Mn-prog-events Mailing List: Progressive Calendar 06.28.08

[David Shove (shove001]

             P R O G R E S S I V E   C A L E N D A R    06.28.08

1. Women/genocide 6.28 8:30am
2. Peace walk     6.28 9am Cambridge MN
3. Meditate       6.28 9am
4. GLBT Pride     6.28 10am
5. NWN4P Mtka     6.28 11am
6. No to NOAA     6.28 12noon
7. Trans march    6.28 1pm
8. Ntown vigil    6.28 2pm
9. Arise benefit  6.28 8pm
10. Bennis/empire 6.28 9pm
11. Carlin on SNL 6.28 time?

12. Nader/Ch5     6.29 9am
13. Atheist/AM950 6.29 9am
14. Stwater vigil 6.29 1pm
15. Pride mass    6.29 4pm

16. Chris Hedges  - Real journalists don't make $5 million a year
17. Tom Burghardt - "Fighting Democrats" rake-in Big Telecom bucks
18. Anon          - Good news
19. ed            - Uri Nation  (haiku)

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From: Charles Underwood <charleyunderwood [at] hotmail.com>
Subject: Women/genocide 6.28 8:30am

Saturday, 6/28, 8:30 to 3:30, workshop "Women as Collateral Damage in War
and Genocide" highlighting Cambodian women, Guthrie Theater, 218 S 2nd St,
Mpls.  $20 includes workshop and lunch.  Registration at
http://www.gutherietheater.org


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From: Ken Reine <reine008 [at] umn.edu>
Subject: Peace walk 6.28 9am Cambridge MN

every Saturday 9AM to 9:35AM
Peace walk in Cambridge - start at Hwy 95 and Fern Street


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From: Charles Underwood <charleyunderwood [at] hotmail.com>
Subject: Meditate 6.28 9am

Saturday, 6/28 (and every 4th Saturday), 9 to 10:30 am, Pax Christi Twin
Cities invites friends to join them monthly in meditation and prayer, St
Joan of Arc Parish Center, 4537 - 3rd Ave S, Mpls.  FFI: Lynn at
651-545-1611.


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From: "wamm [at] mtn.org" <wamm [at] mtn.org>
Subject: GLBT Pride 6.28 10am

Twin Cities GLBT Pride Festival and Peace Booth
Saturday, June 28, 10:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. and Sunday, June 29, 10:00
a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Loring Park, Lyndale and Hennepin Avenues, Minneapolis.

The Twin Cities GLBT Pride Festival features four stages of all-live
entertainment, three food courts, fireworks, history pavilion and a Family
and Children's area. The Parade will take place on Sunday, June 29 at
11:00 a.m. and will begin at 3rd Street and Hennepin Avenue and follow
Hennepin Avenue to Loring Park. Come visit the Peace Booth at the Festival
and/or join local peace organizations, including WAMM, in the Parade.
Peace Booth sponsored by: the Anti-War Committee (AWC), and WAMM. FFI:
Call WAMM at 612-827-5364.


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From: Carole Rydberg <carydberg [at] comcast.net>
Subject: NWN4P Mtka 6.28 11am

NWN4P-Minnetonka demonstration- Every Saturday, 11 AM to noon, at Hwy. 7
and 101.  Park in the Target Greatland lot; meet near the fountain. We
will walk along the public sidewalk. Signs available.


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From: Lydia Howell <lhowell [at] visi.com>
Subject: No to NOAA 6.28 12noon

PROTEST TO OPEN THE DOOR ON CLIMATE CHANGE EDUCATION!
Saturday, June 28th, 12:00 Noon, NOAA/NWS Office at the Intersection of
Audubon Road & Lake Drive West, Chanhassen, MN.

Chief meteorologists at NOAA's National Weather Service have ignored
global warming in their daily forecasting and reporting procedures by
claiming "it's too controversial".  Climate crisis activists say it's not
too hot to handle and it's time these government agencies deal with the
realities of a warming planet by explaining them to the public in a
forthright manner.

This action is sponsored by the Climate Crisis Coalition of the Twin
Cities.  A caravan to Chanhassen will leave from Mayday Books, 301 Cedar
Avenue South, West Bank, Minneapolis at 11:00 AM on June 28th.


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From: Lydia Howell <lhowell [at] visi.com>
Subject: Trans march 6.28 1pm

TWIN CITIES TRANS MARCH!     [TRANS AMbulate -ed]
Saturday, June 28, 2008
1:00pm - 8:00pm
Smith Triangle Hennepin Ave & 24th St Minneapolis, MN

The second annual TWIN CITIES TRANS MARCH!:
Saturday, June 28, 2008.
An event for all trans and gender-nonconforming people and friends.
EveryBody is welcome.

The MARCH starts at 1pm at Smith Triangle, Hennepin Ave & 24th St,
Minneapolis MN. The AFTER-PARTY is from 5-8pm at Pi Bar, 2532 25th Ave S,
Minneapolis MN.

After-party is ALL AGES! Performers and speakers TBA.


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From: Vanka485 [at] aol.com
Subject: Northtown vigil 6.28 2pm

Peace vigil at Northtown (Old Hwy 10 & University Av), every Saturday
2-3pm


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From: Mike Whelan <mpw4883 [at] yahoo.com>
Subject: Arise benefit 6.28 8pm

Bookstore Benefit This Saturday -- June 28!
Arise benefit 8pm Saturday June 28! Come to the Bedlam at 8pm on Saturday
June 28 for the fantastic, amazing, wildly amusing Arise benefit! Hear the
Knotwells, Build My Gallows High, the Ostrich Boys and VAG! See a
fascinating short film! Dance to music selected by our very own collective
members! Drink at the Bedlam's very own, well-appointed bar! And of
course, support Arise in our perpetual quest to...Undermine the Very
Fabric of Society Itself! You will find the Bedlam on the West Bank at
1501 S. 6th Street right next to the light rail stop. Questions? But of
course! Email Jane at jfranklin008 [at] yahoo.com.


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From: Eric Angell <eric-angell [at] riseup.net>
Subject: Bennis/empire 6.28 9pm

Magnificent Minneapolis Television Network (MTN 17) viewers:

"Our World In Depth" cablecasts on MTN Channel 17 on Saturdays at 9pm and
Tuesdays at 8am, after DemocracyNow!.  Households with basic cable may
watch.

Sat, 6/28, 9pm and Tues, 7/1, 8am Phyllis Bennis.  Pt 2, audience
questions and response after "Challenging Empire" talk in St. Paul.  April
24.


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From: Lydia Howell <lhowell [at] visi.com>
Subject: Carlin on SNL 6.28 time?

Huffington Post: SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE TO AIR 1sdt Episode w/GEORGE CARLIN
AS HOST

George Carlin, the comedy legend who died on Sunday at the age of 71,
became a part of television history on October 11, 1975, as the host of
the first-ever episode of "Saturday Night Live." This Saturday, the show,
which just completed its 34th season, will pay tribute to Carlin by
re-airing that first episode, live from Studio 8H.

Said SNL creator and exec producer Lorne Michaels in a release today:
"You never forget the people who were there at the beginning. George
Carlin helped give 'Saturday Night Live' its start as our first host. He
was gracious, fearless, and most important of all, funny."

The musical guests for the debut episode were Janis Ian and Billy Preston,
with a special performance from Andy Kaufman. Carlin performed three
monologues, and it was the debut of future stars like John Belushi, Chevy
Chase, Dan Ackroyd and Gilda Radner. It also featured a short film by
Albert Brooks; Five-Timers Club member Paul Simon announcing that he'd be
hosting the next week; the Bees, which became the first-ever SNL recurring
characters; and, oddly, The Muppets.

This is going to be some serious appointment television (okay, fine, maybe
not as much for those who already have the complete first season.  But
still.) It's a rerun that is not often seen - NBC used to run classic
episodes in the 3 a.m. repeat slot - and, according to an NBC spokesman,
the last time it aired was at 3 a.m. on February 26, 2005. Of course,
that's an hour that historically is not unfamiliar to any SNLers -
especially that first season cast! - but even so, it's cool that the
first-ever episode is airing in prime-SNL time, and acknowledging its debt
to its first-ever host.


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From: PRO826 [at] aol.com
Subject: Nader/Ch5 6.29 9am

Ralph Nader will be a guest on ABC's This Week with George Stephanopoulos,
Sunday June 29, 2008.
ABC is Channel 5 and the program will be aired at 9am.

The Nader/Gonzalez platform includes:
ending the war in Iraq,
rescuing our crumbling economy by ending corporate crime,
repealing NAFTA and The Patriot Act,
making health care affordable for ALL Americans, living wages,
using renewable resources to rescue our environment,
ending corporate welfare and using tax dollars to improve America's
infrastructure,
and rebuilding peaceful relations with the rest of the world.

Please visit our website for more issues at VoteNader.org.

Danene Provencher MN State Coordinator Nader/Gonzalez '08
danene [at] votenader.org


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From: August Berkshire <augustberkshire [at] gmail.com>
Subject: Atheist/radio 6.29 9am

Minnesota Atheists' "Atheists Talk" radio show
Sunday, June 29, 2008, 9-10 a.m. Central Time

In honor of Minneapolis Gay Pride, Wayne Besen of Truth Wins Out discusses
"Exposing 'Ex-gay' Ministries" and Jane Bowman of Project 515 discusses
"515 Minnesota Laws that Discriminate Against Gays."

"Atheists Talk" airs live on AM 950 KTNF in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area.
To stream live, go to http://www.am950ktnf.com/listen. Podcasts of past
shows are available at http://MinnesotaAtheists.org or through iTunes.
Program Notes are available at http://MinnesotaAtheists.org.


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From: scot b <earthmannow [at] comcast.net>
Subject: Stillwater vigil 6.29 1pm

A weekly Vigil for Peace Every Sunday, at the Stillwater bridge from 1- 2
p.m.  Come after Church or after brunch ! All are invited to join in song
and witness to the human desire for peace in our world. Signs need to be
positive.  Sponsored by the St. Croix Valley Peacemakers.

If you have a United Nations flag or a United States flag please bring it.
Be sure to dress for the weather . For more information go to
<http://www.stcroixvalleypeacemakers.com/>http://www.stcroixvalleypeacemakers.com/
For more information you could call 651 275 0247 or 651 999 - 9560


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From: Susu Jeffrey <susujeffrey [at] msn.com>
Subject: Pride mass 6.29 4pm

Saint Mark's Episcopal Cathedral
Invites ALL to a Pride Mass
Sunday, June 29, 2008 at 4 PM
The Cathedral is across the street from Loring Park, Minneapolis.
ALL are welcome to partake of the sacrament.


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Real Journalists Don't Make $5 Million a Year
By Chris Hedges
Truthdig.
June 26, 2008.

Unlike the media's Brokaws and Blitzers, real journalists don't have cozy
relationships with the powerful. Real journalists are feared.

Washington has become Versailles. We are ruled, entertained and informed
by courtiers. The popular media are courtiers. The Democrats, like the
Republicans, are courtiers. Our pundits and experts are courtiers. We are
captivated by the hollow stagecraft of political theater as we are
ruthlessly stripped of power. It is smoke and mirrors, tricks and con
games. We are being had.

The past week was a good one if you were a courtier. We were instructed by
the high priests on television over the past few days to mourn a Sunday
morning talk show host, who made $5 million a year and who gave a platform
to the powerful and the famous so they could spin, equivocate and lie to
the nation. We were repeatedly told by these television courtiers, people
like Tom Brokaw and Wolf Blitzer, that this talk show host was one of our
nation's greatest journalists, as if sitting in a studio, putting on
makeup and chatting with Dick Cheney or George W. Bush have much to do
with journalism.

No journalist makes $5 million a year. No journalist has a comfortable,
cozy relationship with the powerful. No journalist believes that acting as
a conduit, or a stenographer, for the powerful is a primary part of his or
her calling. Those in power fear and dislike real journalists. Ask Seymour
Hersh and Amy Goodman how often Bush or Cheney has invited them to dinner
at the White House or offered them an interview.

All governments lie, as I.F. Stone pointed out, and it is the job of the
journalist to do the hard, tedious reporting to shine a light on these
lies. It is the job of courtiers, those on television playing the role of
journalists, to feed off the scraps tossed to them by the powerful and
never question the system. In the slang of the profession, these
television courtiers are "throats." These courtiers, including the late
Tim Russert, never gave a voice to credible critics in the buildup to the
war against Iraq. They were too busy playing their roles as red-blooded
American patriots. They never fought back in their public forums against
the steady erosion of our civil liberties and the trashing of our
Constitution. These courtiers blindly accept the administration's current
propaganda to justify an attack on Iran. They parrot this propaganda. They
dare not defy the corporate state. The corporations that employ them make
them famous and rich. It is their Faustian pact. No class of courtiers,
from the eunuchs behind Manchus in the 19th century to the Baghdad caliphs
of the Abbasid caliphate, has ever transformed itself into a responsible
elite. Courtiers are hedonists of power.

Our Versailles was busy this past week. The Democrats passed the FISA
bill, which provides immunity for the telecoms that cooperated with the
National Security Agency's illegal surveillance over the past six years.
This bill, which when signed means we will never know the extent of the
Bush White House's violation of our civil liberties, is expected to be
adopted by the Senate. Barack Obama has promised to sign it in the name of
national security. The bill gives the U.S. government a license to
eavesdrop on our phone calls and e-mails. It demolishes our right to
privacy. It endangers the work of journalists, human rights workers,
crusading lawyers and whistle-blowers who attempt to expose abuses the
government seeks to hide. These private communications can be stored
indefinitely and disseminated, not just to the U.S. government but to
other governments as well. The bill, once signed into law, will make it
possible for those in power to identify and silence anyone who dares to
make public information that defies the official narrative.

Being a courtier, and Obama is one of the best, requires agility and
eloquence. The most talented of them can be lauded as persuasive actors.
They entertain us. They make us feel good. They convince us they are our
friends. We would like to have dinner with them. They are the smiley faces
of a corporate state that has hijacked the government and is raping the
nation. When the corporations make their iron demands, these courtiers
drop to their knees, whether to placate the telecommunications companies
that fund their campaigns and want to be protected from lawsuits, or to
permit oil and gas companies to rake in obscene profits and keep in place
the vast subsidies of corporate welfare doled out by the state.

We cannot differentiate between illusion and reality. We trust courtiers
wearing face powder who deceive us in the name of journalism. We trust
courtiers in our political parties who promise to fight for our interests
and then pass bill after bill to further corporate fraud and abuse. We
confuse how we feel about courtiers like Obama and Russert with real
information, facts and knowledge. We chant in unison with Obama that we
want change, we yell "yes we can," and then stand dumbly by as he coldly
votes away our civil liberties. The Democratic Party, including Obama,
continues to fund the war. It refuses to impeach Bush and Cheney. It
allows the government to spy on us without warrants or cause. And then it
tells us it is our salvation. This is a form of collective domestic abuse.
And, as so often happens in the weird pathology of victim and victimizer,
we keep coming back for more.

[How morally insenstive and gutless can we be? Each year we lesser evil
doers set new records for spinelessness. We should be ashamed of ourselves
but we have sunk so low we no longer understand shame. -ed]

(Chris Hedges, a Pulitzer prize-winning reporter, is a Senior Fellow
at the Nation Institute. His latest book is Collateral Damage: America's
War Against Iraqi Civilians.)


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"Fighting Democrats" Rake-in Big Telecom Bucks
by Tom Burghardt
June 26th, 2008

Here's some "shocking" news for those of you who still believe in the
tooth-fairy or that substantial "principled differences" exist between
Democrats and Republicans, Politico reported Tuesday,

House Democrats who flipped their votes to support retroactive immunity
for telecom companies in last week's FISA bill took thousands of dollars
more from phone companies than Democrats who consistently voted against
legislation with an immunity provision. (Chris Frates, "Dems Who Flipped
on FISA Immunity See More Telecom Cash," Politico, June 24, 2008)

According to MAPLight, a watchdog group "that tracks the connection
between campaign contributions and legislative outcomes," the 94 Democrats
who changed their position on telecom immunity "received on average $8,359
in contributions from Verizon, AT&T and Sprint from January, 2005, to
March, 2008".

Despite congressional bromides about "national security" and "keeping
America safe," what it all comes down too is cold, hard cash. Considering
that legislation passed last week by the House will effectively quash some
40 lawsuits pending against telecom giants - with potential savings for
these corporate grifters running into the billions - it doesn't take a
rocket scientist to conclude its a rigged game.

And despite efforts Wednesday by Senators Christopher Dodd (D-CT) and Russ
Feingold (D-WI) to mount a filibuster against this onerous legislation,
the Associated Press reports that 80 senators voted in favor of beginning
debate while "only 15 senators tried to kill the bill by blocking debate".
And with Senate "leaders" such as Harry Reid (D-NV) and Dianne Feinstein
(D-CA) pressing for a Thursday vote, passage is a near certainty.

How do Democratic "leaders" spin the fabulous prizes showered on "team
players" in the House? Politico's Chris Frates reports,

Nick Papas, spokesman for the House Democratic Caucus, said, "Many members
of the caucus opposed the earlier version of this legislation and
ultimately supported better legislation that was the product of bipartisan
negotiations. Months of hard work, not campaign contributions, earned the
support of many members".

But MAPLight executive director Daniel Newman told Politico, "unlike
pressure from constituents, campaign cash is not a 'democratic
influence'".

Indeed! But just for kicks, let's take a peek at a list of the Top 10
Democrats who changed their vote to support telecom immunity. MAPLight
breaks it down by boodle received and congressional district:

PAC contributions from Verizon, AT&T, and Sprint (January 2005-March
2008).

01. $29,500; James Clyburn, (SC-6).

02. $29,000; Steny Hoyer, (MD-5).

03. $28,000; Rahm Emanuel, (IL-5).

04. $27,500, Frederick Boucher, (VA-9).

05. $26,000, Gregory Meeks, (NY-6).

06. $24,000, Joseph Crowley (NY-7).

07. $24,500, Nancy Pelosi, (CA-8).

08. $24,000, Melissa Bean, (IL-8).

09. $22,500, Thomas Edwards, (TX-17).

10. $22,100, Joe Baca, (CA-43).

While such "contributions" may seem like a windfall to the folks back home
struggling with high gas prices, for Congress' well-connected industry
"friends" its so much chump change.

As Washington Technology's "2008 Top Government IT Contractors" detailed
in May, telecoms fishing for taxpayer dollars have found the Bush regime a
rather generous "partner" indeed. With contracts running the gamut from
the Department of Defense to the 16 agencies comprising America's
intelligence "community" - overseen by Booz Allen Hamilton alumnus Michael
McConnell (No. 11 on Washington Technology's "Top 100" with some
$2,401,528,741 in government payouts) - it's a sure bet the telecoms got
exactly what they wanted, immunity, and at bargain basement prices to
boot!

Clocking in at No. 14, ITT Corporation raked in $1,800,281,433; at No. 18,
Verizon Communications Inc. "earned" $1,320,637,982; at No. 25,
Sprint-Nextel scooped-up $839,946,000; at No. 51, Qwest Communications
International Inc. "generously received" $306,617,000; at No. 60, Comtech
Telecommunications Corporation "handled" $276,880,406 in generous
donations; at No. 77, ViaSat Inc., hardly a slouch, "merited" $192,844,980
in NSA and "defense-related" largess.

As MAPLight's Daniel Newman averred, "Who's more likely to get a meeting
you or AT&T, which donates million of dollars and has the legislator's
ear?.

Good question. But no matter how you divvy-up the spoils for gutting the
Constitution and stripping Americans of privacy rights, you'd have to
agree it's still the best Congress money can buy!

[A congress full of lesser evil elected Dems that millions of zombies will
vote for, again and again, condemning us to the toilet, so they can feel
"hope" for another few months at a time. Better to not vote at all than to
vote so-called lesser evil. It used to be you could just hold your nose
and vote; now you need the latest bio-hazard suit, and even then there are
no guarantees that your brain won't rot... even more. -ed]

Tom Burghardt is a researcher and activist based in the San Francisco Bay
Area. In addition to publishing in Covert Action Quarterly, Love & Rage
and Antifa Forum, he is the editor of Police State America: U.S. Military
"Civil Disturbance" Planning, distributed by AK Press. Read other articles
by Tom, or visit Tom's website.

This article was posted on Thursday, June 26th, 2008 at 4:59 am and is
filed under Corruption, Democrats, Espionage. Send to a friend.


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Good news
Anon

One sunny, spring day in 2009 an old man approached the White House from
across Pennsylvania Avenue, where he'd been sitting on a park bench.  He
addressed the U.S. Marine standing guard saying, "I would like to go
inside and meet with President Bush."

The Marine looked at the man and replied, "Sir: Mr. Bush is no longer the
president and he no longer resides here."

The old man said, "OK" and walked away.

The following day, the same man approached the White House and said to the
same Marine, "I would like to go inside and meet with President Bush."

The Marine again replied, "Sir: I told you yesterday that Mr. Bush is no
longer the president and he no longer resides here."

The man thanked him again, and just walked away. The third day, the same
man approached the White House and spoke to the very same U. S. Marine,
saying "I would like to go inside and meet with President Bush."

The Marine, appearing agitated at this point, looked at the man and said,
"Sir: This is the third day in a row you have been here asking to speak to
Mr. Bush. I've told you already that Mr. Bush is no longer the president
and that he no longer resides here. Don't you understand!?"

The old man looked at the Marine and said, "Oh, I understand. I just love
hearing it."

The Marine snapped to attention, smiled, saluted, and said, "See you
tomorrow."


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