February 27, 2017

German Carnival Floats show Trump no mercy...

https://www.thelocal.de/20170227/in-pics-german-carnival-floats-show-trump-no-mercy

February 27, 2017

Indivisible Women (guide to local groups)

https://www.indivisibleguide.com/groups-nav

Super stoked that 500 women attended last week in teeny weeny Nevada City.
Groups near you, find one, participate.

February 26, 2017

Vanity Fair: Why an Al Franken 2020 bid isn't a joke

http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/02/why-an-al-franken-2020-bid-isnt-a-joke

February 17, 2017

Monday should be REMOVE THE President's Day

Just saying. We should be marching.

February 13, 2017

I do have heart(s)! Thanks a lot!

Yeah.

February 13, 2017

Who Bombed Judi Bari? now premiering for free on youtube

Who Bombed Judi Bari? now premiering for free on youtube due to these more than urgent times! Please share! This award winning feature documentary, filled with music, humor, and inspiration, is a blueprint for activism. The Martin Luther King of the redwoods, Judi Bari was an Earth First! organizer, radical feminist, labor organizer, world class orator, author, fiddler, songwriter, mother, and a force of nature. See why she was car bombed and arrested by the FBI and Oakland Police for the deed done against her. Then learn how to save the forests, forge alliances and beat the feds. Foreign subtitles coming soon. Produced by her organizing partner, fellow car-bomb victim and litigant, Darryl Cherney. Directed by Mary Liz Thomson. Learn more and buy DVD's & t-shirts here: http://whobombedjudibari.com/

February 13, 2017

The official Al Franken for President thread

I'm in. A bit older than I would hope, and certainly not considered macho, but he is killing it right now. A Wellstone Democrat, my kind of Democrat.

February 11, 2017

Momentum grows for a General Strike, will various

Groups Come Together?
As demonstrations multiply, some say it's time to withhold labor.
By Sarah Lazare / AlterNet February 10, 2017

In the roughly three weeks since Donald Trump took office, he has swiftly delivered on his proto-fascist campaign pledges, unleashing a flurry of executive orders and ushering in a cabinet populated with white supremacists. Yet each move has been met with popular resistance on a stunning scale. Trump’s inauguration was greeted with massive protests in Washington, D.C., and across the country. The following day saw millions around the world take to the streets under the banner of the Women’s March. And when Trump implemented a ban on both refugees and holders of visas and green cards from seven Muslim-majority countries, thousands flocked to airports across the country to demand the immediate release of people detained.

More here : http://www.alternet.org/activism/resistance-movement-developing-powerful-new-weapon-fight-trumps-authoritarianism

February 7, 2017

The next President needs to be a Buddhist

With daily practice. Do no harm, that kind of thing.

February 7, 2017

Oregon Sets Massive PrecedentRefuses to Enforce THC Blood Limit for Driving!

Oregon Sets Massive PrecedentRefuses to Enforce THC Blood Limit for Driving!

The state is leading the way by insisting that science and evidence prevail when it comes to marijuana and DUID.


There’s a lot to be said for states that have legalized recreational and/or medical cannabis, but even Colorado and Washington have one problem – arbitrary blood-THC limits which imply a driver is impaired.

These numbers, such as Washington’s 5ng/ml, have no scientific basis for assessing the level of impairment. Despite this, six states with legal weed have per se limits for tetrahydrocannabinol; being over that number automatically makes you guilty of driving under the influence of drugs (DUID).

Oregon, however, is bucking the trend. In its DUI Legislative Report, the state’s Liquor Control Commission said it is recommending against a per se THC limit. By relying on the actual state of science, this welcome exercise in rationality should set an example for other states setting up their own regulatory framework.

Oregon’s Liquor Control Commission was tasked in 2015 with “regulating the recreational marijuana market in Oregon, with studying the question of THC-related intoxicated driving.”

According to the report:

Due to restrictions on cannabis research and limited data, it is difficult to make definitive statements about the risk of THC-intoxicated driving. The body of evidence that does exist indicates that while attitudes towards driving after marijuana use are considerably more relaxed than in the case of alcohol, the risk of crashes while driving under the influence of THC is lower than drunk driving. Little evidence exists to compel a significant change in status quo policy or institute a per se intoxication standard for THC.”
A widely-reported study by the American Automobile Association in 2016 found no scientific basis for blood-THC limits and called on the six states using such laws to abandon them. Chemical tests for THC have not been shown to correlate to things like brake and gas pedal coordination, dis

Read more here
http://www.alternet.org/drugs/oregons-sets-massive-precedent-refuses-enforce-thc-blood-limit-driving