Friday, December 30, 2011

Occupy Albany - Great Video



In Denver, be sure to come to the March to End the War on Drugs tomorrow, Saturday, Dec 31, noon, at Civic Center Park. It's going to be a beautiful windy day - time for all the jokers, tokers, and midnight smokers to get off the couch and join the march!

Thursday, December 29, 2011

March to End the War on Drugs (Occupy Denver)


Saturday, Dec. 31 - 12:00pm until 3:00pm - Start at Civic Center Park - Colfax and Broadway

Like most wars, we think this one has done more harm then good and has gone on for way too long. It needs to END!!!!!!!!!!!

Alcoholism... Drug Addiction... These are HEALTH issues, not legal ones. So why has money been endlessly poured into convicting drug crimes rather than educating people and paying for treatment of these conditions??!! Because there is BIG PROFIT to be made on the enforcement of drug laws and the punishment for breaking them. Not to mention big business/ government relationships with foreign cartels!

The War on Drugs has filled our prisons with nonviolent "offenders" and has cost this country Billions. It's been used to trample civil rights and profit from misery all around. Drug addiction is a disease that needs to be treated by medical professionals or any of the many 12-step programs out there. It's a giant waste of time and money to treat addiction in jails and prisons.

Drug addicts are treated unequally, under current law. Rush Limbaugh got a pass for gobbling down Vicodin and Oxycontin like it was popcorn. Then, he bragged about how he was morally superior to other addicts, espousing how "poor" addicts go to prison. For once, he spoke the truth.

There is a massive disconnect in our country between the reality of substance problems and they are treated. But we now see who benefits from the way it has been for so long.

.................................. The 1% ...........................................

We think it's time to end this benefit to our oppressors.

Won't you stand with us?

#Occupy

Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Recreation Centers


REGIONAL CENTERS
Membership at this Level includes full access to all Regional Centers as well as all Local and Neighborhood Centers.
Age GroupAnnual
Membership
30 Visit
Pass
15 Visit
Pass
Single
Visit Pass
Youth (2-17)$50.00$42.00$25.50$2.00
Young Adult
(18-24)
$270.00$105.00$63.75$5.00
Adult (25-64)$369.00$126.00$76.00$6.00
Person with
Disability & 65+
$119.00$84.00$51.00$4.00


LOCAL CENTERS
Membership at this Level includes full access to all Local Centers, as well as all Neighborhood Centers.
Age GroupAnnual
Membership
30 Visit
Pass
15 Visit
Pass
Single
Visit Pass
Youth (2-17)$42.00$31.50$19.00$1.50
Young Adult
(18-24)
$180.00$84.00$51.00$4.00
Adult (25-64)$249.00$115.50$70.00$5.50
Person with
Disability & 65+
$99.00$63.00$38.50$3.00


NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS
Membership at this Level includes full access to all Neighborhood Centers.
Age GroupAnnual
Membership
30 Visit
Pass
15 Visit
Pass
Single
Visit Pass
Youth (2-17)$35.00$21.00$12.75$1.00
Young Adult
(18-24)
$135.00$63.00$38.25$3.00
Adult (25-64)$190.00$105.50$64.00$5.00
Person with
Disability & 65+
$85.00$42.00$25.50$2.00

Friday, December 23, 2011

Occupy Denver Driveby Drop Off



If you've been following Occupy Denver, you may be aware that police have been ticketing supporters for stopping to drop off contributions and/or honking in support. I had dropped off supplies during the early weeks but couldn't rationalize getting a ticket with this new DPD selective enforcement policy in place. So I tried to figure out a way I could get some supplies to them (by myself) and minimize the chances I'd be ticketed. The vidie above demonstrates how I did it.

(Sorry I missed the "money shot" of the bag falling from the window, but you can hear the window opening and the Occupier shouting thanks.) I'm not recommending that anyone else try this. Obviously there are other infractions for which I could have been stopped - littering comes to mind.

I am also aware that there has been considerable complaining from those who disagree with what OD has been doing lately and how they have been doing it. Yes, I've been down there and witnessed drunkenness, pot smoking, and crazies yelling at each other. But know this: as long as there are people of any description continuing to Occupy Denver, I will do my damnedest to support them in any way I can.


Saturday, December 17, 2011

More current Livestreaming now

Update: 5:19pm OWS at Times Square - cops preparing for another mass arrest attempt. This is getting addicting. WALL STREET, TIMES SQUARE, OCCUPY EVERYWHERE!!

Update: 4:43pm - Cops on horseback.

Update: 4:25 pm (Denver) Police kettle failed, occupiers back in the streets.

Update: OWS running on 7th Ave against the traffic. Cops helpless.

Update: NYPD screwing up big time now - 1:47pm (Denver)

If you are interested in the livestreaming phenomenon, check this out ttp://www.ustream.tv/theother99. It's the best I've seen so far. Tim says he is using an iPhone (4s) with external battery, and a 4G connection.


Thursday, December 15, 2011

Livestream from Occupy Denver - 11:31 am

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/denver99



Also see http://www.kdvr.com/news/kdvr-occupy-denver-protesters-homeless-told-to-move-their-stuff-or-else-20111214,0,5475348.story

Update from OccupyDenver FB:

Police Chief White just came down himself and stated that he wishes to have a conversation with us (up to 10 of our committee representatives) on Monday. He said that the encumbrances are a problem and they must go, or else action will be taken. He said he's coming back for the 7:00 PM G.A. Here's some recorded video... mostly audio actually... Chief White starts about 01:30 in, gets on the people's mic at 05:30 >>> http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/19166171 <<< Not sure what's going to happen next!!! -- #Occupy Forever

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

From Occupy Denver Facebook Page


Sure, it MAY be a coincidence that we had just announced to march on our state Senators tomorrow AND that it just so happens to be 'National Bill of Rights Day' and we got served this notice. Either way ------ WE STAND!!! ---- First off .... 24/7 (Family of Love) is asking for donations of wood to fortify their part of the occupation camp. Second.... We 'll be growing some Tent Monsters on site (Grrrr....) to welcome our oppressors ~~~ Please come down by 10:00 am if you want to be a tent monster. And Lastly... This Saturday is #D17 National Day of Action in which Occupy Wall Street will be officially re-Occupying at Duarte Park in New York. Isn't it fitting that one of the first cities to get violently evicted (Denver) is called to stand up for their 1st Amendment right to Occupy space first, again??? COINCIDENCE??? ~ Hope to see you ALL TOMORROW!!! -- P.s. this march is STILL ON ----> http://www.facebook.com/events/150180398417919/ -- (take THAT, 1%)

Monday, December 12, 2011

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Occupy Singer

Sometimes it's really great being the editor/videographer for this blog. Like when an unexpected email comes in from someone you've never heard of who is talented, bright, and creative, and who supports the Occupy movement. The vidie below blew me away, not just because of its cinematic art, but because of the talent and beauty of Gabrielle Louise. Thank you, Gabrielle, for sharing with us.



I spent the next hour enjoying her work, and then this:



Just the singing


Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Author Welsome to speak


Editor's note: Eileen Welsome wrote the Westword 3-part series "Lowdown on Lowry" revealing the secret deal that allowed the major polluters to flush toxic waste into Denver sewers, which now flow to our lakes and fields through the Purple Pipes.


Denver Chapter Annual Meeting 

When:
Saturday, December 10, 2011 from 10 am -12 Noon
Where:
The Kirk (Church) of Bonnie Brae, 1201 S. Steele, Denver, CO

Special Speaker:
Pulitzer Prize Winning Writer
Eileen Welsome
Topic:

Denver's Healthcare Roots
Eileen Welsome
Eileen Welsome
Eileen Welsome is an author and investigative reporter who lives in Denver, Colorado. She has won more than two dozen national awards for her work, including the Pulitzer Prize in national reporting, the George Polk Award, and two PEN awards. Her previous books were The Plutonium Files, and The General and the Jaguar
Her latest book, Healers and Hellraisers  tells the history of health care in Denver and specifically the story of the institution that is now Denver Health.  It begins in March of 1860, before Denver even had a city government and tells how a small frontier hospital, which provided medical care to the injured and indigent and was largely supported by charitable contributions, grew to become Denver Health.  Healers and Hellraisers is not a corporate history, but an absorbing tale that recounts the hospital's near-death experiences, its numerous rebirths, and the internal struggles that helped shaped it into the powerhouse that it is today. Through epidemics and pandemics, economic recessions and depressions, extraordinary technological and medical changes, Denver Health survived.  Eileen's presentation will include great early photos.
Following the program you will have an opportunity to purchase a copy of her book and have it autographed. The book was published by the Denver Health Foundation and is part of their fund raising program.
If we are going to successfully reform health care it is important to understand our history of health care.

Sunday, December 4, 2011

Occupy DC Livestream now

Livestream here: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/occupywashdc


Denver time
6:14pm Cops attempting to remove (with cherry picker) an occupier from roof of structure occupiers built today