I am finding out, that despite my juvenile brain, that my 61 year old body is giving out. Last week I found out that my kidneys are not working as well as they should. Just to say, though, that I am not dying right now, so don't feel sorry for me.When I was much younger and thought about dying, I had this wish that when I died the end of the world would happen at the same time. I didn't want to miss anything, like the next superbowl.Now I'm thinking, what if everybody just died when I did? I have ...
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It’s not every day that the US Chamber of Commerce shows up on my doorstep here in the city by the Bay. Since the Chamber is the multi-million dollar lobbyist muscle for some of the biggest climate criminal corporations in the world, I decided to rearrange my morning to pay them a visit. Let’s see, to do list for Thursday:8:00 am Punk Chamber with balloon banner in lobby of their conference. Check.8:30 Meet up for coffee, tell stories, high five! Check.8:35 Back to the office to take on more corporate polluters. Check. I love my life.Here's a little backstory and ...
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I have started a fundraiser to collect money to send to the petition for the environment my goal is to try to get to 200. this fundraiser i have started is just me asking for Penney's because im doing it at my high school a lot of my friends,teachers,and other students all think this is a great idea and want to help. i want to start a group here at my school to help me and raise a self-awerness. So i need help on some ideas that can help me achieve this. school name south hills high school-west covina ca. ...
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Through my few years of experience with organizing, I’ve never had the pleasure to join with such a diverse coalition of organizations as I did yesterday when the US Chamber of Commerce came to town. With a crowd of over 100 strong, Greenpeace joined with local labor unions, a national worker’s rights group, Change To Win, as well as Sierra Club, MoveOn and many more to call out Tom Donohue, the president of the US Chamber of Commerce. Our event kicked off with a press conference that included high-energy speeches from local business owners, local labor union members, and representative ...
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I think the administration may be winning, based on some press lately, with their goal to: lower popular expectations significantly and make Copenhagen appear a success even if it violates what the international community agreed to accomplish by Copenhagen. Recently, President Obama and President Hu of China jointly declared that they "agree on the importance" of carrying through on the Bali Action Plan (BAP). The BAP set all parties on 2-year path to a real agreement with real numbers. Those two years are up in Copenhagen. However, Obama has recently stated his support for delaying an agreement in Copenhagen.Now we ...
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