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We must ALL come together and stand united against “The Tyranny of the Corporatocracy” which makes it possible for the 1% to victimize the 99%.

Congressional approval is now in the single digits, which is the lowest in recorded history for CBS/New York Times pollsters. The Federal Reserve's first audit showed trillions in secret bailouts to the same Wall Street banks foreclosing on our homes and laying off thousands, as well as trillions in bailouts to banks outside of the United States. And if that wasn't enough, it appears that the Fed is letting Bank of America dump $74 trillion in derivatives into taxpayer-insured FDIC accounts.

Have you had enough America? It’s time for the 99% to stand together and be heard!

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NEWS

• IMPORTANT:
  • If you have been arrested, please contact Rebecca or Hasmik (rebeccatrojas@gmail.com, hasmik82@gmail.com) with the National Lawyers Guild for details about an upcoming Informational Meeting about the Post-Arrest Process this Monday, November 14th. Please note that this meeting is ONLY for those who have been arrested.

• General Assembly
  • Plan to get notes from the general assembly -- John Kenney will post his GA notes directly to the list serve as a separate email. He said he will be able to post one each night after the GA has completed.

MEDIA

• http://copswiki.org/Occupy/AllOccupySanDiegoMedia -- Visit this web page to review all prior media wecollected for email blasts.
  • In case you are a new subscriber or just like to immerse yourself in the exhilaration of Occupy!

• Arrest at 2:30am 2011-11-12 -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6QCRneABhU -- Ridiculous excessive use of force, Bob put in a choke hold and nearly suffocated by SDPD.
• Man Choked, Arrested at Occupy San Diego -- http://www.sandiegoreader.com/weblogs/news-ticker/2011/nov/12/man-choked-arrested-at-occupy-san-diego/
• America, Occupied: A nation-wide look at the Occupy camps and cities’ reactions -- http://oaklandnorth.net/2011/11/11/america-occupied-a-nation-wide-look-at-the-occupy-camps-and-cities-reactions/ -- This is an excellent article and clearly makes the point that we are not alone, and together we are much more powerful. Any single occupy site would be quickly dismissed by the media.
• Occupy Sites in North America -- http://geocommons.com/maps/115575 -- Super cool interactive map. (Some cities are way off though. Santa Rosa, San Ramon, Traverse City are all in the wrong places.)

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

See http://copswiki.org/Occupy/AllOccupySanDiegoAnnouncements to read all previous announcements about

• Where we meet, how to recover confiscated property from the San Diego Police Department, information for people were arrested, etc.

Unless otherwise noted, we meet daily as follows:

• 4 pm -- Finance Committee Meeting, Downtown Johnny Brown's, Mon. thru Friday
  • Each committee should send a representative to this meeting! Budget is currently being defined.
• 5:30 pm -- Committee meetings -- many meet at the "big circle" (the part of the plaza where there's map of San Diego in a big circle) with very few exceptions.
• 7pm -- General Assembly (Civic Center Plaza)

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

• http://copswiki.org/Occupy/OccupySanDiegoCalendar -- Month-at-a-glance format with all planned events shown.
• http://copswiki.org/Occupy/OccupySanDiegoEvents -- list of all events, past and present, listed in the email blast.

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Occupy San Diego County

• Occupy North County
  • Regular Events: Saturdays, Highway 101 & Encinitas Blvd, starting at noon.
  • 12:00 PM - Teach in, orientation and committee meetings
  • 1:00 PM- RALLY
  • 2:00 PM - General Assembly
• Occupy Oceanside
  • Next event: November 14th at 4pm, starting at Oceanside Civic Center. March at 4pm, GA at 5pm.
  • http://www.facebook.com/OccupyOceanside
• Occupy Escondido
  • Organizing & they are talking about occupying soon. They meet twice a week for now, but the days and times change.
  • They want more input on the next meeting on their FB page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Occupy-Escondido/132604733511467
• Occupy Mira Mesa
  • http://www.facebook.com/groups/occupymiramesa/
• Occupy Mission Bay
  • http://www.facebook.com/OccupyMissionBay

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National Coordination

• Occupy Together -- http://www.facebook.com/OccupyTogether
• Interoccupy Group Consensus Proposal -- http://www.occupycafe.org/forum/topics/interoccupy-facilitation-group-proposal-for-inter-group-consensus -- proposes a mechanism for accepting proposals for processing so as to reach global consensus.
• National Occupy Conference Calls: There are weekly conference calls between Occupy sites. We need reps from appropriate committees to join in the conference call. Unfortunately, it is Monday at 7pm, our GA time.
  • Notes from last national Occupy Conference Call -- http://www.copswiki.org/Common/M1198
  • http://bit.ly/vxlckr - Register in advance. Sign up with your name and city.
  • Get added to the National Contact List and register your contact info by writing to:occupycontactlist@gmail.com
  • Questions? Email: movementbuildingNY@gmail.com

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LINKS AND REFERENCES

• links to all the different live streams at occupy sites... http://www.occupystreams.org/
• Education Committee website: http://www.osdedu.com
• Facebook Community Page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Occupy-San-Diego/198003106936678
• Facebook Group Page: http://www.facebook.com/OccupySanDiego
• Facebook group page: http://www.facebook.com/groups/164668860284106/
• http://occupysandiego.org/ -- (OB Rag site.)
• http://occupysandiegoca.wordpress.com/ -- News
• http://occupysd.weebly.com/ -- Backup website
• Summary of our march on Oct 7, by Alternate Focus - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbNT3ZEuaxY
• Live video stream: http://www.livestream.com/occupysandiegolivefeed
• Occupy "Celly" Text Blaster:
  • Sign up and get text messages whenever anyone else on the list sends one, like an email discussion list.
  • To Join just text @occupysd to 23559
  • Description of the service: http://textoccupy.com/about
  • List of all the Occupy sites that are using the service, which they call CELLS: http://textoccupy.com/
  • Web page for our CELL, which is called @occupysd: http://textoccupy.com/occupysd
  • List of the SMS commands the service uses: http://cel.ly/commands
• VARIOUS FLIERS are available at this link (Thank you to Julie A. Kramer) -- http://www.julieannakramer.com/OSD.html

A Story from the Rain Alert

I was emailed the following story from an Occupy supporter on the Email Blast list. When you volunteer, it will enrich your life in ways you do not expect.

I read the Rain Alert and asked Dale if he would be willing to host up to 3 strangers today- yes, he and I both were willing. After several phone calls to Brian, we finally figured out that we had to go down to the Occupy Camp and pick up some folks or they'd never make it to our house . . . so Dale left . . . Brian told him that "some folks are more committed than others to the cause" so he helped Dale choose 3. Dale tells me that a large, perhaps off-his-meds homeless guy really wanted a shower, but that Brian steered Dale towards 3 young adults, and he brought them home.

I had set the table for 3 and laid out towels in preparation for their arrival. When he pulled up, in the rain, they didn't seem to want to come in . . .they carried their worldly goods with them: a very nice skateboard and a plastic storage container with stuff.

Melinda, Alex and Brian (names changed) were shy, dirty and cold. I yelled from the open door, "Welcome! Come on in!! I'm so glad Dale found you!!"- but they came hesistantly. I asked them to leave all wet things inside the front door and to make themselves comfortable.

Alex was quick to jump in the shower- he was quiet and maybe stoned . . . he is a lovely person with excellent manners- later he wanted to wash dishes and laughed when I suggested we do some drumming (we have lots of drums and percussion instruments) instead of watching a football game on TV. He also nodded at the computer- meaning: "I would like to use your computer." I told him that I'm not comfortable with that so I'd ask Dale. Dale quickly said Alex could use his computer, so I was relieved. Soon, he and Melinda, his "sister," were reading email or playing solitaire, or going to Facebook, or who-knows-what.

Brian wasn't hungry, but he requested Hot cocoa, coffee, a toothbrush and $2, if that wasn't too much trouble. He is also a drummer who enjoyed our assortment of drums- I'd hear the various rhythms from time to time . . . and he loves kitties- which we have a surplus of . . . it was his skateboard, but not just any skateboard: the wheels are original something-or-others and he wouldn't even sell 'em.

Melinda is my sweetheart. She was last to shower and first to eat. I was able to talk with her about the Movement. After thinking about my questions she said, "A lot of people aren't there for the political part, there just there to party and hang out." Dale told me that in the car he asked questions, too, and she was the only one he could engage, but she was very vague- saying that she'd heard about the lawsuit but hadn't talked to any lawyer . . .she said her Blackberry was not returned with her other possessions after SDPD took everything. She asked to recharge her friend's cell phone- since it was a lot like mine. Her friend was arrested last night for hitting a punky guy who showed up and insisted on erecting a tent even though they told him tents weren't allowed.

Earlier today, I put a turkey in the oven, never dreaming we'd have company . . . the turkey came out of the oven after everyone was full on chicken soup, lentils, squash and rice. But Melinda said, "Can I have the neck??? I love turkey neck!" Of course, I couldn't resist giving it to her. She walked back out into the living room to Brian and Alex and said, "Look! I've got the turkey neck!" So endearing.

2 hours passed and I was falling in love with these young strangers . . . Brian playing with the kitty, Alex smiling and doing something on Dale's computer and Melinda bubbling happily. And then we had to go.

I was off to the Middle Aged, Middle American Women's contingent . . . in the rain . . . and I've been sick for 2 weeks. Out of the blue, Melinda asked if we could first swing by her Mom's house (not too far from where we live). "Sure." Next thing we knew both she and Alex were taking all their belongings and saying good-bye. They decided to stay at Mom's (in the rain, who could blame them) and use the dryer for their wet blankets. "We'll be back at the camp tonight!!" Melinda added, "Can I give you a hug?" "Of course," I said as I hugged her warmly. "Take care- and I hope I hear from you soon," I added.

Off we sped with Brian, who may have felt out-numbered; left with newly adopted Mom and Dad. "Where do you want to go,

Brian?" I asked. "How about Grape and Albatross." So he led us to the corner where we dropped him off in the rain- in his nylon gym shorts- skateboarding off into rainy downtown. "I'll call you if I'm distressed," he said.

"Good!" I yelled . . . because I'd given each of them our home number and said, "Call us if you need ANYTHING."

What a day. Then, Dale dropped me off at the Middle-Aged, Middle-Class Women's march . . . my favorite sign was "Wall Street: Don't make me use my MOM voice on you!"

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