They live!
Mass reclaiming of books on Wednesday, right? And live streaming thereof, of course :)
thepenguinpress: They live! Mass reclaiming of books on Wednesday, right? And live streaming thereof, of course :)
The more I hear about these "rogue elements"
…the more I think it’s code for “undercover cop inciting violence”.
If you’re in a camp or protest and you see someone getting violent, encourage those around you to push them towards the police.
Then see what happens next.
I’m betting it’ll be like this:
OWS: “Here’s the guy that threw the brick.”
Cops: “Er… Hi Dave.”
Dave: “Crap.”
Awkwaaaarrrrrd….
Read more »Where they have burned books, they will end in burning human beings.
– Heinrich Heine. A Jew. Some months before the Nazis implemented their “final solution”.Read more »Where they have burned books, they will end in burning human beings.
Occupy Needs YOU!
If you live near an Occupy camp, or feel any kind of horror at the fact that the brutal arm of injustice is currently destroying books… Occupy Needs You!
To turn up.
Bring books, sleeping bags, tarps, food… Anything you can spare. Everything you can carry.
Bring them to the rally points and bring a message with you.
Occupy now needs to keep a watch on the police, to be aware of raids. People in the camps need to be
Read more »Planned Obsolescence is Crippling Me
Every girl loves shoes, right?
We’re stereotypically obsessed by them. All girls allegedly want to be Imelda Marcoss when we grow up.
Not me.
I’m apparently one of those rare women who want shoes that work and last. Looking pretty is icing on the cake. I’m going to spend all day in these suckers and I do not want pinched toes or sharp decorative bits or heels that make my trick ankles go off - resulting
Read more »Why I'm concerned about OWS
Hubby says the protests are only about the American economy. He says I shouldn’t fret so hard about the economy or the protestors or the whole movement.
I know I worry about things too much. I overthink and over stress. And I see patterns in time.
I see rich people gaining power through their wealth and making laws that solely benefit themselves. I see isolated wealthy in ivory towers not understanding why the “peasant class” are so upset.
Read more »Tax Receipt Not Going Far Enough
I’ve been seeing a lot of retweets endorsing the idea of a “tax receipt”, a document telling you, the taxpayer, where your tax dollars are going.
I say it’s a good first step.
A better move would be a Tax Vote. You fill out the form declaring whatever and indicate exactly where you want your dollars to go. And list them in order of importance.
THAT would be a government of true democracy.
Just think about
Read more »Illustrating things
You can try this at home.
You need: 2 100-piece packets of paperclips [est cost $1.10 ea]
1 lot of free time
One packet represents percentages of the population [PKT 1] and the other represents percentages of wealth [PKT 2].
Find a way to distinguish PKT 1 from PKT 2. You can do this by obtaining different colours/sizes of paperclips or spritzing them with paint. Anything you like. I just kept it straight in my head.
Pick one paperclip from
Read more »We Need to Take Action NOW
Experts warn we have five years before climate change is irreversible.
It took us ten years to make certain Y2K didn’t happen. We’re already five years behind and you can bet corporate greed is not on our side. Spread the message. We need to fix the environment YESTERDAY.
Read more »Why Iceland isn't in our news much. READ THIS - a country has a REVOLUTION, rewrites its constitution using REGULAR citizens & gets rid of...
Everyone needs to see this. Occupy your own freedom.
Read more »studio630: The Story of Broke Annie Leonard gives another powerful, thought-provoking video as a continuation of the "Story of Stuff". The...
My Continuing Adventures in Frugal Freedom Finding
Keep in mind that I’m rounding out prices and, for everyone’s protection, I am obscuring the shops’ names. Clever readers will be able to figure it out in no time at all, I am certain.
As I write this, I have recently returned from a mat-hunt. Anyone who’s played WoW and does not want to spend a fortune at the Auction House knows what that’s about. You go out grinding for materials, or
Read more »So I thought about illustrating things to folks...
Y'know, with paperclips, since I have so darn many of them. One box of paperclips would represent percentages of the population and the other box would represent percentages of wealth.
Everyone’s pretty divided. The 99%, the 53%, the 1%. I’m not quite sure how I’m going to divide this up.
1% I know has 45% of the wealth.
9% also has 45% of the wealth.
The remaining 10% is divided somewhere between the 53% who are
Read more »Finding the Raw Materials - My Adventures in Frugality for Freedom
This Saturday was the day I was supposed to change everything. Or start changing everything.
The ONLY farmer’s market I could find nearby operated one Saturday out of every month. Odd, I thought, but I thought I made it understood that we’d be going together to get infos.
The day dawned and Hubby volunteered to look after the kids whilst I ventured forth on my ownsome.
Like shit, I said, and bullied the kids and my main squeeze
Read more »Economies of Scale
So I revealed to hubby my determination to grow our own fruit and veg, yesterday (I write these in advance, so I don’t have to fret about having something to write about) and offered him some input into the process. He said, grow tomatoes, carrots and lettuce.
Lettuces like things so swampy, I was thinking about a hydroponics setup, so I don’t drown the tomatoes and carrots.
If you don’t buy a kit and grow them
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