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By ilyanajw

The following is a diary from resa on Daily Kos, about the demonstrations going on in St. Paul during the Republican Convention. It’s pretty astounding. There have been over 175 people arrested including 30+ journalists. One of those is Amy Goodman from Democracy Now! Read on:

Breaking: This is What Democracy Looks Like!
by resa [Subscribe]
Wed Sep 03, 2008 at 06:20:55 AM PDT

I know that this diary may not get much attention but I couldn’t live with myself if I didn’t make the effort to remind people that this situation is still taking place. If I got you to look, I am pretty sure that I can speak for many people sitting in prison right now, “Thank you". Some of them have been suffering from untreated 1st degree burns resulting from the use of pepper spray.

Update: Please check out this great diary by doctorscience!

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Worth every minute and then some.. I enjoyed William McDonough’s intelligence, vision, and humor. I believe you will too. He is addressing real design solutions that is more then than just recycling.
The video above is 1/2 of the actual talk. The entire 20 minute talk can be viewed by clicking on the title of this post.

I still have a choked feeling , and tears of fear for our future after watching the following film. Scientists, concerned with the amount of plastic in our oceans, trawled sections of the Pacific in various places, to quantify what there. What they found will wake you up. The big plastic pieces are ugly and create environmental problems as is. But it’s when the plastic breaks down to the size of plankton, that they enter the food chain. What these scientists found will hopefully inspire you to use nonpetroleum biodegradable plastics and take reusable cloth bags shopping:

Below is a Green Peace interactive video map from
Love your planet.

showing how the currents flow in Pacific:
Click here for Green Peace video.