Coming Up: IMC benefit concert featuring Black Bear Bakery's new autumn menu! November 18 starting at 7PM
Realpolitiks
The global crisis is a crisis of capitalism
It is time for the workers and the poor in the Philippines to prepare for the worse the moment its government keeps on repeating the mantra that the economic fundamentals remain good and thus there is little to worry about effects of the global recessionary trend. The world found itself in the present mess precisely because of such blind faith in neoliberal fundamentalism.
The shallow basis for such declarations from the government is supposedly the fact that most of Philippine exports are being sent to China rather than the US. But China is just a transit point or a gigantic department in the assembly line that spans the globe. Thus exports to China will simply be assembled there and then ultimately sent to the US, Japan or Europe as finished products. Such is the international division of labor under the era of globalization.
Obama Is No Country Song
The opinion community has embraced Obama in a brotherly hug, a lover’s arms, a worshipers supplication, an enemy’s arm’s length grip and in a madman’s clutching. The millions of words swirling in a maelstrom, running hot and cold, all true and all false: Obama, champion of the common man. Obama, the elite’s new face. Obama, the hoped for. Obama, the unknown.
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Dissident VoiceObama Wins. Where from Here? Peaceworks' Perspective
Hello friends,
This week we depart from our usual Updates format. We will be sending an event update with Nook News in a day or two. We do want to remind you that our Annual Dinner is this Saturday, Nov. 15. Details are at http://www.midmopeaceworks.org/events.php#258
This post, however, offers our perspective on the current moment, examining the implications of Obama's election and what it bodes for those of us working for peace, sustainability and social justice. We hope you will take a few minutes to read it through and consider our our perspective. We, of course, invite and welcome your feedback. Note that we have not tried to be comprehensive in addressing the issues that will need to be addressed in the months ahead. Rather, we have attempted to put together a framework for understanding our current situation and used a few examples to illustrate our situation.
Thanks for your interest and your work to move us forward in our shared efforts to promote a peaceful, just and sustainable future.
Your friends at Peaceworks
Hello friends,
This week we depart from our usual Updates format. We will be sending an event update with Nook News in a day or two. We do want to remind you that our Annual Dinner is this Saturday, Nov. 15. Details are at http://www.midmopeaceworks.org/events.php#258
RNC8 Benefit Show at Black Bear Bakery
Come out and show your support for the RNC8 who are facing terrorism charges and 7 1/2 year prison sentences for their organizing against the Republican National Convention this past September. Their legal fees are $250,000, so if you can spare a few bucks that would be great, but if not come anyway cause the show is gonna be awesome and you won't be turned away for lack of funds!
What: The Mayday Orchestra performing their rock opera about the Haymarket Affair (featuring members of Bad Folk, Rats and People, and Theodore)
Where: Black Bear Bakery
2639 Cherokee St.
Date:
11/11/2008 - 7:00pm - 11/11/2008 - 9:00pmGood, and Now Back to Work: Avoiding Cynicism and Overconfidence in the Age of Obama
Let me say this, to some of those on the left -- some of my friends and longtime compatriots in the struggle for social justice -- who yet insist that there is no difference between Obama and McCain, between Democrats and Republicans, between Biden and Palin: Screw you.
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Tim Wise @ Red RoomA Look Under the Hood at the (Potential) Obama Administration
Tuesday’s celebration hangovers have finally started to wear off, and the pieces are beginning to fall into place. Change will be coming to Washington in January, but it is difficult to decipher what form it will take. Early clues, however, suggest that Barack Obama’s administration will prove unlikely to alter the fundamental political machinery that has led us into war and economic turmoil. Below is a brief summary of Obama’s potential choices for a few key roles in his administration.
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Dissident VoiceAnother Puppet Ruler USA
'Twas an attempt by the media over the past few years to drive people insane over the matter of putting another "puppet ruler" in the White House to be manipulated by the ever-growing private army of Zion's Secrect Police; i.e. Secret Service, which must number @ 120,000 by now. It would be 250,000 if they kept up their growth rate from the second half of the last century....
Media Becomes Electoral USA
southeast us | elections | news report Monday November 14, 2008 16:12 by Bobby Meade - The Lord's
Another Puppet Ruler
Fannie Mae Naked Short Lie:SEC Chris Cox,Agora Inc.,James Dale Davidson, Lord William Rees-Mogg LOM Bermuda Fraud
Now why does Chris Cox and his SEC (U.S.Securities Exchange Commission)allow Scott Lines and his LOM(Lines Overseas Management) of Bermuda Bahamas Isle of Man,etc.whose massive U.S. penny stock frauds and manipulations in collusion with disgraced Florida Democrat Rep.Tim Mahoney's vFinance and Charles Schwab has been covered up by the SEC itself to buy and sell Fannie Mae,Freddie Mac,etc. shares ? And how can anyone know just how many they really buy and sell or short(dump)over time ? Could these types of offshore hedge fund and securities fraudsters be what caused the collapse of Fannie Mae shares and NOT the lie Chrisopher Cox about 'naked shorting' Cox has sold to the public ?
Fannie Mae Naked Short Lie:SEC Chris Cox,Agora Inc.,James Dale Davidson, Lord William Rees-Mogg LOM Bermuda, Schwab,vFinance Stock Fraud Money Laundering
Hotline numbers for election theft
Pass these numbers on to voters you know. Defend what's left of deocracy
Election Protection hotlines
866-OUR-VOTE (National Election Protection Hotline)
866-MYVOTE1 (Tom Joyner Hotline - VoterAction, NAACP National Voter Fund)
877-523-2792 (ACLU Voting Rights Project Hotline)
877-US4-OBAMA (Obama campaign Voter Hotline)
877-GOCNN08 (CNN Voter Problem Tipline)
888-VOTE-TIP (VelvetRevolution Election Protection Hotline for fraud)
567-258-VOTE (Twitter Vote Report key in report or leave audio message)
Fannie Mae:Congessman Barney Frank Goes Down On Moses,Tim Mahoney Pimps Mistress,SEC Chris Cox Cries 'Naked Shorts'
Of particular interest to me although not the biggest part of the Fannie Mae Freddie Mac money laundering fraud is the lie told by the SEC Chairman and social parasite and war criminal Chris Cox that Fannie Mae,et.al. were 'naked shorted' a term made up by penny stock manipulaors meaning 'counterfeitted' when Cox can't point to a single example and those who have run penny stock scams and pump and dump money laundering ops are in fact protected by him and so continue to lie about their criminal enterprises or public companies being 'naked shorted' because they are never punished !
Fannie Mae:Congessman Barney Frank Goes Down On Moses,Tim Mahoney Pimps Mistress,SEC Chris Cox Cries 'Naked Shorts'
Cox on naked short selling:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50dp5YvEbrQ
''This is -- an ownership society is a compassionate society.....
Another obstacle to minority homeownership is the lack of information. You know, getting into your own home can be complicated. It can be a difficult process. I had that very same problem. (Laughter and applause.).........
