A small light in the darkness..Judge Rakoff has refused to approve a settlement in the SEC's case against Citicorp for its role in the mortgage scandal stating that such a settlement is not in the public interest as it will hide the truth and "softens", to a point of disguising, the culpability of both Citicorp and SEC.…

Definition of KLEPTOCRACY



: government by those who seek chiefly status

and personal gain at the expense of the governed; also: a particular government

of this kind



— klep·to·crat noun



— klep·to·crat·ic adjective

"(Merriam Webster Dictionary)



Christopher Hedges used this very apt word,

dating back to 1819, in his "teaching" at OWS.



It is the perfect word to describe our present condition..our present reality as the 99%.…

From Michael Moore to the Occupy General Assembly..sounds good to me!!!

http://www.truth-out.org/print/9544

I am thankful for occupy ..thnakful the riisng up we all undertake together.

 http://upwithchrishayes.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/11/19/8896362-exclusive-lobbying-firms-memo-spells-out-plan-to-undermine-occupy-wall-street-video…

To the Creation I live within; to the creation that lives in me     

                                                                                    Open My heart

To the rhythm of tides and seasons; to the rhythm of my own blood   

                                                                                   Open my heart

To the footsteps before mine in the sand, of peoples and creatures

To the footsteps after mine in the…

Eugene Robinson ( Washington Post Journalist, Putizer Prize Winner 2010), said a few moments ago on MSNBC.

Very exciting to see the  diversity that is the 99% in the faces of those marching this morning from Union Park to Liberty Plaza.  

The unencamped Occupy now has a face of inclusion that it never had before. 

I had a vision of thousands and thousands marching to a gathering place in silence  ( for the medtiation Gail envisions) each man woman and child carrying a sign that is a verifiable stat that describes the actual face of income disparity.

unemployment rate for blacks

number of children in chronic hunger

number of familes living in sub standard housing

number of families who have lost their home to foreclosure

avergae student loan debt 

numer of…

Occupy Wall Street has called for a mass march to meet at Canal & Broadway in NYC at 9am.

Still time to join.

I think it is possible that the new face of Occupy around the world as mass protest ( rather than live in protest) will draw more and more and more in huge numbers..growing numbers.  It will become more fluid , more mobile, more resilient, better able to witness and stand in solidarity with what serve us all..what undermines us all.

This is not a…

Don’t ask what the world needs. 
Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it.  Because what the world needs is
people who have come alive.

Howard Thurman, American theologian,
clergy, mystic and civil rights activist, 1900-1981

I love that one one who was fed up with Bank of America statrted this movement which dovetailed with and no doubt got momentum from the Occupy Movement.

I love this response by credit unions and community banks staying open longer hours and competing for transferrees.…