- Confused about #WIRecall Read this: http://t.co/sNuPJrBJ Looks like Scott Walker's divide and conquer strategy worked. http://t.co/IHqLaNoA #
- A world without Ray Bradbury is a smaller, diminished place. I saw him speak my freshman year at #KU It changed my life. #RIP #2dayslate #
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Why Occupy?

The failure of the mainstream media is particularly clear after viewing illustrative videos such as this. Though this clip showcases Occupy Portland, it makes the point for the entire #Occupy movement. For today’s “One Day On Earth” events, I’ll point you to this video. This is what democracy looks like.
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We must not buy federally-mandated insurance! No single-payer, no sale! No public option, no sale!

Any law that requires an individual to pay money to a private corporation or face criminal penalty is a bad law and must be struck down. I could write pages and pages about the healthcare issues with this bill…
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Question Copyright

That’s right, kiddies, copying is not theft! Time to forget the propaganda that you are fed every time you pop a dvd into the player. Oh, it is still a crime thanks to our draconian Digital Millennium Copyright Act, but it is not theft, so don’t feel like you are stealing, because you aren’t. Case in point: Nina Paley….
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The biggest story you’ve never heard

“Sibel Edmonds has a story to tell…It is about massive and systematic corruption of our elected officials and senior bureaucrats with the active connivance of the media. Worse, the corruption was carried out by agents of several foreign governments and involved nuclear secrets stolen from American defense laboratories and military bases that were, in some cases, sold to the highest bidder…”
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Mantra #1
We owe no allegiance to any government. They owe abject allegiance to us.
Mantra #2
Corporations are not human. Non-humans have no inalienable rights.
Mantra #3
Single-payer or bust!
Mantra #4
It is impossible to awaken someone who is pretending to sleep.