caucus99percent

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And many people worked long into the night, yesterday.

My son's employer is closed, but re-opens tomorrow at 6:00 AM. He worked yesterday from 5:30 AM until 2:00 Pm, so at least he was free to attend the big family event my brother and sister-in-law hold every year. Tomorrow he is back at it.

So, please remember that many of us of the 99 percent are not able to be with their friends and family today.

Wars suppress the natural urge of men to behave in a manner that has no bearing to and can even remotely be construed as civilized behavior. Anytime, anywhere, when the cycle of violence is momentarily interrupted or broken, that, in itself, is worthy of remembrance. Even in the midst of unprecedented carnage in World War I, soldiers on both sides found within themselves a modicum of human decency and desire for peace.

Marley was dead: to begin with.  There is no doubt whatever about that.  The register of his burial was signed by the clergyman, the clerk, the undertaker, and the chief mourner.  Scrooge signed it: and Scrooge's name was good upon 'Change, for anything he chose to put his hand to.  Old Marley was as dead as a door-nail.

Mind!  I don't mean to say that I know, of my own knowledge, what there is particularly dead about a door-nail.  I might have been inclined, myself, to regard a coffin-nail as the deadest piece of ironmongery in the trade.  But the wisdom of our ancestors is in the simile; and my unhallowed hands shall not disturb it, or the Country's done for.  You will therefore permit me to repeat, emphatically, that Marley was as dead as a door-nail.

1. Do campaign stuff YOU like the most / hate the least.

2. You GOTTA get to know your neighbors. In my home city of Seattle, WA. & in many states, the smallest political unit is the precinct. Work with neighbors on campaign stuff who like what you like / hate the least what you hate the least.

3. DO NOT help any campaign, or political party, or union, or anything which does NOT help you and your neighbors in your precincts.

There's been a couple new interesting studies come out recently, but this one is the most revealing.

"Twas the night before Christmas
and all thru the land
the people were shopping
while their President was killing innocent children in other countries"

Regarding the "issues". Aren't all issues dependent on a single issue - democracy? And since we don't have democracy, shouldn't we try to get that first?

Outgoing president and dissembler-in-chief Barry Obama has learned one thing from protege Killary Clinton and he has learned it well. Expect to see more of this.

This seems to be the only thing he's learned in an administration bereft of legitimate positive accomplishment.

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Do you hear what I hear, as 300 million Americans prepare to celebrate the birth of the Prince of Peace by maxing out their credit cards to buy each other meaningless crap, otherwise known as Christmas gifts? I hear the lies of corporate politicians and the propaganda of the media and the marching boots of the militarized police.

102 years ago something amazing happened.

By the middle of October 1914, the front lines of the Western Front had settled down into the horror that would become known as trench warfare - a brutal war of attrition who's objective was to see "who can kill the most in the shortest possible time". However, it was still 1914 and the bulk of the senseless slaughter remained to be seen, so at that point neither side had resorted to painting the enemies as subhuman.