From agnes at mcn.org  Sun Nov  2 08:45:51 2014
From: agnes at mcn.org (agnes at mcn.org)
Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2014 08:45:51 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] [Fwd: Judges]
Message-ID: <b5ac3b27ee50ade60af27422ca26c940.squirrel@webmail.mcn.org>

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Subject: Judges
From:    "Val Muchowski" <vjmuchowski at gmail.com>
Date:    Thu, October 23, 2014 11:06 am
To:      "Geraldine Rose" <grose at pacific.net>
         "mavesq at pacific.net" <mavesq at pacific.net>
         "Linda Bailey" <lindabailey at mcn.org>
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What about the judges on the ballot? For more information go to
http://judgepedia.org/California_judicial_elections,_2014 to find the
judicial candidate???s information that we will be voting for on our ballots.
The Governor appoints the judges and you vote to retain them. Does that
judge represent your values?

Also from Smart Voter Guide. The biographies they submitted.
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From irenelsm at mcn.org  Sun Nov  2 09:07:26 2014
From: irenelsm at mcn.org (Irene L. Malone)
Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2014 09:07:26 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] PD Recommendations
Message-ID: <9A823DA1-348D-4769-A5D3-638E363AEC04@mcn.org>

Vote for our future

	We can't let anti-public education billionaires buy our schools.
	The Press Democrat's recommendation for the State Superintendent of  
Public Instruction is wrong.
Marshall Tuck, whose education is in business administration and who  
worked as a Wall Street investment
broker before being hired as CEO for a charter school company,  is  
supported by and his campaign is paid
for by twelve millionaires and billionaires who have donated over $5  
million.  Why?  These contributors,
including an oil tycoon, the heirs to a big-box anti-worker chain,  
and a big stock trader, are pushing a corporate
agenda  that would privatize our schools, push for more standardized  
tests and strip workers of their collective
bargaining rights.
	The better candidate is Tom Torlakson, who earned a master's degree  
in education, taught high school science,
coached track, and taught at a community college.  He supports  
increased school funding and limits on the use
of student test scores.  Torlakson has used his teaching experience  
to make schools safer and to help students develop
real world skills, working with educators, parents, and the community  
to advance lifelong learning from early
childhood through higher education.
	As a retired teacher, and now a great-grandmother, I ask you to vote  
for Tom Totlakson for the better future of
our public education system.
	

																		IRENE MALONE
																			Fort Bragg

1400 Taubold Court
Fort Bragg, CA 95437
707.964.1931


From agnes at mcn.org  Sun Nov  2 10:06:16 2014
From: agnes at mcn.org (agnes at mcn.org)
Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2014 10:06:16 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Fwd: Minutes of Oct. 18 OM GA
In-Reply-To: <0F6F6535-7562-4B90-B6F5-40F0F672269E@mcn.org>
References: <14E91DDE-08DC-4E2C-9E06-F6950888F433@mcn.org>
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Sheila,
      What did Zac say about OM? Do we need to purchase a non-profit
license?

Agnes

Minutes of October 18, 2014 General Assembly
>>
>> Present: Barbara, Irene, Jessie, Mark, Daniel, Bob, Ann, Linda, Sheila
>>
>> Important: Thursday, Oct. 23 @ 1p.m. at Ten Mile Court Barbara Moller
>> will be in court to fight to have her dog returned to her. Please attend
>> and support Barbara. Letters of support should be made out to the court.
>> Add at the end of your statement ?I declare under penalty of perjury
>> that the foregoing is true and correct.?
>>
>> Election: Prop. 1 and 2 discussed. KNYO will let us discuss props but 1
>> and 2, in particular, are very confusing
>>
>> Hospital Board: Many members said they would vote for Mike Carroll and
>> Kitty Brunning.
>>
>> School Superintendent: Kathy Wylie may be a write-in option; Jean
>> Poen-Jones, not actively campaigning; Galletti, familiar w/small
>> schools, more hands on.
>>
>> City Council: Secretary of State is in charge of elections. It?s our
>> responsibility to speak up if we feel there is some illegality in the
>> election proceedings, i.e., Peters is on the air and other candidates
>> should have airtime as well.
>>
>> Measure S: Remember to vote November 4!
>>
>> Jeff Clements event and the Paul Cienfuegos Road Show were both
>> successful.
>>
>> Willow Rain will be giving workshops on what the actual Ordinance means.
>> Her next coastal workshop is this coming Tuesday, Oct. 21, at 6 at the
>> FB Library.
>>
>> Regenerative Design Center: Sheila has been waiting to hear from Justin
>> Calvino re: available days for Occupy to use the RDC. Justin?s a busy
>> fellow.
>>
>> MLK Day: Zac and John want us to take over MLK Day event and the Peace &
>> Justice bank account.
>>
>> motion made, seconded and passed that Occupy Mendocino take over the MLK
>> Day event and the Peace & Justice bank account.
>>
>> Peace and Justice is a 401(c)3 organization it has to be determined if
>> we can take over the nonprofit status without changing our name. We need
>> to research that. Sheila to contact Zac.
>>
>> Miscellaneous
>>
>> Voter Registration has been done at Harvest and the Post Office
>>
>> Ann noted that Fort Bragg has been outsourcing to Oakland for attorneys.
>> She will go to the City Council and tell them her feelings about
>> outsourcing to Oakland.
>>
>> County Counsel Doug Losak, who was arrested for weed, for being under
>> the influence, and having an unregistered firearm should be fired.
>> However the Board of Sups wanted to give him a raise. We should speak to
>> the supervisors. Losak created a raise for himself in the budget.
>>
>> motion made, seconded and passed that Occupy Mendocino take a stand to
>> not support Doug Losak getting a raise.
>>
>> Losak is on probation right now. There?s a conflict of interest with him
>> having anything to do with the Sheriff?s Dept. A story is out that he
>> had a relationship with a woman in the District Attorney?s office.
>>
>> Sheila wrote a letter to the editor for the Fort Bragg and Mendocino
>> papers re: Howard Ennes. Letter has been lost and Sheila has to resend
>> it.
>>
>> Jessie and Sheila were on KNYO radio (Bob and Daniel were there). They
>> were eloquent on important issues, i.e., public blank, Community Rights
>> Network?s ordinance Yes on S, homelessness, street protests.
>>
>> Agnes and Jessie met with the two Dans (on BofS) re: public banking,
>> along with Robin Sunbeam, Keith Weiner, and Ellen Rossner.
>>
>> Meeting adjourned.
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>> Linda
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From marksafron at att.net  Sun Nov  2 10:42:18 2014
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2014 10:42:18 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Why should the NRA stop the appointment of a
	Surgeon General?
Message-ID: <784F83D5-4063-4121-BDEA-ACDCD3B66BD5@att.net>

Because he said that gun violence is a public health problem?  I thought that was obvious. According to the CDC there were 11,068 gun deaths in the U.S. http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/homicide.htm
How does that stack up against the number of cases of Ebola in the U.S.? The world?
So far, the WORLD DEATH TOLL from Ebola is 4877.
http://www.ibtimes.com/ebola-death-toll-2014-how-many-people-have-really-died-virus-1711477


I just took action to urge the Senate to stand up to the NRA and confirm Dr. Vivek Murthy as Surgeon General.

I hope that you will too: http://act.credoaction.com/sign/nra_ebola_murthy?sp_ref=77363767.4.9569.e.36895.2&referring_akid=.1933868.e_9VPM&source=mailto_sp

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From deejayliz at yahoo.com  Mon Nov  3 15:59:31 2014
From: deejayliz at yahoo.com (Liz Helenchild)
Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2014 23:59:31 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Fw: Have you seen the view from NPR?
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I'm in D.C. with the team from Beyond Extreme Energy. This morning, almost 100 of us shut down the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for hours to protest their rubber-stamping projects like the Cove Point fracked gas export terminal.* Later this week, a huge crowd of us are headed to NPR's headquarters to deliver your name, and over 70,000 others, on a live radio broadcast from right their doorstep.

We'll have insightful guests, music, fun and a few surprises. But to make it really work, I need listeners at home - just like NPR has every day - and I need you to be ready to call in, chat and participate!

If you want to see and hear the whole thing live, RSVP to join us online at 3:45 Eastern / 1:45 Pacific this Thursday, November 6!



We've got special guests lined up to speak, a big crowd of supportive friends, and a plan to let everyone call in to their local NPR stations all over the country at the same time. But there's nothing like the thrill of seeing it all live. And unless you RSVP, we can't make plans to connect you to your local NPR station!

RSVP to join us live online this Thursday at 4 P.M.

Thanks,

Drew Hudson and the team at Environmental Action 

* Stefanie Spear, Breaking: 25 Arrested Shutting Down FERC Office in DC, EcoWatch November 3, 2014  |
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From marksafron at att.net  Tue Nov  4 09:33:03 2014
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2014 09:33:03 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Borowitz: Congressional Seats Sell for Record
	Four Billion Dollars
Message-ID: <D5192F23-6CE3-4D08-8DE4-D2482C77CFB8@att.net>

Congressional Seats Sell for Record Four Billion Dollars

WASHINGTON ?Congressional seats are on pace to fetch a whopping four billion dollars on Tuesday night, a record-smashing sales figure that has exceeded the expectations of even the most optimistic insiders.

The seats, which include four hundred and thirty-five in the House of Representatives and thirty-six in the Senate, have attracted buyers from a broad spectrum of industries, including investment banking, energy, pharmaceutical, and gun.

?With all of the uncertainty in the world today, the United States Congress is considered a very safe place for the rich to invest their money,? said Charles Michollot, of the auction house Sotheby?s. ?Congressional seats are like Manhattan real estate?they aren?t making any more of them.?

But Anton Pickardin, of the rival auction house Christie?s, sounds more skeptical. ?I hate to be a wet blanket, but these sales figures lack rhyme and reason,? Pickardin said. ?When someone is willing to pay millions of dollars for a pre-owned Mitch McConnell, you know that people have lost their minds.?

But Sotheby?s Michollot remains confident that, even at these hefty prices, congressional seats are a wise investment. ?When these seats go up for sale again, in 2016, four billion dollars is going to look like a bargain,? he said.
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From marksafron at att.net  Tue Nov  4 09:49:44 2014
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2014 09:49:44 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Underwriting the Next Housing Crisis
Message-ID: <6E4D89B6-400D-44B1-B19F-6007A126686B@att.net>

(Oh no! Not again. M.S.) 

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/01/opinion/underwriting-the-next-housing-crisis.html?src=recg&mabReward=RI%3A11&module=Ribbon&version=context&region=Header&action=click&contentCollection=Recommended&pgtype=article

Underwriting the Next Housing Crisis


WASHINGTON ? SEVEN years after the housing bubble burst, federal regulators backed away this month from the tougher mortgage-underwriting standards that the Dodd-Frank Act of 2010 had directed them to develop. New standards were supposed to raise the quality of the ?prime? mortgages that get packaged and sold to investors; instead, they will have the opposite effect.

Responding to the law, federal regulators proposed tough new standards in 2011, but after bipartisan outcries from Congress and fierce lobbying by interested parties, including community activists, the Obama administration and the real estate and banking industries ? all eager to increase home sales ? the standards have been watered down. The regulators had wanted a down payment of 20 percent, a good credit record and a maximum debt-to-income ratio of 36 percent. But under pressure, they dropped the down payment and good-credit requirements and agreed to a debt-to-income limit as high as 43 percent.

The regulators believe that lower underwriting standards promote homeownership and make mortgages and homes more affordable. The facts, however, show that the opposite is true.

In the late ?80s and early ?90s, down payments were 10 to 20 percent. The homeownership rate was 64 percent ? about where it is now ? and nearly 90 percent of housing markets were considered affordable (that is, home prices were no more than three times family income). By 2011 only 50 percent were considered affordable, and by 2014, just 36 percent ? even though down payments as low as 5 percent are now common.

How could this be? Consider this: If the required down payment for a mortgage is 10 percent, a potential home buyer with $10,000 can purchase a $100,000 home. But if the down payment is dropped to 5 percent, the same buyer can purchase a $200,000 home. The buyer is taking more risk by borrowing more, but can afford to bid more.

In other words, low underwriting standards ? especially low down payments ? drive housing prices up, making them less affordable for low- and moderate-income buyers, while also inducing would-be homeowners to take more risk.

That?s why homes were more affordable before the 1990s than they are today. Back then, when traditional standards for ?prime? mortgages prevailed, homes were smaller; they had fewer bathrooms, and the kitchens were not appointed by Martha Stewart. A family could buy and live in a ?starter home? for several years before selling it and using the accumulated equity to buy a bigger or better appointed home.

In a competitive housing market not subsidized by lax standards, home builders would similarly adjust by reducing the size and amenities of new homes to meet the financial resources of home buyers entering the market. Home prices would stabilize and not rise faster than incomes. Low- and moderate-income families and millennials might have to wait to save for a first home, but they would be able to afford it.

(Higher down payments are not the only way to limit excessive borrowing. The ?standard? 30-year mortgage is a subsidized, archaic result of our government?s distorted housing policies; very few home buyers stay in a home for 30 years. A 15-year fixed-rate mortgage means higher monthly payments, but the homeowner starts to accumulate equity sooner, reducing the lender?s risk.)

If the government got out of the way, would sound underwriting standards come back? History suggests yes. Although Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were government-backed, they were shareholder-owned, profit-making firms. They adopted strong underwriting standards to avoid the credit risk of subprime and other high-risk mortgages. But after Congress enacted affordable-housing goals, administered by the Department of Housing and Urban Development, in 1992, underwriting standards declined.

Republicans generally favor eliminating the government?s role in housing finance, while Democrats worry that without government support, mortgages would be too expensive for low- and moderate-income families. Although it runs counter to the current Washington view, good underwriting standards can satisfy the objectives of both parties.

It?s clear that today?s policies create winners and losers. The winners include real estate agents and home builders, who want to increase borrowing and sell ever-larger and more expensive homes. The losers, as we saw in the financial crisis, are borrowers of modest means who are lured into financing arrangements they can?t afford. When the result is foreclosure and eviction, one of the central goals of homeownership ? building equity ? is undone.

After the financial crisis, Representative Barney Frank ? the Massachusetts Democrat who led the House Financial Services Committee during the crisis, and a champion of credit programs for low-income buyers ? admitted, ?It was a great mistake to push lower-income people into housing they couldn?t afford and couldn?t really handle once they had it.? Policy makers who support homeownership would be wise to consider who is hurt and who is helped when we abandon traditional underwriting standards.

Peter J. Wallison, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, is the author of the forthcoming book ?Hidden in Plain Sight: What Really Caused the World?s Worst Financial Crisis and Why It Could Happen Again.?

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From marksafron at att.net  Tue Nov  4 15:02:54 2014
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2014 15:02:54 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Underwriting the Next Housing Crisis -
	NYTimes.com
References: <39C163A6-94F7-467B-BAA6-CF8C3F9F3CED@sbcglobal.net>
Message-ID: <457BE67F-5A1D-44D9-BDC2-7135A19575CB@att.net>

This is a reply from a retired W/F exec. in the city:

"This is very unfortunate.  
One of the things that happened during the housing boom is that banks essentially stopped using underwriters but instead needed only processors to follow a checklist.  I saw this clearly happen at Wells Fargo.  This not only eliminated judgment from the underwriting process, but it led banks to, over that period of time, increasingly replace their underwriters with folks who weren't either trained or qualified to make judgment calls.  I'm sure that banks, among other corporations, have been pressuring legislators not to raise underwriting standards because it would be expensive and restrictive for them.  
This is yet another successful manipulation of Congress but those who ?own" it."

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Mark Safron <mzs at mcn.org>
> Subject: Underwriting the Next Housing Crisis - NYTimes.com
> Date: November 4, 2014 9:49:42 AM PST
> 
> (Oh no! Not again. M.S.) 
> 
> http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/01/opinion/underwriting-the-next-housing-crisis.html?src=recg&mabReward=RI%3A11&module=Ribbon&version=context&region=Header&action=click&contentCollection=Recommended&pgtype=article
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From nlnelson at mcn.org  Wed Nov  5 07:10:33 2014
From: nlnelson at mcn.org (nlnelson at mcn.org)
Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2014 07:10:33 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] the FCC  - [Fwd: Emergency protest]
Message-ID: <3bfa1f0e34533ccb47b182ac49d33d74.squirrel@webmail.mcn.org>



did any one else get this ??

anyone game to stand in front of Huffman's office or City Hall?

Nancy Wallace-Nelson


---------------------------- Original Message ----------------------------
Subject: Emergency protest
From:    "Evan Greer from FFTF" <info at list.fightforthefuture.org>
Date:    Tue, November 4, 2014 6:37 pm
To:      nlnelson at mcn.org
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Dear Fight for the Future member,
https://battleforthenet.com?t=dXNlcmlkPTU0ODU5MDUyLGVtYWlsaWQ9OTIzNw==
Did you hear about the massive protests in Hungary? The government there
proposed an Internet Tax, that would have charged ordinary internet users
exorbitant prices *per gigabite.*
Thousands of people took to the streets in protest, holding their shining
cell phones aloft as a symbol of resistance to the unfair Internet Tax. In
response, the government announced they would lower the tax.
Instead of accepting the compromise, even more people took to the streets
demanding unfettered, affordable access to the free and open web. And they
won. The government backed down and took the controversial tax off the
table.
It???s election day here in the U.S. and we face a similar crisis.
Regardless of which party comes out on top today, the FCC is set to
annihilate net neutrality and open the floodgates for rampant Internet
censorship and abuse. This is the moment we???ve been building for. In the
last year, Fight for the Future has grown to more than 1 million members!
We are stronger than we???ve ever been and we have the power to save net
neutrality, but signing petitions and making phone calls isn???t going to
be enough.
This Thursday, November 6th we???re organizing emergency protests across
the country, but we need more people to step up and help ???anchor???
protests in their towns. Anchoring a protest is easy: it just means you
pick a time and location, and agree to be there and get as many of your
friends as possible to come. The protests themselves are simple: we are
asking people to gather in the evening at government buildings and hold
their glowing cell phones, laptops, and tablets aloft to shine light on
the growing corruption in DC and demand real net neutrality.
We, and several other groups with large email lists, will send an email to
our thousands of members in your area encouraging them to attend your
event.
https://battleforthenet.com?t=dXNlcmlkPTU0ODU5MDUyLGVtYWlsaWQ9OTIzNw==
You can also reply to this email if you are able to help anchor a protest
and we???ll get in touch with you right away.
The protests on Thursday will be the kickoff for a month of escalating
actions leading up to the FCC???s final decision, which we expect to come
in early December. We???ll be holding these vigils every Thursday leading
up until that point, so if you can help organize one any time in the
coming weeks, let us know! Just reply to this email, we???ll see it.
We???ve updated
https://battleforthenet.com?t=dXNlcmlkPTU0ODU5MDUyLGVtYWlsaWQ9OTIzNw== to
support these emergency protests.
Please share the link far and wide and tell as many people as possible
that the fight for net neutrality is coming to a head and we need to start
something big right now.
For the Internet,
-Evan at Fight for the Future
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From annxpress at live.com  Wed Nov  5 09:18:49 2014
From: annxpress at live.com (Ann Rennacker)
Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2014 09:18:49 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] FW: Our story on fracking ban make headlines!
	http://ecowatch.com
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To: annxpress at live.com
Subject: Our story on fracking ban make headlines! http://ecowatch.com
From: annxpress at live.com
Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2014 17:13:11 +0000

Hi, this may be interesting you: \"Fracking Bans Pass in Denton, Texas, Two California Counties and One Ohio Town\"! This is the link: http://ecowatch.com/2014/11/05/fracking-ban-passes/ 		 	   		  
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From annxpress at live.com  Wed Nov  5 15:50:26 2014
From: annxpress at live.com (Ann Rennacker)
Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2014 15:50:26 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] O/M Minutes Nov 1,  2014
Message-ID: <SNT150-W80C81379ABE75389AD1690DD870@phx.gbl>







Present:  Dan, Agnes, Mark, Ann, Bob, Sheila, Barbara, Jessie
- Agnes praised Sheila for the article about Howard Ennes she wrote and then pestered the AVA and the Advocate to print.  It was a timeline of O/M accomplishments and a obituary for Howard.  Thanks to Howard for a generous donation to Occupy of $675. which will help us with some activities  We are going after the meeting to get some books Howard wanted us to have from his collection.  There will be a memorial to Howard at the Senior Center Sat Dec 7th at 2pm, with the Occupy Singers performing.

- Foreclosure update:  Homes are still being foreclosed, but more commonly they are not getting approved for modifications of the existing loans, which makes it harder for housing security and fewer people are buying now.

- Fracking has an added hazard of the accidents increasing as more big trucks, semis, and related machines for fracking support are zooming around and causing 10% increase in accidents killing citizens.  There are no rules for added inspections, regulations on how many hours drivers are on duty, safety rules.  Problems are covered up quickly and no investigations are being done on the number of deaths.  We need to find sources of statistics and do research before bringing it to a court.  NPR is promoting fracking on PBS and CNN with conservatives buying ad packages that get inserted often.  

- Elections:  Red John of KNYO radio invited O/M to come election day.  Have talking points ready if you are going on the air.  By next election we need to find out about the Judges voting records.  Agnes will go with an ironing board in front of the Mendo P.O. with a sign 'HAVE YOU VOTED'.  There is a post election party on Fri 11/7 at Big River Beach from 5:30 to 9pm for Yes on S.  Bring potluck dish, plates, drink, silverware, jacket. 

- Asset stripping is a new ploy by banks.  The FDIC and FED did a downgrade of the ratings of municipal bonds that helped cities improve infrastructure.  Now it is  harder for cities to make improvements, and the banks also have a new rule that will allow them to freeze assets in case of the derivitive bubble bursting.  Robin Sunbeam and Agnes are working on a power point presentation to show Dan Gjerde, Dan Hamburg and Shari Shrapmire on Thursday.  Then they will get on the agenda to show the entire BOS and get a Mendocino County resolution promoting Public Banking.

- Sheila had an idea about forging a pact with the big banks to help with homeless housing or shelters and we will stop protesting the banks if they are in a partnership.  She has talked to Jennifer Owen who writes grants for the city about a matching fund opportunity and she loves the idea.  If that happens, we can go to the Mendo Design Center on Fridays instead of street protests. We want to improve the way Banks handle their communities and let them know that we protest the Corporate bank policies, not the employees. Jessie found about San Diego building shelters with lots of services for the families who are struggling.  The focus of programs should be on solving problems and not criminalizing homeless people.  We can find out how other places solve the homeless problem. 

- Barbara Moller's hearing had a good presentation from Barbara, and lots of us went to support her, but the Judge seemed hurried, and the Police hired a lawyer from Oakland who did not even listen to the tape of the original hearing in June, so he thought there was no provocation mentioned.  The Judge still has not issued his decision, but it should be in by Wed 11/5.  We think that the prior case precedent Barbara cited and the provocation evidence should be considered.

- Sandy French has a place in Lucerne where Barbara can stay temporarily when  she gets Ben back.  We will take Barbara to see it, and help with 
cleanup, security, etc.  Jeff Wright has also been targeted by Ft Bragg Police and harassed.  Jeff gets confrontational and interrupts, but we would like to help him if we can as he is not being treated justly.

- Ann will help Sheila gather info on solutions to shelters, and find out how many homeless are working families.   

- Navy Wargames are being expanded and a new EIS/EIR will come out in early December 2014.  Most of the testing is being done in Puget Sound, but marine mammals all over the Oceans are affected.

Meeting adjouned at 4:10pm.





 		 	   		  
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From: agnes at mcn.org (agnes at mcn.org)
Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2014 19:47:16 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] [Fwd: Their post-election agenda: Mobile
 Chernobyl, nuclear power and climate change denial]
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Subject: Their post-election agenda: Mobile Chernobyl, nuclear power and
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On top of the new Congress' Agenda: Mobile Chernobyl, nuclear power, and
climate denial.

With your help, we WILL prevail!

Start with new action to EPA on carbon cuts and ending nuclear power support.




November 5, 2014

Dear Friends,

The election is over and yes, things have changed--and not for the better.
Elections do matter.

Consider this little diatribe [
http://www.inhofe.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/inhofe-statement-on-ipcc-synthesis-report
] from Sen. James Inhofe, released on Monday:

""The idea that our advanced industrialized economy would ever have zero
carbon emissions is beyond extreme and further proof that the IPCC is
nothing more than a front for the environmental left....At a time of
economic instability and increased threats to American interests, the
IPCC's report is little more than high hopes from the environmental
left.""

The IPCC is of course, the international panel of climate change
scientists. The scientists who know what they're talking about. Sen.
Inhofe is not a scientist, nor an expert in any environmental matters.
Nonetheless, in January Sen. Inhofe is set to replace Sen. Barbara Boxer
as chair of the Senate Environment Committee. What did we say about
elections mattering?

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]With a large cadre of climate change deniers like Sen. Inhofe now in
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the Obama Administration's plans--modest though they may be--to reduce
carbon emissions.

*Those plans, embodied in the EPA's Clean Power Plan proposal, contain
unacceptable support for nuclear power. And we need to change that. But we
also need to say clearly that we support the proposal's attempt to reduce
carbon emissions. After all, what we all want is a nuclear-free,
carbon-free energy system.*

*So we have rewritten our sample comment letter to the EPA* to make clear
that we support the carbon reductions--and believe they should actually be
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The December 2 comment deadline is drawing near. About 5,000 of you have
sent in comments to the EPA so far on this issue. We can--and must--do
better than that. *Whether or not you already have sent in comments,
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]. And please help us spread the word--if we're going to win this battle,
we need thousands more comments in.

But that's not all. Here's a headline from Bloomberg News today: ""Nuclear
Power, Banks Seen Gaining in Republican Congress.""

Yep, nuclear power and bank bailouts are right at the top of the
Republican agenda. We all have our work cut out for us. Fortunately, with
your activism and support, we're up for the task.

With Nevada Sen. Harry Reid deposed as Majority Leader, one thing we will
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serious accident involving one or more high-level waste casks would be a
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That Congress passed "interim storage" legislation. Following one of the
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From agnes at mcn.org  Thu Nov  6 07:32:53 2014
From: agnes at mcn.org (agnes at mcn.org)
Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2014 07:32:53 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Fwd: From Ellen Brown a must read: Why public
 banks NOW and a road map to get there
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from agnes Woolsey
Dear Friends of Public Banking.

This is from Ellen Brown, the founder of the American public banking
movement and its most thoughtful advocate. A must read. If you'd like to
meet Ellen or hear more, come to the conference in Philly next Saturday,
October 18, or the Fri night cocktail party October 17 with Ellen and
Washington Post columnist, Harold Meyerson

Register at www.publicbankingpa.org

Building an Ark: How to Protect Public Revenues from the Next Meltdown
<http://ellenbrown.com/2014/10/12/building-an-ark-how-to-protect-public-revenues-from-the-next-meltdown/>
Posted on October 12, 2014 by Ellen Brown

Concerns are growing that we are heading for another banking crisis, one
that could be far worse than in 2008.  But this time, there will be no
government bailouts. Instead, per the Dodd-Frank Act, bankrupt banks will
be confiscating (or ???bailing in???) their customers??? deposits
<http://ellenbrown.com/2013/04/29/bail-out-is-out-bail-in-is-in-another-argument-for-publicly-owned-banks/>
.

That includes local government deposits. The fact that public funds are
secured with collateral may not protect them, as explained earlier here
<http://www.webofdebt.com/articles/baliin.php>. Derivative claims now get
paid first in a bank bankruptcy; and derivative losses could be huge,
wiping out the collateral for other claims.

*I*n a September 24th article titled* ???*5 U.S. Banks Each Have More Than 40
Trillion Dollars In Exposure To Derivatives
<http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/5-u-s-banks-each-have-more-than-40-trillion-dollars-in-exposure-to-derivatives>
*,* Michael Snyder warns:

Trading in derivatives is basically just a form of legalized gambling, and
the ???too big to fail??? banks have transformed Wall Street into the largest
casino in the history of the planet. When this derivatives bubble bursts
(and as surely as I am writing this it will), the pain that it will cause
the global economy will be greater than words can describe.

The too-big-to-fail banks have collectively grown 37% larger since 2008.
Five banks now account for 42% of all US loans, and six banks control 67%
<http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/we-are-in-far-worse-shape-than-we-were-just-prior-to-the-last-great-financial-crisis>of
all banking assets.

Besides their reckless derivatives gambling, these monster-sized banks have
earned our distrust by being caught in a litany of frauds. In an article in
*Forbes* titled ???Big Banks and Derivatives: Why Another Financial Crisis
Is Inevitable
<http://www.forbes.com/sites/stevedenning/2013/01/08/five-years-after-the-financial-meltdown-the-water-is-still-full-of-big-sharks/>,???
Steve Denning lists rigging municipal bond interest rates, LIBOR
price-fixing, foreclosure abuses, money laundering, tax evasion, and
misleading clients with worthless securities.

Particularly harmful to local governments
<http://www.webofdebt.com/articles/interestrateswap.php> have been interest
rate swaps misrepresented as protecting government agencies from higher
rates.

Yet as Michael Snyder observes:

At this point our economic system is so completely dependent on these banks
that there is no way that it can function without them. . . . We are
steamrolling toward the greatest financial disaster in world history, and
nobody is doing much of anything to stop it.

*Sidestepping the Steamroller*

California Governor Jerry Brown sees it coming. Rather than rebuilding the
state???s crumbling infrastructure, rehiring teachers and other public
employees, and taking other steps to restore the Golden State to its former
prosperity, he has proposed a constitutional amendment
<http://ellenbrown.com/2014/05/06/robbing-main-street-to-prop-up-wall-street-why-jerry-browns-rainy-day-fund-is-a-bad-idea/>
requiring
all excess state revenues to go into a rainy day fund to prepare for the
next crisis.

But there is a better way forward.

In North Dakota ??? the only state to post a budget surplus every year since
2001 ??? the state owns its own bank. When the state last went over-budget in
2001 due to the Dot.com crisis, it merely issued itself an extra dividend
through the Bank of North Dakota ??? the only state-owned depository bank in
the country ??? and the next year it was back on track.

Other local governments would do well to follow suit, not just for the
promising profit potential, but as protection against a ???bail in??? of
public
deposits.

Forming their own banks can also protect local governments from a looming
and  unaffordable rise in municipal bond interest rates. State treasurers
fear that the Fed???s September 2014 exclusion of municipal bonds
<http://ellenbrown.com/2014/09/08/preparing-to-asset-strip-local-government-the-feds-bizarre-new-rules/>
from
the category of ???high quality liquid assets??? that big banks must hold
will
drive up bond rates, as it shrinks the market for those bonds and drives up
the interest required to attract buyers.

There is also the big money local governments lose to Wall Street just in
fees. A 2013 study found that the city of Los Angeles spends over $200
million annually on big bank fees
<http://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/seiu721/pages/1/attachments/original/1395715866/No_Small_Fees_A_Report_by_the_Fix_LA_Coalition.pdf?1395715866>
and
management ??? more than its budget to maintain its extensive streets and
highways.

In a recent press conference
<http://www.publicbankinginstitute.org/santa_fe_mayor_discusses_the_promise_of_public_banking>,
Mayor Javier Gonzalez of Santa Fe raised provocative questions facing all
elected officials today. He said:

Right now our bank is Wells Fargo.  They serve the City according to our
contract.  But they also take city revenues, taxpayer dollars, and they use
those taxpayer dollars as part of their loan portfolio that goes to places
outside of Santa Fe and certainly outside of New Mexico.  And when you
think of that most basic concept of taxpayer money being used to earn
revenues for national banks that have reduced their small business lending
by 53%, you have to pause and wonder ??? is this the best structure for our
community?

Addressing these concerns, Mayor Gonzalez has launched a formal process to
study the feasibility of a city-owned bank of Santa Fe. Public banking
efforts are also underway in other cities and states.

*How to Start a Bank Overnight*

Forming a state or municipal public bank need not be slow or expensive. An
online bank could be run out of the Treasurer???s office and operational in a
few months. And the bank could be turning a profit immediately ??? without
spending the local government???s own revenues.

How? The way Wall Street does it <http://www.cnbc.com/id/100497710#.> with
our public deposits and investments: by leveraging. We could reclaim those
funds and put them to work for our local economies.

The bank could be capitalized with a bond issue (borrowing from the
public), and this capital could be leveraged into a loan portfolio that is
about eight times the capital base. The bond issue could be financed with
1/8th of the interest accruing from this portfolio. The remaining 7/8th could
be pocketed as profit.

This profit could be earned immediately and without risk, by buying
municipal bonds rather than issuing loans. That move could also help
municipalities, by guaranteeing that their bond rates remain low in the
face of threatened interest rate rises on the private market.

*How to Start a Bank at Virtually No Cost or Risk*

To demonstrate the safety and viability of the model, the bank can start
small and build from there. For startup capital
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/19/how-to-start-your-own-ban_n_497261.html>,
a new bank needs anywhere from a few million to $20 million nationwide.
(The amount varies from state to state.) To be cautious and conservative,
however, let???s say $40 million.

Many cities have this money available in ???rainy day??? or reserve funds.
Many
others have substantial investments, often underperforming, that could be
more responsibly invested as an equity position in a bank. In California,
for example, a whopping $55 billion is languishing in the Treasurer???s
Pooled Money Investment Account, earning a mere 0.23% interest
<http://www.treasurer.ca.gov/pmia-laif/performance/pmia-laif_perform.pdf>.

Moving a portion of those funds into the state???s own bank would just be
good portfolio management. State pension funds are another investment
option.

If surplus funds are not available, capital can be raised with a bond
issue. (That is how the Bank of North Dakota got its start in 1919.) Assume
the interest due on these bonds is 3%. The local government???s cost of funds
will be $1.2 million annually.

At a 10% capital requirement, $40 million is sufficient to capitalize $400
million in loans. But again assume the bank is started conservatively at a
20% capitalization, for a loan portfolio of $200 million.

To make those loans, the bank will need deposits. These can be acquired
without advertising or other costs, by moving $200 million out of the local
government???s existing deposit account at JPMorgan Chase or another Wall
Street bank. (In North Dakota, all of the state???s revenues are deposited by
law in its state-owned bank.) Assume the new bank pays 0.3% interest on
these deposits, or $0.6 million annually as its cost of funds.

To satisfy the 10% reserve requirement for deposits (something different
from the capital requirement), $20 million of this deposit pool would be
held in reserve. The remaining $180 million are counted as ???excess
reserves,??? which can be used to make an equivalent sum in loans or bond
purchases.

Assume the excess reserves are used to buy local municipal bonds paying 3%
annually. The return to the bank will be $5.4 million less $0.6 million in
interest on the deposits, for a total of  $4.8 million annually.

To recoup the cost of the bond issue, $1.2 million can be paid from these
profits as a dividend to the local government. The bank will then have a
net profit of $3.6 million annually; and this profit will have accrued to
the local government as the bank???s owner, without needing to advance any
money from its own budget.

What if the state needs its deposits for its budget?

That is the beauty of being a bank rather than a revolving fund: *banks do
not actually lend their deposits*, as the Bank of England recently
acknowledged
<http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/publications/Documents/quarterlybulletin/2014/qb14q1prereleasemoneycreation.pdf>.
Rather, they*create *deposits when they make loans. If the state or local
government needs more cash for its operating expenses than the bank has
kept in reserve, the bank can do what all banks do: it can borrow. And if
it has grown to be a large bank, it can borrow quickly and cheaply ??? from
other banks through the Fed funds market at 0.25%, or from the money market
at 0.15%.

A smaller public bank might want to keep a larger cushion of deposits in
reserve for liquidity purposes. If it keeps 30% in reserve, in the above
example $140 million would be left to invest in bonds, generating $4.2
million annually in interest. Deducting $1.8 million as the cost of
servicing deposits and capital, the bank would still generate $2.4 million
in profit, while providing a safe place to park public revenues.

What of the bank???s operating costs? These can be kept quite low. The Bank
of North Dakota operates without branches, tellers, ATMs, retail services,
mega-salaries or mega-bonuses. All those saved costs fall to the bank???s
bottom line.

Ballpark operating expenses for a small but growing public bank with a
President, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Lending Officer, Chief Credit
Risk Management Officer, Compliance Officer, and the systems required to
support a banking function are estimated at under $1 million per year. A
start-up focused on municipal bonds could be operated for even less. This
expense could come out of the initial $40 million in capitalization, again
without impairing the local government???s own operating budget.

*Manifesting the Bank???s Full Potential*

Once a charter has been obtained and sound banking practices have been
demonstrated, the capital ratio can be dropped toward 10%. When the bank
has built up a sufficient capital cushion, it can begin to work with
community banks and other financial institutions for the broad range of
commercial lending that creates jobs and prosperity and generates profits
as non-tax revenue for the municipality, following the Bank of North Dakota
model.

The public bank can also invest in infrastructure loans to the state or
local government itself. Interest now composes about half
<http://ellenbrown.com/2014/06/01/infrastructure-sticker-shock-financing-costs-more-than-construction/>
of
capital outlays for public projects. Since the local government will own
the bank, it will get this interest back, cutting infrastructure costs in
half.

These are just a few of the possibilities for a publicly-owned bank, which
can provide security from risk while generating a far greater return on the
local government???s money than it is getting now on its Wall Street deposit
accounts. As we peer into the jaws of another economic meltdown, moving our
public funds into our own banks is an investment we can hardly afford not
to make.

________________________

Ellen Brown is an attorney, founder of the Public Banking Institute
<http://publicbankinginstitute.org/>, and author of twelve books, including
the best-selling Web of Debt <http://webofdebt.com/>. In The Public Bank
Solution <http://publicbanksolution.com/>, her latest book, she explores
successful public banking models historically and globally. Her 200+ blog
articles are at EllenBrown.com <http://ellenbrown.com/>.
http://ellenbrown.com/2014/10/12/building-an-ark-how-to-protect-public-revenues-from-the-next-meltdown/
Mike
Mike Krauss
Chair, the Pennsylvania Project
Director, the Public Banking Institute
Skype: mikekrausscomments
www.publicbankingpa.org
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From deejayliz at yahoo.com  Thu Nov  6 12:16:33 2014
From: deejayliz at yahoo.com (Liz Helenchild)
Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2014 20:16:33 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Fw: Frack free Public Radio
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| NPR is airing pro-fracking ads on our public radio stations and reducing their environmental reporting team by 80%. Click here to tell them this is not acceptable.

Liz,

When NPR started airing pro-fracking messages, I was annoyed. But now that they've also announced plans to close down virtually all?their environmental coverage ? leaving just one part time reporter to cover fracking, the climate crisis, and more ?now I'm frankly alarmed.

If you agree that public radio needs to reject money from the fossil fuel industry, and spend more time covering fracking and the climate crisis, click here.



NPR has always said that we shouldn't worry about the fracking ads, because they won't impact news coverage. But last month, they announced plans to dramatically reduce their staff covering the environment and climate change.* 

All this week, dozens of protesters have been sitting in, speaking out and even getting arrested over at the offices of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), which is just a few blocks from NPR's office. But they couldn't spare a reporter even one day this week to cover the fact that FERC rubber stamping fracking projects that destroy towns, and being met with hundreds of protesters everywhere they go.**

We need to tell NPR that this is not acceptable. We need to show them that radio covering the fracking boom and the climate crisis is engaging, smart, and essential. And we need to ask the local affiliates from New York to Sacramento and everywhere in between, to join us in sending that message.

Will you help? Click here to get connected to our NPR live action page. Enter your phone number and pick a region, and we'll connect you to your local NPR station so you can ask them to help us send a message.

Then, tune in with me at 3:45 Eastern / 12:45 Pacific for a live hour of Internet-radio, right from NPR's doorstep. I'll interview participants from this week's actions in D.C., and fracking impacted communities around the U.S. It will be a fun, engaging hour of radio that shows what coverage of fracking and climate change can, and should, sound like.

It all starts when you click here, and make your call to a local NPR station.

Thanks for tuning in to the planet, and tuning out pollution,

Drew Hudson and the team at Environmental Action

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From adross at mcn.org  Thu Nov  6 13:42:34 2014
From: adross at mcn.org (Adrienne Ross)
Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2014 13:42:34 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] post-election map
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From marksafron at att.net  Sun Nov  9 10:26:49 2014
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Sun, 9 Nov 2014 10:26:49 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Borowitz: Country on Wrong Track,
	Say People Who Did Not Vote
Message-ID: <F8BD78C0-BF84-408B-A194-AFDD7525261D@att.net>

Country on Wrong Track, Say People Who Did Not Vote

NEW YORK ?The United States of America is on the wrong track and no one is taking action to fix it, says a broad majority of registered voters who did not vote last Tuesday.

According to a new survey, anger, frustration, and a pervasive view that the nation is moving in a fatal direction dominated the mood of those who were doing something other than voting on Election Day.

Exit polls involving election non-participants took place as they left malls, nail salons, gyms, and other locations where no voting occurred on Tuesday.

?The system is broken,? said Carol Foyler, thirty-one, a democracy abstainer from Akron, Ohio. ?We need to come up with some way that ordinary citizens can make their voices heard and have some impact on who is running things in Washington.?

The economy, jobs, and terrorism topped the list of worries that are preying on the minds of the non-voting electorate.

?I find it difficult to sleep at night worrying about the kind of country we are leaving to our children and our children?s children,? said Mark Gardziak, forty-seven, who spent Election Day shopping for a phone.

While pessimism about the future dominated the comments of the sixty-three per cent of American voters who elected not to exercise their democratic rights on Tuesday, some expressed a glimmer of hope.

?The one way things could get better is if we all get together and throw out the crooked politicians,? offered Tess Shardin, thirty-eight, who said she was unlikely to vote in 2016.
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From jupiter at mcn.org  Sun Nov  9 21:04:28 2014
From: jupiter at mcn.org (Linda Jupiter)
Date: Sun, 9 Nov 2014 21:04:28 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Nonvoters
In-Reply-To: <mailman.21.1415563218.3032.occupymendocino@lists.mcn.org>
References: <mailman.21.1415563218.3032.occupymendocino@lists.mcn.org>
Message-ID: <ACCD31DF-4384-425E-A060-746F70208E48@mcn.org>

The system is broken because it?s a broken system we?re working with.
If we pass enough community rights ordinances and take back our power, like Measure S, I hope the nonvoters change their minds about voting.
Cheers,
Linda


On Nov 9, 2014, at 12:00 PM, occupymendocino-request at lists.mcn.org wrote:

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>   1. Borowitz: Country on Wrong Track,	Say People Who Did Not Vote
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> Subject: [Occupymendocino] Borowitz: Country on Wrong Track,	Say
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> Country on Wrong Track, Say People Who Did Not Vote
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> NEW YORK ?The United States of America is on the wrong track and no one is taking action to fix it, says a broad majority of registered voters who did not vote last Tuesday.
> 
> According to a new survey, anger, frustration, and a pervasive view that the nation is moving in a fatal direction dominated the mood of those who were doing something other than voting on Election Day.
> 
> Exit polls involving election non-participants took place as they left malls, nail salons, gyms, and other locations where no voting occurred on Tuesday.
> 
> ?The system is broken,? said Carol Foyler, thirty-one, a democracy abstainer from Akron, Ohio. ?We need to come up with some way that ordinary citizens can make their voices heard and have some impact on who is running things in Washington.?
> 
> The economy, jobs, and terrorism topped the list of worries that are preying on the minds of the non-voting electorate.
> 
> ?I find it difficult to sleep at night worrying about the kind of country we are leaving to our children and our children?s children,? said Mark Gardziak, forty-seven, who spent Election Day shopping for a phone.
> 
> While pessimism about the future dominated the comments of the sixty-three per cent of American voters who elected not to exercise their democratic rights on Tuesday, some expressed a glimmer of hope.
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> ?The one way things could get better is if we all get together and throw out the crooked politicians,? offered Tess Shardin, thirty-eight, who said she was unlikely to vote in 2016.
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From adross at mcn.org  Mon Nov 10 11:05:19 2014
From: adross at mcn.org (Adrienne Ross)
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2014 11:05:19 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] from Rachel, just in
References: <82AC9EF8-A0AB-4F16-8C32-1B27F8D7ED41@mcn.org>
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Begin forwarded message:

From: Rachel Binah <rachel at mcn.org>
Subject: Perils of Perceptions
Date: November 10, 2014 10:24:16 AM PST

I thought this was interesting even though it represents countries NOT counties as a whole and is not specific to different parts of each country.  Rachel
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The Perils of Perception: Americans Fail on All Measures of ?Perceptions versus Facts? in Unique Socio-demographic Knowledge Test 

U. S. Places 13th of 14 Countries Surveyed

Saturday, November 01, 2014

Washington, DC ? A new Ipsos global survey highlights how wrong the public across 14 countries are about the scale of the basic make-up of their populations? and how the United States scores against the other 13, finishing in second-to-last place.
For the unique ?perceptions versus facts? test about knowledge of social-demographic aspects in their own country, Americans fail on 9 out of 9 measures. Simply put, the overall perceptions of their country on these measures versus the realities just don?t add up?and that can cause the public to be misinformed on what it surmises or advocates on various topics or issues. The closest near miss is on perceptions of voter turnout which was by just a -.9 gap.
The countries measured were Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Poland, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, and the United States.
For the 14 countries surveyed, Ipsos asked respondents to ?guesstimate? certain verifiable facts as a percentage or as a true/false statement, and then compared these perceptions to the reality. We then ranked a country?s accuracy by comparing these perceptions to the verified facts. The survey was carried out online using the Ipsos international respondent panel system.
Residents from each country surveyed, including US, can take their own interactive test at:
https://www.ipsos-mori.com/_assets/perceptionsquiz/index.html
The Country Accuracy Rankings: Perceptions versus Realities?





(Click to enlarge image) 

In the US we get a lot of things very wrong?
1. Ageing population: we over-estimate the US population as much older than it actually is ? the average estimate is that 35.9% of the population is 65+, when it is in fact only 14%-- a perception gap of -21.9 points.
2. Christians: in contrast, we underestimate the proportion of Christians - Americans think just over half (55.7%) of the country identify themselves as Christian compared with the actual figure of 78%%--a perception gap of -22.3 points.
3. Muslims: we hugely over-estimate the proportion of Muslims in the US ? we think one in seven (15%) of people are Muslims when the actual figure is 1%--a perception gap of -14.4 points.
4. Unemployment: Americans over-estimate that nearly 32.1% of the working age population is unemployed when the actual figure is much lower at 6%-- a perception gap of -26.1 points.
5. Murder rate: Americans are dead wrong on their murder rate with 51% saying it is rising (which is incorrect) whereas only 30% think it is falling (which is correct) and 18% say they don?t know?a perception gap of -21 points.
6. Teenage pregnancy: Americans over-estimate that one quarter (23.9%) of all teenage girls aged 15-19 give birth each year, when the actual figure is only 3.1%-- a perception gap of -20.8 points.
7. Immigration: Americans over-estimate that 32.3% of the population are immigrants while the real figure is 13%-- a perception gap of -19.3 points. 
8. Voting: Americans just underestimate the proportion of the electorate that voted in the last general election - the average guess is 57.1% when the official turnout was a paper thin higher at 58%-- a perception gap of .9 points. 
9. Life expectancy: Americans underestimate our life expectancy thinking the average for a child born in 2014 will be 78.1 years, when the actual estimate is 80 years? a perception gap of -1.9 points.
But the rest of the world gets it wrong too?
1. Teenage birth rates: on average, people across the 14 countries think that 15% of teenagers aged 15-19 give birth each year. This is 12 times higher than the average official estimate of 1.2% across these countries. But other countries with very low rates of teenage births are further out proportionally: for example, Germans think that 14% of teenage girls give birth each year when it?s actually only 0.4% (35x the actual figure).
2. Muslims: people across just about all countries hugely overestimate the proportion of their population that are Muslim: the average guess across the countries is 16% when the actual proportion is 3%. For example, on average people in France think 31% of the population is Muslim, when the actual figure is only 8%. In Australia the average guess is nine times the actual proportion: people estimate it at 18%, when the actual proportion is only 2%.
3. Christians: in contrast, majority-Christian countries tend to underestimate how many people count themselves as Christian. In the 12 majority-Christian countries in the survey, the average guess is 51%, when the actual proportion counting themselves as Christians is 61%. This includes countries like the US where people think 56% are Christian when official data shows it is 78%.
4. Immigration: across the 14 countries, the public think immigration is over twice the actual level ? the average guess is that 24% of the population was born abroad, when the actual figure is 11%. This includes some massive overestimates: the US public think 32% of the population are immigrants when the actual is 13%; in Italy the public think 30% are immigrants when it?s actually 7%; and in Belgium the public think it?s 29% when it?s actually 10%.
5. Ageing population: we think the population is much older than it actually is ? the average estimate is that 39% of the population is 65+, when only 18% are. Italians are particularly wrong on this ? on average, they think nearly half the population (48%) are 65+, when it is actually 21%.
6. Voting: every country in the study underestimates the proportion of the electorate who voted in their last major election. The average guess is that 58% voted, when in fact 72% did. The French in particular are too pessimistic about the extent of democratic engagement: estimating that only 57% of the electorate voted in the Presidential election, when in fact 80% did.
7. Unemployment: people tend to greatly overestimate the extent of unemployment in their countries. The average guess is 30%, when the actual figure is 9%. This includes some huge overestimates, for example in Italy, where the average guess is that 49% are unemployed, compared with an actual rate of 12%.
8. Life expectancy: this is one area where on average we have a much better grasp of reality. Across the 14 countries, the average life expectancy for a child born this year is estimated to be 80 years, when across these countries as a whole it?s actually 81 years. However, there is still a wide range between countries: people in South Korea are too optimistic, expecting the average life expectancy to be 89 years, compared with an actual of 80 years; but Hungarians are too pessimistic, only expecting 68 years, when the average is predicted to be 75 years.
9. Murder rates: 49% of people across the countries think that the murder rate is rising and only 27% think it is falling - when in fact in all countries in the study, the murder rate is actually falling. The British are the most likely to have an accurate view of murder rate trends: 49% think it?s falling and only 25% think it?s rising.
These are the findings of the Ipsos MORI Perils of Perception Survey. 11,527 interviews were conducted between conducted between August 12th and August 26th 2014. The survey was conducted in 14 countries around the world via the Ipsos Online Panel system in Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Poland, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Great Britain and the United States of America. In the US and Canada respondents are aged 18-64, and 16-64 in all other countries. Approximately 1000+ individuals were surveyed in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Great Britain and the United States of America. Approximately 500+ individuals were surveyed in the remaining countries. Where results do not sum to 100, this may be due to computer rounding, multiple responses or the exclusion of don't knows or not stated responses. Data are weighted to match the profile of the population. The precision of Ipsos online polls are calculated using a credibility interval. In this case, a poll of 1,000 is accurate to +/- 3.5 percentage points and one of 500 is accurate to +/- 5.0 percentage points in their respective general populations. There are 15 countries that have been weighted to represent their actual adult population: Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Poland, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom and the United States. The remaining nine country results are representative of adult Primary Consumers who are internet enabled and have a higher income and education than the average country norm.


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From marksafron at att.net  Mon Nov 10 14:40:59 2014
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2014 14:40:59 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] "Politics determines who has power,
	not who has the truth"
Message-ID: <AA1F0373-386C-43CB-98A9-AC96AB03F6CE@att.net>

Paul Krugman Divulges the Real Reason Why the 'Wrong About Everything' Party Won
http://www.alternet.org/economy/paul-krugman-divulges-real-reason-why-party-has-been-wrong-about-everything-managed-win
His conclusion?
Be afraid. Be very afraid.
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From agnes at mcn.org  Mon Nov 10 17:56:33 2014
From: agnes at mcn.org (agnes at mcn.org)
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2014 17:56:33 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] [Fwd: [CRNMC] [Fwd: HOFJ: US silver coin sales
 suspended yesterday; rampant currency manipulation]]
Message-ID: <68dddec84d5b997b99f9e737b3525a88.squirrel@webmail.mcn.org>

---------------------------- Original Message ----------------------------
Subject: [CRNMC] [Fwd: HOFJ:  US silver coin sales suspended yesterday;
rampant currency manipulation]
From:    agnes at mcn.org
Date:    Sat, November 8, 2014 12:41 pm
To:      crn at lists.mcn.org
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C.J. Homlmes is an independent realtor from Sonoma County who spoke on
KZYX several times and presented her power point about banking and
forclosures.
She has been right on major issues as well. Please read and consider how
we can set up local money exchanges.

Agnes

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Subject: HOFJ:  US silver coin sales suspended yesterday; rampant currency
manipulation
From:    "CJ Holmes" <cjholmes at cjholmes.com>
Date:    Sat, November 8, 2014 9:03 am
To:      "HOFJ" <hofj at cjholmes.com>
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This is just a word to the wise...
http://kingworldnews.com/kingworldnews/KWN_DailyWeb/Entries/2014/11/8_Paul_Craig_Roberts_Shocking_Interview_On_Criminality_By_US_Fed.html

Today's article by Paul Craig Roberts, former US Treasury official, tells
us that yesterday, Friday 11/7/14, the US Mint announced the suspension of
silver eagle coin sales, and the Royal Canadian Mint is now rationing the
supply of silver maple leafs both because they don't have and can't get
enough silver to meet the exploding demand...  even though silver/gold
prices have been manipulated to recent lows.
I predict we'll see the suspension of gold eagle coin sales in the
relatively near future for the same reason, and eventually the closing of
the COMEX market for the same reason...  total corrupt manipulation by the
Fed and their agent banks designed to stave off the effects of trillions
of counterfeit currency the Fed has generated the past few years, which in
the end, will ruin the currency we use.
So I believe now is the time to trade our fiat FRNs (federal reserve notes
aka US dollars) for real assets - stuff that can be bartered with and/or
feed and warm us in the future.  I believe this is the beginning of the
end of the currency we are used to.  Rumors seem to indicate the actual
currency collapse will be next sept-oct 2015, but who knows?   will we
experience hyperinflation or deflation between now and then?  nobody
knows.
However, being forwarned can help us to be better forearmed.  Very best to
you.  cj
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CJ Holmes, Founder
Home Owners For Justice

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 rkarch at mcn.org  Tue Nov 11 10:24:13 2014
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2014 10:24:13 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] $84,000 Treatment
Message-ID: <A0F5FBBA-5D56-4716-9DEF-FA5D1E7C9498@mcn.org>

$1,000 Pill For Hepatitis C Spurs Debate Over Drug Prices

December 30, 2013 3:22 AM ET

Timothy Webb and other advocates protest the cost of HIV drugs manufactured by the pharmaceutical company Gilead outside an AIDS conference in Atlanta in March. Gilead is making a new hepatitis C drug, Sovaldi.

John Amis/AP Images for AIDS Healthcare Foundation
Federal regulators this month opened a new era in the treatment of a deadly liver virus that infects three to five times more people than HIV. Now the question is: Who will get access to the new drug for hepatitis C, and when?

The drug Sovaldi will cost $1,000 per pill. A typical course of treatment will last 12 weeks and run $84,000, plus the cost of necessary companion drugs. Some patients may need treatment for twice as long.

Hepatitis researchers call the drug a landmark in the treatment of this deadly infection. More than 90 percent of patients who get the new drug can expect to be cured of their hepatitis C infection, with few side effects.


Shots - Health News
FDA Expected To Approve New, Gentler Cure For Hepatitis C
Curing hepatitis C has been difficult, involving regimens that don't work as well as the new option and bring harsh side effects.
More than 3 million Americans are infected withhepatitis C, and perhaps 170 million people have the disease worldwide. By comparison, about 1.1 million Americans have HIV, which has infected about 34 million people globally.

What Will It Cost?

The drug company Gilead Sciences Inc. of Foster City, Calif., manufactures Sovaldi. And some activists are beginning to complain about the company's decision to charge so much for the drug. "For Gilead, we have outrage, pure and simple," Michael Weinstein of the AIDS Healthcare Foundation told Business Wire.

But Gregg Alton, a vice president at Gilead, says the high price is fully justified. "We didn't really say, 'We want to charge $1,000 a pill,' " Alton says. "We're just looking at what we think was a fair price for the value that we're bringing into the health care system and to the patients."


Shots - Health News
As Hepatitis C Sneaks Up On Baby Boomers, Treatment Options Grow
But Andrew Hill, a researcher in the Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics at the University of Liverpool, says $84,000 per cure is too much, based on his estimate of Gilead's cost to produce the drug.

"Even when we were very conservative [with our estimate], the cost of a course of these treatments would be on the order of $150 to $250 per person," Hill says. He questions whether the $84,000 price tag represents "a fair profit."

Hill estimated the cost of producing Sovaldi by comparing it to similar antiviral drugs used to treat HIV, which cost about a $1 per gram to make.

"The amazing thing with hep C is you only need a few grams of these drugs to cure the infection," Hill says. "You need 10 grams or 30 grams of drugs."

Hepatitis C Vs. HIV

There are some interesting parallels between the new hepatitis C drugs (Sovaldi and others in the pipeline) and the antiviral drugs that came out 20 years ago to treat HIV. Both classes of drugs were initially very pricey. Both revolutionized the treatment of chronic, lethal infections that are major global health problems.

But there are big differences. First, hepatitis C is actually a much bigger public health threat than HIV ? a fact that has received little attention. Secondly, the new hepatitis C drugs can eliminate the virus completely ? once it's gone, people are cured. Drugs against HIV just suppress the virus, so must be taken for a lifetime.

Given that latter point, Dr. Camilla Graham of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston thinks that the high cost of the new hepatitis C treatments might be justified.

"Maybe we decide that $100,000 is a worthwhile investment to cure someone of an otherwise devastating chronic infection," Graham says. After all, it can now cost up to $300,000 to treat patients with advanced hepatitis C, using less effective and more harrowing regimens.

Graham is a hep-C specialist. So she knows firsthand how the slow-moving virus kills patients by destroying their livers and causing liver cancer. The virus is the main reason that nearly 17,000 Americans are waiting for a liver transplant.

Getting Care Early

Another factor to consider, Graham says, is that the clock is ticking for people infected with hepatitis C, most of whom don't know it.

"We have a very narrow window of time to find as many people as possible and to cure them as quickly as possible, if we want to make a substantial impact on their disease progression, as well as on those very expensive complications in the future," Graham says. "You have to treat them now."

The urgency is greater for people who are infected with both HIV and hepatitis C because having both diseases accelerates the liver damage from hepatitis.

Older hepatitis C regimens carry many side effects, such as fatigue, muscle aches, fever, skin rashes, anemia, depression, nausea and loss of appetite. These side effects have been deterrents to treating people before they developed clear signs of liver damage.

But the availability of gentler therapies is an incentive to beginning treatment earlier, before people develop signs and symptoms of liver scarring. That approach greatly expands the number of people eligible for treatment ? and the potential market for Sovaldi and upcoming drugs.

Graham thinks Gilead should factor the larger market size into the drugs' price.

She notes that Gilead paid more than $11 billion to acquire a smaller company that developed Sovaldi. She acknowledges that Gilead should be allowed to recoup that investment.

On the other hand, "you only need about 150,000 people to recover that cost," Graham says. "And so, if you're treating 2 million people, once you have recovered your cost, then I think it's ... I don't want to say it's unfair, but it does start feeling more exploitative."

'An Affordable Range'

Graham says she thinks once Gilead has recovered its investment cost, it ought to cut the price of Sovaldi.

"That's very unlikely that we would do that," responds Alton, Gilead vice president. "I appreciate the thought."

Alton says critics should "look at the big picture."

"Those who are bold and go out and innovate like this and take the risk ? there needs to be more of a reward on that," he says. "Otherwise, it would be very difficult for people to make that investment."

Gilead will help U.S. patients pay for Sovaldi if they can't afford it, Alton says, or the company will help them look for drug coverage. And Gilead will charge far less for a course of the drug in places such as India, Pakistan, Egypt and China, where most people with hepatitis C live.

Pressed on how low the price of a cure will go, Alton says: "I don't think we'll be able to get it into the low hundreds. But I think we can get it into an affordable range for them. It'll be from the high hundreds to low thousands for these types of markets."

It took more than 10 years for many people in developing countries to get access to life-saving HIV drugs. Advocates hope it won't take anywhere near that long to start curing hepatitis C.

	? health care costs
	? hepatitis c
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From marksafron at att.net  Tue Nov 11 12:50:45 2014
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2014 12:50:45 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Is It Too Late for a Democratic ALEC?
Message-ID: <91772B35-FEA5-4B2C-93D0-B9FE12E1B58A@att.net>


Is It Too Late for a Democratic ALEC?
By DAVID FIRESTONE NOVEMBER 10, 2014 3:55 PMNovember 10, 2014 3:55 pm
After years of slumber, Democrats are finally waking up and realizing that one of the most powerful prizes in American politics ? the control of state governments ? has slipped from their grasp. It is likely to be many years before they have a chance of getting it back.

The Republican wave on Tuesday was a huge setback at the state level, giving the party control of 11 legislative chambers that had been controlled by Democrats, along with a net gain of three governorships. Republicans picked up more than 300 legislative seats and now have 55 percent of all the seats in the country, their highest number since 1920.

As a result, Republicans now fully control the legislatures in 30 states, compared to 11 for Democrats. (Eight are split.) In 23 states, Republicans control both the governorship and the legislature, compared to seven with full control for Democrats.

These aren?t just abstract victories. Republican control is the reason why only 28 states have expanded their Medicaid program, and 27 states have refused to set up insurance exchanges. It?s why some states have been able to restrict abortion rights, let industries damage the environment, make it much harder to unionize, and ? with the goal of keeping Republicans in power ? discourage people from voting through voter ID laws and other restrictions.

For years, state control has been the not-so-secret weapon of conservatives, who have taken advantage of the lack of popular interest in state politics to enact their policies with impunity. The death of local news organizations has made it possible for many of these policies to be enacted with little coverage, leaving citizens in the dark about the activities of their elected representatives.Their vehicle for doing so has been the American Legislative Exchange Council, which distributes right-wing bills that favor business at the expense of consumers and the poor, and then encourages its members to pass them in capitals around the country.

One of its most destructive creations is the Stand Your Ground law, now on the books in 30 states, which allows citizens to use lethal force to defend themselves whenever they say they feel threatened.

ALEC has been around since 1973, but only now have Democrats decided to create something similar. As Politico reported today, liberal activists are trying to raise millions to establish their own version of ALEC, to be known as the State Innovation Exchange. The group will write model legislation to raise the minimum wage, improve environmental protection, and expand voting rights, backing up these bills with the data and arguments that legislators will need to make their case.

?It?s the biggest missing piece in the progressive infrastructure,? the group?s leader, Nick Rathod, told Politico. Mr. Rathod was President Obama?s liaison to the states and also worked for Mayor Michael Bloomberg in New York.

It?s a great idea, but it?s so long overdue that it may be too late. If things continue at this rate ? thanks largely to Democratic voters who don?t bother to participate in state elections ? there may not be enough liberal legislators left to influence.
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From marksafron at att.net  Tue Nov 11 17:59:06 2014
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2014 17:59:06 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] The $9 Billion Witness: Meet JPMorgan Chase's
	Worst Nightmare
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(Matt Taibbi does it again!  M.S.) 
The $9 Billion Witness: Meet JPMorgan Chase's Worst Nightmare


By Matt Taibbi | November 6, 2014
She tried to stay quiet, she really did. But after eight years of keeping a heavy secret, the day came when Alayne Fleischmann couldn't take it anymore. 

"It was like watching an old lady get mugged on the street," she says. "I thought, 'I can't sit by any longer.'" 

Fleischmann is a tall, thin, quick-witted securities lawyer in her late thirties, with long blond hair, pale-blue eyes and an infectious sense of humor that has survived some very tough times. She?s had to struggle to find work despite some striking skills and qualifications, a common symptom of a not-so-common condition called being a whistle-blower. 

Full article here:
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/the-9-billion-witness-20141106

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Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2014 14:40:50 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Fwd: We can stop Fast Track!
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*?Si, se puede!? ?Yes, we can!?*

*Stop Fast Track and Stop the TPP?the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade
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to try to finalize TPP negotiations. He?ll attend multiply economic
meetings in China, Myanmar and Australia with trade negotiators, CEOs, and
heads of state on a trip described as part of ?our rebalancing strategy in
Asia?to ensure that we are fostering an open, transparent security and
economic order amid what is an increasing and already high demand for U.S.
leadership in the region.?

This trip comes as the ?Lame Duck? session of Congress gets underway. Let?s
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It?s time to say to the U.S. Trade Representative and the almost 600
corporate representatives that are sitting at the table in secret
negotiations that will affect every aspect of our lives:


*?If you, our unelected representatives, create this corporate-driven
monstrosity and then go to Congress for a rubber stamp, WE WILL NOT OBEY.?
We don?t want these climate-busting trade agreements!*

It?s time to make our municipalities ?TPP-Free Zones,? following in the
footsteps of the successful resistance to an earlier trade agreement, the
Multilateral Agreement on Investment, which was defeated in 1998 thanks to
a global grassroots campaign.

Read and use the Berkeley, CA ?Resolution to Protect Democracy and the
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page has other resources you can use.

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cedes Congressional constitutional authority to oversee trade with foreign
nations to the President to negotiate and finalize so-called ?free? trade
agreements like the TPP and submit the final agreement to Congress. For
more than four years Pres. Obama has been negotiating the TPP, but now
needs either Fast Track, or Sen. Ron Wyden?s (D-OR) new ?Smart Fast Track,?
to ram this undemocratic corporate agenda through Congress. Under Fast
Track, Congress has only 90 days to read an immensely complex text, several
thousands pages long. Fast Track allows only limited debate and no formal
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?yes? or ?no? vote.

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table. Only recently have certain members of Congress been allowed to read
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chapters because the texts have been leaked.

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The corporate agenda wins in every case. For example, the TPP...

? *cancels ?Buy American? and ?Buy Local? policies* that support our
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it. There is also a new ?Harmonization Chapter? that mandates setting up
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because of increased U.S. export of dirty fuels?especially natural gas from
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developing countries that have poor environmental regulations.

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to protect their patents and profits on medicines while low-cost generics
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*Act Now.*
* Introduce a TPP Free Zone Resolution in your community! Act Now. Call
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From marksafron at att.net  Wed Nov 12 18:23:08 2014
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2014 18:23:08 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] The Worst Voter Turnout in 72 Years
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(It?s true; you get the government you don?t vote for. M.S.) 

The Worst Voter Turnout in 72 Years

The abysmally low turnout in last week?s midterm elections ? the lowest in more than seven decades ? was bad for Democrats, but it was even worse for democracy. In 43 states, less than half the eligible population bothered to vote, and no state broke 60 percent.

In the three largest states ? California, Texas and New York ? less than a third of the eligible population voted. New York?s turnout was a shameful 28.8 percent, the fourth-lowest in the country, despite three statewide races (including the governor) and 27 House races.

Over all, the national turnout was 36.3 percent; only the 1942 federal election had a lower participation rate at 33.9 percent. The reasons are apathy, anger and frustration at the relentlessly negative tone of the campaigns.

Republicans ran a single-theme campaign of pure opposition to President Obama, and Democrats were too afraid of the backlash to put forward plans to revive the economy or to point out significant achievements of the last six years. Neither party gave voters an affirmative reason to show up at the polls.

The states with the biggest turnouts tended to have well-publicized and competitive races, but even competition was no guarantee that voters would show up. Georgia and North Carolina, which had two highly contested Senate races, did only slightly better than the national average for turnout. Some of that is because of regional differences; northern states generally have higher turnout than southern states, as they did this year, because voting tends to correlate with education and income levels.

In northern states, there was a lack of interest, too. The overall vote total dropped by 42 percent compared with 2012, and the decline was particularly acute among younger voters, who made up 13 percent of this year?s electorate compared with 19 percent two years ago. The turnout among young and minority voters was slightly higher than it was in the 2010 midterms, perhaps reflecting new organizing efforts, but the number remained far too low. (Republicans have continued their effort to suppress the turnout of young, poor and minority voters, although it was hard to make a definitive link between those laws and Democratic losses this year.)

There was one useful lesson: When voting is made easier, more people vote. Colorado switched to a mail ballot system this year, and it had the fourth-highest turnout in the nation, substantially larger than in 2010. (It had a highly competitive Senate race, but did much better than many states with equally hot races.) Oregon, which also votes by mail, had the fifth-highest turnout, and Washington State, with a similar system, did better than the national average, though it had no major statewide races.

Early voting ? which tends to be more popular among Democratic voters than mail balloting ? also did well this year, despite Republican efforts to curb it. In North Carolina, early voting increased by 35 percent from 2010, even though Republican legislators cut the number of early-voting days to 10 from 17.

Showing up at the polls is the best way to counter the oversized influence of wealthy special interests, who dominate politics as never before. But to encourage participation, politicians need to stop suppressing the vote, make the process of voting as easy as possible, and run campaigns that stand for something.



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From rkarch at mcn.org  Thu Nov 13 00:08:31 2014
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2014 00:08:31 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] The Worst Voter Turnout in 72 Years
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Maybe Occupy units across this land could do a campaign to GET OUT THE VOTE!


On Nov 12, 2014, at 6:24 PM, Adrienne Ross wrote:

> 
> What's the source for this?
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> On Nov 12, 2014, at 6:23 PM, Mark Safron <marksafron at att.net> wrote:
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> (It?s true; you get the government you don?t vote for. M.S.) 
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> The Worst Voter Turnout in 72 Years
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> The abysmally low turnout in last week?s midterm elections ? the lowest in more than seven decades ? was bad for Democrats, but it was even worse for democracy. In 43 states, less than half the eligible population bothered to vote, and no state broke 60 percent.
> 
> In the three largest states ? California, Texas and New York ? less than a third of the eligible population voted. New York?s turnout was a shameful 28.8 percent, the fourth-lowest in the country, despite three statewide races (including the governor) and 27 House races.
> 
> Over all, the national turnout was 36.3 percent; only the 1942 federal election had a lower participation rate at 33.9 percent. The reasons are apathy, anger and frustration at the relentlessly negative tone of the campaigns.
> 
> Republicans ran a single-theme campaign of pure opposition to President Obama, and Democrats were too afraid of the backlash to put forward plans to revive the economy or to point out significant achievements of the last six years. Neither party gave voters an affirmative reason to show up at the polls.
> 
> The states with the biggest turnouts tended to have well-publicized and competitive races, but even competition was no guarantee that voters would show up. Georgia and North Carolina, which had two highly contested Senate races, did only slightly better than the national average for turnout. Some of that is because of regional differences; northern states generally have higher turnout than southern states, as they did this year, because voting tends to correlate with education and income levels.
> 
> In northern states, there was a lack of interest, too. The overall vote total dropped by 42 percent compared with 2012, and the decline was particularly acute among younger voters, who made up 13 percent of this year?s electorate compared with 19 percent two years ago. The turnout among young and minority voters was slightly higher than it was in the 2010 midterms, perhaps reflecting new organizing efforts, but the number remained far too low. (Republicans have continued their effort to suppress the turnout of young, poor and minority voters, although it was hard to make a definitive link between those laws and Democratic losses this year.)
> 
> There was one useful lesson: When voting is made easier, more people vote. Colorado switched to a mail ballot system this year, and it had the fourth-highest turnout in the nation, substantially larger than in 2010. (It had a highly competitive Senate race, but did much better than many states with equally hot races.) Oregon, which also votes by mail, had the fifth-highest turnout, and Washington State, with a similar system, did better than the national average, though it had no major statewide races.
> 
> Early voting ? which tends to be more popular among Democratic voters than mail balloting ? also did well this year, despite Republican efforts to curb it. In North Carolina, early voting increased by 35 percent from 2010, even though Republican legislators cut the number of early-voting days to 10 from 17.
> 
> Showing up at the polls is the best way to counter the oversized influence of wealthy special interests, who dominate politics as never before. But to encourage participation, politicians need to stop suppressing the vote, make the process of voting as easy as possible, and run campaigns that stand for something.
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From agnes at mcn.org  Fri Nov 14 17:38:12 2014
From: agnes at mcn.org (agnes at mcn.org)
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2014 17:38:12 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Fwd: Climate Crisis,
 the Deindustrialization Imperative and the Jobs vs. Environment
 Dilemma
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Hi All,
         This is a very comprehensive article in Truthout with solutions
in the end. Worth the reading for an hour. Highly recommend the
summary of Naomi Klein's book "This Changes  Everything".

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From marksafron at att.net  Sat Nov 15 10:18:25 2014
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2014 10:18:25 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Let me know when somebody goes to jail.
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Big Banks Are Fined $4.25 Billion in Inquiry Into Currency-Rigging

By CHAD BRAY, JENNY ANDERSON and BEN PROTESS | November 11, 2014
 The traders called themselves ?the players? and ?the three musketeers? as they joined forces and shared information to ?double team? their clients and manipulate currency rates.

?He?s sat back in his chair ? announcing to desk ?that?s why I got the bonus pool,? said one trader to a rival after they colluded on a rate, earning, according to regulators, a profit of $513,000 on the trade.

Citing chat room messages like these, replete with typos, jargon and vulgarities, United States, British and Swiss regulators on Wednesday fined some of the world?s biggest banks a combined $4.25 billion, accusing them of conspiring to manipulate the foreign currency markets.

The fines pose no risk to the health of the banks that settled ? UBS, JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, HSBC and the Royal Bank of Scotland ? nor were any traders or executives charged with wrongdoing. And yet the settlements on Wednesday closed only the first chapter of what is shaping up to be a more damaging story for the banks.  

Full story:

http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/11/12/british-and-u-s-regulators-fine-big-banks-3-16-billion-in-foreign-exchange-scandal/?alg=4H7Q6
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From rkarch at mcn.org  Sat Nov 15 22:46:02 2014
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2014 22:46:02 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Man Lost Home to Foreclosure
Message-ID: <B9DB552F-9134-45B2-83E7-6483F0559785@mcn.org>

On the Announce Listserve:

A man I met today has lost his beautiful home to foreclosure and has 30 to
90 days to vacate.  (His artist wife of 45 years died of cancer.)  This
house is full of homey treasures. I had followed a home made moving sign
and was told to just look around.

I did not want to take advantage of someone who seemed overwhelmed. I
asked if he needed help and he gave me his name and number and then
followed me to my car and gave me a book his wife had written. I'm reaching
out to the community to see if there are volunteers to help or if there is
an organization who can help handle the sale. Nothing is priced and I'm not
sure he has started packing.

He has been feeding many cats who have been spade and will also need homes.
Please contact off announce serve for more details.

-- 
Heather Brown
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From annxpress at live.com  Mon Nov 17 18:46:58 2014
From: annxpress at live.com (Ann Rennacker)
Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2014 18:46:58 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] MINUTES OF 11/15/14 O/M GA
Message-ID: <SNT150-W31AD40DB90BB834540828FDD880@phx.gbl>




Present:  Dan Baker, Irene Malone, Agnes Woolsey, Bob Lane, Ann R. Barbara Moller, Jessie Lee, Sheila Dawn.
- Public Banking:  Jessie, Robin Sunbeam, Agnes, Shari Shrapmire, Dan Hamburg and Dan Gjerde met and asked if the County could support funding for the PACE energy program, and were told that the County must wait for the results of a court case.  Downgrading of MUNI Bonds by the FED is forcing cities across America into bankruptcy by forcing interest rates up.  Shari says she is not yet ready to embrace Public Banking.  Shari will give the two Credit Unions and Savings Bank each $250,000 for loans that are short-term.  Mendocino County is set to divest from Occidental Petroleum, set to Frack Mendocino in 2015!  
 
- TPP:  This secretive trade agreement gives Corporate control of our government, and would prohibit Public Banking!  Send messages to Congress representatives, newspapers, and President Obama to oppose the TPP, by letter, phone call, e-mail or petitions. 
 
- Snowden:  Agnes showed an article in the Oct Nation magazine that was 14 pages long, interview and story that had some really good advice and quotes.  "Keep defending your civil rights or you will lose them." He pointed out that the Occupy movement was effective even though the police were allowed to brutally suppress, but getting equality into consciousness was the important message of Occupy. "We cannot steer the Country in the right direction with misinformation". Some folks are a putting sign in the window "I have a bed for Ed".
 
- Banks fined more:  5 big global banks were fined $3.4 Billion for manipulation of foreign markets to ensure bank profits (Citibank, JP Morgan Chase, Royal Bank of Scotland, HSBC, UBS).  Meanwhile, the US Treasury department is fining JP Morgan Chase, BOA and Citigroup $950 Million more for failing to prevent misconduct in the foreign exchange market.  Also, banks JP Morgan, BOA, Citigroup and Synchrony are being brought up on charges of violating federal Bankruptcy laws by refusing to discharge debts the courts dismiss in bankruptcy courts.
 
- Monsanto GMO herbicide resistant wheat was found in Oregon, and it was never authorized to be on the market, so there was a $2.4 Million fine to Monsanto.  The USDA says it was probably an isolated incident, but it caused a rejection of Oregon wheat from Japan, North Korea and the European Union.
 
- Agnes sent us the resolution about Public Banks on email so we can read it and be informed enough to answer questions.
 
- MLK Day:  We agreed to take over from peace and Justice and do MLK which is 1/20/15 this year.  We will vote 12/6 on the details.
- Mendo. Regenerative Center: There has been no activity yet as Justin Calvino is hard to catch and Sheila will find out when we can start.
- MCTV:  The City hired a new operator who will do PEG, and said he will protect archived tapes and start showing them on channels 3, 63, 64.  Terry Vaughn needs to be thanked (and paid?) for the taping he has done on MTV.  The equipment and tapes are still in the Footlighter's building.  The O/M Street Fair is on U-Tube.
 
- Bob pledged to Free Speech TV and got a 4 CD set of the Oliver Stone documentary "The true History of the United States" and wants to show it to friends at his house, and to public at the Library or at KNYO radio station.  Each part is a 3 hour program, we could ask for donations and make popcorn, if the public showing is okayed.
- Howard Ennes Memorial:  The memorial is Dec 7th at 2pm at the Senior Center.  The Occupy Singers will perform, and practice will be held at 980 Stewart Street for those who will sing.  
 
- Barbara Moller's update:  There is no judgment yet.  Sandy French is willing to have Barbara stay in the trailer in Lucerne at no rent.  Sheila and Ann helped clean some, but an electric hookup is needed.  Jessie suggests we have a fundraiser benefit.  We need a written agreement from Sandy so the Judge will be informed.  Tues we will go with Bob and tarp, clean, check things.  Is there a rapid re-housing program in Lake County?
- Meeting adjourned at 4:20 pm.
 

 		 	   		  
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From marksafron at att.net  Mon Nov 17 19:39:18 2014
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2014 19:39:18 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Inequality, Unbelievably, Gets Worse - NYTimes.com
Message-ID: <3AAA0675-CECC-457D-B367-D959055A5630@att.net>

To only modest notice, during the campaign the Federal Reserve put forth more sobering news about income inequality: Inflation-adjusted earnings of the bottom 90 percent of Americans fell between 2010 and 2013, with those near the bottom dropping the most. Meanwhile, incomes in the top decile rose.
Here?s the link:
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/17/opinion/inequality-unbelievably-gets-worse.html?emc=edit_th_20141117&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=63325218

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From rkarch at mcn.org  Mon Nov 17 23:29:44 2014
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2014 23:29:44 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Health Law Turns Obama and Insurers Into Allies
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The New York Times
November 17, 2014
Health Law Turns Obama and Insurers Into Allies
By Robert Pear

With the health insurance marketplace now open for a second year, President Obama will be depending more than ever on the insurance companies that five years ago he accused of padding profits and canceling coverage for the sick.

Those same insurers have long viewed government as an unreliable business partner that imposed taxes, fees and countless regulations and had the power to cut payment rates and cap profit margins.

But since the Affordable Care Act was enacted in 2010, the relationship between the Obama administration and insurers has evolved into a powerful, mutually beneficial partnership that has been a boon to the nation?s largest private health plans and led to a profitable surge in their Medicaid enrollment.

?These companies all look at government programs as growth markets,? said Michael J. Tuffin, former executive vice president of America?s Health Insurance Plans, the main lobby for the industry. ?There will be nearly $2 trillion of subsidized coverage through insurance exchanges and Medicaid over the next 10 years. These are pragmatic companies. They will follow the customer.?

?We are in this together,? Kevin J. Counihan, the chief executive of the federal insurance marketplace, told insurers at a recent conference in Washington. ?You have been our partners,? and for that, he said, ?we are very grateful.?

In another sign of the close relationship, the administration has recruited experts from the insurance industry to provide operational expertise. Eight months after the unit of UnitedHealth Group, called Optum, helped repair HealthCare.gov last fall, the administration hired a top Optum executive, Andrew M. Slavitt, as the No. 2 official at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The administration waived conflict-of-interest rules so that Mr. Slavitt could participate in decisions affecting UnitedHealth and Optum.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/18/us/politics/health-law-turns-obama-and-insurers-into-allies.html

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Comment by Don McCanne

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) provided the private health insurance industry with the greatest stimulus to its industry that it could possibly have achieved, and it is reaping great rewards as a result.

Even the provision of ACA that was considered most unfavorable for the industry - the fact that they would have to start insuring individuals with preexisting conditions - was actually just what they needed because it then mandated the individual mandate. That is, they would have the entire population as their market, except for the government plans. Even there, Medicaid is being shifted en mass to private insurers, and more Medicare patients are moving into the private Medicare Advantage plans - all with the complicity of the Obama administration.

If you don?t understand why the takeover of health care financing by the private insurance industry is a problem, there are a few thousand Quote of the Day messages that can give you some insight - posted at http://www.pnhp.org/news/quote-of-the-day



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From rkarch at mcn.org  Mon Nov 17 23:36:26 2014
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2014 23:36:26 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Message to George W. Bush and Dick Cheney From a
	Dying Veteran
Message-ID: <A2DAE439-D11D-4527-A616-9CD6CAF66610@mcn.org>


A Message to George W. Bush and Dick Cheney From a Dying Veteran
By Tomas Young, Reader Supported News
12 November 14
 
A Message to George W. Bush and Dick Cheney From a Dying Veteran 

Tomas Young, a wounded Iraq War veteran and outspoken critic of war, passed away at the age of 34 on Monday evening, just before Veterans Day, which is also known internationally as Armistice Day. Common Dreams is republishing a letter he penned to George W. Bush and Dick Cheney last year.
To: George W. Bush and Dick Cheney

From: Tomas Young

 write this letter on the 10th anniversary of the Iraq War on behalf of my fellow Iraq War veterans. I write this letter on behalf of the 4,488 soldiers and Marines who died in Iraq. I write this letter on behalf of the hundreds of thousands of veterans who have been wounded and on behalf of those whose wounds, physical and psychological, have destroyed their lives. I am one of those gravely wounded. I was paralyzed in an insurgent ambush in 2004 in Sadr City. My life is coming to an end. I am living under hospice care.

I write this letter on behalf of husbands and wives who have lost spouses, on behalf of children who have lost a parent, on behalf of the fathers and mothers who have lost sons and daughters and on behalf of those who care for the many thousands of my fellow veterans who have brain injuries. I write this letter on behalf of those veterans whose trauma and self-revulsion for what they have witnessed, endured and done in Iraq have led to suicide and on behalf of the active-duty soldiers and Marines who commit, on average, a suicide a day. I write this letter on behalf of the some 1 million Iraqi dead and on behalf of the countless Iraqi wounded. I write this letter on behalf of us all?the human detritus your war has left behind, those who will spend their lives in unending pain and grief.

You may evade justice but in our eyes you are each guilty of egregious war crimes, of plunder and, finally, of murder, including the murder of thousands of young Americans?my fellow veterans?whose future you stole.

I write this letter, my last letter, to you, Mr. Bush and Mr. Cheney. I write not because I think you grasp the terrible human and moral consequences of your lies, manipulation and thirst for wealth and power. I write this letter because, before my own death, I want to make it clear that I, and hundreds of thousands of my fellow veterans, along with millions of my fellow citizens, along with hundreds of millions more in Iraq and the Middle East, know fully who you are and what you have done. You may evade justice but in our eyes you are each guilty of egregious war crimes, of plunder and, finally, of murder, including the murder of thousands of young Americans?my fellow veterans?whose future you stole.

Your positions of authority, your millions of dollars of personal wealth, your public relations consultants, your privilege and your power cannot mask the hollowness of your character. You sent us to fight and die in Iraq after you, Mr. Cheney, dodged the draft in Vietnam, and you, Mr. Bush, went AWOL from your National Guard unit. Your cowardice and selfishness were established decades ago. You were not willing to risk yourselves for our nation but you sent hundreds of thousands of young men and women to be sacrificed in a senseless war with no more thought than it takes to put out the garbage.

I joined the Army two days after the 9/11 attacks. I joined the Army because our country had been attacked. I wanted to strike back at those who had killed some 3,000 of my fellow citizens. I did not join the Army to go to Iraq, a country that had no part in the September 2001 attacks and did not pose a threat to its neighbors, much less to the United States. I did not join the Army to ?liberate? Iraqis or to shut down mythical weapons-of-mass-destruction facilities or to implant what you cynically called ?democracy? in Baghdad and the Middle East. I did not join the Army to rebuild Iraq, which at the time you told us could be paid for by Iraq?s oil revenues. Instead, this war has cost the United States over $3 trillion. I especially did not join the Army to carry out pre-emptive war. Pre-emptive war is illegal under international law. And as a soldier in Iraq I was, I now know, abetting your idiocy and your crimes. The Iraq War is the largest strategic blunder in U.S. history. It obliterated the balance of power in the Middle East. It installed a corrupt and brutal pro-Iranian government in Baghdad, one cemented in power through the use of torture, death squads and terror. And it has left Iran as the dominant force in the region. On every level?moral, strategic, military and economic?Iraq was a failure. And it was you, Mr. Bush and Mr. Cheney, who started this war. It is you who should pay the consequences.

I would not be writing this letter if I had been wounded fighting in Afghanistan against those forces that carried out the attacks of 9/11. Had I been wounded there I would still be miserable because of my physical deterioration and imminent death, but I would at least have the comfort of knowing that my injuries were a consequence of my own decision to defend the country I love. I would not have to lie in my bed, my body filled with painkillers, my life ebbing away, and deal with the fact that hundreds of thousands of human beings, including children, including myself, were sacrificed by you for little more than the greed of oil companies, for your alliance with the oil sheiks in Saudi Arabia, and your insane visions of empire.

I have, like many other disabled veterans, suffered from the inadequate and often inept care provided by the Veterans Administration. I have, like many other disabled veterans, come to realize that our mental and physical wounds are of no interest to you, perhaps of no interest to any politician. We were used. We were betrayed. And we have been abandoned. You, Mr. Bush, make much pretense of being a Christian. But isn?t lying a sin? Isn?t murder a sin? Aren?t theft and selfish ambition sins? I am not a Christian. But I believe in the Christian ideal. I believe that what you do to the least of your brothers you finally do to yourself, to your own soul.

My day of reckoning is upon me. Yours will come. I hope you will be put on trial. But mostly I hope, for your sakes, that you find the moral courage to face what you have done to me and to many, many others who deserved to live. I hope that before your time on earth ends, as mine is now ending, you will find the strength of character to stand before the American public and the world, and in particular the Iraqi people, and beg for forgiveness.


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From agnes at mcn.org  Tue Nov 18 10:10:15 2014
From: agnes at mcn.org (agnes at mcn.org)
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2014 10:10:15 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] [Fwd: Sign the petition: Tell Eric Holder: Time
 for criminal charges against JPMorgan Chase]
Message-ID: <ae5486de09ef07bd54343d797a6382e8.squirrel@webmail.mcn.org>

---------------------------- Original Message ----------------------------
Subject: Sign the petition: Tell Eric Holder: Time for criminal charges
against JPMorgan Chase
From:    "Becky Bond, CREDO Action" <act at credoaction.com>
Date:    Tue, November 18, 2014 6:35 am
To:      "Agnes S. Woolsey" <agnes at mcn.org>
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      Tell Attorney General Eric Holder: No more excuses. Time for criminal
   charges against JPMorgan Chase

   Petition to Attorney General Eric Holder:
   "Alayne Fleischmann???s whistleblower account paints a clear picture of
   outright fraud at JPMorgan Chase. The Justice Department must immediately
   announce criminal charges against JP Morgan Chase."

   Add your name:

   [1]Sign the petition ???

   Dear Agnes,

                                               [2]Holder_charge_JPMorganChase

   Rolling Stone magazine has just published a breathtaking account of a
   whistleblower who personally witnessed fraud at JPMorgan Chase and was
   willing to testify ??? even as the Justice Department claimed it lacked
   the smoking guns to prosecute big banks.^1

   For eight years, Alayne Fleischmann has told her story to regulators and
   government lawyers, only to watch as the Department of Justice settled
   with JPMorgan Chase out of court, with no admission of guilt, and a much
   lighter penalty than was initially announced to the public.^2 Now, despite
   a confidentiality agreement covering her time at the bank, she decided to
   speak out.

   For years, federal prosecutors have told the public that they lacked the
   clear evidence to bring criminal charges against big banks for mortgage
   security fraud. But if Fleischmann???s account is true, the Justice
   Department had the evidence but simply chose to ignore it, and instead
   helped JPMorgan Chase avoid accountability for its crimes.

   [3]Tell Attorney General Eric Holder: No more excuses. Time for criminal
   charges. Click here to sign the petition.

   At one point, Fleischmann says, the U.S. Attorney General???s Sacramento
   Office was on the verge of announcing criminal charges based on her
   testimony. But according to Rolling Stone and other press accounts, the
   press conference announcing the prosecution was canceled after JPMorgan
   Chase Chief Jamie Dimon called Tony West, the third-ranking official in
   the Justice Department, and offered to settle out of court. The attorney
   general touted the resulting $13 billion settlement as a major victory,
   even though the bank paid less than $9 billion, was able to write off the
   penalty on its taxes, and was able to keep its criminal wrongdoing from
   the public.

   A former securities lawyer who worked as a diligence manager evaluating
   mortgage securities, Fleischmann personally witnessed wrongdoing and even
   attempted to notify her superiors. The Rolling Stone piece recounts how:

     * Her bosses in the diligence team insisted on a ???no email??? rule to
       avoid a paper record, which one former federal prosecutor says shows
       "these people knew what they were doing and were trying not to get
       caught."
     * Almost 40% of one pool of mortgages were found to be based on
       overstated incomes or had already defaulted; her bosses pressured
       diligence workers to revise the number downward to under 10% and gave
       the resulting security a misleading credit rating.
     * Fleischmann told her boss that the bank couldn???t sell a security
       based on those mortgages without telling customers of its content,
       even if it meant no one would buy it, because to do otherwise would be
       fraud.
     * She submitted a memo detailing all of these charges to her superiors,
       expecting the written record to force an end to the practice.
     * Fleischmann can today point out ???exactly how her bosses at JPMorgan
       Chase committed financial fraud: It???s right there in the
       documents.???

   JPMorgan Chase???s lawyers worked for years to keep Fleischmann quiet. Now
   we know why.

   [4]Tell Attorney General Eric Holder: No more excuses. Time for criminal
   charges. Click here to sign the petition.

   Fleischmann???s story is actually far worse for the Justice Department
   than it is for JPMorgan Chase. Most observers already knew the general
   outlines of how mortgage originators and big banks conspired to fake
   documentation and then sell off bad loans to unwitting investors. In case
   after case, regulators and the Justice Department settled out of court and
   pursued specific instances of wrong-doing instead of widespread fraud. The
   excuse has always been that the government lacked the legal firepower and
   evidence to go big.

   It is not clear whether regulators and the Justice Department believed a
   settlement was better than the risk of losing a trial, or were helping
   powerful institutions cover-up their crimes. But it is now plain to see
   that the problem was not a lack of credible witnesses. In Fleischmann, the
   government had a graduate of Cornell Law School who would help them press
   charges ??? and simply chose not to.

   This past summer, a new set of investigators approached Fleischmann and
   appear to have restarted the criminal case against JPMorgan Chase. She
   would not comment on that investigation. But if one thing is clear from
   the last few years, it???s that investigations like this tend to die
   before charges are filed. This time ??? with all the facts that are now
   public ??? we cannot let that happen. Click the link below to sign the
   petition to Attorney General Holder to file criminal charges against JP
   Morgan Chase:

   [5]http://act.credoaction.com/sign/Holder_Justice_Chase?t=1001&akid=12224.23357.1iyzPr.

   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.

   Thank you for helping demand accountability for Wall Street???s crimes.

   Becky Bond, Political Director
   [6]CREDO Action from Working Assets

   Add your name:

   [7]Sign the petition ???

    1. Matt Taibbi, "[8]The $9 Billion Witness: Meet JPMorgan Chase's Worst
       Nightmare," RollingStones.com, November 6, 2014.
    2. Ibid.
    3. Ibid.

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From irenelsm at mcn.org  Tue Nov 18 13:14:06 2014
From: irenelsm at mcn.org (Irene L. Malone)
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2014 13:14:06 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] =?windows-1252?q?I_just_signed_this_petition_?=
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Rolling Stone Magazine has just published a breathtaking account of a  
whistleblower who personally witnessed fraud at JPMorgan Chase and  
was willing to testify -- even as the Justice Department claimed it  
lacked the smoking guns to prosecute big banks.

I just signed a petition urging Attorney General Eric Holder to file  
criminal charges against JPMorgan Chase.

I think you should too!

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From rkarch at mcn.org  Tue Nov 18 23:21:39 2014
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2014 23:21:39 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Senate defeats Keystone XL pipeline
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http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2014/11/18/senate-keystone-xl-pipeline-vote/19230347/
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From marksafron at att.net  Wed Nov 19 14:46:48 2014
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2014 14:46:48 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] It's not often that the N.Y.T. sounds like
	Occupy(!)
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http://takingnote.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/11/18/collecting-debts-on-dubious-foreclosures/?emc=edit_ty_20141119&nl=opinion&nlid=35653813&_r=0

Collecting Debts on Dubious Foreclosures


In early 2012, when five big banks settled with government officials over foreclosure abuses in the housing bust, the settlement sum, $26 billion, was actually a small price for the banks to pay. It was small compared to the economic damage from the banks? reckless lending and abusive foreclosures. And it was small compared to what the banks got in return.

The settlement talks originally revolved around robo-signing, whereby the banks routinely filed false court documents in an effort to speed foreclosures and, in the process, denied homeowners their due-process rights. When the settlement was done, it shielded the banks from government civil lawsuits not only for robo-signing, but also for other foreclosure wrongdoing, including improper denial of loan modifications, excessive fees that enriched banks but pushed homeowners into default, and conflicts of interest that led banks to foreclose on homes rather than rework troubled loans.

The settlement let the banks breathe a big sigh of relief. Homeowners were not so lucky.

Gretchen Morgenson of The Times reported recently that some borrowers who lost their homes in the bust are now being hounded for debts related to foreclosures that were based on unlawful robo-signed documents.

Fannie Mae, the mortgage finance giant, has hired private debt collectors to recoup deficiency judgments ? the difference between what borrowers owed on their foreclosed properties and the amount Fannie received when it sold them off. The collection efforts ? against several thousand people ? are taking place in Florida, one of the hardest hit states for foreclosures and a hotbed of robo-signing, because the time limit under state law for filing deficiency lawsuits is approaching.

Fannie?s rush to collect is appalling on several levels. It appears not to have given much thought to whether it is entitled to collect on debts that arose from robo-enabled foreclosures. The answer has to be no. If the foreclosure was unlawful, how can it give rise to a lawful debt? A Fannie spokesman told The Times that it was pursuing only those borrowers who had the ability to pay but chose not to. The spokesman declined to say how Fannie determined that the targeted borrowers had the ability to pay.

One thing is known, however: Debtors who have been foreclosed on don?t tend to have tens of thousands of dollars lying around to pay up. If they did, they wouldn?t have lost their homes to foreclosure.

It is also well known that homeowners who lost their homes in the bust have been demonized from the start, as if they brought on themselves the unemployment that spiked and endured after the financial crisis, and that made so many mortgages unmanageable. The banks were rescued , no questions asked. But when it came to helping homeowners, the presumption by policymakers was that troubled borrowers were undeserving and had to prove otherwise. Not surprisingly, anti-foreclosure efforts were largely failures and the housing market in general is still not healthy.

Fannie?s debt collection efforts in Florida are of a piece with that harsh attitude?that failed approach.


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From marksafron at att.net  Wed Nov 19 20:47:48 2014
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2014 20:47:48 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] =?utf-8?q?Tiny_home_village_for_homeless_opens?=
 =?utf-8?b?wqBpbsKgV2lzY29uc2lu?=
Message-ID: <830F932A-FD23-47F8-84E6-48D27D641799@att.net>

Out of the Occupy Madison <http://occupymadisoninc.com/about/in-the-news-2/> protests a cool idea was hatched: Building <http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/12/27/1265535/-A-98-square-foot-home-of-their-own> 98-square-foot homes for those without. The homes have a bed, kitchen, bathroom, storage and propane heat. Future residents take part <http://www.takepart.com/article/2013/12/06/these-super-tiny-homes-were-built-homeless-homeless> in building the homes.
The homes cost just $3,000 to construct, most of it funded by community donations. A revolving crew of volunteers provided the labor, including Betty Ybarra. Previously homeless, she now resides in the home she helped construct. ?It?s exciting. I?ve never even owned my own house,? Ybarra told WMTV
Link:
> http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/11/18/1345740/-Tiny-home-village-for-homeless-opens-in-Wisconsin?detail=email <http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/11/18/1345740/-Tiny-home-village-for-homeless-opens-in-Wisconsin?detail=email>
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From freund at mcn.org  Wed Nov 19 21:45:00 2014
From: freund at mcn.org (Thomas Freund)
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2014 21:45:00 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino]
 =?iso-8859-1?q?Tiny_home_village_for_homeless_o?=
 =?iso-8859-1?q?pens=A0in=A0Wisconsin?=
In-Reply-To: <830F932A-FD23-47F8-84E6-48D27D641799@att.net>
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also great for the elderly who should down size.
On Nov 19, 2014, at 8:47 PM, Mark Safron <marksafron at att.net> wrote:

> Out of the Occupy Madison protests a cool idea was hatched: Building 98-square-foot homes for those without. The homes have a bed, kitchen, bathroom, storage and propane heat. Future residents take part in building the homes.
> The homes cost just $3,000 to construct, most of it funded by community donations. A revolving crew of volunteers provided the labor, including Betty Ybarra. Previously homeless, she now resides in the home she helped construct. ?It?s exciting. I?ve never even owned my own house,? Ybarra told WMTV
> Link:
>> http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/11/18/1345740/-Tiny-home-village-for-homeless-opens-in-Wisconsin?detail=email
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From rkarch at mcn.org  Thu Nov 20 10:04:19 2014
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2014 10:04:19 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Elizabeth Warren: Enough Is Enough: The
	President's Latest Wall Street Nominee
Message-ID: <9B08B08D-48E9-437A-BE88-FC8354BE08CD@mcn.org>

http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/27064-enough-is-enough-the-presidents-latest-wall-street-nominee


Enough Is Enough: The President's Latest Wall Street Nominee
By Elizabeth Warren, Reader Supported News
20 November 14
 
 believe President Obama deserves deference in picking his team, and I've generally tried to give him that. But enough is enough.

Last Wednesday, President Obama announced his nomination of Antonio Weiss to serve as Under Secretary for Domestic Finance at the Treasury Department. This is a position that oversees Dodd-Frank implementation and a wide range of banking and economic policymaking issues, including consumer protection...
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From agnes at mcn.org  Thu Nov 20 17:49:48 2014
From: agnes at mcn.org (agnes at mcn.org)
Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2014 17:49:48 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] [Fwd: Wall Street Journal Reports: Bank of North
 Dakota Outperforms Wall Street]
Message-ID: <d9a0f63a6188a34a235f0aec03197bd4.squirrel@webmail.mcn.org>

---------------------------- Original Message ----------------------------
Subject: Wall Street Journal Reports: Bank of North Dakota Outperforms
Wall Street
From:    "Richard L Biddle" <biddle95463 at gmail.com>
Date:    Thu, November 20, 2014 4:24 pm
To:      "Agnes S. Woolsey" <agnes at mcn.org>
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/27560-wall-street-journal-reports-bank-of-north-dakota-outperforms-wall-street

The answer is something the privately-owned major media have tried to
sweep under the rug: the public banking model is simply more profitable
and efficient than the private model.

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Sent from my iPhone



From rkarch at mcn.org  Fri Nov 21 15:45:51 2014
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2014 15:45:51 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Anyone know about 'Mendovito"?
Message-ID: <FDBC944C-2796-44CD-B36D-4507F2E941F3@mcn.org>


From the Announce List Serve:


> Has anyone heard of "Mendovito", the new proposed "settlement - not
> development" of 4,000 homes in Mendocino County?  The website (see link
> below) is engaging and certainly has all the right buzz words and
> sustainability theory to entice progressives, but 4,000 homes?  Where does
> Mendocino County have enough water to sustain that sort of use?
> 
> If anyone has info I'd love to learn more.
> Thanks,
> Laurie 
> 
> Website link:ann
> <http://mendovito.com>
About
Contact
Timeline
Survey
New Technology Suggestions
VillageTowns.net



As all the primaries are Kiwis, 
it appears to be a Technology Transfer
from New Zealand . . .
IF they can raise the capital
Millions/Billions (?) necessary to do this
(and thatza big IF)
they?ve chosen a good site,
-EZ access to fiber optic cable for hitech needs
-south end of county=no impact on ?local? watersheds
-private, yet accessible to highway, etc.

altho their estimate
of carrying capacity
for 435 acres, (with 200 set aside for agriculture)
= 10,000 residents
(20 ?villages? of 500 people)
is a bit unrealistic, IMO.

That said,
their design concepts are good,
re: ?Village/Town?design,
rooftop greenhouses and rainwater cacheing with
4-tier water re-use/recycling
systems built-in to each structure. . . 
+ hard-wired fiber optic cable to all homes and businesses...
and it would be interesting to see
if they can pull off, say, 5 ?villages?
of 500 people each within that schema.

I?d support a smaller-scale project proposal, 
as Proof of Concept,
for more walkable, healthy community infrastructure, etc
(note plans call for 1,000 sq ft, smaller-scale, high-density apts.
no vehicular traffic within town, no wireless internet
and more public places to gather, learn, garden and celebrate
as fellow-humans, rather than smartphone/facebook slaves?)

And I like that it is designed to support clean industry. . .
(after all, their "clean industry?
could well include designing/building the very components
necessary to implement more such 
appropriate technology elsewhere in the county?)

a population goal of 2,000-3,000 
might be more appropriate?
(by comparison, Ft. Bragg has ~7,500 residents,
village of Mendocino, less than 1,500,
all of Willits, less than 4,000.)

But, this technology, if proven
could help transform those areas 
into
far more sustainable communities
in the future?

Hope springs eternal,
~C.



On Nov 20, 2014, at 10:44 AM, Laurie York <laurieyork123 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Has anyone heard of "Mendovito", the new proposed "settlement - not
> development" of 4,000 homes in Mendocino County?  The website (see link
> below) is engaging and certainly has all the right buzz words and
> sustainability theory to entice progressives, but 4,000 homes?  Where does
> Mendocino County have enough water to sustain that sort of use?
> 
> If anyone has info I'd love to learn more.
> Thanks,
> Laurie
> 
> Website link:ann
> <http://mendovito.com>
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From marksafron at att.net  Fri Nov 21 17:34:34 2014
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2014 17:34:34 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Meet the Fortune 500 Companies Funding the
	Political Resegregation of America
Message-ID: <B0D1B35E-40AA-447A-8274-B49EE2A7F37B@att.net>

If the government was truly representational the House would have a Democratic majority.
> Over the past four to five years, the United States has been resegregated <http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/politics/2011/Nov/18/report__black_dems_lose_clout_in_southern_capitols.html>?politically. In states where registered Democrats outnumber Republicans and presidential races can be nail-biters, skillful Republican operatives have mounted racially-minded gerrymandering efforts?the redrawing of congressional and state legislative districts?that have led to congressional delegations stacked with GOP members and yielded Republican majorities in the state legislatures. In North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Ohio, to name just three, GOPers have recast state and congressional districts to consolidate black voters into what the political pros call "majority-minority districts" to diminish the influence of these voters.
> 
> Full Story:
> http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/11/rslc-redistricting-fortune-500-political-resegregation <http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/11/rslc-redistricting-fortune-500-political-resegregation>
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From fmagic at mcn.org  Wed Nov 19 00:21:36 2014
From: fmagic at mcn.org (Fanshen Faber)
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2014 00:21:36 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] unscubscribe me
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From agnes at mcn.org  Sat Nov 22 23:05:35 2014
From: agnes at mcn.org (agnes at mcn.org)
Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2014 23:05:35 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Political Comedian supporter of Occupy Wall Street
Message-ID: <e9e9d390fae484c728320104c52f5383.squirrel@webmail.mcn.org>

You will love Lee Camp's Show - Redacted Tonight

I watched him on RT tv for an hour-I feel lightened-ip already.

Agnes


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From marksafron at att.net  Sun Nov 23 11:18:34 2014
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2014 11:18:34 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Following the will of the people?
Message-ID: <A45E4161-6F66-443C-8B0B-D040ECB02656@att.net>

WTF? WTF? WTF? WTF? WTF? WTF? WTF? WTF? WTF? WTF?
NBC/WSJ Poll Reveals American's Priorities; Guess How they Match With GOP Lawmakers' Priorities
> The new NBC/WSJ poll <http://newscms.nbcnews.com/sites/newscms/files/141581_november_nbc-wsj_filled-in.pdf> conducted November 14-17 provides a post election snap shot of American voter expectations, including their priorities for actions Congress should take. Can you guess how they match up with GOP Lawmaker's priorities? It's a real shocker folks.
> 
> The People's agenda for Congress:
> 
> 1.   Access to lower cost student loans--80% support.
> 2.   Increase spending on infrastructure--75%
> 3.   Raising the minimum wage--65%
> 4.   Emergency funding for fighting Ebola in Africa--60%
> 5.   Addressing climate change/reducing carbon emissions--59%
> 6.   Building Keystone Pipeline--54%
> 
> Agenda items registering below 50% support were: lowering taxes by closing loopholes; approving U.S. troops to fight ISIS in Iraq and Syria; reducing Medicare and Social Security benefits for wealthy retirees; new trade agreements with Asian nations; lowering corporate tax rates; cutting funding for ACA; path to citizenship; and raising Social Security retirement age.
> 
> I thought it would be insightful to compare America's priorities with those of our newly elected Congress. According to PolitiFact.com <http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2014/nov/10/mcconnell-and-boehners-goals-114th-congress/>
> House Speaker John Boehner and soon-to-be Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell have laid out some of their top legislative priorities. It?s a range of issues -- everything from dismantling the Affordable Care Act to passing international trade agreements, and shutting down the possibility of another government shutdown.
> Here is PolitiFact's list in the order presented:
> 1.   Authorize Keystone Pipeline.
> 2.   Repeal ACA ("Obamacare")
> 3.   Pass the "Hire More Heroes" (veterans) Act.
> 4.   Pass Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement with Asia.
> 5.   Lower corporate taxes.
> 6.   Thwarting Obama on Immigration Executive Action.
> 7.   Reign in the EPA and roll back environmental regulations.
> 
> In a Wall Street Journal op ed <http://online.wsj.com/articles/john-boehner-and-mitch-mcconnell-now-we-can-get-congress-going-1415232759> published the day after the election, Boehner and McConnell outline some of their legislative priorities.
> 
> Looking ahead to the next Congress, we will honor the voters? trust by focusing, first, on jobs and the economy. Among other things, that means a renewed effort to debate and vote on the many bills that passed the Republican-led House in recent years with bipartisan support, but were never even brought to a vote by the Democratic Senate majority.
> (The bolding is mine).
> A distillation of the Boehner/McConnell priorities in the order presented.
> 
> 1.   Repeal "Obamacare."
> 2.   Authorize the Keystone Pipeline.
> 3.   Pass the "Hire More Heroes" (veterans) Act.
> 4.   Restore "traditional" definition of full time work week to 40 hours (see item 1.)
> 5.   Protect and expand America's energy boom [thanks Obama].
> 6.   Support charter schools with tax dollars.
> 
> Keeping in mind their promise "honor the voters' trust" it is interesting to note that there is only one item in common with the voters actual agenda for Congress, which is #6 on the people's list and #2 on B & M's list. Other than that, these Republican leaders address none of the issues Americans have said are the most important; nothing about student loans or the cost of college; nothing about infrastructure, bridges and roads; nothing about the minimum wage; after all their hysteria before the election, nothing about money to fight the Ebola outbreak; and instead of addressing climate change and reducing carbon emissions they of course want to do just the opposite.
> 
> How is that for honoring the voters' trust? It is clear the GOP doesn't trust voters at all, because they will do everything in their power to lower voter enthusiasm and participation, and therefore have no intention of honoring voters' trust by addressing the issues that matter most. The GOP agenda is the Koch Brothers' agenda. It is Sheldon Adelson's, the Walton's and the oil companies' agenda.
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From marksafron at att.net  Sun Nov 23 12:15:14 2014
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2014 12:15:14 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Link to "Redacted tonight"
Message-ID: <3F4CC356-2AB5-4511-BEAC-539A836DEE43@att.net>

Here it is:
http://www.youtube.com/user/redactedtonight <http://www.youtube.com/user/redactedtonight>

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From marksafron at att.net  Mon Nov 24 17:58:19 2014
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2014 17:58:19 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] They may have a model bank,
	but that's all they have.
Message-ID: <A5349716-3423-4DA4-A08E-58649B0B8BAB@att.net>

How The Oil Industry Bought And Trashed North Dakota
> While other states remain mired in the aftermath of the Great Recession, one state, thanks to the miracles of hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling, is experiencing an oil boom the likes of which hasn't been seen since Texas in the 1930's. Thousands of oil workers and investors now flock to North Dakota, whose rough western scrub, prairie and Badlands cover the enormous Bakken shale formation. Bakken oil has transformed North Dakota in five short years from the 6th largest oil producing state to the second. The state's wholly owned bank is now more profitable <http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/11/23/us/north-dakota-oil-boom-downside.html> than Goldman Sachs.
> 
> Full story: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/11/23/1346877/-How-The-Oil-Industry-Bought-And-Trashed-North-Dakota?detail=email <http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/11/23/1346877/-How-The-Oil-Industry-Bought-And-Trashed-North-Dakota?detail=email>
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From llaks at mcn.org  Sun Nov 23 12:37:20 2014
From: llaks at mcn.org (Lenny Laks)
Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2014 12:37:20 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Following the will of the people?
In-Reply-To: <A45E4161-6F66-443C-8B0B-D040ECB02656@att.net>
References: <A45E4161-6F66-443C-8B0B-D040ECB02656@att.net>
Message-ID: <54724580.7090909@mcn.org>

I really think that there is no "outrage" so there is no penalty for NOT 
supporting
the common good....only money when paid or withheld seems to be a lever.
Lily Tomlin said " no matter how cynical I get, I can't keep up"
Maybe boycotts would work....

Lenny Laks

On 11/23/2014 11:18 AM, Mark Safron wrote:
> *WTF? WTF? **WTF? WTF? **WTF? WTF? **WTF? WTF? **WTF? WTF?*
> *NBC/WSJ Poll Reveals American's Priorities; Guess How they Match With 
> GOP Lawmakers' Priorities*
>>
>> The new NBC/WSJ poll 
>> <http://newscms.nbcnews.com/sites/newscms/files/141581_november_nbc-wsj_filled-in.pdf> conducted 
>> November 14-17 provides a post election snap shot of American voter 
>> expectations, including their priorities for actions Congress should 
>> take. Can you guess how they match up with GOP Lawmaker's priorities? 
>> It's a real shocker folks.
>>
>> The People's agenda for Congress:
>>
>> 1.   Access to lower cost student loans--80% support.
>> 2.   Increase spending on infrastructure--75%
>> 3.   Raising the minimum wage--65%
>> 4.   Emergency funding for fighting Ebola in Africa--60%
>> 5.   Addressing climate change/reducing carbon emissions--59%
>> 6.   Building Keystone Pipeline--54%
>>
>> Agenda items registering below 50% support were: lowering taxes by 
>> closing loopholes; approving U.S. troops to fight ISIS in Iraq and 
>> Syria; reducing Medicare and Social Security benefits for wealthy 
>> retirees; new trade agreements with Asian nations; lowering corporate 
>> tax rates; cutting funding for ACA; path to citizenship; and raising 
>> Social Security retirement age.
>>
>> I thought it would be insightful to compare America's priorities with 
>> those of our newly elected Congress. According to PolitiFact.com 
>> <http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2014/nov/10/mcconnell-and-boehners-goals-114th-congress/>
>>
>>     House Speaker John Boehner and soon-to-be Senate Majority Leader
>>     Mitch McConnell have laid out some of their top legislative
>>     priorities. It's a range of issues -- everything from dismantling
>>     the Affordable Care Act to passing international trade
>>     agreements, and shutting down the possibility of another
>>     government shutdown.
>>
>> Here is PolitiFact's list in the order presented:
>>
>> 1.   Authorize Keystone Pipeline.
>> 2.   Repeal ACA ("Obamacare")
>> 3.   Pass the "Hire More Heroes" (veterans) Act.
>> 4.   Pass Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement with Asia.
>> 5.   Lower corporate taxes.
>> 6.   Thwarting Obama on Immigration Executive Action.
>> 7.   Reign in the EPA and roll back environmental regulations.
>>
>> In a Wall Street Journal op ed 
>> <http://online.wsj.com/articles/john-boehner-and-mitch-mcconnell-now-we-can-get-congress-going-1415232759> published 
>> the day after the election, Boehner and McConnell outline some of 
>> their legislative priorities.
>>
>>     Looking ahead to the next Congress, *_we will honor the voters'
>>     trust_* by focusing, first, on jobs and the economy. Among other
>>     things, that means a renewed effort to debate and vote on the
>>     many bills that passed the Republican-led House in recent years
>>     with bipartisan support, but were never even brought to a vote by
>>     the Democratic Senate majority.
>>
>> (The bolding is mine).
>>
>> A distillation of the Boehner/McConnell priorities in the order 
>> presented.
>>
>> 1.   Repeal "Obamacare."
>> 2.   Authorize the Keystone Pipeline.
>> 3.   Pass the "Hire More Heroes" (veterans) Act.
>> 4.   Restore "traditional" definition of full time work week to 40 
>> hours (see item 1.)
>> 5.   Protect and expand America's energy boom [thanks Obama].
>> 6.   Support charter schools with tax dollars.
>>
>> Keeping in mind their promise "honor the voters' trust" it is 
>> interesting to note that there is only one item in common with the 
>> voters actual agenda for Congress, which is #6 on the people's list 
>> and #2 on B & M's list. Other than that, these Republican leaders 
>> address none of the issues Americans have said are the most 
>> important; nothing about student loans or the cost of college; 
>> nothing about infrastructure, bridges and roads; nothing about the 
>> minimum wage; after all their hysteria before the election, nothing 
>> about money to fight the Ebola outbreak; and instead of addressing 
>> climate change and reducing carbon emissions they of course want to 
>> do just the opposite.
>>
>> How is that for honoring the voters' trust? It is clear the GOP 
>> doesn't trust voters at all, because they will do everything in their 
>> power to lower voter enthusiasm and participation, and therefore have 
>> no intention of honoring voters' trust by addressing the issues that 
>> matter most. The GOP agenda is the Koch Brothers' agenda. It is 
>> Sheldon Adelson's, the Walton's and the oil companies' agenda.
>>
>
>
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From irenelsm at mcn.org  Mon Nov 24 13:14:38 2014
From: irenelsm at mcn.org (Irene L. Malone)
Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2014 13:14:38 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Fwd: two fun fundraisers
References: <00cb01d00824$f89762a0$e9c627e0$@org>
Message-ID: <F3EE24D0-919E-43DE-B058-217E96B2126E@mcn.org>



Begin forwarded message:

> From: "Laura Welter" <safepass at mcn.org>
> Date: November 24, 2014 12:26:23 PM PST
> To: "'Laura'" <law at mcn.org>
> Subject: two fun fundraisers
>
> Safe Passage puts the fun in fundraising! Please join us for two  
> events (flyers attached) coming up the first week in December:
>
>
>
> Thursday, December 4, 5 ? 7 p.m.
>
> Silent Auction at the Barbelow in the Company Store
>
> Hand crafted items provided by Mendocino Coast Woodturners Guild
>
> Appetizers by Chef Nicholas Petti, provided by Safe Passage
>
> Place your bids now ? items are located at the MendoLake Credit  
> Union in Fort Bragg and the Good Life Caf? in Mendocino
>
> Final bids accepted Thursday, December 4 at the Barbelow
>
>
>
> Saturday, December 6, 12:30 ? 4p.m.
>
> 15th Annual North Coast Toy Run
>
> Delicious Tri Tip Lunch at Lions Hall
>
> Price of Admission: a new unwrapped toy or $10
>
> Brown Bothers Blues Band and a Terrific Raffle
>
>
>
> We appreciate your support!
>
>
>
>
>
> Laura Welter
>
> Safe Passage Family Resource Center
>
> 961-3605
>
>
>
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From jupiter at mcn.org  Tue Nov 25 14:47:12 2014
From: jupiter at mcn.org (Linda Jupiter)
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2014 14:47:12 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Fwd: candlelight vigil this evening
References: <1CC5D188-77D2-42A6-B65E-DBD5C988FCD0@mcn.org>
Message-ID: <0313F348-5D17-4D4E-82F6-C452B9624004@mcn.org>

> 
> In the wake of the finding from the Grand Jury in Ferguson yesterday not to indict the police officer who killed Michael Brown, there will be a silent vigil this evening at 5:00 PM in front of City Hall in Fort Bragg.  It is being organized by Allie Cislo, who is part of our MCJC community.
> 
> Here is a statement issued by the father of Michael Brown:
> 
> ?After the grand jury?s decision, we are asking for 4 1/2 minutes of silence to remember why we lift our voices. We are not here to be violent. We are here in memory of our son.
> 
> We are here for protection of all children. We are here to support justice and equality for all people.
> 
> We lift our voices to ensure black and brown men, women, and children can live in this country without being devalued because of the color of our skin.
> 
> I look at this moment as a shofar call to bring our attention to the many ways that people of color and poor people are treated with suspicion and violence, not only in Ferguson MO but in many places and many situations.  I'm grateful to Allie for creating a space in which we can reflect and enter the national conversation.  I will be there and hope that you will join us.  
> 
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From irenelsm at mcn.org  Tue Nov 25 14:59:44 2014
From: irenelsm at mcn.org (Irene L. Malone)
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2014 14:59:44 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Fwd: Ferguson response
References: <CAHdGta7A1n2d55qjRBSR8m8NaHPU12k8a85GZL+C20UpVv721g@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <3B636ECF-DA2C-4AA9-BFEE-8CA854FD6B32@mcn.org>



Begin forwarded message:

> From: Allie Cislo <thehobnailtales at gmail.com>
> Date: November 24, 2014 11:22:48 PM PST
> To: irenelsm at mcn.org
> Subject: Ferguson response
>
> Hi Irene,
>
> My name is Allie, and I'm a recent transplant to the coast. I was  
> referred to you by Margaret Holub--I reached out to her to see if  
> she knew of any local solidarity responses in the works to the  
> grand jury decision rendered today in Ferguson. She said that you  
> were the person to ask!
>
> If there isn't anything specifically being planned already, I'd  
> like to organize a brief candlelight vigil/public moment of silence  
> Tuesday evening (or as a second-best option, Wednesday around  
> lunchtime). I know the short notice and impending holiday are  
> somewhat problematic for scheduling, but I think it would be  
> valuable to come together and share our frustration and grief while  
> the energy is there nationally (and then perhaps to come together  
> again in the next week or two to have a more complex conversation  
> about race and police brutality locally, if there's interest--I  
> definitely want to make sure that existing work in the community is  
> signal-boosted and amplified). For the purposes of a vigil,  
> Margaret said that in front of the Fort Bragg town hall is a common  
> gathering space--do you happen to know if that requires a permit?
>
> Thanks so much for your time and attention--especially as a  
> newcomer, I'd be very grateful for any input or thoughts you're  
> able to give! I look forward to hearing from you.
>
> Best,
> Allie
>

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From irenelsm at mcn.org  Tue Nov 25 15:00:04 2014
From: irenelsm at mcn.org (Irene L. Malone)
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2014 15:00:04 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Fwd: Ferguson response
References: <39A6054C-57F0-4427-9366-0A08830D4304@mcn.org>
Message-ID: <C178951C-5C89-44E7-B21B-11B704CD78DD@mcn.org>



Begin forwarded message:

> From: "Irene L. Malone" <irenelsm at mcn.org>
> Date: November 25, 2014 2:59:22 PM PST
> To: Allie Cislo <thehobnailtales at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: Ferguson response
>
> Sorry.  I just got your email.
> I think you have a great idea.
> Is it too late to do it today?
> I'll send your note to the Occupy
> group.
> Irene
> On Nov 24, 2014, at 11:22 PM, Allie Cislo wrote:
>
>> Hi Irene,
>>
>> My name is Allie, and I'm a recent transplant to the coast. I was  
>> referred to you by Margaret Holub--I reached out to her to see if  
>> she knew of any local solidarity responses in the works to the  
>> grand jury decision rendered today in Ferguson. She said that you  
>> were the person to ask!
>>
>> If there isn't anything specifically being planned already, I'd  
>> like to organize a brief candlelight vigil/public moment of  
>> silence Tuesday evening (or as a second-best option, Wednesday  
>> around lunchtime). I know the short notice and impending holiday  
>> are somewhat problematic for scheduling, but I think it would be  
>> valuable to come together and share our frustration and grief  
>> while the energy is there nationally (and then perhaps to come  
>> together again in the next week or two to have a more complex  
>> conversation about race and police brutality locally, if there's  
>> interest--I definitely want to make sure that existing work in the  
>> community is signal-boosted and amplified). For the purposes of a  
>> vigil, Margaret said that in front of the Fort Bragg town hall is  
>> a common gathering space--do you happen to know if that requires a  
>> permit?
>>
>> Thanks so much for your time and attention--especially as a  
>> newcomer, I'd be very grateful for any input or thoughts you're  
>> able to give! I look forward to hearing from you.
>>
>> Best,
>> Allie
>>
>

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From irenelsm at mcn.org  Tue Nov 25 15:09:28 2014
From: irenelsm at mcn.org (Irene L. Malone)
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2014 15:09:28 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Fwd: candlelight vigil this evening
In-Reply-To: <0313F348-5D17-4D4E-82F6-C452B9624004@mcn.org>
References: <1CC5D188-77D2-42A6-B65E-DBD5C988FCD0@mcn.org>
	<0313F348-5D17-4D4E-82F6-C452B9624004@mcn.org>
Message-ID: <16EA9E44-D3B0-4767-BFEB-B0B75FF7BC8F@mcn.org>

City Hall or Town Hall?  Town Hall on Main St. is better.
Irene
On Nov 25, 2014, at 2:47 PM, Linda Jupiter wrote:

>>
>> In the wake of the finding from the Grand Jury in Ferguson  
>> yesterday not to indict the police officer who killed Michael  
>> Brown, there will be a silent vigil this evening at 5:00 PM in  
>> front of City Hall in Fort Bragg.  It is being organized by Allie  
>> Cislo, who is part of our MCJC community.
>>
>> Here is a statement issued by the father of Michael Brown:
>>
>> ?After the grand jury?s decision, we are asking for 4 1/2 minutes  
>> of silence to remember why we lift our voices. We are not here to  
>> be violent. We are here in memory of our son.
>>
>> We are here for protection of all children. We are here to support  
>> justice and equality for all people.
>>
>> We lift our voices to ensure black and brown men, women, and  
>> children can live in this country without being devalued because  
>> of the color of our skin.
>>
>> I look at this moment as a shofar call to bring our attention to  
>> the many ways that people of color and poor people are treated  
>> with suspicion and violence, not only in Ferguson MO but in many  
>> places and many situations.  I'm grateful to Allie for creating a  
>> space in which we can reflect and enter the national  
>> conversation.  I will be there and hope that you will join us.
>>
>>
>
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From irenelsm at mcn.org  Tue Nov 25 15:33:51 2014
From: irenelsm at mcn.org (Irene L. Malone)
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2014 15:33:51 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Fwd: candlelight vigil this evening
References: <0C2A7AAE-BE1C-4DAF-ABB8-CDFDC9213C64@mcn.org>
Message-ID: <E5E1B32C-D7E3-4989-BF8B-226F52FA7E24@mcn.org>



Begin forwarded message:

> From: Margaret A Holub <mholub at mcn.org>
> Date: November 25, 2014 3:54:07 PM PST
> To: "Irene L. Malone" <irenelsm at mcn.org>
> Cc: Allie Cislo <thehobnailtales at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: candlelight vigil this evening
>
> Hi Allie,
>
> Irene is right -- I mixed up the two names "City Hall" and "Town  
> Hall" in my e-mail to you last night.  Town Hall is at the corner  
> of Main Street and Laurel -- it's the right place to meet.  (City  
> Hall is on Franklin St. just north of Laurel, a block away.)   Do  
> you think we should backtrack, check in with the police and re-send  
> announcements? I'm so sorry about causing this confusion!
>
>
>
> On Nov 25, 2014, at 3:08 PM, Irene L. Malone wrote:
>
>> City Hall or Town Hall.
>> Town Hall on Main St. is better.
>> Irene
>> On Nov 25, 2014, at 3:18 PM, Margaret A Holub wrote:
>>
>>> Hi dear MCJC folks,
>>>
>>> In the wake of the finding from the Grand Jury in Ferguson  
>>> yesterday not to indict the police officer who killed Michael  
>>> Brown, there will be a silent vigil this evening at 5:00 PM in  
>>> front of City Hall in Fort Bragg.  It is being organized by Allie  
>>> Cislo, who is part of our MCJC community.
>>>
>>> Here is a statement issued by the father of Michael Brown:
>>>
>>> ?After the grand jury?s decision, we are asking for 4 1/2 minutes  
>>> of silence to remember why we lift our voices. We are not here to  
>>> be violent. We are here in memory of our son.
>>>
>>> We are here for protection of all children. We are here to  
>>> support justice and equality for all people.
>>>
>>> We lift our voices to ensure black and brown men, women, and  
>>> children can live in this country without being devalued because  
>>> of the color of our skin.
>>>
>>> I look at this moment as a shofar call to bring our attention to  
>>> the many ways that people of color and poor people are treated  
>>> with suspicion and violence, not only in Ferguson MO but in many  
>>> places and many situations.  I'm grateful to Allie for creating a  
>>> space in which we can reflect and enter the national  
>>> conversation.  I will be there and hope that you will join us.
>>>
>>> With love, Margaret
>>
>

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From sanutter at mcn.org  Tue Nov 25 19:08:12 2014
From: sanutter at mcn.org (susan nutter)
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2014 19:08:12 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Fw: African American church burned in
	Ferguson--could use help to rebuild
Message-ID: <ED8F2E14031B4853BF306D2F5FB20450@nutter>


----- Original Message ----- 
From: susan nutter 
Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2014 7:07 PM
Subject: African American church burned in Ferguson--could use help to rebuild



 
Dear Friends,

I heard the pastor (Rev. Carlton Lee) of the Flood Christian Church on NBC news tonight saying he didn't understand why his church in Ferguson, MO, was burned last night as it was on the other side of town from all the violence in Ferguson (see his video http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/michael-brown-shooting/michael-brown-sr-s-church-burned-ferguson-n255961).  One can quickly guess the cause of the fire.

I was impressed by the nonviolent position of the pastor and his sadness and so donated money for the rebuilding of his church via the web (see below) in case  you are interested in doing the same.

http://www.thefloodchurch.org/#!giving/cd48

Many thanks.

Susan




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From vjessielee at gmail.com  Tue Nov 25 22:32:02 2014
From: vjessielee at gmail.com (Jessie VanSant)
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2014 22:32:02 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Canada Moves to Restrict Pesticide Linked to Bee
	DEaths
Message-ID: <98D0B6B8-5552-4E63-A496-15D070C6A3EE@gmail.com>

Canada Moves to Restrict Pesticide Linked to Bee Deaths
Takepart.com
A class of pesticides that harms honeybees and other pollinators may be on the way out in parts of Canada.
Ontario could become the first province or state in North America to regulate the use of neonicotinoid-coated seeds. In a move announced Tuesday, the number of acres planted with corn and soybean treated with neonicotinoid?neonics?could be sharply curbed as early as next year as the province works towards an 80 percent reduction in the pesticides? use by 2017.
Introduced in the 1990s, neonics are among the world?s most widely used pesticides. Most of the canola and corn seeds, and much of the soy seed used in North America are coated with neonics to control crop pests.
But several studies have implicated neonics in startling die-offs of honeybees and to sublethal effects that disorient bees, leaving bee keepers and environmentalists to call for bans of the chemicals to protect agricultural and native pollinators.

Bees are responsible for about 80 percent of insect pollination, and close to a third of the United States? food supply is linked to pollination. Without pollinators there would be no apples, berries or almonds?or many other fruits and vegetables.

?Anything that limits the unintelligent use of pesticide is a good move,? said Amro Zayed, a biologist at York University in Toronto who studies honeybees. ?Food is important, but there is no good reason to use these pesticides all the time on our big cash crops when there might not be a need for them. They are costly to bees.?

The new initiative aims to reduce the use of neonics in Ontario and boost honeybee survival. An annual survey measuring bee survival found that a record 58 percent of Ontario bee colonies perished last winter. Beekeepers normally expect to lose a portion of their colonies to cold weather, starvation, and disease over the winter. But most consider a 15 percent loss acceptable.

The proposed regulations are strongly supported by beekeepers. The goal ?will support a thriving, sustainable beekeeping industry going forward,? Tibor Szabo, president of the Ontario Beekeepers? Association, said in a statement.

Scientists have evidence that the neonics weakens the bee?s immune system and makes them more susceptible to parasites, including the varroa mite. The pesticides also affect bumblebees? foraging ability.

?They have trouble finding their homes and associating odors?like the smell of lavender?with the reward of nectar,? said Zayed.

During seed planting, dust containing neonics can sweep across a field into a nearby bee colony. When a plant absorbs the chemicals,  they are distributed through out its tissues, including the nectar and pollen, which bees bring back to the colony to feed their young. Neonics are water soluble and persistent?they can be found in nearby flowers and crops, such as clover, that are planted in fields previously exposed to neonics.

In the U.S., neonics are used in most corn and canola crops, and in cotton, sorghum, sugar beet and soybean crops, as well as fruit and vegetable crops.

In October, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released a report that found that treating soybean seeds with neonics offered little benefit to soybean production. The EPA expects to wrap up a review of the impacts of neonics by 2019.

Eugene, Oregon, passed a resolution banning the use of neonic-containing products within city limits earlier this year, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has announced that it would phase out the use of neonics in the National Wildlife Refuge system by 2016. Some states, including Minnesota are also considering bans.

Last year, the European Commission issued a two-year ban on three neonic pesticides after a report identified high risks to bees exposed to contaminated dust from corn, sunflower and cereals crops, and to residues found in the pollen and nectar of canola and sunflower.

?Honeybees are only the tip of the iceberg,? said Zayed. ?I?m worried that these might have a worse impact on the native pollinators that we?re not studying and testing. We know next to nothing about how pesticides affect the native bee fauna.?

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.






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From agnes at mcn.org  Wed Nov 26 22:20:24 2014
From: agnes at mcn.org (agnes at mcn.org)
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2014 22:20:24 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] [Fwd: [CRNMC] The MCPBC draft charter #14]
Message-ID: <59fc46ea06ab16991d2c1427a41ab147.squirrel@webmail.mcn.org>

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Subject: [CRNMC] The MCPBC draft charter #14
From:    bodhirobin at pacific.net
Date:    Wed, November 26, 2014 9:59 pm
To:      "Community Rights" <crn at lists.mcn.org>
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From Rkarch at mcn.org  Wed Nov 26 17:43:03 2014
From: Rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2014 17:43:03 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] 29-year-old leaves NFL and $37 million contract
	to become farmer to feed the hungry
Message-ID: <B9FAC1EB-C3B2-4C53-86A6-0878C3181DD5@mcn.org>

WED NOV 26, 2014 AT 08:41 AM PST
29-year-old leaves NFL and $37 million contract to become farmer in order to feed the hungry
byWalter EinenkelFollowforweinenkel
  118 Comments / 118 New
St. Louis Rams center Jason Brown has left the NFL to pursue farming:
?My agent told me, ?You?re making the biggest mistake of your life,?? Brown told CBS. ?And I looked right back at him and I said, ?No I?m not. No I?m not.??
Back in 2009, Brown signed a $37.5 million dollar contract with the Rams, making him the highest paid center in all of football. He earned about $25 million of that contract and decided to leave the final year's $12.5 million on the table. Instead, he bought 1,000 acres of farmland in North Carolina.
Brown is doing this to help the less fortunate. He grows sweet potatoes and other vegetables and donates his harvest to food pantries. According to the New & Observer, he has given away 46,000 pounds of sweet potatoes and 10,000 pounds of cucumbers this fall.
Keep in mind the fact that Brown left the NFL at 29. He was going to get another pretty large contract to play for a few more years. Instead, in 2012 Brown began watching YouTube videos about farming in order to learn how to farm.
He calls his farm the "First Fruits Farm." And it's not only fruits and vegetables?congratulations are in order:

Jason Brown, the former NFL star who retired from football so he could grow crops to feed the hungry, delivered his own child Tuesday at his Louisburg home.
Brown and his wife, Tay, had planned to have help for the home birth, but the mother went through labor so quickly that Lunsford Bernard Brown III made his debut before the reinforcements could arrive.

Everything I've read about him so far is pretty great. So this Thanksgiving, raise a glass to Jason Brown and the many other kind souls who put people ahead of themselves.
WED NOV 26, 2014 AT 08:41 AM PST
feed the hungry
byWalter EinenkelFollowforweinenkel
  118 Comments / 118 New
St. Louis Rams center Jason Brown has left the NFL to pursue farming:
?My agent told me, ?You?re making the biggest mistake of your life,?? Brown told CBS. ?And I looked right back at him and I said, ?No I?m not. No I?m not.??
Back in 2009, Brown signed a $37.5 million dollar contract with the Rams, making him the highest paid center in all of football. He earned about $25 million of that contract and decided to leave the final year's $12.5 million on the table. Instead, he bought 1,000 acres of farmland in North Carolina.
Brown is doing this to help the less fortunate. He grows sweet potatoes and other vegetables and donates his harvest to food pantries. According to the New & Observer, he has given away 46,000 pounds of sweet potatoes and 10,000 pounds of cucumbers this fall.
Keep in mind the fact that Brown left the NFL at 29. He was going to get another pretty large contract to play for a few more years. Instead, in 2012 Brown began watching YouTube videos about farming in order to learn how to farm.
He calls his farm the "First Fruits Farm." And it's not only fruits and vegetables?congratulations are in order:

Jason Brown, the former NFL star who retired from football so he could grow crops to feed the hungry, delivered his own child Tuesday at his Louisburg home.
Brown and his wife, Tay, had planned to have help for the home birth, but the mother went through labor so quickly that Lunsford Bernard Brown III made his debut before the reinforcements could arrive.

Everything I've read about him so far is pretty great. So this Thanksgiving, raise a glass to Jason Brown and the many other kind souls who put people ahead of themselves.

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From rkarch at mcn.org  Sat Nov 29 23:00:54 2014
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2014 23:00:54 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] The Rules Really Are Different for Blacks Seeking
	Justice
Message-ID: <42B637B8-F3C0-4878-883B-8545B1DFC565@mcn.org>

The Rules Really Are Different for Blacks Seeking Justice
By Leonard Pitts Jr., Miami Herald
29 November 14
 
n September, I received an email that should have left me feeling vindicated.

It was in response to the nonfatal shooting of Levar Jones, an unarmed African-American man, by Sean Groubert, a white South Carolina state trooper. Groubert would later claim he shot Jones because Jones came at him in a menacing way. But this lie was unmasked by Groubert?s own dashcam video, which shows Jones complying with the trooper?s orders until Groubert inexplicably panics and starts shooting.

That video moved a reader named David to write the following: ?Think I FINALLY get what you?ve been saying all along. That cop just shot him down for doing nothing more than compiling (sic) with his commands. No offence to black people, but I SURE AM GLAD I?M NOT BLACK IN THIS COUNTRY! Re-evaluating my opinions of the last fifty years.?

As I say, it should have felt like vindication. But it only made me sad. I kept thinking that, had there been no camera to prove Groubert lied, had there been only testimony from witnesses and whatever forensic evidence was gathered, Groubert would likely still be making traffic stops and David would support him, his opinions of the last 50 years unchanged.

My point is not that cameras are a panacea for justice ? they weren?t for Oscar Grant in 2009, they weren?t for Rodney King in 1991, they weren?t for Abram Smith and Thomas Shipp in 1930. No, my point is that the bar of proof is set higher when white people ? police officers, in particular ? kill black ones. My point is that rules change and assumptions are different when black people seek justice.

Knowing that, who can be surprised at what happened in Ferguson, Missouri, Monday night? Who can be surprised that a prosecutor who didn?t seem to want an indictment did not convince a grand jury to return one in the August shooting of Michael Brown? Who can be surprised that Officer Darren Wilson now goes on with his life after firing 12 shots, at least six of which struck home, at an unarmed teenager while said teenager remains imprisoned by the grave? Who can be surprised people in Ferguson and around the country convulsed with shock, sorrow and disbelief? Who can be surprised some vulturous knuckleheads saw the calamity as an excuse to break windows and steal beer? Who can be surprised at pictures showing that the ?injuries? Wilson sustained in his scuffle with Brown, injuries that supposedly made him so terrified for his life that he had to shoot, amount to a small abrasion on his lip and a reddened cheek?

I?m glad that video helped David to ?FINALLY get? what I?ve been ?saying all along,? i.e., that a police officer?s mouth, to use one of my mother?s expressions, ain?t no prayerbook; no source of infallible truth the way too many of us think it is. And that benefit of the doubt is something black people are often denied. And that America devalues black life. But if we have to go David by David to those realizations, each requiring a dashcam video before he gets the point, we are doomed to a long and dreary future of Fergusons.

Last year, when the thug George Zimmerman was acquitted in the killing of Trayvon Martin, I wrote that black people need to ?wake the hell up? ? organize, boycott, vote, demonstrate, demand.

But black people aren?t the only ones sleeping. Too many ? not all, but too many ? white people still live in air castles of naivete and denial, still think abiding injustice and ongoing oppression are just some fairytale, lie or scheme African Americans concocted to defraud them.

Or else that these things are far away and have no impact on their lives. The fires in Ferguson Monday night suggest that they continue that delusion at their own peril.

I still think black folks need to wake the hell up.

But white ones do, too.


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From marksafron at att.net  Sun Nov 30 12:34:37 2014
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2014 12:34:37 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Statistics
Message-ID: <E0FC9E6B-FBC8-4311-A85C-62DDD1F073EE@att.net>

Richard, you?re 21 times more likely to be shot by a cop if you?re black. Great odds?If you?re white.

Young black males in recent years were at a far greater risk of being shot dead by police than their white counterparts ? 21 times greater, according to a ProPublica analysis of federally collected data on fatal police shootings.

The 1,217 deadly police shootings from 2010 to 2012 captured in the federal data show that blacks, age 15 to 19, were killed at a rate of 31.17 per million, while just 1.47 per million white males in that age range died at the hands of police.

Here?s the link:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/10/10/1335737/-Propublica-Analysis-Young-Black-Men-21-Times-more-likely-to-be-Killed-by-Cops <http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/10/10/1335737/-Propublica-Analysis-Young-Black-Men-21-Times-more-likely-to-be-Killed-by-Cops>

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