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Submitted by enpen on Sun, 02/24/2008 - 11:20pm.
I am tired of spending my time building up a community resource only to constantly waste my time wading through arguments which negate my work. I am no longer going to do this.
Submitted by enpen on Sun, 02/24/2008 - 11:01pm.
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Submitted by support for olympia on Sun, 02/24/2008 - 8:55pm.
There will be a benefit for Briana Waters on 2/29 in Olympia starting at 7pm
» There will be a benefit for Briana Waters on Friday 2/29 in Olympia at the Eagles Hall! It starts at 7pm in the Eagle's Ballroom. There will be live music, great food and drinks, and a silent auction. The silent Auction closes at 10pm. The music and dancing goes late night! The Bands are Citizen's Band, The Pasties, Magmatone. Later on the bands are: Port of the Sun, The Cause of Thunder, and Doomhawk. The Eagles Hall is located at 804 E 4th Ave. Directions from I-5. Take Port of Olympia exit. Take Plum Street until 4th Ave. Located on the corner of 4th and Plum. Briana Waters is a loving mother who is in trial right now in Tacoma for the politically motivated arson at the Center for Urban Horticulture at University of Washington. This is an important case for Olympia. Come find out why and support your community. More information at: www.olycivlib.org www.supportbriana.org
Submitted by support for olympia on Sun, 02/24/2008 - 8:52pm.
The Defense starts for Briana Waters trial on Monday, February 25, at 9am. Federal Court House, 1717 Pacific Ave, Tacoma, WA.
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Submitted by olympiagal on Sun, 02/24/2008 - 8:19pm.
Mar 7 2008 - 8:00pm Mar 7 2008 - 10:18pm A Night of Resistance and Insurgency Friday March 7th, The Evergreen State College Lecture hall 1 Speaker panel and movie at 6 pm Folk starts at 8 PM with headliner DAVID ROVICS, AND DANNY KELLY WITH MARK ECKERT. Join us for an evening of musical acoustic insurgency with David Rovics, Danny Kelly and Mark Eckert. This will be a benefit for Carlos Arredondo who made national news after hearing that his twenty-year-old son Marine Lance Corporal Alexander Arredondo was killed in Iraq. In his distraughtness after learning of his son’s death, Carlos lit himself on fire, but has since recovered from his wounds and become an anti-war activist and speaker. Carlos is a member of Gold Star Families for Peace along with Cindy Sheehan. An interview with Carlos by Amy Goodman is located here: http://www.democracynow.org/2007/3/13/the_endless_war_memorial_father_of David Rovics has been called the musical voice of the progressive movement in the US. Amy Goodman has called him “the musical version of Democracy Now! He has shared the stage regularly with leading intellectuals (Noam Chomsky, Howard Zinn), activists (Medea Benjamin, Ralph Nader), politicians (Dennis Kucinich, George Galloway), musicians (Billy Bragg, the Indigo Girls), and celebrities (Martin Sheen, Susan Sarandon). He has performed at dozens of massive rallies throughout North America and Europe and at thousands of conferences, college campuses and folk clubs throughout the world. Check out www.Davidrovics.com
Submitted by olympiagal on Sun, 02/24/2008 - 8:18pm.
An evening of musical
ACOUSTIC INSURGENCY
MARCH 7TH, 8 PM
EVEGREEN STATE COLLEGE
LONGHOUSE
0-10$ SLIDING SCALE
BENEFIT FOR CARLOS ARREDONDO.
With David Rovics
and
Danny Kelly with Mark Eckert.
David Rovics has been called the musical voice of the progressive movement in the US. Amy Goodman has called him "the musical version of Democracy Now! He has shared the stage regularly with leading intellectuals (Noam Chomsky, Howard Zinn), activists (Medea Benjamin, Ralph Nader), politicians (Dennis Kucinich, George Galloway), musicians (Billy Bragg, the Indigo Girls), and celebrities (Martin Sheen, Susan Sarandon). He has performed at dozens of massive rallies throughout North America and Europe and at thousands of conferences, college campuses and folk clubs throughout the world. Check out Davidrovics.com
“There will always be resistance…the next battle will always be near”
Danny Kelly is a long time leftist political folk singer currently residing in Olympia. He has shared the Activists stage w/ Patti Smith, Loudon Wainwright III, Tom Tomorrow! in NYC, LA and Seattle...He has been writing songs for the past 25 years and is currently working on a new solo recording with Mark Eckert…Olympia’s best and brightest guitar player on slide…Danny got his start in the critically acclaimed psychedelic band HELIOTROUPE, still going strong 25 years alter. You can find his previous solo effort "....simple songs for children & drunks" at www.antifolk.net
“If you are waiting for someone to save us you just better get to work, Have you had a enough? Stop following the leader cuz its clear he don’t give a fuck.”
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Submitted by Anonymously Larry on Sun, 02/24/2008 - 7:53pm.
It seems that, last Thursday afternoon, I experienced a minor stroke (TIA) while at work. Either that episode or a subsequent TIA has limited the usage of my left hand. I spent the weekend at St. Pete's. Part of my rehab will be typing, but it is very difficult as I don't have sensation in my left hand, thus I miss a lot of keys and have to correct typos. I'll try to communicate and use Olyblog as a therapeutic aid, but my posts will be short. I was just reading Onry's blog on not shutting down posts. I have to support her 100% on this. Knowing right now how difficult it it for me to communicate my thoughts, the need to be brief and to the point could be miscontrued by some as being "vitolic", especially if there is some emotion on what is being said. Please be patient with me as I work my way though this challenge. Most of my cognative thinking is OK, but I do get a bit confused a times and might come out on blog sounding different than what I intend. I'll stay in touch as I can.
Submitted by Rob Richards on Sun, 02/24/2008 - 5:12pm.
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Submitted by Norm on Sun, 02/24/2008 - 4:51pm.
So, I went and ordered a new rear sight for my Flattop AR and had to do a little bit of sighting in and put the rifle though it's paces. The following are pictures of myself and a friend doing this.
Given all of the argumentative topics, and topics about guns that seem....removed, I decided a thread talking about what I've been up to seemed appropriate. Hopefully some will enjoy this.
These are pictures of firearms. Don't look if you are offended by such.......you have been warned.
Paper-target Work
Different angle
My Friend, showing me how it's done
And then presenting some of the finer points of pistol marksmanship
Good times were had by all! Plus the new rear sight worked great. |
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