"I Am Not Moving" — film about the hypocrisy of the response to Occupy Wall Street
NYC police riots against Occupy Wall Street protesters are comparable to the violent response by regimes in Syria and Iran to the Arab Spring.
Drop Swedish: they're discontinuing elective abortions
According to the Seattle P-I, Swedish to drop elective abortions if deal goes through, Swedish Medical Center, one of the region’s largest hospital systems, will stop performing elective abortions if a proposed alliance with a massive Catholic-run health-care organization is approved…. My primary care physician is with Swedish. Looks like I’ll switch to another provider.
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Facts about the Top 1%
According to Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz, the richest 1 percent of Americans now own 40 percent of the nation’s wealth. Twenty-five years ago the top 1 percent owned 33 percent of national wealth. The Top 1% Take Home 24 Percent Of National Income. See 15 Mind-Blowing Facts About Wealth And Inequality In America. The Top…
Should MoveOn have sent this email?
I got the email below from MoveOn.org, asking me to call Senators Cantwell and Murray and ask them to support President Obama’s jobs bill. Of course, I support the bill, and our senators should too. But isn’t it a forgone conclusion that these Democratic senators will support it? If so, isn’t the email a waste…
Link: Cancer risks for Koch profits
http://kochbrothersexposed.com/cancer/
The Occupy and D.C. protesters are True Patriots and should wear tri-cornered hats
How un-American: torture, immoral wars, vote fixing, imprisonment without trial, handouts and taxbreaks for billionaires, desecration of the environment, government for the corporations, theocratic combining of church and state, free trade agreements that ship jobs overseas, etc. The protesters in D.C. and on Wall Street are true patriots and should adorn themselves with tri-colored hats…
What's the purpose of the Wall Street and Oct 6 protests?
The Occupy Wall Street and Oct 6 protests are positive, in that they raise awareness, but it’s hard to see how to leverage them for significant gains at the polls. They may cause Republicans to lose some races in 2012 — which is a positive step.  And they may allow President Obama and other…
Link: Jon Stewart's funny and powerful defense of the Wall Street protests
Jon Stewart comes to the defense of Occupy Wall Street It’s more than humor. There’s real, intelligent journalism.
Images from Occupy Seattle, Oct 8, 2011
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