From rkarch at mcn.org  Thu Oct  2 13:08:34 2014
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2014 13:08:34 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Cuts
	7-billion-in-food-stamps-but-finds-22-billion-to-fight-isis
Message-ID: <4A4E496F-9896-4D77-8182-3CAE60CE4980@mcn.org>

http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/26180-congress-cuts-87-billion-in-food-stamps-but-finds-22-billion-to-fight-isis
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From ellen.rosser at gmail.com  Thu Oct  2 14:03:26 2014
From: ellen.rosser at gmail.com (ELLEN ROSSER)
Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2014 14:03:26 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] help with peace between Israel and Palestine:
	sign the petition
Message-ID: <CAFGqSt4qNmSx6P7jSC6NPfz0fC0HA9yMwrdQZqB_exp6fs08mA@mail.gmail.com>

Help Peace Now Protect "Green Line" in Israel/Palestine
Inbox
x
Robert Naiman <noreply at list.moveon.org>
8:46 AM (5 hours ago)
to me

Dear Ellen Rosser`,

I wanted to make sure you saw this petition that Americans for Peace Now
has just put up at MoveOn:

*U.S. Support for Israel Must Stop at the Green Line*
*http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/us-support-for-israel?mailing_id=25518&source=s.em.cr&r_by=4085042
<http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/us-support-for-israel?mailing_id=25518&source=s.em.cr&r_by=4085042>*

Americans for Peace Now is the U.S. partner organization of the Israeli
peace group Peace Now (Shalom Achshav), the largest, most mainstream peace
group in Israel.

Because of its relationship with Peace Now, APN is accepted and respected
in the organized American Jewish community. Even those who may disagree
with APN on a particular issue will usually concede that APN's advocacy for
a two-state, negotiated resolution to the Israel-Palestine conflict has
been principled and consistent. APN is also widely respected on Capitol
Hill, especially among progressive Democrats.

When you sign the APN petition, it will be automatically delivered to your
representatives in Congress. This will show your representatives that they
have your support in speaking up for increased U.S. pressure to bring about
diplomatic resolutions to the conflict.

At the end of October, Israeli and Palestinian representatives are expected
to meet again in Cairo to discuss ending the blockade on Gaza's civilians
and addressing Israeli security concerns about Gaza. UN Secretary General
Ban Ki-moon has called for ending the blockade now with a diplomatic
agreement that addresses Israel's legitimate security concerns. Three
Members of Congress - Keith Ellison, Barbara Lee, and Danny Davis - have
recently spoken out for ending the blockade of Gaza now through a
diplomatic agreement. By showing your representatives in Congress that you
support vigorous U.S. pressure to bring about diplomatic solutions, you can
help make diplomatic solutions more likely.

I urge you to sign and share the APN petition here:

*U.S. Support for Israel Must Stop at the Green Line*
*http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/us-support-for-israel?mailing_id=25518&source=s.em.cr&r_by=4085042*
<http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/us-support-for-israel?mailing_id=25518&source=s.em.cr&r_by=4085042>

Thanks for all you do to help bring about a more just foreign policy,

Robert Naiman
Just Foreign Policy
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From vjessielee at gmail.com  Thu Oct  2 15:13:33 2014
From: vjessielee at gmail.com (Jessie VanSant)
Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2014 15:13:33 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Cuts
	7-billion-in-food-stamps-but-finds-22-billion-to-fight-isis
In-Reply-To: <4A4E496F-9896-4D77-8182-3CAE60CE4980@mcn.org>
References: <4A4E496F-9896-4D77-8182-3CAE60CE4980@mcn.org>
Message-ID: <15676E51-BEF3-481F-8B93-CA4494A3A8DD@gmail.com>

What is wrong with these people??  We seem to have gone insane nationally.  To target our children and poor and elderly/disabled for such harshness is truly insane.

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

On Oct 2, 2014, at 1:08 PM, Richard Karch <rkarch at mcn.org> wrote:

> http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/26180-congress-cuts-87-billion-in-food-stamps-but-finds-22-billion-to-fight-isis

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From rkarch at mcn.org  Thu Oct  2 23:51:13 2014
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2014 23:51:13 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Zimmerman Family Values
Message-ID: <E42A96B3-CE25-4DBF-9255-F99127CEBD35@mcn.org>

http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/26197-zimmerman-family-values


Long story about GZ and his family basically on the lam... His fame has not been good for him/them. rk
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From rkarch at mcn.org  Thu Oct  2 16:58:58 2014
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2014 16:58:58 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] News from Occupy Hong Kong
Message-ID: <3989BC79-BC18-4E9F-AF2B-D22257658E30@mcn.org>

Daniel Baker was remarking about Occupy HOng Kong and their fight for democracy. If anyone asks just what Occupy is doing these days,
mention this.  I shudder to think of what the consequences might be. richard

http://www.scmp.com/topics/occupy-central?utm_source=Google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_content=US&utm_campaign=OC



3.23am: Police in Singapore have released a statement after reports that six Hongkongers were questioned following an Occupy solidarity event in the city-state on October 1.

?In response to media queries, police confirm that several foreigners are currently assisting with investigations into offences under the Public Order Act. No arrest has been made. The Speakers? Corner [the site of the event] is a designated site for Singapore citizens to speak freely on issues as long as they do not touch on racial or religious matters. Only Singapore citizens and permanent residents are allowed to participate in demonstrations held at the Speakers? Corner. Foreigners and organizers of assemblies and processions involving foreigners are required to obtain a police permit before they can use the Speakers? Corner.

"While foreigners are allowed to work or live here, they have to abide by our laws. They should not import their domestic issues from their countries into Singapore and conduct activities which can disturb public order. Those who break the law will be seriously dealt with.? 

3.00am: At protest camps around the city some protesters are settling in for their fifth straight night sleeping on the streets. In Causeway Bay, Wan Chai, Admiralty and Central, smaller crowds than on previous nights are still gathered, reflecting on Leung Chun-ying's decision not to resign as chief executive. There are reduced crowds too camped out in Mong Kok and Tsim Sha Tsui in Kowloon.   

2.45am: The battle of Lung Wo Road continues as hundreds of protesters try to stop dozens of others who are blocking westbound lanes of the crucial link between Hong Kong Island and Kowloon. Student leaders urged protesters not to block the road, fearing a public backlash over the massive traffic disruption it would cause.

"They are asking us not to block the road because it can affect people. But isn't the aim of the Occupy movement to affect people?" said computer science student Danny Mok. People surrounding the group staging the sit-in on the road are shouting "This is pointless" as tempers flare.

  




2.18am: The Federation of Students, who initiated the class boycott that gave rise to the occupation of Hong Kong, said in a statement that it hoped the government would announce details about the meeting between senior officials and students "as soon as possible", adding that Carrie Lam needed to "shoulder the responsibility and engage in an open dialogue". The group, led by Alex Chow and Lester Shum, did not rule out the possibility of escalating the civil disobedience campaign, saying that would depend on the outcome of the meetings.

A government source earlier suggested that the talks would take place no earlier than Saturday. 

2.12am: About 30 protesters have now blocked the westbound lanes on Lung Wo Road, which links Hong Kong Island to Kowloon on the other side of Victoria Harbour. Student leaders had asked the protesters not to occupy the crucial road, fearing a public backlash, but some students angry at Chief Executive Leung chun-ying's failure to resign want to escalate their protest.

Some protest "marshalls" try to keep traffic lanes open on Lung Wo Road in Tamar. Photo: Robert Ng
 

A group of protesters try to block Lung Wo Road. Photo: Joyce Ng


Some protesters form a human chain to keep others from blocking more traffic lanes on Lung Wo Road. Photo: Ernest Kao

1.47am: A government source has indicated that the meeting between senior officials and student leaders will take place no earlier than Saturday. Meanwhile, key student leader Lester Shum addressed the crowd outside the chief executive's office following Leung Chun-ying's speech.

"It is the first time since August 31 [the date of the NPC ruling], that a minister has agreed to talk to students and citizens. This is a critical moment ... But the chief secretary [Carrie Lam] also warned that if we charge the police's cordon, they will try to clear the scene again ... and our friends will be injured," Shum said.

"If we occupy Lung Wo Road, a lot of citizens will also strongly oppose it. But we need the citizens to support and fight with us. We want universal suffrage ... If [during the talks] Carrie Lam just repeats that she has to strictly follow the national legislature's decision ... There are plenty of chances to escalate our actions, such as occupying Lung Wo Road," Shum said.

The crowd responded with applause, but Shum's speech was also interrupted by some protestors who questioned him: "When will you meet her? What are your bargaining points?"

1.23am: In a statement Occupy Central leaders said they welcomed the news of talks between the students and the government.

"Occupy Central with Love and Peace (OCLP) welcomes the news that Chief Secretary Carrie Lam will meet with the students. OCLP hopes the talks can provide a turning point in the current political stalemate. We will fully support the students in the process. OCLP respects the students' position that they will concentrate on discussing political reform at the negotiating table. However, we reiterate our view that Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying is the one responsible for the stalemate, and that he must step down. In order to achieve real universal suffrage, the National People's Congress Standing Committee must withdraw its decision on Hong Kong's political reform."

The NPC ruled in August that a 1,200-strong committee must select two or three candidates to run in the next chief executive election, set to be Hong Kong's first by universal suffrage. Critics said that process would amount to "fake democracy". 

1.18am: The reaction to the chief executive's speech from protesters gathered in Causeway Bay is slightly more positive than elsewhere. "It's better than nothing," said Erica Lung, 29. "At least we can start discussing." However, Lung echoed the view that Leung is shying away from his responsibilities by appointing his deputy Carrie Lam to conduct negotiations with the students.

Chloe Leung, 30, also criticised the chief executive, but said that "he finally addressed the issue", which means "that [the protesters'] work has been good".

Chan Tsz Fung, a 22-year-old student, has been in Causeway Bay since the beginning of the week. "I was happy at first, but I don't know what will come of [the negotiations]. I hope for the best. I hope that CY shows that he is with the Hong Kong people." Chan said that the meeting should be public, so that everybody could follow the issue closely.

1.00am: Here's some immediate analysis of Leung's announcement from one of our senior editors, Niall Fraser.

"Well, well, well. Talk about going down to the wire. As the world watched the clock tick down to the students' deadline, Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying and his number two Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor said they would sit down and talk to the students on political reform.

It's hard to see this as anything other than the ultimate fudge, a time-buying short-term solution to a long-term problem. Realistically though, it was the only way out for both sides at this 11th hour. The drama was heightened by the last minute appearance of the heads of two of Hong Kong's top universities.

The fundamental problems still exist and the pressure on these talks will be immense. A significant body of the public - most of them with an abiding antipathy to the administration - has been galvanised and politicised. Those who care nothing for politics have seen a completely new side to this great city.

What an incredible few days. This is most certainly not over, but now at least, we can catch our breath and reflect."


LIVE: Scuffles break out among Occupy protesters after CY Leung refuses to resigGood morning and welcome to our continuing 24-hour Occupy Central coverage. Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying has vowed not to resign despite an ultimatum from students demanding that he step down. Leung announced minutes before the midnight deadline set by the students that he had appointed his deputy Carrie Lam to lead a team of senior officials to meet with student lead
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From agnes at mcn.org  Sat Oct  4 13:33:44 2014
From: agnes at mcn.org (agnes at mcn.org)
Date: Sat, 4 Oct 2014 13:33:44 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] absent 10/4/14
Message-ID: <9a351b4b668efe159276c04fe2c92c87.squirrel@webmail.mcn.org>

I will be absent from GA today 10/4/14 due to commitment to the CRNMC
Potluck at 5:030 pm and the planning meeting to get out the vote.

See you on the 18th.

Agnes



From agnes at mcn.org  Mon Oct  6 15:03:26 2014
From: agnes at mcn.org (agnes at mcn.org)
Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2014 15:03:26 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Join us in taking back our rights
Message-ID: <3c2b38eb1e9085a0f0800136d29265e1.squirrel@webmail.mcn.org>

Dear friends,
         Here is a Youtube about the Community Rights Movement to reclaim
our rights to be self governing as written in the CA
Constitution.

If you haven't voted before Please remember to vote to take back our rights.
Measure S.
Agnes



From agnes at mcn.org  Mon Oct  6 15:07:34 2014
From: agnes at mcn.org (agnes at mcn.org)
Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2014 15:07:34 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] [Fwd: Re: [CRNMC-media] Dangers of fracking & a
 note about the legality of the ordinance]
Message-ID: <86c36c63a4b2b680c2f043d0afa7bae5.squirrel@webmail.mcn.org>


 Dangers of Fracking


 So what is fracking?  Fracking, or hydraulic fracturing is a process of
 drilling deep into the earth,  past the aquifer and into a layer of shale,
then drilling horizontally for thousands of feet, and pumping a mixture of
 water, sand and chemicals at such high pressure, it fractures the shale and
 releases the methane gas that???s trapped within. Millions of gallons of
this
> fracking fluid is injected into each well. Each well uses millions of
> gallons of water and 40,000 gallons of chemicals, none of which they are
> required to disclose, but include arsenic, benzene, formaldehyde, lead,
> mercury, hydrochloric acid, radium and uranium... The only thing they are
> prohibited by law from using is deisel fuel.
>
> The fracking industry, thanks to Dick Cheney, is exempt from the Safe
> Drinking Water Act, and the Clean Air Act and has loopholes in many other
> laws that were intended to protect us from exactly this kind of threat.
>
> *What are the dangers of fracking, in short?*
>
> * First, only 25-50% of the fracking fluid is recovered. The rest stays in
> the earth and can slowly seep up into the aquifer over time.  The recovered
> fracking fluid is stored in lined pits, which evaporate and can leak - or
> it???s injected deep into the earth and is suspected of causing over 1000
> earthquakes in states which rarely experience them. *
>
> * 2nd, the released methane not captured by the well pump, can rise up
> towards the surface thru the fissures and into the aquifer - and then into
> people???s wells. Methane is an explosive hazard (meaning your house or the
> well itself could explode), and it???s toxic to humans. I**n Gasland 2,
> using** a special camera, one can see huge clouds of methane pouring from
> the fracking wells*.
>
> 3rd, the fracking drills are encased in cement and according to the gas
> industry, over 5% of all these cement casings fail immediately and after 30
> years, at least 50% will have failed and leaked. So if there are 1000
wells  in the county, within 30 years, at least 500 of them will be
leaking
> methane and some undisclosed chemical soup into the ground and into our
> water.
>
> Especially in a time of drought, diverting water from agriculture to
> fracking is a really bad idea.
>
> And the health consequences are equally bad and only beginning to be
> studied. So far, it???s been documented to cause low birth weight and an
> increase in birth defects, nosebleeds, severe headaches, rashes and lung
> problems. 15 million Americans now live within a mile of a fracking well
> and one million new wells are planned in the next decade. In Illinois,
> there is a housing development where many of the homes have fracking wells
> in their back yards!
>
> We should all be aware that not only will our home owners insurance not
> cover us, in the event of a fracking ???accident???, but if you consent
to have
> a well on your property, you can be held personally liable for any damage
> caused by the fracking operation, once the gas company leaves.  A Texas
> rancher, who has to haul in $1000 worth of water each month because his
> well is full of gas, is being sued for defamation by the gas company! So,
> if we don???t stand together to ban fracking, each one of us harmed will
have
> to stand alone and defend ourselves.
>
> *********************************
>
> Regarding the issue of these ordinances being illegal: We have inalienable
> rights by virtue of being born human. These rights were not given to us by
> government, nor can they be taken away - that is why they are called
> inalienable. The Declaration of Independence states that it is the function
> of government to protect those rights. Therefore any ???law??? which
takes away
> our fundamental right to protect the health and safety of our families and
> communities is an illegitimate law, and we have every right to repudiate
> these so called ???laws??? - in fact, I believe it is our duty as human
beings
> to do so, just as our forebears did in 1776. The great American Revolution
> has been highjacked - mostly by the courts. Isn???t is time to stand up and
> reclaim our fundamental, inalienable Rights? That is what measure S does.
>
>
>
> On Oct 4, 2014, at 4:28 PM, Beth Brenneman wrote:
>
> *To send me the frack speech.  Soon.  Thanks, Beth*
>
> --
> "The trouble is that once you see it, you can't unsee it. And once you've
> seen it, keeping quiet, saying nothing, becomes as political an act as
> speaking out. There's no innocence. Either way, you're accountable.???
Arundhati
> Roy <http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6134.Arundhati_Roy>
>
>
>
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From rkarch at mcn.org  Mon Oct  6 15:17:09 2014
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2014 15:17:09 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Woman House Taken Over Wiith One Missed Tax
	Payment
Message-ID: <5A8DE8C1-A08F-433A-895B-42172E2BDF0A@mcn.org>

I think Kalamazoo Occupy should be protesting this! rk

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/10/06/1334649/-Michigan-judge-rules-Kalamazoo-county-has-right-to-take-woman-s-house-over-one-missed-tax-payment?detail=email

In Kalamazoo, Deborah Calley was dealt a legal blow after a Kalamazoo County District Judge ruled the county was within its legal rights to sell the house she owns free and clear because of one missed tax payment:
Kalamazoo County Circuit Court Judge Gary Giguere, Jr.?s ruling agrees with what county officials told FOX 17 from the beginning: that the county was only following the law: ??the Court finds that the numerous and varied forms of notice the Petitioner used to notify Defendant [Calley] pursuant to the GPTA  [General Property Tax Act] were reasonably calculated to apprise her of the foreclosure proceedings,? Giguere?s court ruling reads.
Deborah Calley maintains that she was unaware she owed any back taxes and of the ten certified letters sent by the county, only one was sent to her home, the other nine were sent to banks. She steadfastly
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From jupiter at mcn.org  Mon Oct  6 15:20:41 2014
From: jupiter at mcn.org (Linda Jupiter)
Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2014 15:20:41 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Free Workshops on Measure "S"
Message-ID: <4BF55D33-77B7-4FEB-9041-0C3C41B422E0@mcn.org>

FREE WORKSHOPS on MEASURE ?S?
A COMMUNITY BILL OF RIGHTS ORDINANCE
THAT BANS FRACKING IN MENDOCINO COUNTY

Conversation-based workshops to explore this Ordinance, which is on the November ballot, have been scheduled, for 2-3 hours each,
during October in Westport, Fort Bragg, Willits and Ukiah.

They provide an opportunity for people to work and learn together.

These conversations will enable people to have a more nuanced
understanding of the Ordinance, of Community Rights, and will
provide good quality information for coping with the controversies
that will arise toward the time of the election when advertising
against the Ordinance is likely to swamp the air waves and tilt
public opinion away from rational consideration of the issues.

The workshop structure raises questions like: What exactly does
the Ordinance contain? How will it impact people personally? What
are Community Rights? What consequences might occur if the
Ordinance passes? Who decides that fracking can happen in
Mendocino if the Ordinance does not pass?

Participants will be provided with a hard copy of the Ordinance text
accompanied by illustrative diagrams designed to aid understanding,
remembering and sharing with others.

The workshop has been designed, and will be presented by Willow
Rain. Her background is in teaching and group facilitation. She has
studied Community Rights issues for several years and has
attended the formal training about Community Rights that is
provided by the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund
(CELDF.org).

SCHEDULE OF WORKSHOPS
Willits Library on Commercial
(not a library-sponsored event)
Wednesday October 8th at 6:30pm

Westport School Building, east end of Abalone St. by the store
Thursday October 9th, 6pm

Fort Bragg Library, on Laurel St.
(not a library-sponsored event)
Tuesday October 14th at 6pm

Mendocino Environmental Center, on Standley at State St., Ukiah
Friday October 17th at 6:30pm

Willits Library on Commercial
(not a library-sponsored event)
Saturday October 18th at 1pm

Fort Bragg Library, on Laurel St.
(not a library-sponsored event)
Tuesday October 21st at 6pm

Mendocino Environmental Center, on Standley at State St., Ukiah
Thursday October 23rd at 6:30pm

There is no charge for these events

WILLOW RAIN
peoplesvoices at yahoo.com
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From agnes at mcn.org  Mon Oct  6 22:36:50 2014
From: agnes at mcn.org (agnes at mcn.org)
Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2014 22:36:50 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] [Fwd: THURSDAY - October 16,
 5:30 - Mendocino Coast Democratic Club Meeting]
Message-ID: <5b731d1701ec8ad69924947228d34d4e.squirrel@webmail.mcn.org>

In order to get the support of the Dem Party we need to have a strong
presence at this organizing meeting for the new Coast Democratic Party.
Please come, bring a dish to share.
Agnes

---------------------------- Original Message ----------------------------
Subject: THURSDAY - October 16, 5:30 - Mendocino Coast Democratic Club
Meeting
From:    "Coast Democrats" <coastdems at gmail.com>
Date:    Mon, October 6, 2014 8:49 pm
To:      undisclosed-recipients:;
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Join us for the first meeting of the Mendocino Coast Democratic Club
THURSDAY, October 16th 5:30 pm
Harbor Lite Lodge, Fort Bragg
We will be discussing bylaws, and discussing the development of the
leadership team.
Please bring a dish to share and a friend!
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From vjessielee at gmail.com  Tue Oct  7 05:02:39 2014
From: vjessielee at gmail.com (Jessie VanSant)
Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2014 05:02:39 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Join us in taking back our rights
In-Reply-To: <3c2b38eb1e9085a0f0800136d29265e1.squirrel@webmail.mcn.org>
References: <3c2b38eb1e9085a0f0800136d29265e1.squirrel@webmail.mcn.org>
Message-ID: <4FCD698D-3E13-4F24-A110-A3851F9CC442@gmail.com>

There is no url link included with this email post?..  anybody got it??

jl

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

On Oct 6, 2014, at 3:03 PM, agnes at mcn.org wrote:

> Dear friends,
>         Here is a Youtube about the Community Rights Movement to reclaim
> our rights to be self governing as written in the CA
> Constitution.
> 
> If you haven't voted before Please remember to vote to take back our rights.
> Measure S.
> Agnes
> 

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From rkarch at mcn.org  Tue Oct  7 09:07:12 2014
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2014 09:07:12 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] We miss you Howard...
Message-ID: <682F1B11-5004-489A-B2D7-387E804058BA@mcn.org>


RK
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From agnes at mcn.org  Tue Oct  7 21:30:05 2014
From: agnes at mcn.org (agnes at mcn.org)
Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2014 21:30:05 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Three youtube videos explaining Community Rights.]
Message-ID: <e977a9fdb4710cf8efab30cffb6823db.squirrel@webmail.mcn.org>

many Occupy members have worked to get the Community Rights initiative on
the ballot as Measure S. These youtube videos are well worth watching
telling of the legal underpinnings for our rights to protect water,soil
and air from corporate plunder.
Agnes


* Three interviews with Paul (myself) that have been going viral these
past few months on youtube
Part One: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Prylnj4NQ8
Part Two: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Smu0x05qs58
Part Three: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKKsZ6dvg7g

* Sins of the Fathers: How Corporations Use the Constitution and
Environmental Law to Plunder Communities and Nature
by Thomas Linzey
http://www.ratical.org/corporations/TAL030404.html
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From agnes at mcn.org  Tue Oct  7 21:37:34 2014
From: agnes at mcn.org (agnes at mcn.org)
Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2014 21:37:34 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Three youtube videos explaining Community Rights.]
Message-ID: <8e7b439339228df8c5066a095fd335bb.squirrel@webmail.mcn.org>

After the election in Nov. 14 the CRNetwork will be helping us to educate
the community about Public Banking in Mendocino County. Please watch this
thorough description of the movement for Community Rights with
Constitutional underpinning. Measure S. is the product of this working
group of more than 90 persons.
Agnes

* Three interviews with Paul (myself) that have been going viral these
past few months on youtube
Part One: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Prylnj4NQ8
Part Two: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Smu0x05qs58
Part Three: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKKsZ6dvg7g





From vjessielee at gmail.com  Wed Oct  8 03:13:40 2014
From: vjessielee at gmail.com (Jessie VanSant)
Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2014 03:13:40 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] We miss you Howard...
In-Reply-To: <682F1B11-5004-489A-B2D7-387E804058BA@mcn.org>
References: <682F1B11-5004-489A-B2D7-387E804058BA@mcn.org>
Message-ID: <EC484C8F-1663-4697-A6C1-33C583E96C7D@gmail.com>

Really, really NICE!!!

And we certainly do miss him?.  Love you Howard!!!

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






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From annxpress at live.com  Thu Oct  9 14:18:04 2014
From: annxpress at live.com (Ann Rennacker)
Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2014 14:18:04 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] O/M Minutes 10/4/14
Message-ID: <SNT150-W25F23CC77A5C07894C500DDA00@phx.gbl>




Present:  Bob Lane, Jessie, Sheila Dawn, Mark, Barbara Moller, Ann, Daniel Baker

- Barbara Moller went to see her dog Ben at the Ukiah Animal Care, and was told she cannot ever visit him again.  Her court hearing is on Oct 23 at 1:15, and Ann and others will attend to support her.  She really needs a place to live and a newer vehicle in order to get Ben back.

- Public Banking: municipal bonds were downgraded in the U.S. by the FED.  The strict restrictions on States stops money for schools, water, improvements, etc as of Sept 9th.  Public Banks would alleviate this problem.  There will be a meeting with Supervisors Dan H and Dan G and the CEO on 10/17.  Sheila wants to go to Wells Fargo and Chase Banks to get their response.  Then there will be messages sent to Steve Scalomini and the F.B. City Council and the Pt. Arena City Council so that we can get all Mendocino County cities on board.

- Sheila, Bob and Daniel will go to do a radio spot on KNYO on Tuesday 10/7thto promote O/M and play some Occupy songs.

- Regenerative Design Center:  We can have a presence in the space in Mendocino, which has tables, desks, a computer and wi-fi, and needs staffing.  Sheila wants to get a key and a list of the days we can be there, and we will take turns staffing.  We can show movies, attract young people and latinos, and offer our literature and OccuCards, Shirts and hats, etc.  We can start having one meeting a month in Ft Bragg and one in Mendocino.  We still are very active and want to reach out to new faces.

- Voter registration drives are needed until October 20th.  We need to set the days to table in Fb and Mendocino.  Ann and Bob will stand in front of Harvest Market on 10/8, 10% off day.  People who agreed to sign up or pass out registration  forms are Sheila, Barbara, Ann, Bob and Daniel.

- There was a Democratic Club meeting which was an exciting, good networking event and had some young people and some young hispanics attending.  The next meeting is at the Harbor Lite Lodge on Oct 16th at 5:30.  Bring issues to present to the group.

- City Council election:  There is a heated contest with 5 people running and lots of election signs are all over town.  Only folks who live inside the City limits can vote, but we can all talk to people about the issues being represented.  Dave Turner wants a Marine Science program at the college.  Lindy Peters wants to put a desalinazation plant on the Millsite land, and wants to do Ocean Mining, both programs opposed by Ocean Protection Coalition.  There is a Grand Jury complaint against Peters.  Dave Cimolino worked for the City and wants to get rid of the "liberal women" at the City Hall.  Heidi Kraut is a good Council member now, though she did little to save MCTV (nor did Turner) and now there is an outfit in Ukiah taking over the PEG broadcasting and getting the ComCast money, but will they come to Ft Bragg to broadcast board meetings, etc??

- FB Police:  Chief Mayberry is not coming back to the FB Police Dept, he is now working for the DA as the Coast and Inland Investigator, and will go to court in Ft Bragg so that more cases can be heard on the Coast instead of all going to Ukiah.  It seems to be a good solution to the issue of saving Mayberry from moving out of the area, while releaving the personnel problems he had with the City Manager.

- The "Yes on S" campaign is in full swing, with lots of yard signs, posters, Roadshows with Paul Cienfuegos, and potlucks and events happening in every community of the County.  There is a big push to the November election, but it is exciting that no opposition to Measure S has gone on the ballot and we are just starting to hear some "fracking is safe" propaganda from the other side.

Meeting adjourned at 4:05pm.





 		 	   		  
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From agnes at mcn.org  Fri Oct 10 14:29:18 2014
From: agnes at mcn.org (agnes at mcn.org)
Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2014 14:29:18 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] [Fwd: Please pass on announcement to all who
	might be interested]
Message-ID: <f20b47d873d81e1ce11196e7ef42bc95.squirrel@webmail.mcn.org>

---------------------------- Original Message ----------------------------
Subject: Please pass on announcement to all who might be interested
From:    "Carol" <twycetymes at yahoo.com>
Date:    Fri, October 10, 2014 12:32 pm
To:      "dblennox at mcn.org" <dblennox at mcn.org>
         "agnes at mcn.org" <agnes at mcn.org>
         "Rachel Binah" <rachel at mcn.org>
         "Victor Damiani" <vdamiani at sbcglobal.net>
         "ncre at mcn.org" <ncre at mcn.org>
         "sreding at mcn.org" <sreding at mcn.org>
         "William Kirke" <wekirke at mcn.org>
         "Linda Rosengarten" <tolinda at mcn.com>
         "tal8 at comcast.net" <tal8 at comcast.net>
         "Ric Martin" <eric.r.martin at gmail.com>
         "Amy Wynn" <amy at amywynncdp.com>
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Election Day is Tuesday, November 4th.
Need Clarity?

Coast Toasters Club of Toastmasters, Inc. hosting speaker

Coast Democrat Rachel Binah to speak
about her choices for Candidates and Propositions.

Wednesday, October 15th at 12 noon
Redwood Coast Senior Center, Fort Bragg.
Visitors welcomed.
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From marksafron at att.net  Sat Oct 11 11:37:45 2014
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2014 11:37:45 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Lindy Peters
Message-ID: <A83E4D1A-0205-4208-A01F-818EC9DFF077@att.net>

Ed

Hey folks,

I just got the word on Lindy Peters from someone who has lived here a lot longer than I have. What he told me is down at the bottom of this email. He made a vague reference to being in favor of "mining the ocean for minerals" at the candidate forum. So any folks who live around the Fort Bragg or have friends here, please get the word out. I understand he was on the city council in the past and is popular around Fort Bragg so we've got our work cut out for us.

Ed Oberweiser

Hey Ed,

I think you need to get word out to the Fort Bragg community ASAP what Lindy Peters position on offshore drilling/fracking so he doesn't get elected.  He is a strange and shady guy, and always has been, involved in local politics as Jere Melo's right wing, right-hand man forever.  Pro-timber rip-off, pro cop, pro-devlopment, pro-big money, a anti whatever seems good and decent - consistently.  Bought off (probably) and proud of it, and a blow-hard bully.

Good luck.  We don't even live inb the FB city limits and so can't even vote on the City Council candidates.  are you within the city limits.  Better hope he doesn't get in.  He's got a big, well produced ad at the local movie theatre, and as you know is a loud-mouth DJ at the SKUNK radio station, as well as a regular commentator/contributor/on-air personality at Mendocino TV.  He's everywhere! - and will probably get elected.

From vjessielee at gmail.com  Sat Oct 11 12:36:33 2014
From: vjessielee at gmail.com (Jessie VanSant)
Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2014 12:36:33 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Free Movies at KNYO Saturday evening
Message-ID: <970609F4-7579-4F81-8793-A96B2ABC054E@gmail.com>

Bob writes:

On Sat. October 11 at 7 PM at 325 N. Franklin St. Films for Action Fort 
Bragg will screen two new releases from Robert Greenwald's Brave New 
Films.  At 7 PM we will be showing To Prison for Poverty, a 16 minute 
film on the growing problem of for-profit parole services.  Do you think 
that we have eliminated Debtor's Prison in the US?  This film will 
convince you otherwise.
At 7:30 PM we will show The Koch Brothers Exposed 2014, a new 55 minute 
version of the eye-opening documentary that exposes the dubious 
political practices of the owners of Koch Industries, who own the Fort 
Bragg Mill site.  These two brothers are worth more that $100 Billion, 
and they have plans for YOU!
Please join us at 325 N. Franklin St. in downtown Fort Bragg on Sat. 
October 11 at 7 PM for To Prison for Poverty, and at 7:30 for The Koch 
Brothers Exposed 2014. Thank you.


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 rkarch at mcn.org  Sat Oct 11 23:16:25 2014
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2014 23:16:25 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Germany offers free college tuition
Message-ID: <EF22B6CB-EA37-40E1-9E74-9E5F5EB6F1E5@mcn.org>


THIS IS INTERESTING WHEN OUR STUDENTS END UP HAVING TO PAY BACK THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS AND PAY ABSORBENT INTEREST COSTS FOR STUDENT LOANS.  A YOUNG FRIEND OF MINE SAYS HE OWES 60 THOUSAND AND THAT THEY ARE ON HIS BACK ABOUT IT ALL THE TIME.
rk








FRI OCT 10, 2014 AT 08:15 AM PDT
Germany offers free college tuition to U.S. and international students
byJen HaydenFollow
  431 Comments / 431 New
This is incredible:
All German universities are now free to Americans and all other international students. The last German state to charge tuition at its universities struck down the fees this week.
Why are they offering such a generous plan?
In explaining why Germany made this move, Dorothee Stapelfeldt, a Hamburg senator, called tuition fees "unjust" and added that "they discourage young people who do not have a traditional academic family background from taking up study. It is a core task of politics to ensure that young women and men can study with a high quality standard free of charge in Germany."
The perks don't end at free tuition:
Even before Germany abolished college tuition for all students, the price was a steal. Typically semester fees were around $630. What's more, German students receive many perks including discounts for food, clothing and events, as well as inexpensive or even free transportation.
Considering the average student loan debt in the U.S. is $29,400, a lot of U.S. high school students would do well to start learning German.

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From marksafron at att.net  Sun Oct 12 12:16:16 2014
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2014 12:16:16 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Occupymendocino Digest, Vol 746, Issue 1
In-Reply-To: <mailman.17.1413140415.24608.occupymendocino@lists.mcn.org>
References: <mailman.17.1413140415.24608.occupymendocino@lists.mcn.org>
Message-ID: <B67F2EE9-278D-45E7-98CB-BD3D8AAF2614@att.net>

Hey folks, Plan ahead. Get your announcements in earlier. The movies happened yesterday.


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

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Today's Topics:

  1. Free Movies at KNYO Saturday evening (Jessie VanSant)



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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2014 12:36:33 -0700
From: Jessie VanSant <vjessielee at gmail.com>
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Free Movies at KNYO Saturday evening
To: OCCUPY Mendocino <occupymendocino at lists.mcn.org>
Message-ID: <970609F4-7579-4F81-8793-A96B2ABC054E at gmail.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252"

Bob writes:

On Sat. October 11 at 7 PM at 325 N. Franklin St. Films for Action Fort 
Bragg will screen two new releases from Robert Greenwald's Brave New 
Films.  At 7 PM we will be showing To Prison for Poverty, a 16 minute 
film on the growing problem of for-profit parole services.  Do you think 
that we have eliminated Debtor's Prison in the US?  This film will 
convince you otherwise.
At 7:30 PM we will show The Koch Brothers Exposed 2014, a new 55 minute 
version of the eye-opening documentary that exposes the dubious 
political practices of the owners of Koch Industries, who own the Fort 
Bragg Mill site.  These two brothers are worth more that $100 Billion, 
and they have plans for YOU!
Please join us at 325 N. Franklin St. in downtown Fort Bragg on Sat. 
October 11 at 7 PM for To Prison for Poverty, and at 7:30 for The Koch 
Brothers Exposed 2014. Thank you.



***********************************************



From Rkarch at mcn.org  Sun Oct 12 20:29:54 2014
From: Rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2014 20:29:54 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Joshua Wong
Message-ID: <7181C7F3-B793-4DD0-BDBD-A4C9CCC4CFAC@mcn.org>

No ordinary 17-year-old: Hong Kong protest leader Joshua Wong
Only 17 years old, Joshua Wong has emerged as the leading voice of Hong Kong's pro-democracy protests. Coconuts TV interviewed the student activist on the fo...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqD37Xb3y5I

Occupy Hong Kong has Joshua leading.  He looks like he's about 13 years old.  I hope he survives the protests!  rk
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From ellen.rosser at gmail.com  Mon Oct 13 10:41:36 2014
From: ellen.rosser at gmail.com (ELLEN ROSSER)
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2014 10:41:36 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] CA Dept. of Conservation (sic) regulations
	regarding fracking
Message-ID: <CAFGqSt7B419CLT7pEfjCJKkobL_ZNpAY1j+TN=GuWdtDMX6Arw@mail.gmail.com>

  Dear Occupy,
      The proposed regulations sent out by CA Department of Conservation
(sic) regarding "Well Stimulation Treatment,"  i.e., fracking, are
terrible. As many people as possible should send comments before Oct. 29 to
 DOGGRRegulations at conservation.ca.gov   .   People should 1.  protest the
use of scarce water for fracking.   2.  Protest the probable contamination
of the aquifer by the fracking   3.  Protest that, although neighbors
within1500 feet must be notified about the fracking,  there is no provision
for them to object and prevent the fracking, which will probably do
irreparable  harm to their and their children's health and to their
drinking water, as is the case in North Dakota.  You can also request a
copy of the regulations:  SB 4 WELL STIMULATION TREATMENT REGULATIONS.  But
the deadline for comments is Oct. 29.
      Please make your voices heard!
                  Peace and blessings,   Ellen
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From hughesmacarthur at gmail.com  Mon Oct 13 02:28:33 2014
From: hughesmacarthur at gmail.com (HughesMacArthur)
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2014 02:28:33 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Please Ad
Message-ID: <3A5D1587-9FF8-4E19-A1DD-9708E34F4361@gmail.com>

From Jesse

Sent from my iPhone

From rkarch at mcn.org  Mon Oct 13 15:00:51 2014
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2014 15:00:51 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] New OM person
Message-ID: <C8CFDE10-912A-446C-9D6A-8AC803DE3FE7@mcn.org>

Jesse  (Hughesmacarthur)

Active OM member formerly from the Humboldt area lives  in Willits and seeks rides to go to OM FB rally and to GA meetings.  Fri and 1st and 3rd Saturdays.  
Write him at   hughesmacarthur at gmail.com  if you have any suggestions to help in his transportation needs.

richard
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From rkarch at mcn.org  Mon Oct 13 18:01:13 2014
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2014 18:01:13 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Columbus-and-The-Legacy-of-Genocide
Message-ID: <0351F28D-D794-4B2D-A260-AB6A5356BDCA@mcn.org>

Most people today dismiss the notion that Columbus ?discovered? a land that was already packed with 100 million people and 6,000 years of thriving civilizations (the earliest urban center with communal architecture is at Porvenir, Peru, dating back to 4930 B.C., according to Haas et al, 2004).

The world that Europeans ?encountered? (read: ?invaded?) was not that of a barren wilderness, sparsely populated by nomadic tribes; but a continent filled with wealthy, urban civilizations and complex, sedentary farming cultures. The Western Hemisphere of 1492 was a land of cities, writing, mathematics, astronomy, calendar...


http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/10/12/1246553/-http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/10/12/1246553/-Columbus-and-The-Legacy-of-Genocide?detail=email?detail=email
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From deejayliz at yahoo.com  Mon Oct 13 20:26:01 2014
From: deejayliz at yahoo.com (Liz Helenchild)
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2014 03:26:01 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Fw: SB 4 Well Stimulation Treatment Regulations/
	my comment
In-Reply-To: <21449454.10179.1413245827143.JavaMail.yahoo@jws10737.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
References: <21449454.10179.1413245827143.JavaMail.yahoo@jws10737.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <794985900.26029.1413257161925.JavaMail.yahoo@jws10760.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>


    ----- Forwarded Message -----
  From: Liz Helenchild <deejayliz at yahoo.com>
 To: "DOGGRRegulations at conservation.ca.gov" <DOGGRRegulations at conservation.ca.gov> 
 Sent: Monday, October 13, 2014 5:17 PM
 Subject: SB 4 Well Stimulation Treatment Regulations/ my comment
   
To Department of Conservation,
As a CA resident horrified by the fast tracking of fracking ie "well stimulation treatment", I urge you to halt the process until this severe historic drought ends.
In this time of increasing water scarcity, using well water for anything other than direct human necessity like home use & agriculture is unconscionable. The people of California are being asked if not forced to conserve, if they are fortunate enough to still have water. My household lives under threat of fines if we exceed our small allotment.

I have no reason to believe that fracking does not contaminate the aquifer involved. There is abundant evidence that chemical contamination almost impossible to "clean up." Everywhere, energy companies have not proved to act responsibly for their damage.

I do not find any provision in your regulation that protects wells near frack sites & the people who use them. Notification of residents within 1500 feet? is not enough when they cannot effectively object.. 
Please remember you are employed by the People of California. Your responsibility is to the citizen taxpayers, not to the corporations exploiting our natural resources.
Thank you for your attention,
Liz HelenchildBox 1276Mendocino CA 95460







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From jupiter at mcn.org  Thu Oct 16 07:42:59 2014
From: jupiter at mcn.org (Linda Jupiter)
Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2014 07:42:59 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] What does McDonald's have to do with the
	Fourteenth Amendment?
References: <2280087700.315631100@org2.org2DB.reply.salsalabs.com>
Message-ID: <26CEE0FD-2368-45DB-9D2F-D74E3342F28E@mcn.org>

> 
>  		 
>  	
>  
> Dear Linda,
> 
> Imagine this: A corporation claims it is a person and then says that a law increasing the minimum wage violates the corporation's ?constitutional rights.?
> 
> You can stop imagining ? because this is really happening.
> 
> That?s right. Industry lawyers representing McDonald's and other huge corporations are suing the City of Seattle, arguing that the city?s new living wage law violates the ?equal protection rights? of the corporations.
> 
> We need to put a stop to this dangerous constitutional argument. The businesses had their opportunity to make their case to the city, and they lost. They shouldn?t be allowed to run to court carrying in the banner of the Fourteenth Amendment. Because, as President Lincoln famously said, government should be ?of the people, by the people, and for the people.?
> 
> 
> Sign our petition; tell McDonald's to stop this charade and drop this lawsuit against Seattle?s living wage law.  
> 
> 
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> Ron Fein
> Legal Director
> Free Speech For People
> 
> 
>  	 
>  	 	 
>  	
> 
> You have received this email through your subscription to this campaign's email list. 
> If you did not subscribe, or would no longer like to receive email updates unsubscribe here.
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> PAID FOR AND AUTHORIZED BY FREE SPEECH FOR PEOPLE
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From marksafron at att.net  Thu Oct 16 13:31:19 2014
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2014 13:31:19 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] =?windows-1252?q?=22On_November_4th=2C_there=92?=
 =?windows-1252?q?s_only_one_election_in_America_that_I=92m_staying_up_lat?=
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From marksafron at att.net  Fri Oct 17 15:28:03 2014
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2014 15:28:03 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] What If Black America Were a Country? It's income
	would be just ahead of a Palestinian household.
Message-ID: <10440EC5-6A8C-469F-8267-5C968B907556@att.net>

Hey Y?all, just found this today. It seems not too much progress has been made since the ?60s. Recent government statistics show that police shoot black men 21 times more often than whites. Where?s that, ?level playing field? I hear so much about? M.S.

http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2014/10/what-if-black-america-were-a-country/380953/
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From jupiter at mcn.org  Sat Oct 18 09:16:46 2014
From: jupiter at mcn.org (Linda Jupiter)
Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2014 09:16:46 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Fwd: San Benito County, Ban Fracking
References: <DC77C207-BB99-43D4-84FD-F2BF298B0DD6@mcn.org>
Message-ID: <C74FA14B-3F2A-4886-B008-2A326F05E4EA@mcn.org>

> Hello friends:
> This plea is from a friend of mine in the center of the battle with the oil and gas companies.
> Please consider giving to this community that is being inundated by the ads for No on J.
> All the best, 
> Carrie Durkee
> 
>> From: Amanda Bloom <amandabloo at gmail.com>
>> Subject: Dear friends and family, Urgent plea to prevent water contamination and damage to community health in California
>> Date: October 14, 2014 10:23:03 AM PDT
>> To: undisclosed-recipients:;
>> 
>> Dear friends and family,  I have been working in Hollister to fight tracking. The campaign is really broke. Please help out with any size donation or pass on request. Thanks, Amanda
>> 
>> FIGHT BIG OIL, SAVE OUR WATER, AND STOP ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM
>> 
>>    Grassroots activists in San Benito County (Hollister) managed to get a ban fracking initiative on the November 4 ballot (Yes on Measure J), and are now facing the inevitable onslaught of misinformation, attacks, and destruction of our hand-painted billboards. Big Oil  has $2-3 million invested in San Benito alone; their Pandora radio ads run every 5 minutes, and they have three different ads running on local television.  The campaign can?t match Big Oil?s resources but has a small team of full-time, dedicated and exhausted activists. I have been staying in Hollister  to assist. Help with canvassing and phone banking has been coming from all over the region, from the Bay Area to Merced and Fresno to the Monterey Bay. 
>> 
>>    I'm particularly excited about this fight because San Benito County is around 60% Latino, and a rejection of fracking by a largely Latino community should send ripples throughout the state and country.  Kern County has a huge number of fracked wells which have had devastating health impacts on the latino community. http://350.org/fracking-kern-county-california/   Fracking uses and contaminates millions of gallons of water  for each well and can cause earthquakes. Although low income communities of color have been targeted as sites for tracking, we will all be affected.
>> 
>>    With people power, we might have a shot to pass this fracking ban, but more resources are needed to get the word out and "the yes" voters to the polls. Many thanks for anything you can do. A few dollars makes a big difference to the campaign. 
>> If you are able, please donate now!  http://bit.ly/1BAlUd
>> Please forward  to your lists. 
>> 
>> Can you tweet a call for help to your network? 
>>  Here?s two possible tweets:
>> San Benito County is in a David v. Goliath war for a frack free CA and need stones for their slingshot! RT & Donate: http://bit.ly/1BAlUd5
>> Hollister is ground zero in the CA fracking fight! Help us beat back big oil's million dollar lies- RT & donate http://bit.ly/1BAlUd5
>> 
>> 
>>   
>> Following is Luis Valdez's  (Teatro Campesino,  Zoot Suit ) appeal. May be better for Facebook posting, etc.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>  
>> San Benito County is ground zero in the CA fracking fight! The greatest impact of fracking is on front line communities, Latinos in the Central Valley and African Americans in Los Angeles. We need your support to keep all of California frack-free.
>>  
>> A battle is raging in my county to keep California frack-free. On the November ballot is Measure J, an initiative to ban fracking and extreme oil extraction to protect our county?s water, air, and health.
>> 
>> This small community in San Benito County is truly in a David and Goliath struggle with the oil industry.
>> 
>> We need your help to win this battle. San Benito?s fight is your fight. Our victory in November will create a movement of cities and counties rejecting fracking.
>>  
>> Donate now!  http://bit.ly/1BAlUd5
>>  
>> Big oil has pumped over a million dollars into our small county to stop us. They are burying voters with ads, phone calls, mailers, and billboards. We have people power! But we cannot match Big Oil?s resources. We also need yard signs, mailers, billboards!
>> 
>> Please donate generously to help us defend ourselves from Big Oil?s onslaught and go on to win in November.
>> 
>> Where is San Benito?  In the Central Coast of California, home to organic farms, ranches and vineyards, Pinnacles National Park and the condors, El Teatro Campesino, San Juan Bautista and Hollister.
>> 
>> You can make a difference.  Donate now! http://bit.ly/1BAlUd5
>> 
>> Help us win in November and spark the movement in California and across the nation to stop fracking!  
>> 
>> Si se puede,
>> Luis Valdez
>>  
>> Copyright ? *2014 Coalition to Protect San Benito*, All rights reserved.
>> 
>> 
>> Our mailing address is:
>> PO Box 587, San Juan Bautista, CA 95045
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From jupiter at mcn.org  Sun Oct 19 11:18:05 2014
From: jupiter at mcn.org (Linda Jupiter)
Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2014 11:18:05 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Public banking
Message-ID: <10D81DB4-3029-4778-BD55-AD2F73192604@mcn.org>

Here?s an interesting article on how public banking is a good response to our current economy and why, from the New Economy Week 2014 website:

http://www.neweconomyweek.org/blog/public-banks-cities-and-towns 

Cheers,
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From annxpress at live.com  Sun Oct 19 16:33:30 2014
From: annxpress at live.com (Ann Rennacker)
Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2014 16:33:30 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] FW: October Update:Tenant Training,
	HUD and Watt Now!?
In-Reply-To: <2545876185.-591087283@salsa3.salsa3DB.mail.salsalabs.com>
References: <2545876185.-591087283@salsa3.salsa3DB.mail.salsalabs.com>
Message-ID: <SNT150-W768AE1B06BC7FA8B22E5F8DD960@phx.gbl>

Story about HUD selling out to Wall Street and foreclosure problems.
 
Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2014 11:01:26 -0400
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From marksafron at att.net  Mon Oct 20 17:09:04 2014
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2014 17:09:04 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] The Easiest & Hardest Places to Live in America
Message-ID: <4941DDCB-487E-4EA9-9AEB-8AF6E003F95D@att.net>

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From elained at mcn.org  Wed Oct 22 01:46:18 2014
From: elained at mcn.org (Elaine and Ed)
Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2014 01:46:18 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] "YES" on S bumper stickers
Message-ID: <905654EA-A3A6-47D0-889A-FCD298F20D71@mcn.org>

HI folks,

I have some YES on S bumper stickers available. If you would like one please email me at edoberweiser at gmail.com

Ed Oberweiser

From marksafron at att.net  Wed Oct 22 12:47:37 2014
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2014 12:47:37 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Welcome to the one party system.
Message-ID: <475BDA33-45AE-465E-B27C-BBD99CCD36F3@att.net>

Watch Floor Speech on the 2014 Budget by Jeff Jackson of North Carolina: 
http://vimeo.com/102299905 
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From jupiter at mcn.org  Wed Oct 22 13:24:38 2014
From: jupiter at mcn.org (Linda Jupiter)
Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2014 13:24:38 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Fwd: Minutes of Oct. 18 OM GA
References: <14E91DDE-08DC-4E2C-9E06-F6950888F433@mcn.org>
Message-ID: <0F6F6535-7562-4B90-B6F5-40F0F672269E@mcn.org>

Oops, I sent this to the CRN listserv by mistake.
Here it is, folks.
Linda

> Occupy Mendocino
> 
> Minutes of October 18, 2014 General Assembly
> 
> Present: Barbara, Irene, Jessie, Mark, Daniel, Bob, Ann, Linda, Sheila
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> 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.
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From rkarch at mcn.org  Wed Oct 22 15:54:10 2014
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2014 15:54:10 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Neil Young's Anti Fracking Song
Message-ID: <4ECEF40E-DF54-4D70-9BBE-9D2120ABA2B6@mcn.org>

Climate March, Neil Young has shared with Democracy Now! an acoustic recording of his new song, "Who?s Gonna Stand Up." http://bit.ly/1v0MTfS

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From vjessielee at gmail.com  Thu Oct 23 11:58:44 2014
From: vjessielee at gmail.com (Jessie VanSant)
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2014 11:58:44 -0700
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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Thank you Linda!!
Jessie Lee VanSant
vjessielee at gmail.com
707-964-5511
"The question is not whether we will be extremists, but what kind of extremists we will be... The nation and the world are in dire need of creative extremists.? MLK Jr.

On Oct 22, 2014, at 1:24 PM, Linda Jupiter <jupiter at mcn.org> wrote:

> Oops, I sent this to the CRN listserv by mistake.
> Here it is, folks.
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From elained at mcn.org  Fri Oct 24 22:31:02 2014
From: elained at mcn.org (Elaine and Ed)
Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2014 22:31:02 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Yes on S bumperstickers
Message-ID: <38A67D9F-4F9C-4129-94B7-48B385894A56@mcn.org>

HI folks,

I have a few Yes on S bumper stickers if anyone would like one let me know.

Ed Oberweiser


From rkarch at mcn.org  Fri Oct 24 14:25:50 2014
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2014 14:25:50 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Just remember. You Get What You Don't Vote For.
Message-ID: <7B6761EE-3A6F-4D16-97E0-F6ECBA0785D2@mcn.org>

Just a sign/slogan to send around to all your friends and neighbors. 
Thanks to Daniel for diggiing this up! rk

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From rkarch at mcn.org  Sun Oct 26 10:51:11 2014
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2014 10:51:11 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Background on Gun Control
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Background on Gun Control


Statistics on Gun Ownership
40% of all US homes have guns
81% of Americans say that gun control will be an important issue in determining which Congressional candidate to vote for.
91% of Americans say that there should be at least minor restrictions on gun ownership;
57% of Americans say that there should be major restrictions or a ban.
Child-Safety Locks
In 1996, 140 children died after being accidentally shot; in 2012 the figure was 259 with comparable numbers in between.
About 1,500 children are hurt by guns every year.
"Trigger Locks" require entering a combination to use the gun (or some other locking method); they are intended to reduce inadvertent use by children or other unauthorized users.
Gun control
Advocates of gun control cite the large number of people killed in gun-based homicides each year: over 8,000 per year, peaking at 14,000 in 1993.
Over 100,000 people are shot each year in the U.S.; 72% of all violent killings use guns as the weapon.
Compared to Japan, where gun laws are very strict regarding both ownership and punishment, only 4 people were killed by guns in 2012. Japan has a smaller population, but even counting that, the per capita death rate is 1,000 times higher in the United States.
Background Checks
The "Gun-Show Loophole" means that there are no background checks when purchasing guns in a private transaction.
Guns sold at gun shows through dealers ARE subject to background checks; only those sold privately are not.
Right to Bear Arms
The Supreme Court ruled in 1939, in a case called "US v. Miller," that the 2nd amendment only protects guns suitable for a well-regulated militia -- for example, sawed-off shotguns can be banned because they're not "ordinary military equipment".
Since 1939, the Supreme Court has not heard any further 2nd amendment cases; the most recent ruling prior to ?Heller?, in 1997, overturned part of the 1993 Brady Bill, but did not address 2nd amendment rights.
?Heller? refers to a ruling on the issue of ?individual rights?. The Supreme Court ruled, in the 2008 case called ?District of Columbia v. Heller?, that the 2nd Amendment does define an individual right to gun ownership, as opposed to a ?collective right? for a state-run and state-armed National Guard.
Much discretion was left to the states and to Congress, but Heller opens up the issue to further Supreme Court cases.
Hence, gun control issues are still primarily the subject of Congressional legislation.
Federal discussions on gun control often focus on the ?D.C. handgun ban? because Congress has direct control over the gun laws of the District of Columbia. One such law was at issue in the Heller case.
Gun Control Buzzwords
The biggest component of the Gun Control debate is whether existing gun laws are sufficient, or whether more gun laws are needed.
Liberals and populists generally favor more gun laws. Look for buzzwords like "more registration" or "more licensing" to describe seeking further restrictions legal ownership; or "close the loopholes" and "restrict access" for further restrictions on illegal ownership.
Moderate liberals and populists will generally favor more restrictions on ownership while paying lip-service "sportsmen's rights" or respecting "the right of self-protection." A moderate compromise is to "extend waiting periods" before allowing ownership, to perform "background checks" of varying degrees of severity.
Conservatives and libertarians generally oppose gun laws. Look for buzzwords like "Second Amendment rights" or "allow concealed carry". A call for "instant background checks" pays lip-service to gun-control advocates: it sounds like a restriction, but means allowing purchasing guns on the spot.
Moderate conservatives and libertarians oppose gun laws while acknowledging that restrictions are inevitable. Look for buzzwords like "enforce existing gun laws," which implies not passing any NEW gun laws. Similarly, "more strict enforcement" of gun laws implies a pro-Gun Rights stance, unless it is accompanied by a call for new gun laws.
Centrists and moderates from both the right and left generally support restrictions on juvenile access to guns, especially in the wake of tragedies like Littleton and other gun-related deaths.
Positive mentions of the NRA (the National Rifle Association, the largest pro-gun rights lobbying group) implies support of gun rights, while opposing the NRA or "taking on the gun lobby" implies support of gun restrictions.
Many states have ?Stand Your Ground? laws, justifying the use of deadly force when threatened, in contrast with the legal principle of an ?obligation to retreat? first. The Florida version of the ?stand your ground? law gained national attention in February 2012 in the case of Trayvon Martin shooting. Martin, an unarmed black teenager, was shot and killed by a ?neighborhood watch? coordinator, George Zimmerman. Citing the ?stand your ground? law, Zimmerman was not initially charged, but was later arrested. The trial is pending in summer 2013.
The Newtown, Connecticut shootings in December 2012 reignited the debate on gun regulation. On December 14, 2012, Adam Lanza, 20, fatally shot twenty children and six adult staff members in a mass murder at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Several bills were proposed in the 2013 Congressional session: banning the sale of semi-automatic firearms, and restricting large-capacity magazines.
Amendment II to the US Constitution
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed. (1791)



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From irenelsm at mcn.org  Sun Oct 26 15:13:01 2014
From: irenelsm at mcn.org (Irene L. Malone)
Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2014 15:13:01 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Howard's memorial
In-Reply-To: <F571D915-2908-469F-85B8-9DE25BF37B47@mcn.org>
References: <F571D915-2908-469F-85B8-9DE25BF37B47@mcn.org>
Message-ID: <D27E5042-DF25-42BB-93D6-A9600C50D272@mcn.org>

I hope that the Occupy Songsters can sing at Howard's memorial on  
Dec. 7.  Let's make a plan to get together and practice.
Irene
On Oct 26, 2014, at 10:51 AM, Richard Karch wrote:

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> Background on Gun Control
>
>
> Statistics on Gun Ownership
> 40% of all US homes have guns
> 81% of Americans say that gun control will be an important issue in  
> determining which Congressional candidate to vote for.
> 91% of Americans say that there should be at least minor  
> restrictions on gun ownership;
> 57% of Americans say that there should be major restrictions or a ban.
> Child-Safety Locks
> In 1996, 140 children died after being accidentally shot; in 2012  
> the figure was 259 with comparable numbers in between.
> About 1,500 children are hurt by guns every year.
> "Trigger Locks" require entering a combination to use the gun (or  
> some other locking method); they are intended to reduce inadvertent  
> use by children or other unauthorized users.
> Gun control
> Advocates of gun control cite the large number of people killed in  
> gun-based homicides each year: over 8,000 per year, peaking at  
> 14,000 in 1993.
> Over 100,000 people are shot each year in the U.S.; 72% of all  
> violent killings use guns as the weapon.
> Compared to Japan, where gun laws are very strict regarding both  
> ownership and punishment, only 4 people were killed by guns in  
> 2012. Japan has a smaller population, but even counting that, the  
> per capita death rate is 1,000 times higher in the United States.
> Background Checks
> The "Gun-Show Loophole" means that there are no background checks  
> when purchasing guns in a private transaction.
> Guns sold at gun shows through dealers ARE subject to background  
> checks; only those sold privately are not.
> Right to Bear Arms
> The Supreme Court ruled in 1939, in a case called "US v. Miller,"  
> that the 2nd amendment only protects guns suitable for a well- 
> regulated militia -- for example, sawed-off shotguns can be banned  
> because they're not "ordinary military equipment".
> Since 1939, the Supreme Court has not heard any further 2nd  
> amendment cases; the most recent ruling prior to ?Heller?, in 1997,  
> overturned part of the 1993 Brady Bill, but did not address 2nd  
> amendment rights.
> ?Heller? refers to a ruling on the issue of ?individual rights?.  
> The Supreme Court ruled, in the 2008 case called ?District of  
> Columbia v. Heller?, that the 2nd Amendment does define an  
> individual right to gun ownership, as opposed to a ?collective  
> right? for a state-run and state-armed National Guard.
> Much discretion was left to the states and to Congress, but Heller  
> opens up the issue to further Supreme Court cases.
> Hence, gun control issues are still primarily the subject of  
> Congressional legislation.
> Federal discussions on gun control often focus on the ?D.C. handgun  
> ban? because Congress has direct control over the gun laws of the  
> District of Columbia. One such law was at issue in the Heller case.
> Gun Control Buzzwords
> The biggest component of the Gun Control debate is whether existing  
> gun laws are sufficient, or whether more gun laws are needed.
> Liberals and populists generally favor more gun laws. Look for  
> buzzwords like "more registration" or "more licensing" to describe  
> seeking further restrictions legal ownership; or "close the  
> loopholes" and "restrict access" for further restrictions on  
> illegal ownership.
> Moderate liberals and populists will generally favor more  
> restrictions on ownership while paying lip-service "sportsmen's  
> rights" or respecting "the right of self-protection." A moderate  
> compromise is to "extend waiting periods" before allowing  
> ownership, to perform "background checks" of varying degrees of  
> severity.
> Conservatives and libertarians generally oppose gun laws. Look for  
> buzzwords like "Second Amendment rights" or "allow concealed  
> carry". A call for "instant background checks" pays lip-service to  
> gun-control advocates: it sounds like a restriction, but means  
> allowing purchasing guns on the spot.
> Moderate conservatives and libertarians oppose gun laws while  
> acknowledging that restrictions are inevitable. Look for buzzwords  
> like "enforce existing gun laws," which implies not passing any NEW  
> gun laws. Similarly, "more strict enforcement" of gun laws implies  
> a pro-Gun Rights stance, unless it is accompanied by a call for new  
> gun laws.
> Centrists and moderates from both the right and left generally  
> support restrictions on juvenile access to guns, especially in the  
> wake of tragedies like Littleton and other gun-related deaths.
> Positive mentions of the NRA (the National Rifle Association, the  
> largest pro-gun rights lobbying group) implies support of gun  
> rights, while opposing the NRA or "taking on the gun lobby" implies  
> support of gun restrictions.
> Many states have ?Stand Your Ground? laws, justifying the use of  
> deadly force when threatened, in contrast with the legal principle  
> of an ?obligation to retreat? first. The Florida version of the  
> ?stand your ground? law gained national attention in February 2012  
> in the case of Trayvon Martin shooting. Martin, an unarmed black  
> teenager, was shot and killed by a ?neighborhood watch?  
> coordinator, George Zimmerman. Citing the ?stand your ground? law,  
> Zimmerman was not initially charged, but was later arrested. The  
> trial is pending in summer 2013.
> The Newtown, Connecticut shootings in December 2012 reignited the  
> debate on gun regulation. On December 14, 2012, Adam Lanza, 20,  
> fatally shot twenty children and six adult staff members in a mass  
> murder at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Several bills were proposed  
> in the 2013 Congressional session: banning the sale of semi- 
> automatic firearms, and restricting large-capacity magazines.
> Amendment II to the US Constitution
> A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free  
> State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be  
> infringed. (1791)
>
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From marksafron at att.net  Tue Oct 28 08:53:58 2014
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2014 08:53:58 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Billionaires to Retain Control of Government
Message-ID: <8888AD71-6FF2-4B53-A9BB-7C3DF2F514FF@att.net>

From the Borowitz Report: 

WASHINGTON ?With just one week to go until the midterm elections, a new poll indicates that billionaires are likely to retain control of the United States government.

The poll, conducted by the University of Minnesota?s Opinion Research Institute, shows that the proxy candidates of billionaires are likely to win ninety-eight per cent of next Tuesday?s races, with the remaining two per cent leaning billionaire.

Although the poll indicates that some races are still ?too close to call,? the fact that billionaires funded candidates on both sides puts the races safely in their column.

Davis Logsdon, who supervised the poll for the University of Minnesota, said that next Tuesday should be ?a big night for oligarchs? and that both houses of Congress can be expected to grovel at the feet of their money-gushing paymasters for at least the next two years.

Calling the billionaires? upcoming electoral romp ?historic,? Logsdon said, ?We have not seen the super-rich maintain such a vise-like grip on the government since the days immediately preceding the French Revolution.?
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From sheila.dawn50 at yahoo.com  Tue Oct 28 11:42:27 2014
From: sheila.dawn50 at yahoo.com (she-la)
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2014 11:42:27 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Costumes for Friday protest
Message-ID: <4wwwh7rl28d4e4r31dhors25.1414521746624@email.android.com>

 Hello to all, 
   We didn't bring this up at the last meeting but it would be timely if we all found a simple costume to emphasize our point that the banks have robbed our community and continue to jeopardize it by speculating with our money in Wall Street casino style betting.
  I will be a banker in top hat and black suit( as in Black Friday) with a black mask ( as in robber). If we could all get  some of those inexpensive black masks, that would do it for a coordinated effort.  Let's use our imagination and have some fun and hilarity.  
  I know it is a big day for those who still have a lively child inside but this is an event worth attending. Maybe we could send a picture into the paper! 
  I would love your input on this idea! Could someone post this message on the mcn list serve to reach out to the larger community of supporters?
   Next meeting--Saturday,  Nov. 1st at the Senior Center--2 to 4 p.m.
            Onward & Upward,
             Sheila Dawn
  

From rkarch at mcn.org  Wed Oct 29 23:56:45 2014
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2014 23:56:45 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] gift from Howard
In-Reply-To: <44BD1F39-E32D-4F67-8C77-9E15F8D585FE@gmail.com>
References: <44BD1F39-E32D-4F67-8C77-9E15F8D585FE@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <1C144BD0-A12B-46B4-AADD-A61278E213D9@mcn.org>

This is wonderful. He really had his heart in our movement. Thanks HOward!
I'll send a card to Linda and  Judy.  Maybe someone can come up with addresses.

Richard


On Oct 29, 2014, at 8:49 PM, Jessie VanSant wrote:

> OCCUPY Mendocino received notice of the $675 as a gift from Howard as he left us.  Requested a form confirming my particulars and assume a check will follow once that for is received and accepted.
> 
> Important we write a Thank You note to Linda Pack and Judy Ennes and whoever else would appreciate knowing OM is grateful.
> 
> xo
> JL
> Jessie Lee VanSant
> vjessielee at gmail.com
> 707-964-5511
> "The question is not whether we will be extremists, but what kind of extremists we will be... The nation and the world are in dire need of creative extremists.? MLK Jr.
> 
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From marksafron at att.net  Fri Oct 31 08:16:36 2014
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2014 08:16:36 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] A humorous look at elections.
Message-ID: <69461401-0039-48FC-8AC2-6C0262BA18FC@att.net>

To ease the burden of the upcoming reaffirmation exercise:


If God wanted us to vote, he would have given us candidates.?Jay Leno

The problem with political jokes is they get elected.?Henry Cate, VII

We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public
office.?Aesop

If we got one-tenth of what was promised to us in these State of the Union
speeches, there wouldn?t be any inducement to go to heaven.?Will Rogers

Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even
where there is no river.?Nikita Khrushchev

When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President; I?m
beginning to believe it.?Clarence Darrow

Why pay money to have your family tree traced; go into politics and your
opponents will do it for you.?Author unknown

Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel,
go out and buy some more tunnel.?John Quinton

Politics is the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign
funds from the rich, by promising to protect each from the other.?Oscar
Ameringer

I offer my opponents a bargain: if they will stop telling lies about us, I
will stop telling the truth about them.?Adlai Stevenson, campaign speech,
1952

A politician is a fellow who will lay down your life for his country.?Tex
Guinan

I have come to the conclusion that politics is too serious a matter to be
left to the politicians.?Charles de Gaulle

Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city, it might be better to
change the locks.?Doug Larson

There ought to be one day?just one?when there is open season on
Congressmen.?Will Rogers

From marksafron at att.net  Fri Oct 31 08:23:23 2014
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2014 08:23:23 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Borowitz: Kochs Approve Plan to Fire Cash from
	Cannon at Voters
Message-ID: <083FEB84-CC9A-4B0C-9F70-9F1BD2C009B9@att.net>

Kochs Approve Plan to Fire Cash from Cannon at Voters


William Koch.	Credit Photograph by Richard Drew/AP
NEW YORK ?The billionaire Koch brothers have approved a controversial plan to shoot cash from cannons directly at voters heading into polling places on Election Day.

The plan, which Koch insiders have privately referred to as Operation Money Shot, would distribute as much as seventy million dollars in small bills in the hopes of seizing Republican control of the United States Senate next Tuesday.

While most state laws prohibit electioneering within a hundred feet of polling places, the Koch plan craftily skirts that restriction by using high-powered cash cannons, similar to the T-shirt cannons used in sports arenas, which have a range of up to a hundred and fifty feet.

According to a spokesman for the Kochs, ?Under the law, corporations are considered people, and people have always had the right to fire money from cannons at other people.?

When news of Operation Money Shot reached Democratic circles several weeks ago, there were howls of protest and threats of a legal challenge, as Democratic leaders complained that firing cash directly at voters about to cast their ballots would be a subversion of the election process.

But the Supreme Court upheld the Koch brothers? plan by a five-to-four vote on Thursday, arguing that spending money on elections was protected by the First Amendment, and that using a cannon was protected by the Second.


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From blackdantheman100 at gmail.com  Fri Oct 31 12:59:30 2014
From: blackdantheman100 at gmail.com (DANIEL BAKER)
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2014 12:59:30 -0700
Subject: [Occupymendocino] gift from Howard
In-Reply-To: <1C144BD0-A12B-46B4-AADD-A61278E213D9@mcn.org>
References: <44BD1F39-E32D-4F67-8C77-9E15F8D585FE@gmail.com>
	<1C144BD0-A12B-46B4-AADD-A61278E213D9@mcn.org>
Message-ID: <CACVey3Yn_Q00pdN_CLRZmYOB-UDZiVU8b-X_4dz7BGTYz1A6NA@mail.gmail.com>

SO very cool of him!! HE was such the RAD dude! miss tat guy big time
people, really!!

On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 11:56 PM, Richard Karch <rkarch at mcn.org> wrote:

> This is wonderful. He really had his heart in our movement. Thanks HOward!
> I'll send a card to Linda and  Judy.  Maybe someone can come up with
> addresses.
>
> Richard
>
>
> On Oct 29, 2014, at 8:49 PM, Jessie VanSant wrote:
>
> OCCUPY Mendocino received notice of the $675 as a gift from Howard as he
> left us.  Requested a form confirming my particulars and assume a check
> will follow once that for is received and accepted.
>
> Important we write a Thank You note to Linda Pack and Judy Ennes and
> whoever else would appreciate knowing OM is grateful.
>
> xo
> JL
> Jessie Lee VanSant
> vjessielee at gmail.com
> 707-964-5511
> "The question is not whether we will be extremists, but what kind of
> extremists we will be... The nation and the world are in dire need of
> creative extremists.? MLK Jr.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send an email to occupymendocino at lists.mcn.org put
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