Monthly Archives: December 2015

Christmas Eve, 2015

Posted on December 26, 2015 by M. Meo

Although the fact that Random Order Cafe was closed on Christmas Eve made it more difficult — indeed, Dave Westerlund missed the meeting, even though he arrived at 6:26 p.m. — Herschel Soles and Your Intrepid Reporter conferred across the … Continue reading →

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Cascadia Chapter of the Pacific Green Party 17 December 2015 Minutes

Posted on December 20, 2015 by M. Meo

Herschel Soles commented upon arrival at the Random Order Cafe in the midst of a downpour Thursday evening, that the heavy rain discouraged a larger attendance. Nonetheless he and Your Intrepid Reporter met and agreed that the Chapter will make … Continue reading →

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Art Intuiting the Truth

Posted on December 20, 2015 by M. Meo

There was this song popular in the early Sixties, when I was young and impressionable. I like to sing it still, and give a gutteral delivery to the last word of the refrain Hang Down Your Head Tom Dooley Poor … Continue reading →

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“Better than that”, enh?

Posted on December 16, 2015 by M. Meo

Last week’s Pravda-on-the-Hudson had a curious piece on the so-called “op-ed” page, the page devoted to columnist commentary on the affairs of the day. One Michael Mann, of Pennsylvania State University, warned of an “assault on climate science”; the curious … Continue reading →

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In Case You Were Thinking

Posted on December 14, 2015 by M. Meo

of attending one of the regular meetings, Thursday nights at 6:30 pm, at the corner cafe, N.E. 18th and Alberta, there was this item today in the Newspaper of Record: Police are investigating a late-night shooting at Northeast 18th Avenue … Continue reading →

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Just to Put a Number on It

Posted on December 13, 2015 by M. Meo

The Economist dated today says (p. 59) that in 1990 1.9 billion people on Earth lived on what today is $1.90 per day. In the same sentence these authors believe the number to be 700 million today, living at that … Continue reading →

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Cascadia Chapter Meets

Posted on December 12, 2015 by M. Meo

Thursday evening, in the pouring rain, four people gathered at the Northeast Portland pie bar Random Order Cafe. Your Intrepid Reporter was joined by Dave Westerlund and his companion Charlotte, when Herschel Soles arrived, on time as always. Meetings of … Continue reading →

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A Sicilian Resister

Posted on December 10, 2015 by M. Meo

The Nuclear Resister came today. Its lead story follows (are you a participant in the Plowshares tradition?): Barefoot, pacifist Turi Vaccaro scaled a fence in a Sicilian cork oak reserve and was undetected as he entered the inner security zone … Continue reading →

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Shane Greene’s Account Concluded

Posted on December 5, 2015 by M. Meo

The conclusion of Mr Greene’s account, to his overseers, of his contact with law enforcement. It contains the inevitable result of ever having drawn the attention of the police. Mr Greene was not at her home on Tuesday, 23 June … Continue reading →

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A Dispatch from the Front (Oregon State Prison)

Posted on December 5, 2015 by M. Meo

When I was last — for some 100 days; they said they needed the time to determine if I understood the charges against me — in Multnomah County Jail, I met Shane Greene, cocaine addict. Well, meth too; lots of … Continue reading →

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