Krugman on refusing to join the Iraq War amnesia

https://mgpaquin.wordpress.com/2015/05/18/blow-and-krugman-40/

Utah Phillips used to say that the most radical thing you can have in America is a long memory.

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Sweet Revenge: Dr. Robert Lustig Explains How to Cut Sugar, Lose Weight and Turn the Tables On Processed Foods | Bay Area Bites | KQED Food

http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2014/08/06/sweet-revenge-dr-robert-lustig-explains-how-to-cut-sugar-lose-weight-and-turn-the-tables-on-processed-foods/


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Rally against planetary suicide, May 26

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Don't nibble at water waste - hit the big wasters: industrial animal ag

Hi, my name is Kip Andersen and I'm a filmmaker from San Francisco, CA.
California is experiencing one of its worst droughts on record and I do what I can to conserve water and educate my friends and neighbors about it.

When I learned that the fracking industry - despite the drought - used 70  million gallons of water last year alone, I was stunned. When I learned that the Nestlé bottled water corporation is taking hundreds of millions of gallons of California's water to sell it back to the population, I got angry. But, when I learned that animal agriculture in California is using a staggering amount of 4.8 trillion gallons per year, I was shocked! So shocked indeed, that I made a film about it.

I couldn't believe that the meat and dairy industry accounts for 47% of California's water footprint, yet no one is trying to regulate this thirsty industry!

But here is the most painful truth: California exports 100 billion gallons of water in the form of alfalfa every year to Asia for meat and dairy production!

Governor Jerry Brown has declared a drought emergency for the state of California. California residents have been asked to be vigilant and cut back on household water use, but only about 5% of California’s water footprint is individual, personal use. This will not help solve the severe problem that we're all facing!

Join me in asking Governor Jerry Brown to hold the meat and dairy industry responsible for it's tremendous water usage and STOP THE EXPORT OF 100 BILLION GALLONS OF CALIFORNIA'S WATER TO ASIA.

How Lynching Shaped American History—From the Old South to Modern Prisons by Liz Pleasant — YES! Magazine

http://www.yesmagazine.org/peace-justice/how-lynching-shaped-american-history-from-the-old-south-to-modern-prisons

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MAY 21 in Salem: Jilel (The Calling of the Shell), a Marshallese feature film

Loucks Auditorium -- a global warming fairy tale ...
http://www.microwavefilms.org/Jilel.html

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A group good enough to get Sen. Liz Warren to let them use her name on a fundraising pitch

It's been six and a half years since Wall Street broke our economy, but the fight for accountability and a level playing field is far from over.   Right now, the big banks and financial institutions – and their armies of lawyers and lobbyists in Washington – are systematically chipping away at the rules on Wall Street. And that's why Americans for Financial Reform is so important. For years, I've worked hand-in-hand with AFR—first to get the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and other critical Dodd-Frank reforms passed into law, and then to protect those laws from being gutted by financial industry lobbyists. This is a David vs. Goliath fight, and if we're going to have any chance at fighting back, we need AFR more than ever. Can you join me in supporting AFR's effort to stand up to Wall Street and to fight for tougher rules moving forward?  Your contribution of $25 can make a big difference. If you need proof that Wall Street is working to weaken financial regulations, take a look at what happened in December. Citigroup lobbyists slipped a provision into the must-pass budget package to make it easier for the biggest banks to get bailed out again in the future. JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon personally called up members of Congress to lobby for their votes. We fought our hearts out to stop it, but we lost that battle. Even so, the hard work of AFR and its coalition of consumer, labor, civil rights, faith-based, and community organizations helped send a loud and clear message to Wall Street that ripped through Washington: If you try to bring back the sort of reckless gambling that caused the economic crisis, there's going to be a fight. We've seen a real shift in Washington as a result of that fight.  The attacks continue, there is a lot at stake, and we still have a lot of work left to do -- but there is a little less bravado among the Wall Street lobbyists and a little less momentum behind further rollbacks.    We fight for Wall Street accountability so that Congress puts in place strong laws and the government regulators enforce them. We fight to protect consumers from tricks and traps, to end reckless gambling by Wall Street, and to protect taxpayers from bailouts. We fight because it's the right thing to do.    I hope you'll take a moment today and make a donation to AFR. Your support will help them make sure the big banks don't always get the last word in Washington on policies that make a difference to all of us. I appreciate your support for AFR, and I hope you can contribute to its very important work.    Sincerely, Elizabeth Warren U.S. Senator p.s.  Whatever happens or doesn't happen in Congress, there are a lot of important decisions being made all the time at the at the banking oversight agencies.  Many Dodd-Frank rules haven't been implemented or even written yet, and AFR is on the front lines pushing for strong, tough rules – and enforcement of the rules. I hope you can support their work with a $25 contribution. Find us on Facebook and Twitter. Sent by Americans for Financial Reform 1629 K Street NW, 10th Floor, Washington, DC 20006 - (202) 466-1885

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Why Bridgasaurus Boondogglus is just plundering to plan a scheme that will never happen

The era of the total paving moratorium is coming, like it or not.

The only question is whether we will accept it gracefully and use the diminishing (but currently still ample) amount of excess wealth around to plan and prepare for the day when none can deny that the Happy Motoring Era of mass automobility is over - or will we pretend that the laws of physics have exceptions for those who bury their heads in the sand forcefully enough and who chant the mantras of "growth" and electric self-driving cars on "smart" roads faithfully enough.

http://www.resilience.org/stories/2015-05-07/the-whisper-of-the-shutoff-valve

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If we can't dream of tackling this for everyone, at least why don't we do this for all veterans?

Meet the outsider who accidentally solved chronic homelessness - The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/inspired-life/wp/2015/05/06/meet-the-outsider-who-accidentally-solved-chronic-homelessness/?tid=trending_strip_4
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FED UP! Thursday, 5/14, 7 pm, a must-see at Salem Progressive Film Series

Please join us on Thursday, May 14th at 7 PM at the Grand Theatre  for the screening of the documentary  Fed Up!   We feel this documentary is so important for young people and families to see, we are lowering the entrance price to $3 for anyone under 18 years of age. Please share this email with parents, teachers, and teens..   The film focuses on the causes of obesity in the US, presenting evidence showing that the large quantities of sugar in processed foods are an overlooked root of the problem, and points to the monied lobbying power of "Big Sugar" in blocking attempts to enact policies to address the issue.     "Fed Up is poised to be the Inconvenient Truth of the health movement".  LA Weekly   See below for more information about the film and guest speakers.

Upcoming Film

May 14th, 2015 * 7 PM   "Fed Up"   Fed Up shows how the first dietary guidelines issued by the U.S. government 30 years ago overlooked the role of dietary sugar in increasing risks of obesity, diabetes, and associated ill-health outcomes, particularly in children. Since these guidelines effectively condoned unlimited addition of sugar to foods consumed by children, sugar consumption has greatly increased, obesity has skyrocketed, and generations of children have grown up far fatter than their parents. These children face impaired health and shorter lifespans as a result. As the relationship between the high-sugar diet and poor health has emerged, entrenched sugar industry interests with almost unlimited financial lobbying resources have beaten back attempts by parents, schools, states, and in Congress to provide a healthier diet for children.   To view trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCUbvOwwfWM     Guest Speakers:     Dr. Jeanette Walker, MDVIDA Integrative Medicine   Jessica Short, RD, LD, CDESalem Hospital

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