OccupySandy - direct donations through Amazon registry or St. Jacobi Church...
Occupy Sandy now has a registry on Amazon.com - You can see for yourself what items are urgently needed and unavailable to people in the affected areas. Some of the items are things that are hard for...
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Occupy Sandy’s main hub in the Rockaways began with a solar powered generator from Greenpeace. Before long, the National Guard was relying on OccupySandy to distribute food and water. The whole world...
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Occupy Sandy’s main hub in the Rockaways began with a solar powered generator from Greenpeace. Before long, the National Guard was relying on OccupySandy to distribute food and water. DIRECT ACTION is...
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Occupy Sandy’s main hub in the Rockaways began with a solar powered generator from Greenpeace at the YANA community center. Before long, the National Guard was relying on OccupySandy to distribute...
View ArticleRockaway Needs Us - LIPA Lies to NY1 about customers without power
The Rockaways are evacuating again today because of the Nor'Easter coming through. The temperature dropped below freezing on Monday night, and LIPA (electric power) is lying about how many customers...
View ArticleCon Edison not reporting customers who lost power – tells customers to DIY
Many buildings in Midtown and Lower Manhattan that had their electricity restored still have no heat and hot water, because they don't have steam. Con Edison is the company with the most experience in...
View ArticleOccupy Sandy Relief - Direct Donation Opportunities
Occupy Sandy Relief stepped up and mobilized relief efforts in partnership with local organizations. If you like to know where your donation money really matters, the organizations listed here are...
View ArticleRed Cross sends a truckload of blankets to Occupy Sandy – NYTimes (UPDATED)
Occupy Sandy Relief started their main hub in the Rockaways with a solar powered generator from Greenpeace. Before long, the National Guard was relying on OccupySandy to distribute food and water....
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Background Check 101 - What is a Straw Buyer?
The USA has 100 firearms per 100 people Most of the 300 million firearms in the US start out in the hands of a law abiding gun owner. With ongoing daily shootings and recent mass murders galvanizing...
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UPDATED - Sandy Hook Ride on Washington - March 9 (Day 1) - Meet the Crew
Our mini-blogathon to cover the Sandy Hook Ride on Washington began this morning with Sandy Hook Ride on Washington: the ride begins! Rally with Team 26 in Newtown! by tytalusTeam 26 begins their 400...
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ACTION UPDATE - Sandy Hook Ride on Washington - March 10 (Day 2) - Meet the...
Our mini-blogathon to cover the Sandy Hook Ride on Washington continues this morning with Sandy Hook Ride on Washington: Day 2! Rally with Team 26 in Parsippany! by Dave in NorthridgeTeam 26 (AKA The...
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Sandy Hook Ride on Washington - March 11 (Day 3) - Meet the Riders
Our mini-blogathon to cover the Sandy Hook Ride on Washington continues today for the third day as Team 26 continues their 400 mile ride. Please heed the call to action in yesterday's wrap up by...
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Sandy Hook Ride on Washington - March 12 (Day 4) - Meet the Riders
Our mini-blogathon covering the Sandy Hook Ride on Washington continues today as Team 26 completes the last leg of their 400-mile bicycle ride from Newtown, Connecticut to Washington, D. C. Hey338Too...
View ArticleIntroducing a new Group: Firearms Law and Policy - Glossary of Resources
We are afraid. How did we come to be so afraid? Consider one Canadian's perspective on our national obsession with the right to bear arms, (h/t Vetwife).America is Afraid!! Canada Rants! by Graeme...
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Dream Defenders: Ahmir Questlove Thompson talks about hip-hop, his life, and...
Grammy award-winning musician, DJ, and writer, Ahmir Questlove Thompson,* sat down with Democracy Now! to talk about his career, his first book, and painful incidents of racial profiling. He learned of...
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OPEN THREAD w Poll –“Weapons in Case of Confrontation”
The Daily Kos Firearms Law and Policy group was founded last month by LilithGardener, OregonOak, Glen the Plumber, and Joy of Fishes. Some of us have been using firearms for many years while others...
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OPEN THREAD w Poll – Are Some Rights More Equal Than Others?
Again, it's the dogs that don't hunt bark which require some attention, and in this case it's an argument which the Supreme Court [in January 2013] decided not to hear, implicitly affirming that the...
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"Trigger Happy" - Priorities for Reducing Gun Violence from United Physicians...
Greg Dworkin is a pediatric pulmonologist practicing in Danbury and living in Newtown, Connecticut. He is a contributing editor for Daily Kos, and has worked on public health issues with the White...
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Open Thread - WE LOST! "Why Liberals Should Love the Second Amendment" - UPDATED
WE LOST! Yes, we lost the Colorado recall election on Tuesday, September 10, 2013, setting a precedent in Colorado history. John Morse (D) will be replaced by Bernie Herpin (R) and Angela Giron (D)...
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"Rethinking Gun Control" (open thread w poll)
Rethinking Gun Control is a reader's digest of the key Priorities for Research to Reduce the Threat of Firearm Related Violence (National Research Council and the Institute of Medicine, June 2013). The...
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