the Al Qaeda terrorists did to 3,000 Americans on 9/11. There?s no comparison between that and what we did with inspect-enhanced interrogation.?

Mr. Cheney was bullishly nonsensical ? refusing to acknowledge a difference between mass murder and torture. Worse, he was unrepentant.

Did any of the details from the report ?plant any seed of doubt?? asked Mr. Todd. ?Absolutely not,? Mr. Cheney answered.

What about the fact that ?25 percent of the detainees? turned out to be innocent?

?I have no problem as long as we achieve our objective? answered Mr. Cheney, meaning ?to get the guys who did 9/11.? For the record, Mr. Cheney did not ?get the guys? ? at least not the main guy. His successors did. And despite the narrative spun by ?Zero Dark Thirty,? it looks as though torture did not contribute meaningfully to tracking down Osama bin Laden.

Mr. Cheney added: ?I?d do it again in a minute.?

President Obama said in 2009 <http://www.salon.com/2009/01/12/obama_prosecutor/> that ?we need to look forward as opposed to looking backwards.? He stressed that ?what we have to focus on is getting things right in the future as opposed to looking at what we got wrong in the past.? So he issued an executive order <http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/EnsuringLawfulInterrogations> banning torture, but declined to prosecute the people who had endorsed or committed torture.

Because of that decision, Mr. Cheney is among those looking forward?to a time when, under a different administration, it might be possible to ?do it again.?
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From marksafron at att.net  Tue Dec 16 19:17:15 2014
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2014 19:17:15 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] How about being clear where the links are.
Message-ID: <E4080F66-6CC7-40B0-AD12-DEB4899EDB93@att.net>

There are 8 clickable links in ONE email today. I don?t know about the rest of you but it makes me crazy. How about typing the words, Link here: or, You can read the full article here: Just copy the URL of THE SPECIFIC WEB PAGE and paste it in. At the risk of sounding cranky, I?m not willing to go on a treasure hunt to find a video. 
End of rant.
Regards, Mark 

From marksafron at att.net  Tue Dec 16 20:30:00 2014
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2014 20:30:00 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Remarks by Senator Warren on Citigroup and its
	bailout provision
Message-ID: <9C538F23-1354-4152-B064-275CE3C59CF6@att.net>

Here it is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJpTxONxvoo <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJpTxONxvoo>

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From marksafron at att.net  Tue Dec 16 20:53:59 2014
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2014 20:53:59 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Oh boy! Another International Jewish Conspiracy!
Message-ID: <50D2A632-5593-4B5A-8F9C-A4A8C694E3BE@att.net>

From:
CJ Holmes, Founder
Home Owners For Justice
to Agnes:

?Please read and share:"   
http://www.veteranstoday.com/2014/11/16/its-time-to-strike-at-the-root/ <http://www.veteranstoday.com/2014/11/16/its-time-to-strike-at-the-root/>
(It?s those darn Rothschilds again. They?re probably responsible for WWII. M.S.) 

"What they got in exchange for supporting the US Petro Dollar System was a promise to be protected along with Israel which is the personal action-agent nation state established by the Rothschild family for their own World Zionist haven and location of the World Ruler they have planned to appoint for centuries.

?Most of the World now wants out of the Rothschild/Federal Reserve System Web-of-Debt and the BRICS Development has arisen as a suitable counter-measure."

(I just can?t figure out how I missed all that wealth. M.S.) 
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From nlnelson at mcn.org  Tue Dec 16 21:10:35 2014
From: nlnelson at mcn.org (nlnelson at mcn.org)
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2014 21:10:35 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] The Six-Step Process to Wipe Out the Poor
 Half of America
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alarmingly explicit - and how many of the "middle class are vulnerable to
all of the same pressures?

Nancy Wallace-Nelson



 The Six-Step Process to Wipe Out the Poor Half of America
>
> American citizens are deprived of living-wage jobs, meaningful education
> and equal treatment by our system of justice. Rebellion, in the form of
> violence, is not hard to understand.
>
> Published: December 15, 2014 | Authors: Paul Buchheit | NationofChange |
> Op-Ed
> One of the themes of the superb writing of Henry Giroux is that more and
> more Americans are becoming ?disposable,? recognized as either commodities
> or criminals by the more fortunate members of society. There seems to be a
> method to the madness of winner-take-all capitalism. The following steps,
> whether due to greed or indifference or disdain, are the means by which
> America?s wealth-takers dispose of the people they don?t need.
>
> 1. Deplete Their Wealth
>
> Recent analysis has determined that half of America is in or near poverty.
> This is confirmed by researchers Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman, who
> point out: ?The bottom half of the distribution always owns close to zero
> wealth on net. Hence, the bottom 90% wealth share is the same as the share
> of wealth owned by top 50-90% families ? what can be described as the
> middle class.?
>
>
> http://www.nationofchange.org/2014/12/15/six-step-process-wipe-poor-half-america/
>
>
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From ellen.rosser at gmail.com  Wed Dec 17 20:30:06 2014
From: ellen.rosser at gmail.com (ELLEN ROSSER)
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2014 20:30:06 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Banksters win again
Message-ID: <CAFGqSt78wMg9dzALtjNS45g+CC4POxG3iHW1cXHG87W5wxRwVw@mail.gmail.com>

Where's the Outrage? Congress Changes Savings Accounts and Retirement
Funds, and America Sleeps

By Tess Vigeland, Guardian UK

17 December 14



*Nothing is permanent in this wicked world except banks getting whatever
they want, whenever they want, regardless of the risk to their own
customers. Two major provisions in the US budget bill spell doom for US
savers and retirees*


o you remember where you were six years ago? Probably not. It was a long,
long time ago. December 2008 is not one of those dates that gets burned on
your brain, like the moon landing, or D-Day, or the end of Seinfeld.

But I remember where I was. I was at my post as the host of a personal
finance show on national radio, and I was taking calls from people all over
the country who were a) furious that their tax dollars were siphoned off to
pay for a massive bank bailout that crashed the world economy, and b)
outraged that the stock market was responding by wiping out their
already-meager retirement and college education savings funds.

In December 2008, the number of jobs shrank by 533,000, the worst monthly
loss in more than 30 years. Construction permits fell by more than 12% as
people stopped buying houses. And retailers got a giant lump of coal from
consumers, who decided that buying a bunch of worthless junk to put under a
tree was probably not the best idea when their bank accounts ? not the
mention the country?s ? were circling the drain.

?This shall not stand!? we cried, then. ?We can never allow our own savings
to be put at risk like this!?

And yet. Here we are again.

Congress has passed, and President Obama has said he would sign, a budget
bill that allows banks to use your savings when they make giant financial
bets called derivatives. Again.

And because those savings are insured by the federal government, you, the
taxpayer, would be on the hook if those bets go south. Again.

This isn?t arcane financial stuff we can ignore. These are the exact
financial mechanisms that led to the global crisis just six (short!) years
ago. The Dodd-Frank reform law that was passed in the wake of that crisis
forbade this from ever happening.

Charlie Chaplin said that nothing is permanent in this wicked world, not
even our troubles. I?d add that nothing is permanent in this wicked world
except banks getting whatever they want, whenever they want, regardless of
the risk to their own customers. Regardless of the risk to the rest of us.

In addition to all that, this so-called compromise also contains a
provision that would wreak havoc on the pensions of more than 10 million
American workers, who likely have no idea this is coming.

Pension plans were promises to employees that they could count on a certain
income in retirement. Unlike the 401k that most of us are familiar with,
where we have to rely on our own savings and our own strategies for
investing that money, pensions were a guaranteed payout.

That?s why pensions don?t really exist anymore: because they?re expensive,
and if a company doesn?t plan correctly, it?s easy to run out of money. The
Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation, or PBGC, has to take over the plans
from employers who go bankrupt or bust or simply can?t make the payments.

That has happened over and over again, and workers with those pensions have
found their benefits cut in half or even more.

Now there?s a real pension crisis. The PBGC itself is now in something of a
hole, and warned recently that it doesn?t have the reserves to pay even the
reduced amount of the income that was promised to millions of workers.

And a proposal in this same budget bill would allow some pension plans to
cut current benefits to employees who are retired ? if those plans can show
that they?ll otherwise run out of money in the next 10-20 years. The
proposal applies to multi-employer pension plans, which cover a diverse
cross-section of blue-collar workers such as truck drivers and people in
construction.

This isn?t supposed to be legal.

>From their beginnings, if you were already retired, your benefits were
supposed to be untouchable.

Change the payout on workers who are still working, sure (because it?s OK
to break promises and alter people?s lives as long as you give a few years?
notice), but don?t touch the folks who?ve already started the golden years.

But now, they?re fair game, too.

Supporters say this is simply part of the necessary give-and-take of the
political process. Nonsense. They can make other choices that don?t subject
Americans to financial ruin.

As someone who spent six years taking calls on-air from people who will
never fully recover from the devastating losses they experienced during and
after the 2008 crisis, and from pensioners who watched their benefits get
cut and wondered how all the financial planning they did around that number
they were promised was somehow rendered useless, I wish I could go back in
a time machine and warn everyone that George Santayana was right: those who
do not remember the past are doomed to repeat it, or worse, allow it to be
repeated by others.

People in the personal finance field love to talk about how if we could
just get more Americans to save, if we could just get more Americans to
learn the basics of the stock market, if we could just convince Americans
to forego that latte at Starbucks, if we could just put Americans on a
budget, then things would be OK.

But how is any of that supposed to work when banks can use people?s savings
to play the roulette wheel that is the stock market ? and then when they
lose, they just order another cup of coffee and use the federal budget to
make sure that the losses fall not on them but on the people who just tried
to save a little money in the first place?

This one is only on workers if they say nothing and fail to educate
themselves on what is being plundered from their futures. The powers that
be are counting on you not to pay attention, or to feel so impotent that
you just give up and say ?Well, really, what can I do??

How about instead of calling a personal finance show, you call your senator
or representative and tell them your story, and ask them how they would
solve your financial predicament? They should hear your stories. When I
heard them, I got angry, I felt for you and I tried to help.

Maybe if you tell those stories, someone else will listen, and try to help.
Or at least try not to make things worse.
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From rkarch at mcn.org  Thu Dec 18 13:30:01 2014
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2014 13:30:01 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] New Opening for Cuba and US
Message-ID: <23AF3E2F-ED5A-42A7-8346-948575EC709A@mcn.org>

The New Opening With the USA
By Raul Castro, CounterPunch
18 December 14
 
ince my election as President of the State Council and Council of Ministers I have reiterated in many occasions our willingness to hold a respectful dialogue with the United States on the basis of sovereign equality, in order to deal reciprocally with a wide variety of topics without detriment to the national Independence and self-determination of our people...


http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/27565-focus-the-new-opening-with-the-usa
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From agnes at mcn.org  Fri Dec 19 17:17:17 2014
From: agnes at mcn.org (agnes at mcn.org)
Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2014 17:17:17 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] [Fwd: Say Shell No to Shells Arctic drilling plan]
Message-ID: <1f63c12197976ec3f7d81d8eea6aca78.squirrel@webmail.mcn.org>


      Stop Shells reckless Arctic drilling plan

   The Interior Department is considering a disastrous plan to allow Shell to
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   the December 22 deadline.

   [1]Take action now

   Dear Agnes,

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   Shell???s next Arctic drilling mishap could be much worse ??? and it could
   happen as soon as next year.^1

   The Interior Department is considering a plan to allow Shell to drill for
   oil in the Arctic in 2015 despite the Obama administration???s own
   analysis showing a 75% chance of a disastrous oil spill if the plan moves
   forward. The Interior Department???s crucial public comment period ends on
   December 22, so we need to act fast to keep Shell out of the Arctic.

   [3]Tell the Interior Department: No Arctic drilling! Click here to submit
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   CREDO activists have been fighting to stop Shell???s Arctic drilling plans
   for years. Twice now ??? once during the Bush administration and once
   during the Obama administration ??? federal courts have invalidated the
   Interior Department???s sales of leases for Arctic drilling due to poor
   science and faulty economic assumptions. But Shell has continued pushing
   for drilling rights ??? and the Obama administration is now poised to give
   Shell the green light for drilling once again.

   Just this month, the contractor that operated Shell???s Kulluk drilling
   rig agreed to plead guilty to eight felonies for environmental and
   maritime crimes and pay more than $12 million in fines. Worse, a U.S.
   Coast Guard report on the incident released in April found that Shell made
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   Arctic drilling is an environmental nightmare. According to the Interior
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   But even without a massive oil spill, allowing Shell to drill in the
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From jupiter at mcn.org  Fri Dec 19 17:27:10 2014
From: jupiter at mcn.org (Linda Jupiter)
Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2014 17:27:10 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] MLK organizing meeting
Message-ID: <BFF4597E-5910-4001-A3DA-D4BC90C8CAB1@mcn.org>

Tomorrow, Saturday, Dec. 20, we?ll have a one-hour MLK organizing meeting for those of you who can make it at 1pm at the Senior Center. Our regular Occupy Mendocino meeting will follow at 2. All are welcome.
Minutes will be taken and distributed.
Does anyone know where the Senior Center key is (respond offline or only to me). Mark?
Thanks,
Linda

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From agnes at mcn.org  Sat Dec 20 15:24:52 2014
From: agnes at mcn.org (agnes at mcn.org)
Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2014 15:24:52 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] [Fwd: Fw: Sign the petition: Jail the Wall Street
	crooks now]
Message-ID: <92ce9432ac317a1d21d92ad170c2a266.squirrel@webmail.mcn.org>

---------------------------- Original Message ----------------------------
Subject: Fw: Sign the petition: Jail the Wall Street crooks now
From:    "Daily Kos" <campaigns at dailykos.com>
Date:    Sat, December 20, 2014 12:38 pm
To:      agnes at mcn.org
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Agnes, did you hear that J.P. Morgan Chase engaged in blatant mortgage
fraud-and we have a whistleblower ready to speak out-but the U.S. Justice
Department has yet to take action?

*Sign the petition by Daily Kos and CREDO-demanding that Eric Holder file
criminal charges. [ https://www.dailykos.com/campaigns/1014 ]*

The stakes could not be higher. Last week, Congress passed the "must-pass"
CRomnibus bill that repealed a key portion of the Dodd-Frank financial
reforms. Enough Democrats voted for it, after J.P. Morgan Chase C.E.O.
Jamie Dimon "himself" lobbied members [
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/12/12/1351266/-Wall-Street-gets-a-win-and-looks-forward-to-more?detail=email
] of Congress.

Wall Street banks own Congress, but they are not immune to criminal
liability. That's why we need to ramp up the pressure, and urge the U.S.
Justice Department to file criminal charges.

*Sign the petition: Wall Street crooks must pay the price for mortgage
fraud. [ https://www.dailykos.com/campaigns/1014 ]*

Keep fighting,
Paul Hogarth, Daily Kos
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Date: December 09 2014, 2:47 P.M.
From: Daily Kos
Subject: Sign the petition: Jail the Wall Street crooks now

Agnes, *sign the petition by Daily Kos and CREDO to the U.S. Justice
Department demanding they file criminal charges of mortgage fraud against
J.P. Morgan Chase. [ https://www.dailykos.com/campaigns/1014 ]*

Federal prosecutors have told the public for years that they lack the
clear evidence to bring criminal charges against big banks for mortgage
security fraud.

But Alayne Fleischmann-a former securities lawyer who worked as a
diligence manager for J.P. Morgan Chase-personally witnessed wrongdoing
(as reported in a breathtaking account in "Rolling Stone" Magazine) and
even attempted to notify her superiors.

For eight years, Fleischmann told her story of fraud to regulators and
government lawyers-only to watch the Department of Justice settle with
J.P. Morgan Chase out of court with no admission of guilt, and a much
lighter penalty that they were able to write off on their taxes.

Alayne Fleischmann could face legal, financial, and career repercussions
for sharing her story. It's up to us to make sure it isn't in vain.

*Sign the petition by Daily Kos and CREDO to U.S. Attorney General Eric
Holder: No more excuses. Time for criminal charges against JPMorgan Chase.
[ https://www.dailykos.com/campaigns/1014 ]*

Keep fighting,
Paul Hogarth, Daily Kos


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From marksafron at att.net  Sat Dec 20 17:28:19 2014
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2014 17:28:19 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Remember that f**ked up budget we just passed?
Message-ID: <D1334A52-5A42-4A4B-BBBB-72316278E5D2@att.net>

Russian Roulette: Taxpayers Could Be on the Hook for Trillions in Oil Derivatives
By Ellen Brown
A fraction, but a critical fraction, as it included the banks? bets on commodities. Five percent of $280 trillion is $14 trillion in derivatives exposure ? close to the size of the existing federal debt. And as financial blogger Michael Snyder points out <http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/plummeting-oil-prices-destroy-banks-holding-trillions-commodity-derivatives>, $3.9 trillion of this speculation is on the price of commodities.
Full story here: www.informationclearinghouse.info/article40528.htm <http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article40528.htm>


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From rkarch at mcn.org  Sat Dec 20 20:04:43 2014
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2014 20:04:43 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Hands Up!
Message-ID: <5A0248F0-8F7E-44E9-801D-14C30F781483@mcn.org>

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From marksafron at att.net  Mon Dec 22 12:13:11 2014
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2014 12:13:11 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Grow the movement
References: <5498255f15845_be112d87f45344f@worker1.mail>
Message-ID: <1F69738C-AABC-449A-8C19-5C3AEB940FBF@att.net>

I?m sending this out in case others are interested. I know the actual money I stamp is not going to politicians but it serves as a CONSTANT REMINDER in the community that the rich have tilted the playing field.

 <http://stampstampede.nationbuilder.com/r?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.stampstampede.org&utm_campaign=welcome2_122214&n=1&e=50b0e1e0d6d7df2b4d74a9276599c71b&utm_source=stampstampede&utm_medium=email>

We have a lot of dedicated stampers all across the country -- 30,000 and growing -- who are making a BIG impact. People are setting up stamping stations at local businesses and farmers markets, holding stamping parties at home or stamping meet-ups at cafes & bars, spreading the word on social media, and of course, spending beautified bucks with pride!

We have some great tools on our?website <http://stampstampede.nationbuilder.com/r?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.stampstampede.org%2Fpages%2Fdownloads-resources&utm_campaign=welcome2_122214&n=2&e=50b0e1e0d6d7df2b4d74a9276599c71b&utm_source=stampstampede&utm_medium=email> that make it even easier to grow the movement to #GetMoneyOut of politics. 

Some of the resources include:

1. Official Stampede brochures. Print them off right at home or take them to a local print shop, Kinkos or Staples and print them in bulk. Pin them to bulletin boards in your favorite caf? or grocery store and hand them out to people interested in the movement.

2. NEW Stampede information cards! You can conveniently print as many as you like online through VistaPrint, and they are the perfect way to explain what the heck stamping is when you're on the go. Pair 'em with one of our pocket stamps and you'll be a mobile movement-building master!

3. Our legal opinion. It confirms the Stampede is 100% legal. If someone is concerned that stamping political messages on money is illegal and defaces currency, just show them our lawyers opinion and reassure them that the Stampede is legal! 

4. Stampede banners for your website or blog. They're easy to add to your website and are a fantastic way to spread the message and recruit more people to stamp money out of politics! 

5. Stamping Stations! <http://stampstampede.nationbuilder.com/r?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.stampstampede.org%2Fpages%2Fstamping-station-photo-gallery&utm_campaign=welcome2_122214&n=3&e=50b0e1e0d6d7df2b4d74a9276599c71b&utm_source=stampstampede&utm_medium=email> We have a select number of table top signs (or, "stamping stations") that we are giving away for FREE in select regions, and they're a bargain for any business. They are perfect for setting up near the cash register or tip jar and really help lend credibility to the movement and amplify the message. If you have a small business or know one that might be interested, just reply to this email and let us know! 

You can find all of these tools (and more!) by clicking here <http://stampstampede.nationbuilder.com/r?u=http%3A%2F%2Fr20.rs6.net%2Ftn.jsp%3Fe%3D001uUb8yBOz1AUcY-KvM8Eq05ODTE0Q3BXYDZGGgtKBG_oFRYugfu6lb_D38tD8vcOfTUeZTodbKImyQOmJCUzwbu-sdZGTEXuyL-N25leQ2Vfelugcygva0-urPH13Ja05F0DK4G8fFDjRhxZCFhJ3WQ%3D%3D&utm_campaign=welcome2_122214&n=4&e=50b0e1e0d6d7df2b4d74a9276599c71b&utm_source=stampstampede&utm_medium=email>. Also, don't forget to update your email preferences <https://stampstampede.nationbuilder.com/email_preferences?e=50b0e1e0d6d7df2b4d74a9276599c71b&utm_source=stampstampede&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=welcome2_122214&n=5> if you're interested in volunteering, meeting other stampers, or getting more information and news from us.

Thanks so much for your support, and remember to Keep On Stamping! 

The Stamp Stampede Team
Ben, Ed, Ashley, James, Aaron, and Virginia

The Stampede | info at stampstampede.org <mailto:info at stampstampede.org> | stampstampede.org <http://stampstampede.nationbuilder.com/r?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.stampstampede.org&utm_campaign=welcome2_122214&n=6&e=50b0e1e0d6d7df2b4d74a9276599c71b&utm_source=stampstampede&utm_medium=email>

This email was sent to marksafron at att.net <x-msg://36/marksafron at att.net>. Change your email preferences here <https://stampstampede.nationbuilder.com/email_preferences?e=50b0e1e0d6d7df2b4d74a9276599c71b&utm_source=stampstampede&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=welcome2_122214&n=11>. Unsubscribe from all emails here <http://stampstampede.nationbuilder.com/unsubscribe?e=50b0e1e0d6d7df2b4d74a9276599c71b&utm_source=stampstampede&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=welcome2_122214&n=12>. 
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From rkarch at mcn.org  Mon Dec 22 19:55:51 2014
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2014 19:55:51 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] =?windows-1252?q?Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar=3A_The_Pol?=
 =?windows-1252?q?ice_Aren=92t_Under_Attack=2E_Institutionalized_Racism_Is?=
 =?windows-1252?q?=2E_=7C?=
Message-ID: <69848CCD-ADB9-43CB-91BE-85F65A4BD108@mcn.org>

http://time.com/3643462/kareem-abdul-jabbar-nypd-shootings-police/
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From jupiter at mcn.org  Tue Dec 23 14:21:14 2014
From: jupiter at mcn.org (Linda Jupiter)
Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2014 14:21:14 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Fwd: A Fresh Idea
References: <315E3978-4434-4677-BA05-0CA78D6B2BBF@mcn.org>
Message-ID: <B35D286F-1072-4DBF-8F1B-4E2124E73543@mcn.org>

>>> Come one, Come all to ?.
>>> 
>>> Mendocino TOWN HALL MEETING
>>> Tuesday, Dec. 30th at Crown Hall, 6:30 PM
>>> 
>>> I have had the privilege of working with some young folks recently on various issues. They are the ones who sparked the idea for this meeting.
>>> 
>>> Some of the questions that may be addressed at the meeting:
>>> 
>>> What are the issues that are important to people in Mendocino?
>>> How can we work together for the greater good?
>>> How can we be connected in our pursuit of social justice?
>>> How can we honor each other in the pursuit of a sustainable future?
>>> How can we enjoy the path to a better future?
>>> 
>>> It will be a night of good music, good fun and conversation. 
>>> Bring your ideas and engage in the conversation.
>>> 
>>> Hope to see you there. 
>>> 
>>> Carrie Durkee
>>> 937-2554



From marksafron at att.net  Tue Dec 23 17:02:15 2014
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2014 17:02:15 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] China's housing problem
Message-ID: <9CEAC272-B4E8-4416-BD8E-8CF24074B188@att.net>

First, my profound apologies for dropping an entire page for stamp products on the listserve. It?s a clear example of all the clickable URLs buried in a page that don?t show up until it?s translated by the listserve. Below is a web address for a short video of housing and financial problems in China. If we screw up, use us as an example of what not to do in banking & housing; DON?T COPY US.

http://www.nytimes.com/video/business/international/100000003333587/chinas-construction-economy.html?playlistId=1194811622205 <http://www.nytimes.com/video/business/international/100000003333587/chinas-construction-economy.html?playlistId=1194811622205>

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From rkarch at mcn.org  Wed Dec 24 22:38:16 2014
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2014 22:38:16 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] It's a Wonderful Life Comrade
Message-ID: <D03406CB-0A62-47C8-80BD-E32CFEC43DFC@mcn.org>

Read this article after you see the movie!  

http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/27670-focus-its-a-wonderful-life-comrade

It's a Wonderful Life, Comrade
By Michael Winship, Moyers & Company
24 December 14
 
 number of years ago, I was telling a longtime city dweller friend of mine yet another story about the small, upstate New York town in which I grew up.

Simultaneously baffled and captivated, he said, ?I think you were born and raised in Bedford Falls,? the fictional burg at the center of Frank Capra?s classic Christmas movie, ?It?s a Wonderful Life.?... 

http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/27670-focus-its-a-wonderful-life-comrade

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From agnes at mcn.org  Sat Dec 27 16:02:55 2014
From: agnes at mcn.org (agnes at mcn.org)
Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2014 16:02:55 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] anti-fracking globalmoement
Message-ID: <2bdde2dafa50cf1621b337f46aa1cffd.squirrel@webmail.mcn.org>

> Hi folks,
>
> Here is a site for globally putting an end to fracking ?
> http://www.globalfrackdown.org/
>
> Ed



From rkarch at mcn.org  Sat Dec 27 16:02:50 2014
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2014 16:02:50 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] NY Times:I Can't Breathe' T Shirts Banned at High
	School Basketball Tournament in Fort Bragg
Message-ID: <E74FF976-BC65-4420-8919-DAA53E6413B0@mcn.org>

HOMECULTURE
?I Can?t Breathe? shirts 
banned at high school 
basketball tournament

Cleveland Cavaliers? LeBron James warms up before an NBA basketball game against the Brooklyn Nets at the Barclays Center, Monday, Dec. 8, 2014, in New York. Professional athletes have worn ?I Can?t Breathe? messages in protest of a grand jury ... more >
By Lisa Leff - Associated Press - Saturday, December 27, 2014
SAN FRANCISCO ? A high school basketball tournament on the Northern California coast has become the latest flashpoint in the ongoing protests over police killings of unarmed black men after a school was disinvited because of concerns its players would wear T-shirts printed with the words ?I Can?t Breathe? during warmups.

The athletic director for Mendocino High School was informed by his counterpart at Fort Bragg High School this week that neither the boys nor girls teams would be allowed to participate in the three-day tournament hosted by Fort Bragg High starting Monday, Mendocino Unified School District Superintendent Jason Morse said.

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The boys were reinstated after all but one player agreed not to wear the shirts inspired by the last words of Eric Garner, the New York man who died after an officer put him in a chokehold, while on the Fort Bragg campus during the Vern Piver Holiday Classic tournament, Morse said. Too few girl players accepted the condition for the team to field a tournament squad, he said.

SEE ALSO: ?I can breathe - thanks to the NYPD? shirts flood pro-police NYC rally

Brian Triplett, the athletic director at Fort Bragg High, did not return a call and email seeking comment. Principal Rebecca Walker issued a written statement Friday saying school administrators respected the Mendocino teams ?for paying attention to what is going on in the world around them? and that the T-shirts were being prohibited as a security precaution.

?To protect the safety and well-being of all tournament participants it is necessary to ensure that all political statements and or protests are kept away from this tournament,? wrote Walker, who said she was speaking on behalf of the athletic director and the Fort Bragg school superintendent. ?We are a small school district that simply does not have the resources to ensure the safety and well-being of our staff, students and guests at the tournament should someone get upset and choose to act out.?

Mendocino varsity teams first wore the ?I Can?t Breathe? T-shirts before a game with Fort Bragg on Dec. 16, according to the girls coach, Caedyn Feehan. The girls also wore them before games at two other tournaments and didn?t receive any blowback, Feehan said.

?I didn?t even know what it meant. I thought it was a joke about how I had conditioned them so hard,? Feehan said. ?None of the administrators knew what it was or that any of them were doing it in advance. This was entirely for their cause that they had strong feelings about.?
 
Professional basketball players such as LeBron James, Derrick Rose and Kyrie Irving wore ?I Can?t Breathe? shirts during warmups this month without repercussions from the NBA. After Kobe Bryant and other Laker player wore them before a game and on the bench on Dec. 9, coach Byron Scott said he viewed it as a matter of ?freedom of choice and freedom of speech.?

That?s how Marc Woods, whose 16-year-old son Connor plans to sit out the tournament, sees it. Connor wore the T-shirt at the Dec. 16 game in the name of team solidarity, but ?now that?s become a First Amendment violation, that?s what he is fired up about,? the father said.

Woods, whose father was a California Highway Patrol officer, said he is outraged by what he sees as using intimidation to silence players and fans. Fort Bragg administrators have warned spectators who plan to protest the T-shirt ban that they will be asked to leave, he said.

?It doesn?t take a lot to suppress the exchange of ideas when you put fear into it,? Woods said.

Both schools are located in Mendocino County, known for redwood forests, rugged coastline and marijuana-growing, located 120 miles north of San Francisco. The student bodies at the two schools are 1 percent black and 50 percent white and 41 percent Hispanic at Fort Bragg, 75 percent white and 9 percent Hispanic at Mendocino.

A county sheriff?s deputy, Ricky Del Fiorentino, was killed in March by a man suspected of murder and carjacking in Eugene, Oregon. The suspect was killed by a Fort Bragg police officer.

Walker referenced Del Fiorentino?s death, saying ?We simply feel this issue is too emotionally charged to allow such a demonstration to happen in our tournament and be able to ensure the safety and well-being of all involved.?



Read more: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/dec/27/school-bans-i-cant-breathe-t-shirts-at-tournament/#ixzz3N95hNnCy 
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From rkarch at mcn.org  Sat Dec 27 19:24:22 2014
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2014 19:24:22 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] =?windows-1252?q?NY_Times=3A_Mendocino_players_?=
 =?windows-1252?q?=91I_Can=92t_Breathe=92_T_shirts_banned_at_high_school_i?=
 =?windows-1252?q?n_Fort_Bragg?=
Message-ID: <E291B81E-5306-4663-9ACD-5DC20D446D00@mcn.org>

By Lisa Leff - Associated Press - Saturday, December 27, 2014
SAN FRANCISCO ? A high school basketball tournament on the Northern California coast has become the latest flashpoint in the ongoing protests over police killings of unarmed black men after a school was disinvited because of concerns its players would wear T-shirts printed with the words ?I Can?t Breathe? during warmups.

The athletic director for Mendocino High School was informed by his counterpart at Fort Bragg High School this week that neither the boys nor girls teams would be allowed to participate in the three-day tournament hosted by Fort Bragg High starting Monday, Mendocino Unified School District Superintendent Jason Morse said.

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The boys were reinstated after all but one player agreed not to wear the shirts inspired by the last words of Eric Garner, the New York man who died after an officer put him in a chokehold, while on the Fort Bragg campus during the Vern Piver Holiday Classic tournament, Morse said. Too few girl players accepted the condition for the team to field a tournament squad, he said.

Brian Triplett, the athletic director at Fort Bragg High, did not return a call and email seeking comment. Principal Rebecca Walker issued a written statement Friday saying school administrators respected the Mendocino teams ?for paying attention to what is going on in the world around them? and that the T-shirts were being prohibited as a security precaution.

?To protect the safety and well-being of all tournament participants it is necessary to ensure that all political statements and or protests are kept away from this tournament,? wrote Walker, who said she was speaking on behalf of the athletic director and the Fort Bragg school superintendent. ?We are a small school district that simply does not have the resources to ensure the safety and well-being of our staff, students and guests at the tournament should someone get upset and choose to act out.?

Mendocino varsity teams first wore the ?I Can?t Breathe? T-shirts before a game with Fort Bragg on Dec. 16, according to the girls coach, Caedyn Feehan. The girls also wore them before games at two other tournaments and didn?t receive any blowback, Feehan said.

?I didn?t even know what it meant. I thought it was a joke about how I had conditioned them so hard,? Feehan said. ?None of the administrators knew what it was or that any of them were doing it in advance. This was entirely for their cause that they had strong feelings about.?Professional basketball players such as LeBron James, Derrick Rose and Kyrie Irving wore ?I Can?t Breathe? shirts during warmups this month without repercussions from the NBA. After Kobe Bryant and other Laker player wore them before a game and on the bench on Dec. 9, coach Byron Scott said he viewed it as a matter of ?freedom of choice and freedom of speech.?
 
That?s how Marc Woods, whose 16-year-old son Connor plans to sit out the tournament, sees it. Connor wore the T-shirt at the Dec. 16 game in the name of team solidarity, but ?now that?s become a First Amendment violation, that?s what he is fired up about,? the father said.

Woods, whose father was a California Highway Patrol officer, said he is outraged by what he sees as using intimidation to silence players and fans. Fort Bragg administrators have warned spectators who plan to protest the T-shirt ban that they will be asked to leave, he said.

?It doesn?t take a lot to suppress the exchange of ideas when you put fear into it,? Woods said.

Both schools are located in Mendocino County, known for redwood forests, rugged coastline and marijuana-growing, located 120 miles north of San Francisco. The student bodies at the two schools are 1 percent black and 50 percent white and 41 percent Hispanic at Fort Bragg, 75 percent white and 9 percent Hispanic at Mendocino.

A county sheriff?s deputy, Ricky Del Fiorentino, was killed in March by a man suspected of murder and carjacking in Eugene, Oregon. The suspect was killed by a Fort Bragg police officer.

Walker referenced Del Fiorentino?s death, saying ?We simply feel this issue is too emotionally charged to allow such a demonstration to happen in our tournament and be able to ensure the safety and well-being of all involved.?



Read more: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/dec/27/school-bans-i-cant-breathe-t-shirts-at-tournament/#ixzz3N9uNJrIU 
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From rkarch at mcn.org  Sat Dec 27 22:52:13 2014
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2014 22:52:13 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] OM  Facebook protest planned
Message-ID: <DF807E8D-DB97-49A4-A45E-99A28554DC43@mcn.org>


Jasper N Henderson	8:16pm Dec 27
Dear Occupy Folks --

I'm a Mendocino resident (just moved down from Fort Bragg) who has long admired what you guys are doing here. I was fairly heavily involved with Occupy Boston, spent some time at Occupy Wall St., and helped start Occupy Harvard back in 2011. I'm also a graduate of Fort Bragg High, so I'm furious about Becky Walker and Bruce Triplett banning "Black Lives Matter" t-shirts at their basketball tournament. So I'm calling for a protest this coming Monday (the first day of the tournament) at 5PM. Can you share this with your many supporters? Here's the text I wrote. Feel free to edit/change it. 


Calling a protest for free speech and #BlackLivesMatter at the basketball tournament at Fort Bragg High School, Monday the 29th, 5PM. Making national news, the tournament organizers disinvited the Mendocino High School boys and girls basketball teams out fear that they might wear #ICantBreathe t-shirts during their warm-up. 

Come stand in solidarity with the Mendocino basketball teams and the #BlackLivesMatter movement. Let's show the world that Fort Bragg and Mendocino County support the protests across the country and the right of free speech.

Meet on the front steps of Fort Bragg High School, 300 Dana Street at 5PM and marching to the tournament entrance. Bring t-shirts, signs, banners, and candles.

Articles published all across the internet about the ban:

http://l.facebook.com/l/ZAQFxbB9uAQHgM7U-TUxYbxySlaZxA3L6RyeshA8Us_4Ibw/www.theguardian.com/world/2014/dec/27/i-cant-breathe-t-shirts-high-school-basketball

http://l.facebook.com/l/cAQFOnNrGAQFBfqoAlNmPb_HqHVDt4BhEM0jqgxqYx78kyQ/www.ibtimes.com/fort-bragg-high-school-bans-i-cant-breathe-t-shirts-1768106

http://l.facebook.com/l/hAQGbQL7xAQErNAVTvcTdvsfQ7SWxnbG6uujhECgdZuOJ5g/www.buzzfeed.com/davidmack/high-school-bans-i-cant-breathe-shirts-basketball-tournament%23.qwaG498Lk
	'I Can't Breathe' T-shirts see high-school basketball team disinvited from event
www.theguardian.com
Mendocino High School teams out of Fort Bragg tournament after too few members of girls team promise...

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From nlnelson at mcn.org  Sun Dec 28 08:24:41 2014
From: nlnelson at mcn.org (nlnelson at mcn.org)
Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2014 08:24:41 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] OM  Facebook protest planned
Message-ID: <f6e75ad40320d25e8aa3441147b17cbc.squirrel@webmail.mcn.org>

   As a retired teacher who has worked in both Mendocino and Fort Bragg,
and who has seen first hand the differences in cultural attitudes in the
two, I urge Occupiers to stay out of this one and NOT to do
anything which could harm the mood of the event. We already have sad
recent examples of sports confrontations that turned lethal. We do NOT
need to risk another in FB.

   In this world of video-game frenzy, and WII couch potatoes,  I laud all
students who still get out and play sports and who take them seriously.
And I also respect Becky Walker very highly, and the fact that she
mentions the murder of Officer Fiorentino is important, as she knows
that the emotion about that event remains high and charged. Sadly,
there are people who mistake protests against any officer as protest
against their fallen heroes, and some of those people are very likely
to attend this tournament.  Becky said it precisely: FB does not have
the resources to deal with potential confrontations, so let's do
nothing that could invoke such arguments,and ruin the event for the
players who have trained hard and well.

    PLEASE let the kids who have decided to participate enjoy their sports
time, and leave those with concerns to educate their peers. They'll
educate peers better than we, and Occupy can work on education in other
venues.

    People are NOT coming to the tournament for enlightenment or
education. Success is knowing where to choose our battles, and this
should NOT be one of them.

Heartfelt, Nancy Wallace-Nelson



> Jasper N Henderson	8:16pm Dec 27
> Dear Occupy Folks --
> I'm a Mendocino resident (just moved down from Fort Bragg) who has long
admired what you guys are doing here. I was fairly heavily involved with
Occupy Boston, spent some time at Occupy Wall St., and helped start
Occupy
> Harvard back in 2011. I'm also a graduate of Fort Bragg High, so I'm
furious about Becky Walker and Bruce Triplett banning "Black Lives
Matter"
> t-shirts at their basketball tournament. So I'm calling for a protest
this
> coming Monday (the first day of the tournament) at 5PM. Can you share
this
> with your many supporters? Here's the text I wrote. Feel free to
edit/change it.
> Calling a protest for free speech and #BlackLivesMatter at the
basketball
> tournament at Fort Bragg High School, Monday the 29th, 5PM. Making
national news, the tournament organizers disinvited the Mendocino High
School boys and girls basketball teams out fear that they might wear
#ICantBreathe t-shirts during their warm-up.
> Come stand in solidarity with the Mendocino basketball teams and the
#BlackLivesMatter movement. Let's show the world that Fort Bragg and
Mendocino County support the protests across the country and the right
of
> free speech.
> Meet on the front steps of Fort Bragg High School, 300 Dana Street at
5PM
> and marching to the tournament entrance. Bring t-shirts, signs, banners,
and candles.
> Articles published all across the internet about the ban:
> http://l.facebook.com/l/ZAQFxbB9uAQHgM7U-TUxYbxySlaZxA3L6RyeshA8Us_4Ibw/www.theguardian.com/world/2014/dec/27/i-cant-breathe-t-shirts-high-school-basketball
http://l.facebook.com/l/cAQFOnNrGAQFBfqoAlNmPb_HqHVDt4BhEM0jqgxqYx78kyQ/www.ibtimes.com/fort-bragg-high-school-bans-i-cant-breathe-t-shirts-1768106
http://l.facebook.com/l/hAQGbQL7xAQErNAVTvcTdvsfQ7SWxnbG6uujhECgdZuOJ5g/www.buzzfeed.com/davidmack/high-school-bans-i-cant-breathe-shirts-basketball-tournament%23.qwaG498Lk
> 	'I Can't Breathe' T-shirts see high-school basketball team disinvited
> from event
> www.theguardian.com
> Mendocino High School teams out of Fort Bragg tournament after too few
members of girls team promise...
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From irenelsm at mcn.org  Sun Dec 28 18:29:18 2014
From: irenelsm at mcn.org (Irene L. Malone)
Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2014 18:29:18 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] black lives matter
Message-ID: <63902D14-2DDB-4EC0-8330-0F02B486AC85@mcn.org>

Monday, Dec. 29 at 10:30 AM at Fort Bragg High School.

I just talked to Jos? Gaona, a senior at FBHS and he told me that he  
and other students, several mentor scholars,  are planning a  
demonstration tomorrow, 12/29 at 10:30 AM in front of the school to
stand for racial justice and in support of other students who attempt  
to carry the message.  They would like people from the community to  
come.
I think this is better than the 5:30 event, since it is led by the  
students, and that all should attend.
Maybe Jasper Henderson or others could go in the morning and suggest  
the evening plan and see what the students think.

Irene

From sharondoubiago at yahoo.com  Sun Dec 28 19:37:59 2014
From: sharondoubiago at yahoo.com (Sharon Doubiago)
Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2014 03:37:59 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [Occupymendocino] black lives matter
In-Reply-To: <63902D14-2DDB-4EC0-8330-0F02B486AC85@mcn.org>
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I so wish I could be there tomorrow. I am so glad this is happening. Sharon Doubiago
      From: Irene L. Malone <irenelsm at mcn.org>
 To: occupymendocino at lists.mcn.org 
 Sent: Sunday, December 28, 2014 6:29 PM
 Subject: [Occupymendocino] black lives matter
   
Monday, Dec. 29 at 10:30 AM at Fort Bragg High School.

I just talked to Jos? Gaona, a senior at FBHS and he told me that he? 
and other students, several mentor scholars,? are planning a? 
demonstration tomorrow, 12/29 at 10:30 AM in front of the school to
stand for racial justice and in support of other students who attempt? 
to carry the message.? They would like people from the community to? 
come.
I think this is better than the 5:30 event, since it is led by the? 
students, and that all should attend.
Maybe Jasper Henderson or others could go in the morning and suggest? 
the evening plan and see what the students think.

Irene
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From rkarch at mcn.org  Sun Dec 28 23:02:36 2014
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2014 23:02:36 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Dear Fellow White People: Keep Protesting Police
	Violence. Just Don't Throw Bottles From the Back
Message-ID: <A9EAB845-DE04-4E0D-AFCF-19D4DCC36CDA@mcn.org>


Dear Fellow White People: Keep Protesting Police Violence. Just Don't Throw Bottles From the Back
By Dave Bry, Guardian UK
28 December 14
 
Black lives are on the front lines. But to agitate violently from the privilege of the sidelines is to co-opt a peaceful movement and risk more injustice right up there, at the front of the march

t was the summer of 1991, in Berkeley, California, when I took part in my first protests against police brutality, after video surfaced of the violent beating of Rodney King by white police officers. I had moved out there to take classes at the university, and a few friends had rented rooms near the campus. The school had recently announced plans to raze and repurpose People?s Park ? site of the famous anti-war demonstrations of the 60s and an important public space for the city?s massive homeless community. Word spread of an uprising to challenge the park development and we went to watch from afar, uninvested.

But that first night, I watched a police officer wade into a crowd of hippies swinging his billyclub. I saw the club strike the hand of a woman; her fingers had been in a peace sign. I imagined the bones in those fingers breaking. I thought I almost heard the crunch. I am a pacifist. I was enraged.

The next night, the cops? heavy-handedness continued. Hundreds of them had pushed hundreds of protesters out of the park and up one of the adjacent streets. We were at the front of the crowd, walking backwards, yelling our anger, as the wall of clear plastic shields and dark plastic helmet-visors slowly advanced.

Then someone threw a bottle ? someone behind us, maybe 20 feet back. We watched it arc over our heads and land in the middle of the mass of police. Everyone got quiet.

?Oh, shit,? my friend Matt said.

The police charged and we took off running, tripping over feet. Some people fell. I worried about being trampled. It was chaos.

?They?re shooting at us,? Matt screamed. Pop-pop-pop. The whiz and blur of projectiles flying past us, ricocheting of the street. Pop-pop-pop-bing!

A wooden bullet had skipped off the pavement and hit Matt right in the ass. I heard him yelp as we ran. We sprinted for three blocks and got away, shaken but fine. Matt was limping, and took home a nasty bruise ? a perfect circle-shape, a little larger than a silver dollar, almost black in in its lurid purpleness ? but we were lucky enough to be able to laugh about it later.

?Who was the asshole who threw the bottle?? Matt asked, rubbing his sore spot.

We are lucky, still, people like us. Meaning: white people. Matt and I are both white. With the protests against police brutality happening today ? or tomorrow or the next night, probably in a park near you ? we enjoy the privilege of our position on the sidelines. Of choosing whether or not to get involved. If you are a white person who chooses to engage in street protest against racist injustice in America, you have an obligation do so non-violently.

Don?t be the asshole who throws the bottle.

When a peaceful protest tips into violence, the state?s case for the legitimacy of its use of suppressive force is validated, instantly. This is counterproductive, obviously, when the reason for protesting in the first place is to end what we see as wrongful use of state force. This is also a large part of why I am a pacifist: for pragmatic reasons. I subscribe to the belief that non-violent means are more effective than violent ones. I cannot assure you that I would subscribe to this same belief if I was black. I do not know that I would.

I have taken part in ? and plan to continue to take part in, and encourage others to take part in ? the current protests against racist policing in America, but I know and encourage others to remember this: Black people are on the front lines. It is first and foremost a black movement. Black people are risking far more by being out there face-to-face with cops than white people. (Recent history proves this all too convincingly.) White people?s role in protest should be a secondary one ? a strictly supportive role, not agitating or bottle-throwing so much as chanting along, marching in time, bearing witness, simply being there to be counted.

At the Millions March in Oakland earlier this month, black activists made a list of ?Rules for Whites? that included ?No megaphones? and ?Follow black leadership.? As the East Bay Express reported, ?When the march began, white demonstrators were asked to hang back and allow for its black participants to move through the crowd to the front.? So why are we still smashing windows and tearing down Christmas ornaments, weeks later?

In November, here in New York, I took my 10-year-old son to a demonstration protesting the grand jury?s decision in Ferguson. We marched around the park and joined chants of ?No justice, no peace? and ?No racist police? and even ?Fuck the police?. (My kid didn?t say the ?fuck? part; he?s kind of a goody-goody.)

Then a group of younger white folks in bandana masks and Occupy gear started up with a separate chant, from the outside: ?Who do we want? Darren Wilson. How do we want him? Dead!?

I didn?t want anybody dead, and neither did my kid. And neither did a black woman marching in front of us. ?Whoa,? she said in the direction of this new contingent. ?Slow your roll. That?s taking it a little too far.?

She was right. And I?m glad my kid was standing close enough to hear her. I am more enraged than ever at the racist violence of America?s police. I am angry at the government and committed to affecting change. But I have zero patience for white people who throw bottles from the back of the crowd, who smash windows or throw garbage cans off overpasses or punch anyone or set anything on fire. Words are categorically different from physical actions, but I don?t think we should be calling for anyone?s death, either.

Police respond to violence with more violence, as they are sanctioned by law to do, and people get hurt. Police are heavily armed; protesters generally are not. The protesters closest to the police stand a higher risk of injury than those farther away. White people cannot be throwing bottles from the back while leaving black people in the front ? on the front lines ? open to further injustice. We have to stay in the back and keep our hands to ourselves. To do otherwise, fellow white person, is to co-opt a movement that is not rightfully yours. It?s not your white ass on the line.


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From rkarch at mcn.org  Mon Dec 29 17:13:44 2014
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2014 17:13:44 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Report on rally from Jasper Henderson
Message-ID: <9A9F4784-6538-4E4D-B3F2-F35749FC7D7B@mcn.org>

Hi All --

According to the Advocate-News Facebook page, a general counsel for the
Fort Bragg Unified School District has lifted the ban both for political
messages in the stands and during student warm-ups.

Unfortunately, the Mendo girls team will still be left out of the
tournament, because their space in the brackets has already been filled.

It was a delightful protest this morning, with 30-50 protesters, including
plenty Fort Bragg and Mendocino residents, more than a few FBHS grads,
folks from Occupy Mendo, and a large contingent of the student athletes
barred from the tournament. Additionally there were a host of reporters, so
expect to see a fair amount of news coverage, this time hopefully quite
positive.

I think everyone who participated can now declare victory! I've been very
impressed by the bravery and morals of these young people.

Sincerely,
Jasper
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From rkarch at mcn.org  Tue Dec 30 11:47:40 2014
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 11:47:40 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] CBS Bay Area News at 5 PM has shots of FB High
	Rally
Message-ID: <19684E67-BBD8-435A-B71F-4AA39F67E1CD@mcn.org>

My daughter phoned and said the CBS Bay Area News at 5 PM has story and shots of yesterday's  FB High Rally.  She saw it at 11am.
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From vjessielee at gmail.com  Tue Dec 30 12:06:56 2014
From: vjessielee at gmail.com (Jessie VanSant)
Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 12:06:56 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Report on rally from Jasper Henderson
In-Reply-To: <9A9F4784-6538-4E4D-B3F2-F35749FC7D7B@mcn.org>
References: <9A9F4784-6538-4E4D-B3F2-F35749FC7D7B@mcn.org>
Message-ID: <A8A1CED7-2E10-4B02-ADFA-A3C1A9153BDD@gmail.com>

It was GREAT!!!

Everybody go to Crown Hall tonight and join in the RISING of Mendocino via the YOUNG PEOPLE in joining the greater national and global struggle.

It?s so exciting!!  I am thrilled!!

JL

Jessie Lee VanSant
vjessielee at gmail.com
707-964-5511
"The question is not whether we will be extremists, but what kind of extremists we will be... The nation and the world are in dire need of creative extremists.? MLK Jr.






On Dec 29, 2014, at 5:13 PM, Richard Karch <rkarch at mcn.org> wrote:

> Hi All --
> 
> According to the Advocate-News Facebook page, a general counsel for the
> Fort Bragg Unified School District has lifted the ban both for political
> messages in the stands and during student warm-ups.
> 
> Unfortunately, the Mendo girls team will still be left out of the
> tournament, because their space in the brackets has already been filled.
> 
> It was a delightful protest this morning, with 30-50 protesters, including
> plenty Fort Bragg and Mendocino residents, more than a few FBHS grads,
> folks from Occupy Mendo, and a large contingent of the student athletes
> barred from the tournament. Additionally there were a host of reporters, so
> expect to see a fair amount of news coverage, this time hopefully quite
> positive.
> 
> I think everyone who participated can now declare victory! I've been very
> impressed by the bravery and morals of these young people.
> 
> Sincerely,
> Jasper
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From rkarch at mcn.org  Tue Dec 30 13:04:57 2014
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 13:04:57 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Benefield: Muting protest by Mendocino girls is
	an opportunity lost
Message-ID: <E1E72676-062E-42C8-94CC-7F9C6BDFF581@mcn.org>

http://www.pressdemocrat.com/sports/3310686-181/kerry-benefield-muting-protest-by

Sports page article in Dec 30 Press Democrat. 
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From sharondoubiago at yahoo.com  Tue Dec 30 14:14:34 2014
From: sharondoubiago at yahoo.com (Sharon Doubiago)
Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 22:14:34 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Benefield: Muting protest by Mendocino girls
 is	an opportunity lost
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I am so so so so proud of Mendocino girls! 
      From: Richard Karch <rkarch at mcn.org>
 To: occupymendocino at lists.mcn.org 
 Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2014 1:04 PM
 Subject: [Occupymendocino] Benefield: Muting protest by Mendocino girls is an opportunity lost
   
http://www.pressdemocrat.com/sports/3310686-181/kerry-benefield-muting-protest-by
Sports page article in Dec 30 Press Democrat.?
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From rkarch at mcn.org  Tue Dec 30 14:39:40 2014
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 14:39:40 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Latest: From Press Democrat: " I Can't Breathe"
	Mendocino Team coach bows out.
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http://www.pressdemocrat.com/news/3314221-181/mendocino-team-coach-avoid-confrontation


On Dec 30, 2014, at 2:31 PM, Benefield, Kerry wrote:

> Here is the latest from Glenda, but I believe she will be updating as the day marches on:
>  
> http://www.pressdemocrat.com/news/3314221-181/mendocino-team-coach-avoid-confrontation
>  
>  
> Kerry Benefield
> Sports columnist
> The Press Democrat
> 
>  
> Your search - Glenda Anderson is reporting on today?s happenings and the coach?s apparent decision not to coach the boys team this morning. - did not match any documents. Reset search tools
> 
> I guess it is not filed yet..
> Thanks, Richard
> On Dec 30, 2014, at 1:37 PM, Benefield, Kerry wrote:
> 
> 
> Glenda Anderson is reporting on today?s happenings and the coach?s apparent decision not to coach the boys team this morning.
>  

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From goldencenter at mcn.org  Sun Dec 28 12:15:41 2014
From: goldencenter at mcn.org (Ruby Gold)
Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2014 12:15:41 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] OM  Facebook protest planned
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> Dear Ms Nancy Wallace-Nelson

If this is not important to you, then you should not participate. But  
please do not tell anyone else what is important to them or what they  
should do. If we can grieve over Officer Fiorentino - which we  
rightfully and righteously did - we can grieve over the death of  
innocent black and other people of color.

The only real heroes at the moment are the courageous young girls who  
refused to go along with this outrageous suppression of people's  
voices. Much more important than any game could ever be.

ruby gold



On Dec 28, 2014, at 8:24 AM, nlnelson at mcn.org wrote:

>    As a retired teacher who has worked in both Mendocino and Fort  
> Bragg,
> and who has seen first hand the differences in cultural attitudes in  
> the
> two, I urge Occupiers to stay out of this one and NOT to do
> anything which could harm the mood of the event. We already have sad
> recent examples of sports confrontations that turned lethal. We do NOT
> need to risk another in FB.
>
>    In this world of video-game frenzy, and WII couch potatoes,  I laud  
> all
> students who still get out and play sports and who take them seriously.
> And I also respect Becky Walker very highly, and the fact that she
> mentions the murder of Officer Fiorentino is important, as she knows
> that the emotion about that event remains high and charged. Sadly,
> there are people who mistake protests against any officer as protest
> against their fallen heroes, and some of those people are very likely
> to attend this tournament.  Becky said it precisely: FB does not have
> the resources to deal with potential confrontations, so let's do
> nothing that could invoke such arguments,and ruin the event for the
> players who have trained hard and well.
>
>     PLEASE let the kids who have decided to participate enjoy their  
> sports
> time, and leave those with concerns to educate their peers. They'll
> educate peers better than we, and Occupy can work on education in other
> venues.
>
>     People are NOT coming to the tournament for enlightenment or
> education. Success is knowing where to choose our battles, and this
> should NOT be one of them.
>
> Heartfelt, Nancy Wallace-Nelson
>
>
>
>> Jasper N Henderson	8:16pm Dec 27
>> Dear Occupy Folks --
>> I'm a Mendocino resident (just moved down from Fort Bragg) who has  
>> long
> admired what you guys are doing here. I was fairly heavily involved  
> with
> Occupy Boston, spent some time at Occupy Wall St., and helped start
> Occupy
>> Harvard back in 2011. I'm also a graduate of Fort Bragg High, so I'm
> furious about Becky Walker and Bruce Triplett banning "Black Lives
> Matter"
>> t-shirts at their basketball tournament. So I'm calling for a protest
> this
>> coming Monday (the first day of the tournament) at 5PM. Can you share
> this
>> with your many supporters? Here's the text I wrote. Feel free to
> edit/change it.
>> Calling a protest for free speech and #BlackLivesMatter at the
> basketball
>> tournament at Fort Bragg High School, Monday the 29th, 5PM. Making
> national news, the tournament organizers disinvited the Mendocino High
> School boys and girls basketball teams out fear that they might wear
> #ICantBreathe t-shirts during their warm-up.
>> Come stand in solidarity with the Mendocino basketball teams and the
> #BlackLivesMatter movement. Let's show the world that Fort Bragg and
> Mendocino County support the protests across the country and the right
> of
>> free speech.
>> Meet on the front steps of Fort Bragg High School, 300 Dana Street at
> 5PM
>> and marching to the tournament entrance. Bring t-shirts, signs,  
>> banners,
> and candles.
>> Articles published all across the internet about the ban:
>> http://l.facebook.com/l/ZAQFxbB9uAQHgM7U- 
>> TUxYbxySlaZxA3L6RyeshA8Us_4Ibw/www.theguardian.com/world/2014/dec/27/ 
>> i-cant-breathe-t-shirts-high-school-basketball
> http://l.facebook.com/l/ 
> cAQFOnNrGAQFBfqoAlNmPb_HqHVDt4BhEM0jqgxqYx78kyQ/www.ibtimes.com/fort- 
> bragg-high-school-bans-i-cant-breathe-t-shirts-1768106
> http://l.facebook.com/l/ 
> hAQGbQL7xAQErNAVTvcTdvsfQ7SWxnbG6uujhECgdZuOJ5g/www.buzzfeed.com/ 
> davidmack/high-school-bans-i-cant-breathe-shirts-basketball- 
> tournament%23.qwaG498Lk
>> 	'I Can't Breathe' T-shirts see high-school basketball team disinvited
>> from event
>> www.theguardian.com
>> Mendocino High School teams out of Fort Bragg tournament after too few
> members of girls team promise...
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From nlnelson at mcn.org  Wed Dec 31 10:30:26 2014
From: nlnelson at mcn.org (nlnelson at mcn.org)
Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2014 10:30:26 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] OM  Facebook protest planned
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so sad when stating one's opinion is represented as "telling others what
to do" - maybe "please" has no meaning anymore.....

I'm happy to have heard about Jose and all the students that took the ball
on the protest and KEPT IT AWAY FROM THE GAME TIME -

Nancy

Dear Ms Nancy Wallace-Nelson
>
> If this is not important to you, then you should not participate. But
> please do not tell anyone else what is important to them or what they
> should do. If we can grieve over Officer Fiorentino - which we
> rightfully and righteously did - we can grieve over the death of
> innocent black and other people of color.
>
> The only real heroes at the moment are the courageous young girls who
> refused to go along with this outrageous suppression of people's
> voices. Much more important than any game could ever be.
>
> ruby gold
>
>
>
> On Dec 28, 2014, at 8:24 AM, nlnelson at mcn.org wrote:
>
>>    As a retired teacher who has worked in both Mendocino and Fort
>> Bragg,
>> and who has seen first hand the differences in cultural attitudes in
>> the
>> two, I urge Occupiers to stay out of this one and NOT to do
>> anything which could harm the mood of the event. We already have sad
>> recent examples of sports confrontations that turned lethal. We do NOT
>> need to risk another in FB.
>>
>>    In this world of video-game frenzy, and WII couch potatoes,  I laud
>> all
>> students who still get out and play sports and who take them seriously.
>> And I also respect Becky Walker very highly, and the fact that she
>> mentions the murder of Officer Fiorentino is important, as she knows
>> that the emotion about that event remains high and charged. Sadly,
>> there are people who mistake protests against any officer as protest
>> against their fallen heroes, and some of those people are very likely
>> to attend this tournament.  Becky said it precisely: FB does not have
>> the resources to deal with potential confrontations, so let's do
>> nothing that could invoke such arguments,and ruin the event for the
>> players who have trained hard and well.
>>
>>     PLEASE let the kids who have decided to participate enjoy their
>> sports
>> time, and leave those with concerns to educate their peers. They'll
>> educate peers better than we, and Occupy can work on education in other
>> venues.
>>
>>     People are NOT coming to the tournament for enlightenment or
>> education. Success is knowing where to choose our battles, and this
>> should NOT be one of them.
>>
>> Heartfelt, Nancy Wallace-Nelson
>>
>>
>>
>>> Jasper N Henderson	8:16pm Dec 27
>>> Dear Occupy Folks --
>>> I'm a Mendocino resident (just moved down from Fort Bragg) who has
>>> long
>> admired what you guys are doing here. I was fairly heavily involved
>> with
>> Occupy Boston, spent some time at Occupy Wall St., and helped start
>> Occupy
>>> Harvard back in 2011. I'm also a graduate of Fort Bragg High, so I'm
>> furious about Becky Walker and Bruce Triplett banning "Black Lives
>> Matter"
>>> t-shirts at their basketball tournament. So I'm calling for a protest
>> this
>>> coming Monday (the first day of the tournament) at 5PM. Can you share
>> this
>>> with your many supporters? Here's the text I wrote. Feel free to
>> edit/change it.
>>> Calling a protest for free speech and #BlackLivesMatter at the
>> basketball
>>> tournament at Fort Bragg High School, Monday the 29th, 5PM. Making
>> national news, the tournament organizers disinvited the Mendocino High
>> School boys and girls basketball teams out fear that they might wear
>> #ICantBreathe t-shirts during their warm-up.
>>> Come stand in solidarity with the Mendocino basketball teams and the
>> #BlackLivesMatter movement. Let's show the world that Fort Bragg and
>> Mendocino County support the protests across the country and the right
>> of
>>> free speech.
>>> Meet on the front steps of Fort Bragg High School, 300 Dana Street at
>> 5PM
>>> and marching to the tournament entrance. Bring t-shirts, signs,
>>> banners,
>> and candles.
>>> Articles published all across the internet about the ban:
>>> http://l.facebook.com/l/ZAQFxbB9uAQHgM7U-
>>> TUxYbxySlaZxA3L6RyeshA8Us_4Ibw/www.theguardian.com/world/2014/dec/27/
>>> i-cant-breathe-t-shirts-high-school-basketball
>> http://l.facebook.com/l/
>> cAQFOnNrGAQFBfqoAlNmPb_HqHVDt4BhEM0jqgxqYx78kyQ/www.ibtimes.com/fort-
>> bragg-high-school-bans-i-cant-breathe-t-shirts-1768106
>> http://l.facebook.com/l/
>> hAQGbQL7xAQErNAVTvcTdvsfQ7SWxnbG6uujhECgdZuOJ5g/www.buzzfeed.com/
>> davidmack/high-school-bans-i-cant-breathe-shirts-basketball-
>> tournament%23.qwaG498Lk
>>> 	'I Can't Breathe' T-shirts see high-school basketball team disinvited
>>> from event
>>> www.theguardian.com
>>> Mendocino High School teams out of Fort Bragg tournament after too few
>> members of girls team promise...
>>> TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send an email to occupymendocino at lists.mcn.org put
>> "Un-Subscribe me" in the Subject line.
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>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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From vjessielee at gmail.com  Wed Dec 31 23:12:37 2014
From: vjessielee at gmail.com (Jessie VanSant)
Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2014 23:12:37 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] OM  Facebook protest planned
In-Reply-To: <678169167b94e8aafe41bc34cc8d9f31.squirrel@webmail.mcn.org>
References: <f6e75ad40320d25e8aa3441147b17cbc.squirrel@webmail.mcn.org>
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Did anyone attend the Town Meeting in Mendocino last night??

Wish I had gone?.

Reportage please!!!

btw - the kids asked for our support and we can participate in all/any ways we choose.

Jessie Lee VanSant
vjessielee at gmail.com
707-964-5511
"The question is not whether we will be extremists, but what kind of extremists we will be... The nation and the world are in dire need of creative extremists.? MLK Jr.

On Dec 31, 2014, at 10:30 AM, nlnelson at mcn.org wrote:

> so sad when stating one's opinion is represented as "telling others what
> to do" - maybe "please" has no meaning anymore.....
> 
> I'm happy to have heard about Jose and all the students that took the ball
> on the protest and KEPT IT AWAY FROM THE GAME TIME -
> 
> Nancy
> 
> Dear Ms Nancy Wallace-Nelson
>> 
>> If this is not important to you, then you should not participate. But
>> please do not tell anyone else what is important to them or what they
>> should do. If we can grieve over Officer Fiorentino - which we
>> rightfully and righteously did - we can grieve over the death of
>> innocent black and other people of color.
>> 
>> The only real heroes at the moment are the courageous young girls who
>> refused to go along with this outrageous suppression of people's
>> voices. Much more important than any game could ever be.
>> 
>> ruby gold
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Dec 28, 2014, at 8:24 AM, nlnelson at mcn.org wrote:
>> 
>>>   As a retired teacher who has worked in both Mendocino and Fort
>>> Bragg,
>>> and who has seen first hand the differences in cultural attitudes in
>>> the
>>> two, I urge Occupiers to stay out of this one and NOT to do
>>> anything which could harm the mood of the event. We already have sad
>>> recent examples of sports confrontations that turned lethal. We do NOT
>>> need to risk another in FB.
>>> 
>>>   In this world of video-game frenzy, and WII couch potatoes,  I laud
>>> all
>>> students who still get out and play sports and who take them seriously.
>>> And I also respect Becky Walker very highly, and the fact that she
>>> mentions the murder of Officer Fiorentino is important, as she knows
>>> that the emotion about that event remains high and charged. Sadly,
>>> there are people who mistake protests against any officer as protest
>>> against their fallen heroes, and some of those people are very likely
>>> to attend this tournament.  Becky said it precisely: FB does not have
>>> the resources to deal with potential confrontations, so let's do
>>> nothing that could invoke such arguments,and ruin the event for the
>>> players who have trained hard and well.
>>> 
>>>    PLEASE let the kids who have decided to participate enjoy their
>>> sports
>>> time, and leave those with concerns to educate their peers. They'll
>>> educate peers better than we, and Occupy can work on education in other
>>> venues.
>>> 
>>>    People are NOT coming to the tournament for enlightenment or
>>> education. Success is knowing where to choose our battles, and this
>>> should NOT be one of them.
>>> 
>>> Heartfelt, Nancy Wallace-Nelson
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> Jasper N Henderson	8:16pm Dec 27
>>>> Dear Occupy Folks --
>>>> I'm a Mendocino resident (just moved down from Fort Bragg) who has
>>>> long
>>> admired what you guys are doing here. I was fairly heavily involved
>>> with
>>> Occupy Boston, spent some time at Occupy Wall St., and helped start
>>> Occupy
>>>> Harvard back in 2011. I'm also a graduate of Fort Bragg High, so I'm
>>> furious about Becky Walker and Bruce Triplett banning "Black Lives
>>> Matter"
>>>> t-shirts at their basketball tournament. So I'm calling for a protest
>>> this
>>>> coming Monday (the first day of the tournament) at 5PM. Can you share
>>> this
>>>> with your many supporters? Here's the text I wrote. Feel free to
>>> edit/change it.
>>>> Calling a protest for free speech and #BlackLivesMatter at the
>>> basketball
>>>> tournament at Fort Bragg High School, Monday the 29th, 5PM. Making
>>> national news, the tournament organizers disinvited the Mendocino High
>>> School boys and girls basketball teams out fear that they might wear
>>> #ICantBreathe t-shirts during their warm-up.
>>>> Come stand in solidarity with the Mendocino basketball teams and the
>>> #BlackLivesMatter movement. Let's show the world that Fort Bragg and
>>> Mendocino County support the protests across the country and the right
>>> of
>>>> free speech.
>>>> Meet on the front steps of Fort Bragg High School, 300 Dana Street at
>>> 5PM
>>>> and marching to the tournament entrance. Bring t-shirts, signs,
>>>> banners,
>>> and candles.
>>>> Articles published all across the internet about the ban:
>>>> http://l.facebook.com/l/ZAQFxbB9uAQHgM7U-
>>>> TUxYbxySlaZxA3L6RyeshA8Us_4Ibw/www.theguardian.com/world/2014/dec/27/
>>>> i-cant-breathe-t-shirts-high-school-basketball
>>> http://l.facebook.com/l/
>>> cAQFOnNrGAQFBfqoAlNmPb_HqHVDt4BhEM0jqgxqYx78kyQ/www.ibtimes.com/fort-
>>> bragg-high-school-bans-i-cant-breathe-t-shirts-1768106
>>> http://l.facebook.com/l/
>>> hAQGbQL7xAQErNAVTvcTdvsfQ7SWxnbG6uujhECgdZuOJ5g/www.buzzfeed.com/
>>> davidmack/high-school-bans-i-cant-breathe-shirts-basketball-
>>> tournament%23.qwaG498Lk
>>>> 	'I Can't Breathe' T-shirts see high-school basketball team disinvited
>>>> from event
>>>> www.theguardian.com
>>>> Mendocino High School teams out of Fort Bragg tournament after too few
>>> members of girls team promise...
>>>> 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
>>> 
>>> 

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From vjessielee at gmail.com  Wed Dec 31 23:12:54 2014
From: vjessielee at gmail.com (Jessie VanSant)
Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2014 23:12:54 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] OM  Facebook protest planned
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Did anyone attend the Town Meeting in Mendocino last night??

Wish I had gone?.

Reportage please!!!

btw - the kids asked for our support and we can participate in all/any ways we choose.

Jessie Lee VanSant
vjessielee at gmail.com
707-964-5511
"The question is not whether we will be extremists, but what kind of extremists we will be... The nation and the world are in dire need of creative extremists.? MLK Jr.

On Dec 31, 2014, at 10:30 AM, nlnelson at mcn.org wrote:

> so sad when stating one's opinion is represented as "telling others what
> to do" - maybe "please" has no meaning anymore.....
> 
> I'm happy to have heard about Jose and all the students that took the ball
> on the protest and KEPT IT AWAY FROM THE GAME TIME -
> 
> Nancy
> 
> Dear Ms Nancy Wallace-Nelson
>> 
>> If this is not important to you, then you should not participate. But
>> please do not tell anyone else what is important to them or what they
>> should do. If we can grieve over Officer Fiorentino - which we
>> rightfully and righteously did - we can grieve over the death of
>> innocent black and other people of color.
>> 
>> The only real heroes at the moment are the courageous young girls who
>> refused to go along with this outrageous suppression of people's
>> voices. Much more important than any game could ever be.
>> 
>> ruby gold
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Dec 28, 2014, at 8:24 AM, nlnelson at mcn.org wrote:
>> 
>>>   As a retired teacher who has worked in both Mendocino and Fort
>>> Bragg,
>>> and who has seen first hand the differences in cultural attitudes in
>>> the
>>> two, I urge Occupiers to stay out of this one and NOT to do
>>> anything which could harm the mood of the event. We already have sad
>>> recent examples of sports confrontations that turned lethal. We do NOT
>>> need to risk another in FB.
>>> 
>>>   In this world of video-game frenzy, and WII couch potatoes,  I laud
>>> all
>>> students who still get out and play sports and who take them seriously.
>>> And I also respect Becky Walker very highly, and the fact that she
>>> mentions the murder of Officer Fiorentino is important, as she knows
>>> that the emotion about that event remains high and charged. Sadly,
>>> there are people who mistake protests against any officer as protest
>>> against their fallen heroes, and some of those people are very likely
>>> to attend this tournament.  Becky said it precisely: FB does not have
>>> the resources to deal with potential confrontations, so let's do
>>> nothing that could invoke such arguments,and ruin the event for the
>>> players who have trained hard and well.
>>> 
>>>    PLEASE let the kids who have decided to participate enjoy their
>>> sports
>>> time, and leave those with concerns to educate their peers. They'll
>>> educate peers better than we, and Occupy can work on education in other
>>> venues.
>>> 
>>>    People are NOT coming to the tournament for enlightenment or
>>> education. Success is knowing where to choose our battles, and this
>>> should NOT be one of them.
>>> 
>>> Heartfelt, Nancy Wallace-Nelson
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> Jasper N Henderson	8:16pm Dec 27
>>>> Dear Occupy Folks --
>>>> I'm a Mendocino resident (just moved down from Fort Bragg) who has
>>>> long
>>> admired what you guys are doing here. I was fairly heavily involved
>>> with
>>> Occupy Boston, spent some time at Occupy Wall St., and helped start
>>> Occupy
>>>> Harvard back in 2011. I'm also a graduate of Fort Bragg High, so I'm
>>> furious about Becky Walker and Bruce Triplett banning "Black Lives
>>> Matter"
>>>> t-shirts at their basketball tournament. So I'm calling for a protest
>>> this
>>>> coming Monday (the first day of the tournament) at 5PM. Can you share
>>> this
>>>> with your many supporters? Here's the text I wrote. Feel free to
>>> edit/change it.
>>>> Calling a protest for free speech and #BlackLivesMatter at the
>>> basketball
>>>> tournament at Fort Bragg High School, Monday the 29th, 5PM. Making
>>> national news, the tournament organizers disinvited the Mendocino High
>>> School boys and girls basketball teams out fear that they might wear
>>> #ICantBreathe t-shirts during their warm-up.
>>>> Come stand in solidarity with the Mendocino basketball teams and the
>>> #BlackLivesMatter movement. Let's show the world that Fort Bragg and
>>> Mendocino County support the protests across the country and the right
>>> of
>>>> free speech.
>>>> Meet on the front steps of Fort Bragg High School, 300 Dana Street at
>>> 5PM
>>>> and marching to the tournament entrance. Bring t-shirts, signs,
>>>> banners,
>>> and candles.
>>>> Articles published all across the internet about the ban:
>>>> http://l.facebook.com/l/ZAQFxbB9uAQHgM7U-
>>>> TUxYbxySlaZxA3L6RyeshA8Us_4Ibw/www.theguardian.com/world/2014/dec/27/
>>>> i-cant-breathe-t-shirts-high-school-basketball
>>> http://l.facebook.com/l/
>>> cAQFOnNrGAQFBfqoAlNmPb_HqHVDt4BhEM0jqgxqYx78kyQ/www.ibtimes.com/fort-
>>> bragg-high-school-bans-i-cant-breathe-t-shirts-1768106
>>> http://l.facebook.com/l/
>>> hAQGbQL7xAQErNAVTvcTdvsfQ7SWxnbG6uujhECgdZuOJ5g/www.buzzfeed.com/
>>> davidmack/high-school-bans-i-cant-breathe-shirts-basketball-
>>> tournament%23.qwaG498Lk
>>>> 	'I Can't Breathe' T-shirts see high-school basketball team disinvited
>>>> from event
>>>> www.theguardian.com
>>>> Mendocino High School teams out of Fort Bragg tournament after too few
>>> members of girls team promise...
>>>> TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send an email to occupymendocino at lists.mcn.org put
>>> "Un-Subscribe me" in the Subject line.
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