I know Veronica. She's great and did an excellent job on the Santa Rosa City Council until the "back room boys" did a deal with the Emergency Responders unions ("support us and we'll make sure future...

I won't debate who's more thin-skinned here Attic. Chalk it up to the lack of affect in text communication when it comes to telling who is joking or who isn't. I will point out the irony of defending...

Tazers kill. Not a good response.

Cameras, nets, bolas?

Even though pepper spray has a very high, justifiably negative profile since the overzealous and abusive police responses to Occupy last...

Star Man,

I have never denied that infiltration and police agent (whether hired and conscious, or wanna be psycho/social dysfunctional) provocation occur whenever oppositional movements gain...

Those who confuse Marxist-Leninist failed "efforts" at "Communism"*, one of which is currently the most productive and expanding national economy on the planet today, with Socialism, are bound to...

As a onetime student of many and various stripes of "Marxism"; orthodox, heretical and heterogeneous, along with the critiques of Marxism from other ideological positions (not for some twenty years,...

Braggi,

My reply to you and others, was to the claim that the Black Block is a police controlled, organized and created phenomenon. It isn't.

Even if the Forces Of Order exploit them, as well...

Braggi,

It saddens me to see you forwarding the urban myth that is so popular about the Black Bloc/k. From what I know as a participant in demonstration culture for thirty-seven years, who...

I fail to see how commenters here can use language like, "the behavior of the Oakland Occupy people", if you have read the detailed account of the events of the day, and watched the video I provided....

Ms. Koire,

You're new to Waccovia, so I'll forgive your ignorance. My full name is available under my profile. Many people use nom de keyboard's here, it's part of the culture. (The debate about...

Straw Men are so easy to burn!

https://www.publiceye.org/magazine/v07n2/wiseuse.html

https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Wise_Use_Movement

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wise_use
...

The job of functionaries in social service bureaucracies is to not only administer programs, but to find reasons to deny aid. It's how they justify their fiscal responsibility and keep their stats...

Consider the source. It's from "infowars.com", a more or less wholly owned subsidiary of Alex Jones, et al.

If you don't know who Alex Jones is, look at his wiki.

Jones first came to my...

Uburu,

The Leadership Institute for the Ecology and Economy is a Liberal training institute for local leaders, or prospective ones. Some of whom may go into public service, or at least try by...

"...Leadership Institute for Ecology and the Economy, an ICLEA group with a nice name and a nefarious agenda."

Would you care to substantiate your slander Ubaru?

It comes down to the debate about human "nature" vs. social context. A big, perennial topic of discussion.

Late for a meet-up with family and a Ron Paul supporter who's friends with my niece. I...

"Generally I believe that any system can work, as long as the people involved are honest and truly want everyone to be prosperous; and by the same token, all systems will eventually fail so long as...

All good responses to my screed NathanSW. At a certain level of abstraction I agree with you. The macro level I prefer to operate at gives more weight to the ways cultural and economic systems...

"The truth of the matter is that we get the government that we deserve..."

I am so sick of that platitude that when I see it I want to puke. There is no "truth" or "matter" there. Only one who...

Phloem,

In great part I'm on the same page as you. Appearances to the contrary I don't spend a lot of time and energy discussing or debating politics here on waccobb.net. I do more of my advocacy...

I just want to say I love this thread! I see valid points on both sides of this binary oppositional divide. And it reminds of the "good 'ol days" of "The Store Wars" in The Open University of The...

Patrick / Malarkey,

You argue well, make salient points, are in the biz, you're the expert.

Surely you're not comparing a large venue, stadium or major hall, where there is music once every few...

The, "arrogance of youth", seems to apply to this discussion (as well as many other social issues.) I've already weighed in on this site when issues of sound pollution from neighbors have come up....

Seriously, that guy lives in Town!

I just received the following forwarded email via one of my political listservs, [email protected]. I was already aware of all the points he makes, except for his correction of his quote...

Barrie,

As a desperate cost saving move to prevent total financial collapse, management at Pacifica and the KPFA Station Manager, following the labor contracts, laid off staff, based on seniority....

ChristmasCarla,

Not my word. The author's, the person who wrote the article/review.

I was merely sharing the link. As is obvious to anyone who pays any attention.

Your sifting of ideas to...

Why ‘Thrive’ is best avoided

Why ‘Thrive’ is best avoided

Regime Change Begins At Home

Authoritatively Question (Haven't seen that one, I just made it up!)

Whirled Peas

OK Mark, I'll allow you to goad me into a response, this one time. Generally it's not a very good way to engage my attention or cooperation. More likely to cause me to ignore you, as I have...

Agreed PodPoisson that the soup of industrial chemicals we live in and with is a primary concern. Remember the famous Bill Moyers show where he had himself tested and found he had traces of 150...

Birdwatcher/Pam,

I agree with you on the Mayan 2012 End of the World nonsense. In fact a compendium of Mayan Shamans has weighed in saying it's much more complex, that they have several different...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnPY8sCSHzw

The mentally ill are already being outsourced, to State Prison and County Jails. And have been for decades.

I met many of them when they were assigned as my Bridging Education Program students at...

"...but I find your ways of stating your views a touch absolutist for my taste; I think it is an error to take a part of the truth and elevate it into the whole truth, which is what I see you...

So Patrick,

Are you saying I should not have mentioned the glaring lacunae in Monbiot's credentials as a Left Progressive, his cheerleading for nuclear power over the last decade plus, in the...

And the beat goes on! Are you an environmentalist concerned about global warming? Would you like to save the remaining wilderness that hasn't been raped for its resources? Check out Dr. Paul's record...

While I completely agree with George Monbiot's debunking of conservative/right-win libertarianism, I cannot help but note that he is a cheerleader for Nuclear Power. At least he was up until the...

While Hitchens could turn a great phrase and was a prolific commentator, he was also a warmonger and had many other serious faults. I knew he was ill, so the news over a year ago of his cancer was...

Cook'em as you like to cook beans or lentils. Be sure not to overcook them into mush. Fresh are better, but dried will do. Your standard mirepoix to start works, salt, black pepper, a couple of green...

Lotta fans of Dr. Paul here in waccolandia, and I've made it pretty obvious I'm not one of them. Just read this. Excellent resources and summary:

https://miniver.blogspot.com/

Since this is my...

Since no one else has fallen on the persnickety sword, I will.

"Loose the tents", means the opposite of what I think you meant Up&Up/Susan. I think you meant, "Lose the tents", as in, get rid of...

#82, the last one, is false. See the fifth explanation in the wiki.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bless_you

Please, anyone who thinks disparaging Wikipedia and anyone who refers to it in an...

Tried to post this link two days ago, but site problems prevented me. I found this several weeks ago, and in all the back and forth about the Fed here on waccobb in recent years and what should be...

Neil,

Your research is good. I spend a considerable amount of time every day reading about and watching events related to Occupy Wall Street and Occupy in general. A working group from OWS put...

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I hope Sara S. will forgive me for linking her thread about Sobbit Goa here. Just want to keep things neat and tidy, given my reply.

In recent weeks and months, Sarah's Forestville Kitchen has...

I've been to Sobbit Goa twice in the past few months and they are really good! Great even!!!

What distinguishes Goanese food from other Indian cuisine is the Portuguese influence, combined with...

I forgot to mention another excellent commentator who has been writing about the Occupy Wall Street / Occupy! movement.

Starhawk Since she's been one of the "leaders" in the social justice and...