From snug.bug at hotmail.com Tue Oct 1 12:22:28 2013 From: snug.bug at hotmail.com (Brian Good) Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2013 12:22:28 -0700 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Inequality for All Message-ID: Plays at the Aquarius Theater in Palo Alto (2:30 and 5:00 shows are $7) It's very well done, well-paced, and at 90 minutes leaves you wanting more. Here's the trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9REdcxfie3M Amid the dire statistics is a lot of humor. Reich is a witty lecturer, a millionaire manufacturer of pillows points out that no matter how wealthy the 1% gets, they'll only need a few pillows; and Jon Stewart weighs in hilariously on the US's status in income disparity (on par with Ivory Coast and Uganda). (1) Clips of pundits equating more progressive tax structures with "socialism" also liven up the debate. The major point is that income concentration that reached peaks in 1928 and 2007 is associated not just with all kinds of economic evils, but with a vicious cycle of reduced consumer demand, reduced employment, lower wages, reduced tax revenues, reduced education, and reduced opportunities. By contrast, the Great Prosperity of 1948 to 1977 was a time of low income equality, enjoying a virtuous cycle of more employment, more tax revenues, more education, higher wages, and greater opportunities. We need to "replace trickle-down with middle-out," Reich says. Consumer debt and the addition of women to the workforce have masked the loss of workers' earning power. ?The core principle," says Reich, "is that we want an economy that works for everyone, not just for a small elite. We want equal opportunity, not equality of outcome. We want to make sure that there?s upward mobility again, in our society and in our economy.? (2) In the US today, he points out, 42% of those born in poverty stay in poverty. In Denmark the figure is 25%. In the 1970s tuition at Berkeley was $700 a year (in today's dollars); today it's $15,000. "95 percent of the gains from economic recovery since 2009 have gone to the famous 1 percent," Paul Krugman tells us. "60 percent of the gains went to the top 0.1 percent, people with annual incomes of more than $1.9 million." (3) Ultimately, Reich says, income disparity is undermining democracy--because money has the capacity to control politics through lobbying and campaign finance, and because "Losers in rigged games can become very angry." Society "is starting to pull apart.? The film ends on a feelgood note. "Mobilize, organize, energize," Reich says. All that need be done is to reject the current economic dogma and return to what used to be. (1) http://aattp.org/best-daily-show-clip-ever-stewart-decimates-cons-who-vilify-the-poor/ (see Part 1 video at 3:00--note CIA revised its stats a few days after Stewart's show) (2) http://billmoyers.com/episode/full-show-inequality-for-all/ (3) http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/13/opinion/krugman-rich-mans-recovery.html?_r=0 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From snug.bug at hotmail.com Tue Oct 1 12:34:46 2013 From: snug.bug at hotmail.com (Brian Good) Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2013 12:34:46 -0700 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] FW: Inequality for All In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Oops--boo-boo in the "The major point" paragraph. It should say "the Great Prosperity of 1948 to 1977 was a time of low income INEQUALITY, enjoying a virtuous cycle . . . " From: snug.bug at hotmail.com To: sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2013 12:22:28 -0700 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Inequality for All Plays at the Aquarius Theater in Palo Alto (2:30 and 5:00 shows are $7) It's very well done, well-paced, and at 90 minutes leaves you wanting more. Here's the trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9REdcxfie3M Amid the dire statistics is a lot of humor. Reich is a witty lecturer, a millionaire manufacturer of pillows points out that no matter how wealthy the 1% gets, they'll only need a few pillows; and Jon Stewart weighs in hilariously on the US's status in income disparity (on par with Ivory Coast and Uganda). (1) Clips of pundits equating more progressive tax structures with "socialism" also liven up the debate. The major point is that income concentration that reached peaks in 1928 and 2007 is associated not just with all kinds of economic evils, but with a vicious cycle of reduced consumer demand, reduced employment, lower wages, reduced tax revenues, reduced education, and reduced opportunities. By contrast, the Great Prosperity of 1948 to 1977 was a time of low income equality, enjoying a virtuous cycle of more employment, more tax revenues, more education, higher wages, and greater opportunities. We need to "replace trickle-down with middle-out," Reich says. Consumer debt and the addition of women to the workforce have masked the loss of workers' earning power. ?The core principle," says Reich, "is that we want an economy that works for everyone, not just for a small elite. We want equal opportunity, not equality of outcome. We want to make sure that there?s upward mobility again, in our society and in our economy.? (2) In the US today, he points out, 42% of those born in poverty stay in poverty. In Denmark the figure is 25%. In the 1970s tuition at Berkeley was $700 a year (in today's dollars); today it's $15,000. "95 percent of the gains from economic recovery since 2009 have gone to the famous 1 percent," Paul Krugman tells us. "60 percent of the gains went to the top 0.1 percent, people with annual incomes of more than $1.9 million." (3) Ultimately, Reich says, income disparity is undermining democracy--because money has the capacity to control politics through lobbying and campaign finance, and because "Losers in rigged games can become very angry." Society "is starting to pull apart.? The film ends on a feelgood note. "Mobilize, organize, energize," Reich says. All that need be done is to reject the current economic dogma and return to what used to be. (1) http://aattp.org/best-daily-show-clip-ever-stewart-decimates-cons-who-vilify-the-poor/ (see Part 1 video at 3:00--note CIA revised its stats a few days after Stewart's show) (2) http://billmoyers.com/episode/full-show-inequality-for-all/ (3) http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/13/opinion/krugman-rich-mans-recovery.html?_r=0 _______________________________________________ sosfbay-discuss mailing list sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org http://lists.cagreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- An embedded and charset-unspecified text was scrubbed... Name: ATT00001 URL: From carolineyacoub at att.net Wed Oct 2 09:46:14 2013 From: carolineyacoub at att.net (Caroline Yacoub) Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2013 09:46:14 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [GPSCC-chat] movie Message-ID: <1380732374.66884.YahooMailNeo@web185301.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> Inequality For All is terrific. 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URL: From carolineyacoub at att.net Wed Oct 2 10:12:36 2013 From: carolineyacoub at att.net (Caroline Yacoub) Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2013 10:12:36 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Fw: Bernie Sanders: A single-payer system, like Medicare, is the cure for America's ailing healthcare In-Reply-To: <201310012222.r91MM8O0009780@mail.ucla.edu> References: <201310012222.r91MM8O0009780@mail.ucla.edu> Message-ID: <1380733956.59261.YahooMailNeo@web185302.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: shane que hee To: Sent: Tuesday, October 1, 2013 3:22 PM Subject: Bernie Sanders: A single-payer system, like Medicare, is the cure for America's ailing healthcare Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2013 14:15:38 -0700 >Subject: Bernie Sanders: A single-payer system, like Medicare, is the cure for America's ailing healthcare >From: Thomas Scott Tucker > > > > >A single-payer system, like Medicare, is the cure for America's ailing healthcare > >Obamacare's reforms are a welcome but small step. To give all Americans healthcare as a right, we need a fair, efficient solution >Bernie Sanders >theguardian.com, Monday 30 September 2013 > >I start my approach to healthcare from two very basic premises. First, healthcare must be recognized as a right, not a privilege. Every man, woman and child in our country should be able to access the healthcare they need regardless of their income. Second, we must create a national healthcare system that provides quality healthcare for all in the most cost-effective way possible. > >Tragically, the United States is failing in both areas. > >It is unconscionable that in one of the most advanced nations in the world, there are nearly 50 million people who lack health insurance and millions more who have burdensome co-payments and deductibles. In fact, some 45,000 Americans die each year because they do not get to a doctor when they should. In terms of life expectancy, infant mortality and otherhealth outcomes, the United States lags behind almost every other advanced country. > >Despite this unimpressive record, the US spends almost twice as much per person on healthcare as any other nation. As a result of an incredibly wasteful, bureaucratic, profit-making and complicated system, the US spends 17% of its gross domestic product ? approximately $2.7tn annually? on healthcare. While insurance companies, drug companies, private hospitals and medical equipment suppliers make huge profits, Americans spend more and get less for their healthcare dollars. > >What should the US be doing to improve this abysmal situation? > >President Obama's Affordable Care Act is a start. It prevents insurance companies from denying patients coverage for pre-existing conditions, allows people up to age 26 to stay on their parents' insurance, sets minimum standards for what insurance must cover and helps lower-income Americans afford health insurance. When the marketplace exchanges open for enrollment on Tuesday, many Americans will find the premiums will be lower than the ones they're paying now. Others will find the coverage is much more comprehensive than their current plans. > >Most importantly, another 20 million Americans will receive health insurance. This is a modest step forward. But if we are serious about providing quality care for all, much more needs to be done. > >The only long-term solution to America's healthcare crisis is a single-payer national healthcare program. > >The good news is that, in fact, a large-scale single-payer system already exists in the United States and its enrollees love it. It is called Medicare. Open to all Americans over 65 years of age, the program has been a resounding success since its introduction 48 years ago. Medicare should be expanded to cover all Americans. > >Such a single-payer system would address one of the major deficiencies in the current system: the huge amount of money wasted on billing and administration. Hospitals and independent medical practices routinely employ more billing specialists than doctors ? and that's not the end of it. Patients and their families spend an enormous amount of time and effort arguing with insurance companies and bill collectors over what is covered and what they owe. Drug companies and hospitals spend billions advertising their products and services. > >Creating a simple system with one payer, covering all Americans, would result in an enormous reduction in administrative expenses. We would be spending our money on healthcare and disease prevention, not on paper-pushing and debt collection. > >Further, a single-payer system will expand employment opportunities and lift a financial weight off of businesses encumbered by employee health expenses. Many Americans remain at their current jobs because of the decent health insurance provided by their employer. Without the worry of losing benefits, those Americans will be free to explore other, more productive opportunities as they desire. For business owners, lifting the burden of employee healthcare expenditures will free them to invest in growing their businesses. > >Congressman Jim McDermott and I have introduced the American Health Security Act. Our bill will provide every American with healthcare coverage and services through a state-administered, single-payer program, including dental and mental health coverage and low-cost prescription drugs. It would require the government to develop national policies and guidelines, as well as minimum national criteria, while giving each state the flexibility to adapt the program as needed. It would also completely overhaul the health coverage system, creating a single federal payer of state-administered health plans. > >The American people understand that our current healthcare system is not working. But the time is long overdue for them to understand that there is something fundamentally wrong when the US remains the only country in the industrialized world that does not guarantee healthcare to all its people. > >Healthcare is a right and we must ensure provision of that right for Americans. A single-payer system will be good for the average American, good for businesses, good for workers and good for our overall economy. >? >? >************************************************ > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From snug.bug at hotmail.com Wed Oct 2 14:19:16 2013 From: snug.bug at hotmail.com (Brian Good) Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2013 14:19:16 -0700 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] FW: Risks to Internet? In-Reply-To: References: <52362AE5.1080806@earthlink.net>, Message-ID: I remember now the tenth essential mystery of Ground Zero that the government investigation dodged by declining to analyze the towers' collapses. I made a somewhat artificial distinction between mystery #9, presence of molten or melted steel in the rubble pile; and mystery #10, presence of partially "vaporized" steel samples. Molten or melted steel (#9) was attested to by 5 PhDs--engineering professors at Berkeley and MIT, the president of Notre Dame, a Johns Hopkins researcher, and a NYT science writer. It was described by a FDNY Captain, Philip Ruvolo, as "molten steel . . . like you're in a foundry . . . like lava". Leslie Robertson, one of the primary engineers of the WTC told a Stanford audience in the spring of 2002 that he saw "like a little river of steel, flowing". (1) #10, the "vaporized" or "evaporated" steel (the New York Times used both adjectives) was described in Appendix C to the 2002 FEMA/ASCE report about the twin towers. (2) The Appendix C report ascribed the phenomenon to a sulfidation attack on the steel, and said further investigation was needed to identify the source of the sulfur. No further official investigation was done. Lying internet propagandists claim that the sulfur came from drywall gypsum, but this is impossible because gypsum, calcium sulfate, is fully oxidized and thus chemically inert. That's why drywall is used for fireproofing. A Florida engineer, Jonathan Cole, burned steel with gypsum dust for several days and detected no corrosion at all. Here's a picture of one of the partially "evaporated" steel girders: http://www.berkeley.edu/news/berkeleyan/2001/10/03_grou.html The New York Times called this "perhaps the deepest mystery uncovered in the investigation", but the government has never explained it. (1)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DF4C6qtU_Fc&feature=c4-overview&list=UUCU5Ac7Vd7cqPk074nnKSTw (2) http://911research.wtc7.net/wtc/evidence/metallurgy/WTC_apndxC.htm From: snug.bug at hotmail.com To: gerrygras at earthlink.net; sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2013 15:50:29 -0700 Subject: Re: [GPSCC-chat] Risks to Internet? Since the internet started as a DARPA. project, the intel community had all this planned out years before we even began to think about it--being able to link people through email, website visits, and even voluntary social networking. I have long suspected that Larry Silverstein's famous "pull it" remark about his World Trade Center 7 skyscraper was a deliberately ambiguous remark intended to infect the internet with a meme that would allow Isreali intrelligence to track who was spreading it and who believed it. Stupid bigots like Dr. Kevin Barrett stepped in the poo Big Time, and then tracked it all over the carpets of their internet friends. The "Dancing Israelis" stunt had a similar effect. Bigots regard the fact that Mossad agents went to the moon to get themselves arrested after demonstrating foreknowledge of the 9/11 plot as proof that the Mossad did the plot. It's ridiculous. There was a "picture van" stopped a few blocks from the Security Command HQ on 9/11 that had on it a picture of an airliner attacking Manhattan. Do fools like Barrett honestly believe that Mossad agents in a burst of enthusiasm painted a mural on a van to prove that they (the Mossad) did 9/11? Obviously the Mossad wanted to get their foreknowledge into the public record so as to underscore the fact that they warned the US authorities before 9/11, even naming names of alleged 9/11 ringleaders, pilots, and hijackers. The 9/11 Truth movement has long been plagued by well-financed "friends" like Barrett who have accomplished little but to make us look really really stupid. Most of the credible people have dropped out of the movement. It's a shame, because at its heart the truth movement is these undeniable facts: 1. The 9/11 widows' 300 questions got 27 answers, 73 non-answer reponses, and 300 no-reponses. 2. The scientific reports from NIST cut off their analysis at the moment the towers began to collapse, thus failing to fulfil their number one objective of explaining "why and how" the towers collapsed. Truncating their report they are able to dodge TEN essential mysteries of the collapses: a, b, c Symmetry, totality, and speed of collapse d The arrested rotation of the top of WTC2, contrary to Newton's 1st Law e Explosive (122 fps) ejections of pulverized building materials from isolated windows as much as 40 stories below the collapse zone f Multi-ton building components hurled laterally hundreds of yards g pulverization of 180,000 tons of concrete floors, energy requirements of which should have slowed down the collapses h the collapse of the robust lower core structures, 40 stories tall, after the outer floors had already collapsed, under no more stress than their own weight--though they had been constructed to hold up the weight of 70 floors above them i the presence of molten or melted steel in the rubble pile. Jet fuel does not burn hot enough to melt steel, nor rubble pile materials. Long heating does not explain it. The 2d law of thermodynamics provides that a heated material can get no hotter than the fires that heat it. OK, that's only nine. There were ten. I'll let you know when I remember the tenth. B > Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2013 14:47:17 -0700 > From: gerrygras at earthlink.net > To: sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Risks to Internet? > > > NSA reading encrypted email? > NSA monitoring iPhones? > Verizon blocking and censoring users? > > "Internet S.O.S." > http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/09/14 > > Gerry > _______________________________________________ > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > http://lists.cagreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss _______________________________________________ sosfbay-discuss mailing list sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org http://lists.cagreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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No further news on the sit-in itself, still planned on 10/19 at the SJ Federal Building. I assume we'll know more after 10/5 and look forward to hear the report from our attendees. Thanks! Pierre ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Andrew Bear <1andrewbear at gmail.com> Date: Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 11:11 PM Subject: UPDATE: Details about Local KXL Pledge of Resistance Sit In To: Pierre Delforge Here's a message from a host of your Local KXL Pledge of Resistance Sit In event: Hello all, >Again, thank you so much for signing up! I am writing to confirm that we will have our first meeting and training this Saturday, from 9-2 pm. The location will be the Alum Rock United Methodist Church, at 30 Kirk Ave,. San Jose, 94127, in the social hall. Please bring a bag lunch. We will also take a free-will offering to the church for use of their facilities--if this is a problem then please don't worry about it! 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After you watch, find and join an event near you, or plan your own! Last year the Global Frackdown was a huge success, with actions from France to South Africa, Argentina to Australia, and all across the United States. In fact, it was so successful that an industry white paper cited the Frackdown as an example of our increasingly powerful movement to ban fracking.? This year will be bigger, louder and more powerful. Are you in? The oil and gas industry will stop at nothing to keep the public in the dark about the ugly truths of fracking. We've seen families forced to sign gag orders in exchange for clean drinking water, the EPA abandoning investigations of fracking contamination sites in the face of industry pressure, and our elected officials putting corporate profits over the rights of their constituents. Fight back. Join the Global Frackdown 2 on Saturday, October 19. Despite what we're up against, grassroots opposition to fracking is growing. Across the globe, the list of victories keeps growing. From the hundreds camping out in protest in Balcolme, England; to bans in France and Bulgaria; moratoria in the Czech Republic and the Netherlands; and communities in the U.S., Argentina, Canada and more passing municipal resolutions ? we're turning the tide. In order to keep winning, we need to show our elected officials around the globe that they work for us, not the oil and gas industry. Plug in to the Global Frackdown 2! Follow this link to find an event near you: http://act.foodandwaterwatch.org/site/R?i=20YpHcqebiHIKnl5jDQAZA Thanks for joining, Mark Schlosberg Organizing Director Food & Water Watch act(at)fwwatch(dot)org ________________ 1. White paper reveals gas industry scared of global protests. Green Left Weekly, February 10, 2013. Share This Food & Water Watch is a consumer advocacy nonprofit that challenges the corporate control of our food and water. 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Roy III On Wed, Oct 2, 2013 at 2:19 PM, Brian Good wrote: > I remember now the tenth essential mystery of Ground Zero that the > government > investigation dodged by declining to analyze the towers' collapses. > > I made a somewhat artificial distinction between mystery #9, presence of > molten or melted steel in the rubble pile; and mystery #10, presence of > partially > "vaporized" steel samples. > > Molten or melted steel (#9) was attested to by 5 PhDs--engineering > professors at > Berkeley and MIT, the president of Notre Dame, a Johns Hopkins researcher, > and > a NYT science writer. It was described by a FDNY Captain, Philip Ruvolo, > as > "molten steel . . . like you're in a foundry . . . like lava". Leslie > Robertson, one of > the primary engineers of the WTC told a Stanford audience in the spring of > 2002 > that he saw "like a little river of steel, flowing". (1) > > #10, the "vaporized" or "evaporated" steel (the New York Times used both > adjectives) > was described in Appendix C to the 2002 FEMA/ASCE report about the twin > towers. (2) > The Appendix C report ascribed the phenomenon to a sulfidation attack on > the steel, > and said further investigation was needed to identify the source of the > sulfur. No > further official investigation was done. Lying internet propagandists > claim that the > sulfur came from drywall gypsum, but this is impossible because gypsum, > calcium > sulfate, is fully oxidized and thus chemically inert. That's why drywall > is used for > fireproofing. A Florida engineer, Jonathan Cole, burned steel with gypsum > dust for > several days and detected no corrosion at all. > > Here's a picture of one of the partially "evaporated" steel girders: > http://www.berkeley.edu/news/berkeleyan/2001/10/03_grou.html > > The New York Times called this "perhaps the deepest mystery uncovered in > the > investigation", but the government has never explained it. > > (1) > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DF4C6qtU_Fc&feature=c4-overview&list=UUCU5Ac7Vd7cqPk074nnKSTw > (2) http://911research.wtc7.net/wtc/evidence/metallurgy/WTC_apndxC.htm > > > > > > ------------------------------ > From: snug.bug at hotmail.com > To: gerrygras at earthlink.net; sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2013 15:50:29 -0700 > Subject: Re: [GPSCC-chat] Risks to Internet? > > > Since the internet started as a DARPA. project, the intel community had > all this planned > out years before we even began to think about it--being able to link > people through email, > website visits, and even voluntary social networking. > > I have long suspected that Larry Silverstein's famous "pull it" remark > about his World Trade > Center 7 skyscraper was a deliberately ambiguous remark intended to infect > the internet > with a meme that would allow Isreali intrelligence to track who was > spreading it and who > believed it. Stupid bigots like Dr. Kevin Barrett stepped in the poo Big > Time, and then tracked > it all over the carpets of their internet friends. > > The "Dancing Israelis" stunt had a similar effect. Bigots regard the fact > that Mossad agents > went to the moon to get themselves arrested after demonstrating > foreknowledge of the > 9/11 plot as proof that the Mossad did the plot. It's ridiculous. There > was a "picture van" > stopped a few blocks from the Security Command HQ on 9/11 that had on it a > picture of an > airliner attacking Manhattan. Do fools like Barrett honestly believe that > Mossad agents in a > burst of enthusiasm painted a mural on a van to prove that they (the > Mossad) did 9/11? > Obviously the Mossad wanted to get their foreknowledge into the public > record so as to > underscore the fact that they warned the US authorities before 9/11, even > naming names > of alleged 9/11 ringleaders, pilots, and hijackers. > > The 9/11 Truth movement has long been plagued by well-financed "friends" > like Barrett who > have accomplished little but to make us look really really stupid. Most > of the credible people > have dropped out of the movement. > > It's a shame, because at its heart the truth movement is these undeniable > facts: > > 1. The 9/11 widows' 300 questions got 27 answers, 73 non-answer reponses, > and 300 > no-reponses. > > 2. The scientific reports from NIST cut off their analysis at the moment > the towers began to > collapse, thus failing to fulfil their number one objective of explaining > "why and how" the > towers collapsed. Truncating their report they are able to dodge TEN > essential mysteries of > the collapses: > > a, b, c Symmetry, totality, and speed of collapse > d The arrested rotation of the top of WTC2, contrary to Newton's 1st Law > e Explosive (122 fps) ejections of pulverized building materials from > isolated windows > as much as 40 stories below the collapse zone > f Multi-ton building components hurled laterally hundreds of yards > g pulverization of 180,000 tons of concrete floors, energy requirements of > which should > have slowed down the collapses > h the collapse of the robust lower core structures, 40 stories tall, > after the outer floors had > already collapsed, under no more stress than their own weight--though they > had been > constructed to hold up the weight of 70 floors above them > i the presence of molten or melted steel in the rubble pile. Jet fuel > does not burn hot enough > to melt steel, nor rubble pile materials. Long heating does not explain > it. The 2d law of > thermodynamics provides that a heated material can get no hotter than the > fires that heat it. > > OK, that's only nine. There were ten. I'll let you know when I remember > the tenth. > > B > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2013 14:47:17 -0700 > > From: gerrygras at earthlink.net > > To: sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > > Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Risks to Internet? > > > > > > NSA reading encrypted email? > > NSA monitoring iPhones? > > Verizon blocking and censoring users? > > > > "Internet S.O.S." > > http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/09/14 > > > > Gerry > > _______________________________________________ > > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > > http://lists.cagreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss > > _______________________________________________ sosfbay-discuss mailing > list sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > http://lists.cagreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss > > _______________________________________________ > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > http://lists.cagreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss > -- Retired Greenbuilder CA General Contractor B #756438 - inactive -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From snug.bug at hotmail.com Thu Oct 3 11:50:42 2013 From: snug.bug at hotmail.com (Brian Good) Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2013 11:50:42 -0700 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] FW: Risks to Internet? In-Reply-To: References: <52362AE5.1080806@earthlink.net>, , , Message-ID: I'm very sorry for your trouble, Roy. If Berkeley.edu is not safe, what is? Did you complain to the Berkeley.edu site administrators? There's a questions/comment form. http://www.berkeley.edu/misc/mainsite_feedback.shtml Did you try uninstalling Firefox and reinstalling it? Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2013 11:30:20 -0700 Subject: Re: [GPSCC-chat] FW: Risks to Internet? From: palmheaven at gmail.com To: snug.bug at hotmail.com CC: sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org Dear community, be aware that the link Brian sent that followed Here's a picture of one of the partially "evaporated" steel girders: did something to my wife's MacBook Pro. Virus or spyware or something, wedged Firefox dead. I feel so dirtied. Time to wipe the hard-drive and load a free linux operating system. I suggest you all don't click on Brian's link... Roy III On Wed, Oct 2, 2013 at 2:19 PM, Brian Good wrote: I remember now the tenth essential mystery of Ground Zero that the government investigation dodged by declining to analyze the towers' collapses. I made a somewhat artificial distinction between mystery #9, presence of molten or melted steel in the rubble pile; and mystery #10, presence of partially "vaporized" steel samples. Molten or melted steel (#9) was attested to by 5 PhDs--engineering professors at Berkeley and MIT, the president of Notre Dame, a Johns Hopkins researcher, and a NYT science writer. It was described by a FDNY Captain, Philip Ruvolo, as "molten steel . . . like you're in a foundry . . . like lava". Leslie Robertson, one of the primary engineers of the WTC told a Stanford audience in the spring of 2002 that he saw "like a little river of steel, flowing". (1) #10, the "vaporized" or "evaporated" steel (the New York Times used both adjectives) was described in Appendix C to the 2002 FEMA/ASCE report about the twin towers. (2) The Appendix C report ascribed the phenomenon to a sulfidation attack on the steel, and said further investigation was needed to identify the source of the sulfur. No further official investigation was done. Lying internet propagandists claim that the sulfur came from drywall gypsum, but this is impossible because gypsum, calcium sulfate, is fully oxidized and thus chemically inert. That's why drywall is used for fireproofing. A Florida engineer, Jonathan Cole, burned steel with gypsum dust for several days and detected no corrosion at all. Here's a picture of one of the partially "evaporated" steel girders: http://www.berkeley.edu/news/berkeleyan/2001/10/03_grou.html The New York Times called this "perhaps the deepest mystery uncovered in the investigation", but the government has never explained it. (1)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DF4C6qtU_Fc&feature=c4-overview&list=UUCU5Ac7Vd7cqPk074nnKSTw (2) http://911research.wtc7.net/wtc/evidence/metallurgy/WTC_apndxC.htm From: snug.bug at hotmail.com To: gerrygras at earthlink.net; sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2013 15:50:29 -0700 Subject: Re: [GPSCC-chat] Risks to Internet? Since the internet started as a DARPA. project, the intel community had all this planned out years before we even began to think about it--being able to link people through email, website visits, and even voluntary social networking. I have long suspected that Larry Silverstein's famous "pull it" remark about his World Trade Center 7 skyscraper was a deliberately ambiguous remark intended to infect the internet with a meme that would allow Isreali intrelligence to track who was spreading it and who believed it. Stupid bigots like Dr. Kevin Barrett stepped in the poo Big Time, and then tracked it all over the carpets of their internet friends. The "Dancing Israelis" stunt had a similar effect. Bigots regard the fact that Mossad agents went to the moon to get themselves arrested after demonstrating foreknowledge of the 9/11 plot as proof that the Mossad did the plot. It's ridiculous. There was a "picture van" stopped a few blocks from the Security Command HQ on 9/11 that had on it a picture of an airliner attacking Manhattan. Do fools like Barrett honestly believe that Mossad agents in a burst of enthusiasm painted a mural on a van to prove that they (the Mossad) did 9/11? Obviously the Mossad wanted to get their foreknowledge into the public record so as to underscore the fact that they warned the US authorities before 9/11, even naming names of alleged 9/11 ringleaders, pilots, and hijackers. The 9/11 Truth movement has long been plagued by well-financed "friends" like Barrett who have accomplished little but to make us look really really stupid. Most of the credible people have dropped out of the movement. It's a shame, because at its heart the truth movement is these undeniable facts: 1. The 9/11 widows' 300 questions got 27 answers, 73 non-answer reponses, and 300 no-reponses. 2. The scientific reports from NIST cut off their analysis at the moment the towers began to collapse, thus failing to fulfil their number one objective of explaining "why and how" the towers collapsed. Truncating their report they are able to dodge TEN essential mysteries of the collapses: a, b, c Symmetry, totality, and speed of collapse d The arrested rotation of the top of WTC2, contrary to Newton's 1st Law e Explosive (122 fps) ejections of pulverized building materials from isolated windows as much as 40 stories below the collapse zone f Multi-ton building components hurled laterally hundreds of yards g pulverization of 180,000 tons of concrete floors, energy requirements of which should have slowed down the collapses h the collapse of the robust lower core structures, 40 stories tall, after the outer floors had already collapsed, under no more stress than their own weight--though they had been constructed to hold up the weight of 70 floors above them i the presence of molten or melted steel in the rubble pile. Jet fuel does not burn hot enough to melt steel, nor rubble pile materials. Long heating does not explain it. The 2d law of thermodynamics provides that a heated material can get no hotter than the fires that heat it. OK, that's only nine. There were ten. I'll let you know when I remember the tenth. B > Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2013 14:47:17 -0700 > From: gerrygras at earthlink.net > To: sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Risks to Internet? > > > NSA reading encrypted email? > NSA monitoring iPhones? > Verizon blocking and censoring users? > > "Internet S.O.S." > http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/09/14 > > Gerry > _______________________________________________ > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > http://lists.cagreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss _______________________________________________ sosfbay-discuss mailing list sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org http://lists.cagreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss _______________________________________________ sosfbay-discuss mailing list sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org http://lists.cagreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss -- Retired Greenbuilder CA General Contractor B #756438 - inactive -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From pagesincolor at yahoo.com Thu Oct 3 18:28:01 2013 From: pagesincolor at yahoo.com (John Thielking) Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2013 18:28:01 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [GPSCC-chat] movie In-Reply-To: <1380732374.66884.YahooMailNeo@web185301.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> References: <1380732374.66884.YahooMailNeo@web185301.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1380850081.24550.YahooMailNeo@web122906.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> This movie, Inequality For All, is also showing at Camera 7, at the Pruneyard shopping center on Bascom Ave in Campbell, starting Friday, October 4.? The early bird showing at 11AM only costs $5 per person. John Thielking ________________________________ From: Caroline Yacoub To: sosfbay-discuss ; Andrea Dorey ; fred Duperrault Sent: Wednesday, October 2, 2013 9:46 AM Subject: [GPSCC-chat] movie Inequality For All is terrific. It's not just edifying it's also entertaining. It is at the Aquarius in Palo Alto, which has two parking lots and at least four good restaurants right next to it. Make it an evening. Take all your friends. Go soon. It's only booked for two weeks. Caroline _______________________________________________ sosfbay-discuss mailing list sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org http://lists.cagreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gerrygras at earthlink.net Thu Oct 3 23:26:35 2013 From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras) Date: Thu, 03 Oct 2013 23:26:35 -0700 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] movie In-Reply-To: <1380850081.24550.YahooMailNeo@web122906.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> References: <1380732374.66884.YahooMailNeo@web185301.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> <1380850081.24550.YahooMailNeo@web122906.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <524E5F9B.8010809@earthlink.net> I saw it tonight at the Aquarius. I think it was pretty good. I recommened it. It will be at the Aquarious for at least another week. Gerry John Thielking wrote: > This movie, Inequality For All, is also showing at Camera 7, at the > Pruneyard shopping center on Bascom Ave in Campbell, starting Friday, > October 4. The early bird showing at 11AM only costs $5 per person. > > John Thielking > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > *From:* Caroline Yacoub > *To:* sosfbay-discuss ; Andrea Dorey > ; fred Duperrault > *Sent:* Wednesday, October 2, 2013 9:46 AM > *Subject:* [GPSCC-chat] movie > > Inequality For All is terrific. It's not just edifying it's also > entertaining. It is at the Aquarius in Palo Alto, which has two parking > lots and at least four good restaurants right next to it. Make it an > evening. Take all your friends. Go soon. It's only booked for two weeks. > Caroline > > _______________________________________________ > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > http://lists.cagreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss > > > > _______________________________________________ > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > http://lists.cagreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss > From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net Fri Oct 4 00:13:27 2013 From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle) Date: Fri, 04 Oct 2013 00:13:27 -0700 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] tablig at Foothill college wednesday October 9-th Message-ID: <524E6A97.8070502@sbcglobal.net> Who is available and willing to table at Footill College Wednesday October 9-th from noon until 1 pm? If we have tablers we can confirm our attendance. Here is the notice that they first sent to Mike Feinstein: Foothill College is hosting a Political Awareness Day Wednesday October 9th and we are inviting you to attend. The purpose of this event is to educate our students about politics, and how to get involved. This is your opportunity to reach out to students, to inform them on political values and point of views on hot political topics. The event will be held in foothills Campus Center Plaza and will go on from 12-1pm. For conformation and further information please contact Daphne Small at smalldaphne at fhda.edu. Omar Zeitoun ASFC Senator zeitoun_omar at yahoo.com From tnharter at aceweb.com Fri Oct 4 00:26:14 2013 From: tnharter at aceweb.com (Tian Harter) Date: Fri, 04 Oct 2013 00:26:14 -0700 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] tablig at Foothill college wednesday October 9-th In-Reply-To: <524E6A97.8070502@sbcglobal.net> References: <524E6A97.8070502@sbcglobal.net> Message-ID: <524E6D96.6000907@aceweb.com> I'd be glad to go! On 10/04/2013 12:13 AM, Jim Doyle wrote: > Who is available and willing to table at Footill College > Wednesday October 9-th from noon until 1 pm? > > If we have tablers we can confirm our attendance. > > Here is the notice that they first sent to Mike Feinstein: > > Foothill College is hosting a Political Awareness Day Wednesday > October 9th and we are inviting you to attend. The purpose of this > event is to educate our students about politics, and how to get > involved. This is your opportunity to reach out to students, to > inform them on political values and point of views on hot political > topics. The event will be held in foothills Campus Center Plaza and > will go on from 12-1pm. For conformation and further information > please contact Daphne Small at smalldaphne at fhda.edu. > > Omar Zeitoun > ASFC Senator > zeitoun_omar at yahoo.com > > _______________________________________________ > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > http://lists.cagreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss > -- Tian http://tian.greens.org Latest addition: pictures& words on SJBP's& EBBP's most recent rides. There is a toy orange on a Iowa quarter in my home. From spencer.graves at effectivedefense.org Fri Oct 4 02:58:35 2013 From: spencer.graves at effectivedefense.org (Spencer Graves) Date: Fri, 04 Oct 2013 02:58:35 -0700 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Laura Wells: Our "destructive two-party system will crack, and that its unraveling after ... will proceed fairly rapidly" In-Reply-To: <1ce1e7ad833e667a46e92412beb557ef4d6.20131004070012@mail176.us4.mcsv.net> References: <1ce1e7ad833e667a46e92412beb557ef4d6.20131004070012@mail176.us4.mcsv.net> Message-ID: <524E914B.5090808@effectivedefense.org> Hello, All: Laura Wells, Green candidate for Governor in 2010, is running for Controller next year. She's running for Controller in the June 3, 2014 elections. In an initial campaign statement (below), she claims that our "destructive two-party system will crack, and that its unraveling after ... will proceed fairly rapidly." I think she's correct. It has already started to unravel in Richmond. I think that Greens are more likely to win in minor races than major ones. Laura seems to have selected a great target: state Controller. She's more likely to win there than in a higher position. We could also use more candidates at lower levels. Comments? Best Wishes, Spencer -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Eight months, and rolling up our sleeves Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2013 07:00:21 +0000 From: Laura Wells for Controller Reply-To: Laura Wells for Controller To: Spencer Eight months, and rolling up our sleeves My daughter Natalia and I ?rolled up our sleeves? this afternoon and designed campaign buttons showing people power over money power, with a person triumphing over a moneybag, and the words ?Vote June 3, 2014? at the bottom. It?s so much fun to be impressed by what your child can do! By the way, check out her band, https://www.facebook.com/SocialStudies101 Last week I filled out the first questionnaire for the June 3, 2014 primary ? exactly eight months from today. There was a question about campaign goals. My goal is this: *I want us to win! *So, who are we? We are a huge group of people ? we are * 89% of Americans who believe there is too much corporate money in politics, * the Green Party whose candidates never take corporate money, * others who are following the Green lead, and * the new No Corporate Money Campaign that is creating a cool video, to raise thousands of dollars to put up a fabulous website to build a critical mass of candidates who will take no corporate money and voters who will vote for them. *Look again at the example of Richmond to see what happens when candidates who don?t take corporate and developer money win*. While you?re at it, sign up for their newsletter in the left hand column of http://www.richmondprogressivealliance.net/ The trick about California is that *we really can start to turn this state around*. That?s why it?s so important that good, un-bought people get themselves on the ballot, as soon as possible. Maybe you will consider running, or encourage others to run. *I believe that this destructive two-party system will crack, and that its unraveling after the crack will proceed fairly rapidly*. Why? Because it has happened before. In Latin America people who had not voted ? especially the young and the impoverished ? started voting, and voted outside their two-party system. They replaced the old guard and the new governments started championing their own people and not the 1% of the world. (And yes, the U.S. government and corporate media are mad ? that?s why they lie about Latin America so much!) I will wrap this up with a big *THANK YOU*. Last month I said you could mail a check to surprise us when we check the P.O. Box and a bunch of people did! Again, thank you. Your offers of help are also very encouraging, and a dream I have is to work closely with one or more people who will help our campaign make the best possible use of all the help that is offered! If that person is you or someone you can recommend, let me know as soon as you possibly can! Another world is possible. Laura Wells for Controller 2014 P.O. Box 10181 Oakland, CA 94610 510-225-4005 laurawells2014 at gmail.com BLOG WEBSITE: http://laurawellssolutions.com/ is still my best website WEBSITE: laurawells.org ? not updated yet, but we?ll get there! FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/laurawellscalifornia (thanks to Edy in LA) TWITTER: @laurawellsca /Copyright ? 2013 No Corporate Money Campaign, All rights reserved./ You are receiving this because you are in my network. unsubscribe from this list update subscription preferences Email Marketing Powered by MailChimp -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Saturday, October 5, 2013 -?9:00am?-?12:00pm FREE Medicare &?Health Care Forum Co-hosted by Sourcewise, previously Council on Aging Silicon Valley, and SEIU Local 521 Saturday, October 5, 2013 9:00am - Noon Campbell Community Center Orchard City Banquet Hall 1 West Campbell Avenue Campbell, CA ? You are invited to a free health forum. Learn important tips to help you find an affordable health plan that fits your needs. Avoid mistakes that could cost you hundreds of dollars in healthcare?and prescription costs! What if I don?t have insurance? Will healthcare reform impact my current insurance or Medicare plan? Can I find cheaper insurance through Covered California? Do I qualify for financial assistance? Guest speakers include: Medicare expert Connie Corrales, from Sourcewise, previously Council on Aging Silicon Valley, will explain Medicare?s new changes. 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URL: From rainbeaufriend at riseup.net Fri Oct 4 13:58:39 2013 From: rainbeaufriend at riseup.net (Drew) Date: Fri, 04 Oct 2013 13:58:39 -0700 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Fwd: [gpca-forum] cchi2014.org Liberate Cannabis Hemp 100% for California 2014 Jack Herer Marijuana Initiative In-Reply-To: <1380919798.18011.YahooMailNeo@web122906.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> References: <1380919798.18011.YahooMailNeo@web122906.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <5eb55763-c27a-4ea5-bd4e-6a9d70e2daa9@email.android.com> -------- Original Message -------- From: garden beekeeper Sent: Fri Oct 04 13:49:58 PDT 2013 To: "gpca-forum at cagreens.org" Subject: [gpca-forum] cchi2014.org Liberate Cannabis Hemp 100% for California 2014 Jack Herer Marijuana Initiative Jack Herer never became a Green Party member due to the Green Party not actively supporting his Cannabis petitions. I had the pleasure of hosting Jack & friends in my Venice home a few years back during his last petition drive where we shared a meal and the sacred incense of the goddess. I had gathered just over 1,000 signatures on his petition that he was there to pick up and discuss his next petition drive. Unfortunately, Jack passed before this came about, but several of his friends have put together the current petition. Bear in mind that the Marijuana Policy Project and the Drug Policy Alliance planned on waiting until 2016 to field another California Marijuana Petition. So these groups are not supporting the CCHI Initiative effort. Also, CCHI is a full legalization of all forms of Cannabis, going much further then MPP or DPA are willing to go.? Buddy Duze is currently driving north to San Francisco to drop of petition stock along the way and to be at the Bluegrass Festival. Call him directly to obtain petition stock and to volunteer as a local or regional coordinator for the CCHI petition. .? Buddy Duze 805-402-1212 If Greens were to take an active role in qualifying the CCHI Initiative there would be many positive benefits that could help reinvigorate the Green Party. First, if Greens show their worth then CCHI could promote registering all CCHI petition signers as Greens. Second, lets bring the Cannabis activists into the Green Party fold.. Peace, Will Yeager Jack Herer's website now maintained by his widow, Jeanie Herer: http://www.jackherer.com/ Obit on Jack Herer: http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2010/04/jack_herer_fatherof_marijuana.html ________________________________ From: Sanda Everette To: GPCA member general discussion Sent: Friday, October 4, 2013 12:12 PM Subject: Re: [gpca-forum] cchi2014.org Liberate Cannabis Hemp 100% for California 2014 Jack Herer Marijuana Initiative Barry, I just juggled my schedule a bit and will come in to SF for the event for a bit. ?I guess I can pick up petitions there. For those of us who have only been active in the party in this century, will Hank or someone else tell me a bit about who Jack Herer is. ?Well, I just did a wikipedia search so now have an idea. ?Did he ever become a Green? Sanda Everette,?co-coordinator GPCA delegation to GPUS, GPCA Coordinating Committee "The politics of fear have brought us everything we were afraid of." (Dr. Jill Stein, 2012) On Fri, Oct 4, 2013 at 11:50 AM, wrote: I've tried doing voter registration at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass before.? Almost no one wants to take the time to stop and register to vote while they are going from one stage to another. > > >I will be picking up 200 of the petitions on Saturday for distribution to Greens in the Bay Area.? I've just been told that there will be a table.? Hopefully, the response will be much different than for just voter registration.? Please let me know if you would like to help gather signatures. > > >Barry? > >-------- Original Message -------- >>Subject: Re: [gpca-forum] cchi2014.org Liberate Cannabis Hemp 100% for >>California 2014 Jack Herer Marijuana Initiative >> >>From: Sanda Everette >>Date: Fri, October 04, 2013 11:23 am >>To: GPCA member general discussion >> >> >>I also think it is good to endorse during the signature gathering. ?When I helped Greens in AZ collect ballot access signatures, we were most successful when also sharing a marijuana legalization petition. ?Of course it is far easier to get ballot access signatures saying they think the Green Party should get to be on the ballot than to get people to register Green. ? >> >> >>I am surprised to hear that history from Hank. ?I thought supporting marijuana legalization was in our platform. ?Did that come later? >> >> >>I was also surprised that I had to hear about the music event in Golden Gate Park from Will in S. CA. ?Barry, do you know if there is any organized effort there from SF Greens? ?I am tabling at a local music event in my county for a Green candidate for city council on Sunday. ?If the SF Greens are organized, I might try to get up there to help on Saturday, though I already have two or three other things on my calendar. >> >> >>Sanda Everette,?co-coordinator >>GPCA delegation to GPUS, GPCA Coordinating Committee >> >> >>"The politics of fear have brought us everything we were afraid of." (Dr. Jill Stein, 2012) >> >> >> >> >> >> >>On Fri, Oct 4, 2013 at 9:51 AM, wrote: >> >>I haven't read the text of the initiative.? If others have and are recommending that we endorse, I'm fine with endorsing during the signature gathering.? >>> >>> >>>Barry >>> >>> >>>-------- Original Message -------- >>>>Subject: Re: [gpca-forum] cchi2014.org Liberate Cannabis Hemp 100% for >>>>California 2014 Jack Herer Marijuana Initiative >>>> >>>>From: Mike Feinstein >>>>Date: Fri, October 04, 2013 9:18 am >>>>To: GPCA member general discussion >>>> >>>> >>>>Do people feel we should endorse the CCHI 2014 this time around? >>>>Should we endorse it during the signature gathering period or wait to >>>>see if it qualifies? >>>> >>>>www.cchi2014.org/ >>>> >>>>Mike >>>> >>>>_______________________________________________ >>>>gpca-forum mailing list >>>>gpca-forum at cagreens.org >>>>http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/gpca-forum >>>> >>>_______________________________________________ >>>gpca-forum mailing list >>>gpca-forum at cagreens.org >>>http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/gpca-forum >>> >>> >> >>________________________________ >>_______________________________________________ >>gpca-forum mailing list >>gpca-forum at cagreens.org >>http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/gpca-forum >> >_______________________________________________ >gpca-forum mailing list >gpca-forum at cagreens.org >http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/gpca-forum > > _______________________________________________ gpca-forum mailing list gpca-forum at cagreens.org http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/gpca-forum ------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ gpca-forum mailing list gpca-forum at cagreens.org http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/gpca-forum -- Sent from my Free Software powered Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From perrysandy at aol.com Fri Oct 4 15:42:29 2013 From: perrysandy at aol.com (perrysandy at aol.com) Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2013 18:42:29 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [GPSCC-chat] MARCH TO HEAL THE VALLEY SCHEDULE OCTOBER 7 - 10, 2013 Message-ID: <8D08F6A242F6A56-27A8-5A4EB@webmail-m229.sysops.aol.com> JOIN THE MARCH TO HEAL THE VALLEY OCTOBER 7 ? 10, 2013 This is a march to end poverty organized by CHAM Deliverance Ministry. It is co-sponsored by Exodus to Serenity, Silicon Valley DeBug, Low-Income Self-Help Center, United Service Workers West (SEIU), Voluntarios de la Comunidad, and Green Party of Santa Clara County. For more information, go to http://www.siliconvalleydebug.org/healthevalley. SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Mon Oct 7 9:00 am ? Depart Story and King, San Jose Mon Oct 7 at 12 noon - Rally at the Smith-Carlos statues at San Jose State University Mon Oct 7 at 7 pm ? Evening program at the Leontyne Chapel, Bellarmine College Preparatory School, 960 W. Hedding St., San Jose 95126 (near the University Ave campus entrance) Tues Oct 8 at 7 pm ? Evening program at Sunnyvale Presbyterian Church, 728 W. Fremont Ave., Sunnyvale, CA 94087 (Corner of Fremont& Hollenbeck)(in the Gym) Wed Oct 9 at 11 am ? Rally at Apple, 1 Infinite Loop, Cupertino, CA 95014 (near De Anza Blvd. & Mariani) Wed Oct 9 at 7 pm ? Evening Program at The Rock Church, 929 Weddell Court, Sunnyvale, CA 94089 Thurs. Oct9 at 12 noon ? Rally at Google, Charleston Park, Charleston Rd, Mountain View, CA 94043 Thurs. Oct. 10 at 7 pm ? Evening program at St. Joseph Church, 582 Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041 (corner of Hope & Mercy Street)(program is in the basement) _____________________________________________________________________ Join The March To Heal The Valley! Silicon Valley, long heralded as a world-class center for innovation, also has come to symbolize the polarization of wealth that is destroying America. We can bring about change, but we need your participation. >From CHAM Deliverance Ministry, a four-day ?March to Heal the Valley?. WHEN: 9:00 AM Monday, Oct 7 through Thursday evening, Oct 10 WHERE: From: Story Road and King, East San Jose To: The corporate campuses of Apple and Google WHAT: March to the wealthiest corporations in the world to? ?develop a dialog and create an ongoing coalition? Crossing diverse neighborhoods, we will? Gather those devastated by the recent sequester cuts? ?the homeless? and those about to be? the foreclosed? ?those with inadequate or no health care? ?the underpaid and unemployed? ?people of conscience? Seek those who will join our campaign to end poverty in one of the wealthiest regions in our country! WHY: Corporations have the power to force the government to change its priorities. Corporations indirectly caused the sequester by Lobbying for corporate tax breaks, We will ask them to lobby to end poverty instead! WE WANT: ? Corporations to offset the impact of the Federal sequester on the Housing Authority of the County of Santa Clara ($21 million). ? Corporations to guarantee living wage jobs and benefits for all security and service workers connected with Silicon Valley?s leading industries. ? Corporations to fund a Faith Center to bring together the faith community to house and serve the homeless. ? Corporations to join us to demand that government end the housing crisis for everyone and bring about the total, direct, and immediate abolition of poverty called for by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Hey BayCAP team 350 BA Steering Committee, 350 SF, 350 SV and 350 Sonoma, I've been working behind the scenes with a member of the Air District's Advisory Council and Linda Rudolph of the Public Heath Institute to formulate climate program recommendations for the Advisory Council to send the the Air District Board (Bay Area Air Quality Management District, BAAQMD). The Advisory Council will discuss and hopefully approve the recommendations at their meeting next Wednesday in SF at 9:00. I won't have a final document to share until early next week, but I do know the recommendations align very closely with 350 Bay Area's BayCAP Resolution coming to the BAAQMD Climate Protection Committee on October 23. The Advisory Council member I'm working with has asked if someone from 350 Bay Area can attend the meeting and urge the Council to approve the recommendations during the public comment period. This is a hugely great invitation. Can any of you attend the Wed. meeting and speak in favor, representing your 350 group? For those who don't already know, I work at the Air District. I have to formally take time off from my job to do public participation. It would be much better for others to do this. Let me know if you can do it. I can help with talking points. They can be pretty simple. If you know a great 350 volunteer not on one of these lists, please pass the message along. Speakers on behalf of any of the three Bay Area? Sierra Club chapters or any other group also very appreciated. Thanks! Janet - sent from personal mobile device -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "350 Silicon Valley Chat" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to 350-silicon-valley-chat+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to 350-silicon-valley-chat at googlegroups.com. 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[part of caption under picture] That's 8,000,000 x .05 Swiss Francs = 400,000 Swiss Francs or about $440,000. Gerry From carolineyacoub at att.net Sat Oct 5 15:38:56 2013 From: carolineyacoub at att.net (Caroline Yacoub) Date: Sat, 5 Oct 2013 15:38:56 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Fw: Green Party Mayor of Richmond, CA fights foreclosures In-Reply-To: <201310051914.r95JECU1028912@mail.ucla.edu> References: <201310051914.r95JECU1028912@mail.ucla.edu> Message-ID: <1381012736.45522.YahooMailNeo@web185305.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> She's my hero. ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: shane que hee To: Sent: Saturday, October 5, 2013 12:14 PM Subject: Green Party Mayor of Richmond, CA fights foreclosures Date: Sat, 05 Oct 2013 06:36:18 -0700 >Subject: Green Party Mayor of Richmond, CA fights foreclosures >From: Thomas Scott Tucker > > >Forceful mayor's drastic plan to stop foreclosures > >???????? Julie Schmit, USA TODAY 10:03 a.m. EDT September 29, 2013 > > > >The Green Party mayor of Richmond, Calif., has a plan to help underwater homeowners in her city get more affordable mortgages. And she's got the financial industry in a tizzy. > >VIDEO with link: > >http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2013/09/29/richmond-eminent-domain-foreclosures/2834299 / > >RICHMOND, Calif. ? Gayle McLaughlin looks and sounds like the former school teacher and data entry worker she was ? down to her sensible brown walking shoes. > >What the 5-foot-4-inch mayor of this working-class San Francisco Bay Area city does not resemble is the ready-to-march, dogged corporate thorn she is. > >Her latest opponent? Wall Street. > >McLaughlin, a member of the leftist Green Party, is leading a novel effort by the city to buy 624 underwater mortgages in Richmond, pay the investor-owners some of what they're owed and set the homeowner up with a new mortgage closer to the home's current value. > >If investors don't sell, the city says it may use its eminent domain powers to seize the mortgages at fair market value. > >The idea is to prevent foreclosures, which cause blight, and help homeowners still stuck with mortgage loans far greater than their home's value, McLaughlin says. > >"People were tricked. They were sold these bad loans. This is a question ? for me ? of a community being victimized," says McLaughlin, 61, a longtime renter who "owned a trailer once." > >Richmond's threat to use its eminent-domain powers, which allow governments to take private property for public use, has unleashed a torrent of opposition. > >Banks, government regulators, mortgage bankers, Realtors, investors and land title companies say the plan is unconstitutional, will shortchange investors who own the mortgages, including pension funds and threaten mortgage lending and property rights. > >"If investors get ripped off today, why would they put capital to work tomorrow?" says Tom Deutsch, CEO of the American Securitization Forum, whose members include issuers and investors in mortgage-backed securities. If any city does it, "It'll set the precedent nationwide," he says. > >Richmond, a city of 105,000 that is 70% minority, was hit hard in the housing bust. > >Home values tanked 66% from their peak in 2006 to a median of $156,000 at the end of 2011, Zillow data show. That's led to thousands of foreclosures and millions of dollars in lost property tax revenue, McLaughlin says. Home prices have climbed back to a median of $218,000, but four of 10 mortgaged homes are still underwater. > >Many of those are at risk of foreclosure, McLaughlin says. Last month, she marched with other protesters to Wells Fargo's headquarters in San Francisco in support of the plan. > >"It is not an option to stand on the sidelines, waiting for the next wave of foreclosures," McLaughlin says. "We are going to stand up to Wall Street." > >NO STRANGER TO POLITICAL FIGHTS > >The second-term mayor, whose career in government started as a Richmond City Council member in 2004, is accustomed to tough fights. > >Growing up in Chicago, she was the third of five daughters born to a union-carpenter father and a factory-worker mother. She's spent decades on the other side of the powers that be ? opposing the Vietnam War, supporting the Central American solidarity movement and numerous environmental causes. > >In her 2010 mayoral race, she survived an attack by the city's police and fire unions that exposed an earlier, unsuccessful attempt to shed personal debts by filing for bankruptcy. McLaughlin says the "smear" campaign backfired, and voters identified with her ability to overcome financial challenges. > >McLaughlin has also repeatedly clashed with Chevron, the city's biggest employer. Last month, the city sued Chevron, alleging that a 2012 fire at the local refinery reflected "years of neglect." The suit asks for financial compensation for economic damages and punitive ones to deter similar future conduct. > >Chevron, which agreed to pay the county $2 million stemming from the fire, says the lawsuit is a "wrongheaded attempt" to take advantage of the refinery fire. > >McLaughlin expects it to force Chevron to "change its corporate culture so our community can be safe." > >A MESSAGE FROM WALL STREET? > >Not everybody applauds McLaughlin's tactics. > >"You don't bite the hand that feeds you. ? You sit down with them," says Richmond City Councilman Nathaniel Bates, a frequent McLaughlin opponent. He says Chevron is working hard to modernize a 111-year-old plant that predates the city. > >The use of eminent domain won't hurt Wall Street as much as it'll hurt Richmond, Bates says. > >He fears that investors won't buy Richmond's bonds if the city proceeds. Richmond may have gotten such a warning shot last month when it failed to find takers for a $34 million bond offering. > >The city also isn't offering enough for the mortgages, Deutsch says. > >For the 624 home loans, Richmond offered a "fair market value" that averages 52% of what's owed, shows an analysis by independent consulting firm PF2 Securities Evaluations. Of the loans, 444 of them are current. The median balance owed is about $380,000. > >The city may take control of the mortgages by eminent domain if investors don't agree to sell, though it would still have to compensate them. > >"It's kind of like an offer you can't refuse ? a Godfather-like thing," says Richmond Realtor Jeffrey Wright, who also opposes the plan. > >He says the issue is less about preventing blight ? especially since some of the homes would quickly re-sell if foreclosed on ? and more about the mayor's politics. > >"It's a social justice crusade," Wright says. "From the mayor's perspective, the banks have done the people wrong." > >Here's how the plan would work. Assume a house has a $300,000 mortgage. The city might argue its current value is only $160,000. If a judge agreed, the city would use funds from investment firm Mortgage Resolution Partners to buy the loan. The homeowner would refinance into a new loan, perhaps for $190,000. Those funds would pay off the city. The $30,000 difference between what the city paid, and what it got, would be split among MRP, its investors and the city. > >The plan's implementation is far from certain. > >After an eight-hour city council meeting earlier this month, the council narrowly approved McLaughlin's proposal to take the next step with the plan and try draw in more cities. The council will have to vote again to actually seize loans and get a "yes" vote from one of the members who voted "no" at the last meeting. > >If the city seizes a loan, "There would be an immediate court challenge," Deutsch says. What's more, if sellers aren't willing to sell, the courts would have to determine fair pricing for the mortgages. > >Investors already filed suit against the plan once. A federal judge said the claims were not yet "ripe" because Richmond hadn't actually done anything yet. > >A handful of other cities are considering the same strategy as Richmond's, but it's taken the idea the furthest, says Cornell University law professor Robert Hockett, a chief proponent. > >Others have backed off. Those include North Las Vegas, Chicago and San Bernardino County in California, where opposition was also strong. > >Richmond has enlisted more grass-roots support than those other places, supporters say, including from the Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment. > >What else is different about Richmond? > >"The mayor," Deutsch says. > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rainbeaufriend at riseup.net Sun Oct 6 05:23:02 2013 From: rainbeaufriend at riseup.net (Drew) Date: Sun, 06 Oct 2013 05:23:02 -0700 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Fwd: [gpca-forum] Free copy of Gar Alperovitz's "Next American Revolution" DVD for local Green Party screenings In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4dc2a34a-a8aa-45da-9403-b31c9d2e4269@email.android.com> Subject: [gpca-forum] Free copy of Gar Alperovitz's "Next American Revolution" DVD for local Green Party screenings > From: John Duda > Date: October 4, 2013 11:48:36 AM PDT > Subject: [gpca] Free copy of Gar Alperovitz's "Next American > Revolution" DVD for local Green Party screenings > > Hi, > > I'm writing from the Democracy Collaborative, where we are working > with our co-founder Gar Alperovitz (the "New Economy Advisor" in the > Green shadow cabinet, and keynote speaker at last year's Green Party > convention) to make his ideas about the systemic crisis in our > country's economic and political system and the need for a massive, > grassroots effort around the construction of necessary alternatives > available to the widest audience possible. > > To that end, for a limited time, we've arranged to make free copies > of Gar's new film, The Next American Revolution, available to Green > Party chapters and other social/economic justice groups that want to > arrange local screenings for their members and the general public. > We're happy to drop a DVD in the mail---just shoot me an email at jduda at democracycollaborative.org > with the details of when and where you plan to screen the film. > > If you're interested in taking the conversation further, we've also > arranged with Chelsea Green, the worker-owned publisher of Gar's new > book What Then Must We Do? to make copies of the book available for > local reading groups available at a 35% discount? just use the code > STDYGR when checking out on their site. > > And finally, ideas matter?but only if they're put into action. To > help local activist groups organize strategic, winnable campaigns > that can displace corporate power, we've prepared a guide to "Ten > Ways To Democratize the Economy," which recently appeared on Bill > Moyers' site where it was liked and shared by over 11,000 people. > You can also download a printable copy of the guide for local > distribution off Gar's website. > > If you'd like to set up a screening, or have any questions, don't > hesitate to be in touch! > > John Duda > The Democracy Collaborative > -- > John Duda > Communications Coordinator > The Democracy Collaborative > University of Maryland, College Park > http://democracycollaborative.org > (202) 559-1473 x102 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ gpca-forum mailing list gpca-forum at cagreens.org http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/gpca-forum -- Sent from my Free Software powered Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. From spencer.graves at structuremonitoring.com Sun Oct 6 06:12:37 2013 From: spencer.graves at structuremonitoring.com (Spencer Graves) Date: Sun, 06 Oct 2013 06:12:37 -0700 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Fwd: [gpca-forum] Free copy of Gar Alperovitz's "Next American Revolution" DVD for local Green Party screenings In-Reply-To: <4dc2a34a-a8aa-45da-9403-b31c9d2e4269@email.android.com> References: <4dc2a34a-a8aa-45da-9403-b31c9d2e4269@email.android.com> Message-ID: <525161C5.6030103@structuremonitoring.com> Hello, All: I think this is an offer we cannot refuse. 1. What about December 5 or 6 (Thursday or Friday)? Let's get some discussion on this list in the next couple of days. Get tentative approval from the County Council and get a date in the Peace Center calendar (http://sanjosepeace.org/calendar.php). I think October or November would be too soon. If we don't do it in the first two weeks of December, then it should probably be January. 2. What about contacting the Central Labor Council and other similar organizations in this area? Best Wishes, Spencer On 10/6/2013 5:23 AM, Drew wrote: > > > Subject: [gpca-forum] Free copy of Gar Alperovitz's "Next American Revolution" DVD for local Green Party screenings > >> From: John Duda >> Date: October 4, 2013 11:48:36 AM PDT >> Subject: [gpca] Free copy of Gar Alperovitz's "Next American >> Revolution" DVD for local Green Party screenings >> >> Hi, >> >> I'm writing from the Democracy Collaborative, where we are working >> with our co-founder Gar Alperovitz (the "New Economy Advisor" in the >> Green shadow cabinet, and keynote speaker at last year's Green Party >> convention) to make his ideas about the systemic crisis in our >> country's economic and political system and the need for a massive, >> grassroots effort around the construction of necessary alternatives >> available to the widest audience possible. >> >> To that end, for a limited time, we've arranged to make free copies >> of Gar's new film, The Next American Revolution, available to Green >> Party chapters and other social/economic justice groups that want to >> arrange local screenings for their members and the general public. >> We're happy to drop a DVD in the mail---just shoot me an email at jduda at democracycollaborative.org >> with the details of when and where you plan to screen the film. >> >> If you're interested in taking the conversation further, we've also >> arranged with Chelsea Green, the worker-owned publisher of Gar's new >> book What Then Must We Do? to make copies of the book available for >> local reading groups available at a 35% discount? just use the code >> STDYGR when checking out on their site. >> >> And finally, ideas matter?but only if they're put into action. To >> help local activist groups organize strategic, winnable campaigns >> that can displace corporate power, we've prepared a guide to "Ten >> Ways To Democratize the Economy," which recently appeared on Bill >> Moyers' site where it was liked and shared by over 11,000 people. >> You can also download a printable copy of the guide for local >> distribution off Gar's website. >> >> If you'd like to set up a screening, or have any questions, don't >> hesitate to be in touch! >> >> John Duda >> The Democracy Collaborative >> -- >> John Duda >> Communications Coordinator >> The Democracy Collaborative >> University of Maryland, College Park >> http://democracycollaborative.org >> (202) 559-1473 x102 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > gpca-forum mailing list > gpca-forum at cagreens.org > http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/gpca-forum > -- Spencer Graves, PE, PhD President and Chief Technology Officer Structure Inspection and Monitoring, Inc. 751 Emerson Ct. San Jos?, CA 95126 ph: 408-655-4567 web: www.structuremonitoring.com From carolineyacoub at att.net Sun Oct 6 10:05:08 2013 From: carolineyacoub at att.net (Caroline Yacoub) Date: Sun, 6 Oct 2013 10:05:08 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Fwd: [gpca-forum] Free copy of Gar Alperovitz's "Next American Revolution" DVD for local Green Party screenings In-Reply-To: <525161C5.6030103@structuremonitoring.com> References: <4dc2a34a-a8aa-45da-9403-b31c9d2e4269@email.android.com> <525161C5.6030103@structuremonitoring.com> Message-ID: <1381079108.56129.YahooMailNeo@web185306.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> Has anybody seen this? It would be a good thing to have someone familiar enough with it to answer questions and to word flyers.?If it's terrific, can we get a larger space than the Peace Center? If we do it in the first two weeks of December, we have to bear in mind the plenary? and the Peace Fair. Caroline ________________________________ From: Spencer Graves To: Drew Cc: GPSCC Sent: Sunday, October 6, 2013 6:12 AM Subject: Re: [GPSCC-chat] Fwd: [gpca-forum] Free copy of Gar Alperovitz's "Next American Revolution" DVD for local Green Party screenings Hello, All: ? ? ? I think this is an offer we cannot refuse. ? ? ? ? ? ? 1.? What about December 5 or 6 (Thursday or Friday)? Let's get some discussion on this list in the next couple of days.? Get tentative approval from the County Council and get a date in the Peace Center calendar (http://sanjosepeace.org/calendar.php). I think October or November would be too soon.? If we don't do it in the first two weeks of December, then it should probably be January. ? ? ? ? ? ? 2.? What about contacting the Central Labor Council and other similar organizations in this area? ? ? ? Best Wishes, ? ? ? Spencer On 10/6/2013 5:23 AM, Drew wrote: > > > Subject: [gpca-forum] Free copy of Gar Alperovitz's "Next American Revolution" DVD for local Green Party screenings > >> From: John Duda >> Date: October 4, 2013 11:48:36 AM PDT >> Subject: [gpca] Free copy of Gar Alperovitz's "Next American >> Revolution" DVD for local Green Party screenings >> >> Hi, >> >> I'm writing from the Democracy Collaborative, where we are working >> with our co-founder Gar Alperovitz (the "New Economy Advisor" in the >> Green shadow cabinet, and keynote speaker at last year's Green Party >> convention) to make his ideas about the systemic crisis in our >> country's economic and political system and the need for a massive, >> grassroots effort around the construction of necessary alternatives >> available to the widest audience possible. >> >> To that end, for a limited time, we've arranged to make free copies >> of Gar's new film, The Next American Revolution, available to Green >> Party chapters and other social/economic justice groups that want to >> arrange local screenings for their members and the general public. >> We're happy to drop a DVD in the mail---just shoot me an email at jduda at democracycollaborative.org >>? with the details of when and where you plan to screen the film. >> >> If you're interested in taking the conversation further, we've also >> arranged with Chelsea Green, the worker-owned publisher of Gar's new >> book What Then Must We Do? to make copies of the book available for >> local reading groups available at a 35% discount? just use the code >> STDYGR when checking out on their site. >> >> And finally, ideas matter?but only if they're put into action.? To >> help local activist groups organize strategic, winnable campaigns >> that can displace corporate power, we've prepared a guide to "Ten >> Ways To Democratize the Economy," which recently appeared on Bill >> Moyers' site where it was liked and shared by over 11,000 people. >> You can also download a printable copy of the guide for local >> distribution off Gar's website. >> >> If you'd like to set up a screening, or have any questions, don't >> hesitate to be in touch! >> >> John Duda >> The Democracy Collaborative >> -- John Duda >> Communications Coordinator >> The Democracy Collaborative >> University of Maryland, College Park >> http://democracycollaborative.org >> (202) 559-1473 x102 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > gpca-forum mailing list > gpca-forum at cagreens.org > http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/gpca-forum > -- Spencer Graves, PE, PhD President and Chief Technology Officer Structure Inspection and Monitoring, Inc. 751 Emerson Ct. 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John -- In a potential breakthrough that could end the government shutdown, House Democrats are pushing a procedural move called a "discharge petition" that would cut John Boehner and Tea Party extremists out of the budget process and force a vote on a clean spending bill. And they only need 18 Republicans for it to work. Seem impossible? Well, 21 Republicans have gone on the record that they are willing to support a clean budget. Now is their chance to back up their words with action and end this shutdown for good. Please join DFA and Daily Kos in asking these 21 House Republicans to sign the discharge petition and end the shutdown. Tea Party extremists shut down the government to force their right-wing agenda on the American people. John Boehner is unwilling to bring a clean funding bill up for a vote. Fortunately, if 218 representatives sign the discharge petition, it will cut John Boehner?s legs out from under him. With 200 Democrats on board, we only need 18 moderate Republicans to sign on and stand up against the extremism of their Tea Party colleagues. Sign Daily Kos and DFA's petition: Ask these moderate Republicans to end the government shutdown by signing the discharge petition today. Thanks for all you do, Andy Andy Kelley Online Programs Deputy, Democracy for America Can you chip in to help fuel our people-powered campaign to defeat Tea Party Republicans? Paid for by Democracy for America, http://www.democracyforamerica.com/?t=4&akid=3983.2448636.hXG8Wp and not authorized by any candidate. Contributions to Democracy for America are not deductible for federal income tax purposes. This message was sent to pagesincolor at yahoo.com Click here to unsubscribe from further communications. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net Sun Oct 6 10:58:58 2013 From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle) Date: Sun, 06 Oct 2013 10:58:58 -0700 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Junior State in November Message-ID: <5251A4E2.6000305@sbcglobal.net> Here is an email exchange re the tiime of the event: Hi Mr. Doyle, Sorry for the late email but I was just notified that the political fair was going to take place during blocks 2 and 3, 2:30-4:30 pm. Arriving about half an hour(?) would be ideal or if you need more time to set up the tables, that would be fine too. Thank you for coming! From, Harry Yoon Political Coordinator On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 10:25 PM, Jim Doyle > wrote: Thank you Harry for the invitation to the November Junior State political fair. The Green Party accepts the invitation. In fact, it is an event we always look forward to. We will be there on Saturday November 16-th. What will the hours be this year? What time should we arive to set up our table? Thank you again, Jim Doyle Treasurer Green Party of Santa Clara County From andi at wrytor.com Sun Oct 6 15:28:12 2013 From: andi at wrytor.com (Andrea Dorey) Date: Sun, 6 Oct 2013 15:28:12 -0700 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Green Party Mayor of Richmond, CA fights foreclosures In-Reply-To: <1381012736.45522.YahooMailNeo@web185305.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> References: <201310051914.r95JECU1028912@mail.ucla.edu> <1381012736.45522.YahooMailNeo@web185305.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <20803EA6-528E-4756-80E0-645853526C75@wrytor.com> Wow! My hero too!! What a mayor!!! Andrea On Oct 5, 2013, at 3:38 PM, Caroline Yacoub wrote: > She's my hero. > > ----- Forwarded Message ----- > From: shane que hee > To: > Sent: Saturday, October 5, 2013 12:14 PM > Subject: Green Party Mayor of Richmond, CA fights foreclosures > >> Date: Sat, 05 Oct 2013 06:36:18 -0700 >> Subject: Green Party Mayor of Richmond, CA fights foreclosures >> From: Thomas Scott Tucker >> >> Forceful mayor's drastic plan to stop foreclosures >> >> >> >> Julie Schmit, USA TODAY 10:03 a.m. EDT September 29, 2013 >> >> >> The Green Party mayor of Richmond, Calif., has a plan to help underwater homeowners in her city get more affordable mortgages. And she's got the financial industry in a tizzy. >> >> >> >> VIDEO with link: >> >> http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2013/09/29/richmond-eminent-domain-foreclosures/2834299 / >> >> RICHMOND, Calif. ? Gayle McLaughlin looks and sounds like the former school teacher and data entry worker she was ? down to her sensible brown walking shoes. >> >> What the 5-foot-4-inch mayor of this working-class San Francisco Bay Area city does not resemble is the ready-to-march, dogged corporate thorn she is. >> >> Her latest opponent? Wall Street. >> >> McLaughlin, a member of the leftist Green Party, is leading a novel effort by the city to buy 624 underwater mortgages in Richmond, pay the investor-owners some of what they're owed and set the homeowner up with a new mortgage closer to the home's current value. >> >> If investors don't sell, the city says it may use its eminent domain powers to seize the mortgages at fair market value. >> >> The idea is to prevent foreclosures, which cause blight, and help homeowners still stuck with mortgage loans far greater than their home's value, McLaughlin says. >> >> "People were tricked. They were sold these bad loans. This is a question ? for me ? of a community being victimized," says McLaughlin, 61, a longtime renter who "owned a trailer once." >> >> Richmond's threat to use its eminent-domain powers, which allow governments to take private property for public use, has unleashed a torrent of opposition. >> >> Banks, government regulators, mortgage bankers, Realtors, investors and land title companies say the plan is unconstitutional, will shortchange investors who own the mortgages, including pension funds and threaten mortgage lending and property rights. >> >> "If investors get ripped off today, why would they put capital to work tomorrow?" says Tom Deutsch, CEO of the American Securitization Forum, whose members include issuers and investors in mortgage-backed securities. If any city does it, "It'll set the precedent nationwide," he says. >> >> Richmond, a city of 105,000 that is 70% minority, was hit hard in the housing bust. >> >> Home values tanked 66% from their peak in 2006 to a median of $156,000 at the end of 2011, Zillow data show. That's led to thousands of foreclosures and millions of dollars in lost property tax revenue, McLaughlin says. Home prices have climbed back to a median of $218,000, but four of 10 mortgaged homes are still underwater. >> >> Many of those are at risk of foreclosure, McLaughlin says. Last month, she marched with other protesters to Wells Fargo's headquarters in San Francisco in support of the plan. >> >> "It is not an option to stand on the sidelines, waiting for the next wave of foreclosures," McLaughlin says. "We are going to stand up to Wall Street." >> >> NO STRANGER TO POLITICAL FIGHTS >> >> The second-term mayor, whose career in government started as a Richmond City Council member in 2004, is accustomed to tough fights. >> >> Growing up in Chicago, she was the third of five daughters born to a union-carpenter father and a factory-worker mother. She's spent decades on the other side of the powers that be ? opposing the Vietnam War, supporting the Central American solidarity movement and numerous environmental causes. >> >> In her 2010 mayoral race, she survived an attack by the city's police and fire unions that exposed an earlier, unsuccessful attempt to shed personal debts by filing for bankruptcy. McLaughlin says the "smear" campaign backfired, and voters identified with her ability to overcome financial challenges. >> >> McLaughlin has also repeatedly clashed with Chevron, the city's biggest employer. Last month, the city sued Chevron, alleging that a 2012 fire at the local refinery reflected "years of neglect." The suit asks for financial compensation for economic damages and punitive ones to deter similar future conduct. >> >> Chevron, which agreed to pay the county $2 million stemming from the fire, says the lawsuit is a "wrongheaded attempt" to take advantage of the refinery fire. >> >> McLaughlin expects it to force Chevron to "change its corporate culture so our community can be safe." >> >> A MESSAGE FROM WALL STREET? >> >> Not everybody applauds McLaughlin's tactics. >> >> "You don't bite the hand that feeds you. ? You sit down with them," says Richmond City Councilman Nathaniel Bates, a frequent McLaughlin opponent. He says Chevron is working hard to modernize a 111-year-old plant that predates the city. >> >> The use of eminent domain won't hurt Wall Street as much as it'll hurt Richmond, Bates says. >> >> He fears that investors won't buy Richmond's bonds if the city proceeds. Richmond may have gotten such a warning shot last month when it failed to find takers for a $34 million bond offering. >> >> The city also isn't offering enough for the mortgages, Deutsch says. >> >> For the 624 home loans, Richmond offered a "fair market value" that averages 52% of what's owed, shows an analysis by independent consulting firm PF2 Securities Evaluations. Of the loans, 444 of them are current. The median balance owed is about $380,000. >> >> The city may take control of the mortgages by eminent domain if investors don't agree to sell, though it would still have to compensate them. >> >> "It's kind of like an offer you can't refuse ? a Godfather-like thing," says Richmond Realtor Jeffrey Wright, who also opposes the plan. >> >> He says the issue is less about preventing blight ? especially since some of the homes would quickly re-sell if foreclosed on ? and more about the mayor's politics. >> >> "It's a social justice crusade," Wright says. "From the mayor's perspective, the banks have done the people wrong." >> >> Here's how the plan would work. Assume a house has a $300,000 mortgage. The city might argue its current value is only $160,000. If a judge agreed, the city would use funds from investment firm Mortgage Resolution Partners to buy the loan. The homeowner would refinance into a new loan, perhaps for $190,000. Those funds would pay off the city. The $30,000 difference between what the city paid, and what it got, would be split among MRP, its investors and the city. >> >> The plan's implementation is far from certain. >> >> After an eight-hour city council meeting earlier this month, the council narrowly approved McLaughlin's proposal to take the next step with the plan and try draw in more cities. The council will have to vote again to actually seize loans and get a "yes" vote from one of the members who voted "no" at the last meeting. >> >> If the city seizes a loan, "There would be an immediate court challenge," Deutsch says. What's more, if sellers aren't willing to sell, the courts would have to determine fair pricing for the mortgages. >> >> Investors already filed suit against the plan once. A federal judge said the claims were not yet "ripe" because Richmond hadn't actually done anything yet. >> >> A handful of other cities are considering the same strategy as Richmond's, but it's taken the idea the furthest, says Cornell University law professor Robert Hockett, a chief proponent. >> >> Others have backed off. Those include North Las Vegas, Chicago and San Bernardino County in California, where opposition was also strong. >> >> Richmond has enlisted more grass-roots support than those other places, supporters say, including from the Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment. >> >> What else is different about Richmond? >> >> "The mayor," Deutsch says. > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Total miles Monday??????? 7.0 ? ? Tuesday Oct 8 ? 9:00 am???????????Depart from Bellarmine ??????????????????? ??? Lafayette?????????????????????? 2.3 ??????????????????????? San Tomas??????????????????? 1.3 ??????????????????????? Lawrence????????????????????? 1.6 ??????????????????????? Wolfe??????????????????????????? 0.9 ??????????????????????? Svl-Sarat Rd????????????????? 1.0 4:00 pm???????????Arrive at Svl Pres?????????? 0.6 ? Total miles Tuesday? ???? 7.7 ? ? Wed. Oct 9?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ? 9:00 am????? ????? Depart Svl Pres???? 11:00 am?????????? Arrive at Apple, rally, etc.? ????????????????????? 2.1 1:00 pm??????????? Depart Apple N on Svl-Sarat Rd?????????????? ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ??????????? ??????????? At El Camino N on Mathilda ?????????????????? 2.9 ??????????? ??????????? Maude Av????????????????????????????????????????????? 1.4 ??????????????????????? Turn E on Ahwahnee ??????????????????????? Cross 101 at Borregas ped overpass 5:00 pm??????????? Arrive at The Rock Church????????????????????? 0.9 ? Total miles Wed ??????????? 7.5 ? ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ? Thurs. Oct. 10?? ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ? ? 8:00 am??????????? Depart The Rock ??????????????????????? Return to Mathilda & Maude??????????????????? 0.9??????????????????????????????? ??????????????????????? W on Maude to Logue ??????????????????????? S on Logue to Middlefield Rd?????????????????? 2.3 ??????????????????????? W on Middlefield to Shoreline????????????????? 1.6 ??????????????????????? N on Shoreline to Charleston ??????????????????????? W on Charleston to Google???????????????????? 1.5 12:00 Noon??????? Arrive at Google 4:00 pm??????????? Depart Google to St. Joseph by vehicles ? Total miles Thurs?????????? 6.3? ? ? -- Sent from my Free Software powered Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From pagesincolor at yahoo.com Mon Oct 7 11:50:15 2013 From: pagesincolor at yahoo.com (John Thielking) Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2013 11:50:15 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Check out this Newsmax poll Re: Govt shutdown Message-ID: <1381171815.74683.YahooMailNeo@web122906.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> This is pretty depressing, if it reflects mainstream views, which it likely doesn't. Should Congress risk a govt shutdown to defund Obamacare? 60% Yes cut all funding 39% No, keep the govt running even if this means funding Obamacare. Do you support a one year delay in the individual mandate of Obamacare? 20% Yes delay it for one year. 34% No, implement the full law now. 45% Obamacare and all of its provisions should be repealed. If the federal govt does shut down who would you blame the most? 52% President Barack Obama? 36% Republicans in Congress 11% Democrats in Congress http://www.newsmax.com/Surveys/Results/id/91 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rainbeaufriend at riseup.net Mon Oct 7 13:40:46 2013 From: rainbeaufriend at riseup.net (Drew) Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2013 13:40:46 -0700 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Check out this Newsmax poll Re: Govt shutdown In-Reply-To: <1381171815.74683.YahooMailNeo@web122906.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> References: <1381171815.74683.YahooMailNeo@web122906.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <4a36c4b0d137e80594dee22a003a205e.squirrel@fruiteater.riseup.net> Newsmax is just like Fox News. Completely right wing propaganda. Everyone should do the world a favor and vow to never read Newsmax. Green is truth! Drew > This is pretty depressing, if it reflects mainstream views, which it > likely doesn't. > > Should Congress risk a govt shutdown to defund Obamacare? > > 60% Yes cut all funding > > 39% No, keep the govt running even if this means funding Obamacare. > > > > Do you support a one year delay in the individual mandate of Obamacare? > > 20% Yes delay it for one year. > > 34% No, implement the full law now. > > 45% Obamacare and all of its provisions should be repealed. > > If the federal govt does shut down who would you blame the most? > > 52% President Barack Obama? > > 36% Republicans in Congress > > > 11% Democrats in Congress > > > > > http://www.newsmax.com/Surveys/Results/id/91 > _______________________________________________ > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > http://lists.cagreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss From rainbeaufriend at riseup.net Mon Oct 7 13:54:07 2013 From: rainbeaufriend at riseup.net (Drew) Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2013 13:54:07 -0700 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Fwd: FINAL ROUTE & MILEAGE MARCH TO HEAL THE VALLEY In-Reply-To: <04b4d4fb-045a-4bed-9b38-c945e047cd75@email.android.com> References: <04b4d4fb-045a-4bed-9b38-c945e047cd75@email.android.com> Message-ID: <6a4e59e8c4a881e1d4b780601e19a742.squirrel@fruiteater.riseup.net> Sandy Perry is the originator of this fantastic protest march to call upon the tech titans of The Valley to finally pull their own weight on social justice for the people here in Santa Clara Valley. Debbie and I went to see the group off this morning from Story and King. Derek Tennant and Brian Good are two other Greens that are going to be working participating the whole way. They started with about 25 or so people and some will be coming and going during the course of the 4 days. You (yes I mean YOU) can participate in whatever parts they are available for (see the schedule below). Its awesome! Drew > -------- Original Message -------- > From: Derek Tennant > Sent: Fri Oct 04 17:16:43 PDT 2013 > To: Drew Johnson > Subject: Fwd: FINAL ROUTE & MILEAGE MARCH TO HEAL THE VALLEY > > > > > Derek > > Www.derekjoetennant.net > > -------- Original message -------- > From: perrysandy at aol.com > Date: 10/04/2013 5:11 PM (GMT-08:00) > To: > Subject: FINAL ROUTE & MILEAGE MARCH TO HEAL THE VALLEY > > Monday Oct 7 > ? > 9:00 am.?????? ??? Gather at Story-King > 9:30 am????? ????? March to Sacred Heart ? 2.6 > 10:30 am??????? ?? Rally at Sacred Heart > 11:00 am???????????March to SJSU????????????? 1.7 > 12:00 noon??????? Rally at SJSU > 2:00 pm?????????????March to Bellarmine?????? 2.7 > 5:00 pm??????????? Arrive at Bellarmine > ? > Total miles Monday??????? 7.0 > ? > ? > Tuesday Oct 8 > ? > 9:00 am???????????Depart from Bellarmine > ??????????????????? ??? Lafayette?????????????????????? 2.3 > ??????????????????????? San Tomas??????????????????? 1.3 > ??????????????????????? Lawrence????????????????????? 1.6 > ??????????????????????? Wolfe??????????????????????????? 0.9 > ??????????????????????? Svl-Sarat Rd????????????????? 1.0 > 4:00 pm???????????Arrive at Svl Pres?????????? 0.6 > ? > Total miles Tuesday? ???? 7.7 > ? > ? > Wed. Oct > 9?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? > ? > 9:00 am????? ????? Depart Svl Pres???? > 11:00 am?????????? Arrive at Apple, rally, etc.? ????????????????????? 2.1 > 1:00 pm??????????? Depart Apple N on Svl-Sarat Rd?????????????? > ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? > ??????????? ??????????? At El Camino N on Mathilda ?????????????????? 2.9 > ??????????? ??????????? Maude > Av????????????????????????????????????????????? 1.4 > ??????????????????????? Turn E on Ahwahnee > ??????????????????????? Cross 101 at Borregas ped overpass > 5:00 pm??????????? Arrive at The Rock Church????????????????????? 0.9 > ? > Total miles Wed ??????????? 7.5 > ? > ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? > ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? > ? > Thurs. Oct. 10?? > ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? > ? > ? > 8:00 am??????????? Depart The Rock > ??????????????????????? Return to Mathilda & Maude??????????????????? > 0.9??????????????????????????????? > ??????????????????????? W on Maude to Logue > ??????????????????????? S on Logue to Middlefield Rd?????????????????? 2.3 > ??????????????????????? W on Middlefield to Shoreline????????????????? 1.6 > ??????????????????????? N on Shoreline to Charleston > ??????????????????????? W on Charleston to Google???????????????????? 1.5 > 12:00 Noon??????? Arrive at Google > 4:00 pm??????????? Depart Google to St. Joseph by vehicles > ? > Total miles Thurs?????????? 6.3? > ? > ? > > -- > Sent from my Free Software powered Android device with K-9 Mail. Please > excuse my brevity._______________________________________________ > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > http://lists.cagreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss From carolineyacoub at att.net Mon Oct 7 14:23:31 2013 From: carolineyacoub at att.net (Caroline Yacoub) Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2013 14:23:31 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Check out this Newsmax poll Re: Govt shutdown In-Reply-To: <4a36c4b0d137e80594dee22a003a205e.squirrel@fruiteater.riseup.net> References: <1381171815.74683.YahooMailNeo@web122906.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> <4a36c4b0d137e80594dee22a003a205e.squirrel@fruiteater.riseup.net> Message-ID: <1381181011.88245.YahooMailNeo@web185301.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> I've seen at least three other polls that are completely in the other direction. However, the results of any poll depend on whom you ask. Caroline ________________________________ From: Drew To: John Thielking Cc: Greens Discussion List ; Donna Wallach Sent: Monday, October 7, 2013 1:40 PM Subject: Re: [GPSCC-chat] Check out this Newsmax poll Re: Govt shutdown Newsmax is just like Fox News.? Completely right wing propaganda. Everyone should do the world a favor and vow to never read Newsmax. Green is truth! Drew > This is pretty depressing, if it reflects mainstream views, which it > likely doesn't. > > Should Congress risk a govt shutdown to defund Obamacare? > > 60% Yes cut all funding > > 39% No, keep the govt running even if this means funding Obamacare. > > > > Do you support a one year delay in the individual mandate of Obamacare? > > 20% Yes delay it for one year. > > 34% No, implement the full law now. > > 45% Obamacare and all of its provisions should be repealed. > > If the federal govt does shut down who would you blame the most? > > 52% President Barack Obama? > > 36% Republicans in Congress > > > 11% Democrats in Congress > > > > > http://www.newsmax.com/Surveys/Results/id/91 > _______________________________________________ > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > http://lists.cagreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss _______________________________________________ sosfbay-discuss mailing list sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org http://lists.cagreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From spencer.graves at prodsyse.com Mon Oct 7 18:55:14 2013 From: spencer.graves at prodsyse.com (Spencer Graves) Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2013 18:55:14 -0700 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Check out this Newsmax poll Re: Govt shutdown In-Reply-To: <1381181011.88245.YahooMailNeo@web185301.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> References: <1381171815.74683.YahooMailNeo@web122906.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> <4a36c4b0d137e80594dee22a003a205e.squirrel@fruiteater.riseup.net> <1381181011.88245.YahooMailNeo@web185301.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <52536602.7080700@prodsyse.com> Hi, Caroline: Might it be convenient for you to provide links to the other polls you've seen? To be precise, the results of any poll depend on both what and whom you ask. Some pollsters work very hard to understand public sentiment. Others conduct polls to support their propaganda. Each polling organization has a reputation, and one can compare results based on the reputation of the polling organization. Beyond asking about the reputation of the organization, you can ask how the questions were worded, how the respondents were selected, and how the questions were posed. In 1936, Literary Digest magazine predicted that the Republican Alf Landon would beat Roosevelt by a landslide. Roosevelt got 61%. His victory was predicted by George Gallop. However, many people didn't believe Gallop, because the Literary Digest had successfully predicted the outcomes of the presidential elections of 1920, 1924, 1928, and 1932. Literary Digest asked their (high income) subscribers to mail in a post card with their preferred candidate. That method worked in 1920, 1924, 1928 and 1932. In 1936, the 99% supported the New Deal, despised by readers of the Literary Digest. Gallop was meticulous about his methodology. Literary Digest ceased publication in 1938: It's wealthy subscribers could not afford to be so misinformed. Best Wishes, Spencer On 10/7/2013 2:23 PM, Caroline Yacoub wrote: > I've seen at least three other polls that are completely in the other > direction. However, the results of any poll depend on whom you ask. > Caroline > > *From:* Drew > *To:* John Thielking > *Cc:* Greens Discussion List ; Donna > Wallach > *Sent:* Monday, October 7, 2013 1:40 PM > *Subject:* Re: [GPSCC-chat] Check out this Newsmax poll Re: Govt shutdown > > Newsmax is just like Fox News. Completely right wing propaganda. > Everyone should do the world a favor and vow to never read Newsmax. > > Green is truth! > > Drew > > > This is pretty depressing, if it reflects mainstream views, which it > > likely doesn't. > > > > Should Congress risk a govt shutdown to defund Obamacare? > > > > 60% Yes cut all funding > > > > 39% No, keep the govt running even if this means funding Obamacare. > > > > > > > > Do you support a one year delay in the individual mandate of Obamacare? > > > > 20% Yes delay it for one year. > > > > 34% No, implement the full law now. > > > > 45% Obamacare and all of its provisions should be repealed. > > > > If the federal govt does shut down who would you blame the most? > > > > 52% President Barack Obama > > > > 36% Republicans in Congress > > > > > > 11% Democrats in Congress > > > > > > > > > > http://www.newsmax.com/Surveys/Results/id/91 > > _______________________________________________ > > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > > http://lists.cagreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss > > > _______________________________________________ > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > http://lists.cagreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss > > > > _______________________________________________ > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > http://lists.cagreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss -- Spencer Graves, PE, PhD President and Chief Technology Officer Structure Inspection and Monitoring, Inc. 751 Emerson Ct. 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I intentionally don't use an ad blocker, and I see a *lot *of Newsmax ads, almost as many as Amazon's or whatever mail order company I bought from last month. Like Limbaugh's and Beck's, the advertising on their site is for vanity-press books and gold-bugger and survivalist tracts, so I suspect they operate at a loss and get funding through something like Donors Trust. On 10/08/2013 07:45 AM, Wes Rolley wrote: > On 10/7/2013 11:50 AM, John Thielking wrote: >> / >> If the federal govt does shut down who would you blame the most? >> >> 52% President Barack Obama >> >> 36% Republicans in Congress >> >> 11% Democrats in Congress > > John, I am not sure about this source, but the last polling I saw on > TV news for a different take on the same question showed a very > different picture: Do you approve or disapprove of their handling of > the budget and shutdown issue: > Disapprove: Republican Congress 70% > Democratic Congress: 61% > President Obama: 51% > > All negative, but Republicans by far the most negative. > -- > "Anytime you have an opportunity to make things better and you don't, > then you are wasting your time on this Earth" - /Roberto Clemente/ > > > _______________________________________________ > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > http://lists.cagreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mfeinstein at feinstein.org Mon Oct 7 16:48:09 2013 From: mfeinstein at feinstein.org (Mike Feinstein) Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2013 16:48:09 -0700 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] tablig at Foothill college wednesday October 9-th In-Reply-To: <524E6A97.8070502@sbcglobal.net> References: <524E6A97.8070502@sbcglobal.net> Message-ID: <84FF1E45-A94C-4EAD-8744-2D4EFFB2E4F6@feinstein.org> Dear all I got a follow up email from these folks today, wondering if we are going to be doing this tabling. I sure how Santa Clara County Greens can find some folks to show up, as this is an opportunity we are not always granted, that we say we want. Mike On Oct 4, 2013, at 12:13 AM, Jim Doyle wrote: > Who is available and willing to table at Footill College > Wednesday October 9-th from noon until 1 pm? > > If we have tablers we can confirm our attendance. > > Here is the notice that they first sent to Mike Feinstein: > > Foothill College is hosting a Political Awareness Day Wednesday > October 9th and we are inviting you to attend. The purpose of this > event is to educate our students about politics, and how to get > involved. This is your opportunity to reach out to students, to > inform them on political values and point of views on hot political > topics. The event will be held in foothills Campus Center Plaza and > will go on from 12-1pm. For conformation and further information > please contact Daphne Small at smalldaphne at fhda.edu. > Omar Zeitoun > ASFC Senator > zeitoun_omar at yahoo.com From pagesincolor at yahoo.com Tue Oct 8 14:11:07 2013 From: pagesincolor at yahoo.com (John Thielking) Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2013 14:11:07 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [GPSCC-chat] tablig at Foothill college wednesday October 9-th In-Reply-To: <84FF1E45-A94C-4EAD-8744-2D4EFFB2E4F6@feinstein.org> References: <524E6A97.8070502@sbcglobal.net> <84FF1E45-A94C-4EAD-8744-2D4EFFB2E4F6@feinstein.org> Message-ID: <1381266667.42510.YahooMailNeo@web122901.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> I'm not planning to go. The event is outdoors and it is scheduled to rain that day anyway. John Thielkng ________________________________ From: Mike Feinstein To: sosfbay discussion group Cc: Jim Doyle Sent: Monday, October 7, 2013 4:48 PM Subject: Re: [GPSCC-chat] tablig at Foothill college wednesday October 9-th Dear all I got a follow up email from these folks today, wondering if we are? going to be doing this tabling. I sure how Santa Clara County Greens can find some folks to show up,? as this is an opportunity we are not always granted, that we say we? want. Mike On Oct 4, 2013, at 12:13 AM, Jim Doyle wrote: > Who is available and willing to table at Footill College > Wednesday October 9-th from noon until 1 pm? > > If we have tablers we can confirm our attendance. > > Here is the notice that they first sent to Mike Feinstein: > > Foothill College is hosting a Political Awareness Day Wednesday > October 9th and we are inviting you to attend. The purpose of this > event is to educate our students about politics, and how to get > involved. This is your opportunity to reach out to students, to > inform them on political values and point of views on hot political > topics. The event will be held in foothills Campus Center Plaza and > will go on from 12-1pm. For conformation and further information > please contact Daphne Small at smalldaphne at fhda.edu. > Omar Zeitoun > ASFC Senator > zeitoun_omar at yahoo.com _______________________________________________ sosfbay-discuss mailing list sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org http://lists.cagreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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John Thielkng ________________________________ From: Mike Feinstein To: sosfbay discussion group Cc: Jim Doyle Sent: Monday, October 7, 2013 4:48 PM Subject: Re: [GPSCC-chat] tablig at Foothill college wednesday October 9-th Dear all I got a follow up email from these folks today, wondering if we are? going to be doing this tabling. I sure how Santa Clara County Greens can find some folks to show up,? as this is an opportunity we are not always granted, that we say we? want. Mike On Oct 4, 2013, at 12:13 AM, Jim Doyle wrote: > Who is available and willing to table at Footill College > Wednesday October 9-th from noon until 1 pm? > > If we have tablers we can confirm our attendance. > > Here is the notice that they first sent to Mike Feinstein: > > Foothill College is hosting a Political Awareness Day Wednesday > October 9th and we are inviting you to attend. The purpose of this > event is to educate our students about politics, and how to get > involved. This is your opportunity to reach out to students, to > inform them on political values and point of views on hot political > topics. The event will be held in foothills Campus Center Plaza and > will go on from 12-1pm. For conformation and further information > please contact Daphne Small at smalldaphne at fhda.edu. > Omar Zeitoun > ASFC Senator > zeitoun_omar at yahoo.com _______________________________________________ sosfbay-discuss mailing list sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org http://lists.cagreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss _______________________________________________ sosfbay-discuss mailing list sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org http://lists.cagreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net Tue Oct 8 20:17:42 2013 From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle) Date: Tue, 08 Oct 2013 20:17:42 -0700 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] tablig at Foothill college wednesday October 9-th In-Reply-To: <1381281087.77381.YahooMailNeo@web185303.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> References: <524E6A97.8070502@sbcglobal.net> <84FF1E45-A94C-4EAD-8744-2D4EFFB2E4F6@feinstein.org> <1381266667.42510.YahooMailNeo@web122901.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> <1381281087.77381.YahooMailNeo@web185303.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <5254CAD6.7020803@sbcglobal.net> This is about confirmation. Tthe event's organisers requested a confirmation and even contacted us for a second time for lack of a confirmation. > will go on from 12-1pm. For *conformation* and further information > please contact Daphne Small at smalldaphne at fhda.edu. A simple 'OK, I'll do it' doesn't cover all of the bases. Caroline Yacoub wrote: > I thought Tian said he was going to do it. > > *From:* John Thielking > *To:* Mike Feinstein ; sosfbay discussion > group > *Cc:* Jim Doyle > *Sent:* Tuesday, October 8, 2013 2:11 PM > *Subject:* Re: [GPSCC-chat] tablig at Foothill college wednesday > October 9-th > > I'm not planning to go. The event is outdoors and it is scheduled to > rain that day anyway. > > John Thielkng > > > *From:* Mike Feinstein > *To:* sosfbay discussion group > *Cc:* Jim Doyle > *Sent:* Monday, October 7, 2013 4:48 PM > *Subject:* Re: [GPSCC-chat] tablig at Foothill college wednesday > October 9-th > > Dear all > > I got a follow up email from these folks today, wondering if we are > going to be doing this tabling. > > I sure how Santa Clara County Greens can find some folks to show up, > as this is an opportunity we are not always granted, that we say we > want. > > Mike > > On Oct 4, 2013, at 12:13 AM, Jim Doyle wrote: > > > Who is available and willing to table at Footill College > > Wednesday October 9-th from noon until 1 pm? > > > > If we have tablers we can confirm our attendance. > > > > Here is the notice that they first sent to Mike Feinstein: > > > > Foothill College is hosting a Political Awareness Day Wednesday > > October 9th and we are inviting you to attend. The purpose of this > > event is to educate our students about politics, and how to get > > involved. This is your opportunity to reach out to students, to > > inform them on political values and point of views on hot political > > topics. The event will be held in foothills Campus Center Plaza and > > will go on from 12-1pm. For conformation and further information > > please contact Daphne Small at smalldaphne at fhda.edu. > > > Omar Zeitoun > > ASFC Senator > > zeitoun_omar at yahoo.com > > _______________________________________________ > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > http://lists.cagreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss > > > > _______________________________________________ > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > http://lists.cagreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss > From snug.bug at hotmail.com Tue Oct 8 22:59:23 2013 From: snug.bug at hotmail.com (Brian Good) Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2013 22:59:23 -0700 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Fwd: FINAL ROUTE & MILEAGE MARCH TO HEAL THE VALLEY In-Reply-To: <6a4e59e8c4a881e1d4b780601e19a742.squirrel@fruiteater.riseup.net> References: , <04b4d4fb-045a-4bed-9b38-c945e047cd75@email.android.com>, <6a4e59e8c4a881e1d4b780601e19a742.squirrel@fruiteater.riseup.net> Message-ID: We could really use support at the Rally at Apple tomorrow, Wed., at 11:00 at Sunnyvale-Saratoga Road just south of 280 in Cupertino, and also at Google in Mountain View at noon (Take Shoreline N. from 101, turn left on Charleston). Pastor Scott Wagers of the Community Homeless Alliance MInistry has already gotten amazing news coverage on channels 2, 5, 7, KQED radio, KGO radio, KCBS radio. Apple and Google are where the rubber meets the road. Bring your friends! > Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2013 13:54:07 -0700 > From: rainbeaufriend at riseup.net > CC: sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > Subject: Re: [GPSCC-chat] Fwd: FINAL ROUTE & MILEAGE MARCH TO HEAL THE VALLEY > > Sandy Perry is the originator of this fantastic protest march to call upon > the tech titans of The Valley to finally pull their own weight on social > justice for the people here in Santa Clara Valley. Debbie and I went to > see the group off this morning from Story and King. Derek Tennant and > Brian Good are two other Greens that are going to be working participating > the whole way. They started with about 25 or so people and some will be > coming and going during the course of the 4 days. You (yes I mean YOU) > can participate in whatever parts they are available for (see the schedule > below). Its awesome! > > Drew > > > > -------- Original Message -------- > > From: Derek Tennant > > Sent: Fri Oct 04 17:16:43 PDT 2013 > > To: Drew Johnson > > Subject: Fwd: FINAL ROUTE & MILEAGE MARCH TO HEAL THE VALLEY > > > > > > > > > > Derek > > > > Www.derekjoetennant.net > > > > -------- Original message -------- > > From: perrysandy at aol.com > > Date: 10/04/2013 5:11 PM (GMT-08:00) > > To: > > Subject: FINAL ROUTE & MILEAGE MARCH TO HEAL THE VALLEY > > > > Monday Oct 7 > > > > 9:00 am. Gather at Story-King > > 9:30 am March to Sacred Heart 2.6 > > 10:30 am Rally at Sacred Heart > > 11:00 am March to SJSU 1.7 > > 12:00 noon Rally at SJSU > > 2:00 pm March to Bellarmine 2.7 > > 5:00 pm Arrive at Bellarmine > > > > Total miles Monday 7.0 > > > > > > Tuesday Oct 8 > > > > 9:00 am Depart from Bellarmine > > Lafayette 2.3 > > San Tomas 1.3 > > Lawrence 1.6 > > Wolfe 0.9 > > Svl-Sarat Rd 1.0 > > 4:00 pm Arrive at Svl Pres 0.6 > > > > Total miles Tuesday 7.7 > > > > > > Wed. Oct > > 9 > > > > 9:00 am Depart Svl Pres > > 11:00 am Arrive at Apple, rally, etc. 2.1 > > 1:00 pm Depart Apple N on Svl-Sarat Rd > > > > At El Camino N on Mathilda 2.9 > > Maude > > Av 1.4 > > Turn E on Ahwahnee > > Cross 101 at Borregas ped overpass > > 5:00 pm Arrive at The Rock Church 0.9 > > > > Total miles Wed 7.5 > > > > > > > > > > Thurs. Oct. 10 > > > > > > > > 8:00 am Depart The Rock > > Return to Mathilda & Maude > > 0.9 > > W on Maude to Logue > > S on Logue to Middlefield Rd 2.3 > > W on Middlefield to Shoreline 1.6 > > N on Shoreline to Charleston > > W on Charleston to Google 1.5 > > 12:00 Noon Arrive at Google > > 4:00 pm Depart Google to St. Joseph by vehicles > > > > Total miles Thurs 6.3 > > > > > > > > -- > > Sent from my Free Software powered Android device with K-9 Mail. Please > > excuse my brevity._______________________________________________ > > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > > http://lists.cagreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss > > > _______________________________________________ > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > http://lists.cagreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From spencer.graves at prodsyse.com Wed Oct 9 01:52:16 2013 From: spencer.graves at prodsyse.com (Spencer Graves) Date: Wed, 09 Oct 2013 01:52:16 -0700 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] GPCA endorsements for June 2014 primary, Coordinating Committee, initiatives Message-ID: <52551940.6090506@prodsyse.com> Hello, All: Mike Feinstein and Tim Laidman have announced the opening of discussion and voting for candidates and issues before the Standing General Assembly. The Santa Clara Greens currently has 5 delegates (Jim Doyle, Spencer Graves, Drew Johnson, John Thielking, Betsy Wolf-Graves). The official "GPCA-votes SGA voting" discussion is now open and will continue through the General Assembly at Santa Rosa, Nov. 16-17, and end via SGA electronic voting Nov. 24 -- unless the rules are changed in Santa Rosa. The following issues are currently being discussed by the SGA: * Discuss ID 33 - California Cannabis Hemp Initiative 2014 * Discuss ID 34 - Governor: Deacon Alexander, Luis Rodriguez * Discuss ID 35 - Sec. of State: David Curtis * Discuss ID 36 - Treasurer: Ellen Brown * Discuss ID 37 - Controller: Laura Wells I think we need to discuss this at the via email. I hope that at the next Santa Clara Greens meeting, October 24, we will provide instructions for how our SGA delegates are to vote on these issues -- or at least a process that will produce an answer by the November 21 meeting of the Santa Clara Greens. I'd prefer to have an answer before November 21 to allow more time for our SGA delegates to overcome any problems they might encounter with the voting system. At this moment, I favor the cannabis initiative, and I think we should endorse exactly one candidate for each office. Having two candidates in our unified primary dilutes our limited votes and reduces further our miniscule chances of winning. I've offered technical support to Laura Wells for her campaign for Controller. She was arrested while our candidate for Governor in 2010. For more, see the Wikipedia article on her (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Wells). At the present time, I have no preference between Alexander and Rodriguez for Governor. Comments? Best Wishes, Spencer -- Spencer Graves, PE, PhD President and Chief Technology Officer Structure Inspection and Monitoring, Inc. 751 Emerson Ct. San Jos?, CA 95126 ph: 408-655-4567 web: www.structuremonitoring.com From rainbeaufriend at riseup.net Wed Oct 9 06:13:49 2013 From: rainbeaufriend at riseup.net (Drew) Date: Wed, 09 Oct 2013 06:13:49 -0700 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] GPCA endorsements for June 2014 primary, Coordinating Committee, initiatives In-Reply-To: <52551940.6090506@prodsyse.com> References: <52551940.6090506@prodsyse.com> Message-ID: <184ca198-852f-4b5e-afe4-733ee904a103@email.android.com> I'm in favor of all the initiatives and candidates. Green is GO! Drew Spencer Graves wrote: >Hello, All: > > > Mike Feinstein and Tim Laidman have announced the opening of >discussion and voting for candidates and issues before the Standing >General Assembly. The Santa Clara Greens currently has 5 delegates >(Jim >Doyle, Spencer Graves, Drew Johnson, John Thielking, Betsy >Wolf-Graves). The official "GPCA-votes SGA voting" discussion is now >open and will continue through the General Assembly at Santa Rosa, Nov. > >16-17, and end via SGA electronic voting Nov. 24 -- unless the rules >are >changed in Santa Rosa. > > > The following issues are currently being discussed by the SGA: > > > * Discuss ID 33 - California Cannabis Hemp Initiative 2014 > > > * Discuss ID 34 - Governor: Deacon Alexander, Luis Rodriguez > > > * Discuss ID 35 - Sec. of State: David Curtis > > > * Discuss ID 36 - Treasurer: Ellen Brown > > > * Discuss ID 37 - Controller: Laura Wells > > > I think we need to discuss this at the via email. I hope that at >the next Santa Clara Greens meeting, October 24, we will provide >instructions for how our SGA delegates are to vote on these issues -- >or >at least a process that will produce an answer by the November 21 >meeting of the Santa Clara Greens. I'd prefer to have an answer before > >November 21 to allow more time for our SGA delegates to overcome any >problems they might encounter with the voting system. > > > At this moment, I favor the cannabis initiative, and I think we >should endorse exactly one candidate for each office. Having two >candidates in our unified primary dilutes our limited votes and reduces > >further our miniscule chances of winning. I've offered technical >support to Laura Wells for her campaign for Controller. She was >arrested >while our candidate for Governor in 2010. For more, see the Wikipedia >article on her (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Wells). At the >present time, I have no preference between Alexander and Rodriguez for >Governor. > > > Comments? > Best Wishes, > Spencer > > >-- >Spencer Graves, PE, PhD >President and Chief Technology Officer >Structure Inspection and Monitoring, Inc. >751 Emerson Ct. >San Jos?, CA 95126 >ph: 408-655-4567 >web: www.structuremonitoring.com > >_______________________________________________ >sosfbay-discuss mailing list >sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org >http://lists.cagreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss -- Sent from my Free Software powered Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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San Francisco Greens will be working to get people to the polls. Any Green who is on the ballot will be doing the same. I hope you can reschedule the tour of the state. SF Greens would enjoy meeting with Luis. Barry -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [gpca-grow] Luis Rodriguez Campaign Stops - October, November From: Edy Alvarez Date: Tue, October 08, 2013 10:02 pm To: "gpca-grow at cagreens.org" As many of you already know, Luis Rodriguez is seeking the 2014 Green Party of California nomination for Governor. I would like to set up campaign fundraisers and meet-and-greets across the state so people can become acquainted with him. Dates available for meet-and-greets/fundraisers: Oct. 28, 29, 30, 31 Nov. 2-7 So if you have questions or would like to set up an event, please send me an email at valleycollegegreens at msn.com. Donations: In addition, we have set a goal of raising $10,000 from now until the end of November -- We will be taking cash as well as checks. All funds raised will be used towards: A) Setting up and maintaining a website B) Financing the campaign C) Hiring campaign staff D) Campaign outreach, i.e. publicity, op-eds, social media networking, promotional material, etc. So if you have questions or would like to set up an event, please send me an email at valleycollegegreens at msn.com. Edy Alvarez 818-336-2834 _____________________________________________ _______________________________________________ gpca-grow mailing list gpca-grow at cagreens.org http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/gpca-grow ------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ gpca-grow mailing list gpca-grow at cagreens.org http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/gpca-grow -- Sent from my Free Software powered Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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See: * *The Independent on Sunday :*"Nuclear scare at Navy submarine base after 'unbelievable' failures" (06.10.2013)englischsprachige Quelle * *BBC News :*"Devonport Dockyard loss of power 'had nuclear implications'" (06.10.2013)englischsprachige Quelle * *Plymouth Herald:*"Warning for Devonport Dockyard in Plymouth after power loss to a nuclear ring" (07.10.2013)englischsprachige Quelle * *Office of Nuclear Regulation (ONR):*"Devonport served with Improvement Notice" (27.09.2013)englischsprachige Quelle or German Wikinews "Atomkatastrophe nach schwerem St?rfall nur knapp verhindert" (https://de.wikinews.org/wiki/Atomkatastrophe_nach_schwerem_St%C3%B6rfall_nur_knapp_verhindert), which gave the above 4 English language sources. Have you seen this in any major US news outlet? If no, what if anything should we do about this? Best Wishes, Spencer -- Spencer Graves, PE, PhD President and Chief Technology Officer Structure Inspection and Monitoring, Inc. 751 Emerson Ct. 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The few articles I found were from the BBC, "This is {lymouth", and ITV. Gerry Spencer Graves wrote: > Hello, All: > > > A major nuclear accident was reportedly barely avoided in > Devonport, England, 15 months ago. See: > > > * *The Independent on Sunday > :*?Nuclear scare at > Navy submarine base after 'unbelievable' failures? > (06.10.2013)englischsprachige > Quelle > * *BBC News :*?Devonport > Dockyard loss of power 'had nuclear implications'? > (06.10.2013)englischsprachige > Quelle > * *Plymouth Herald:*?Warning for Devonport Dockyard in Plymouth after > power loss to a nuclear ring? > (07.10.2013)englischsprachige > Quelle > * *Office of Nuclear Regulation (ONR):*?Devonport served with > Improvement Notice? > (27.09.2013)englischsprachige > Quelle > > > or German Wikinews "Atomkatastrophe nach schwerem St?rfall nur knapp > verhindert" > (https://de.wikinews.org/wiki/Atomkatastrophe_nach_schwerem_St%C3%B6rfall_nur_knapp_verhindert), > which gave the above 4 English language sources. > > > Have you seen this in any major US news outlet? If no, what if > anything should we do about this? > > > Best Wishes, > Spencer > > > -- > Spencer Graves, PE, PhD > President and Chief Technology Officer > Structure Inspection and Monitoring, Inc. > 751 Emerson Ct. > San Jos?, CA 95126 > ph: 408-655-4567 > web:www.structuremonitoring.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > http://lists.cagreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss > From spencer.graves at prodsyse.com Wed Oct 9 21:20:12 2013 From: spencer.graves at prodsyse.com (Spencer Graves) Date: Wed, 09 Oct 2013 21:20:12 -0700 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Are US National Security Policies Counterproductive? Message-ID: <52562AFC.4040503@prodsyse.com> Hello, All: I believe that the current discussion of US government secrecy rules avoids some critical background -- things done in secret and largely covered up by our "lapdog press". For example, Dilma Rousseff, current President of Brazil, was tortured for nonviolent political activities by a dictatorship that overthrew democracy in 1964 with secret encouragement by US President Johnson. Similarly, the Reagan administration secretly gave weapons of mass destruction to Saddam Hussein in the 1980s during the Iran-Iraq war, which he used against US troops in the 1990-91 Gulf War. Journalists are fired or harassed for asking the wrong questions. Green party activist Doug Stuber was prevented from flying to Europe to buy art to sell in his store in North Carolina apparently because he help organize one of Ralph Nader's presidential campaigns. For further discussion and documentation of these and related issues, see my blog re., "Are US National Security Policies Counterproductive?" at "http://sanjosepeace.wordpress.com/2013/10/08/are-us-national-security-policies-counterproductive/". Below please find emails I sent to Boxer, Feinstein and Lofgren citing this blog asking for a more substantive review of US government secrecy policies. If you'd like to do more but are uncertain how, please read the blog or contact me. Best Wishes, Spencer p.s. Might anyone be interested in helping convert this blog into a video? It's 533 words that could be read leisurely in 4.5 minutes and illustrated with 150 - 200 slides and photos from Wikipedia and other free sources. I could easily overestimate the value of this, but I think this blog contains a fairly unique and important message that I'm not hearing elsewhere. If you agree, I could use help in improving the verbiage and converting into into a YouTube video that might stand a chance of going viral and changing the terms of the debate on these issues. Dear Sen. Boxer: Thank you for your efforts to end the war in Iraq. How do you stand on the secrecy rules that allowed administrations at least from Eisenhower to Obama to conspire in secret to destroy democracy in foreign countries? You may know that Dilma Rousseff, current president of Brazil was tortured for her nonviolent opposition to a dictatorship that destroyed democracy there in 1964, with US President Johnson stationing a naval battle group off their coast in case Gen. Kruel, the coup leader, encountered unexpected difficulties. Do you think US secrecy laws should support that? Similarly, do you think the secret "No fly" list should have been used to harass Sen. Kennedy or prevent a Green party organizer for Ralph Nader to be prevented from flying to Europe to purchase art to sell in his gallery? Should "national security" be used to prevent the American people from participating in treaty discussions that enhance the power of international businesses at the expense of small businesses, consumers, and employees? For similar questions, see my blog asking "Are US National Security Policies Counterproductive?" at ... Dear Sen. Feinstein: From your support for the Patriot and similar Acts, I wonder how you felt about the routine harassment Sen. Kennedy receive from Homeland Security? Did you support the use of the "No fly" list to prevent an organizer for Ralph Nader from flying anywhere? What would you say to Dilma Rousseff, President of Brazil, who says she was tortured for nonviolent political activities by a dictatorship whose destruction of democracy in 1964 was secretly encouraged by US president Johnson? I gather you also support the use of national security as an excuse to keep secret details of international trade negotiations that increase the power of multinational corporations at the expense of small businesses, consumers, and employees? For details behind these and other similar cases with references to substantive documentation, please see my blog re. "Are US National Security Policies Counterproductive?" at ... Dear Rep. Lofgren: Thanks for your concern about excessive secrecy in the US government. How do you feel about the claims by Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff that she was tortured for nonviolent political activities by a dictatorship that destroyed democracy there with the secret encouragement of US President Johnson? How do you feel about the rules that allowed the Reagan administration to supply chemical and biological warfare technology to Saddam Hussein to help him during the Iran-Iraq war? A report by Senators Riegle and d'Amato documented how he used some of those weapons against US troops in the 1990-91 Gulf War. How do you think these rules should be changed? For more on my thoughts on this with references to research citing more cases and substantive documentation, see my blog re. "Are US National Security Policies Counterproductive?" at ... -- Spencer Graves, PE, PhD President and Chief Technology Officer Structure Inspection and Monitoring, Inc. 751 Emerson Ct. San Jos?, CA 95126 ph: 408-655-4567 web: www.structuremonitoring.com From carolineyacoub at att.net Thu Oct 10 00:25:35 2013 From: carolineyacoub at att.net (Caroline Yacoub) Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2013 00:25:35 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Fw: [350 SV Chat] Washington Post article -- excellent In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1381389935.22276.YahooMailNeo@web185304.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: w kostura To: Cc: "350-silicon-valley-chat at googlegroups.com" <350-silicon-valley-chat at googlegroups.com> Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2013 12:15 AM Subject: [350 SV Chat] Washington Post article -- excellent This is a great Washington Post article with a timeline of dramatic climate changes in different parts of the world and hence the urgency of quick action.? It sounds like the time budget hasn't quite shrunk to zero, but it's getting very close. Bill Kostura http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/dc-climate-will-shift-in-2047-researchers-say-tropics-will-feel-unprecedented-change-first/2013/10/09/f581b25e-3062-11e3-bbed-a8a60c601153_story.html?hpid=z4 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "350 Silicon Valley Chat" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to 350-silicon-valley-chat+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to 350-silicon-valley-chat at googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/350-silicon-valley-chat. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Donations: In addition, we have set a goal of raising $10,000 from now until the end of November -- We will be taking cash as well as checks. All funds raised will be used towards: A) Setting up and maintaining a website B) Financing the campaign C) Hiring campaign staff D) Campaign outreach, i.e. publicity, op-eds, social media networking, promotional material, etc. So if you have questions or would like to set up an event, please send me an email at valleycollegegreens at msn.com. Edy Alvarez 818-336-2834 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ gpca-grow mailing list gpca-grow at cagreens.org http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/gpca-grow -- Sent from my Free Software powered Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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I would like to set up campaign?fundraisers and meet-and-greets across the state so people can become acquainted with him.? ? Dates available for meet-and-greets/fundraisers: Oct. 28, 29, 30, 31 Nov. 2-7 ? So if you have questions or would like to set up an event, please send me an email at valleycollegegreens at msn.com. ? Donations: In addition, we have set a goal of raising $10,000?from now until the end of?November --?We will be taking cash as well as checks.? ? All funds raised will be used towards: A) Setting up and maintaining a website B) Financing the campaign C) Hiri ng campaign staff D) Campaign outreach, i.e. publicity, op-eds, social media networking, promotional material, etc. ? So if you have questions or would like to set up an event, please send me an email at valleycollegegreens at msn.com. ? Edy Alvarez 818-336-2834 ???????????????????????? ???????????? ??????????? -- Sent from my Free Software powered Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. ________________________________ gpca-grow mailing list gpca-grow at cagreens.org http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/gpca-grow _______________________________________________ sosfbay-discuss mailing list sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org http://lists.cagreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gerrygras at earthlink.net Thu Oct 10 10:28:46 2013 From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras) Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2013 10:28:46 -0700 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Nuclear Energy Problems Message-ID: <5256E3CE.2030805@earthlink.net> "Through Fukushima Lense, a Look at Looming US Nuclear Crisis" http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/10/09-7 "In monetary cost alone, Jaczko said, the cost of the Fukushima accident is estimated at $500 billion by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers." "The lesson of ?real life,? said Gundersen, is that there have been five nuclear plant meltdowns in the past 35 years?: Three Mile Island in 1979, Chernobyl in 1986 and the three at Fukushima Daiichi complex. That breaks down to an accident ?every seven years.?" Gerry From cbrouillet at igc.org Thu Oct 10 12:15:15 2013 From: cbrouillet at igc.org (Carol Brouillet) Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2013 12:15:15 -0700 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Ecuador event Friday at SJPC... Message-ID: A friend of mine is very interested in this event, but can't go and would love to hear a report back about it. I'd like to attend, but I can't go. Is anyone planning on going and if so can they tell give my friend who is - "involved w/efforts to stop petroleum extraction from destroying Amazonian rainforest..." >When Rafael Correa, an established economist, entered politics, he >was a man on a mission. Elected as Ecuador's President in 2006, he >quickly transformed a country with archaic structures into a social, >independent, ecological and participative democracy. Ecuadoreans now >have genuine reason to believe that the rigid structures of the past >are no longer acceptable and that they have a voice. > > From the Yasuni Initiative, by which the country would no longer > rely upon the exploitation of its natural oil resources, to the > analyzing of the IMF debt structure, hear from Correa and other > Ecuadorean leaders as they present alternatives regarding their > political, ecological and economic status in the global marketplace > and how they will put their people and the planet before profits. > >Suggested Donation $10 for food > >Food & Gathering >6:30 PM >Friday Oct. 11 >7:00 PM Presentation by Michelle Cordova, President of SJPJC and >Writer for La Oferta >7:15 PM Film > >Sponsored by Spanish For Activists at San Jose Peace & Justice Center Carol Brouillet on behalf of Barbara Deutsch. From pagesincolor at yahoo.com Fri Oct 11 09:38:42 2013 From: pagesincolor at yahoo.com (John Thielking) Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2013 09:38:42 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Nuclear Option For Peacemovies.com If Govt Defaults On Debt Message-ID: <1381509522.64869.YahooMailNeo@web122902.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> 10-11-2013 Update: Peacemovies.com Is Preparing The 'Nuclear Option' If Govt. Shutdown And Debt Default Defunds SSDI Payments If the US government goes into default by not raising the debt limit prior to October 17, 2013, this author is prepared to 'go nuclear' to secure funding to maintain his modest lifestyle and to continue operating Peacemovies.com. This author doesn't require much money to pay the rent and all other bills each year. SSDI brings in only about $20,000 per year tax free, plus the $105 per month premium for Medicare Part B. If necessary, this author will venture out into the online universe and find 10 crowdsource funding web sites similar to Kickstarter and set up funding requests of $250,000 on each of 10 sites. The fundraising goal is flexible. If only $25k-$50k is raised in total, this will fund living expenses and operation of Peacemovies.com for up to 2 years. If $250k is raised, this will allow expansion of the Peacemovies.com business into the area of DVD rental kiosks, where kiosks can be set up to rent and sell exclusively nonviolent movies that were released to DVD. A little above $250k, will allow the DVD kiosk business and the living expenses and normal operating costs of Peacemovies.com to be funded until the author reaches the age of 65, at which point the author can reapply for normal Social Security benefits of about $1200 per month. If all 10 sites get fully funded at the level of $250k ($2.5 million total), then even bigger projects could be taken on, such as starting a revenue generating cable TV channel that offers exclusively nonviolent movies and documentaries, possibly with a news program or two thrown in for good measure. If you can't wait to start making donations to this project, you can mail checks and money orders made out to John Thielking and send them to John Thielking, 5669 Snell Avenue #173, San Jose, CA 95123 USA. Thank you for your support. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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From: Drew To: GPSCC Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2013 5:40 AM Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Fwd: [gpca-grow] Luis Rodriguez Campaign Stops - October, November From: Edy Alvarez Sent: Tue Oct 08 22:02:17 PDT 2013 To: "gpca-grow at cagreens.org" Subject: [gpca-grow] Luis Rodriguez Campaign Stops - October, November As many of you already know, Luis Rodriguez is seeking the 2014 Green Party of California nomination for Governor. I would like to set up campaign fundraisers and meet-and-greets across the state so people can become acquainted with him. Dates available for meet-and-greets/fundraisers: Oct. 28, 29, 30, 31 Nov. 2-7 So if you have questions or would like to set up an event, please send me an email at valleycollegegreens at msn.com. Donations: In addition, we have set a goal of raising $10,000 from now until the end of November -- We will be taking cash as well as checks. All funds raised will be used towards: A) Setting up and maintaining a website B) Financing the campaign C) Hiri ngcampaign staff D) Campaign outreach, i.e. publicity, op-eds, social media networking, promotional material, etc. So if you have questions or would like to set up an event, please send me an email at valleycollegegreens at msn.com. Edy Alvarez 818-336-2834 -- Sent from my Free Software powered Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. gpca-grow mailing list gpca-grow at cagreens.org http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/gpca-grow _______________________________________________ sosfbay-discuss mailing list sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org http://lists.cagreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss _______________________________________________ sosfbay-discuss mailing list sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org http://lists.cagreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rainbeaufriend at riseup.net Fri Oct 11 12:33:36 2013 From: rainbeaufriend at riseup.net (Drew) Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2013 12:33:36 -0700 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Fwd: [gpca-grow] Luis Rodriguez In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: -------- Original Message -------- From: Edy Alvarez Sent: Fri Oct 11 12:29:23 PDT 2013 To: "gpca-grow at cagreens.org" Subject: [gpca-grow] Luis Rodriguez Facebook campaign page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Luis-Rodriguez-for-California/488092261213336?hc_location=stream https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5z5_wnw0IoA FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:Contact: Luis J. Rodriguez 818-898-0013 Los Angeles author and activist vies for Governor?s office as Green Party candidate LOS ANGELES, CA ? Nationally renowned author Luis J. Rodriguez has announced his intention in running for California Governor under the Green Party in 2014. The Green Party of California will nominate its June 2014 Gubernatorial candidate this November at its bi-annual statewide General Assembly. As a newly registered Green Party member of California and the 2012 Vice-Presidential Nominee for the Justice Party alongside running-mate and former mayor of Salt Lake City Rocky Anderson, Luis?s plan is for a campaign aimed at the wellbeing of all Californians ? for meaningful and livable jobs; education/training into the new digitally driven technology; green, clean and healthy neighborhoods for everyone; and peace and safety through restorative, transformative and healing urban peace models. ?I?m for a vision of a new California ? one that takes care of all it?s hard working residents, including those that now find themselves without work and even homes, and that strives for the long-range sustainability that is possible in the wealthiest and most resourceful state in the country,? says Mr. Rodriguez. ?I am inviting all progressives, labor leaders, community organizers, and, of course, regular folk ? across the political spectrum ? to unite around a broad movement for a California worthy of each of us. We need to make sure everyone is included in the immense possibilities inherent in people?s imaginations, in their labor, in the technology, and with respectful relationship to our bountiful earth.? Luis J. Rodriguez is author of 15 books in poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and children?s literature. His most well known work, ?Always Running, La Vida Loca, Gang Days in L.A.,? has been called one of the most checked out books in libraries and schools ? and perhaps the most stolen. The book has also been named one of the 100 most censored books in the U.S. and was the center of controversy in some California school districts. Yet Luis has received hundreds of letters from youth over the past twenty years addressing how the book inspires and changes young peoples? lives. For more than forty years Luis has also worked in gang peace, neighborhood arts, youth development, a labor organizer, a journalist, and in social justice. He has spent 33 years visiting prisons ? including Chino, Lancaster, San Quentin, Soledad, and Folsom ? and juvenile facilities throughout the state and across the U.S. He has also talked in public and private schools, colleges, universities, libraries, conferences, and urban and rural poor communities. He has 20 years as a Native Mexican/Native American healer working mostly with troubled youth, addicts, formerly incarcerated, battered women, and others. Along with his wife Trini and others, Luis helped create the nonprofit Tia Chucha?s Centro Cultural & Bookstore in the Northeast San Fernando Valley. This unique space includes workshops and performances in the visual arts, music, dance, theater, writing, indigenous cosmology, Open Mics, author readings, film nights, community dialogues, a youth empowerment project, a mural collective, and more ? as well as the only annual outdoor literacy festival in the San Fernando Valley: ?Celebrating Words: Written, Performed & Sung.? And he?s founder/editor of the award-winning small press, Tia Chucha Press, which in 25 years has published more than 50 books of poetry, chapbooks, an art book, and a CD. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ gpca-grow mailing list gpca-grow at cagreens.org http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/gpca-grow -- Sent from my Free Software powered Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gerrygras at earthlink.net Fri Oct 11 12:42:44 2013 From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras) Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2013 12:42:44 -0700 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] New Oil Spill in ND In-Reply-To: <525853FF.6050708@earthlink.net> References: <525853FF.6050708@earthlink.net> Message-ID: <525854B4.7050204@earthlink.net> "Over 865,200 Gallons of Fracked Oil Spill in ND, Public in Dark for Days Due to Government Shutdown" http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/10/11-0 Gerry From carolineyacoub at att.net Sat Oct 12 09:07:15 2013 From: carolineyacoub at att.net (Caroline Yacoub) Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2013 09:07:15 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Fw: [HCA-SantaClara] Tuesday, Oct 15th is our monthly healthcare coalition meeting and you are invited--needed! In-Reply-To: References: <1381514940.28714.YahooMailNeo@web184802.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>, <1381543796.54501.YahooMailNeo@web184802.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1381594035.30449.YahooMailNeo@web185306.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: Lynn Huidekoper To: HCAC Activists ; One Care Now ; HCA Santa Clara Yahoo Group ; HCA-California Yahoo Group Sent: Friday, October 11, 2013 10:39 PM Subject: [HCA-SantaClara] Tuesday, Oct 15th is our monthly healthcare coalition meeting and you are invited--needed! ? Notice to HCA members!? The Santa Clara County HCA chapter will not be meeting until April 2014 as Lynne Penek-Holden, Director, will be in Hawaii for 6 months. All HCA members are strongly encouraged to attend the Coalition meetings. Several HCA members have been Coalition members for a long time. We need to all push to get Single Payer a reality! HCA is member of the Coalition along with representatives from the League of Women Voters-Santa Clara-San Jose, the Calif. Nurses Assn., CARA(California Alliance for Retired Americans, Voluntarios de Comunidad, LISHC, CHAM(Communithy Homeless Alliance Ministry), CaHPSA (Calif. Health Professional Students Assn.), the Green Party. ----- Forwarded Message ----- >From: Katherine Bock >To: Katherine Bock >Sent: Friday, October 11, 2013 11:09 AM >Subject: Tuesday, Oct 15th is our monthly healthcare coalition meeting and you are invited--needed! > > > >?Agenda Santa Clara County Single Payer Health Care Coalition - Tuesday Oct. 15, 2013 > > >? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Low Income Self Help Center >? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?525 Alma San Jose > > >Center is right behind the Arco.??Turn onto?on Belmont. Parking lot is on the right in back of the Center.?,? Also a wonderful new produce market on the corner >Near Tamien light rail station --walk toward the river and the garden and you will find us 1st buiding on the right.??? For drivers, just off 87 Alma exit or coming from Willow Glen, just as Minnesota turns into Alma > > > >https://www.google.com/search?q=525+W.+Alma%2C+San+Jose%2C+Ca+95125&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a > >Please bring a friend! ?? > >Healthy snacks will, as always, be greatly appreciated. > > > * Welcome and check-in > * Report, Campaign for a Healthy California Strategy Session - Greg, Katherine, Bob Zigala > * Report, Incredible March to Heal the Valley - all who participated CHAM?? Co-Sponsors, LISHC, SEIU Security workers, Unite Here, Silicon Valley Debug, Voluntarios de la Comunidad? -special thanks to Joni and Joan > > * Report Gilroy event and Joel's Belmont event? (unless, I have completely lost track of time and we already talked about them) > * Report Healthcare Movie showing and outreach to SEIU (People with Disabilities, IHHS workers) -Joni and Katherine > * Mercy Killers - planning, outreach, fundraising, let's really use this opportunity to build the movement - committee > * Report on project to call and email more from lists -committee > > * Report on all outreach events we've been doing > > * Upcoming Events - Joni > * Other Agenda items > > > >Katherine Bock >The Low-Income Self-Help Center >525 W. Alma >San Jos?, CA 95125 >(408) 599-4590 cell?????CALL if YOU GET LOST >phone (408) 977-1275 / fax (408) 977-1650Co chair Santa Clara County Single Payer Health Care Coalition >? >? __._,_.___ Reply via web post Reply to sender Reply to group Start a New Topic Messages in this topic (1) Recent Activity: Visit Your Group Switch to: Text-Only, Daily Digest ? Unsubscribe ? Terms of Use ? 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When a group of pro-labeling moms in Washington State figured out that the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) was breaking the state?s campaign finance disclosure laws, they did something about it. They formed a grassroots group, Moms for Labeling, and they sued the GMA. Their complaint? The GMA is concealing the identities of out-of-state corporations, namely Big Food companies, which are funneling donations to the NO on I-522 campaign through the multi-billion dollar Washington D.C.-based lobbying group. The Moms had a whistleblower lined up to testify. But then the judge dismissed their case, on a technicality. You?d think that would have been enough to make the GMA happy, but no. The lobbying giant went after the Moms with a countersuit, prompting a judge to slapthe Moms with a $10,000 fine, under a lawthat is supposed to protect citizens from frivolous suits by big companies. End of story? Not yet. In dismissing the suit, the judge ruled that under the circumstances,?only the state attorney general now has the authority to sue the GMA for violating Washington?s Public Disclosure Act. The NO on I-522 campaign has so far raised $17.1 million to blanket the airwaves with lies, as it tries to scare voters into voting against the I-522 GMO labeling initiative. The GMA, which represents over 300 corporations including Kraft, Kellogg?s, Monsanto, Dupont, Starbucks, PepsiCo, Coca-Cola, ConAgra and General Mills, has kicked in $7.2 million so far ? $5 million more than the lobbying group spent last year in California, to defeat a similar GMO labeling initiative. Who?s missing from the NO on I-522 donor roster this year? The junk food giants who spent millions last year, but this year, are hiding their donations from public view. Let?s pick up where the Moms for Labeling left off, by insisting that Washington?s attorney general force the GMA to comply with the state?s campaign disclosure laws. TAKE ACTION: Tell Washington State?s Attorney General: Investigate the GMA?s Money Laundering Scheme, Don?t Punish Moms! ? ? I-522 UPDATE URGENT: Gov. Inslee, Please Get Off the Fence! Voting starts in 8 days. It ends on Nov. 5. But Washington State Governor Jay Inslee hasn?t yet made up his mind on whether or not to support I-522, Washington State?s GMO labeling initiative. Maybe we (meaning you) can help push him off the fence? Please call Gov. Inslee today - 360-902-4111begin_of_the_skype_highlighting?360-902-4111?FREE??end_of_the_skype_highlighting. Ask him to support I-522. Washington State is ground zero for the GMO labeling movement. If we can pass I-522, the state-wide ballot initiative to label GMOs, we?ll send a clear message to Washington D.C., Monsanto, Big Food, and all 50 state legislatures: Consumers want GMO labeling laws. And we won?t stop until we get them. Pick up your phone. Give him a call. 360-902-4111begin_of_the_skype_highlighting?360-902-4111?FREE??end_of_the_skype_highlighting Thank you! ? ? SUPPORT THE OCA & OCF For the World ?Consumers ultimately determine what they eat and therefore what the food system produces.? - The State of Food and Agriculture, 2013, published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Next Wednesday, October 16, is World Food Day. A day that marks the founding of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). This year?s theme? Sustainable food systems for food security and nutrition. Tagline: Healthy people depend on healthy food systems. FAO research tells us that if we want to address world hunger, we must invest in ?sustainable intensification? - not expensive GMO technology that threatens biodiversity and holds us hostage to a system that depends on fossil fuels, fossil water, and agrochemicals. We must stop investing in a system that makes earth, and the humans who inhabit it, sick. According to the FAO, consumers ? you, us ? have the power to determine what our food system produces. By determining what we choose to eat. Here in the U.S., the country that grows 40 percent of the world?s genetically engineered crops, our choices are not always so clear. Because here in the U.S., home of Monsanto - the dominant player in the global GMO market - food manufacturers are not required to label the genetically engineered ingredients they put in our food. We must change the system. You can help, today, by investing in the movement to require labels on GMOs. Thank you! Donate to the Organic Consumers Association (tax-deductible, helps support our work on behalf of organic standards, fair trade and public education) Donate to the Organic Consumers Fund (non-tax-deductible, but necessary for our legislative efforts in Washington, Vermont and other states) ? ? TRAITOR BOYCOTT Dishones-tea? From a recent article featuring Honest Tea co-founder Seth Goldman: Of course, there can be some tension, as when Coca-Cola recently campaigned against a measure in California to force companies to label genetically modified ingredients. Honest Tea favors transparency in labeling. Goldman says that ?after internal discussions,? Coca-Cola will not be directly lobbying against a similar effort in the state of Washington, although it is a funder of trade associations arguing against the labeling. Seriously? So what?s the difference between Coca-Cola, owner of the Honest Tea brand, ?directly? lobbying against Washington State?s I-522 ballot initiative to label GMOs, as opposed to ?indirectly? lobbying against I-522 through hidden donations to the NO on I-522 campaign? Donations the junk food giant is funneling through the Grocery Manufacturers Association? Last year the GMA plunked down $2 million to defeat a GMO labeling initiative in California. This year, in Washington State, where experts agree it will take far less money to saturate the airwaves than it took in California, the GMA has so far donated $7.2 million to the NO on I-522 campaign. Why so much more? Because the GMA did a special assessment to raise money from companies like Coca-Cola, who don?t want the bad publicity they got last year when their donations to the No on 37 campaign were made public. Let?s be honest, Mr. Goldman. Just because Coca-Cola is hiding behind the GMA?s skirts, doesn?t mean the junk food giant isn?t lobbying against I-522 in Washington State. If Honest Tea wants to take a real stand for consumers, you and your company will donate much-needed money to win the GMO labeling battle in Washington State. TAKE ACTION: Tell Seth Goldman why you?re boycotting Honest Tea and how he can change your mind ? ? VIDEO OF THE WEEK The Last Stand of the Orangutan: The Power is in Your Palm Palm oil is found in roughly half the products sold in grocery stores. Its production is now one of the leading causes of rainforest destruction worldwide. And the single biggest threat to orangutans.?Our friends at Rainforest Action Network teamed up with Free Range Studios to produce this 2-minute video. The video is launching ??The Last Stand of the Orangutan: The Power is in Your Palm? - a new national campaign to expose the U.S. snack food industry for putting Conflict Palm Oil into the food products we buy every day. Please watch and share widely! Watch the video Read more:?Last Stand of the Orangutan | Rainforest Action Network ? ? WORLD FOOD DAY Celebrate World Food Day. March Against Monsanto! Looking for something to do on World Food Day? How about joining in a protest against Monsanto, the No. 1 enemy of the world?s food? Two groups - March against Monsanto and ?Moms Across America - are targeting the Biotech Bully during the week of October 12 ? 18. You can help them draw attention to Monsanto?s destructive ways by joining an event near you, or organizing your own event. Both groups provide information about locations, instructions on how to organize an event, and all the inspiration you need. Join a Moms Across America World Food Day Event Join a March Against Monsanto World Food Day Event ? ? ? Buycott? There?s an (OCA) App for That. You know who the bad guys are. The brands and companies that have pumped millions into campaigns aimed at defeating your right to know. But there are a lot of companies on your side, too. The best way to reward those companies is to buy their products. So we?ve just made it a little easier to find them. The OCA has created ?Buy Organic Brands that Support Your Right to Know,? a campaign on the popular buycott.com mobile phone app. It works like this. First, download the app (it?s free), and sign up for our campaign. Then take your mobile phone with you to the store, and use the app to scan the barcode on products before you buy them. The app will look up the product, determine what brand it belongs to, and figure out what company owns that brand .Then it will cross-check the product owners against the companies and brands included in our ?Right to Know? campaign. It?s free. It?s easy. And it sends a powerful message to the corporations competing for our dollars. Download the app and join the campaign ? ? LITTLE BYTES Essential Reading for the Week Preventable Medical Errors: Third Cause of Death in the US The Age of Inhuman Scale: on the 'Bigness' of Climate Change Cotton in Our Food FDA: 30 Million Pounds of Antibiotics Given to Conventional Livestock Annually Criminal Prosecutions Scare Food Industry Executives Pharmaceutical Firms Paid to Attend Meetings of Panel That Advises FDA, E-mails Show ? ? MESSAGE FROM OUR SPONSORS Dr. Bronner's Magic Pure Castile Classic Soaps Unlike any you?ve ever used. 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URL: From pagesincolor at yahoo.com Sun Oct 13 17:54:45 2013 From: pagesincolor at yahoo.com (John Thielking) Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2013 17:54:45 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Fw: Buffett In-Reply-To: <20131014005112.6916.80107@web03.actionkit.com> References: <20131014005112.6916.80107@web03.actionkit.com> Message-ID: <1381712085.60600.YahooMailNeo@web122902.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: SumOfUs.org To: pagesincolor at yahoo.com Sent: Sunday, October 13, 2013 5:51 PM Subject: Re: Buffett John, Thank you for calling on Warren Buffett not to violate basic human rights. Now, please share this on Facebook, or forward the email below, so that your friends can know about this important campaign. ?Click to share on Facebook Click here to send an email to your friends. Thank you, The team at SumOfUs ? ***************************** Friend, >I've just heard that Warren Buffett is a major investor in a massive steel company that is preparing to kick 22,000 villagers off their land in India. >The UN's top human rights experts have unanimously condemned the plan, but so far Buffet hasn't had to answer questions about his role in the company. That needs to end. >Can you sign this petition to let Buffett know that people around the world are holding him accountable for this horrible violation of human rights http://action.sumofus.org/a/buffett-steel/?sub=taf >Thank you SumOfUs is a world-wide movement of people like you, working together to hold corporations accountable for their actions and forge a new, sustainable path for our global economy. You can follow us on Twitter, and like us on Facebook. Was this email forwarded to you? Click here to add yourself to SumOfUs. If you don't want to receive emails from us anymore, you can remove yourself pagesincolor at yahoo.com from our list by clicking here. But just know, we'll miss you! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From perrysandy at aol.com Mon Oct 14 11:29:21 2013 From: perrysandy at aol.com (perrysandy at aol.com) Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2013 14:29:21 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [GPSCC-chat] WAISTLINE TO SPEAK AT SILICON VALLEY DEBUG THURSDAY OCT 17 AT 6 PM Message-ID: <8D097226F6478ED-1EF4-2F3F0@webmail-d177.sysops.aol.com> Hi Everyone, Some of you may have heard Waistline speak in San Jose in 2011.Much has changed since then. This year he will address the deepening of oureconomic crisis, the moves toward a fascist system of government in Michigan,the growing response of people to defend their democracy and livelihood, andwhat we should be doing about. Since 2011, in two short years we have seen theemergence of Occupy, the repeal by popular vote of Michigan's emergency managerlaw, its reinstitution by a lame duck legislature shortly after, the adoptionof a "right to work" law in Michigan, the appointment of an emergencyfinancial manager over Detroit, and the declaration of bankruptcy by thatmanager. Anyone who cares about the future of democracy, of unions, and ofhuman rights should consider joining this discussion! What is taking place inthe Rust Belt today is a threat to democracy and justice everywhere. Sandy THE ECONOMICTIDAL WAVE THATSWAMPED DETROIT Silicon Valley DeBug and the People?s Tribune Presenta Discussion with Waistline, Founding Member of Detroit?s League ofRevolutionary Black Workers. Thursday, October 17 at 6 PM SiliconValley DeBug, 701 Lenzen Ave., San Jose Darryl ?Waistline? Mitchell is a retired Chrysler worker, son of an auto worker, formerunion representative and grandfather of five. He was a founding member of DRUM(Dodge Revolutionary Union Movement) and later the League of RevolutionaryBlack Workers. He is the author of a new pamphlet entitled, ?Detroit: A Historyof Struggle, a Vision of the Future?. ?Something has happened from thetime I was growing up and the kind of society we have now. I was part of thelast generation of the great industrial middle class of America. Once upon atime, people in America made money. We made money in this town. That's not thecase today. Something has happened. Sooner or later we have to figure out whatthat is.? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From carolineyacoub at att.net Mon Oct 14 19:17:04 2013 From: carolineyacoub at att.net (Caroline Yacoub) Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2013 19:17:04 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Fw: [350 SV Chat] Oxford study of effects of divestment campaign on fossil fuel industry In-Reply-To: <848EDDF7366A4597AD3BDF1D5703E257@KatePC> References: <848EDDF7366A4597AD3BDF1D5703E257@KatePC> Message-ID: <1381803424.83900.YahooMailNeo@web185303.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: Katherine Forrest To: MidPeninsula Global Coolers - 350 SV ; 350-SV-Chat <350-silicon-valley-chat at googlegroups.com> Sent: Monday, October 14, 2013 12:51 PM Subject: [350 SV Chat] Oxford study of effects of divestment campaign on fossil fuel industry FYI, here?s a University of Oxford study of the effects of the divestment campaign on the fossil fuel industry: http://www.smithschool.ox.ac.uk/research/stranded-assets/SAP-divestment-report-final.pdf See pp. 70 & following pages for summary of the study. Article in the English publication, The Guardian, which references this study: http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/oct/08/campaign-against-fossil-fuel-growing? Campaign against fossil fuels growing, says study Investors being persuaded to take their money out of fossil fuel sector, according to University of Oxford study Damian Carrington The Guardian, Monday 7 October 2013 A campaign to persuade investors to take their money out of the fossil fuel sector is growing faster than any previous divestment campaign and could cause significant damage to coal, oil and gas companies, according to a study from the University of Oxford. The report compares the current fossil fuel divestment campaign, which has attracted 41 institutions since 2010, with those against tobacco, apartheid in South Africa, armaments, gambling and pornography. It concludes that the direct financial impact of such campaigns on share prices or the ability to raise funds is small but the reputational damage can still have major financial consequences. "Stigmatisation poses a far-reaching threat to fossil fuel companies ? any direct impacts of divestment pale in comparison," said Ben Caldecott, a research fellow at the University of Oxford's Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, and an author of the report. "In every case we reviewed, divestment campaigns were successful in lobbying for restrictive legislation." The report is part of a new research programme on stranded assets backed by Aviva Investors, HSBC, Standard & Poor's and others. It found: "The fossil fuel campaign has achieved a lot in the relatively short time since its inception." Some major investors, such as the $74bn Scandinavian asset manager Storebrand, have already pulled their funds from coal stocks. But the researchers found that even if the maximum possible capital was divested by university endowments and public pension funds, the total was relatively small compared to the market capitalisation of traded fossil fuel companies and the size of state-owned enterprises. However, the team concluded: "The outcome of the stigmatisation process, which the fossil fuel divestment campaign has now triggered, poses the most far-reaching threat to fossil fuel companies and the vast energyvalue chain." Analysing previous campaigns, the researchers found examples of stigmatised companies being shunned by governments and being barred from public contracts or acquiring licences. "Stigma attached to merely one small area of a large company may threaten sales across the board," the report found, citing the examples of Motorola dumping its defence business due to bad press and Revlon's decision to disinvest from its South African operation after customer groups threatened a boycott. The report also found instances when customers, suppliers and potential employees were scared off by stigma and where stigma had led shareholders to demand changes in the management of companies. Bill McKibben, the environmental campaigner who leads the 350.org divestment campaign which is expanding from the US into Europe this autumn, said: "This divestment campaign is just one front in the climate fight, but of all the actions people can take to bring about structural change, it's probably the easiest. Severing our ties with the guys digging up the carbon won't bankrupt them--but it will start to politically bankrupt them, and make their job of dominating the planet's politics that much harder." A report in Aprilbacked by climate economist Lord Stern found that at least two-thirds of the fossil fuelslisted as assets by the world's fossil fuel companies would have to remain in the ground if governments were to fulfil their pledge of keeping climate changebelow the danger limit of 2C. The UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), backed by 193 governments, reached a similar conclusionat the end of September. David Nussbaum, chief executive at WWF-UK, said: "With the IPCC giving us the clearest signal yet of the threats posed by a changing climate, it's clear that we must consider the risks to businesses and investors posed by investments in fossil fuels. Prudent investors want to be ahead of pack, not following the herd, so they will be preparing for a world where we leave fossil fuels in the ground." -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "350 Silicon Valley Chat" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to 350-silicon-valley-chat+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to 350-silicon-valley-chat at googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/350-silicon-valley-chat. 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Just as purse-snatchers target the old ladies, the real estate profiteers target the homes of low-income people. http://www.npr.org/2013/10/15/227807022/silicon-valley-trailer-park-residents-fight-to-stay Sunny Palo Alto, Calif., is awash in multimillion-dollar homes, luxury Tesla electric cars and other financial fruits from a digital revolution the city helped spark. The Silicon Valley city is home to Stanford University, at least eight billionaires, and one mobile home park. Now, Buena Vista Mobile Home Park ? one of the largest and one of the few remaining affordable housing options here ? is threatened with closure. The owners want to to a developer who plans to build luxury apartments for the high-tech corridor's growing workforce. The park's low-income, mostly Latino residents are fighting to stay in their community and to keep their kids in one of California's best school districts. 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Arlene Francis Center,? 99 6th St.? in Santa Rosa. > >Registration is now open? and will be $40 through November 13 and $45 afterwards. All registrations include lunch and a light breakfast each day, and all meals will be vegan.? > >The General Assembly is the primary decision-making body of the GPCA and? consists of delegates from each active county organization.? Please? have your county party send its list of delegates? no later than November 13 (and preferably earlier.) ? A list of delegates alloted per county? is here. > >The General Assembly will include presentations from Greens seeking GPCA endorsement for statewide office in the June 2014 primary, as well as? discussion of 2014 election strategy.? There will also be a Saturday night program open to the public, featuring candidates, food, refreshments and local music.? > >The full General Assembly agenda is below.? Hope to see you in Santa Rosa. > >Sincerely, > >Sanda Everette, Alex Shantz >Co-coordinators, GPCA? Coordinating Committee > >Saturday, November 16 >? >? 8:00am? Breakfast, registration >? >? 9:00am? Opening, new delegate orientation, quorum count, announcement of? Standing Committee? vacancies >? >? 9:30am? Agenda approval >? >? 9:45am? Consent calendar >? >10:00am? Presentation: Coordinating Committee? female? and? male? candidates for remainder of two year FY2013-2015 term make statements >? >10:20am? Proposal:? Approval of Coordinating Committee bylaws interpretation to establish process for GPCA endorsements in June 2014 primary >? >10:45am? Proposal:? Approval of Coordinating Committee bylaws interpretation establishing endorsement timing for California Cannabis and Hemp Initiative of 2014 >? >11:15pm? Presentation:? Greens seeking GPCA endorsement for 2014 statewide office? (Coordinating Committee) >? >12:20pm Lunch, Womens Caucus meeting during lunch >? >? 1:25pm Quorum count >? >? 1:30pm? Presentation:? Greens seeking GPCA endorsement for 2014 statewide office? (Coordinating Committee) >? >? 2:55pm? Announcement of Standing Committee vacancies >? >? 3:00pm? Breakout sessions for committees and working groups? (CCWG, Platform, Finance, GROW) >? >? 4:30pm Presentation:? Update on Legal Cases against Proposition 14/SB6? (Coordinating Committee) >? >? 4:45pm? Proposal: June 2014 Nomination Signature and Election Strategy? (Campaigns & Candidates Working Group) >? >? 5:55pm Announcements >? >? 6:00pm? Dinner on your own? (host committee providing recommendations), GPUS Delegation meeting during dinner >? >? 7:30pm? Public Forum by Sonoma County Greens/GPCA ? >? > > >________________________________ > Sunday, November 17 >? >? 8:00am? Breakfast, registration >? >? 9:00am? Breakout sessions for committees and working groups? (CCWG, Green Issues, Media) >? >10:30pm? Quorum count >? >10:35am? Consent calendar bring-backs >? >10:40am? Confirmation: Standing Committee and Working Group Co-Coordinators >? >10:45am? Discussion: Draft GPCA June 2014 ballot statement? (Coordinating Committee) or? Discussion:? Review draft plan for County Council elections? (Coordinating Committee) >? >12:00pm? Lunch, Optional caucus meetings >? >? 1:15pm? Announcements, including announcement of? Standing Committee? vacancies, Quorum Count >? >? 1:20pm? Discussion: Draft GPCA June 2014 ballot statement? (Coordinating Committee) or? Discussion:? Review draft plan for County Council elections? (Coordinating Committee) >? >? 2:35pm? Breakout sessions for committees and working groups? (IT, Bylaws, ERWG, Clearinghouse) >? >? 4:05pm? Confirmation: Standing Committee and Working Group Co-Coordinators? (for any committees or working groups not confirmed in morning session) >? >? 4:15pm? 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Spencer -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: SJPJC-Board Please Co-Sponsor VFP101 Ringing Bells for Peace 2013 Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2013 13:44:59 -0700 (PDT) From: Charlotte Casey Reply-To: sjpjcboard at googlegroups.com To: sjpjcboard at googlegroups.com Ditto for San Jose Code Pink, Women for Peace ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *From:* Joan Bazar *To:* sjpjcboard at googlegroups.com *Sent:* Tuesday, October 15, 2013 1:25 PM *Subject:* Re: SJPJC-Board Please Co-Sponsor VFP101 Ringing Bells for Peace 2013 Yes. No question at all about wilpf endorsing, cosponsoring and turning up. Send me any other details so I can post them to our national list. Joan B On 10/15/2013 12:30 PM, Phil wrote: > > If possible I would like the San Jose Peace and Justice Center and its > member groups to Co-Sponsor the VFP101 Ringing Bells for Peace 2013 > event on November 11. > ?Co-Sponsor? for this event means to let members of your groups know > about the event and ask them to participate if they are available. > When I make the flyer I will list groups that Co-Sponsor. > > Phil Pflager > ====================================================================================== > Ringing Bells for Peace 2013 > On November 11, 1918 the guns of the "War to end wars" fell silent > after more than 29,000,000 soldiers had been killed or wounded. Bells > rang out across the world to celebrate the silence, and in 1938, > Congress declared Armistice Day, November 11, a national holiday, "to > be dedicated to the cause of world peace." > Veterans for Peace Chapter 101 invites you to observe ARMISTICE DAY by > ringing bells 11 times at 11:00 on November 11 as was done at the end > of World War I when the world came together in realization that war is > so horrible we must end it now. Please ask your local church to ring > their bells and join us at 11am on the corner of Fourth and Santa > Clara streets in San Jose for a solemn gathering of bell-ringing for > peace. > After the solemn gathering, the 11am bell-ringing and a minute of > silence there will be an opportunity to address the gathering with > personal reflections. Banners and signs are fine but it would be best > if the ambience were more reserved until after the bell is rung. > > In 1954 Congress changed the holiday to "Veterans Day" to include > World War II and November 11th became a day to honor American veterans > of all wars rather than a day dedicated to the cause of world peace. > In 2008, at the Veterans For Peace national convention it was voted to > return to the original name of the holiday, "Armistice Day" in an > attempt to restore the original intent. > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "SJPJC-Board" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an email to sjpjcboard+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com > . > To post to this group, send email to sjpjcboard at googlegroups.com > . > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sjpjcboard. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "SJPJC-Board" group. 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McLaughlin linked the impacts in Ecuador to those in Richmond, which has seen a series of accidents and emissions over the years at Chevron's Richmond refinery." http://www.contracostatimes.com/west-county-times/ci_24315309/richmond-mayor-vows-solidarity-ecuador-rips-chevron-eve ------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ gpca-grow mailing list gpca-grow at cagreens.org http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/gpca-grow -- Sent from my Free Software powered Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From spencer.graves at prodsyse.com Tue Oct 15 22:26:35 2013 From: spencer.graves at prodsyse.com (Spencer Graves) Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2013 22:26:35 -0700 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] SCC Green Blog? Message-ID: <525E238B.3060501@prodsyse.com> Hello, All: What do you think about trying to create a blog for the Santa Clara Greens? Jim Doyle told me this has been discussed in the past, but has yet to become reality. The following is a specific proposal for making this PROPOSED: The Santa Clara Greens will authorize the creation of a blog on its web site. The party will elect at least two blog editors. At least one editor (different from the author) must approve any text posted as a blog. All blogs must be consistent with the ten key values and be labeled as the opinion of the author and not necessarily a position of the Green Party of Santa Clara County. Also, claims that might be controversial should be justified with a footnote giving a reference to an appropriate source with not links when appropriate web sites are available. If you like this idea, Betsy and I volunteer to serve as editors. I'm happy to help others develop ideas, polish the verbiage, and check footnotes before posting. I will also research and document the technical issues involved in maintaining a blog. QUESTION: Who manages the Facebook page for the Santa Clara Greens? As each blog is posted, some reference to it should be made on our Facebook page. In addition, the title should be limited to 140 characters and so it could become a tweet. There is a way to do that so it is done automatically, I don't know how, but I'm willing to work with others to get this all set up properly. Spencer -- Spencer Graves, PE, PhD President and Chief Technology Officer Structure Inspection and Monitoring, Inc. 751 Emerson Ct. San Jos?, CA 95126 ph: 408-655-4567 web: www.structuremonitoring.com From carolineyacoub at att.net Wed Oct 16 01:25:48 2013 From: carolineyacoub at att.net (Caroline Yacoub) Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2013 01:25:48 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Fwd: [gpca-grow] Green Mayor Gayle McLaughlin In-Reply-To: <357d8856-8fe8-408d-9cd6-c006bf052e5d@email.android.com> References: <357d8856-8fe8-408d-9cd6-c006bf052e5d@email.android.com> Message-ID: <1381911948.93790.YahooMailNeo@web185303.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> She is even more my hero. Go Gayle! Caroline ________________________________ From: Drew To: GPSCC Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2013 9:29 PM Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Fwd: [gpca-grow] Green Mayor Gayle McLaughlin ________________________________ From: Edy Alvarez Sent: Tue Oct 15 21:09:11 PDT 2013 To: "gpca-grow at cagreens.org" Subject: [gpca-grow] Green Mayor Gayle McLaughlin "McLaughlin, 61, the nation's only Green Party mayor of a city of more than 100,000 residents, in September toured tiny jungle villages, met with Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa and dipped her hands in chemical pools, or "piscinas," holding byproducts of petrochemical processing. McLaughlin linked the impacts in Ecuador to those in Richmond, which has seen a series of accidents and emissions over the years at Chevron's Richmond refinery." ? http://www.contracostatimes.com/west-county-times/ci_24315309/richmond-mayor-vows-solidarity-ecuador-rips-chevron-eve ??????????? ? -- Sent from my Free Software powered Android device with K-9 Mail. 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The lesson of the film did not escape those attending. The last couple of decades have left low- and middle-income people behind while all of the workers' gains in productivity have moved up to the very wealthiest. > >This is an important issue for those who support single payer reform - improved Medicare for all. The average health care costs for the typical working family of four are now over $22,000 while the median household income is $50,000. If everyone is going to have the health care that they need, some of that wealth flowing upwards needs to be redirected to health care, and to other social needs as well. > >Some of the wealthy one-percenters do understand this. Featured in the documentary was entrepreneur and venture capitalist Nick Hanauer. The following link is to a six minute TED video in which Nick explains the phenomenon and why it is important to us. (For political reasons, TED removed this video from its website, but it is still available through YouTube.) > >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBx2Y5HhplI > >In our dinner discussion after viewing Inequality for All, some commented that, though the film explained the problem well, it seemed to leave off any plan for action. It does not require much intuitiveness to think of what actions we might take, though the website for the film does help us by discussing six categories for action: > >* Raise the minimum wage >* Strengthen workers' voices >* Invest in education >* Reform Wall Street >* Fix the tax system >* Get big money out of politics > >Inequality for All: > >http://inequalityforall.com > >For those who would like to learn more, Berkeley Professor Emmanuel Saez, who was also featured in the documentary, has published extensively on this topic. 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We hope you'll join us for the biggest and best free Drupal Event in the world this October 24-27, in and around the beautiful University of California at Berkeley campus. >> >> We're back with a great lineup of world-class Drupal summits, sprints, trainings, and sessions - and all we need is YOU! Session Submissions are now open, so get registered at http://2013.badcamp.net/signup and then submit your session at http://2013.badcamp.net//node/add/session. >> >> Summits >> Born at BADCamp and a fan favorite - Summits are back for TWO FULL DAYS with your favorites and some new faces. If you haven't attended one of these, think "Super-BOF" - everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know-but-were-afraid-to-ask for YOUR corner of Drupal. Covering eCommerce, Non-Profits, DevOps, UI/UX, Higher Ed, Mobile, and Product (plus the Core Developer Summit on Sunday), there really is something for everyone. Sign-up early, get involved, and get ready to meet your new Drupal Besties. >> >> Training classes >> We're also thrilled to bring back FREE Drupal Training classes. Reserve your spot early to get your pick from our two days of world-class trainings from top experts. With excellent topics such as What's New in Drupal 8, Drupal Performance and Scalability, and Level up your Themer, these will fill up quickly! >> >> Accommodations >> You know you want to join us in October - make it easy on yourself and book early! This year, the Hotel Durant is hosting the 24/7 ChX coder lounge and we have a group discount rate available by using this link or call the Hotel Durant at (800) 238-7268 and tell them you're with BADCamp. Book now, at the Durant, or other nearby hotels - http://2013.badcamp.net/hotels. >> >> Scholarships >> Do you have the Drupal skills to share, but need some help getting to Berkeley? 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I've seen City policies in Palo Alto further a systematic campaign for 40 years of demolishing low-cost housing so that real estate developers can profit from the construction of luxury apartments and million-dollar McMansions. Just as purse-snatchers target the old ladies, the real estate profiteers target the homes of low-income people. http://www.npr.org/2013/10/15/227807022/silicon-valley-trailer-park-residents-fight-to-stay Sunny Palo Alto, Calif., is awash in multimillion-dollar homes, luxury Tesla electric cars and other financial fruits from a digital revolution the city helped spark. The Silicon Valley city is home to Stanford University, at least eight billionaires, and one mobile home park. Now, Buena Vista Mobile Home Park ? one of the largest and one of the few remaining affordable housing options here ? is threatened with closure. The owners want to to a developer who plans to build luxury apartments for the high-tech corridor's growing workforce. The park's low-income, mostly Latino residents are fighting to stay in their community and to keep their kids in one of California's best school districts. The fight shows the less-publicized underbelly of Silicon Valley's incredible successes: unequal access to education, and the marginalization of some low-income workers. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rainbeaufriend at riseup.net Tue Oct 15 21:30:41 2013 From: rainbeaufriend at riseup.net (Drew) Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2013 21:30:41 -0700 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Fwd: Re: SJPJC-Board Please Co-Sponsor VFP101 Ringing Bells for Peace 2013 In-Reply-To: <525DB042.80302@effectivedefense.org> References: <1381869899.51607.YahooMailNeo@web184304.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> <525DB042.80302@effectivedefense.org> Message-ID: <50dba844-3931-4a07-84ec-7f175f79eca0@email.android.com> I support this proposal. Green is GO! Drew Spencer Graves wrote: >Hello, All: > > > Do the Santa Clara Greens want to be listed as co-sponsors of an >Armistice Day observance rigging bells 11 times at the 11th hour on the > >11the day of the 11th month? See below. > > > Spencer > > >-------- Original Message -------- >Subject: Re: SJPJC-Board Please Co-Sponsor VFP101 Ringing Bells for >Peace 2013 >Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2013 13:44:59 -0700 (PDT) >From: Charlotte Casey >Reply-To: sjpjcboard at googlegroups.com >To: sjpjcboard at googlegroups.com > > > >Ditto for San Jose Code Pink, Women for Peace > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ >*From:* Joan Bazar >*To:* sjpjcboard at googlegroups.com >*Sent:* Tuesday, October 15, 2013 1:25 PM >*Subject:* Re: SJPJC-Board Please Co-Sponsor VFP101 Ringing Bells for >Peace 2013 > >Yes. >No question at all about wilpf endorsing, cosponsoring and turning up. > >Send me any other details so I can post them to our national list. >Joan B >On 10/15/2013 12:30 PM, Phil wrote: >> >> If possible I would like the San Jose Peace and Justice Center and >its >> member groups to Co-Sponsor the VFP101 Ringing Bells for Peace 2013 >> event on November 11. >> ?Co-Sponsor? for this event means to let members of your groups know >> about the event and ask them to participate if they are available. >> When I make the flyer I will list groups that Co-Sponsor. >> >> Phil Pflager >> >====================================================================================== >> Ringing Bells for Peace 2013 >> On November 11, 1918 the guns of the "War to end wars" fell silent >> after more than 29,000,000 soldiers had been killed or wounded. Bells > >> rang out across the world to celebrate the silence, and in 1938, >> Congress declared Armistice Day, November 11, a national holiday, "to > >> be dedicated to the cause of world peace." >> Veterans for Peace Chapter 101 invites you to observe ARMISTICE DAY >by >> ringing bells 11 times at 11:00 on November 11 as was done at the end > >> of World War I when the world came together in realization that war >is >> so horrible we must end it now. Please ask your local church to ring >> their bells and join us at 11am on the corner of Fourth and Santa >> Clara streets in San Jose for a solemn gathering of bell-ringing for >> peace. >> After the solemn gathering, the 11am bell-ringing and a minute of >> silence there will be an opportunity to address the gathering with >> personal reflections. Banners and signs are fine but it would be best > >> if the ambience were more reserved until after the bell is rung. >> >> In 1954 Congress changed the holiday to "Veterans Day" to include >> World War II and November 11th became a day to honor American >veterans >> of all wars rather than a day dedicated to the cause of world peace. >> In 2008, at the Veterans For Peace national convention it was voted >to >> return to the original name of the holiday, "Armistice Day" in an >> attempt to restore the original intent. >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "SJPJC-Board" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >send >> an email to sjpjcboard+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com >> . >> To post to this group, send email to sjpjcboard at googlegroups.com >> . >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sjpjcboard. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > >-- >You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >Groups "SJPJC-Board" group. >To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >an email to sjpjcboard+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. >To post to this group, send email to sjpjcboard at googlegroups.com. >Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sjpjcboard. >For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > >-- >You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >Groups "SJPJC-Board" group. >To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >an email to sjpjcboard+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. >To post to this group, send email to sjpjcboard at googlegroups.com. >Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sjpjcboard. >For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >_______________________________________________ >sosfbay-discuss mailing list >sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org >http://lists.cagreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss -- Sent from my Free Software powered Android device with K-9 Mail. 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The police intended to enforce an injunction against a native blockade that has prevented SWN, a natural gas and oil exploration company, from conducting seismic testing. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/rcmp-move-in-on-first-nation-protesting-shale-gas-development/article14904344/ It?s a growing grassroots response similar to that of the IdleNoMore movement. Groups across the country are mobilizing Thursday after violence broke out on the anti-fracking protest line in rural New Brunswick. First Nations people across the country are being asked to show their support for Elsipogtog protesters fighting a protest injunction being enforced by the RCMP. http://aptn.ca/pages/news/2013/10/17/elsipogtog-solidarity-is-spreading-across-canada/ The blockade is preventing [Texas-based South Western Energy] from operating thumper trucks, massive vehicles that gather seismic data to determine the location of natural gas. During my short stay here I?ve witnessed the co-operation between natives and settlers, a partnership that has kept this blockade fully stocked and operational. Food, wood, hot coffee, tents and other supplies keep streaming all the while SWN berates the police in the media for not arresting the protesters. http://www.submedia.tv/stimulator/2013/10/16/mikmaq_blockade/ There are armed men, lying on their stomachs with rifles aimed at the tar sands/fracking protesters. http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/10/17/1248457/-Police-Raid-Elsipogtog-Anti-Fracking-Blockade-Looks-like-War-Zone# Facebook video has 6,000 shares. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10153336761370274 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Do the Santa Clara Greens want to be listed as co-sponsors of an Armistice Day observance rigging bells 11 times at the 11th hour on the 11the day of the 11th month?? See below.? > > >????? Spencer > > > >-------- Original Message -------- >Subject: Re: SJPJC-Board Please Co-Sponsor VFP101 Ringing Bells for Peace 2013 >Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2013 13:44:59 -0700 (PDT) >From: Charlotte Casey >Reply-To: sjpjcboard at googlegroups.com >To: sjpjcboard at googlegroups.com > > >Ditto for San Jose Code Pink, Women for Peace > > > > > > >________________________________ > From: Joan Bazar >To: sjpjcboard at googlegroups.com >Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2013 1:25 PM >Subject: Re: SJPJC-Board Please Co-Sponsor VFP101 Ringing Bells for Peace 2013 > > > >Yes. >No question at all about wilpf endorsing, cosponsoring and turning up.? Send me any other details so I can post them to our national list. >Joan B >On 10/15/2013 12:30 PM, Phil wrote: > > >> >>If possible I would like the San Jose Peace and Justice Center and its member groups to Co-Sponsor the VFP101 Ringing Bells for Peace 2013 event on November 11. >>? >>?Co-Sponsor? for this event means to let members of your groups know about the event and ask them to participate if they are available. >> >>When I make the flyer I will list groups that Co-Sponsor. >> >> >>Phil Pflager >> >>====================================================================================== >> >>Ringing Bells for Peace 2013 >>? >>On?November 11, 1918 the guns of the "War to end wars" fell silent after more than 29,000,000 soldiers had been killed or wounded. Bells rang out across the world to celebrate the silence, and?in 1938, Congress declared Armistice Day, November 11, a national holiday, "to be dedicated to the cause of world peace." >>? >>Veterans for Peace Chapter 101 invites you to observe ARMISTICE DAY by ringing bells 11 times at 11:00 on November 11 as was done at the end of World War I when the world came together in realization that war is so horrible we must end it now. Please ask your local church to ring their bells and join us at 11am on the corner of Fourth and Santa Clara streets in San Jose for a solemn gathering of bell-ringing for peace. >>? >>After the solemn gathering, the 11am bell-ringing and a minute of silence there will be an opportunity to address the gathering with personal reflections. Banners and signs are fine but it would be best if the ambience were more reserved until after the bell is rung. >> >>In 1954 Congress changed the holiday to "Veterans Day" to include World War II and November 11th became a day to honor American veterans of all wars rather than a day dedicated to the cause of world peace. In 2008, at the Veterans For Peace national convention it was voted to return to the original name of the holiday, "Armistice Day" in an attempt to restore the original intent. -- >>You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "SJPJC-Board" group. >>To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to sjpjcboard+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. >>To post to this group, send email to sjpjcboard at googlegroups.com. >>Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sjpjcboard. >>For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > -- >You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "SJPJC-Board" group. >To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to sjpjcboard+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. >To post to this group, send email to sjpjcboard at googlegroups.com. >Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sjpjcboard. >For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- >You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "SJPJC-Board" group. >To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to sjpjcboard+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. >To post to this group, send email to sjpjcboard at googlegroups.com. >Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sjpjcboard. >For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > >________________________________ > >sosfbay-discuss mailing list >sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org >http://lists.cagreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss -- Sent from my Free Software powered Android device with K-9 Mail. 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Now to go after the one that said Single Payer won't work. http://www.kaiserhealthnews.org/Stories/2013/October/18/Affordable-Care-Act-brings-more-money-more-stress-to-local-clinics.aspx?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+khn+%28All+Kaiser+Health+News%29 --- This message was sent by wrolley at charter.net via http://addthis.com. Please note that AddThis does not verify email addresses. Make sharing easier with the AddThis Toolbar: http://www.addthis.com/go/toolbar-em To stop receiving any emails from AddThis, please visit: http://www.addthis.com/privacy/email-opt-out?e=6b6HpoevlqiN5JCgh6qBuoeJl6iTu5Gsmrrapoau -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From WB4D23 at aol.com Fri Oct 18 16:08:20 2013 From: WB4D23 at aol.com (WB4D23 at aol.com) Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2013 19:08:20 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Schedule Conflict Notice: Jr. Statesman and GPCA Plenary Both Nov 16th Message-ID: October 18, 2013 Folks! This is a reminder that at our September general GPSCC meeting it was noted that the next Junior Statesman event and tabling will be on Saturday, November 16th, which also is the first day of the next GPCA state meeting in Santa Rosa. Accordingly, we will need volunteers for tabling and for delegates to the Plenary. Warner -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From WB4D23 at aol.com Fri Oct 18 16:16:16 2013 From: WB4D23 at aol.com (WB4D23 at aol.com) Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2013 19:16:16 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Call For GPCA Plenary Delegates Message-ID: October 18, 2013 Folks! The next GPCA state meeting will be held Saturday-Sunday November 16-17th in Santa Rosa. The GPSCC is entitled to send 5 delegates and 5 alternates. Details of the meeting agenda can be found by going to _www.cagreens.org/ga_ (http://www.cagreens.org/ga) and click the November 2013 link on the left of the page. A large part of the meeting agenda as currently announced will involve administrative preparations and decisions about candidates and endorsements in 2014. If you have not attended a state party meeting before, this should be a "gentle" introduction to these kinds of meetings. Our delegates and alternates will need to be chosen (as is our usual practice) at the next GPSCC meeting on October 24th. If you would like to volunteer to be a delegate or alternate, please make this known on this list or at that meeting. Warner -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From WB4D23 at aol.com Fri Oct 18 16:22:06 2013 From: WB4D23 at aol.com (WB4D23 at aol.com) Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2013 19:22:06 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Call For Agenda Items GPSCC Meeting Thursday October 24th Message-ID: October 18, 2013 Folks! The next Green Party of Santa Clara County general monthly meeting will be next Thursday, October 24th. At the September meeting I agreed to prepare a draft agenda. Please post your proposals to this list. Please remember to identify whether the item is a report, a discussion item, or a decision item. List who will be the presenter(s) and how much time you think should be given to the item. Remember that we try to limit meetings to two hours maximum and that there will be many items on the agenda. If you are proposing a specific proposal, please post the full text of your proposal to be included in the draft agenda. Warner -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From spencer.graves at prodsyse.com Sat Oct 19 09:58:25 2013 From: spencer.graves at prodsyse.com (Spencer Graves) Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2013 09:58:25 -0700 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Call For Agenda Items GPSCC Meeting Thursday October 24th In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <5262BA31.6040208@prodsyse.com> 1. GPCA Plenary delegate recruitment and selection. (15-20 minutes?) 2. Green party endorsing candidates for state office. Between November 17 and 24, our delegates to the Standing General Assembly (Jim Doyle, Drew Johnson, John Thielking, Betsy and me) are supposed to vote on endorsing candidates and issues as outlined in an email I sent to this list on Oct. 9, 1:52 AM, subj: "GPCA endorsements for June 2014 primary, Coordinating Committee, initiatives". There will likely be discussion of this at the plenary, and we need to instruct our SGA delegates on how to vote at our meeting Nov. 24 -- if not earlier. I suggest we have a 10 minute discussion of this at this meeting with a tentative decision and instruction to delegates and everyone else regarding how to complete this decision process with minimal time on Nov. 24. (Announcement with brief discussion: 5 minutes) 3. Prop 14 has in essence transformed the primary into the only election for minor parties. We can appear on the general election ballot only if we come in first or second in the primary. That strongly encourages minor parties to coordinate with one another to the maximum extent that their membership will allow. We cannot control which candidates pull papers and file to run, but we can control endorsements and recruitment of candidates to file papers. There was discussion of this in the email list of the GPCA Standing General Assembly . Sanda Everette indicated there have already been contacts between the statewide Coordinating Committee of the California Greens and representatives of Peace and Freedom and Libertarian parties. Sanda said, "We were hoping that there could be a full statewide slate with candidates running from the three parties and no one competing with another third party candidate." RESOLUTION: The Green Party of Santa Clara County will attempt to contact other minor parties in Santa Clara County, attend their meetings, and invite them to ours for the following purposes: 3.1. The Santa Clara Greens will agree to endorse candidates of other minor parties for races where we do not have our own candidate. "Minor parties" in this case will refer primarily to the Peace and Freedom and the Libertarian parties. 3.2. The Santa Clara Greens will attempt to coordinate with other minor parties to develop joint procedures for recruiting candidates to run for offices in a way that can maximize our chances of winning. TIME ESTIMATE: 15 minutes? 4. Confirm Green Party December meeting on the 19th (announcement with discussion: 5 minutes) 5. PROPOSED: SCC GREEN BLOG (see my email to this group stamped 10/15/2013 10:26 PM, subj: SCC Green Blog?): PROPOSED: The Santa Clara Greens will authorize the creation of a blog on its web site. The party will elect at least two blog editors. At least one editor (different from the author) must approve any text posted as a blog. All blogs must be consistent with the ten key values and be labeled as the opinion of the author and not necessarily a position of the Green Party of Santa Clara County. Also, claims that might be controversial should be justified with a footnote giving a reference to an appropriate source with not links when appropriate web sites are available. TIME ESTIMATE: 10 minutes 6. Sponsoring a local screening of Gar Alperovitz's "Next American Revolution". This possibility was discussed in emails to this list from Drew and me Oct. 6, subj: 'Re: [GPSCC-chat] Fwd: [gpca-forum] Free copy of Gar Alperovitz's "Next American Revolution" DVD for local Green Party screenings'. DISCUSSION: Should we do this? With whom should we try to co-sponsor? Who has energy to try to help organize something in this area? TIME ESTIMATE: 10 minutes. That's my list. Spencer On 10/18/2013 4:22 PM, WB4D23 at aol.com wrote: > October 18, 2013 > Folks! The next Green Party of Santa Clara County general monthly > meeting will be next Thursday, October 24th. > At the September meeting I agreed to prepare a draft agenda. > Please post your proposals to this list. Please remember to identify > whether the item is a report, a discussion item, or a decision item. > List who will be the presenter(s) and how much time you think should > be given to the item. Remember that we try to limit meetings to two > hours maximum and that there will be many items on the agenda. If you > are proposing a specific proposal, please post the full text of your > proposal to be included in the draft agenda. > Warner > > > _______________________________________________ > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > http://lists.cagreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss -- Spencer Graves, PE, PhD President and Chief Technology Officer Structure Inspection and Monitoring, Inc. 751 Emerson Ct. San Jos?, CA 95126 ph: 408-655-4567 web: www.structuremonitoring.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From snug.bug at hotmail.com Sat Oct 19 10:03:37 2013 From: snug.bug at hotmail.com (Brian) Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2013 10:03:37 -0700 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Call For Agenda Items GPSCC Meeting Thursday October 24th In-Reply-To: <5262BA31.6040208@prodsyse.com> References: ,<5262BA31.6040208@prodsyse.com> Message-ID: "Minor parties"? Puhleeze! How about "emerging parties" or "nascent parties"? Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2013 09:58:25 -0700 From: spencer.graves at prodsyse.com To: WB4D23 at aol.com CC: sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org Subject: Re: [GPSCC-chat] Call For Agenda Items GPSCC Meeting Thursday October 24th 1. GPCA Plenary delegate recruitment and selection. (15-20 minutes?) 2. Green party endorsing candidates for state office. Between November 17 and 24, our delegates to the Standing General Assembly (Jim Doyle, Drew Johnson, John Thielking, Betsy and me) are supposed to vote on endorsing candidates and issues as outlined in an email I sent to this list on Oct. 9, 1:52 AM, subj: "GPCA endorsements for June 2014 primary, Coordinating Committee, initiatives". There will likely be discussion of this at the plenary, and we need to instruct our SGA delegates on how to vote at our meeting Nov. 24 -- if not earlier. I suggest we have a 10 minute discussion of this at this meeting with a tentative decision and instruction to delegates and everyone else regarding how to complete this decision process with minimal time on Nov. 24. (Announcement with brief discussion: 5 minutes) 3. Prop 14 has in essence transformed the primary into the only election for minor parties. We can appear on the general election ballot only if we come in first or second in the primary. That strongly encourages minor parties to coordinate with one another to the maximum extent that their membership will allow. We cannot control which candidates pull papers and file to run, but we can control endorsements and recruitment of candidates to file papers. There was discussion of this in the email list of the GPCA Standing General Assembly . Sanda Everette indicated there have already been contacts between the statewide Coordinating Committee of the California Greens and representatives of Peace and Freedom and Libertarian parties. Sanda said, "We were hoping that there could be a full statewide slate with candidates running from the three parties and no one competing with another third party candidate." RESOLUTION: The Green Party of Santa Clara County will attempt to contact other minor parties in Santa Clara County, attend their meetings, and invite them to ours for the following purposes: 3.1. The Santa Clara Greens will agree to endorse candidates of other minor parties for races where we do not have our own candidate. "Minor parties" in this case will refer primarily to the Peace and Freedom and the Libertarian parties. 3.2. The Santa Clara Greens will attempt to coordinate with other minor parties to develop joint procedures for recruiting candidates to run for offices in a way that can maximize our chances of winning. TIME ESTIMATE: 15 minutes? 4. Confirm Green Party December meeting on the 19th (announcement with discussion: 5 minutes) 5. PROPOSED: SCC GREEN BLOG (see my email to this group stamped 10/15/2013 10:26 PM, subj: SCC Green Blog?): PROPOSED: The Santa Clara Greens will authorize the creation of a blog on its web site. The party will elect at least two blog editors. At least one editor (different from the author) must approve any text posted as a blog. All blogs must be consistent with the ten key values and be labeled as the opinion of the author and not necessarily a position of the Green Party of Santa Clara County. Also, claims that might be controversial should be justified with a footnote giving a reference to an appropriate source with not links when appropriate web sites are available. TIME ESTIMATE: 10 minutes 6. Sponsoring a local screening of Gar Alperovitz's "Next American Revolution". This possibility was discussed in emails to this list from Drew and me Oct. 6, subj: 'Re: [GPSCC-chat] Fwd: [gpca-forum] Free copy of Gar Alperovitz's "Next American Revolution" DVD for local Green Party screenings'. DISCUSSION: Should we do this? With whom should we try to co-sponsor? Who has energy to try to help organize something in this area? TIME ESTIMATE: 10 minutes. That's my list. Spencer On 10/18/2013 4:22 PM, WB4D23 at aol.com wrote: October 18, 2013 Folks! The next Green Party of Santa Clara County general monthly meeting will be next Thursday, October 24th. At the September meeting I agreed to prepare a draft agenda. Please post your proposals to this list. Please remember to identify whether the item is a report, a discussion item, or a decision item. List who will be the presenter(s) and how much time you think should be given to the item. Remember that we try to limit meetings to two hours maximum and that there will be many items on the agenda. If you are proposing a specific proposal, please post the full text of your proposal to be included in the draft agenda. Warner _______________________________________________ sosfbay-discuss mailing list sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org http://lists.cagreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss -- Spencer Graves, PE, PhD President and Chief Technology Officer Structure Inspection and Monitoring, Inc. 751 Emerson Ct. San Jos?, CA 95126 ph: 408-655-4567 web: www.structuremonitoring.com _______________________________________________ sosfbay-discuss mailing list sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org http://lists.cagreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From carolineyacoub at att.net Sat Oct 19 13:06:33 2013 From: carolineyacoub at att.net (Caroline Yacoub) Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2013 13:06:33 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Call For Agenda Items GPSCC Meeting Thursday October 24th In-Reply-To: References: , <5262BA31.6040208@prodsyse.com> Message-ID: <1382213193.35015.YahooMailNeo@web185301.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> ?I think, on the whole, this is a good idea, but we need to know whether or not the folks we are cozying up to accept corporate donations. ________________________________ From: Brian To: Spencer Graves ; "WB4D23 at aol.com" Cc: "sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org" Sent: Saturday, October 19, 2013 10:03 AM Subject: Re: [GPSCC-chat] Call For Agenda Items GPSCC Meeting Thursday October 24th "Minor parties"??? Puhleeze!? How about "emerging parties" or "nascent parties"? ________________________________ Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2013 09:58:25 -0700 From: spencer.graves at prodsyse.com To: WB4D23 at aol.com CC: sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org Subject: Re: [GPSCC-chat] Call For Agenda Items GPSCC Meeting Thursday October 24th ????? 1.? GPCA Plenary delegate recruitment and selection.? (15-20 minutes?)? ????? 2.? Green party endorsing candidates for state office.? Between November 17 and 24, our delegates to the Standing General Assembly (Jim Doyle, Drew Johnson, John Thielking, Betsy and me) are supposed to vote on endorsing candidates and issues as outlined in an email I sent to this list on Oct. 9, 1:52 AM, subj:? "GPCA endorsements for June 2014 primary, Coordinating Committee, initiatives".? There will likely be discussion of this at the plenary, and we need to instruct our SGA delegates on how to vote at our meeting Nov. 24 -- if not earlier.? I suggest we have a 10 minute discussion of this at this meeting with a tentative decision and instruction to delegates and everyone else regarding how to complete this decision process with minimal time on Nov. 24.? (Announcement with brief discussion:? 5 minutes)? ????? 3.? Prop 14 has in essence transformed the primary into the only election for minor parties.? We can appear on the general election ballot only if we come in first or second in the primary.? That strongly encourages minor parties to coordinate with one another to the maximum extent that their membership will allow.? We cannot control which candidates pull papers and file to run, but we can control endorsements and recruitment of candidates to file papers.? There was discussion of this in the email list of the GPCA Standing General Assembly mailto:gpca-votes at cagreens.org.? Sanda Everette indicated there have already been contacts between the statewide Coordinating Committee of the California Greens and representatives of Peace and Freedom and Libertarian parties.? Sanda said, "We were hoping that there could be a full statewide slate with candidates running from the three parties and no one competing with another third party candidate."? ??? ??????? RESOLUTION:? The Green Party of Santa Clara County will attempt to contact other minor parties in Santa Clara County, attend their meetings, and invite them to ours for the following purposes:? ??? ??? ????????? 3.1.? The Santa Clara Greens will agree to endorse candidates of other minor parties for races where we do not have our own candidate.? "Minor parties" in this case will refer primarily to the Peace and Freedom and the Libertarian parties.? ??? ??? ????????? 3.2.? The Santa Clara Greens will attempt to coordinate with other minor parties to develop joint procedures for recruiting candidates to run for offices in a way that can maximize our chances of winning.? ??? ?? ? ?? TIME ESTIMATE:? 15 minutes?? ????? 4.? Confirm Green Party December meeting on the 19th (announcement with discussion:? 5 minutes) ????? 5.? PROPOSED:? SCC GREEN BLOG (see my email to this group stamped 10/15/2013 10:26 PM, subj:? SCC Green Blog?):? ??? ??????? PROPOSED:? The Santa Clara Greens will authorize the creation of a blog on its web site.? The party will elect at least two blog editors.? At least one editor (different from the author) must approve any text posted as a blog.? All blogs must be consistent with the ten key values and be labeled as the opinion of the author and not necessarily a position of the Green Party of Santa Clara County.? Also, claims that might be controversial should be justified with a footnote giving a reference to an appropriate source with not links when appropriate web sites are available. ??? ??????? TIME ESTIMATE:? 10 minutes ????? 6.? Sponsoring a local screening of Gar Alperovitz's "Next American Revolution".? This possibility was discussed in emails to this list from Drew and me Oct. 6, subj:? 'Re: [GPSCC-chat] Fwd: [gpca-forum] Free copy of Gar Alperovitz's "Next American Revolution" DVD for local Green Party screenings'.? ??? ??????? DISCUSSION:? Should we do this?? With whom should we try to co-sponsor?? Who has energy to try to help organize something in this area?? ??? ??????? TIME ESTIMATE:? 10 minutes.? ????? That's my list.? ????? Spencer On 10/18/2013 4:22 PM, WB4D23 at aol.com wrote: October 18, 2013 > >Folks!? The next Green Party of Santa Clara County general monthly meeting will be next Thursday, October 24th.? >At the September meeting I agreed to prepare a draft agenda. >Please post your proposals to this list.? Please remember to identify whether the item is a report, a discussion item, or a decision item.? List who will be the presenter(s) and how much time you think should be given to the item.? Remember that we try to limit meetings to two hours maximum and that there will be many items on the agenda.? If you are proposing a specific proposal, please post the full text of your proposal to be included in the draft agenda. > >Warner > > > >_______________________________________________ sosfbay-discuss mailing list sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org http://lists.cagreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss -- Spencer Graves, PE, PhD President and Chief Technology Officer Structure Inspection and Monitoring, Inc. 751 Emerson Ct. 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URL: From rainbeaufriend at riseup.net Sat Oct 19 22:07:05 2013 From: rainbeaufriend at riseup.net (Drew) Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2013 22:07:05 -0700 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Call For Agenda Items GPSCC Meeting Thursday October 24th In-Reply-To: <1382213193.35015.YahooMailNeo@web185301.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> References: , <5262BA31.6040208@prodsyse.com> <1382213193.35015.YahooMailNeo@web185301.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <259b9e1a-9ba8-4b8d-a91f-744164877bdb@email.android.com> Alternative parties, or People's parties works for me (really the opposition or suppressed parties ), though I don't mind minor parties. Luis Rodriguez sends his apologies that the 24th will notbepossible for him to come speak with us and we are trying to find analternative date. We may be able to bring him to De Anza, and hopefully somewhere in San Jos? as well. Green is GO! Drew Caroline Yacoub wrote: >?I think, on the whole, this is a good idea, but we need to know >whether or not the folks we are cozying up to accept corporate >donations. > > >________________________________ > From: Brian >To: Spencer Graves ; "WB4D23 at aol.com" > >Cc: "sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org" >Sent: Saturday, October 19, 2013 10:03 AM >Subject: Re: [GPSCC-chat] Call For Agenda Items GPSCC Meeting Thursday >October 24th > > > > >"Minor parties"??? Puhleeze!? How about "emerging parties" or "nascent >parties"? > > > > > >________________________________ >Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2013 09:58:25 -0700 >From: spencer.graves at prodsyse.com >To: WB4D23 at aol.com >CC: sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org >Subject: Re: [GPSCC-chat] Call For Agenda Items GPSCC Meeting Thursday >October 24th > > >????? 1.? GPCA Plenary delegate recruitment and selection.? (15-20 >minutes?)? > > >????? 2.? Green party endorsing candidates for state office.? > Between November 17 and 24, our delegates to the Standing General > Assembly (Jim Doyle, Drew Johnson, John Thielking, Betsy and me) > are supposed to vote on endorsing candidates and issues as > outlined in an email I sent to this list on Oct. 9, 1:52 AM, > subj:? "GPCA endorsements for June 2014 primary, Coordinating > Committee, initiatives".? There will likely be discussion of this > at the plenary, and we need to instruct our SGA delegates on how > to vote at our meeting Nov. 24 -- if not earlier.? I suggest we > have a 10 minute discussion of this at this meeting with a > tentative decision and instruction to delegates and everyone else > regarding how to complete this decision process with minimal time > on Nov. 24.? (Announcement with brief discussion:? 5 minutes)? > > >????? 3.? Prop 14 has in essence transformed the primary into the > only election for minor parties.? We can appear on the general > election ballot only if we come in first or second in the > primary.? That strongly encourages minor parties to coordinate > with one another to the maximum extent that their membership will > allow.? We cannot control which candidates pull papers and file to > run, but we can control endorsements and recruitment of candidates > to file papers.? There was discussion of this in the email list of >the GPCA Standing General Assembly mailto:gpca-votes at cagreens.org.? >Sanda Everette indicated there have already been contacts between the >statewide Coordinating Committee of the California Greens and >representatives of Peace and Freedom and Libertarian parties.? Sanda >said, "We were hoping that there could be a full statewide slate with >candidates running from the three parties and no one competing with >another third party candidate."? > > >??? ??????? RESOLUTION:? The Green Party of Santa Clara County > will attempt to contact other minor parties in Santa Clara County, > attend their meetings, and invite them to ours for the following > purposes:? > > >??? ??? ????????? 3.1.? The Santa Clara Greens will agree to > endorse candidates of other minor parties for races where we do > not have our own candidate.? "Minor parties" in this case will > refer primarily to the Peace and Freedom and the Libertarian > parties.? > > >??? ??? ????????? 3.2.? The Santa Clara Greens will attempt to > coordinate with other minor parties to develop joint procedures > for recruiting candidates to run for offices in a way that can > maximize our chances of winning.? > > >??? ?? ? ?? TIME ESTIMATE:? 15 minutes?? > > >????? 4.? Confirm Green Party December meeting on the 19th > (announcement with discussion:? 5 minutes) > > >????? 5.? PROPOSED:? SCC GREEN BLOG (see my email to this group > stamped 10/15/2013 10:26 PM, subj:? SCC Green Blog?):? > > > >??? ??????? PROPOSED:? The Santa Clara Greens will authorize the > creation of a blog on its web site.? The party will elect at least > two blog editors.? At least one editor (different from the author) > must approve any text posted as a blog.? All blogs must be > consistent with the ten key values and be labeled as the opinion > of the author and not necessarily a position of the Green Party of > Santa Clara County.? Also, claims that might be controversial > should be justified with a footnote giving a reference to an > appropriate source with not links when appropriate web sites are > available. > > >??? ??????? TIME ESTIMATE:? 10 minutes > > >????? 6.? Sponsoring a local screening of Gar Alperovitz's "Next > American Revolution".? This possibility was discussed in emails to > this list from Drew and me Oct. 6, subj:? 'Re: [GPSCC-chat] Fwd: > [gpca-forum] Free copy of Gar Alperovitz's "Next American > Revolution" DVD for local Green Party screenings'.? > > >??? ??????? DISCUSSION:? Should we do this?? With whom should we > try to co-sponsor?? Who has energy to try to help organize > something in this area?? > > >??? ??????? TIME ESTIMATE:? 10 minutes.? > > >????? That's my list.? > > >????? Spencer > > >On 10/18/2013 4:22 PM, WB4D23 at aol.com wrote: > >October 18, 2013 >> >>Folks!? The next Green Party of Santa Clara County general monthly >meeting will be next Thursday, October 24th.? >>At the September meeting I agreed to prepare a draft agenda. >>Please post your proposals to this list.? Please remember to identify >whether the item is a report, a discussion item, or a decision item.? >List who will be the presenter(s) and how much time you think should be >given to the item.? Remember that we try to limit meetings to two hours >maximum and that there will be many items on the agenda.? If you are >proposing a specific proposal, please post the full text of your >proposal to be included in the draft agenda. >> >>Warner >> >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >sosfbay-discuss mailing list sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org >http://lists.cagreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss > > >-- >Spencer Graves, PE, PhD >President and Chief Technology Officer >Structure Inspection and Monitoring, Inc. >751 Emerson Ct. >San Jos?, CA 95126 >ph: 408-655-4567 >web: http://www.structuremonitoring.com/ >_______________________________________________ >sosfbay-discuss mailing list >sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org >http://lists.cagreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss >_______________________________________________ >sosfbay-discuss mailing list >sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org >http://lists.cagreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >_______________________________________________ >sosfbay-discuss mailing list >sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org >http://lists.cagreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss -- Sent from my Free Software powered Android device with K-9 Mail. 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He called for greater scrutiny of prison systems that routinely put inmates in solitary confinement. http://www.latimes.com/local/political/la-me-ff-un-torture-investigator-seeks-access-to-california-prisons-20131018,0,15846.story -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From spencer.graves at prodsyse.com Sun Oct 20 11:46:10 2013 From: spencer.graves at prodsyse.com (Spencer Graves) Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2013 11:46:10 -0700 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Call For Agenda Items GPSCC Meeting Thursday October 24th In-Reply-To: <259b9e1a-9ba8-4b8d-a91f-744164877bdb@email.android.com> References: , <5262BA31.6040208@prodsyse.com> <1382213193.35015.YahooMailNeo@web185301.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> <259b9e1a-9ba8-4b8d-a91f-744164877bdb@email.android.com> Message-ID: <526424F2.7010007@prodsyse.com> Hello, All: Below please find a minor revision of the suggestions I had for the Oct. 24 agenda. The estimated time still totals 65 minutes. With other standard agenda items, it should all fit comfortably within 2 hours. I deleted the word "minor". I generalized item 3.1 to say simply, "The Santa Clara Greens may endorse candidates of other parties for races where we do not have our own candidate." The idea is to create an official process for producing a recommendation list that could have us endorsing, for example, a Democrat when we don't have a Green candidate, and we regard the alternatives as worse. I also added some "discussion" of the proposal to create a blog for the Santa Clara Greens. We could use this to encourage people to attend local meetings of school boards and other minor governmental bodies and prepare a summary for others of what they saw -- plus their reactions. The latter could include questions about things they didn't see but thought should be considered by the entity and leaders they mentioned. If we do this, well, we could attract a following from people interested in local news. That could translate into increased membership and increased leverage in local politics. Comments? Best Wishes, sg On 10/19/2013 10:07 PM, Drew wrote: > Alternative parties, or People's parties works for me (really the > opposition or suppressed parties ), though I don't mind minor parties. > > Luis Rodriguez sends his apologies that the 24th will notbepossible > for him to come speak with us and we are trying to find analternative > date. We may be able to bring him to De Anza, and hopefully somewhere > in San Jos? as well. > > Green is GO! > > Drew > > Caroline Yacoub wrote: > > I think, on the whole, this is a good idea, but we need to know > whether or not the folks we are cozying up to accept corporate > donations. > > *From:* Brian > *To:* Spencer Graves ; > "WB4D23 at aol.com" > *Cc:* "sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org" > *Sent:* Saturday, October 19, 2013 10:03 AM > *Subject:* Re: [GPSCC-chat] Call For Agenda Items GPSCC Meeting > Thursday October 24th > > "Minor parties"? Puhleeze! How about "emerging parties" or > "nascent parties"? > > > > Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2013 09:58:25 -0700 > From: spencer.graves at prodsyse.com > To: WB4D23 at aol.com > CC: sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > Subject: Re: [GPSCC-chat] Call For Agenda Items GPSCC Meeting > Thursday October 24th > > 1. GPCA Plenary delegate recruitment and selection. (15-20 > minutes?) > > > 2. Green party endorsing candidates for state office. > Between November 17 and 24, our delegates to the Standing General > Assembly (Jim Doyle, Drew Johnson, John Thielking, Betsy and me) > are supposed to vote on endorsing candidates and issues as > outlined in an email I sent to this list on Oct. 9, 1:52 AM, > subj: "GPCA endorsements for June 2014 primary, Coordinating > Committee, initiatives". There will likely be discussion of this > at the plenary, and we need to instruct our SGA delegates on how > to vote at our meeting Nov. 24 -- if not earlier. I suggest we > have a 10 minute discussion of this at this meeting with a > tentative decision and instruction to delegates and everyone else > regarding how to complete this decision process with minimal time > on Nov. 24. (Announcement with brief discussion: 5 minutes) > > > 3. Prop 14 has in essence transformed the primary into the > only election for minor parties. We can appear on the general > election ballot only if we come in first or second in the > primary. That strongly encourages minor parties to coordinate > with one another to the maximum extent that their membership will > allow. We cannot control which candidates pull papers and file to > run, but we can control endorsements and recruitment of candidates > to file papers. There was discussion of this in the email list of > the GPCA Standing General Assembly mailto:gpca-votes at cagreens.org. > Sanda Everette indicated there have already been contacts between > the statewide Coordinating Committee of the California Greens and > representatives of Peace and Freedom and Libertarian parties. > Sanda said, "We were hoping that there could be a full statewide > slate with candidates running from the three parties and no one > competing with another third party candidate." > > > RESOLUTION: The Green Party of Santa Clara County > will attempt to contact other minor parties in Santa Clara County, > attend their meetings, and invite them to ours for the following > purposes: > > > 3.1. The Santa Clara Greens may endorse > candidates of other parties for races where we do not have our own > candidate. > > > 3.2. The Santa Clara Greens will attempt to > coordinate with other third parties to develop joint procedures > for recruiting candidates to run for offices in a way that can > maximize our chances of winning. > > > TIME ESTIMATE: 15 minutes? > > > 4. Confirm Green Party December meeting on the 19th > (announcement with discussion: 5 minutes) > > > 5. PROPOSED: SCC GREEN BLOG (see my email to this group > stamped 10/15/2013 10:26 PM, subj: SCC Green Blog?): > > > > PROPOSED: The Santa Clara Greens will authorize the > creation of a blog on its web site. The party will elect at least > two blog editors. At least one editor (different from the author) > must approve any text posted as a blog. All blogs must be > consistent with the ten key values and be labeled as the opinion > of the author and not necessarily a position of the Green Party of > Santa Clara County. Also, claims that might be controversial > should be justified with a footnote giving a reference to an > appropriate source with not links when appropriate web sites are > available. > DISCUSSION: Appropriate topics for such blogs could include summaries of actions at public meetings in Santa Clara County and issues considered and actions taken by elected officials at all levels. However, one primary focus would be on local issues and events that are often underreported in the mainstream media. > > TIME ESTIMATE: 10 minutes > > > 6. Sponsoring a local screening of Gar Alperovitz's "Next > American Revolution". This possibility was discussed in emails to > this list from Drew and me Oct. 6, subj: 'Re: [GPSCC-chat] Fwd: > [gpca-forum] Free copy of Gar Alperovitz's "Next American > Revolution" DVD for local Green Party screenings'. > > > DISCUSSION: Should we do this? With whom should we > try to co-sponsor? Who has energy to try to help organize > something in this area? > > > TIME ESTIMATE: 10 minutes. > > > That's my list. > > > Spencer > > > On 10/18/2013 4:22 PM, WB4D23 at aol.com wrote: > > October 18, 2013 > Folks! The next Green Party of Santa Clara County general > monthly meeting will be next Thursday, October 24th. > At the September meeting I agreed to prepare a draft agenda. > Please post your proposals to this list. Please remember to > identify whether the item is a report, a discussion item, or a > decision item. List who will be the presenter(s) and how much > time you think should be given to the item. Remember that we > try to limit meetings to two hours maximum and that there will > be many items on the agenda. 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From now on, teens will be allowed to opt out of privacy settings and choose to post publically. This means that adept strangers -- including those of malign intent -- will be able to view a teenager's postings, pictures, videos, updates and conversations with friends. Strangers will be able to "follow" teenager's timelines. Facebook announced the changes to privacy settings for 13-to-17-year olds in a blog post. "Teens are among the savviest people using social media, and whether it comes to civic engagement, activism or their thoughts on a new movie, they want to be heard," it read. Now, young people can reach lots of strangers, and they can reach them. Never mind that those new "friends" can include pedophiles and strangers with a penchant to bully and harass. No doubt about it, Facebook just made it easier for creeps to stalk via the Internet. A lot of children will think that sounds just grand. After all, isn't connecting with people who you don't already know part of the allure of the digital age? Meeting lots of new people online is thrilling to a mindset not mature enough to discern the dangers. If Facebook carries on with the new policy -- and there are few indications it won't -- it's fair to say that it has just turned in the social responsibility card that once distinguished it from other social media sites. Facebook has always been better than Twitter and other sites at compelling users to post as themselves. It's well known that Facebook users are not just users -- they're the product being sold. The company is being investigated for how it proposes to manage the privacy of adult users' content. The Federal Trade Commission began an inquiry in September to determine if the company would break a regulatory agreement in how it plans to gain permission before using personal information in advertising. For any product or service, a good rule of thumb is "Buyer/user beware." But when it comes to teenagers, society has long required that extra steps be taken to protect them. Coincidentally, Facebook announced the change just as Americans were learning of yet another case of a young girl committing suicide after being bullied on social media. A Florida sheriff cited the Facebook postings of a 14-year-old in charging her and a 12-year-old girl with the felony of aggravated stalking. The two were charged in connection with the suicide of another 12-year-old girl, Rebecca Ann Sedwick. Rebecca leapt to her death from an abandoned cement factory silo after being targeted for months with cyber bullying, some of it via Facebook. "Watch what your children do online," Sheriff Grady Judd was quoted saying in the New York Times. "Pay attention. Quit being their best friend and be their best parent." As many parents can attest, monitoring or banning social media in the home does not keep teens from using it. For that reason alone, it would be far more helpful if Facebook and other social media platforms took the attitude that, by default, they are parents, too. DISCUSS THE UPDATE ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Causes, 548 4th St, San Francisco, CA 94107 United States | Privacy Policy Don't want to receive emails like this? Block messages about Force Facebook To BLOCK All Child Pornography ??? Manage my email settings -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rainbeaufriend at riseup.net Tue Oct 22 05:19:00 2013 From: rainbeaufriend at riseup.net (Drew) Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2013 05:19:00 -0700 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Fwd: [gpca-forum] Don Macleay, Oakland Green former candidate quote on Jerry Brown's veto of an afordable housing requirment for developers. In-Reply-To: <1382323653.85468.YahooMailNeo@web120403.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> References: <1382323653.85468.YahooMailNeo@web120403.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <93632a41-80d9-40c5-a6d9-b24a85ab04a7@email.android.com> -------- Original Message -------- From: Greg Jan Sent: Sun Oct 20 19:47:33 PDT 2013 To: "mfeinstein at feinstein.org" , "gpca-forum at cagreens.org" Subject: [gpca-forum] Don Macleay, Oakland Green former candidate quote on Jerry Brown's veto of an afordable housing requirment for developers. Don Macleay wrote: ? Those of us who had Mr. Brown as mayor for two terms should not be surprised at this recent undercutting of public housing.? ? As mayor he led up a 10,000 new people downtown campaign that had no provisions for those he displaced.? Projects from that time were designed to bring in upwardly mobile, higher income residents in and did not value the existing residents; we did not even count the displaced, nor subtract them from the goal of reaching 10,000 new people downtown.? Those same projects did protect the positions of the private sector investors and were structured to keep the risk in public hands.? ? As governor he led the dissolution of the redevelopment agencies.? There were good reasons to do that, but again, it was done without any serious replacement for the support redevelopment agencies provided to public, low cost housing.? ? Over the past years we have observed a shift to the right from Mr. Brown.? His definition of what is ?meaningfully? and what is ?viable? has sounded more and akin to the definition a real estate investor would use. ? Now that we do not have redevelopment as a tool Mr. Brown is now willing to veto this modest low cost housing requirement and is worried about the burden it places on wealthy real-estate developers. He does not consider the housing that would be provided by this measure significant.? It would be very significant for those communities that need a decent place to live near their employment, ?especially as now working class people are being priced out of whole communities by real estate inflation.? ? I think Mr. Brown ?has made it clear ?his priorities lie with the investors and developers ?and that low income residents in need of housing, is not who he is willing to help.? ? Don Macleay don at oaklandgreens.org 510 290-1200 http://oaklandgreens.org/don/ ? ? From:Greg Jan [mailto:gregjan4 at yahoo.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2013 9:40 PM Subject: Fw: [gpca-forum] Seeking Alameda Green quote on Jerry Brown! ? On Monday, October 14, 2013 12:00 PM, Mike Feinstein wrote: On Sunday Jerry Brown vetoed AB1229, a really important inclusionary? housing bill that even the LA Times endorsed (http://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-ed-inclusionary-zoning-ab1229-20130919,0,5120878.story ) In his veto statement, Brown quoted his experience as a Mayor of? Oakland (http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2013/10/jerry-brown-vetoes-inclusionary-housing-bill.html ) > "As mayor of Oakland, I saw how difficult it can be to attract? > development to low and middle income communities," he wrote.? > "Requiring developers to include below-market units in their? > projects can exacerbate these challenges, even while not? > meaningfully increasing the amount of affordable housing in a given? > community." > I know that Alameda County Greens were very critical of Jerry when he? was Oakland Mayor on his gentrification politics. Can any of the Alameda County Greens offer some input we might use for? a party statement on this?? Is there text you have from any old voter? guides about Jerry that might be useful here? Here is some background http://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-ed-inclusionary-zoning-ab1229-20130919,0,5120878.story http://ca.lwv.org/act-now/alert/2013/sep/yes-ab-1229-local-control-affordable-housing http://www.cacitieslatinocaucus.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/AB-1229-Atkins-Support.pdf http://www.surfsantamonica.com/ssm_site/the_lookout/news/News-2013/September-2013/09_04_2013_Santa_Monica_Affordable_Housing_Advocates_Back_State_Senate_Bill.html http://www.beyondchron.org/articles/Huge_Victory_for_Affordable_Rental_Housing_AB_1229_Clears_Senate_and_Heads_to_the_Governor_11794.html http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1229 _______________________________________________ gpca-forum mailing list gpca-forum at cagreens.org http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/gpca-forum ? ? ? > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ gpca-forum mailing list gpca-forum at cagreens.org http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/gpca-forum -- Sent from my Free Software powered Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From spencer.graves at prodsyse.com Tue Oct 22 05:42:03 2013 From: spencer.graves at prodsyse.com (Spencer Graves) Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2013 05:42:03 -0700 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Immigrant Rights in Santa Clara County meeting with Cindy Chavez, Oct. 29, First Unitarian Church In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <5266729B.1000004@prodsyse.com> Hello, All: The Forum for Immigrant Rights and Empowerment (FIRE) is organizing a meeting with Santa Clara County Supervisor Cindy Chavez for oct 29 7pm at the First Unitarian church in San Jos? to share with her the desire of FIRE members to support the current Santa Clara County policy to NOT participate in the "Secure Communities" program of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) unless the US Federal Government explicitly pays the County for incremental expenses. This raises two questions: 1. Would any of you care to attend and / or share this information with anyone interested? FIRE does not have an official announcement yet; basic information appears below. 2. Could we please add an agenda item for the meeting tomorrow evening to discuss whether the Green Party of Santa Clara County wishes to be part of FIRE (which would include being listed as a member FIRE for this event)? I'd estimate 5-10 minutes: This should be a no-brainer. If it's not, we may not be able to get consensus. RESOLVED: The Green Party of Santa Clara County wishes to be a member of the Forum for Immigrant Rights and Empowerment (FIRE). DISCUSSION: 1. Being a member would imply being listed as such in the announcement for for the Oct. 29 event. 2. FIRE, you may know, is the successor organization to the coalition that helped enact the current policy of not honoring requests from ICE unless the federal government explicitly paid for incremental expenses incurred by the county for doing this. The feds have refused to do so, claiming they are already supplying money to help local law enforcement. FIRE research notes that the alleged 2-day holds under this "Secure Communities" program have averaged roughly 20 days in other jurisdictions. Some people have been held for months and have successfully sued the government over illegal detention. 3. The current policy is opposed by DA Rosen, Sheriff Smith, City Councilmember Olivario, and others including the San Jos? Mercury News. They have cited the case of Martha Casillas murdered allegedly by her estranged husband, Mario Chavez, while out on bail from threatening his youngest son with a knife (http://www.mercurynews.com/crime-courts/ci_24069740/san-jose-man-jailed-fatally-stabbing-estranged-wife). The Mercury said this was NOT a Willie Horton issue. I agree, but the Mercury has that upside down: I hated the 1988 Willie Horton ad that helped win that election for GHW Bush. However, that ad was relevant to that campaign, because Horton committed other crimes after having been released under a program supported by Bush's opponent, presidential candidate Dukakis. In the Casillas-Chavez case, Casillas would likely have been killed anyway if Chavez had been a US citizen (http://www.mercurynews.com/opinion/ci_24232857/oct-4-readers-letters-banning-lead-bullets-government). Spencer -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: Detainer Policy Action update Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2013 12:56:49 -0700 From: Donna Wallach Reply-To: SCC_FIRE_CoreTeam at googlegroups.com To: SCC_FIRE_CoreTeam at googlegroups.com CC: charisse domingo Jerry Can you do one of those Doodle meeting scheduler for us to set up a meeting so we can discuss strategy and updates. I am really hoping I can make the next meeting. All, Those of you who have been attending the meetings, could you please send some notes of what is going on. Thank you, Donna On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 11:24 PM, Betsy Wolf-Graves > wrote: Yes. I support FIRE meeting to discuss strategy and update us. Betsy On 10/18/2013 12:00 PM, Jill Malone wrote: Does fire want to handle the research report section if the program? Should fire have a meeting soon to discuss the overall strategy and give an update about the public action? Sent from my iPhone On Oct 18, 2013, at 11:51 AM, Jill Malone > wrote: Yes, Oct 29 is the date for the action. It would be great if you can come to the planning meeting tonight. All the planning meetings are PACT and FIRE meetings and we really need active FIRE participation for these meetings and for the action. It would be great to have a co-chair from FIRE for the action. Ernesto from PACT will be the other co-chair. Sent from my iPhone On Oct 18, 2013, at 11:06 AM, charisse domingo > wrote: Is this a meeting with just PACT or an action (for the 29th?) I ** might ** be able to stop by the 7pm mtg tonight because I'm shooting a wedding at the church. But no guarantees. Will see how that goes. :) On 10/17/13 10:20 PM, "Jill Malone" > wrote: Chavez is confirmed for oct 29 7pm at the First Unitarian church. There is a planning meeting Friday the 18th at 7pm at OLG church. The media committee is meeting Saturday at noon at a nearby library. I apologize for the brief message but my computer is getting fixed and I'm doing everything with my phone. Sent from my iPhone -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "SCC FIRE Core Team" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to SCC_FIRE_CoreTeam+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com . For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "SCC FIRE Core Team" group. 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From WB4D23 at aol.com Wed Oct 23 12:24:46 2013 From: WB4D23 at aol.com (WB4D23 at aol.com) Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2013 15:24:46 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Draft Agenda for GPSCC Meeting Thursday October 24th Message-ID: <3971.5b62d209.3f997c7d@aol.com> GREEN PARTY OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY Draft Agenda for Monthly General Meeting October 24, 2013 San Jose Peace and Justice Center, 48 South 7th Street, San Jose, CA (Between Santa Clara and San Fernando Streets) 7:00 pm ? Eat and chat (No speaker announced at time of preparation of this draft agenda) 7:30 pm ? Begin meeting Select Facilitator, Note taker, Time keeper, and Vibes watcher(s); Select Agenda Preparer for next meeting; Affirm or modify draft agenda (5 Minutes) Introductions and Announcements (10 Minutes) Treasurer?s Report ? Jim Doyle (5 minutes) Report on status of P. O. Box ? Continued fromn September meeting ? Tian Harter (5 minutes) Discussion and decision re November and December meetings ? November 24th is the Thanksgiving holiday; Meet on December 19th? ? Spencer Graves (5 minutes) Report on November 16-17th Santa Rosa GPCA Plenary Agenda; Recruit and appoint Plenary Delegates/Alternates; Discuss SGA issues ? Warner Bloomberg (30 Minutes) Discussion and Proposal to Instruct GPSCC Standing General Assembly Delegates re voting for GPCA endorsements of state office candidates ? Spencer Graves (15 minutes) Notes: Current plans are for SGA delegates to vote on GPCA endorsement of GPCA state office candidates during the week immediately following the Plenary. This meeting will be the last GPSCC general meeting before the voting period ending November 24th. The GPSCC SGA delegates are: Jim Doyle, Drew Johnson, John Thielking, Betsy Wolfe-Graves and Spencer Graves. Proposal regarding GPSCC endorsements of local candidates ? Spencer Graves (15 minutes) ? see text of proposal following these agenda proposals Health Care Committee Report ? (10 Minutes) Environment Committee Report -- (10 Minutes) Discussion of status of tabling supplies ? (10 Minutes) Plan for Tabling ? Need to identify event coordinators -- (15 Minutes) Downtown Health Fair October 25th Jr. Statesman November 16th Mercy Killers (play) November 16th Holiday Peace Fair December 7th Others? Proposal re GPSCC blog ? Spencer Graves (10 Minutes) See text proposal below. Discussion about sponsoring a local screening of Gar Alperovitz's "Next American Revolution" ? Spencer Graves (10 minutes) (2 Hours 30 Minutes Estimated Cumulative Times. Goal: Adjourn by 9:30 pm) Agenda Preparer?s Comment: There is ?too much? on this agenda. Are there items that can wait until the next meeting? ### Spencer Graves Proposal re GPSCC local candidates endorsements. Prop 14 has in essence transformed the primary into the only election for minor parties. We can appear on the general election ballot only if we come in first or second in the primary. That strongly encourages minor parties to coordinate with one another to the maximum extent that their membership will allow. We cannot control which candidates pull papers and file to run, but we can control endorsements and recruitment of candidates to file papers. There was discussion of this in the email list of the GPCA Standing General Assembly . Sanda Everette indicated there have already been contacts between the statewide Coordinating Committee of the California Greens and representatives of Peace and Freedom and Libertarian parties. Sanda said, "We were hoping that there could be a full statewide slate with candidates running from the three parties and no one competing with another third party candidate." RESOLUTION: The Green Party of Santa Clara County will attempt to contact other minor parties in Santa Clara County, attend their meetings, and invite them to ours for the following purposes: 1. The Santa Clara Greens will agree to endorse candidates of other minor parties for races where we do not have our own candidate. "Minor parties" in this case will refer primarily to the Peace and Freedom and the Libertarian parties. 2. The Santa Clara Greens will attempt to coordinate with other minor parties to develop joint procedures for recruiting candidates to run for offices in a way that can maximize our chances of winning. Spencer Graves Proposal re GPSCC blog. PROPOSED: The Santa Clara Greens will authorize the creation of a blog on its web site. The party will elect at least two blog editors. At least one editor (different from the author) must approve any text posted as a blog. All blogs must be consistent with the ten key values and be labeled as the opinion of the author and not necessarily a position of the Green Party of Santa Clara County. 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The results were then posted on our web page (without comments about candidates not considered or not recommened). I also think that was a good alternative to "endorsements". I have concerns about creating a policy about "endorsing" nonGP candidates -- even under the current Prop 14 circumstances. On the state office level of candidates, it now appears that "holes" in the ballot for any of the smaller political parties are going to result from "natural selection" of the respective self-selection of candidates. In the GPCA, there is a statewide lack of candidates for legislative races. That includes Santa Clara County. We have had this issue/"problem" for decades. People also should understand that it is very, very, very late in the 2014 election cycle to begin talking about "recruiting" candidates. Warner -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From spencer.graves at prodsyse.com Thu Oct 24 23:40:33 2013 From: spencer.graves at prodsyse.com (Spencer Graves) Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2013 23:40:33 -0700 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Oct. 29, 6:30 PM: Community meeting with Supervisor Chavez to support immigrant rights In-Reply-To: <919939FBDC79BF438F56B28E1BE9F09901B6BB6BD00A@ATHENA.ilrc.local> References: <919939FBDC79BF438F56B28E1BE9F09901B6BB6BD00A@ATHENA.ilrc.local> Message-ID: <526A1261.8050204@prodsyse.com> Hello, All: You are all invited to a community meeting with Supervisor Cindy Chavez regarding the current Detainer policy of Santa Clara County. The meeting will be at the First Unitarian Church of San Jos?, 160 N. 3rd St. This is important for promoting a sensible immigrant rights program here in Santa Clara County. BACKGROUND: Many of you know that the Obama administration has been particular aggressive in deporting millions of people in the US without documentation of a legal right to be here. Parents have been deported with minor children placed in foster care. Others have been sent to places where they don't know the local language. Part of this has been the "Secure Communities" program, under which local law enforcement has been asked to hold for up to 48 hours people without obvious documentation readily available. During that period, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) were supposed to review the case of the detainee for possible deportation. In practice, these 2-day (48 hour) holds have lasted on average 20 days. Many detentions have lasted much longer. When challenged in the courts, some local jurisdictions have been required to pay millions of dollars for illegal detention. In 2011, Santa Clara County voted to opt out of the "Secure Communities" program and not honor requests from ICE to hold people with questionable documentation of their right to be here unless the federal government paid for the extra cost of running that program. So far the federal government has refused to pay those extra costs. DA Rosen and Sheriff Smith have asked that this police be changed to support the detention of "serious and violent offenders" under this program. FIRE insists that US law should have procedures for dealing with serious and violent offenders, regardless of the status of legal right to be here. Moreover, the fear of deportation could lead many to refuse to report crimes or otherwise cooperate with law enforcement. This could make the community less safe, not more. The result could thus be the opposite of the stated objectives of the so-called "Secure Communities" program. Spencer From carolineyacoub at att.net Fri Oct 25 10:50:59 2013 From: carolineyacoub at att.net (Caroline Yacoub) Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2013 10:50:59 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Fw: [350 SV Chat] Fwd: [BayCAP] Re: We are mighty mighty 350 Bay Area!!!!!! In-Reply-To: References: <292a496c-f3a0-49ea-8969-dae960173ad0@googlegroups.com> <54df3a64-e356-46e9-a3ff-c1ef9ef4ece8@googlegroups.com> Message-ID: <1382723459.60482.YahooMailNeo@web185306.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: Pierre Delforge To: "350-silicon-valley-chat at googlegroups.com" <350-silicon-valley-chat at googlegroups.com> Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2013 7:23 PM Subject: [350 SV Chat] Fwd: [BayCAP] Re: We are mighty mighty 350 Bay Area!!!!!! All,? Big news yesterday on BayCAP! ?I know Janet has already shared the news with this list, but I wanted to also share some of the reactions from other folks in the email chain below, and provide some perspective for those who are not familiar with BayCAP. The Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) is the agency responsible for regulating air pollution from stationary sources in the Bay Area, including refineries and other industries. This includes greenhouse gases. The BayCAP resolution submitted to the Air District by Janet and her team is a commitment by the Air District to develop a?Bay Area?Regional Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction Plan to achieve the GHG reductions we need by 2050. The Bay Area emits 100 millions tons of GHGs per year, the equivalent of a small wealthy nation. This gives us an opportunity to lead on climate protection in California and in the nation. This vote is a big deal, the next step is to get this committee decision voted on by the whole board. We will be hosting an information and discussion meeting with Janet in November for anyone interested to help out, for example by meeting with the Air District board members from Silicon Valley, stay tuned! Congratulations to Janet and the 350 Bay Area BayCAP team!!! Pierre On Wednesday, October 23, 2013 2:35:56 PM UTC-7, Jessica Dervin Ackerman wrote: Thanks everyone for your hard work and dedication to this campaign and getting this resolution to this point!?Special thanks to Janet for her tireless leadership and guidance through this process.? > > >Janet first brought this proposal to 350 Bay Area in 2011... don't give up folks, fight like hell, and you will make a difference! ? > > >Much love,? > > >Jess > > >Jess Dervin-Ackerman >jder... at gmail.com >skype: jessderv >(510) 693-7677 > >?Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.? - Edmund Burke > > > > >On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 2:32 PM, Cat wrote: > >Everyone's comments were so inspiring, I almost cried. So proud to be a part of this team. When I grow up I want to be just like Janet! >> >> >>Caitlin >> >> >>On Wednesday, October 23, 2013 12:13:46 PM UTC-7, Janet Stromberg wrote: >> >>>WE DID IT!!!!!!!!! >>>The Air District Climate Protection Committee meeting today was a big success for us. >>>The Committee voted unanimously to amend the staff climate Resolution per our suggestions, and will add content regarding social and environmental justice. There will be a serious, comprehensive planning effort to achieve our goals. With the excellent working partnership we now have with Air District Board members, we can make sure of that. >>>Our speakers were all awesome: >>>Taylor, Rand, Nile, Jed, Bill and Robert thank you so much!!!!!!! >>>Also huge thanks to the Committee Chair, John Avalos, for shepherding the Resolution through some concerted resistance. This was critical help. Our cause would have been a much lonelier and more difficult effort without his steady leadership. Behind the scenes, Board Chair Ash Kalra also provided significant help. It mattered enough to him he attended the meeting as well. >>>The Resolution with our amendments and some additional ones will go to the full Board in two weeks, November 6th. Director Susan Adams of Marin told us she specifically wants our input for the additional amendments. >>>Victory Party date to be announced soon! >>>In solidarity and with heart overflowing in gratitude for the whole of our coalition, >>>Janet >>> >>>- sent from personal mobile device-- >>You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Bay Climate Action Plan (BayCAP) Campaign" group. >>To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to bay-area-carbon-cuts-campaign+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. >>To post to this group, send email to bay-area-carbo... at googlegroups.com. >>Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/bay-area-carbon-cuts-campaign. >> >>For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "350 Silicon Valley Chat" group. 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URL: From rainbeaufriend at riseup.net Fri Oct 25 16:49:44 2013 From: rainbeaufriend at riseup.net (Drew) Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2013 16:49:44 -0700 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Fwd: Re: [gpca-grow] Luis Rodriguez Meet-and-Greets in Fresno, Richmond, Oakland, San Fernando, Napa In-Reply-To: <1382657116.55749.YahooMailNeo@web160701.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> References: <1382657116.55749.YahooMailNeo@web160701.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: -------- Original Message -------- From: Richard Sent: Thu Oct 24 16:25:16 PST 2013 To: GPCA Grasswork Organizing Working Group Subject: Re: [gpca-grow] Luis Rodriguez Meet-and-Greets in Fresno, Richmond, Oakland, San Fernando, Napa hey all, First off, Luis spoke with a combine classroom of Chicano/Latino, African-American and another class(a handful of white students).? Students were interested and asked lots of questions.? ..?? Luis was excellent.? The school event was done thru facebook and word of mouth thanks to the Instructor, Matt Watson since it happened in 2 days.? Next visit we will have more time to prepare a bigger event.? The instructor took a video of the event but is unsure of the audio quality.? Will find out later.? Only 1 school reporter was there despite the fact that I was unable to get any reply via e-mail so I went to their office.? got lucky on that. Tonite's event should have pictures for the Facebook.? Should be different since it will be an older crowd.? We shall see what happens.. Edy has a point but with less than a week and a half I wasn't sure we could pull it off.? Attached is the flyer for the original event that will happen later todayI sent via e-mail to folks and the media. I put information on the Fresno County GP facebook because didn't know how many would show on this late date.? Only competition for this was the John Lennon video about the government's ?perscution.? On Thursday, October 24, 2013 2:08 PM, Edy Alvarez wrote: > * Thursday, Oct 24th meet-and-greet in Fresno at 7pm. Unfortunately I don't have the details of the?event or a Facebook event page. Please call Richard for?the address, event details?if you plan on coming. (559)408-3320. >? > * Friday, Oct. 25th events in Richmond and Oakland. Facebook Event Page. > * Lunch Gathering >Friday, October 25th, 12-2pm >Artisan Kitchen & Caf? >865 Marina Bay Parkway, Richmond >510.235.2323 (Artisan Caf?) >Contact: Molly Raynor zipora.ray at gmail.com > * Friday, October 25, 7:30pm >Spanish Speaking Citizens Foundation >1470 Fruitvale Ave., Oakland > * Listen to KPFA 94.1FM (live-stream) for interviews with Luis Rodriguez discussing the issues. Friday, October 25 5pm, Flashpoints with Dennis Bernstein and Miguel Molina >? > * Saturday, Oct. 26th Meet-and-Greet in San Fernando. Facebook Event Page.? 6-9:30pm, 716 Orange Grove Avenue, San Fernando, CA. 91340. Call Edy for questions. 818-336-2834.? > > * Tuesday, Oct. 29th Meet-and-Greet in Napa. Facebook Event Page.?6pm, Slack Collective Art Studios & Gallery. 964 Pearl Street, Suite B, Napa. Call Alex for questions. 707-328-8654. >? > >_______________________________________________ >gpca-grow mailing list >gpca-grow at cagreens.org >http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/gpca-grow > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ gpca-grow mailing list gpca-grow at cagreens.org http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/gpca-grow -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gerrygras at earthlink.net Fri Oct 25 18:11:40 2013 From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras) Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2013 18:11:40 -0700 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Fwd: Re: [gpsmc-d] Campaign mailing event Sat 9-9M for Gladwyn For Council In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <526B16CC.4000406@earthlink.net> I have known Gladwyn for years, we met at an SVBC (Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition) meeting. He is running for Belmont City Council. He is very good. Gerry -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [gpsmc-d] Campaign mailing event Sat 9-9M for Gladwyn For Council Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2013 17:48:57 -0700 From: Sanda Everette To: GPSMC-D For those of you who do not know Gladwyn, he is a wonderful human being, a dedicated environmentalist, and a great candidate for the Green Party. It would really be good if folks could show up and give him a hand. Those of us on your county council have already been helping at various events, but we would love to see more of you. I will be there. Sanda Everette, co-coordinator GPCA delegation to GPUS, GPCA Coordinating Committee "The politics of fear have brought us everything we were afraid of." (Dr. Jill Stein, 2012) On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 5:12 PM, Gladwyn D'Souza > wrote: WHERE: Kristin's Home 2535 Somerset Drive Belmont CA 94002 I need to get about 2000 envelopes stuffed, addressed, and stamped out to voters starting this Saturday. If you are available for a couple of hours anytime Saturday between 9AM and 9PM let me know and stop by. Thanks, Gladwyn d'Souza www.gladwyndsouza.com _______________________________________________ gpsmc-d mailing list gpsmc-d at cagreens.org http://lists.cagreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpsmc-d http://cagreens.org/sanmateo/ -------------- next part -------------- _______________________________________________ gpsmc-d mailing list gpsmc-d at cagreens.org http://lists.cagreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpsmc-d http://cagreens.org/sanmateo/ From spencer.graves at prodsyse.com Fri Oct 25 21:17:55 2013 From: spencer.graves at prodsyse.com (Spencer Graves) Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2013 21:17:55 -0700 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Next meetings: Nov. 21 & Dec. 19 Message-ID: <526B4273.7040203@prodsyse.com> Hello, All: Please put in your calendars that we will have monthly meetings the third Thursdays of November and December (Nov. 21 and Dec. 19) at the San Jos? Peace & Justice Center. Announcements to this effect have been placed on our web site, "http://www.cagreens.org/santaclara/". Best Wishes, Spencer -- Spencer Graves, PE, PhD President and Chief Technology Officer Structure Inspection and Monitoring, Inc. 751 Emerson Ct. San Jos?, CA 95126 ph: 408-655-4567 web: www.structuremonitoring.com From pagesincolor at yahoo.com Sat Oct 26 17:38:59 2013 From: pagesincolor at yahoo.com (John Thielking) Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2013 17:38:59 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Fw: I think that the SBCAPR should endorse the statement for Rasmea Odeh In-Reply-To: References: <12423134.1382809553933.JavaMail.root@elwamui-sweet.atl.sa.earthlink.net> Message-ID: <1382834339.92105.YahooMailNeo@web122906.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> What say you, oh GPSCC County Council? I vote yes. John Thielking ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: G. Sharat Lin To: masaos at earthlink.net; shelby.minister at yahoo.com; lvezzanikatano at yahoo.com; betsy237 at prodsyse.com; spencer.graves at prodsyse.com; palestineis at dslextreme.com; shrwnmndz at gmail.com; freepalestin at dslextreme.com; pagesincolor at yahoo.com Cc: carlosmmontes5 at aol.com; gjskha at gmail.com; pestertricia at yahoo.com; jessickant at gmail.com; amelia.vergel at gmail.com; christopherlapena at gmail.com; nteppang at gmail.com Sent: Saturday, October 26, 2013 4:49 PM Subject: RE: I think that the SBCAPR should endorse the statement for Rasmea Odeh Yes. And I am requesting SJPJC to endorse as well. Sharat ________________________________ Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2013 10:45:53 -0700 From: masaos at earthlink.net To: sharatlin at hotmail.com; shelby.minister at yahoo.com; masaos at earthlink.net; lvezzanikatano at yahoo.com; betsy237 at prodsyse.com; spencer.graves at prodsyse.com; palestineis at dslextreme.com; shrwnmndz at gmail.com; freepalestin at dslextreme.com; pagesincolor at yahoo.com Subject: I think that the SBCAPR should endorse the statement for Rasmea Odeh CC: carlosmmontes5 at aol.com; gjskha at gmail.com; pestertricia at yahoo.com; jessickant at gmail.com; amelia.vergel at gmail.com; christopherlapena at gmail.com; nteppang at gmail.com Hello. I think that we should endorse the following statement (you can view the page and links to other solidarity statements at ) before our next meeting which is not until November 26. ?Could people who have been coming to meetings please get back to me on this and do a reply all so others know your views? Masao Solidarity against the indictment of Palestinian-American activist Rasmea Odeh Published on Wed, 2013-10-23 18:24 Take Action! 1) Call Oct. 25th and send photos of support for Rasmea!? 2) Join the Facebook page:?Drop The Charges Against Rasmea Now! 3) Mobilize to support Rasmea at her next hearing in Detroit on November 1st. Details coming soon. For more information, email the Coalition to Protect People's Rights at cppr at aaan.org ? 4) Have your organization sign or write a solidarity statement (email to: stopfbi at gmail.com) ? ? ________________________________ ? PSLS, CCR and 33 other rights groups sign statement opposing indictment of Palestinian-American activist Rasmea Odeh The below-signed organizations are deeply disturbed by and stand opposed to the indictment yesterday of Rasmea Yousef Odeh, a Palestinian-American community activist who has dedicated 10 years to the Chicago Arab-American community, working with women on issues ranging from promoting literacy and political education to addressing domestic violence and anti-Arab and Muslim sentiment. Rasmea?s indictment for alleged immigration fraud comes at a time when advocates for Palestinian rights and immigration rights activists have been facing increasing pressure all over the country. Exactly three years ago, 23 anti-war and Palestinian rights activists were subpoenaed to testify before a Grand Jury and several of their homes were raided by the FBI. There have been no indictments against the 23 activists subpoenaed in 2010, presumably because of a lack of evidence. It is no coincidence that federal prosecutors are now targeting Rasmea, who is a pillar in the same community. The 2010 raids, the Grand Jury subpoenas that accompanied them, and this indictment against a 65 year old woman who suffered for a decade in Israeli prisons before coming to the U.S. in 1995, are a clear signal that federal authorities, along with Israel and its supporters in the U.S., are continuing to search for ways to intimidate and silence those who are effective advocates for Arab American communities, and who speak out for Palestinian rights. In the last year alone, Palestine Solidarity Legal Support, in partnership with the Center for Constitutional Rights, and in collaboration with the National Lawyers Guild and other organizations, has documented over 75 cases of intimidation and legal bullying. These include perceived surveillance, FBI contacts, and discriminatory enforcement of laws against advocates for Palestinian rights. Rasmea?s arrest and indictment must be viewed within this wider context of widespread attempts to intimidate people into silence on one of the most pressing human rights issues of our time. Rasmea?s indictment is also an illustration of increasingly draconian enforcement of immigration laws, which have left immigrant communities devastated at the hands of Obama?s Department of Homeland Security. Rasmea is an exemplary citizen who recently finished a Master?s degree in Criminal Justice, and has a law degree from Jordan. She has overcome amazing odds after being convicted by the Israeli military court system in 1969 for her alleged association with a leftist Palestinian nationalist group that the U.S. designated a terrorist organization. The military courts operate exclusively to subjugate occupied Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. They routinely bypass all but a modicum of due process, and justify holding individuals without charge or trial for months and years, often in abusive conditions and subject to torture. Rasmea?s activism against the Israeli occupation in the 1960s resulted in her imprisonment in Israeli prisons for 10 years, and it is surely her community activism in the U.S. that has made her, and by extension, the community that relies on her, the target of this indictment. We call for solidarity with Rasmea as she undergoes a difficult legal battle. Please support Rasmea at her November 1 appearance in federal court in Detroit, Michigan. SIGNED: * Al-Awda New York, Palestine right to Return Coalition * American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee * American Muslims for Palestine * AROC: Arab Resource & Organizing Center * Boston Coalition for Palestinian Rights * Boycott Israeli Apartheid Campaign - Vancouver * Canada Palestine Association * Center for Constitutional Rights * Chicago Movement for Palestinian Rights * Committee for a Just Peace in Israel and Palestine * Council on American-Islamic Relations ? Chicago * Grassroots Global Justice Alliance * Independent Jewish Voices-Vancouver * Jewish Voice for Peace -- Philadelphia * Jews for Palestinian Right of Return * Labor for Palestine * Legalease Collective, CKUT, Montreal * Minnesota Break the Bonds Campaign * Muslim Defense Project of the National Lawyers Guild - New York Chapter * National Lawyers Guild Free Palestine Subcommittee * National Students for Justice in Palestine * New York City Labor Against the War * NYC Queers Against Israeli Apartheid * PAWA: Palestinian American Women's Association * Palestine Solidarity Group - Chicago * Palestine Solidarity Legal Support * Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network * Socialist Action * Solidarity: a socialist, feminist, anti-racist organization * Sunbula: Arab Feminists for Change * The Dream Defenders * US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel * US Palestinian Community Network * Women of Colour Collective at the McGill Faculty of Law * Voice of Palestine More solidarity statements: * Arab American Action Network * American Party of Labor * Committee to Stop FBI Repression * Elizabeth Bishop (TSU Professor) * Father Robert Bossie, SCJ * Hamerhead Media Support * International League of Peoples' Struggles-US (ILPS) * National Students for Justice in Palestine?(NSJP) * The Palestine Solidarity Group * United African Organization? 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Sharat Lin >To: masaos at earthlink.net; shelby.minister at yahoo.com; >lvezzanikatano at yahoo.com; betsy237 at prodsyse.com; >spencer.graves at prodsyse.com; palestineis at dslextreme.com; >shrwnmndz at gmail.com; freepalestin at dslextreme.com; >pagesincolor at yahoo.com >Cc: carlosmmontes5 at aol.com; gjskha at gmail.com; pestertricia at yahoo.com; >jessickant at gmail.com; amelia.vergel at gmail.com; >christopherlapena at gmail.com; nteppang at gmail.com >Sent: Saturday, October 26, 2013 4:49 PM >Subject: RE: I think that the SBCAPR should endorse the statement for >Rasmea Odeh > > > >Yes. > >And I am requesting SJPJC to endorse as well. > >Sharat > > > >________________________________ >Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2013 10:45:53 -0700 >From: masaos at earthlink.net >To: sharatlin at hotmail.com; shelby.minister at yahoo.com; >masaos at earthlink.net; lvezzanikatano at yahoo.com; betsy237 at prodsyse.com; >spencer.graves at prodsyse.com; palestineis at dslextreme.com; >shrwnmndz at gmail.com; freepalestin at dslextreme.com; >pagesincolor at yahoo.com >Subject: I think that the SBCAPR should endorse the statement for >Rasmea Odeh >CC: carlosmmontes5 at aol.com; gjskha at gmail.com; pestertricia at yahoo.com; >jessickant at gmail.com; amelia.vergel at gmail.com; >christopherlapena at gmail.com; nteppang at gmail.com > > >Hello. >I think that we should endorse the following statement (you can view >the page and links to other solidarity statements at >) >before our next meeting which is not until November 26. ?Could people >who have been coming to meetings please get back to me on this and do a >reply all so others know your views? > >Masao >Solidarity against the indictment of Palestinian-American activist >Rasmea Odeh >Published on Wed, 2013-10-23 18:24 >Take Action! >1) Call Oct. 25th and send photos of support for Rasmea!? >2) Join the Facebook page:?Drop The Charges Against Rasmea Now! >3) Mobilize to support Rasmea at her next hearing in Detroit on >November 1st. Details coming soon. For more information, email the >Coalition to Protect People's Rights at cppr at aaan.org ? >4) Have your organization sign or write a solidarity statement (email >to: stopfbi at gmail.com) >? >? >________________________________ > ? > >PSLS, CCR and 33 other rights groups sign statement opposing indictment >of Palestinian-American activist Rasmea Odeh >The below-signed organizations are deeply disturbed by and stand >opposed to the indictment yesterday of Rasmea Yousef Odeh, a >Palestinian-American community activist who has dedicated 10 years to >the Chicago Arab-American community, working with women on issues >ranging from promoting literacy and political education to addressing >domestic violence and anti-Arab and Muslim sentiment. >Rasmea?s indictment for alleged immigration fraud comes at a time >when advocates for Palestinian rights and immigration rights activists >have been facing increasing pressure all over the country. Exactly >three years ago, 23 anti-war and Palestinian rights activists were >subpoenaed to testify before a Grand Jury and several of their homes >were raided by the FBI. There have been no indictments against the >23 >activists subpoenaed in 2010, presumably because of a lack of evidence. >It is no coincidence that federal prosecutors are now targeting Rasmea, > who is a pillar in the same community. >The 2010 raids, the Grand Jury subpoenas that accompanied them, and >this indictment against a 65 year old woman who suffered for a decade >in > Israeli prisons before coming to the U.S. in 1995, are a clear signal >that federal authorities, along with Israel and its supporters in the >U.S., are continuing to search for ways to intimidate and silence those > >who are effective advocates for Arab American communities, and who >speak > out for Palestinian rights. >In the last year alone, Palestine Solidarity Legal Support, in >partnership with the Center for Constitutional Rights, and in >collaboration with the National Lawyers Guild and other organizations, >has documented over 75 cases of intimidation and legal bullying. These >include perceived surveillance, FBI contacts, and discriminatory >enforcement of laws against advocates for Palestinian rights. Rasmea?s > >arrest and indictment must be viewed within this wider context of >widespread attempts to intimidate people into silence on one of the >most pressing human rights issues of our time. Rasmea?s indictment is >also >an illustration of increasingly draconian enforcement of immigration >laws, which have left immigrant communities devastated at the hands of >Obama?s Department of Homeland Security. >Rasmea is an exemplary citizen who recently finished a Master?s >degree in Criminal Justice, and has a law degree from Jordan. She has >overcome amazing odds after being convicted by the Israeli military >court system in 1969 for her alleged association with a leftist >Palestinian nationalist group that the U.S. designated a terrorist >organization. The military courts operate exclusively to subjugate >occupied Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. They routinely bypass > >all but a modicum of due process, and justify holding individuals >without charge or trial for months and years, often in abusive >conditions and subject to torture. Rasmea?s activism against the >Israeli occupation in the 1960s resulted in her imprisonment in Israeli > >prisons for 10 years, and it is surely her community activism in the >U.S. that has made her, and by extension, the community that relies on >her, the target of this indictment. >We call for solidarity with Rasmea as she undergoes a difficult legal >battle. Please support Rasmea at her November 1 appearance in federal >court in Detroit, Michigan. >SIGNED: > > * Al-Awda New York, Palestine right to Return Coalition > * American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee > * American Muslims for Palestine > * AROC: Arab Resource & Organizing Center > * Boston Coalition for Palestinian Rights > * Boycott Israeli Apartheid Campaign - Vancouver > * Canada Palestine Association > * Center for Constitutional Rights > * Chicago Movement for Palestinian Rights > * Committee for a Just Peace in Israel and Palestine > * Council on American-Islamic Relations ? Chicago > * Grassroots Global Justice Alliance > * Independent Jewish Voices-Vancouver > * Jewish Voice for Peace -- Philadelphia > * Jews for Palestinian Right of Return > * Labor for Palestine > * Legalease Collective, CKUT, Montreal > * Minnesota Break the Bonds Campaign > * Muslim Defense Project of the National Lawyers Guild - New York >Chapter > * National Lawyers Guild Free Palestine Subcommittee > * National Students for Justice in Palestine > * New York City Labor Against the War > * NYC Queers Against Israeli Apartheid > * PAWA: Palestinian American Women's Association > * Palestine Solidarity Group - Chicago > * Palestine Solidarity Legal Support > * Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network > * Socialist Action > * Solidarity: a socialist, feminist, anti-racist organization > * Sunbula: Arab Feminists for Change > * The Dream Defenders > * US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel > * US Palestinian Community Network > * Women of Colour Collective at the McGill Faculty of Law > * Voice of Palestine >More solidarity statements: > * Arab American Action Network > * American Party of Labor > * Committee to Stop FBI Repression > * Elizabeth Bishop (TSU Professor) > * Father Robert Bossie, SCJ > * Hamerhead Media Support > * International League of Peoples' Struggles-US (ILPS) > * National Students for Justice in Palestine?(NSJP) > * The Palestine Solidarity Group > * United African Organization? >"If we do not act, we shall surely be dragged down the long, dark, and >shameful corridors of time reserved for those who possess power >without compassion, might without morality, and strength without >sight." Martin Luther King, Jr., "A Time to Break Silence," April 4, >1967 > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >_______________________________________________ >sosfbay-discuss mailing list >sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org >http://lists.cagreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From spencer.graves at prodsyse.com Tue Oct 29 09:47:56 2013 From: spencer.graves at prodsyse.com (Spencer Graves) Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2013 09:47:56 -0700 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] meet with Supv. Cindy Chavez tonight re. immigrant rights Message-ID: <526FE6BC.6090500@prodsyse.com> Reminder: Community meeting with County Supervisor Cindy Chavez tonight, Oct. 29, 6:30 PM, First Unitarian Church, 160 N. 3rd St., San Jos?, CA -- Spencer Graves, PE, PhD President and Chief Technology Officer Structure Inspection and Monitoring, Inc. 751 Emerson Ct. San Jos?, CA 95126 ph: 408-655-4567 web: www.structuremonitoring.com From pagesincolor at yahoo.com Tue Oct 29 13:54:28 2013 From: pagesincolor at yahoo.com (John Thielking) Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2013 13:54:28 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Fw: Thanks for taking action! (Save the bees.) In-Reply-To: <729287301.1016151383079911111.JavaMail.www@app201.cl2int.convio.net> References: <729287301.1016151383079911111.JavaMail.www@app201.cl2int.convio.net> Message-ID: <1383080068.73746.YahooMailNeo@web122902.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> FYI ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: "Ashley Allison, SierraRise" To: pagesincolor at yahoo.com Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2013 12:51 PM Subject: Thanks for taking action! Sierra Club Share with your friends: Dear John, Thank you for sending a message urging the EPA to protect our bees and our food supply by banning Bayer's toxic pesticides.? Want to keep up with the latest from SierraRise??Check us out and Like us on Facebook?and follow?@SierraRise on Twitter!? To ensure your message is heard, please take a moment to tell your friends, family, and colleagues about it. Just copy and paste the email message below into a new email! ________________________________ Dear Friends, Bayer's toxic agricultural pesticides have been linked to the unprecedented bee die-off known as "colony collapse disorder."?The EPA has the power to ban the pesticides, but so far has bowed to pressure from Bayer.? The safety of our food supply is at risk. Demand the EPA stands up to big chemical companies like Bayer and bans bee-killing pesticides! I just sent a message to the EPA -- you should too! Check it out here: http://action.sierraclub.org/saveourbees ________________________________ In it together, Ashley Allison SierraRise Senior Campaigner Sierra Club | 85 2nd St San Francisco, CA 94105 | sierrarise.members at sierraclub.org This email was sent to pagesincolor at yahoo.com. Not you? Sign up for SierraRise. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Unfortunately, neither Caroline nor Jim are available. _ _ *The next HPF Planning Meeting is THIS WEDNESDAY 10/30 at the San Jose Peace and Justice Center from 5-6:30 p.m. Please attend to help us prepare for this important event!* * * *Call with questions, etc.* * * *Joan Goddard* *408-396-8039 * From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net Tue Oct 29 14:30:49 2013 From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle) Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2013 14:30:49 -0700 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] endorse the statement for Rasmea Odeh Message-ID: <52702909.5010306@sbcglobal.net> Yes, endorse the statement for Rasmea Odeh From gerrygras at earthlink.net Tue Oct 29 20:40:21 2013 From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras) Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2013 20:40:21 -0700 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Science and Revolting against the status quo In-Reply-To: <52707AE8.6060502@earthlink.net> References: <52707AE8.6060502@earthlink.net> Message-ID: <52707FA5.7090001@earthlink.net> "How Science Is Telling Us All To Revolt" by Naomi Klein http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/10/29-4 Gerry From gerrygras at earthlink.net Wed Oct 30 08:41:42 2013 From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras) Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2013 08:41:42 -0700 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Article about "National Divestment Network" In-Reply-To: <52711EC6.8040804@earthlink.net> References: <52711EC6.8040804@earthlink.net> Message-ID: <527128B6.3050304@earthlink.net> FYI, "Students Rise Up to Fight Climate Change with National Divestment Network" "'Divest Fossil Fuel Student Network' launches to leverage power of growing youth climate movement" by Dinah DeWald http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/10/30-1 Also, someone on another list just provided me with a link to "Orange Square", ("Orange Square is the national publication of the newly formed Divest Fossil Fuels Student National Network"). http://divestnationalnetwork.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/orange-square_issue-1_10-16-13.pdf Gerry From snug.bug at hotmail.com Wed Oct 30 10:17:19 2013 From: snug.bug at hotmail.com (Brian) Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2013 10:17:19 -0700 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] 9 Year Old Testifies in Congress that Drones Killed her Grannie Message-ID: Only 5 legislators showed up. 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Santa Barbara's?Safe Parking Program? ? ? ?A Model for the Peninsula ? ? ? ? ? ?Presentation and Public Discussion? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Saturday November 9th 2-4 pm? ? ? ? ? ? ? St. Mark's Church, Parish Hall? ? ? ? ? ? ? 600 Colorado Avenue? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Palo Alto, CA 94306? ? ? ? ? ?? ?? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ???http://goo.gl/maps/HvcVZ ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Guest Speaker Roslyn Scheuerman Case Manager,? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? New Beginnings Counseling Center,Santa Barbara,CA * In August 2013, Palo Alto City Council passed an ordinance(7-2) prohibiting the use of a vehicle for a dwelling place. Enforcement begins January 2014 * This October 2013, Mountain View added signage that banned overnight parking on industrial streets near Costco. * If your only home is your car and the shelters are full, what do you do? * Come learn about Santa Barbara?s Safe Parking Program, a model that has community acceptance, and supports car dwellers who are waiting for permanent housing. 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Spencer On 10/23/2013 12:24 PM, WB4D23 at aol.com wrote: > > *G**REENPARTYOF SANTACLARACOUNTY* > > DraftAgendaforMonthlyGeneralMeetingOctober 24,2013 > > San JosePeaceandJusticeCenter,48South7thStreet,San Jose,CA (Between > Santa ClaraandSan Fernando Streets) > > 7:00pm -- Eat andchat (No speaker announced at time of preparation of > this draft agenda) > > 7:30pm -- Beginmeeting > > SelectFacilitator: Warner > > Note taker: Spencer > > ,Time keeper: John Thielking > > ,andVibes watcher(s): Caroline > > ;SelectAgendaPreparerfor next meeting; Warner > > ;Affirmor modifydraftagenda(5 Minutes) > > IntroductionsandAnnouncements(10Minutes) > Warner Bloomberg Andrea Dorey John Thielking Joel Sarch, visiting from San Mateo Spencer Drew Johnson Caroline Yacoub Pete O'Reilly: Path to War -- in the Philippines, China, ... Plus Mother Agnes-Mariam from Syria > Treasurer'sReport-- JimDoyle(5 minutes) > > Report on status of P. O. Box -- Continued fromn September meeting -- > Tian Harter > > (5 minutes) > Tian is not here to report. Warner got an unofficial > Discussion and decision re November and December meetings -- November > 24^th is > > the Thanksgiving holiday; Meet on December 19^th ? -- Spencer Graves > (5 minutes) > November 21 & December 19 Spencer to send out a separate email subj: Notice: Dates for November & December meeting & put on our web site > Report on November 16-17^th Santa Rosa GPCA Plenary Agenda; Recruit > and appoint Plenary Delegates/Alternates; Discuss SGA issues -- > > Warner Bloomberg (30Minutes) > Sandy wants to attend. Four major discussion items: 1. Proposal that statewide candidate endorsements to be handled by the Standard General Assembly. 2. Bylaws interpretation to have the SGA consider the marijuana legalization initiative. The Green Party endorsed a previous version of this. 3. Report on the status of the Prop 14 litigation. 4. Sunday two session: What should be in the party statement in the voter information materials for the primary next June? Drew plans to attend. Sandy. Andrea. Warner might go; would like a ride. PROPOSED: Sandy Perry, Andrea Dorey, Drew Johnson, Warner Bloomberg and Brian Good (tentative) are appointed as delegates to the Plenary and the County Council has the authority to appoint additional delegates and alternates. Discussion: We are allowed 5 delegates. We have consensus. *** Spencer will send an official email to agenda-team at cagreens.org with the names of our delegates, as drafted by Warner. *** CONTACT WARNER OR THE COUNTY COUNCIL IF YOU'D LIKE TO BE A DELEGATE OR ALTERNATE. > Discussion and Proposal to Instruct GPSCC Standing General Assembly > Delegates re voting for GPCA endorsements of state office candidates > -- Spencer Graves (15 minutes) > > Notes:Current plans are for SGA delegates to vote on GPCA endorsement > of GPCA state office candidates during the week immediately following > > the Plenary.This meeting will be the last GPSCC general meeting before > > the voting period ending November 24th.The GPSCC SGA delegates are: > > Jim Doyle, Drew Johnson, John Thielking, Betsy Wolf-Graves > > and Spencer Graves. > Put this on the agenda for Nov. 24. > Proposal regarding GPSCC endorsements of local candidates -- Spencer > Graves (15 minutes) -- see text of proposal following these agenda > proposals > Put this on the agenda for Nov. 24. WARNER: In the past we've done two things: (1) Have candidates meet the group, request an endorsement, and answer questions. (2) We have in the passed made "recommendations" esp. re. candidates of other parties without official "endorsements". > Health Care Committee Report -- (10Minutes) > CAROLINE: Has been to several health care things recently. I still do not understand "the single payer" groups have split into two over strategy. SANDY and Joel: There are ~20 different single payer groups. We should not have a single payer movement without the nurses. The main emphasis is to get the community involved. The split does not seem great nor irreconcilable: The different groups attend each other's meetings and support each other's initiatives. Healthcare for all (HCA) with other groups formed the Single Payer Coalition. > Climate Change Committee Report --(10 Minutes) > Primarily Gerry: 350 Silicon Valley and CCL Gerry's not here, and we don't have much info. > Discussionofstatusoftablingsupplies-- (10 Minutes) > Holiday Peace Fair -- there are tickets & fliers to hand out. (full page, half page, quarter page) Caroline would love to have some new, current literature about current events to print and distribute. > Plan forTabling-- Need to identify event coordinators -- (15Minutes) > > Downtown Health Fair October 25th > 9 AM - 1 PM, St. Joseph Cathedral. Sandy: Sponsored by Low Income Health Center, CHAM, and Supv. Cortese. > Jr.StatesmanNovember 16^th > "Junior States" is the official title. John and Caroline are doing it. The kids make their own buttons. At Marriott Hotel near Great America in Santa Clara. Caroline will send an email re. this. > ^ > > Announcement: Mercy Killers (play) November 16th > At the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers about the trouble a guy has had getting health care for his wife. > Holiday Peace Fair December 14th ^ > 11 - 4 ^ Volunteers: John to table. Drew probable, possibly also Brian. Drew, John and Brian might be able to go early. Plus someone to provide a desert. United Methodist Church Hamilton and Winchester. > ^ > > Others? > Sandy: Move to Amend event Nov. 19: David Cobb. Concerns: Warner: (1) The actual proposal is very vague. (2) They are unclear about whether they actually want an initiative. ... (others I didn't catch). Affirmation: Drew: We need to overturn Citizens United. However, the MTA group needs to work out the details. Response: This is an actual ballot measure for Nov. 2014. They need to get it approved in ~June 2014. Two parts: Contingency: If a 28th amendment passed, then ... Democracy Day: Beginning in 2015, the County Board of Supervisors will have a Democracy Day in March ... . (Sandy can clarify). MODIFIED PROPOSAL: The County Council will consider the exact proposal for the Nov. 19 event and the ballot initiative. > Proposal re GPSCC blog -- Spencer Graves > > (10 Minutes)See text proposal below. > This was referred to the County Council with some comments. Warner was concerned that we not defame the Santa Clara Greens by publishing spurious material. Spencer replied that the proposal has multiple protections against that. First, the blog will be labeled with a disclaimer that the content represents "the opinion of the author and not necessarily a position of the Green Party of Santa Clara County." Second, the Blog Editors (initially Spencer Graves and Betsy Wolf-Graves) with have veto power over what is published. Third, if objections of appropriate strength or substance are registered with the Blog Editors, a particular blog will be removed. This won't fix the problem for people who have already seen it but will minimize the damage for the future. The alternative is being so paranoid that nothing gets done. [Spencer will ask Warner for suggestions regarding exact wording of said disclaimer and general blog policy.] County Council members Drew Johnson and John Thielking joined with Spencer in voting for the proposal. Those votes with that of Betsy Wolf-Graves produces the 80% of the County Council required for passage. > > Discussion about sponsoring a local screening of Gar Alperovitz's > "Next American Revolution" -- Spencer Graves (10 minutes) > > (2Hours30 Minutes EstimatedCumulativeTimes.Goal:Adjournby 9:30pm) > > Agenda Preparer's Comment:There is "too much" on this agenda.Are there > items that can > > wait until the next meeting? > PROPOSED: The Green Party of Santa Clara County endorses the efforts of the Forum for Immigrant Rights and Empowerment (FIRE) to retain the current policy of Santa Clara County to opt out of the national Secure Communities program and refuse to honor the request from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for temporary detention of up to 48 hours of individuals detained by law enforcement for other reasons. DISCUSSION: In practice 48 hours (2 days) has become on average 20 days. Many individuals have been held much longer without charges. Other jurisdictions have lost multimillion dollar lawsuits for illegal detention. The local government had to pay, not the feds. *** There was a consensus to support FIRE in this effort. > ### > > Spencer Graves Proposal re GPSCC local candidates endorsements.Prop 14 > has in essence transformed the primary into the only election for > minor parties.We can appear on the general election ballot only if we > come in first or second in the primary.That strongly encourages minor > parties to coordinate with one another to the maximum extent that > their membership will allow.We cannot control which candidates pull > papers and file to run, but we can control endorsements and > recruitment of candidates to file papers.There was discussion of this > in the email list of the GPCA Standing General Assembly > .Sanda Everette indicated there have already > been contacts between the statewide Coordinating Committee of the > California Greens and representatives of Peace and Freedom and > Libertarian parties.Sanda said, "We were hoping that there could be a > full statewide slate with candidates running from the three parties > and no one competing with another third party candidate." > > RESOLUTION:The Green Party of Santa Clara County will attempt to > contact other minor parties in Santa Clara County, attend their > meetings, and invite them to ours for the following purposes: > > 1.The Santa Clara Greens will agree to endorse candidates of other > minor parties for races where we do not have our own candidate."Minor > parties" in this case will refer primarily to the Peace and Freedom > and the Libertarian parties. > > 2.The Santa Clara Greens will attempt to coordinate with other minor > parties to develop joint procedures for recruiting candidates to run > for offices in a way that can maximize our chances of winning. > > Spencer Graves Proposal re GPSCC blog. > > PROPOSED:The Santa Clara Greens will authorize the creation of a blog > on its web site.The party will elect at least two blog editors.At > least one editor (different from the author) must approve any text > posted as a blog.All blogs must be consistent with the ten key values > and be labeled as the opinion of the author and not necessarily a > position of the Green Party of Santa Clara County.Also, claims that > might be controversial should be justified with a footnote giving a > reference to an appropriate source with not links when appropriate web > sites are available. > > > > _______________________________________________ > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > http://lists.cagreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss -- Spencer Graves, PE, PhD President and Chief Technology Officer Structure Inspection and Monitoring, Inc. 751 Emerson Ct. 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