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Newport Financial Partners LLC Bait and Switch Operation. They defrauded me out of 10,800 dollars Newport Beach , California
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Newport expressly stated that they were not loan brokers, but rather they were the lender. They made assurances that when the first and last month payments were received they would fund the transaction.
Our Company sent the first and last month payments and Newport did not fund the deal. Instead, Newport began to shop the deal and blame our Company for their inability to finance or find funds for the deal. We asked that Newport return the money and they have not returned it. Newport has had our money for six weeks, and they have not funded the deal or returned the money. We got tired of waiting for funding and wanted to take our business elsewhere. We lost valuable time and over ten thousand dollars dealing with the sleazy Newport guy Richard Nicholson.
We called Wells Fargo Bank in Newport and we were advised that Newport Financial Partners did not have a line of credit there, but just a regular business account. This was a bold lie to lure us in. After Newport got our cash, they began to shop for financing with other institutions. They are not lenders, they are brokers. Beware of Richard Nicholson, he tells bold face lies to get your $ and he is not to be trusted.
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Complaint Review: Green Light Marketing
Green Light Marketing850 W. Jackson Blvd., Suite 703 Chicago, Illinois U.S.A.
Green Light Marketing Ripoff Door-to-door strongarm sales tactics Brainwashing tactics and hypocrisy in the management May have moved office locations since I left a month ago Chicago Illinois
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I was willing to deal with the 10-12 hours I spent on my feet every day, to meet with my trainer and the leaders on the weekend like they asked, to deal with the inane motivational rhetoric. I was willing to complete the little paper tests that were all open-book, open-notes, open-other-people and essentially worthless except for the sake of regurgitating information.
I was willing to deal with people not answering my questions. I was willing to keep asking questions whose answers I needed to do well in the field and on those little tests, until I finally got somewhere. I was willing to continue charging ahead, trying to improve my approach and rehearse the transparently unnatural-sounding sales pitches. I was willing to practice at night and familiarize myself with the product lines so I wouldn't look like a complete idiot when I hit the field.
I was willing to resist the temptation to explain why I felt the pitch could be adjusted to become more productive when they told me, "it works, it works, it works!" I was willing to suck it up and keep going out into the field day after day to face down people who hate our clients and despise me for even coming in the door. I was willing to try the indifferent and consultant mindsets to try and keep myself from taking the failure too hard, and to keep going.
I was willing to work for only a 28% commission with no base pay, and waste an otherwise unpaid ten days to give you my best efforts. I was willing to walk a mile at a time on streets with no businesses or running buses to get to the next area of my territory, diving headfirst into 50mph winds, snow and rain, during 30 degree weather.
I was willing to be told that my personal presence and smiling face weren't up to par because that must be the only way I'm not landing sales, when nobody was out in the field observing me. I was enthusiastic, smiling,
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I am NOT willing to essentially stick my foot in the door to try and psychologically trick or strongarm someone into buying something they don't need so I can make my commission at the cost of my dignity or honor. I am furthermore unwilling to accept the indoctrinative rhetoric saying that we're supposed to take the consultant approach of, "we're just offering them a chance to save money, take it or leave it" when the scripted pitch we are required to memorize and use to control the situation and people follows the first approach.
I am NOT willing to sit back and listen to you repeatedly tell me I don't have the "student mentality" key to the job when 80% of the time I spend in the office, I'm asking questions, many of which go unanswered. For a team that proselytizes the education aspects of the job, the situation is unbelievably inconducive to learning.
I am NOT willing to compromise my integrity to get ahead in the business world. But furthermore, I'm not willing to be insulted and denegrated for not succeeding at the personal and affiliative aspects of the job when they know and I know that the problem was my not hitting quota, but nobody will say it. Especially after being told, repeatedly, that I can't think about the numbers, that I must focus on my attitude and presentation to succeed.
I encourage you to bypass Green Light Marketing. You will be used up and spit out unless you're one of the 1% who actually falls for this system. In the ten days I spent as a part of the company and going through the interview process, there were at least six others who came in and then left again, including two who were fired. Do yourself a favor and run away.
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El sistema alimentario estadounidense se destaca mundialmente. Esto no significa, sin embargo, que tal sistema sea perfecto, puesto que contiene muchos rasgos que se deben afinar, y urgentemente. Por ello, la Union of Concerned Scientists expide hoy un corto metraje para ilustrar algunos de los defectos mas graves del sistema alimentario, invitando con esto a que el público se integre a nuestro llamado por que este tema ascienda a la atención del próximo Presidente. Read more >
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BJP young turks rise in revolt against Modi
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Undocumented Students Are Denied Access to Institutional Aid By Ray Hardman • Apr 3, 2014 zimmytws/iStock / Thinkstock A group of undocumented students in Connecticut is urging state higher education agencies to allow them access to a state financial aid program, known as institutional aid. But higher education officials said their hands are tied. Bristol Business Gets a Boost -- From a Cash Mob By J Holt • Apr 2, 2014 J Holt By the time Bristol's West End Pizza was ready to open its doors on Saturday morning, there were a dozen patrons already outside, waiting to get in. You may have heard of a flash mob. Well, this is a financial version. The family owned pizzeria was the target of a "cash mob," which is essentially a group of people joining forces to give a business a really good day. Supreme Court Strikes Down Overall Limits On Political Contributions By Scott Neuman • Apr 2, 2014 The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down an overall cap on the amount that large campaign donors can give to parties and candidates in a two-year election cycle. In a 5-4 decision split between conservatives and liberals on the high court, the court said the limits were a violation of the First Amendment. Rowland Again In the Spotlight By WNPR News • Apr 1, 2014 Chion Wolf / WNPR A former congressional candidate and her husband have admitted to conspiring with former Connecticut Governor John Rowland to pay him off the books for work as a campaign consultant. When Planning For The Future, Women Have Been Hands Off By Jennifer Ludden • Mar 31, 2014 It's a truism in the financial industry that women need to get more out of their money than men since they live longer and make less, especially if they take time out to care for children or aging parents. 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Facebook Will Acquire Virtual Reality Company For $2 Billion By Eyder Peralta • Mar 25, 2014 Facebook announced a pretty big purchase on Tuesday: The social media giant said it was acquiring Oculus VR, a company that makes virtual reality goggles, for $2 billion. The deal includes $400 million in cash and 23.1 million shares of Facebook, which the company values at $1.6 billion. After Winter's Chill, Economists Predict A Warming Trend By Marilyn Geewax • Mar 24, 2014 Somewhere under all of that melting snow, there's a warming economy. "Adverse weather conditions" have hurt economic growth so far this year, but things are headed in the right direction now, according to a forecast released Monday by the National Association for Business Economics. "Conditions in a variety of areas — including labor, consumer and housing markets — are expected to improve over the next two years, while inflation remains tame," Jack Kleinhenz, NABE president and chief economist for the National Retail Federation, said in a statement. Need Money For Your Startup? Being An Attractive Male May Help By editor • Mar 22, 2014 Google. Twitter. Facebook. Back before they got big, companies like these were just startup ideas, born in dorm rooms and run out of garages. Then came the venture capitalists: rich, older men ready to fund the brilliant ideas of younger, creative men. But what if you are a woman with a startup idea? A new study says you might not do so well. It's been well-documented that businesses started by women receive very little venture capital money. Connecticut Cities and Towns Make Their Case for Funding By Jeff Cohen • Mar 19, 2014 Jeff Cohen / WNPR Municipal leaders from across the state came to the capitol Wednesday to speak to legislators about their budget concerns. How The Cost Of College Went From Affordable To Sky-High By Claudio Sanchez • Mar 19, 2014 If you want to get an earful about paying for college, listen to parents from states where tuition and fees have skyrocketed in the last five years. In Arizona, for example, parents have seen a 77 percent increase in costs. In Georgia, it's 75 percent, and in Washington state, 70 percent. Jackson Labs "On Schedule and On Budget" By Harriet Jones • Mar 18, 2014 The Jackson Laboratory Connecticut officials have welcomed a report on the progress of the Jackson Laboratory site in Farmington. Jackson Labs said its new facility is on schedule and on budget. Barnes: Proposed State Tax Rebate Will Generate 1,000 Jobs By Heather Brandon • Mar 13, 2014 CT-N Governor Dannel Malloy's proposal to give Connecticut taxpayers a modest rebate was up for discussion before the General Assembly's tax-writing committee on Thursday. Budget chief Benjamin Barnes said it could be a job generator in the state. State-Sponsored Retirement Plan Attracts Supporters, Critics By Harriet Jones • Mar 13, 2014 StockMonkeys.com on Flickr Creative Commons Legislators want to create a state-sponsored retirement plan for private sector workers in Connecticut. A bill before lawmakers would task the state treasurer with administering a low-cost plan that residents could pay into. Connecticut Housing Market Posts Best Year Since 2005 By Harriet Jones • Mar 13, 2014 CMLS Connecticut's housing market continued to improve in January, and market-watchers said it's possible the state could see big gains in the spring selling season. The state also saw distinct improvement in its housing market activity for the full year of 2013, with sales up six percent and prices rising 8.3 percent over the year. The numbers come from the Warren Group, a real estate data firm, and it marks the best full year results for the Connecticut market since 2005, before the market crash. There Are Over 1,000 Billionaires Worldwide -- and Connecticut Has 13 of Them By Heather Brandon & Tess Hansen & Anna Novak • Mar 7, 2014 hynci/iStock / Thinkstock Thirteen Connecticut residents appear on this year's list of the nation's billionaires, compiled by Forbes Magazine. The list, released annually, includes 1,645 billionaires worldwide. Connecticut Wrestles With "Financial Tapeworm" By Harriet Jones • Mar 4, 2014 Simon Cunningham / Creative Commons Warren Buffett has added his voice to the growing chorus of concern over public pension obligations. In his annual letter to shareholders, the legendary investing guru calls underfunded public pension plans a "gigantic financial tapeworm." Buffett said he anticipates lots of bad news in the coming decade about public pensions, and he stresses the need for prompt remedial action where problems exist. How is Connecticut's Fiscal Health? By John Dankosky, Tucker Ives, Lydia Brown & Catie Talarski • Mar 3, 2014 MetroHartford Alliance Connecticut's state budget faces a series of problems that have been building for some time. It's why the Office of Fiscal Analysis shows looming budget deficits in the next two fiscal years. But we're not alone. A study of several states shows some of the same trends: Medicaid costs growing faster than states can raise money, which means less funding for education; the federal government cutting aid to states in an effort to cut their own deficits; reliance on volatile tax structures and massive underfunding of public pensions. DECD Chief Defends Underwriting of Business Assistance Loans By Harriet Jones • Feb 19, 2014 Chion Wolf / WNPR The Commissioner of Economic and Community Development has defended her department's record on business assistance loans. Catherine Smith gave evidence before the Commerce Committee, saying 1,114 companies have been helped through DECD programs like Small Business Express. New Canaan Couple Among 50 Most Generous Donors of 2013 By Lucy Nalpathanchil • Feb 10, 2014 The Chronicle of Philanthropy / Johns Hopkins University A New Canaan couple is among a list of the 50 most generous donors in 2013. Theodore and Vada Stanley were number 18 on The Chronicle of Philanthropy's annual list. They gave $143 million to medical research and to a family foundation. Tennessee Weighs The Cost Of A Free College Education By editor • Feb 10, 2014 Pretty soon, going to community college in Tennessee may become absolutely free. Republican Gov. 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NEW CITY – Police say a woman from Florida has been charged with killing her mother-in-law in suburban New York.
Three other women have also been arrested in the killing of 80-year-old Peggy Nadell of Valley Cottage.
Nadell's body was discovered by her daughter in her home on Jan. 25.
Police and the Rockland County district attorney would not comment Wednesday on a motive for the killing or the relationship among the defendants.
Nadell had been a county Democratic committeewoman and was outspoken on environmental and women's rights issues.
The daughter-in-law, Diana Nadell of Cutler Bay, Florida, was charged with murder and conspiracy, as was Andrea Benson of Washington, D.C. Tanisha Joyner of Washington and Elita Grant of East Long Beach, California, were charged with conspiracy. Prosecutors are seeking extradition for all four.
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BK/NY – Tuesday, September 29th – Birthday Cards for Imprisoned Comrades
WHAT: Political Prisoner Letter-Writing Dinner
WHEN: 7pm sharp, Tuesday, September 29th, 2015
WHERE: The Base – 1302 Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn, New York 11221 (directions below)
NOTE: The Base is on the ground floor, is wheelchair accessible, and has a gender neutral toilet.
COST: Free
It's no secret that winter is the baby-making season and that leaves October as the month with the most birthdays. As we know, our imprisoned comrades are folks coming from the same movements as us, not some rare breed of super-human. As a result a disproportionate number of them also share October births. In fact, there are so many upcoming political prisoner birthdays that NYC ABC is focusing our entire upcoming political prisoner letter-writing dinner on sending cards to them. So come join us for some good food and sign a whole grip of cards. We'll see you for supper.
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Running Down the Walls 2015 – A Reportback
Running Down the Walls (RDTW) 2015 was a success in building relationships, feeling the solidarity of running as our imprisoned comrades did the same, and raising funds for the ABCF Warchest and Family and Friends of Maliki Shakur Latine (Maliki is a New York state held political prisoner whose support crew is currently raising funds for his parole campaign). We arrived early, to avoid getting beaten to a sweet spot in Prospect Park (Brooklyn), which gave us time to set up our hand-painted RDTW banner, tables of literature and food, and mark turns along the route of the run. The route is commonly known as "The Inner Loop" by local runners and two laps around equals almost exactly 3.1 miles, or 5 kilometers.
Given that this was also a picnic– outdoors, breezy, and mildly unpredictable, we set up a scaled down version of our literature table. This meant our ubiquitous red wire rack of free literature, including copies of the recently published Battle Tested, After Prison, the NYC ABC Illustrated Guide to Political Prisoner and Prisoners of War, and all of the tri-fold pamphlets about many of the prisoners we support. We also sold our ASL All Cops Are Bastards (ACAB) t-shirts.
We had printed bib numbers for the participants. The flipside of the bib numbers had information about NYC ABC and guidelines for writing to prisoners, making it both a memento and a useful reminder to write to folks.
A few serious runners arrived as early as 1:30pm, though the announced time of the event was 2:00-7:00pm and we typically use the first half hour to register folks and take sponsor forms from those who hustled to get sponsors. Even with this schedule in mind, anarchist time prevailed and the run actually started closer to 2:45, following a group photo around the RDTW banner.
Before the run, an NYC ABC collective member went over some basics, while also kicking facts about political prisoners and state repression. We then played a greeting from Jaan Laaman, recorded specifically for the event. Jaan recommended we dedicate RDTW 2015 to the memory of our fallen comrade Hugo "Yogi Bear" Pinell. As a special treat, Dequi Kioni-Sadiki started the race with the drop of a red bandana.
At this point, it's impossible to write about the event without mentioning that squarely in the middle of the Inner Loop, our run path, sat the inaugural installation of a foodie event that shall not be named. Our participants had to run through a sea of yuppies, starving for local micro-butchery, artisanal ice cubes, and whatever other contrived bullshit passes for authenticity to the ruling class. On the upside, this drove a lot of folks to our literature table and put us in the position to talk to individuals who would likely never otherwise approach us. Of course anarchists won't be happy until the last capitalist is hung with the guts of the last bacon-infused mustache wax-wearing yuccie, but until then it was good practice to talk to strangers about our political prisoners. A fair number of park guests stopped at the table to get information about the prisoners, Running Down the Walls, and NYC ABC.
Of the 60-70 folks who came to RDTW 2015, about 45 participated in the 5k. The age range was 3-71 years old. Hashtag multi-generational. Several runners were serious, several were fast, and the venn diagram of those two categories resulted in the same person running the fastest laps this year as last.
After running, bronchial passages fully dilated, through clouds of meat smoke and whatever cologne investment bankers wear, what sounds better than a plate of barbecue and potato salad? Chorizo tofu empanadas? You're right.
The picnic consisted of Texas style barbecued jackfruit sandwiches with fresh pickles; potato salad; pasta salad; empanadas; chocolate-coconut cream layer cake; and plum-peach lemon almond polenta cake. Yes, a lot of folks came just for the food.
Before we got too deep into socializing, we read a statement written for the event by Maliki Shakur Latine, and then gave prizes. Oh yeah, RDTW had prizes this year. Friends from AK Press and Combustion Books donated prizes that were given for the three folks who raised the most money in sponsorships as well as for the person who made the single largest donation at the event. We also had a laser cut acrylic "ACAB" plaque for the runner who completed the 5k in the least amount of time.
One participant garnered over $1,300 in sponsors, and several others raised hundreds of dollars each. All told, between the event and what was sold through our table, we raised a respectable amount of loot.
Folks sitting around, talking, having just shared the run, felt good. The group consisted of folks from diverse backgrounds, many of whom were new faces to our collective. Twitter followers brought IRL friends and comrades & allies turned up as well. South Brooklyn ABCF, Release Aging People in Prison (RAPP), NYC Jericho Movement, International Leonard Peltier Defense Committee, Malcolm X Commemoration Committee, Family and Friends of Maliki Shakur Latine, the campaign the Bring Mumia Home, Marius Mason's support crew, and the campaign the Free the MOVE 9 prisoners were among the represented organizations that explicitly work on political prisoner support. We were also thankful for the presence of Sekou Odinga, former political prisoner and consistent example of solidarity through action.
Most folks had left by 6:30 and those who stayed did so to help clean up and transfer everything to the cars. So the event went as scheduled, almost to the minute.
Knowing the history of the run and the imprisoned comrades with whom we ran in solidarity elevated Running Down the Walls 2015 to an even more inspiring level.
And that's how we get down (the walls).
BK/NY – Tuesday, January 20 – Letter-writing to David Gilbert and Maliki Shakur Latine
WHAT: Political Prisoner Letter-Writing Dinner
WHEN: 7pm sharp, Tuesday, January 20th, 2015
WHERE: The Base – 1302 Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn, New York 11221 (directions below)
NOTE: The Base is on the ground floor, is wheelchair accessible, and has a gender neutral toilet.
COST: Free
This year has already brought us immense joy and sadness. Just days into 2015, we've welcomed home our comrade Eric McDavid and continued to mourn the loss of Phil Africa. The state is a monster that acts as a god, both giving and taking lives. As anarchists, we struggle to see the gods of state and capital utterly annihilated. So, hot on the heels of our New Year's Eve Noise Demo, we in NYC Anarchist Black Cross want the start of this year to show our commitment to the political prisoners and prisoners of war closest to us. These are comrades who deserve, short of the full freedom we all desire, a minimum of strong solidarity. We enter 2015 focusing on folks held behind New York State walls.
This week we will be writing , David Gilbert and Maliki Shakur Latine. We'll be watching a couple of short interviews and are fortunate to have a guest speaker– Ainsley B.
David Gilbert, a longtime anti-racist and anti-imperialist, first became active in the Civil Rights movement in 1961. In 1965, he started the Vietnam Committee at Columbia University; in 1967 he co-authored the first Students for a Democratic Society pamphlet naming the system "imperialism"; and he was active in the Columbia strike of 1968. He went on to spend a total of 10 years underground, building a clandestine resistance. More information: j.mp/DavidGilbert_PP
In 1969, Maliki Shakur Latine and his brother joined up with the Black Panther Party (BPP). The government's tactics against the organization forced many members to go underground, including Maliki Shakur Latine and his brother. Plans to challenge the influx of deadly drugs entering his community in Harlem were cut short by a gun battle with police on July 3rd, 1979. The altercation resulted in arrests and some arrestees became career informants for the government. A month later, on August 7, 1979, Maliki Latine was arrested in St. Albans, Queens, by a joint task force investigating a series of bank expropriations. Maliki Latine and Jose (Hamza) Saldana were indicted on charges of attempted first-degree murder, four counts of criminal possession of a weapon, and criminal possession of stolen property. On October 1, 1981, the two were sentenced to 25 to life. More information: j.mp/MalikiLatine
We expect to see you on Tuesday. If you can't make it, please take the time to write a letter to David and Maliki:
David Gilbert #83-A-6158
Auburn Correctional Facility
Post Office Box 618
Auburn, New York 13021
Maliki Shakur Latine #81-A-4469
Clinton Correctional Facility
Post Office Box 2000
Dannemora, New York 12929
NYC – Tuesday, September 16th – Letter-writing to MOVE 9
WHAT: Political Prisoner Letter-Writing Dinner
WHEN: 7pm sharp, Tuesday, September 16th, 2014
WHERE: CAGE – 83A Hester Street (UPSTAIRS) New York, New York 10002 (directions below)
COST: FreeIt's been a busy couple of weeks since our last political prisoner letter-writing dinner. We hosted Running Down the Walls 2014 and folks from our collective are preparing to attend a North American Anarchist Black Cross conference in Colorado. Meanwhile,
Raytheon the United States government continues to try and convince the world that plans to start new wars in Northern Iraq and Syria are justified and desirable. In that same period of time, one of our imprisoned MOVE 9 comrades was again denied parole. So it is on the MOVE 9 prisoners NYC ABC focuses our next dinner. We are also very fortunate to have a member of the campaign to Free the MOVE 9 coming to give background on the case and updates on the prisoners.
The MOVE 9 are innocent men and women who have been in prison since August 8, 1978, following a massive police attack on MOVE at their home in the Powelton Village neighborhood of Philadelphia. This was seven years before the government dropped a bomb on MOVE, killing 11 people, including 5 babies. For more information on the MOVE 9, visit http://onamove.com/move-9 and for more information on the campaign to secure parole for them, check out http://move9parole.blogspot.com
If for some bizarre reason you can't make it to dinner, please write to the remaining MOVE 9 prisoners from home. Their addresses are:
Charles Sims Africa #AM4975
SCI Dallas
1000 Follies Road
Dallas, Pennsylvania 18612-0286
Debbie Sims Africa #OO6307
SCI Cambridge Springs
451 Fullerton Avenue
Cambridge Springs, Pennsylvania 16403
Delbert Orr Africa #AM4985
SCI Dallas
1000 Follies Road
Dallas, Pennsylvania 18612-0286
Edward Goodman Africa #AM4974
SCI Mahanoy
301 Morea Road
Frackville, Pennsylvania 17932
Janet Holloway Africa #OO6308
SCI Cambridge Springs
451 Fullerton Avenue
Cambridge Springs, Pennsylvania 16403
Janine Phillips Africa #OO6309
SCI Cambridge Springs
451 Fullerton Avenue
Cambridge Springs, Pennsylvania 16403
Michael Davis Africa #AM4973
SCI Graterford
Post Office Box 244
Graterford, Pennsylvania 19426-0244
William Phillips Africa #AM4984
SCI Dallas
1000 Follies Road
Dallas, Pennsylvania 18612-0286
NYC – Tuesday, October 1st – Birthday Cards for Imprisoned Comrades
WHAT: Political Prisoner Letter-Writing Dinner
WHEN: 7pm sharp, Tuesday, October 1st, 2013
WHERE: CAGE – 83A Hester Street (UPSTAIRS) New York, New York 10002 (directions below)
COST: Free
It's no secret that winter is the baby-making season and that leaves October as the month with the most birthdays. As we know, our imprisoned comrades are folks coming from the same movements as us, not some rare breed of super-human. As a result a disproportionate number of them also share October births. In fact, there are so many upcoming political prisoner birthdays that NYC ABC is focusing our entire upcoming political prisoner letter-writing dinner on sending cards to them. So come join us for some good food and sign a whole gang of cards. We'll see you for supper.
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NYC – May 12th – Mother's Day Eve Noise Demo Against the PIC
WHAT: Noise Demo
WHEN: 8:00pm, Saturday, May 12th
WHERE: Bayview Correctional Facility – West 20th Street & 11th Avenue New York, New York
COST: Free
As the Global Class War continues to heat up, the state continues its ongoing use of force, surveillance, and threat of incarceration against anyone who defies its laws. From Cece McDonald who got sentenced to 3 years for fighting back against a fucking Nazi, to Patreese Johnson who is still locked up for defending herself and her friends from being gay-bashed, to Revered Joy Powell who is serving a life sentence for agitating against police violence, to the MOVE 9 women who had their house bombed and children killed because of their political beliefs, there is a clear pattern and history of the state using prisons to criminalize our resistance and self defense.
In solidarity with May Day calls for a world without borders and bosses, on the eve of Mother's Day NYC Anarchist Black Cross calls for a world without cages for all. We call for it during this time, because 2/3 of all women in prison are mothers and we recognize the forced separation of a child from their caregiver by the state as an act of violence aimed at destroying families and social relationships. Furthermore, as an extension of that, when police continue killing people indiscriminately on the outside, they leave grieving families and loved ones with a loss that the "justice system" could never truly vindicate. For our communities, our loved ones, and liberation of all, burn the prisons!


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Skip to comments.Field trip for black students sparks controversy at Ann Arbor elementary school
Posted on 05/03/2010 9:41:52 PM PDT by FenwickBabbitt
An Ann Arbor elementary school principal used a letter home to parents tonight to defend a field trip for black students as part of his schools efforts to close the achievement gap between white and black students.
Dicken Elementary School Principal Mike Madison wrote the letter to parents following several days of controversy at the school after a field trip last week in which black students got to hear a rocket scientist.
In hindsight, this field trip could have been approached and arranged in a better way," Madison wrote. "But as I reflect upon the look of excitement, enthusiasm and energy that I saw in these childrens eyes as they stood in the presence of a renowned African American rocket scientist in a very successful position, it gave the kids an opportunity to see this type of achievement is possible for even them.
It was not a wasted venture for I know one day they might want to aspire to be the first astronaut or scientist standing on the Planet Mars.
I also think its important that you know that I have talked to the children who did not go on the field trip, and I think they have a better understanding of the purpose of the AA Lunch Bunch now, as I hope you do. Im sorry if any kids were upset by the field trip or my discussion afterwards with them, and I have let them know that.
The intent of our field trip was not to segregate or exclude students as has been reported, but rather to address the societal issues, roadblocks and challenges that our African American children will face as they pursue a successful academic education here in our community.
A handful of parents have complained to district administrators about the trip, the group and Madison. More than a half-dozen parents contacted AnnArbor.com to raise the complaints, but none would agree to talk on the record, citing concerns of reprisals to their children by Madison.
While theres no clear agreement between the two sides about exactly what happened, most of the controversy centers on a field trip taken last week by the Lunch Bunch for African American boys and girls to hear a black rocket engineer talk.
District spokeswoman Liz Margolis said after the trip was over, those who went returned to their fifth-grade class and were greeted by boos by those who didnt go on the trip. Margolis said Madison, who is black, heard the boos, and went to talk to the class. She said he and the class had a discussion about race issues.
He wasnt yelling at them. He was very passionate about it, Margolis said.
Parents have complained he was yelling at the class and belittled a Muslim girl who said she also had experienced racism and discrimination.
The program itself began earlier this year after the school received its latest achievement results. Margolis said the Lunch Bunch came from the schools School Improvement Team and is tied to that teams goals. She said several other schools in the district have similar programs targeting specific subgroups of students who are at risk.
According to meeting minutes, Madison introduced the club to the PTO in February as part of the school and districts equity work.
Parent Vicki Haviland, who is white and has three children at Dicken, said she is supportive of the overall program. Haviland is the secretary of the Dicken PTO and has filed papers for the open school board seat.
I think the African-American Lunch Bunch is totally in line with the districts equity work, she said. I think the field trip was a fine idea.
She said she hopes the school and the district would do a better job in talking about (race in education). Clearly there are people who dont feel heard about it.
Intimidation, or fear of intimidation, is a powerful tool in education.
Reading, Writing and Math!
It's criminal when they do not just teach these children the basics of what they will need to survive. I don't care what color they are.
Homeschooled ours and our youngest is graduating H.S and starting college a year early. In the top 10% of the SAT's. Like she said, "Not that hard to do Dad".
Not that hard because it's being dumbed down more and more. (Her words)
Unbelievable. So he's saying kids can't succeed unless they "see someone like me"?. BS, I was a teacher. This is liberal, Bill Ayers, PC crap.
Can you imagine what would be said if they had done this for a group of white kids?
Kurt Vonnegut must be relishing this story in his grave. His satire (Harrison Bergeron) is proving so prophetic.
A note to the professors whose children no doubt go to that school...DIVERSITY IS GREAT...until your kid is the victim of it. Then it kinda sucks, doesn't it.
Come on professors - stand up and be counted. Minority kids were given preference this time...what the hell do you think your law school (and, no doubt, every other department) does? Come on guys...if you bitch about your kids getting shafted, how about the very smart kids that went to high school in Bloomfield Hills and got rejected, so that some unqualified kid from Pontiac could be admitted to the university (just to drop out, once enough diversity photos had been taken) - how about it?
Justifying discrimination as a means to reparate 2 1/2 century old discrimination.
This guy is absolutely tone deaf. If this letter to Parents is his starting point, then how does any parent find a way to resolve this short of withdrawing their children from this school?? This guy is a Public employee, and he is obviously blindly clueless to that fact, because he has probably been allowed to get away with this kind of thinking for far too long. Too many people listen to guys like this and blindly accept them as experts on how best to teach their children.
I'll be he pulls down well over $100 Grand a year in taxpayer financed salary too...
Textbook case for home schooling.
This so-called education professional should be immediately fired.
Does this principal not see the benefit in having ALL students listen to a rocket scientist who is also a member of a minority? I would think that the white students would have learned something, as well. But by separating the students, he only created more division.
Frankly, Bob, I doubt that most U of M Marxists...um, professors would oppose what this man did, even if it did happen to their children. I think a lot of them would use it as a teaching lesson on why Affirmative Action is necessary (because blacks are kept down so far that they need a special hand up, blah, blah, blah). This sort of thing just springs from the same mindset as Affirmative Action, i.e. that it's OK to discriminate, just so long as it is against the right groups of people.
Loopy Louie Hayes?
Where did the Honky Lunch Bunch go on their last field trip? Is there a special racial group for each lunch bunch and each trip? Are they assigned specific tables when they're not on field trips? Segregation, it's baaaack!
I hear you, but even Marxists have a way of getting their backs up, when it's THEIR KIDS being burned. They may be on their quest to destroy the evils of capitalism, but they also want to be sure that their kids don't leach off of them when they grow up.
But who knows...it's even possible that the parents are simply blue-collar...although no one would bother caring what that bunch thought.
"ALL ANIMALS ARE EQUAL, BUT SOME ARE MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS" comes to mind.
Should have done lunch at State Pen, Cell Block 7, lots of AA "Rocket Scientists" there.
Perhaps some of the class could be "Scared Straight".
I cannot imagine that black kids in Ann Arbor face a single roadblock or challenge in their pursuing education. If anything, I suspect they face quite the opposite.
Successful liberalism
"Does this principal not see the benefit in having ALL students listen to a rocket scientist who is also a member of a minority? I would think that the white students would have learned something, as well. But by separating the students, he only created more division."
We have a Bingo at Post #18.
Realize that the field trip is sort of wasted time (kids not on-task with reading, writing, math while traveling around town).
So, the kids who didn't go on the field trip were getting better instruction, at least as it pertains to any upcoming standardized testing.
If I were a parent of a minority child who went on the trip, I would want to know what my child missed/what the other kids back at the school were learning in their lessons that day so that I could go over that material myself with my kids.
I don't understand the problem. They were just celebrating 'Take Your African-American to Work' day.
Unbelievable! A field trip for black kids only??????
It's amazing how much time is wasted in the classroom on crap like this. I agree with an earlier post that what these kids and all kids need is quality instruction. It's not going to do these kids any good to finally get to college and not be able to complete the necessary work because they wasted their valuable learning time on a field trip. I see this all the time as a substitute teacher. Some days I add up the time we spend on legitimate lessons and a lot of the time it's less than 2 hours (remember I'm following the teacher's lessons, not my own.) Kids who are homeschooled really don't miss a lot.
Ultra leftie Ann Arbor?!! ack! I hope you keep educating those twins!
one lawsuit....that's all I ask.....do we have any courageous patriots who will stand up for their children and the constitution?
I can't believe people are taking this lying down....Americans are growing more pathetic as time goes on...
I guess Obama being on television every day doesn't count.
"The intent of our field trip was not to segregate or exclude students as has been reported"
Let's see. You exclude whites and segregate the kids, but exclusion and segregation wasn't your intent.
I'd say you are a lying sack of excrement.
The principal is black, and like many, if not most, blacks he is racist.
What they don't seem to understand is conservatives do not care about the color of a persons skin, we care about how a person uses their God given (not government given) talents to succeed.
LOL! Well played. That video was just an instant classic.
close public schools
State representatives in Michigan could stop everything like this with the passage of just one well written law. Its up to the people of Michigan to make them do it. It CAN be done.
50% - Would Obama have qualified?
They have made teaching secondary to social engineering.
Don't you just love the teacher who thinks you're too dumb to teach her class so makes it a movie day?
diversity..except when seperate but equal is better.
Sadly, this school is a microcosm of American Public Schools.
Actually, Ann Arbor isn't "majority white" - technically, it's a very mixed-culture community, due in large part to the number of people from a lot of different cultures who work at or attend the University of Michigan. Although the majority of the white folks who live there are the typical granola-crunching, tree-hugging liberals that infest many large "college towns."
I live in Macomb County, where there are also a number of different ethnic groups, all of which are represented in the public schools. Black children in many of our school districts - in part, we believe, because of the variety - seem to be more focused on getting a good education and doing their best.
That attitude comes from the parents at home - and it's supported by the schools; not the other way around. It's only in places like Detroit, Pontiac, Ann Arbor, and other areas where the leftist-liberal agenda is tied to money coming in from out of the district or the state that there is such a focused effort to perpetuate the black entitlement mentality.
Well, Wikipedia lists Ann Arbor as 75% white. So, yes, it is correct to say that it is majority white. Only around 8% of the population there is black. The largest group of minorities are Asians. I've spent a lot of time in Ann Arbor, and believe me, it is *very* white compared to a lot of places I've lived in and visited before. I guess one's perceptions of these sorts of things are relative to one's own previous experiences.
The comments are the source's web site are interesting. Yes, there are people defending racial discrimination.
How. Sad.
We need to spend billions integrating schools, we need to do all we can to foster diversity because, like you know, diversity is our strength.
Then, once everyone is together in one big group hug, we can pick out the black kids and send them off by themselves on a field trip.
The intent of our field trip was not to segregate or exclude students as has been reported...Correction:
The intent of our field trip was not to segregate or exclude students
as has been reported, even though that's what we specifically did...
The liberals are setting the black kids up (at least the majority of them) with the idea that they don't need to try as hard, because they are entitled to special treatment. They are training the white kids to doubt that any black person has earned the right to his position, either in school or in career.
If such policies are practiced widely, any of the black kids who excel in academics or in their chosen career will have this cloud hanging over them until they achieve wide recognition for their abilities and accomplishments, usually late in life.
Typical liberal problem. It's not whether the program works, it's whether your heart was in the right place. If you were trying to do good (by the liberal creed), it doesn't matter whether your efforts were beneficial or deleterious. It's the thought that counts.
Here's a thought: Wouldn't it have been beneficial to the white kids to hear the black scientist talk? Wouldn't they have learned something about science? Wouldn't it do them as much good as it did for the black kids to see a successful black professional? Wouldn't it have been good for both white and black kids to see all of the students treated equally?
We have a bunch of gutless state legislators in Michigan from both parties, so don't hold your breath. They'll huff, they'll puff, then they'll go sit themselves down. They have better things to do like raise taxes and suck up to public employee unions—both parties.
>>>diversity..except when seperate but equal is better.<<<
This is even worse than "seperate but equal". If the non-black kids had their own, equivalent field trip, that would be separate but equal.
This is seperate and unequal.
The principal is in direct violation of the Michigan law against discrimination, but we all know these laws (just like "hate crime" laws) go only one way.
By the way......
the Obamas get to go on taxpayer funded "field trips."
great observations.
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Skip to comments.VOTE: What are the best and worst Christmas songs of all time?
Posted on 12/21/2011 8:08:46 AM PST by Libloather
VOTE: What are the best and worst Christmas songs of all time?
Last Updated: 10:11 AM, December 20, 2011
Can't stand "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"? Do you listen to "Santa Baby" on repeat? Vote for what you think are the best and most annoying Christmas songs below, and see the results in an upcoming Post story.
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Worst (not on the list) - Feliz Navidad
One of the best - Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You (35,125,140 Youtube hits. Play it in July. I don't care.)
"Come on Ring those Bells"/Evie Tornquist!
Insipid, awful, annoying. I want to claw out someones eyes. Damn song gets stuck in my head and I hate it vehemently!
Worst: "Last Christmas" by George ("meet me at the fagot park") Michael.
Christmas song - Nat King Cole
Where are you Christmas - Faith Hill
Jingle bell rock - Sorry Elvis fans.
Paul McCartney's "Wonderful Christmas Time" song completely Paternos his legacy as a songwriter for the Beatles.
Ditto on the George Michael and Band Aid's songs.
Best: http://youtu.be/XoSyCtD0WO4
Runner Up: http://youtu.be/HuTHxMjVivg
(They are safe links !!!)
Worst: Greg Lake "I believe in Fater Christmas."
very nice music, but the lyrics are not those of a believer.
They sold me a dream of Christmas
They sold me a Silent Night
And they told me a fairy story
'Till I believed in the Israelite
And I believed in Father Christmas
And I looked at the sky with excited eyes
'Till I woke with a yawn in the first light of dawn
And I saw him and through his disguise
is this the one were they sing, "arent you glad it's them instead of you?"
i always say "yes".
the worst is the christmas shoes song.
Best: White Christmas by Bing Crosby
Worst: Hawaiian Christmas song by Bing Crosby
Do they know it's Christmas? Bob Geldalf
This song is nothing more than a guilt trip to make us rich capitalists feel bad over Christmas because children in Africa are starving. I hate the song, I hate the lyrics. I run for the mute button whenever it is played.
Best: Hark The Herald Angels Sing (ALL THE VERSES!) by Felix Mendlesson
Worst: "And So This Is Christmas" ...John and Yoko
Worst — that Last Christmas I Gave You My Heart song.
Best Secular: Brenda Lee (Rockin' Round the Christmas Tree)
Best CHRISTmas song: Nat King Cole (Hark the Herald)
WORST: Bruce Springsteen "Santa Claus is Coming to Town"
Can't disagree . . . hate to hear any words of this absolutely stupid song. Can't believe he was allowed to record this monster.
"Feed The World" indeed.
The Bono verse in the song is especially patronizing: "Well tonight thank God it's them instead of you"
Best (non religious) Cowboy Christmas Ball by The Killers
The worst (not on the list) is Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire--unless I can think of one that's even worse.
Last year there was an article where Geldoff admitted it may be the worst song ever recorded. He has nightmares about carolers come by the house singing it. Serves him right for writing it.
The music is nice because it was stolen from the excellent Lieutenant Kijé Troika melody by Prokofiev.
It's no surprise to me that a music thief would trash the magical wonder of Christmas.
"Worst that Last Christmas I Gave You My Heart song."
Indeed. About as un-Christmas as can get. Hate that song. Putting the word "Christmas" in a song doesn't make it a Christmas song.
"Santa Baby" gives me the creeps. But I do love that Emerson, Lake, & Palmer "I Believe in Father Christmas" ... that's a gorgeous song. I'll listen to that in July.
A good one.... Silent Night:Temptations
One of the most depressing/bad songs... Christmas Shoes
Insipid, awful, annoying. I want to claw out someones eyes. Damn song gets stuck in my head and I hate it vehemently!
"Feed the WOOORRRLLLD, Let them know it's Christmas time again" (sung 20 times in a row)
Mary Did You Know is my favorite. There are many versions of it.
Best - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P37xPiRz1sg&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Merry Christmas from the family!!! A Texas Christmas song
Wow! I never knew that about the Prokofiev/Troika thing. As soon as I you posted that, I went right to Youtube and found it, and you're right, it's not even sampled, it's pretty much just lifted (at least in parts.) I'm listening to it now, and it's really cool.
Amen to that!
Look on the bright side - we don't hear "Silent Night, 7:00 News" anymore.
I was about to get a little defensive until I realized I was thinking of a different song. I was thinking of One Last Christmas by Matthew West. It's a somewhat sad but touching song about a family with a terminally ill boy who know he won't make it to the end of the year so they start celebrating Christmas (with the help of the neighbors) in September. Eventually the whole town gets in on it and he has a smile on his face to the last moment.
The Paul McCartney and John Lennon Christmas songs are insipid.
Mary, did you know
That your baby boy will one day walk on water?
Did you know
That your baby boy will save our sons and daughters?
Did you know
That your baby boy has come to make you new?
This child that you've delivered
Will soon deliver you
Mary, did you know
That your baby boy will give sight to a blind man?
Did you know
That your baby boy will calm a storm with His hand?
Did you know
That your baby boy has walked where angels trod?
And when you kiss your little boy
You've kissed the face of God
Mary, did you know?
The blind will see
The deaf will hear
And the dead will live again
The lame will leap
The dumb will speak
The praises of the Lamb
Mary, did you know
That your baby boy is Lord of all creation?
Did you know
That your baby boy will one day rules the nations?
Did you know
That your baby boy is heaven's perfect Lamb?
This sleeping child you're holding
Is the Great I Am
Worst thing about Geldof was he portrayed himself as a samaritan, but was po'ed he didn't win the Nobel Peace Prize for the effort.
Paul McCartneys Wonderful Christmas Time is more annoying than the most annoying commercial jingle ever.
Tough for me to decide which songs are best though. Silent Night, Hark the Herald Angels, Joy to the World. So many good ones.
Sounds like a department store commercial.
Most modern Christmas songs are annoying at best. Oddly, though, I find "The Little Drummer Boy" and "Do You See What I See?", or whatever the name is, to be the most grating when I'm forced to hear them in stores.
Probably my favorite of the moderns is Harry Connick, Jr. and "Big Red Hat" — possibly only because it doesn't get played very often.
My fave is "O Holy Night." I also tend to prefer religious Christmas music to its secular counterpart.
I throw up in my mouth every time I hear Paul McCartney's "Simply Having A Wonderful Christmas Time." Ditto for "Last Christmas."
How about that ancient English carol" "A Boar's Head in Hand bear I?"
Here's a good one, with lyrics.
Couple of the Best:
Mannheim Steamroller - The Holly and the Ivy
Donny Osmond - Solder's King
We really need to be sensitive and politically correct this time of year. Our songs shouldn't include any references to Christ, because religion is divisive. In fact, we shouldn't make any sort of value judgements, so no mention of good or evil. And we certainly don't want anything that will reinforce the phallocentric patriarchy. And come to think of it, we shouldn't mention levity at all, because how can we be happy when the transgendered are being opressed?
So, let's all join in a rousing chorus of "Good Christian Men, Rejoice"!!
Merry Christmas to one and all!
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