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My Confrontation with Dick Cheney today

Stormy Nights & the Winds of Change

These last couple of stormy nights make me think those crazy dirty hippies talkin' climate change might be onto something. Friday night we had the storm troopers from Tucson Police Department surround Military Plaza in Armory Park and roust the sleepy Tucson Occupiers, telling them if they did not relocate all their worldly possessions from the site they would be arrested and taken to jail and their stuff would be confiscated.  Winds of social change with a very chilling effect.

Drones: Tragedy, Not Comedy!

Drones: Tragedy, Not Comedy! By Nancy Mancias U.S. drone warfare is the topic of an upcoming dark comedy for FX, focusing on drone pilots in Nevada who commute to war and “bomb the hell out of the Middle East”. Although the description doesn’t specifically name the air base, one can only assume the project is [...]

Update: Tighe is free – but stay on alert!

Dear friends, Thanks to a massive influx of calls before and immediately after the action alert that was just sent out, the State Department and US Embassy in Cairo applied enough pressure on Egyptian officials that Tighe Barry of CODEPINK was released after 8 hours of being detained at the Cairo airport. We are all very relieved and thank you for your calls. HOWEVER, it is still very important to remain alert; the IDF has already announced that it plans to intercept the 2 boats headed towards Gaza sometime tonight. We all need to be ready to take action. Please stay tuned for updates, which can be found at www.UStoGaza.org, and for those tweeting please follow @CanadaBoatGaza and @MoveOverAIPAC. The hashtag being used is #FreedomWaves. Onwards to Gaza, Medea and CODEPINK DC

Occupy Oakland – General Strike!

Mike check. Mike check. Now announcing hourly marches.  Yes we are taking over the intersections and the streets. Booming hip hop from atop a flatbed. Interfaith prayers and meditation amidst highrises. Free ice cream cones. Little Dia de los Muertos altars marking the end of the rule of capitalism and the rise of the human [...]

Are We Bonobos or Chimpanzees? Evolution and Occupy Wall Street

Bonobos and chimpanzees, our closest animal relatives, are almost exactly the same type of monkey. They are so similar, in fact, they only became distinguished as separate species in 1929. But chimpanzee and bonobo societies are dramatically different. In chimpanzee culture, males dominate, sex is strictly for reproduction and violence and infanticide are common. Bonobo [...]