Yesterdays events as told by an arrestee - What the hell...
The cops here in Oakland are being super aggressive, it looks like they are taking political prisoners. They seem to be selecting certain Occupiers to arrest.This is happening now.You have to read this...
View ArticleHow to Use The Hidden Job Market to Find a Job
Losing a job can be really scary. It brings up all kinds of primal fears like, "will I be homeless, will my spouse divorce me, will I not be able to feed my kids"...truly scary stuff. I got hammered in...
View ArticleShould I start this business...
I'm hoping the DKOS community can help me make a decision. I'm thinking about offering website development services to small businesses in my town.I can do marketing and sell. I've also got the...
View ArticleOpen Letter to Oakland elected officials
David Colburn, of Oakland, has written a brilliant piece about the 400 Occupy Oaklanders that were cornered, blocked in and then arrested. He really gets to the heart of the matter and even mentions a...
View ArticleHow They Are Going To Steal The Election
In 2000 they stole the election via Florida stopping the count, illegally.In 2004 they stole the election via some vote counting machine sabotage, as I understand it.Not sure why they were not able to...
View ArticleHow McCain Could Have Won In 2008 - What That Says About 2012
Swing states were loaded up with Republican governors and or SoSs, back in 2008.The "unthinkable" (i.e. a black president) was becoming a reality. I mean if you are a racist party with a history of...
View ArticleFinally...Some Real Data To Help Me Stop Panicking Over The First Debate Loss
Sam's the man.If you don't know Sam, you don't know "Jack" so to speak.Go below the squiggly, click the link, read up, take a deep breath, exhale... and then get the fuck back to work re-electing our...
View ArticleStealing Ohio?
I've been a Moveon.org member for years. Today I got an email from them that made me very happy. It made me happy because they are doing something about the GOPs effort to steal the Ohio election. The...
View ArticleURGENT: 1 Million GOTV Calls for Obama in 9 Days - are you in?
I'm issuing a challenge to all of you.The challenge is for each of you to make 537 GOTV telephone calls for Obama, between Sunday October 28th and Monday November 5th. That's 9 days.In order for me to...
View ArticleWhy I'm Not Too Worried About Election Theft This Time
This diary was originally a comment that I made. The Diarist suggested that I make it a diary, so here we are. More below the sqiggleydothingy.
View ArticleOccupy Gets A Large Measure Of Credit For Obama's Re-election
"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." (George Santayana)Do you remember?It was only one year ago that the GOP completely had the upper hand regarding the national narrative....
View ArticleA Shout Out To The "Big Dog"
Besides President Obama, I can't think of anyone who worked as hard to help us win as did William Jefferson Clinton, aka the 42nd President of the United States. Don't kid yourself about the enormous...
View ArticleHillary 2016 - For My Daughter & Women Everywhere
Here is why I was a Hillary supporter in 08 and will be again in 16. POTUS is a job, perhaps the hardest job in the world. As with every job, it carries a learning curve. My guesstimate is that the...
View ArticleHere's The Last Word (video) On That "Job Creator" Bullshite
A billionaire explains how and why the only real "job creators" are the middle class.That's an idea worth spreading and this is a video worth watching.
View Article"We Will Unseat Politicians Who Don’t Cooperate"
I first heard about this from Randi Rhodes. Randi is one she sharpest political minds in the country. I completely trust her take on pretty much anything political. So of course, I had to check it...
View ArticleSee inside a B52 cockpit - for Major Kong
Would you like to sit in the cockpit of a B52, right now?Well, thanks to the National Museum of the Air Force, you can...and it will blow your mind!This one is for Major Kong (former B52 pilot), one of...
View ArticleOur Strategy in 2014
A few years ago, about 2009, I saw a video in which a guy was on the floor of Congress giving a speech. What he said floored me, and many others.He said something close to "The Republican plan for...
View ArticleArkansas Mother Obliterates Common Core in 4 Minutes!
The more I learn about Common Core, the more worried I get. How on earth did this get jammed through? It's a disaster for our kids and by extension, our society. It seems like a combination of massive...
View ArticleThe Police Are Killing a Lot of White People Also...
This will blow your mind.Go to this website and do a search.Any search, any state.Then read and scroll down the pages.All the entries list race and many have pictures. If you think police shootings...
View ArticleIs the Grand Jury Process Broken?
Grand Jury Declines To Indict NYPD Officer In Chokehold Death Of Eric GarnerClick through and read the comments.You can hear people's heads exploding.http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...It's finally...
View ArticleWisconsin passed the nation’s first law calling for outside reviews of police...
This is a really amazing story.What I Did After Police Killed My SonRead more: http://www.politico.com/...The sad truth of the matter is that now that the police are killing white, unarmed citzens...
View ArticleOakland Rehires Serial Killer Cop
I'm speechless. I'm at a loss for words. This is so beyond crazy.Warning - this will really piss you off. This will really upset you.http://youtu.be/...
View ArticleMeet The Canfield Watchmen (Ferguson Copwatch)
This will help put bad cops under a microscope. Misdeeds will be up on Youtube and then the evening news in a flash.Check out the Canfield Watchmen.
View ArticleBART Weighs in on Black Lives Matter
BART General Manager, Grace Crunican has said she will not tolerate BART shut downs and will seek monetary restitution against peaceful civil right activists who closed the West Oakland Station on...
View ArticleHow Profiling Hurts My Children
My wife and I live in a nice lower-hills neighborhood in Oakland CA. We have teenage children and are a mixed race family. Our neighborhood has a problem that's dangerous for our kids.The problem is...
View ArticleI'm a redneck and I love America
This video is so great. I've watched it several times...and so should you.It's gone totally viral and the white supremacists hate it.But here is the really amazing thing.I've never seen anything like...
View ArticleWhy Oakland Police Can't Solve Crime
Finally, someone gets it.Policing is a business.It goes something like this.They decide to heavily patrol poor neighborhoods because that's where the crime is.It seems to make sense. Only it's a...
View ArticleOut of Control Security Guard at Trader Joe's
Here is a copy of a note I sent to Trader Joes HQ via their website.My wife and I were walking into your Oakland CA Lakeshore store at about 4:30 pm today (8/26/15) when we saw your security guard...
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The Counted: People Killed by Police in the US
The Counted by The GuardianThis all started for me in January of 2009. That was when the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) police killed Oscar Grant.Oscar Grant was face down on the ground when the BART...
View ArticleRacial Profiling Via Nextdoor.com
There's a problem over at Nextdoor.Must read article from a great journalist, Sam Levin.Sneak peak...White Oakland residents are increasingly using the popular social networking site to report...
View ArticleHelp Stop Racial Profiling on Nextdoor.com
The petition linked to below contains a great video that is part of a very solid piece of journalism by East Bay Express reporter Sam Levin.Here is the link to the full article:Racial Profiling Via...
View ArticleSleepbus is a great idea that can help homeless people
I’d never heard of this until a few minutes ago.I can across it online and immediately made a donation because it seems like a great idea and I think we as a country should be deeply ashamed of the way...
View ArticleShe Speaks for me...and I'm not Talking About Hillary...
I voted for Bernie. I donated money to Bernie. I love Bernie!I will vote for Hillary. I’m thrilled that our next President will be a woman. I think Hillary will be an okay President. However, there’s a...
View ArticleI'm not clicking on Trump anymore...
I’m no longer going to consume any Trump-related content. I have no interest in anything he has to say. He’s a liar about everything all the time, so how can I care about what he says?I’m going to do...
View ArticleAn easy & fun way to get your fat ass off the couch to make some GOTV calls
In order to keep me from wasting all of my time worrying about a Trump victory and thus spending hours online looking for information to ease my fears, I have a new plan that’s working well. I now have...
View ArticleCalifornia Does The Right Thing - in the Face of Trump...
Joint Statement from California Legislative Leaders on Result of Presidential ElectionWednesday, November 09, 2016SACRAMENTO – California Senate President pro Tempore Kevin de León (D-Los Angeles) and...
View ArticleTrump Can Still be Stopped - The Electoral College Was Designed to Prevent...
I found this article here. This article appears to offer us a possible solution. The only question is will enough of us take the time and effort to give it a try. Will you?Trump can still be stopped....
View ArticleYour Marching Orders to Save Healthcare (ACA & Medicare)
I was hoping for a nice calm and fun Thanksgiving and Christmas holiday. The election scuttled that and many other aspects of my life. Now I get to worry about having health care. I’m in my mid-fifties...
View ArticleHelp Us Make One Million Telephone Calls to STOP TRUMP - stop stressing,...
Help Us Make One Million Telephone Calls to STOP TRUMP It’s easy, just follow these four steps (pass it on)!1) Print out a list of all of your elected representatives.Go here to easily get your list:...
View ArticleElection 2016 Silver Linings You May Not Have Thought Of
xYouTube VideoI really needed to see some silver linings after the election. This video offers a solid set of ten silver linings. All good points and worth knowing.
View ArticleMust read article from ThinkProgress: Trump’s lies have a purpose. They are...
Have you ever heard of “non-linear warfare” or “managed democracy” or a man named Surkov?If not, you need to read this article, now. This article finally explains how Rump has been cleaning our clock...
View ArticleNonlinear warfare - A new system of political control
This exactly explains what’s happening to us now...and it’s chilling.Now that we see it, maybe we can defend against it before it’s too late.What are your thoughts?source: BBCxYouTube Video
View ArticleTell Your Members of Congress NOT to Attend the Inauguration of Donald Trump
We just launched Indivisible Oakland California. See below. Day after tomorrow we launch our first calling campaign, details below. By all means, feel free to copy any part of it that might be helpful...
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