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Updated: The Uncloaking the Kochs Street Protest is On in Rancho Mirage; Arrests Made; 25 Arrested
The first photo from the Koch Conference Street protest this afternoon.
Will there by violence/arrests – like the LEFT is predicting?Rally will begin at 1:00pm in front of the Koch summit (at the entrance to Rancho Las Palmas Resort in Rancho Mirage). At 2:30pm, 2000 protesters will take an oath “To return our great nation to government of, by and for the people, not government of, bought and paid for by powerful corporate interests.” Then hundreds of protesters in HazMat suits and badges will try to encircle the summit with giant caution tape to “Quarantine the Kochs.” Scores of protesters are considering peaceful civil disobedience.
Update:
The answer is yes on the arrests:
Authorities in California say 25 protesters have been arrested for trespassing outside a strategy session of conservative political donors at a Palm Springs-area resort.
Riverside County Deputy Melissa Nieburger (NEE’-bur-gur) said Sunday that the protesters were being booked at Indio Jail and released.
Hundreds of people participated in the mostly peaceful demonstration that had been arranged with authorities, but some protesters crossed the street to the Rancho Las Palmas Resort.
Deputies in riot gear arrested them without incident when they refused to leave the area.
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links for 2011-01-30
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Jimmy Carter will go down in American history as "the president who lost Iran," which during his term went from being a major strategic ally of the United States to being the revolutionary Islamic Republic. Barack Obama will be remembered as the president who "lost" Turkey, Lebanon and Egypt, and during whose tenure America's alliances in the Middle East crumbled.
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And, Tunisia and Turkey
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The Working Group on Egypt , which includes Michele Dunne, Robert Kagan, Elliott Abrams and Ellen Bork as well Tom Malinowski of Human Rights Watch and Brian Katulis of the Center for American Progress, has put out a statement with some smart advice for Obama to pursue the following goals:
a call for free and fair elections for president and for parliament to be held as soon as possible.
amend the Egyptian Constitution to allow opposition candidates to register to run for the presidency.
immediately lift the state of emergency, release political prisoners, and allow for freedom of media and assembly
allow domestic election monitors to operate throughout the country, without fear of arrest or violence.
immediately invite international monitors to enter the country and monitor the process leading to elections, reporting on the government's compliance with these measures to the international community
publicly declare that Mr. Mubarak will agree not to run for re-election.
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The Bee's editorial praised legislation by Assemblywoman Nancy Skinner aimed at ending the so-called never-ending sales tax holiday granted to out-of-state Internet merchants.
The editorial cites an out-dated Board of Equalization analysis suggesting that the legislation might bring $150 million into state coffers. For perspective, compare this number to the estimated $42.2 billion in sales and use taxes Californians paid last year or the $25.4 billion deficit the state is currently facing.
One small problem: California isn't likely to see any of those $150 million. Instead Skinner's bill would cost jobs, hurt government revenue and drag taxpayers into costly litigation.
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Absolutely true.
The Amazon tax would contribute little to California's economy except grief.
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Updated: The Uncloaking the Kochs Street Protest is On in Rancho Mirage; Arrests Made
The first photo from the Koch Conference Street protest this afternoon.
Will there by violence/arrests – like the LEFT is predicting?Rally will begin at 1:00pm in front of the Koch summit (at the entrance to Rancho Las Palmas Resort in Rancho Mirage). At 2:30pm, 2000 protesters will take an oath “To return our great nation to government of, by and for the people, not government of, bought and paid for by powerful corporate interests.” Then hundreds of protesters in HazMat suits and badges will try to encircle the summit with giant caution tape to “Quarantine the Kochs.” Scores of protesters are considering peaceful civil disobedience.
Update:
The answer is yes on the arrests:
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The Uncloaking the Kochs Street Protest is On in Rancho Mirage
The first photo from the Koch Conference Street protest this afternoon.
Will there by violence/arrests – like the LEFT is predicting?Rally will begin at 1:00pm in front of the Koch summit (at the entrance to Rancho Las Palmas Resort in Rancho Mirage). At 2:30pm, 2000 protesters will take an oath “To return our great nation to government of, by and for the people, not government of, bought and paid for by powerful corporate interests.” Then hundreds of protesters in HazMat suits and badges will try to encircle the summit with giant caution tape to “Quarantine the Kochs.” Scores of protesters are considering peaceful civil disobedience.
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Day By Day January 30, 2011 – Jimmeh II
Day By Day by Chris MuirThe idea of losing Egypt to Islamic Fundamentalist leaders much like President Jimmy Carter lost Iran is much discussed the past few days. Egypt is at a FLASHPOINT.Egyptian air force fighter planes buzzed low over Cairo, helicopters hovered above and extra troop trucks appeared in a central square where protesters were demanding an end to President Hosni Mubarak’s rule.
State television said that a curfew has been imposed in the capital and the military urged the protesters to go home.
But the thousands of protesters in Tahrir Square choosed to stay on Sunday.
The show of defiance came as Egypt entered another turbulent day following a night of deadly unrest, when looters roamed the streets in the absence of police.
Opposition groups in the country have called for national unity, and Mohamed Elbaradei, a leading opposition figure, has arrived at Tahrir Square to join the protests.
The National Coalition for Change, which groups several opposition movements including the Muslim Brotherhood, appointed ElBaradei with negotiating with Mubarak’s government.
The Obama Administration appears to be indecisive as to who to support – the protesters in the street or the 3 decades old strong man dictator, Hosni Mubarak.
The Obama administration struggled to maintain a careful balance on its response to the crisis in Egypt on Sunday, which continued to spiral out of control as armed gangs broke hundreds of militants out of Egyptian jails and the U.S. Embassy warned citizens to consider leaving the country as soon as possible.
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton made the rounds on all five Sunday shows, advocating that the people’s voice be heard while taking care not to call for a departure of President Hosni Mubarak.
The steps Mubarak has taken to address his people’s grievances against the government haven’t been enough, Clinton said on “Fox News Sunday.”
“I don’t think anyone is satisfied, least of all the Egyptian people,” Clinton said.
But when asked on CNN’s “State of the Union” whether the U.S. was taking the side of government or the protesters, Clinton stressed that the U.S. had been “on the side of the people” as it had been for more than 30 years of cooperation with Cairo while advocating greater democratic and civil rights.
“We’re not advocating any specific outcome,” she said.
She said that the U.S. is trying to “keep on the message we’ve been on, convey it publicly and privately, and stand ready to help.”
In other words, the State Department under Obama and Hillary Clinton does not know what to do. Looks like when the call came in at 3 AM, they both have failed to answer.
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