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As homeless defendants face camping charges, Denver courts lie to jurors.
DENVER, COLORADO- Trial began yesterday for three homeless activists charged with violating Denver’s Unauthorized Camping Law. An ordinance enacted in 2012 partly as a coordinated response to Occupy Wall Street encampments across the country, partly to smooth the city’s gentrification … Continue reading
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DPD commander reveals arrest threat is a regular “ploy” to disperse protest
DENVER, COLORADO- We heard on Friday that US judge William Martinez needed more time to craft an opinion on a temporary injunction of DIA’s enforcement of their free speech permit. He commited to a decision early this week, and frankly … Continue reading
Posted in Local News
Tagged actions, activists, Airports, America, American, Americans, Arrest, Arrests, Bear, camps, Citizens United, Civil Liberties, Colorado, cops, Courts, Craft, Crow, decline, Denver, Denver International Airport, Department, DIA, Downtown, DPD, DUI, enforcement, EPA, FDR, Free Speech, freedom, IAM, injunction, Interest, Internment Camps, Intimidation, IRS, Islam, Japan, Japanese, JFK, Justice, Military, Muslim, Muslim Ban, Optimism, Permit, PLO, police, Pot, President, Protest, protests, Security, Supreme Court, Surveillance, Target, Travel, Trump, Wednesday
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Yet a fourth term of Clintonism? Why US liberalism is bankrupt and without any bailout that would work for it
The Democratic Party has reduced our supposed US corporate financed and run ‘democracy’ down over the last quarter of a century down to whether we are all led by our throats to another 4 years of Country Bush and sons, … Continue reading
Posted in Perspective
Tagged Advertising, Africa, AIDS, Al Gore, America, American, Argument, Bailout, bankrupt, Bill Clinton, Brazil, Bush, Business, cell phones, Cheney, Clinton, Clintonism, Coke, Community, Corporate, Democracy, Democratic Party, Dick Cheney, Disease, elections, Energy, Family, FERA, Finance, forest, freedom, Germany, Globe, Health, Hillary, Jimmy Carter, leadership, Left, liberal, Liberalism, liberals, MAGA, Medical, NSA, Optimism, Pentagon, Pepsi, POW, power, public schools, Republic, Republican, Republican Party, Rove, Rwanda, School, Schools, South Africa, Thinking, Time Magazine, Treasure, Vote, Voting, wife, your vote
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Things to do on the last day of Spring.
The sun rises in a few minutes, so I’ve got a short series of songs on my playlist, which I’ll accompany with my recorder (flute) Moonshadow and “Morning Has Broken” of course, Question and Wildest Dream by the Moody Blues, … Continue reading
National Assembly is antiwar exclusively
Reports are emerging from July’s National Assembly, the vital effort to unite antiwar forces into a common movement. Delegates from the major peace organizations hammered out a strategy to address Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Palestine. Missing from the consensus? Nonviolence, … Continue reading
Posted in Activism
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Caps off to Goose Gossage
Tears are free falling this afternoon. Goose Gossage was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame, and it is about damn time. Goose grew up in Colorado Springs, graduated from my alma mater Wasson High School, and went on to … Continue reading
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Tagged AIG, Art, Baseball, Colorado, Colorado Springs, Fame, Family, Flag, High School, Injustice, IRS, Justice, Optimism, POW, power, relief, School, Sport, wife
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The Conservative Motto: Greed is Good, Greed is God!
The trouble with optimism. I especially love the first quote, by Treasury Secretary Andrew Mellon, who made billions off the Great Depression. War with Spain? Palestinians file war crimes charges against Israel. Probably moot, as both US presidential candidates would … Continue reading
Posted in Headlines
Tagged AIG, AntiChrist, Arrest, Art, Batman, Bing, Bombing, Cain, Campaign, Cheney, Christ, CIA, Compassion, Conference, Conservatives, Convention, Crime, depression, Elderly, Election, Evidence, Evil, Gates, God, GOP, Great Depression, Greed, IRA, Iraq, IRS, Israel, Israeli war crimes, John McCain, Love, Mali, McCain, Money, Obama, Occupation, Optimism, Palestine, Palestinians, Passion, Peru, President, proof, RAW, Republic, Republican, Republican Party, Republicans, Rove, Soul, Spain, Thinking, Traitor, Vote, War, War Crime, War Crimes
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Resistance is fertile
Best sign of optimism I’ve seen ever. resistance is fertile from CrimethInc. The greatest illusionist spectacle in the world no longer enchants us. We are certain that communities of joy will emerge from our struggle, here and now. … Continue reading
Posted in Sight-Bites
Tagged Chants, Crime, Death, Inc., IRS, Optimism, Resist, Resistance, Revolution
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We have met the neighbor and he is us
I love Spongebob Squarepants. The show and the person. I revere his inimitable optimism. Patrick I find likewise adorable for his straightforward ineptitude. Squidward would be the foil obviously, a sort of puritan Malevolio ill-joy, a neighbor like Mr. Wilson … Continue reading
Posted in Personal Notes
Tagged Addiction, AIG, ARN, Bling, character, EPA, Forward, Love, Optimism, PLO, Popular Culture, Prejudice, Salvation, Spongebob, SpongeBob Squarepants, Squidward, Television, War, Wilson
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The separation of education and thought
Would you entrust your children to the care of a teacher who didn’t have a Kucinich 2008 bumper sticker on their car? Or a sign in their window reading “What are you doing about global warming?” I know another elementary … Continue reading
Hateful Hamas and Friendless Fatah
Hamas and Fatah. Do you know which is which? I try to keep abreast of the people’s struggle, so I find it strange and disappointing that in the news I so often cannot differentiate the two. I blame a slanderous … Continue reading
Posted in Headlines
Tagged Arabic, camps, Corporate, corporate media, DIA, Election, Empire, Fatah, France, Fraud, Gandhi, Gaza, Hamas, Headlines, Interest, IRA, IRS, Islam, Islamic Resistance Movement, Israel, Israelis, Israelites, Jew, Jews, Kapos, Liberation, Mahatma Gandhi, Media, Middle East, Nazi, Nazis, Occupation, Occupied Territories, Optimism, Orientation, P.L.O., Palestine, Palestinian Authority, Palestinians, PLO, Representatives, Resist, Resistance, Respect, revenue, Tax, terror, terrorist, terrorists, War, Western, Yasser Arafat
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Resistance to gay marriage is inevitable
Gay Pride kicked off this week at the Avenue Bistro on Nevada where a banner on the terrace reads GAY MARRIAGE IS INEVITABLE. May I just say, not to dampen the optimism, but what an unfortunate choice of a taunt. … Continue reading
Tagged AIG, Axe, Campaign, CIA, Colorado, Colorado Springs, Death, decline, diversity, Emos, Empire, Fun, Gay, Gay Marriage, Gay Pride, Marriage, Natural, Optimism, Orientation, Pride, Race, Resist, Resistance, Roman Empire, sex, Sexuality, Tax, Taxes
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Lebanon in ruins
Lebanon lies in ruins after the imperialist allies, the US and Israel, destroyed it once again. Israel’s invasion destroyed about $5 billion dollars worth of civilian infrastructure, and much of South Lebanon’s population has had to pass the Winter amongst … Continue reading
Tagged Afghanistan, America, American, Americans, anarchy, Arabia, Art, BIA, Bush, Chaos, Conference, Corruption, Debt, Democratic Party, Democratic Party voters, Democrats, Empire, EPA, Euro, Europe, European Union, France, Government, Hezbollah, Imperial, Imperialism, Infrastructure, Invasion, IRA, Iran, Iraq, IRS, Israel, Jordan, Language, Lebanon, Mali, Middle East, Opera, Optimism, Pakistan, Paris, population, Prime Minister, Protest, Race, Resist, Resistance, Rove, Saudi, Saudi Arabia, shallow, Somalia, Stupid, Syria, Troy, Union, Vote, War, Winter
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Give Peace a Dance!
The annual PPJPC membership meeting revealed a community bristling with energy and optimism. The very best idea yet was voiced by Phyllis Lucero, about her oft overuled idea to hold a dance as a funraiser for peace. “Give peace a … Continue reading
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Tagged America, American, Colorado Springs, Community, Condi, Dance, Energy, Fun, IRA, Iraq, Ken Salazar, Military, NRA, Optimism, Pacifism, Peace, Pikes Peak Justice and Peace Commission, poll, Polls, pollsters, PPJPC, soldier, Soldiers, support the war, Thinking, troops, Voice, Vote, War, White
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Ward Churchill: Some People Push Back
Here is Ward Churchill’s notorious 9/11 “Little Eichmanns” essay, published online September 12, 2001, presented here for archival purposes lest critics think they can silence one of our nation’s strongest dissenting voices. Churchill later expanded this piece into a book … Continue reading →