From gerrygras at earthlink.net Mon Aug 1 01:42:25 2016 From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras) Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2016 01:42:25 -0700 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Zombie + Lemmings In-Reply-To: <579F0B43.9000305@earthlink.net> References: <579F0B43.9000305@earthlink.net> Message-ID: <579F0B71.5070203@earthlink.net> I apologize to those who find this upsetting, but I hope it provides some more insight to some. "A Party of Lemmings Led by a Zombie: Why We Need to Keep Bernie Sanders? Vision Alive" By Alan Minsky http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/a_party_of_lemmings_led_by_a_zombie_20160731 Gerry From perrysandy at aol.com Mon Aug 1 19:50:45 2016 From: perrysandy at aol.com (perrysandy at aol.com) Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2016 22:50:45 -0400 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] GPSCC Minutes 7-28-16 Message-ID: <15649291758-8c9-374c@webprd-m57.mail.aol.com> GREEN PARTY OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY Notes from Monthly General Meeting July 28, 2016 San Jose Peace and Justice Center, 48 South 7th Street, San Jose,CA (Between Santa Clara and San Fernando Streets) Facilitator ? Sandy Perry; Note taker ? Warner Bloomberg; Time keeper ? None; Vibes watcher(s) ? None; Agenda Preparer for next meeting ? Warner. Agenda Affirmed with items requested by Brian to be included in appropriate draft agenda items. Introductions and Announcements ? Three new meeting attendees; two recently from Oregon Treasurer?s Report ? FPPC reports due July 10th mailed July 5th County Council Positions ? Sandy Perry and Caroline Yacoub submitted sufficient signatures to the SCC Registrar of Voters to be ?elected? unopposed since seven positions were open. GPSCC Bylaws allow them to appoint additional County Council members for two year terms (effectively four year terms since ?central committee? elections now are held only during Presidential elections years). No volunteers. (Continuing agenda item) State Party issues: Report from SGA members ? GPCA Coordinating Committee elections resulted in ?reform? slate successes. The GPSCC had four volunteers to be on the GPCA Standing General Assembly (SGA) who were appointed by consensus of the County Council. However, Drew is moving to Alameda County next month (August); so there will be two positions to be filled for two year terms. No volunteers (Continuing agenda item) Follow up ? onging webpage and email list issues ? Consensus to proceed on investigating setting a web page and email list independent from cagreens.org. Working Group formed to perform triage on existing web page and develop specific proposal(s) to bring to next meeting (with County Council to exercise its discretion between General Meetings if sooner action appropriate). Web Page Working Group ? Brian; Scott and Jessica. Discussion of status of tabling supplies ? Brian distributed the most recent edited version of the Donkey-Elephant leaflet and samples of others. No decision(s) taken. Plans for Tabling ? No events identified ###wsb3### -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gerrygras at earthlink.net Tue Aug 2 12:58:12 2016 From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras) Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2016 12:58:12 -0700 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] DNC Convention Not Democratic In-Reply-To: <57A0FB04.6000804@earthlink.net> References: <57A0FB04.6000804@earthlink.net> Message-ID: <57A0FB54.3070909@earthlink.net> "DNC Achieved Unity Through Forced Conformity And Manufactured Consent" http://commondreams.org/views/2016/08/02/dnc-achieved-unity-through-forced-conformity-and-manufactured-consent "Angered by the dirty tactics employed by the Clinton campaign and the DNC throughout the primary process, many Sanders delegates doubled down on their refusal to support Clinton. They declared their intention to throw their weight behind Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein, who has received unprecedented interest in her campaign following Sanders? endorsement of Clinton." Gerry From gerrygras at earthlink.net Wed Aug 3 18:33:07 2016 From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras) Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2016 18:33:07 -0700 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Nader Myth (as spoiler) In-Reply-To: <57A29B2D.5040308@earthlink.net> References: <57A29B2D.5040308@earthlink.net> Message-ID: <57A29B53.4040608@earthlink.net> FYI, "Don?t Fall for It: The Nader Myth and Your 2016 Vote" http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/dont_fall_for_it_the_nader_myth_and_your_2016_vote_20160802 Gerry From gerrygras at earthlink.net Fri Aug 5 21:13:56 2016 From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras) Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2016 21:13:56 -0700 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Bernie Sanders on the phrase "waste your vote" In-Reply-To: <57A563B3.3090907@earthlink.net> References: <57A563B3.3090907@earthlink.net> Message-ID: <57A56404.5010501@earthlink.net> The title here is "Bernie Sanders response to Jill Stein". But I very much doubt that, because he is noticeably younger. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyQI9qn7kII Part of this is about "waste your vote". But the best part is from 0:45 to 1:00. Gerry From gerrygras at earthlink.net Sun Aug 7 08:50:49 2016 From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras) Date: Sun, 7 Aug 2016 08:50:49 -0700 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Fwd: [gpca-forum] Julian Assange Addresses GPUS Pres Convention In-Reply-To: <57a6dcd1.2c109d0a.12a64.a5eb@mx.google.com> References: <57a6dcd1.2c109d0a.12a64.a5eb@mx.google.com> Message-ID: <57A758D9.7030609@earthlink.net> -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: [gpca-forum] Julian Assange Addresses GPUS Pres Convention Date: Sat, 06 Aug 2016 23:57:21 -0700 From: shane que hee via gpca-forum Reply-To: GPCA member general discussion To: gpca-forum at cagreens.org CC: shane que hee > > > *Julian Assange: Voting Because You Fear the Other Candidate Is > ?Extortion?* > > > > *Published* 2:26 pm EDT, August 6, 2016 *Updated* 2:42 pm EDT, August > 6, 2016 > > Comment > > > > By Stephanie Dube Dwilson > > > Julian Assange addresses the Green Party. (YouTube/Green Party) > > Julian Assange addressed the Green Party this morning in a powerful > live-feed video. Technical difficulties at first made it look like the > interview might not happen at all. Assange even asked someone off > camera: ?Did they not test this?? Eventually they were able to > overcome the difficulties and have a lengthy Q&A. These are highlights > from his speech. > > Here?s what you need to know. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > *Assange Said Voting to Keep the Other Candidate Out Is a Type of > Extortion* > > > > Assange told the Green Party that voting for one candidate solely to > keep the other out of office was a form of extortion. > > ?What the Clinton campaign at the moment is trying to say is > Maybe we?re connected to arms dealers and to Saudi Arabia and yes > maybe we subverted the integrity of the Democratic primary But > you?ll just have to swallow that or else you?ll get Donald > Trump. That?s a form of extortion > > He added: > > ?It?s very important not to allow the political process to suffer from > extortion or even yourself to be susceptible to extortion It?s > important for those people who feel their principles have been > violated in the way the Democratic primary process has been run or how > Chelsea Manning been in prison for 35 years to go OK, there?s a cost > to violating principles, even if there?s also a cost to yourself, even > if you don?t like the risk that Donald Trump becomes President. One > has to have a line somewhere, otherwise as each election cycle > proceeds you?re pushed further and further into the corner.? > > He also addressed the DNC leaks from WikiLeaks and the implications > involved. > > What they show is not only was there a sort of internal view > about how to undermine Bernie Sanders and support Hillary Clinton > But rather there were formal instructions made to DNC staff to > execute a campaign of black propaganda against Bernie Sanders ? > > He continued: > > ?For example, Luis Miranda the communications chief instructed his > staff to put out allegations that Bernie Sanders supporters were > engaged in acts of violence. Similarly there were discussions to > expose or rather claim that BS was an atheist and this would harm him > in the south. Then there?s aspects to do with how financing was > being bounced around between the DNC and state parties and the Hillary > Clinton Victory Fund. To my mind the most ongoing interesting material > is the influence peddling structure of the DNC ? > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > *Assange Said WikiLeaks Was Not Trying to Harm Hillary Clinton* > > > > Assange addressed rumors that WikiLeaks was actively trying to harm > Hillary Clinton?s campaign. > > When we published the DNC leaks, the New York Times said that I > intended to harm Hillary Clinton. This is what we?ve been doing > for 10 years. That was a completely fabricated story We are in > interested in power and publishing the truth about power so people > can work out however they choose to reform power > > He encouraged third-party activists to keep fighting. > > ?What is happening now with the Green party and Gary Johnson and > Bernie Sanders? campaign is very important but it must be seen past > the moment, past this political moment (This is a) moment to build a > movement and build pressure. Having built it, then, one can hold > accountable and check the abuses of government during the next four > years (Clinton and Trump) are two (of) the most unpopular pair of > presidential candidates in U.S. history. They are going to continue > to generate oversight and resistance which will not only create a > fertile field for Gary Johnson and Jill Stein to grow their support, > but will create a very fertile field to understand and hold the > government to account.? > > He added that although he believes Clinton will most likely win, he > doesn?t prefer either candidate: > > ?I was asked this question, did i prefer Clinton or Trump? The answer > is do i prefer cholera or gonorrhea? It?s a very sad situation. > Given the reality has always been, the president pretty quickly merges > with the bureaucracy that?s around it Corporate lobbyists are > enormous compared to political parties.? > > He added that he was concerned with Google being one of those > lobbyists and its connection to the White House. He was concerned that > closer relations might hurt the way we communicate down the line. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > *Assange: Jill Stein Will Be Attacked More After the Convention* > > > > Assange noted that Stein will be facing greater attacks in the coming > months from the media. > > I?ve just seen the attacks have started to ramp up on Jill Stein. > They are going to go thru the roof. Those attacks are going to > be ferocious You?ll learn lessons from that on how the media > works and how one can defend your principles and ideas in the > face of that To defend civil liberties and the Internet, the > first thing is to practice it.? > > He encouraged the delegates watching the feed: > > ?Become your own media in practice in small ways and big ways Keep > your principles and sense of clarity on those principles.? > [] > > > > *WikiLeaks List: Most Damaging Emails About DNC, Clinton, & > Bernie > * > > > > We've compiled an extensive look at the most damaging or insightful > emails about Clinton and Sanders, from the WikiLeaks emails. 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Now they are for Jill Stein. They helped us to set up a South Bay for Jill Stein Facebook page which is now up and running. https://www.facebook.com/voteJillStein/ We are working to build a local Jill Stein for President committee for the fall campaign. It will a place where Green Party members, disaffected Bernie supporters, and others can work together and not only build the campaign but hopefully also, in the long run, build Green Party membership. As one of our first events, we would like to be able to announce a local watch party for the Jill Stein - Ajamu Baraka appearance on CNN at 6 pm next Wed. Aug. 17. Does anyone want to volunteer to host this party? http://www.jill2016.com/townhall Please respond to me. And please "like" South Bay for Jill Stein. Thanks! Sandy -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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If you have trouble with the URL below (due to wraparound), try: https://www.facebook.com/events/1269334949777431/ Gerry -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: How to find a CNN watch party Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2016 16:19:55 +0000 From: Jill Stein To: Gerald Gras Jill 2016 Dear Gerald, So many of you wrote to us over the past few days with one question: *?How do I find a watch party??* Turns out people all over the country are clamoring to see Jill and Ajamu tonight in their first CNN Town Hall. We?ve handily beaten the 100-party goal. Now more than *150 events* have been set up by politically independent people just like you! All you have to do is hit the button below and scroll through the list of events in the *About section of our Facebook event page*. cnn-watch-party-attend-a-party.png /It?s in our hands!/ The Stein/Baraka Campaign Team P.S. To find a party near you, scroll through the list of events in the *About section of our Facebook event page*. cnn-watch-party-attend-a-party.png Jill 2016 Facebook Twitter YouTube Tumblr Paid for by Jill Stein for President PO Box 260197, Madison, WI 53726 Created with NationBuilder From gerrygras at earthlink.net Thu Aug 18 11:04:41 2016 From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras) Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2016 11:04:41 -0700 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Fwd: How to find a CNN watch party In-Reply-To: <57B49748.6070406@earthlink.net> References: <57B49590.3050205@earthlink.net> <57B49748.6070406@earthlink.net> Message-ID: <57B5F8B9.20601@earthlink.net> The full event is available here: "Did Green Party Pitch for 'Greater Good' Resonate with National Audience?" http://commondreams.org/news/2016/08/18/did-green-party-pitch-greater-good-resonate-national-audience (Scroll down.) Gerry Gerry Gras wrote: > > Note: This says that you can find the parties in the > "About" section. What it does not say is that it is > in the "Details" section right under "About", and > you may need to click on "See more". > > If you have trouble with the URL below (due to > wraparound), try: > https://www.facebook.com/events/1269334949777431/ > > Gerry > > > -------- Forwarded Message -------- > Subject: How to find a CNN watch party > Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2016 16:19:55 +0000 > From: Jill Stein > To: Gerald Gras > > > > > Jill 2016 > > > > > > > Dear Gerald, > > So many of you wrote to us over the past few days with one question: > > *?How do I find a watch party??* > > Turns out people all over the country are clamoring to see > Jill and Ajamu tonight in their first CNN Town Hall. > > We?ve handily beaten the 100-party goal. Now more than > *150 events* have been set up by politically independent > people just like you! > > All you have to do is hit the button below and scroll > through the list of events in the *About section of our > Facebook event page*. > > cnn-watch-party-attend-a-party.png > > > > > /It?s in our hands!/ > > The Stein/Baraka Campaign Team > > P.S. To find a party near you, scroll through the list of events in the > *About section of our Facebook event page*. > > > cnn-watch-party-attend-a-party.png > > > > > > Jill 2016 > > > > > > Facebook > > > > Twitter > > > > YouTube > > > > Tumblr > > > > > > > Paid for by Jill Stein for President > PO Box 260197, Madison, WI 53726 > > > Created with NationBuilder > > > > > From perrysandy at aol.com Fri Aug 19 11:15:19 2016 From: perrysandy at aol.com (perrysandy at aol.com) Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2016 14:15:19 -0400 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Jill Stein Campaign Message-ID: <156a403ac68-3f61-961@webprd-a99.mail.aol.com> Hi Everyone, We have applied for the comprehensive Santa Clara County voter list and it will be delivered to us by the Registrar in 3-4 days. We have scheduled the first South Bay for Jill Stein campaign committee meeting at the San Jose Peace & Justice Center at 7 pm Wed. Aug. 31. In the meantime there is a lot to do. Please contact me at 408-691-6153 or perrysandy at aol.com if you are able to volunteer between now and then. Look at our facebook page https://www.facebook.com/voteJillStein/ Thanks! This is the political moment we have been waiting for! Sandy -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gerrygras at earthlink.net Sun Aug 21 02:09:32 2016 From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras) Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2016 02:09:32 -0700 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Health Care Failure Message-ID: <57B96FCC.8020709@earthlink.net> FYI, "I Let You Down: A Public Apology to Michael Moore" http://commondreams.org/views/2016/08/19/i-let-you-down-public-apology-michael-moore Gerry From tnharter at aceweb.com Thu Aug 25 13:12:29 2016 From: tnharter at aceweb.com (Tian Harter) Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2016 13:12:29 -0700 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Delegate at Green Convention in Texas. Message-ID: <9fe32dec3d544481a6a4ecfce899fff8@aceweb.com> Here is what I saw there: http://tian.greens.org/GreenParty/Houston2016/index.html Tian http://tian.greens.org Latest change: Added a blog post about the Green Party Convention. There's an army pin on a Delaware quarter in my home. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From peacemovies at gmail.com Thu Aug 25 15:46:28 2016 From: peacemovies at gmail.com (John Thielking) Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2016 15:46:28 -0700 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Fwd: Fw: [oe_discussion] Summary Of Tonight's Bernie Live Stream Event at Eugene Garden Club In-Reply-To: <290325044.16172137.1472165005204.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> References: <1554958500.2016837.1472100450167.JavaMail.yahoo.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <1554958500.2016837.1472100450167.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> <159508454.2287940.1472144278232.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> <1341391339.1198723.1472150152253.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> <290325044.16172137.1472165005204.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: John Thielking Date: Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 3:43 PM Subject: Fw: [oe_discussion] Summary Of Tonight's Bernie Live Stream Event at Eugene Garden Club To: John Thielking Please read my remarks in the e-mail chain below. The first part is on the bottom. John Thielking ----- Forwarded Message ----- *From:* John Thielking *To:* John Thielking ; OE Group < oe_discussion at lists.riseup.net>; Alan Zundel ; "oregonmattkeating at gmail.com" *Sent:* Thursday, August 25, 2016 11:35 AM *Subject:* Re: [oe_discussion] Summary Of Tonight's Bernie Live Stream Event at Eugene Garden Club Finishing my half baked thought on the WFP being able to campaign in coordination with democratic candidates: Since the Pacific Green Party was in communication with democrats to get cross endorsed by the PGP, it seems that political parties can do this type of work for other parties with no problem. HOWEVER, if you are a member of PGP or WFP and participating in their endorsement voting process, this automatically means that you can not at the same time be registered as a democrat. So the people who resigned from Our Revolution may indeed be in search of a Pink Unicorn legal entity that would allow them to meddle directly in the campaigns of democrats while still being independent of the democratic party. John Thielking ------------------------------ *From:* John Thielking *To:* John Thielking ; OE Group < oe_discussion at lists.riseup.net>; Alan Zundel ; "oregonmattkeating at gmail.com" *Sent:* Thursday, August 25, 2016 9:57 AM *Subject:* Re: [oe_discussion] Summary Of Tonight's Bernie Live Stream Event at Eugene City Club Democracy Now! had an interesting segment on today's show (8-25-16) about the fact that half of the chiefs of staff at Our Revolution resigned in protest over having Bernie's former campaign manager lead the organization and also over the fact that Our Revolution is being organized as a 501 c 4. Frankly, I'm not sure what kind of organization could be formed that would be legally in the black to both be independent of any particular candidate's campaign and yet still be able to act in direct coordination with many different campaigns. Apparently a 501 c 4 a) can only spend half or less of its revenue on politics (so where does the other half of Our Revolution's revenue go to) and b) a 501 c 4 is just like any other Political Action Committee in that it is not allowed to communicate directly with any particular candidate's campaign. The people who resigned from Our Revolution may be looking for a legal entity to form that is the equivalent of a Pink Unicorn, when a) there is no such animal as a pink horse and b) Unicorns don't exist either. Maybe if they formed a separate political party they could do all the things that they want to do and be legally in the black, sort of like the Working Families Party endorsing and campaigning for democrats? I don't even know if WFP legally campaigns for the candidates that they endorse. Of course the Democratic Party itself coordinates with individual candidates' campaigns, so maybe what they need to do is form an entity that is under the umbrella of the Democratic Party. Who knows if the head honch at s at the Democratic Party would even allow that. John Thielking ------------------------------ *From:* John Thielking *To:* OE Group ; Alan Zundel < pgp-lanegreens at lists.riseup.net>; "oregonmattkeating at gmail.com" < oregonmattkeating at gmail.com> *Sent:* Wednesday, August 24, 2016 9:47 PM *Subject:* [oe_discussion] Summary Of Tonight's Bernie Live Stream Event at Eugene City Club Our Revolution Meeting Notes I went to the Eugene City Club to see the live stream of the Bernie Sanders event tonight (August 24th, 2016). My notes start at the point where Bernie started speaking. Bernie said that he is going to mostly look forward, not back. (This is the same song and dance that Obama uses to justify not impeaching George W Bush for war crimes after he left office.) [*Someday*, as Fred Hirsch of the South Bay CA Labor Council likes to say after mouthing the words 'freedom and justice for all' at the end of the pledge of allegiance] we will all have the freedoms that Bernie claims here we now have in the good old USA. He mentioned the struggle for LGBTQA+ rights to love whomever you want. He mentioned Super delegates, but didn't elaborate on what to do about them. He claimed that the current Democratic Platform is the most progressive platform in history and that it will not simply sit on the shelf gathering dust (as I predict it will). He claimed that the platform will form the basis for electing down ticket candidates. ?We changed the conversation about our future.? Congressional candidates are campaigning on making college tuition free. Bernie endorses Clinton's education plan that will make public colleges tuition free for any member of a family earning less than $125K per year. The $15 per hour minimum wage movement is taking off (at the local level) nationwide. 54% of Republicans now say that people earning more than $250k per year should pay more income taxes. Social Security cuts have been taken off the table and now the conversation has shifted to discuss and campaign to expand Social Security. Private prisons are bad and the Justice Dept has recently moved to divest from private prisons. Bernie is working in the Senate to get the US govt to divest from private detention centers as well. Clinton does not support universal health care. However, Clinton wants to double the funding of community health centers, which will eventually lead to universal access. Clinton also wants to triple the funding for college debt relief for doctors who practice in underserved areas. Obama supports TPP, but Bernie does not. A majority of Americans now understand that the current batch of trade agreements were bad deals. Bernie then announced the formation of a new organization called Our Revolution, which will focus on local campaigns. Bernie will not be in charge of Our Revolution. He has put in place a young man who will be the Executive Director. Other key staff members, both women and men, will also help to lead the organization. Our Revolution supports local progressives (over 100 of them) running for state and local offices from School Boards to Senate seats. Our Revolution also supports ballot initiatives. There are over 100 ballot initiatives on the ballots in November 2016 and Our Revolution focuses on supporting 7 of them. These include: Citizens United Repeal Automatic voter registration Alaska voter registration initiative Prop 61 in CA would have the state pay the same prices for drugs as the VA. WA has a Citizens United initiative. (CA does too, but this wasn't mentioned.) CO has a single payer initiative. Bernie gave a shout out to achieving justice for Native Americans and also earlier in the program there was a shout out about the pipeline that Natives are fighting. Then the Executive Director of Our Revolution was introduced. He pointed out that there were some 200,000 watch parties streaming the event tonight, plus the event was being broadcast on Facebook and Free Speech TV. To continue the revolution, people are urged to visit ourrevolution.com/act and sign up. The Executive Director is a young lad. Sorry I missed getting his name. Next Saturday at 10AM-11AM is the next meeting of the local Bernie group at Whirled Pies (aka Cosmic Pizza) on W 8th Ave near downtown Eugene. At their next meeting they will be discussing a possible name change for the group. Additional editorial comments from John Thielking: There were very few young people at this meeting. I think I might have been the youngest (age 53). During the entire program there was not a single mention of the many wars that the USA is involved in. What about mentioning how the bankers on Wall Street profit off of sending our brothers and sisters to die overseas and how many brown and black people they kill while they are over there? Bernie completely glossed over the fact that he endorsed Clinton. At a similar event at DeAnza College in San Jose, CA there was an open mic after the presentation. My former room mate got a rousing round of applause when he pointed out how Clinton is a warmonger. In my mind the real Revolution started when chants of 'No More War' broke out during a certain former CIA director's speech at the DNC. If you are serious about that kind of Revolution, then join me in campaigning for Dr. Jill Stein for President and Ajamu Baraka for Vice President. I will be at the corner of W 7th Ave and Van Buren in Eugene, OR every day from 8AM-9AM until November 8th, 2016 holding my 3ft x 5ft Jill Stein banner. (I will be taking a break from October 12th to October 20th to go see my brother in CA. It would be really nice to have enough people join me so that I don't have to stop the event during this break.) John Thielking 541-636-6269 ---- Unsubscribe from this list by sending an email to oe_discussion-unsubscribe@ lists.riseup.net. You can resubscribe later by sending an email to oe_discussion-subscribe at lists.riseup.net. Visit the Occupy Eugene website at http://occupyeugenemedia.org/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net Sun Aug 28 13:01:28 2016 From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle) Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2016 13:01:28 -0700 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] who is fighting whom in Syria Message-ID: <57C34318.2020706@sbcglobal.net> The blog at http://www.juancole.com/2016/08/americas-pentagons-militias.html discusses the various fighting forces in the Syrian conflict and Turkey's latest role. Here are two samples: Remember, Turkish forces were supposed to be going in to Syria to fight Daesh. But there they were, engaging in combat at Amarna with the SDF, which is backed by the US Department of Defense, which has 200 US special operations forces embedded with it, and which had itself taken heavy losses kicking Daesh out of Manbij. US Syrian policy is in disarray despite the victories against Daesh in Manbij and Jarabulus. US allies on the ground? the Turks, the fundamentalist Syrian rebels, and the leftist, pro-US Kurds and their Arab allies? are now actively combatting one another, and a group backed by the Pentagon has just killed a Turkish soldier, which is to say, a NATO soldier. ?? From gerrygras at earthlink.net Tue Aug 30 21:15:19 2016 From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras) Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2016 21:15:19 -0700 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Andrea Dorey died today Message-ID: <57C659D7.9080907@earthlink.net> Andrea Dorey died today in Redwood City. She had been ill for many months. For those who don't know her, she used to be active in the GPSCC and in GPCA and was on the county council. There almost certainly will be a memorial service. I'll let you know when I know. Gerry From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net Wed Aug 31 16:55:44 2016 From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle) Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2016 16:55:44 -0700 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] tea party conservationist Message-ID: <57C76E80.8030909@sbcglobal.net> This article is too juicy to offer an excerpt from it. http://tinyurl.com/gs6c4bu Tis the (human and humane) tale of a dyed in the wool tea party guy and how his attachments to home and family and the bayous override the misdeeds of government neglect vis a vis environmental and human health concerns. It is a bit long for it originated at tom dispatch but I thought you might like it and appreciate it as much as I did. From perrysandy at aol.com Wed Aug 31 17:15:17 2016 From: perrysandy at aol.com (perrysandy at aol.com) Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2016 20:15:17 -0400 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Fwd: I think we're at version 1.0 now In-Reply-To: <20160831162256.031f9bd5f701a67eed675a0f@netpixies.net> References: <20160831162256.031f9bd5f701a67eed675a0f@netpixies.net> Message-ID: <156e3198d9f-b15-2dc3@webprd-m79.mail.aol.com> Here is our new site folks. By the way Caroline, I visited the Northwest YMCA today. What a fabulous portrait! Sandy -----Original Message----- From: Scott Hardy To: perrysandy ; snug.bug Cc: fireflysoup ; alyssa.d.hardy Sent: Wed, Aug 31, 2016 4:23 pm Subject: I think we're at version 1.0 now The site Jessica demonstrated at the meeting is now online at https://thegreens.us. While there's a lot more we can do with it, and expect to do with it, its days of being broken and embarassing are over. If there's consensus to do so, I'm prepared to contact the IT folks at GPCA to switch the link over, or let someone else do it if that seems preferable. Is everybody ready? -- Scott -- Scott Hardy -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tnharter at aceweb.com Wed Aug 31 17:32:33 2016 From: tnharter at aceweb.com (Tian Harter) Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2016 17:32:33 -0700 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Fwd: I think we're at version 1.0 now In-Reply-To: <156e3198d9f-b15-2dc3@webprd-m79.mail.aol.com> References: <20160831162256.031f9bd5f701a67eed675a0f@netpixies.net> <156e3198d9f-b15-2dc3@webprd-m79.mail.aol.com> Message-ID: I tried to visit that page and I got a "This webpage is not available" error message. Tian ---------------------------------------- From: perrysandy at aol.com Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2016 5:16 PM To: sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org, carolineyacoub at att.net, wb4d23 at aol.com Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Fwd: I think we're at version 1.0 now Here is our new site folks. By the way Caroline, I visited the Northwest YMCA today. What a fabulous portrait! Sandy -----Original Message----- From: Scott Hardy To: perrysandy ; snug.bug Cc: fireflysoup ; alyssa.d.hardy Sent: Wed, Aug 31, 2016 4:23 pm Subject: I think we're at version 1.0 now The site Jessica demonstrated at the meeting is now online at https://thegreens.us. While there's a lot more we can do with it, and expect to do with it, its days of being broken and embarassing are over. If there's consensus to do so, I'm prepared to contact the IT folks at GPCA to switch the link over, or let someone else do it if that seems preferable. 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