Didja MISS me?

Randgrithr

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Sunday July 20, 2008 · 4:02 AM PDT

2008/07/20 · 04:02

'Cos I move like THEY do...

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Friday July 18, 2008 · 10:17 AM PDT

2008/07/18 · 10:17

Eight days ago, I saw the video of the second meeting Veterans for Peace held with Congressman John Conyers and ran completely out of patience.

The wrongdoing of this administration is clear. We have been presented with lie after lie and excuse after excuse by this complicit Congress for a lack of movement on the impeachment issue. The Bush administration has been cited with NINE subpoenas by Congress that they have completely ignored.

Yesterday the excuse was that "they aren't getting enough calls". Are we not supposed to know due to the media blackout on the subject that Veterans for Peace presented 23,000 signature petition for impeachment on June 11th? Are we supposed to be unable to see the 1011478 signatures here or the 249184 signatures here?

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Wednesday July 09, 2008 · 2:01 PM PDT

2008/07/09 · 14:01

Hopefully this won't get missed in all the FISA/Obama fallout.

Today, members of Long Island Alliance for Peaceful Alternatives, Pax Christi, Veterans for Peace and of course... CodePink descended en masse upon Rep. Ackerman's office in Bayside, Queens. Pictured are myself, Judi Gardner, our wonderful "peace crone" Charlotte Koons, and Sue Donnelly.

While Judi met with Rep. Ackerman's Long Island staffers, Medea Benjamin and the DC group confronted Ackerman himself in Washington DC - ironically enough, IN HIS OWN HOUSEBOAT!

More below the fold...

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Friday July 04, 2008 · 1:49 PM PDT

2008/07/04 · 13:49

Sorry for the short diary...

Early this morning I found an unusual email from Medea Benjamin waiting for me in my inbox. It seems that last week when she was arrested in Florida, they confiscated her Global Exchange press pass, and could I make her another one?

Ever since I figured out how to duplicate Medea's press pass for other members of CodePink, I have been doing so with her blessing. Since Medea is the founding director and CEO of Global Exchange as well as one of the founders of CodePink, how I implemented it may be a bit of a hack; but it is quite legitimate insofar that yes, these are valid press passes for a news organization, created with the full knowledge and permission of the company director.

Now, ironically, I was going to have to whip out a copy of the document that served as the original.

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Thursday June 26, 2008 · 9:32 AM PDT

2008/06/26 · 09:32

The House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties hearing on detainee treatment will feature David Addington and John Yoo (under subpoena to appear) at 10:00 am (EDT).

It'll be on c-span3 and also on the committee website.

Please do not recommend this diary, recommend the Mothership.

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Wednesday June 25, 2008 · 6:13 PM PDT

2008/06/25 · 18:13

While our rights are steadily eroded in the halls of Congress, the minions of fascism have been very busy this month on my local suburban streets. Their little trucks have been everywhere, administering to the telco infrastructure like bees to a well flowered meadow. Verizon and Optonline are the two big providers in my area, and if I was supposed to think that whatever they were doing over the last few weeks to our local wires boded any kind of well for me and mine, sorry to say but that wasn't going to happen.

But then Thor decided he'd had about enough of this.

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Wednesday June 11, 2008 · 3:02 PM PDT

2008/06/11 · 15:02

On Thursday, June 5th, several members of CodePink's NYC and DC chapters attended a meeting with John Conyers on the subject of impeachment. Nancy Kricorian, the CodePink NYC coordinator, returned with a full report stating that Conyers had presented five points against impeachment that he wanted them to address. marktheshark wrote an excellent diary addressing that request which made the recommended list.

On June 9th, Dennis Kucinich introduced articles of impeachment against Bush which as of today have been sent to the House Judiciary for consideration.

It's time we let ourselves be heard in the offices of the members of the House Judiciary. My letter to Conyers is below the fold, along with some suggestions for how you can help.

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Sunday May 11, 2008 · 6:56 AM PDT

2008/05/11 · 06:56

On May 8th, Jes Richardson, Leslie Angeline and Medea Benjamin of CodePink crashed a Hillary fundraiser and managed to unfurl a banner protesting her remarks about "obliterating" Iran. Clinton's dismissive reaction as Jes was led from the room was to hope that "he didn't step on any of the cookies or the cakes."

Well Hillary and supporters, I am sorry to have to go to this extreme, but here it is...

Warning: graphic picture of some cookies and cakes that got stepped on below the fold...

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Friday May 09, 2008 · 7:38 AM PDT

2008/05/09 · 07:38

Congress has heard from politicians, pundits, and generals, but not, up to this point, from the average boots-on-the-ground soldier.

On May 15th, Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW) and the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) begin the process of righting this imbalance with Winter Soldier on the Hill. Nine members of IVAW will testify under oath before the CPC about rules of engagement, the killing and abuse of civilians, the use of drop weapons, and the true consequences of the "surge."

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Sunday May 04, 2008 · 2:42 PM PDT

2008/05/04 · 14:42

"THE BLOOD OF A MILLION IRAQIS IS ON YOUR HANDS!"

Photo by Charles Dharapak of the Associated Press

Desiree Fairooz, CodePink's "house mama" and the gutsiest librarian from Texas you'll ever have the honor and pleasure to meet, has been found guilty only of a single "disorderly conduct" charge and given a 5 day suspended sentence, a $50 fine and 3 months unsupervised probation. She WAS facing up to a 180 day jail sentence and two counts of assaulting a police officer that were dismissed.

More beneath the fold...

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Friday May 02, 2008 · 4:34 PM PDT

2008/05/02 · 16:34

Viggo Mortensen's "Master Chief" slaps around Demi Moore as "GI Jane" pretty badly at one point in the movie. They're doing SERE training, and he starts getting carried away with it because he doesn't want to actually see her pass the course and go into live combat situations.

So he pops her a good one in front of the rest of the trainees, who are frothing at the mouth seeing this guy beat up on a woman, and he's explaining to her that this is what the bad guys are gonna do for real and yadda yadda yadda like that, and she replies: "SUCK! MY! DICK!"

This totally destroys the whole scenario. All the guys crack up laughing, and it totally busts the Master Chief's balloon, and SERE training is over for the day, thank you, time to go home now.

Today I went to see Lioness, a movie about some of the women who are being thrust into combat situations for real.

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Wednesday April 23, 2008 · 1:08 PM PDT

2008/04/23 · 13:08

*** ACTION ALERT ***
4,044 American Soldiers Have Now Died In Iraq

We were at Smith Haven Mall just three weeks ago when the American casualty count reached 4000 wearing T-shirts with the message: 4000 Americans 1 million Iraqis DEAD. ENOUGH!

The Mall said we disrupted the pleasant environment they strive to maintain for their shoppers. They say the Mall is private property and their corporate ownership has the right to limit individual freedom of speech.

We say We will not be silent! The American casualty count continues to climb. Hundreds of Iraqis are killed each week. The cost of this war that was based on lies is hundreds of BILLIONS of dollars and continues to grow.

JOIN US ON SATURDAY MAY 3 AT 2:00 PM

AT SUNRISE MALL (WESTFIELD MALL)

A DEMONSTRATION AGAINST THE IRAQ WAR

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CodePink protests Gary Ackerman's proposed naval blockade on Iran in NYC and DC

BREAKING: Bush heckled at Monticello by CodePink!

Live Blog #3 Addington & Yoo hearing

In which Verizon discovers it is not immune to Thor

My letter to Conyers addressing his "5 points against impeachment" - and how you can help

CodePink steps on Hillary's cookies (updated)

WINTER SOLDIER HEARING May 15th - CALL YOUR REP

BREAKING: Desiree Fairooz of CodePink gets off light for getting in Condi's face!

Women in combat: Lioness

ACTION ALERT: Sunrise Mall (Long Island) Sat May 3