I got a lot to say about Oakland,,

What  I saw and heard and witnessed on live feeds made me more determined to see this non-violent revolution through to the end. What we are facing is a system that will fight to keep power and they don't care how many they have to kill, injure or maim to keep that power. However, there is a limit to how long they can hold power because the jails and prisons are already crowded and when the cops are outnumbered 10 to 1 they may decide it isn't worth it. I know that general strikes are illegal under federal law, but I feel it will happen. I see Bank of America under a lot of stress and they will be seeking another bailout soon. As I write this people are still on the streets of Oakland, tensions are stil high. There is a recall started against Mayor Quan... ground zero is now Oakland, just as Chicago was in 1968. I post more later but you can read some of what I have to say on my Google + account if your are in my circles.

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climate change will make you hungry

Since the discussion of climate change started I've seen dust storms here that I never saw before. Cities in Arizona and Texas have had them too. The droughts that have hit hard in parts of this country are getting really bad. Food production will be a challenge, as these droughts impact food growing areas. Here is an article talking about our future. Read it.    Posted on Dreamwidth

an indictment of casino capitalism and the authoritarian regimes that supports it..

 What I witnessed last night was the police exerting their 'authority' in support of the status quo. The police were 'just following orders' while at the same time inciting a riot with there over the top actions. I saw evidence that the cops seemed to get great satisfaction in inflicting the most pain, not in peacefully dispersing the crowd.

As the true carnage filteres out today, we see evidence that some authorities are trying to get videos removed from YouTube and pictures from other sites suppressed if those videos and pictures don't fit their fictitious account of what occurred. No, we are approaching a point where we were in the ;ate 60's when every police officer was seen as a 'pig'. 

This article reveals a study of why this authoritarian culture is flourishing, and how these para-military police structures are becoming more apparent today. It is all based on a study of education after the Holocaust  in Germany during WWII. Much as the Nazis used the excuse that they were trying to keep order, the crony/capitalist structure today demands government (which they have bought) keep order. The same provocations and provocateurs exist, and the authorities are quick to use these people to escaalte their vio;lent oppression. as seen last night. The police deny the used rubber bullets and flash grenades, but there is enough hard evidence to say they are lying. It is all part of the scheme of things, to keep freedoms suppressed to insure the unfettered fleecing of the economy by the 1%.

The struggle will be long and hard, but as has happened throughout history, the authoritarian regimes fall and those who commit the atrocities pay the price.  We can only pray that the fall comes soon before people die.

EDIT: another fine blog entry about Oakland Maybe the President needs to read this. I expect this has started the fire in the belly of hte beast and the biggest battle will occur at the Democratic Convention and Republican Conventions in 2012. Not in the halls but in the streets.
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the latest rumor...

 I just got wind of a rumor on Twitter that these crackdowns on the Occupy encampments and demonstrations are the result of the Department of Homeland Security wanting these demonstrations stopped. I guess the homeland is not the home of the free, but the home of a bunch of sadistic bastards.

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Canada just gave away its water to privatization

Yes, Stephen Harper just let the water of Canadians go to multinational corporations by not opposing a claim by a Canadian company who said because they had a permit to take water, they now owned that water.  More giveaways by these conservatives. Occupy Canada!

Don't think it can't happen here in the United States. It can.
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