truedelphi
truedelphi's JournalAnyone have any idea how the Giants will do this year?
I have my fingers crossed.
And I don't need to be told how the Cubs will do - they will do great right up till the last minute. (Chi town is my home town, and I still have dreams I am at a World Series game with fellow Cub fans.)
Colleges and Gov Agencies will know what you tweeted and FB'ed.
So you need a job. You see that the local county (or state offices) are hiring for teachers, or parole officers, or social workers. (I know, counties are under funded, but sometimes there are new job openings.)
You apply. Then you are asked in the interview for your facebook and twitter passwords.
Hopefully you are that one in a million person who has never tweeted anything that might make you seem odd, or "slutty" or dubious of organized religion.
If not, so be it. There are others out there that can now get that job.
http://digg.com/newsbar/Facebook/govt_agencies_colleges_demand_applicants_facebook_passwords
A bit of fun for all of us occupyers!
This is a flash mob at Occupy Oakland in Nov (second or third week) 2011
Nice songs by Black Peas and others.
With some news coverage, dancing and good vibes.
http://sacredmatrix.com/category/peace-2/occupy/
That it does, Luminous. That it does.
It would be nice if JFK King and Bobby could all come back vampire-like and put some things in order.
if ever I would for a Night of The Dead Undead, it would be for that re-alignment.
Protesting at the NATO/G8 event in Chicago now to be illegal
Tuesday, Feb 28th, 2012, our Illustrious House of Representatives, fearing that all of us prodded, poked, foreclosed on, and jobless Americans have simply too many freedoms, voted to put in place the House Bill 347.
Basically the law provides for two separate things:
One: It will be a federal offense to protest near any Federal Building, or any public space or location where the Secret Service is operating to protect a government official. Since Hillary Clinton, President Obama, Governor Mitt Romney and as of a few hours ago, Rick Santorum, are all under Secret Service protection, anyone protesting anything needs to be mindful of this new law.
I expect both Hillary and Obama will be at the NATO/G8 event.
Two: Persons who are deemed to possibly be disruptive can be arrested, regardless of where they are!
http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2012/02/houses-passes-new-bill-that-would-make.html
From the article:
When thousands of protesters are expected to descend on Chicago this spring for the 2012 G8 and NATO summits, they will also be approaching the grounds of a National Special Security Event. That means disruptive activity, to whichever court has to consider it, will be a federal offense under the act.
And don’t forget if you intend on fighting such charges, you might not be able to rely on evidence of your own. In the state of Illinois, videotaping the police, under current law, brings criminals charges. Don’t fret. It’s not like the country will really try to enforce it — right?
The actual text of the bill -
H.R.347 -- Federal Restricted Buildings and Grounds Improvement Act of 2011 (Engrossed Amendment Senate - EAS)
HR 347 EAS
In the Senate of the United States,
February 6, 2012.
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives (H.R. 347) entitled `An Act to correct and simplify the drafting of section 1752 (relating to restricted buildings or grounds) of title 18, United States Code.', do pass with the following
AMENDMENT:
Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the `Federal Restricted Buildings and Grounds Improvement Act of 2011'.
SEC. 2. RESTRICTED BUILDING OR GROUNDS.
Section 1752 of title 18, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
`Sec. 1752. Restricted building or grounds
`(a) Whoever--
`(1) knowingly enters or remains in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority to do so;
`(2) knowingly, and with intent to impede or disrupt the orderly conduct of Government business or official functions, engages in disorderly or disruptive conduct in, or within such proximity to, any restricted building or grounds when, or so that, such conduct, in fact, impedes or disrupts the orderly conduct of Government business or official functions;
`(3) knowingly, and with the intent to impede or disrupt the orderly conduct of Government business or official functions, obstructs or impedes ingress or egress to or from any restricted building or grounds; or
`(4) knowingly engages in any act of physical violence against any person or property in any restricted building or grounds;
or attempts or conspires to do so, shall be punished as provided in subsection (b).
`(b) The punishment for a violation of subsection (a) is--
`(1) a fine under this title or imprisonment for not more than 10 years, or both, if--
`(A) the person, during and in relation to the offense, uses or carries a deadly or dangerous weapon or firearm; or
`(B) the offense results in significant bodily injury as defined by section 2118(e)(3); and
`(2) a fine under this title or imprisonment for not more than one year, or both, in any other case.
`(c) In this section--
`(1) the term `restricted buildings or grounds' means any posted, cordoned off, or otherwise restricted area--
`(A) of the White House or its grounds, or the Vice President's official residence or its grounds;
`(B) of a building or grounds where the President or other person protected by the Secret Service is or will be temporarily visiting; or
`(C) of a building or grounds so restricted in conjunction with an event designated as a special event of national significance; and
`(2) the term `other person protected by the Secret Service' means any person whom the United States Secret Service is authorized to protect under section 3056 of this title or by Presidential memorandum, when such person has not declined such protection.'.
Attest:
Secretary.
112th CONGRESS
2d Session
H.R. 347
AMENDMENT
Gosh oh gee. I was so excited. A magazine cover was hailing huge women's March on Washington
DC to happen later in the spring.
Then I realized that the women's march was for the year 1989!!
NATO, G-8 Chicago, 05/2012: Rahm Emmanuel says that The Secret Service
will have ultimate authority over policing the streets.
The full pdf file is here:
http://www.cityofchicago.org/content/dam/city/depts/mayor/Press%20Room/Press%20Releases/2012/January/1.12.12NATOG8Permits.pdf
Got this off Twitter - How to oppose the most powerful political org
In the nation.
We are talking about ALEC.
You can go to this website and once there, you cana read what the acronym stands for, and how to stop it in its tracks before it stops all of us.
From the URL:
http://www.politicususa.com/en/lets-rain-down-a-storm-of-protest-and-blow-alec-out-of-the-states
"Let me emphasize that this corporate-run organization is the most powerful political force in America. They convene several national meetings of legislators and corporate leaders every year. ALEC oft-times picks up the meals and lodging tabs for the more powerful of the state senators and representatives who attend. They also pay mysterious ‘fees’ for vague services under headings like ‘educational’. At the Task Force meetings or summits or whatever they chose to call them, ALEC herds your elected officials, corporate heavyweights and the occasional ‘foundation’ seeking special favors, into little rooms that we used to call back rooms. Together, with no input from constituents, they hammer out the basics of the model legislation that will be taken back to the legislator’s General Assemblies and often voted into law."
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I urge everyone who is in solidarity with Occupy to read this fine article.
My sad tale, and why abortion issue is not about deciding
anything. Nor is it about morality.
The abortion issue is instead about a woman's right to survive should she become pregnant. Once the anti-abortion crowd gets its way, no woman is safe at all, if she is of child-bearing age.
She is not even safe from her body's own biological processes.
Take that from me. Back in the early 1970's in Illinois, as a very naive, somewhat pro-Life 20 year old, I became pregnant. I found out I was pregnant on Feb 15th of that year. Before my husband and I could "decide" anything, my body rejected the pregnancy. I started bleeding while I was walking home from work. At that point, I had known I was pregnant for all of six hours.
The local hospital refused to admit me as a patient, when I arrived by ambulance at 2Am. Even though I was hemorrhaging.
The ER doctors examining me seemed more interested in interrogating my husband about what I "had done" prior to the start of my bleeding, than in handling my situation.
So they sent me home. Later on, I found out that the hospital might have lost its license if they admitted a pregnant woman who has self-aborted.
I would have died, if not for the strange fact that my mother called our house at 6Am that day. (She calls me evenings or afternoons, not Am's.) When she found out from Jim what was happening, she showed up at my house, and got me to the hospital where my long time pediatrician practiced. Within 45 minutes of my arrival, I was undergoing a D & C.
If that had not happened, I would not currently be occupying my office chair, but pushing up daisies in a cemetery somewhere in Illinois.
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