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@paellacook @bluecheddar1 @battiestgrrl Happy New Zealand...

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:58:42 -0500

@paellacook @bluecheddar1 @battiestgrrl Happy New Zealand #Caturday! :-)

@paellacook @battiestgrrl @bluecheddar1 @lawsonbulk Happy...

Sun, 19 May 2013 13:08:10 -0500

@paellacook @battiestgrrl @bluecheddar1 @lawsonbulk Happy belated #Caturday. :-)

#wiunion 3/11 5:30PM Watertown, WI "Senator Fitzgerald and Representative Jagler will be present to listen to our district's concerns"

Sun, 10 Mar 2013 16:04:24 -0500

bluecheddar:

Special WATERTOWN School Board Meeting, Monday, March 11th, 5:30 p.m. at the ESC.

“During the special board meeting, Senator Fitzgerald and Representative Jagler will be present to listen to our district’s concerns about the upcoming state budget and how it is impacting our schools.”-info passed on to me by a facebook friend.

You can sign onto an open letter to the Watertown Unified School Board HERE.

quickhits: Florida homeowners foreclose on banks. CNN: Since...

Wed, 26 Dec 2012 18:03:29 -0600

quickhits:

Florida homeowners foreclose on banks.

CNN:

Since the housing bubble burst in Florida five years ago, more than 400,000 borrowers have had their homes foreclosed on by their lenders. But for some, it’s payback time.

Hundreds of homeowners and condo associations are foreclosing on banks that have failed to pay dues and other expenses on the properties they’ve repossessed.

When banks foreclose on a home they become responsible for paying fees to the homeowners association — both any unpaid fees going back as far as 12 months and all expenses going forward.

In many cases, however, banks are failing to pay, leaving these associations short on cash, according to Miami-based attorney Ben Solomon.

But now, homeowners groups are putting liens on the properties until banks pay up and foreclosing on them if they don’t.

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qqalm: Diane DiMassa, 1994. by Catherine Opie

Thu, 20 Dec 2012 17:47:20 -0600

qqalm:

Diane DiMassa, 1994. by Catherine Opie

sarahlee310: That’s the line of Michigan State Police cars...

Tue, 11 Dec 2012 07:06:09 -0600

sarahlee310:

That’s the line of Michigan State Police cars lined up and ready for ~~confrontation~~ action.

Tomorrow’s rally at the Michigan Capitol Building is going to be HUGE. Seriously, check this out.

CATA, the city bus service is detouring some of their routes.

They’re also increasing the number of officers that will be on duty and they will use force if needed to remove protesters:

If demonstrators attempt to occupy the Capitol — as happened in Wisconsin two years ago amid protests over collective bargaining legislation — Adamcyzk said they will remove them “as professionally as possible” when the Capitol closes Tuesday evening.

The Capitol closes 30 minutes after the House and Senate have adjourned for the day, but no earlier than 5 p.m.

“If you’re a passive protester, we’ll just carry you out of here and you will be arrested. If you’re an aggressive protester, we will use force as necessary to remove you,” Adamcyzk said. “We do not want to arrest anyone. It doesn’t serve any purpose to allow yourself to be arrested. Voice your opinion, leave when you’re supposed to leave and come back to protest another day.”

Also, some schools are shutting down tomorrow because so many of their teachers — members of a public employees union — have notified them they will be absent:

At least two Michigan school districts have announced plans to cancel classes Tuesday – the same day some teachers and other union protesters are expected to converge at the state Capitol to protest right-to-work legislation.

Warren Consolidated Schools in southeast Michigan is canceling school “due to the number of staff who has notified us that they will be absent” Tuesday, according to a letter from Superintendent Robert Livernois posted on the district website.

Meanwhile, a group of Michigan Democratic Congressmen and U.S. Senator Carl Levin met with Governor Rick Snyder today to voice their outrage at the actions being taken by him and his Republican colleagues.

Calling the fast-moving ‘right-to-work’ legislation moving through the Michigan Legislature a “Michigan cliff,” the Democratic members of Congress said they urged Gov. Snyder to put a stop to it.

The Democratic Michigan delegation, including Sen. Carl Levin, and Reps. John Dingell, John Conyers, and Sander Levin, and other members of the delegation attended the meeting with Snyder.

They held an hour-long private meeting with him about the ‘right-to-work’ legislation this morning. {…}

Michigan Sen. Carl Levin said the delegation was blunt with the Governor in their urging to veto the bill.

“We’re not sure he understood how these unions worked,” said Levin during a press call with reporters after the meeting.

Gov. Snyder has said the ‘right-to-work’ issue is about workers freedom to choose.

“I believe most Michiganders and most Americans believe [that workers should] have the ability to choose whether they want to belong to an organization or not.” Snyder said during an interview with Paul Egan of the Detroit Free Press last week.

“That is absolutely false,” said Rep. Sander Levin (D) on the call with reporters. “There is no requirement that people join a union.”

Union membership is not a requirement in a ‘union shop.’ But all workers do have to support the union financially.

Sen. Levin said he pointed out to Gov. Snyder that unions are required to provide equal benefits to everyone in the workplace, even though not all employees are required to join the union.

“The governor said it incorrectly. And today, I don’t think he understands what it is really about,” said Rep. Levin.

More.

Engraved Stone Dating Back 30,000 Years Found in China | Archaeology | Sci-News.com

Mon, 03 Dec 2012 13:00:09 -0600

Engraved Stone Dating Back 30,000 Years Found in China | Archaeology | Sci-News.com

tqred: The Last Picture Show - Sam’s monologue (by Jandy Stone...

Thu, 08 Nov 2012 07:49:00 -0600

tqred:

The Last Picture Show - Sam’s monologue (by Jandy Stone Hardesty)

tqred: Bob Marley-I can see clearly now. (HQ) (by rcmangru)

Wed, 07 Nov 2012 09:45:47 -0600

tqred:

Bob Marley-I can see clearly now. (HQ) (by rcmangru)

The Writer's Notebook: The Good Karma of Hurricane Sandy: for #SandyNJ #njpoet

Thu, 01 Nov 2012 08:09:33 -0500

The Writer's Notebook: The Good Karma of Hurricane Sandy: for #SandyNJ #njpoet:

charlesbivona:

By Charles Bivona

Thank you, Luke Mulks and Becky Tsaros Dickson

I walked back to the local station where the gas line had formed. Actually, there were two lines. One line was for people waiting on foot, each holding one or two of those red polyethylene gas cans; the other was the…

charlesbivona: The line for gas .. New Road, Parsippany, New...

Wed, 31 Oct 2012 15:59:31 -0500

charlesbivona:

The line for gas .. New Road, Parsippany, New Jersey #sandynj #sandy #njpoet cc: @njdotcom MT

tqred: Hair “Good Morning Starshine” (the earth says hello) (by...

Sat, 27 Oct 2012 09:27:10 -0500

tqred:

Hair “Good Morning Starshine” (the earth says hello) (by RockAndFunk)

TQ ANNEX: FELIX THE CAT

Fri, 26 Oct 2012 05:55:53 -0500

TQ ANNEX: FELIX THE CAT:

tqred:

Sent to you by terry via Google Reader: And Then It Was Ephemera
via If Charlie Parker Was a Gunslinger,There’d Be a Whole Lot of Dead
Copycats by ◻ on 10/24/12

Felix, comic icon. The wonderful, wonderful cat with his magical bag of
tricks.
I could sing the song but maybe if you know it you…

Story related to the pictures. Shooting Billboards This...

Sat, 01 Sep 2012 07:24:40 -0500

Story related to the pictures.

Shooting Billboards

This billboard went up on College Avenue after Appleton Police Sgt. Greg Pieper shot and killed 61- year old Keith Gabriel at his home.

http://www.nbc26.com/news/local/167909505.html

@cr8f Thank you for the signed banner and for the wonderful...

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 07:33:29 -0500

@cr8f Thank you for the signed banner and for the wonderful visit yesterday. :-) Was great to chat with you.

sarahlee310: Greenpeace mounted a satirical billboard on the...

Sat, 21 Jul 2012 16:02:38 -0500

sarahlee310:

Greenpeace mounted a satirical billboard on the highway near Shell’s Houston headquarters this morning. The billboard shows polar bears and proclaims: “You can’t run your SUV on cute. Let’s Go.”

The spoof is one of a handful of fake “Let’s Go! Arctic” advertisements on the ArcticReady.com protest website that drilling foes launched earlier this year. The website, which is modeled to look like an authentic Shell site and created by Greenpeace and the Yes Lab, includes an iceberg-zapping game and more spoof ads.

Greenpeace said it chose the ad on the Houston billboard from over 10,000 user-generated online submissions at the site. The do-it-yourself ads have an assortment of captions including “Turn the power on. It’s time to melt some ice” and “Birds are like sponges…for oil.”

The Houston billboard is just the latest move in a busy week for Arctic drilling foes, who have been staging protests around the globe to draw attention to Shell’s planned oil exploration in the Chukchi and Beaufort seas. Activists in England, Holland, Germany and other countries unfurled “#SaveTheArctic” banners and blocked access to Shell filling stations earlier this week. The Guardian described some of the protesters’ tactics in England, which involved using an emergency-shut-off switch to halt flowing gasoline and then removing a fuse to keep it from coming back to life.

About 70 Greenpeace activists also blocked access to Shell’s headquarters in The Hague and hung a banner on the building proclaiming “Stop Shell, Save The Arctic” last week.

more…

apartmentfullofbooks: Sometimes human beings are awesome.

Fri, 20 Jul 2012 19:22:19 -0500

apartmentfullofbooks:

Sometimes human beings are awesome.

2 brothers in critical condition after house explosion in Madison

Tue, 17 Jul 2012 07:43:20 -0500

2 brothers in critical condition after house explosion in Madison

liquidnight: Edwin Smith Farm in the mountains between Auletta...

Mon, 09 Jul 2012 07:31:31 -0500

liquidnight:

Edwin Smith

Farm in the mountains between Auletta and Potenza

Italy, 1963

From Evocations of Place: The Photography of Edwin Smith

Plane spotting takes off as latest fad among women | The Japan Times Online

Thu, 28 Jun 2012 10:14:03 -0500

Plane spotting takes off as latest fad among women | The Japan Times Online