Open Thread – Constitution vs. Cops
At Occupy Oakland, a U.S. Navy sailor holds up a copy of the Constitution to the advancing Oakland PD, who are about to clear the park. [photo by Pancho Pescador]
Dispatches from the Congo – A Journey of Love (Part 10)
By Erin Pohland Hi, everyone!Today was a much better day. First, I’m not longer sick. Second, Andrew slept in until 7:30. And third, I spent exactly ZERO hours in a waiting room today. Shocking, I know. I was pretty upset yesterday. I’m not scared being here, or even worried — I’m just frustrated at the slow pace of bureaucracy and how things work in the Congo. I just don’t understand how it’s so hard for people to just do their jobs — especially the ones whose salaries are paid with my tax dollars (yes, I’m becoming THAT person. By the…
Open Thread – Brian Occupies the Desert?
Brian the moose and a small group of humans including Mudflatter BeeJay occupied the Arizona desert! Just a photo of Brian helping to occupy the desert here. It’s 88 degrees currently, 13% humidity, and not a cloud to be seen. Our group may be small, we may be on the edge of nowhere, but Brian does not complain about the heat, no sir! He and I know what’s right and what’s wrong. BeeJay [Send your Occupy pics, with or without Brian to akmuckraker(at)yahoo(dot)com]
Dispatches from the Congo – A Journey of Love (Part 9)
By Erin Pohland Hello from Kinshasa, or should I say Hell’s Waiting Room…. Seriously, it seems like all I do here is wait. Wait at the hospital, wait for the power, wait for my laundry (it took 4 days for 2 baby blankets and a sleeper), and wait at the Embassy. Poor Andrew is going to think that his new life is a waiting room. He’s had a lot of firsts in waiting rooms!! Today should have been easy. I got a call around 8 am that the Embassy needed a copy of my passport. Why they needed it is…
Open Thread – Occupy from Bellingham to the Bering Sea!
Hooray for the hale and hardy Occupiers in Unalaska who set out to occupy the Bering Sea! We note with a smile the awesome yellow boots on the ground. And this great shot came from Mudflatter Tele, an Alaskan out of state, currently occupying Bellingham, Washington. Definitely take a minute to check out her awesome blog Hooked, about her life as a “tree hugging, yoga posing, vegetarian feminist in Alaska’s commercial fisheries.” It’s a treat! You can read it HERE. We’ll have more great shots from Occupy Fairbanks and Occupy Anchorage tomorrow! [Send your occupation photos to akmuckraker(at)yahoo(dot)com]
Open Thread – The Twins Occupy!
I got this great photo from Mudflatter PH, in the Valley! The Twins Occupy Casa Grande The twins turned 86 in April. I know them as Mom and Aunt Lena. With assistance from my brother, they made a whole bunch of signs and set out to show solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street movement, and to protest the fact that the Senate failed to pass the Jobs Bill. They happily waved signs for hours in this town 40 miles south of Phoenix, despite the 95 degree weather. They reported a lot of enthusiastic honks and waves especially after 5:00pm…
Open Thread – Spotted in Spenard
Afternoon. Spenard. SOMEthing dancing down the sidewalk. Drive-by Blackberry photo. The Tlingit Indians of Southeastern Alaska called it “Kushtaka.” The Den’aina Indians of South central named it “Nant’ina.” The Eskimos of southwest Alaska call it “Urayuli” or “Hairy man.” I call it “The Dancing Mystery Beast of Spenard.”
Open Thread – Frost II
As promised, here are the shots I took on the return leg of my frosty hike the other morning. All mornings since have followed suit, with temperatures well below freezing, and a beautiful but fleeting display of frost when the sun rises. What I thought was just a clump of frost turned out to be flowers! It was hard to tell where one ended and the other began, because the petals were almost shaped like ice crystals. The flowers were palest lavender and frozen stiff with a coating of white. This is frozen horsetail…
Open Thread – Occupy the Tundra
Thanks to Mudflatter Alex (an adopted Alaskan) for passing on this great pic via Twitter @coldfootfilms. OK, rural or solitary readers… time to send me your “Occupy” pics for future threads! Email me at akmuckraker(at)yahoo.com
Open Thread – Love is in the Air…
Well, it seems that moose are not the only ones feeling a little amorous lately… I ran into Mudflatter BlueinAK at the Occupy Anchorage rally the other day. We both happen to have the same awesome camera (Canon 1ds) and we often just check in with each other to confirm that we are both ridiculously in love with it. This time we also noticed that not only were we working with the same camera body, but we also happened to have the very same 24-70mm lens! It must have been the rarity of this encounter, but I do believe…