So if we tax the rich and the corporations, and eliminate 95% of the military, there will be plenty of money, even in our depleted condition, to pay for what we need, which is environmental sanity, climate-friendly industry, energy self-sufficiency without fossil fuels or nuclear power, economic justice, and enlightened education that teaches respect for women, other races, other religions, and animals.
via Wall Street? Occupy Every Street! « Talkin’ Blues About The News.
I couldn’t agree more.
Filed under communication, human rights, media, protest
I have to run out to get to the eye doctor, but thanks to this clip, I can feel my vision getting better.
Filed under capitalism, communication, media, protest
AMY GOODMAN: I wanted to raise this issue, that we’ve just learned. J.P. Morgan Chase donated an unprecedented $4.6 million to the New York City Police foundation. The gift was the largest gift in the history of the foundation and will enable the New York City Police to strengthen security in New York. The money will pay for 1000 new patrol cars, laptops, they say, as well as monitoring software in the NYPD’s main data center.
via 700 Arrested on Brooklyn Bridge as Occupy Wall Street Enters Third Week, Protests Grows Nationwide.
I don’t want it to sound like I think #Operation wallstreet is some how responsible for the money for the police state. I think the protests help to make visible just how entwined big money is with big prison/police unions.
Filed under capitalism, human rights, propaganda, protest
Thanks to Chloe at feministing, I discovered #notcool the website which helps angry viewers to alter wretched ads. Simply by adding “NOT COOL” in spray paint style (MS Paint anyone?) the ads become a parry/response kind of read.
Although I like #notcool, I think there is a further discussion to be had about the symbolic energy sponge of angry web-based re-articulation. I think this site might satisfy the desire to actually graffiti terrible advertisements. I cheer on those who alter public space with graffiti and billboard modification, so I guess I just wish the response meme could somehow swamp or poison the brand.
Filed under capitalism, communication, media, protest, resistance
I like sports because you can occasionally see a really good scrap — sure, some folks win by being faster or bigger, but there are also those underdogs for whom tactical innovation and hustle are their way to victory. I like the epic showdown between a hitter and a pitcher. And I like it because I thought it was basically fair. Of course I was a fool.
This is exactly what Southern Methodist University’s researchers did when they examined more than 3.5 million pitches from 2004 to 2008. Their findings say as much about the enduring relationship between sports and bigotry as they do about the synaptic nature of racism in all of American society.
First and foremost, SMU found that home-plate umpires call disproportionately more strikes for pitchers in their same ethnic group. Because most home-plate umpires are white, this has been a big form of racial privilege for white pitchers, who researchers show are, on average, getting disproportionately more of the benefit of the doubt on close calls.
via What baseball tells us about racism – Race – Salon.com.
Ungh.
Filed under communication, race, sport
Artifact #1: (How suspect are packaged greens?)
The stuff bought whole and chopped on the kitchen counter is definitely more healthful.
This is because time, temperature and damage during harvest and packing can deplete vitamins and other nutrients. Vegetables begin to shed them the second they’re picked.
via The Food & Drink Issue – Interactive Feature – NYTimes.com.
Artifact #2: (Michael Pollen answers reader’s questions)
Frozen vegetables and fruits are a terrific and economical option when fresh is unavailable or too expensive. The nutritional quality is just as good — and sometimes even better, because the produce is often picked and frozen at its peak of quality. The only rap is that freezing collapses the cell walls of certain fruits and vegetables, at some cost to their crunch. But this has no bearing on nutrition.
via The Food & Drink Issue – Interactive Feature – NYTimes.com.
Saturday morning inspired by coffee, roller derby, and Ecuador’s folk/prog stunners Promesas Temporales. Make today happen for you and yours with no regret!
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I was talking to my friend Michael on the phone. We were discussing family and while we were chatting, I discovered some video of my uncle playing some tunes. Turns out the internets are filled with connections to my kin!
First up, my aunt Sadie, aka the laughing lady. You can find the laughing lady streaming out of Guerneville’s radio station every sunday night.
Ten to midnight: Stay up late and chortle/giggle/hoot out loud with the Laughing Lady Show. She reads humorous pieces from all over, shares the funniest writing she can find, and sings/plays you songs to crack you up. The Laughing Lady will relax you and soothe and am use you, and then strike for a belly laugh. No one resists her for long. She considers Humor to be the sixth sense, able to heal physical and emotional woes. Try it–it’s free. See you Sunday night!
via KGGV-LP 95.1 FM “The Bridge” Guerneville, CA.
Howsabout my uncle Laurence giving some quality New Orlean’s trumpet work? Playing with a band called Big Money in Jazz.
Or my Uncle Barry with a tune called “Fela’s Toenail? Band is called Zuela.
Love you family!
Filed under communication, music
Life of refinement 