Fwd: November High School Today Now Available!

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Date: Nov 16, 2016 1:57 PM
Subject: November High School Today Now Available!
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Entrepreneurs benefit society

Think about how entrepreneurs benefit society and the many challenges they face.

Free Market Economics: Uber, Airbnb, & Feastly vs Government Regulation (video) Chris Koopman of the Mercatus Center explains the tensions between entrepreneurs in the sharing economy and government regulations.

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Why Enterprise Is an Honorable Calling(blog) Professor Richard Ebeling’s take on the moral virtue of entrepreneurship.

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Let’s tax the iPhone to save BlackBerry(blog) Chris Koopman asks why we should protect taxis, but not the BlackBerry.

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Running a Food Truck Shouldn’t be this Hard (video from the Institute for Justice) Discover just how hard it is to navigate the regulations for running a food truck in this video from the Institute for Justice.

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Another google calendar is the one at CLOH.org.

Fwd: Post-race analysis

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From: John Hemington

One thing which has been clear to many Americans for some time now is that the "liberal" New Democrat" establishment has been out of step with many if not most of the nation's voters.  In past years this elitist group has been able to cobble together sufficient support from various parts of the old New Deal coalition to achieve a sufficient level of support in elections to convince themselves that they were in fact a true representative of the will of the nation, even though they had lost Congress and most of the governors races in recent years.  This year has been different.  This year it has become clear that the Democratic Party, as currently structured, no longer represents much more than an elitist establishment ruling class, comprised mainly of financial, media, corporate, military-industrial, academic and technology elites, combined with pockets of minority voters who seem to be voting more out of habit than conviction.

This election has exposed the Democratic Party as fundamentally shallow and hollow shell of what it once was, casting a smokescreen of so called "lesser evil" options as a reason for the American voter to stay loyal.  So now the question is can this mirage of political concern for the "average voter" survive the dismal results from this election – an election which, as we now know, saw the Democratic National Committee elite actively, in violation of its own rules, conspire against a quasi-populist run by Bernie Sanders.  A Party which saw an ongoing massive defection of historically Democratic voting Middle American White working class voters quicken its trend to voting Republican and elect a most implausible candidate in Donald Trump running an overtly populist campaign.  What is clear from all of this is that a significant majority of Americans have lost all faith in the political establishment as represented by both main political parties.

Given all of this people are asking where does the blame for this lie.  What happened to change the Democratic Party from the post-Depression "Party of the People" into the Party of the establishment elite?  Attached are two articles which attempt to address this.  I encourage you to read both of them as they take somewhat different angles on this issue.  As one of the articles points out in this election cycle the DNC Democrats did not even deign to support the needs of "working people", instead spoke of helping the "Middle Class" voter which does not really in their minds relate to those earning less than fifty or sixty thousand dollars annually.  It was left to the Sanders folks to address this cohort of voters – and they did this quite well.  Unfortunately, as mentioned, Sanders was driven from the race by slimy DNC tactics leading to the coronation of HRC. 

Perhaps the bigger question which folks must grapple with is whether the Democratic Party is worth saving at all, or should people be working to replace it on the political stage?  Only time will tell, but the elites and their media cohorts are operating in near panic mode in an effort to reconsolidate their power and control of the Party.  If any real and meaningful change is to happen within that Party structure it will have to happen soon.

John

 Links to articles:

• Blame Everybody
• Smug Style
• Other suggested readings in the suite of clips from John H.

Fwd: You're Invited to the 19th Annual Summit Against Racism

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Date: Nov 11, 2016 12:08 PM
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SAVE THE DATE The date for the 19th annual Summit Against Racism will be Saturday, January 21, 2017.  We will return to the Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, 616 North Highland Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15206.   The Summit will be held snow or shine!   Pre-Register for the Summit here! Visit SummitAgainstRacism.org for more info. To join the Planning Committee e-mail: summitagainstracism@gmail.com We look forward to having you join us in 2017!   Submit a Workshop for the 19th Summit Against Racism   The Summit Planning Committee invites your vision, expertise, and imagination! Please consider hosting a presentation, panel, dialogue, or workshop. This year's theme is: Polarization to Cooperation:  HOW Do We Get There? We welcome workshops on any topic that help answer this question.  Based on past feedback from previous Summit workshops we are seeking workshops that particularly address these topics: Police Brutality Equitable Community Design Immigration Politics Health Inequities Deadline to submit is Thursday, December 1, 2016. Please buy an Ad in our Program Book!           The monies we receive from program book advertisements are the primary funding source for the Jonny Gammage Scholarships.  Last year we gave out 600 program books.  These Scholarships are awarded to law students of color who win our essay contest.  In 2015 we were able, in partnership with NEED, to offer three $2,500 scholarships to assist three students on their journey to becoming attorneys working for justice.  Submit Your Ad Online!   THANK YOU!! Copyright © 2016 Summit Against Racism, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you attended the Summit Against Racism either this year or years prior. We are just getting our contact list together so if you don't wish to be on this list please find the unsubscribe button at the bottom of this email. This intends to be a relatively low volume email list with announcements about local organizing around police brutality and the annual summit against racism. Our mailing address is: Summit Against Racism P. O. Box 4783 Pittsburgh, PA 15206 Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list

Fwd: NEW SAT NOV 19, NORTHSIDE ELKS, SLIM FORSYTHE'S GREATEST HITS CD RELEASE!!

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Date: Nov 11, 2016 8:01 AM
Subject: NEW SAT NOV 19, NORTHSIDE ELKS, SLIM FORSYTHE'S GREATEST HITS CD RELEASE!!
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Dear Friends!  This will truly be one of the greatest nights of my life and I hope you can join us for the fun!  

Saturday, November 19th  

Doors: 6:30 pm   Music: 7:00 PM

NORTHSIDE ELKS

Allegheny Elks Lodge #339, 400 Cedar Ave, Pittsburgh, PA  15212

Slim Forsythe's Greatest Hits CD Release Party PLUS

The Concert for Episodes 2 and 3 (Wow!  That's a mouthful!)

Slim Forsythe & the Parklane Drifters

Candy Mountain, Tricky Mannion, Read Connolly

HANK WILLIAMS TRIBUTE SHOW at 7:00 PM

The Beagle Brothers

Molly Alphabet & her Country Band!  

See attached handbill for more deets and check out this link to purchase tickets in advance!  Thanks!   https://www.facebook.com/events/198105927293628/

May the Good Lord hold you in the palm of His hand till we meet again on that long, lost highway...

Slim 

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Fwd: Reality

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From: "John Hemington" <jehemington@verizon.net>
Date: Nov 9, 2016 8:54 PM
Subject: Reality
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"The indifference of the Democratic Party to the suffering of ordinary Americans and their willingness to spend more time fighting off the threat of Bernie Sanders than fighting neoliberalism and the crypto-fascism of Donald Trump has demonstrated their uselessness.  In contrast to this, and reflecting similar dynamics throughout history that come in response to periods of crisis, the dog whistling of Trump to the white working class is the oldest trick in the book, the death rattle of an empire in decline and a failed society in the process of tearing itself apart."

 

Ben Debney, CounterPunch

 

 

 

 

John