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Category Archives: Current Events
Throwing Away Your Vote, Throwing Away Your Conscience
We are one week away from another presidential election in America, and since at least the early 90s, the concept of “throwing away your vote” is tossed around and used against anyone thinking about what we variously can be: voting … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events
Tagged 2012 Election, elections, politics, revolutionary, vote, voting
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Chuck Norris Getting His Ass Kicked
It’s another election season and time for everyone’s favorite make believe bad-ass to come out of hiding and make ignorant and racist statements about the future of the country. Feel free to let the video play as you read (Norris … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events
Tagged be like water, Chuck Norris, Compassion, conservative, history, parable, politics, Way of the Dragon
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Clint Eastwood: Crazy Old Man or Some Kind of Genius?
I mean, the chair thing was hilarious and awkward. And I love the Grandpa Simpson image. But did you watch the whole thing? It starts off really awkward and rambling. It was like he planned to improv, but forgot how. … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events
Tagged 2012 Election, Clint Eastwood, Compassion, insanity, moderation, politics, Republican, RNC 2012
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The Mayan Apocalypse is Real
There is something to learn from the Mayans, but it has nothing to do with the date and it has everything to do with the end of our world. The calendar may be silent, but the clock is still ticking. … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Mind Hacking
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Black History Month
Over on my Tumblr I’ve started posting some historic quotes for Black History Month. It can be a divisive topic, especially with the question “Why isn’t every month black history month?” or the issue that we somehow can’t learn our … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Secret History
Tagged A People's History of the United States, black history month, history
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Occupy Wall Street or Decolonize Wall Street?
When Occupy Wall Street hit Oakland, one of the first alternate phrasing presented was Decolonize Oakland. I thought this odd, at first. I thought it was just about Native American rights. Occupy Oakland was building around Columbus Day, so that … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events
Tagged Decolonize Oakland, freedom, history, liberty, Occupy, Occupy Oakland, OWS, protest, Wall Street
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The 1%, Friends or Foes?
I’ve heard people say (of Occupy Oakland) that they should protest in Marin County, where the 1% live. I had a friend ask (in jest, but from honest confusion) if he is supposed to hate his parents, because they almost … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events
Tagged 1%, 99%, injustice, nonviolence, Occupy, Occupy Oakland, OWS
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An Open Response to the Oakland Police Officers’ Association from an Oakland Citizen
This is a response to An Open Letter to the Citizens of Oakland from the Oakland Police Officers’ Association posted on Nov 1st. I do not speak on behalf of all citizens of Oakland, nor of any Occupy movement. Your … Continue reading
#OccupyCompassion
I went to the reinvigorated Occupy Oakland assembly tonight. I left when two speakers in a row called the police fascists, and compared them to Neo-Nazis. I can understand the anger and outrage at their behavior, but this is not … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events
Tagged Compassion, hate, love, Oakland, Occupy, Occupy Oakland, police
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What if the national budget was your family budget?
Philip Greenspun did a great brain exercise to put the budget debate into understandable terms. How can an individual voter make sense of quantities that are ordinarily written in scientific notation? I think the easiest way is to divide everything … Continue reading