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Shit in a Sack

? From the front page of the Pueblo Star-Journal and Sunday Chieftain?, Dated Sunday November 6, 1977. The banner headline on the front page cried out in large bold lettering: NEWSMEN TOUR PRISON AND VIEW “LIVING HELL” By Bill Gagnon. … Continue reading

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David, Goliath, and Eric Brandt

I must confess, I’m no fan of the Bible, I’ve never understood how a man’s lips are moving and it is called the word of god. The same is true with the written word, the pen is in the hand … Continue reading

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The Poor Peoples Potty Project

Pause You Who Read This. In Great Expectations, Dickens writes, “Pause you who read this, and think for a moment of the long chain of iron or gold, of thorns or flowers, that would never have bound you, but for … Continue reading

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Ladon Sheats Peace Activist

It was 1979, I was sitting in the Denver County Jail waiting for my second escape trial to begin. The cell block door opened and in walked six men. I looked them over as all prisoner do when any new … Continue reading

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American press hides away (for Obama) news about the Guantanamo concentration camp hunger strike now in its second month

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ The US propaganda system sure aids out in assisting the US government and US military in their continued torture of people who have been convicted of no crime, as is the case with many of the POWs (‘detainees’) held … Continue reading

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Broomfield Police play rough game of Cowboys & Indians with Idle No More Native Americans, literally

BROOMFIELD, COLO.- Fellow Occupy members and I joined in a “round dance” flash mob at a local mall on Wednesday night, as part of the growing IDLE NO MORE actions whose First Nations grievances include the despoiling of indigenous treaty … Continue reading

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Denver Canadian Consulate closes its doors to IDLE NO MORE round dance and a very polite letter

DENVER, COLORADO- Indigenous activists paused only one day before assembling a second IDLE NO MORE gathering to perform a round dance at the Canadian Consulate in Denver today, to deliver a letter urging the Canadian government and the British Crown … Continue reading

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Colorado police brutality retrospective: the 1934 Relief Strike Battle, UP story “Girl Radical Leads Mob in Denver Riot”

If one image captures the “Relief Strike Riot” of October 30, 1934, it’s of Patrolman CV Satt who continues to fire his service revolver after he’s felled by a bottle thrown by a striking picketer. Although Colorado newspapers were anti-union, … Continue reading

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Aw come on Rupert! Nobody is creepier and more evil than you, except maybe Silvio Berlusconi and Joe Paterno

Rupert Murdoch: Scientologists are ‘creepy, maybe even evil’.   “Success without honor is an unseasoned dish; it will satisfy your hunger, but it won’t taste good.” -Joe Paterno.

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Occupy was fooled by undocumented Obama Dream Activists, so were you

DENVER- Who wouldn’t want to stand in solidarity with undocumented immigrants willing to stage sit-ins in Obama campaign headquarters across the country, risking arrest and certain deportation –we thought– to demand that President Obama hear their plea? Yeah, the Dream … Continue reading

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Barack Obama Administration uses hunger as weapon of war against the people of Yemen

Americans as a mass are so completely outside of the making of any political decisions in their supposed democracy, that they hardly now bat an eye at news about the US/ Pentagon war making in places like Bahrain, Syria, Libya, … Continue reading

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Support Palestinian prisoners in their struggle against Israeli torture regime

The hunger strike continues… In photos: widespread solidarity with hunger striking Palestinian prisoners …NOTE how Israelis use solitary confinement to torture POWs just exactly how the Pentagon does. Volatile Situation as Hunger Strikers near Death.

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Here comes the bride!

‘Here comes the bride… NasoGastric tube in her nose’… (sing to the tune of Felix Mendelssohn’s Wedding March!)… Bridal Hunger Games Losing Weight in Time for the Wedding. Here Comes the Bride – Wedding March Faithfully guarded, remain behind with … Continue reading

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Behind the UN’s messing over Somalia and Haiti, lies the US government

The UN, with the US behind them, just can’t stay out of the news completely about how the two together are royally screwing over the people of both Somalia and Haiti. In Haiti, the UN has had continually been involved … Continue reading

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How do humans know what’s edible? Nature or nuture? Pink Slime vs GMOs

SO I am going to brave the hypothesis that you can write about Twinkies without having to eat one. Actually I discovered Twinkie image aversion easily overcomes Twinkie the concept, and I don’t just mean examples like the phallic Strangelove … Continue reading

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US Occupation troops starve the children of Afghanistan half to death

‘More than half of Afghan children under the age of five are chronically malnourished, according to the joint report by the World Bank and the government.’ The full responsibility for this lies with the US military Commander in Chief, Barack … Continue reading

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Fear and Loathing in Colorado Springs

Those readers following the Occupy! Movement in its many forms around the world and in Colorado Springs will be glad to hear that Tuesday culminated a difficult week for us here with a resolution of many contentious issues, and an … Continue reading

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Occupying an empty house

My friend Maureen gets frustrated with me because i keep slinging all this outlandish stuff at her, and as one might expect, she has a hard time getting it sometimes, and an even harder time imagining that any of it … Continue reading

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It Was Always, Always You

My maternal grandparents had a favorite song, their song, Irving Berlin’s sentimental Always. With “always” capping every line and recurring as a chorus echo, the verbal chime quickly packed a saccharine wallop if it wasn’t you celebrating your 50th or … Continue reading

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French craft DIGNITY breaks for Gaza, leads Flotilla II until rest allowed to go

UPDATED– In a flurry of conflicting tweets, French Flotilla II member DIGNITE AL KARAMA made for the open sea, beyond the reach of Greek authorities currently detaining the AUDACITY OF HOPE, TAHRIR, LOUISE MICHEL, GUERNICA, JULIANO and others. Reporter Quentin … Continue reading

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Banned books: the subversive dystopia

Banned Books, p.2– I put a lot of faith in an internet resilient enough to remain an unrestricted archive of crowd-sourced human knowledge, even more I hope public data will eventually permeate the proprietary, but continued access to subversive literature … Continue reading

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Poetry of Barack Obama invokes MLK but pays true homage to Rod McKuen

Jesus what a bore! Remember when SNL lampooned Sarah Palin’s first prime time TV interview by reenacting it verbatim? They could do that with Obama’ humorless addresses, I think it would make great theater, but the joke’s already abysmally old. … Continue reading

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Miz Lisa Czeladtko, drop the hell out of the race, M’kay?

You know, there’s not many options. Threatening police actions and lawsuits for people mocking your positions on civic issues, especially when you’re hoping to be in government power, to be honest, would put you right up there with Rivera and … Continue reading

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Doug Bruce v. Dogbert

See, this guy is an archetype of So-Called “Conservative” ethos. He milks his position as a pig, Former prosecutor that is, first with the “Back the Badge” morons who actually believe that “The Policeman is always right”, made God-damn sure … Continue reading

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Boo-McHaa-McHoo, Kids NOT being McBranded

McDonalds is upset. Their Corporate “News” McPartners are upset. San Francisco voters ratified a law requiring that toys only be placed in McHappy McMeals that don’t exceed the recommended daily allowance of calories. Which, the vast majority of their food … Continue reading

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