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RE: Is Your CIty Occupied??? {USA}

"The only thing that sustains one through life is the consciousness of the immense inferiority of everybody else, and this is a feeling that I have always cultivated." ~OSCAR WILDE, The Remarkable Rocket

RE: Is Your CIty Occupied??? {USA}

Shove it Alice.


























"I hear your argument, but I don't respect it." ~Author unknown

RE: Is Your CIty Occupied??? {USA}

Protest News
Occupy MN will defy sheriff's orders, set up tent camp on Saturday











"Weather forecast for tonight: Dark. Continued dark overnight, with widely scattered light by morning." ~George Carlin

RE: Is Your CIty Occupied??? {USA}

"My definition of "idiocy" begins with the assertion that there's a "how" explanation for everything and a "why" explanation for nothing; those who don't understand this are idiots.” ~Bruce L. Gary. QUOTES FOR MISANTHROPES: Mocking Homo Hypocritus

RE: Is Your CIty Occupied??? {USA}

OccupyMN


We are occupying Minnesota... We need to let the people who run this country know that the 99% have a voice, and we intend to be heard!











"Things are more like they are now than they have ever been." -Gerald Ford

RE: Is Your CIty Occupied??? {USA}

Idiot...
















“Conservatism, per se, is a good thing; as in preserving the environment and saving money. But the concept of “conservatism” is corrupted when it becomes a shield for pilfering the common good, as in stealing from the poor and then accusing protesting victims of engaging in class warfare.” ~Bruce L. Gary. QUOTES FOR MISANTHROPES: Mocking Homo Hypocritus

RE: Antarctic underground lake could hold secrets of Earth's past

Interesting read on inaccuracies of medieval mapping practices

On August 1, 2006 a beautifully illustrated book by Alessandro Scafi, dedicated to those medieval maps, was published by University Of Chicago Press: "Il paradiso in terra - Mappe del giardino dell'Eden (Heaven on earth - Maps of the garden of Eden)". The scholar discloses that the purpose of such maps, far from “practical" navigation, was the location of sacred places of the Bible. Theologians especially argued that the Garden of Eden had really existed and still was extant at the remote borders of the known world.

"The depiction of paradise came to play an important role in mapping expressing a vision founded on the Bible. The world maps produced in monasteries and cathedrals of Western Europe were not, however, exposition of theology, pastoral documents and statements of devotion, unlike our modern and scientific representations of the Earth, neither were they instruments of religious propaganda or preaching in visual form. They were rather representations of the world according to a particular concept, a concept that took account of the text of Scripture and the teachings of the Christian faith. Assessed according to their criteria, medieval maps of the world were actually less "scientific" than any other document. (...) It is 'important to understand that to Christian scholars of late antiquity and the Middle Ages the Bible provided the key to all forms of knowledge. In the Sacred Scriptures was certainly the spiritual and religious, but also the most authoritative guide on the creation of the world and history of the human race. The Bible might not provide a great deal of geographical information, but it was the key reference in the study of cosmology, philosophy and history" (Alessandro Scafi 2007).







"Historians can do something God cannot do. They can change history." ~Butler, in Erehome Revisited

RE: Is Your CIty Occupied??? {USA}

Click here to read my full op-ed at the Huffington Post.

The Occupy Wall Street demonstrators are shining a light on one of the most serious problems facing the United States -- the greed and power of Wall Street. Now is the time for the American people to demand that the president and Congress follow that light -- and act. The future of our economy is at stake.

Thank you for your support.

Sincerely,


Senator Bernie Sanders





“Conservatism, per se, is a good thing; as in preserving the environment and saving money. But the concept of “conservatism” is corrupted when it becomes a shield for pilfering the common good, as in stealing from the poor and then accusing protesting victims of engaging in class warfare.” ~Bruce L. Gary. QUOTES FOR MISANTHROPES: Mocking Homo Hypocritus

RE: Is Your CIty Occupied??? {USA}

The Occupy Wall Street protests are shining a national spotlight on the most powerful, dangerous and secretive economic and political force in America.

If this country is to break out of this horrendous recession and create the millions of jobs we desperately need, if we are going to create a modicum of financial stability for the future, there is no question but that the American people are going to have to take a very hard look at Wall Street and demand fundamental reforms. I hope these protests are the beginning of that process.

Click here to read my recent op-ed at the Huffington Post.

Let us never forget that as a result of the greed, recklessness and illegal behavior on Wall Street, this country was plunged into the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. Millions of Americans lost their jobs, homes and life savings as the middle class underwent an unprecedented collapse. Sadly, despite all the suffering caused by Wall Street, there is no reason to believe that the major financial institutions have changed their ways, or that future financial disasters and bailouts will not happen again.

The question now becomes: how do we change the financial system so that it works for all Americans, not just the top one percent?

Here are several proposals that I am working on:

1) If a financial institution is too big to fail, it is too big to exist. Today, the six largest financial institutiions in America have assets equivalent to 65% of the United States' GDP - $9.4 trillion dollars. It is time to take a page from Teddy Roosevelt and break up these behemoths so that there will be real competition in the financial industry and, when big banks fail again, there will be no need to bail them out.

2) Put a cap on credit card interest rates to end usury. When credit card companies charge 25- or 30-percent interest rates they are not engaged in the business of "making credit available" to their customers. They are involved in extortion, usury and loan-sharking.

3) The Federal Reserve needs to provide small businesses in America with the same low-interest loans it gave to foreign banks. When Wall Street collapsed, the Fed lent out $16 trillion in low interest loans to central banks around the world and every major financial institution in this country. Now, at a time when small businesses can't get the loans they need, it is time for the Fed to create millions of American jobs by providing low-interest loans directly to small businesses.

4) Stop Wall Street oil speculators from artificially increasing gasoline and heating oil prices. Wall Street speculators are buying and selling billions of barrels of oil in the energy futures market with no intention of using a drop for any purpose other than to make a quick buck. We have got to end excessive oil speculation and bring needed relief to American consumers in lower oil and gas prices.

5) Demand that Wall Street invest in the job-creating productive economy, instead of gambling on worthless derivatives. The American people have got to make it crystal clear to Wall Street that the era of excessive speculation is over. The "heads, bankers win; tails, everyone else loses" financial system must end.

6) Establish a Wall Street speculation fee on credit default swaps, derivatives, stock options and futures. Both the economic crisis and the deficit crisis are a direct result of the greed and recklessness on Wall Street. Establishing a speculation fee would reduce gambling on Wall Street, encourage the financial sector to invest in the productive economy, and significantly reduce the deficit without harming average Americans.

Cont...

RE: Is Your CIty Occupied??? {USA}

"All of us should have free choice when it comes to patriotic displays... a government wisely acting within its bounds will earn loyalty and respect from its citizens. A government dare not demand the same." ~Jesse Ventura

RE: Is Your CIty Occupied??? {USA}

"We are all better off when we are ALL better off!" ~Bill Krueger

RE: Is Your CIty Occupied??? {USA}

Occupy MN gets law enforcement OK for occupation of Government Plaza
By Jessica Lussenhop
published: Thu., Oct. 6 2011 @ 9:38AM

So far, so nice for Occupy MN.
?In a series of meetings held over the past couple of days, Occupy MN organizers have received tentative approval for their plans to camp out in the Hennepin County Government Center plaza starting tomorrow at 9 a.m.

The plaza is public property, but organizers still met with the Hennepin County Sheriff's Department and the Minneapolis Police Department to discuss their plans. The protestors are converging in solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street movement going on in New York City, and could be there for days if not weeks.

For now, at least, it appears all parties are playing it Minnesota-nice.

Occupy Wall Street has been raging on for three weeks, drawing an estimated 20,000 attendees. Solidarity occupations have popped up in Chicago, San Francisco and Boston, and barely two weeks ago, a group of student in Duluth conceptualized Occupy MN.

Lead organizer Osha Karow says talks with police have been cordial and productive.

?The original posting to the Occupy MN website praises the New York protesters for "demonstrating against corporate greed and the injustices that we face as the 99%," referring to the 99 percent of people they claim are ruled by the other 1 percent. They announced initial plans to occupy the Fed, but later changed the target to the Government Plaza.

Attendance estimates for the event have varied wildly from 200 people to 1,000, though 972 have RSVP'd so far on the Occupy MN Facebook page. Protestors will converge at 9 a.m. tomorrow morning to set up and do workshops, at 5 p.m. there will be an official kick-off rally, and at 7 p.m. the first meeting of the Occupy MN general assembly will take place.

The Hennepin County Sheriff has jurisdiction over the Government Plaza itself, while the Minneapolis police are of course responsible for downtown streets. In meetings with the sheriff, Occupy MN was told they will not need to obtain permits to be there, nor will they be removed so long as they keep things nice and legal. While the sheriff is OK with overnight guests in sleeping bags, things may get a little sticky when it comes to the group's plan to erect a tent city. The sheriff is also iffy about a bank of port-o-potties. Another meeting to iron out these issues is scheduled for this morning.

But so far, so good. Sheriff Rich Stanek was even quoted calling the occupiers "nice people."

A lot can happen in a short amount of time and Occupy MN is in it for the long haul. According to Osha Karow, one of the lead organizers, they do not plan on leaving until Occupy Wall Street's general assembly has had their demands met. We'll keep you updated as the protest continues to evolve.

Previous coverage:

Occupy Wall Street protest coming to Minneapolis
Democracy Now! reporters win settlement for arrests during 2008 Republic convention
ACLU, Ramsey County Sheriff's office settle RNC free speech lawsuit







"Civil disobedience is not anti-American, but rather patriotic, standing up for one's rights as an American." ~Bohemianjack, Patriotic American

RE: YOUR HERO !! The MAN from TEXAS - RICK PERRY !!!

He was flyin'.












“It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those who have expressed more superficial views; for these also contributed something, by developing before us the powers of thought.” ~Aristotle, Greek Philosopher, Scientist and Physician, 384 BC-322 BC

RE: YOUR HERO !! The MAN from TEXAS - RICK PERRY !!!

Thanks... Just my .02 this morning.










"I never saw that telephone pole, but I still need to spread the love." ~Cupid, trussed and bandaged, ordering Papa Murphy's heart shaped pizzas

RE: YOUR HERO !! The MAN from TEXAS - RICK PERRY !!!

Rick Perry did put Texas in god's hands on August 6.







“I’ll admit to a smile upon learning that an act of God destroyed a church.” ~Bruce L. Gary. QUOTES FOR MISANTHROPES: Mocking Homo Hypocritus

RE: Obama Sais --------TAX The RICH !!

Where's Alice?







“In the interest of creating a more tolerant society I suggest banishing all intolerant people.” ~Bruce L. Gary. QUOTES FOR MISANTHROPES: Mocking Homo Hypocritus

RE: food for thought.

Couldn't resist... I'd cover you every night



























"And I'm just a waste of her energy and she's just wasting my time, Mmhmmm... So why don't we get together and we could waste everything tonight; and we could waste, and we could waste it all tonight.. Yea!" ~Jack Johnson. Wasting Time

RE: how can you know if you can trust or believe people on this site?

Simpley amazing












Yes...



The scam is easily recognized before opening the message and most get taken in because didn't read the scam warning tab, profile, forum rule and help tabs on these pages.









*** "In order to understand mankind, we must look at the word itself, "mank" and "ind". What do these words mean? Maybe we'll never know." —Jack Handey

RE: food for thought.

I'll cover you...









"The message is long 'cause baby this is your song. I think that you don't know anybody that could be so bad, but if you did you'd be wonderin' where I'm at..." ~Jack Johnson. Tomorrow Morning

RE: food for thought.

Good questions despite flawed logic.







“Asking the right question can be more useful than giving a right answer." ~Bruce L. Gary. QUOTES FOR MISANTHROPES: Mocking Homo Hypocritus





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“It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those who have expressed more superficial views; for these also contributed something, by developing before us the powers of thought.” ~Aristotle, Greek Philosopher, Scientist and Physician, 384 BC-322 BC

RE: food for thought.

Good questions despite flawed logic.







“Asking the right question can be more useful than giving a right answer." ~Bruce L. Gary. QUOTES FOR MISANTHROPES: Mocking Homo Hypocritus

RE: food for thought.

I read more than write... I got the OP..





Be interesting to see what is to come.






"The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who do not possess it" -George Bernard Shaw, English philosopher.

RE: Straight approach !! OR,,

One of my all time favorites.










“"If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is, because everything would be what it isn't. And contrary wise, what is, it wouldn't be. And what it wouldn't be, it would. You see?” ~Lewis Carrol, Alice in Wonderland

RE: Straight approach !! OR,,

Reddies wear like badges.














"A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal." ~OSCAR WILDE, The Critic as Artist

RE: food for thought.

"Not only are things not what they seem to be, they are often not what we think they are after we discover they're not what they seem to be." ~Bruce L. Gary. QUOTES FOR MISANTHROPES: Mocking Homo Hypocritus

RE: Straight approach !! OR,,

I've been collecting sad flowers to give to the red thumbs that follow my posts.





"Some say to survive you need to be as mad as a hatter... which luckily, I am." ~Johnny Depp. Tim Burton's Alice in wonderland. The Mad Hatter.

RE: Straight approach !! OR,,

"T'is an old maxim in the schools,
That flattery ’s the food of fools;
Yet now and then your men of wit
Will condescend to take a bit." ~Cadenus and Vanessa. Jonathan Swift

RE: Straight approach !! OR,,

Couldn't resist














"Take a quarter. Place it against the inside of your right knee. Then clamp it with the inside of your left knee. And stay that way. See how long he hangs around the casino after the buffet closes." ~EastSideEddie

RE: food for thought.

This could get interesting...















"Weather forecast for tonight: Dark. Continued dark overnight, with widely scattered light by morning." ~George Carlin

RE: Straight approach !! OR,,

*** "In order to understand mankind, we must look at the word itself, "mank" and "ind".What do these words mean? Maybe we'll never know." — Jack Handey