No good deed goes unpunished, as the saying goes, but sometimes a wrongful act can lead to something good. A few days ago, I made fun of the Kos Katalogue, thinking it was just another way for Markos to make a buck. Turns out I was dead wrong, as Elena in the comments let me know (in the most polite way possible):

Thanks, Steven! Many of the Katalogue folks are longtime
writers who haven't been involved in the pie fights. I'd be surprised if it includes any Hillbots, since they have probably left DKos by now and since they have probably had a nice source of income over the last two years or so. It is not a Markos project, but one he tolerates.

My stuff is included, but I would be delighted to take orders from here for those who don't want to give DKos the traffic.

I know, you're having fun with it, thinking of all the Hill-related stuff that could be included. But this does make me think, maybe we should seriously do something similar here for 99%ers? What does everyone think?

Well, several people thought it was a good idea. After all, many c99 members who post or comment (or merely lurk at c99) no longer frequent TOP. And several c99 members are artists and entrepreneurs who support themselves or supplement their incomes with money earned from selling their wares online, such as Elena herself, and snoopydawg. In fact, I bought the following photograph from snoopydawg for my wife as a Christmas present (don't worry she doesn't read my blog posts so my secret is safe):

A group of us communicated with JtC about this catalogue idea and he said, sure, go for it. (Thanks JtC!) After all, what could be better than buying and selling from and for each other instead of handing our money over to a faceless big box store? For that very reason, we are in the process of creating a new group, "Caucus 99 Catalogue" the link to which will be prominently displayed on the right side of c99 web page under the GROUPS category. Elena will be the group's administrator and responsible for updating the catalogue.

For those of you interested in being included in the catalogue as sellers, please send Elena a private message. Clink on this link to her member page and then click on the blue colored "Send this user a private message," to let her know of your desire to participate, and she will take it from there.

If for any reason that doesn't work, simply click on the "Messages" link on the left border of this page, then click on "Write a new message." Then type in "elenacarlena" in the "To" line, type "Caucus Catalogue" in the "Subject" line and then type in the "Message" box whatever you wish to tell her regarding your interest in the catalogue, as well as ask her any questions regarding how your products/services will be listed there, etc.

As soon as we are ready to roll out the the fully functional Caucus 99 Catalogue (hopefully no later than Cyber Monday), Elena will post a flagship essay, giving both buyers and sellers all the information people will need to start making purchases and support the hard work of our fellow c99 members. I know I appreciate the opportunity to buy from my fellow progressives, supporting artists and small businesses instead of multinational corporations. So what better time to launch our very own Caucus 99 Catalog than during the Holiday shopping season?

Please leave any questions or comments below, and I or Elena will do our best to respond to them. And again, many thanks to JtC and to all of the members of the c99 community. Make sure to send JtC some love and a present (or 2 or 3 or ...) by clicking on caucus99percent.com's Donate link in the upper right side of this page

Thanks everyone,

Steve