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Upcoming events this weekend for Occupy Orange County – both Irvine branch and Santa Ana. Participating in all or most of these operations is good for your soul. Especially in the rain!
TONIGHT (Friday) IRVINE: Movie – “Capitalism, A Love Story.”
Friday, November 4 · 8:30pm – 10:30pm
Location – Irvine United Congregational Church
4915 Alton Parkway, Irvine, CA
Plumer Hall
Capitalism: A Love Story examines the impact of corporate dominance on the everyday lives of Americans (and by default, the rest of the world). The film moves from Middle America, to the halls of power in Washington, to the global financial epicenter in Manhattan. With both humor and outrage, the film explores the question: What is the price that America pays for its love of capitalism? Families pay the price with their jobs, their homes and their savings. Moore goes into the homes of ordinary people whose lives have been turned upside down; and he goes looking for explanations in Washington, DC and elsewhere. What he finds are the all-too-familiar symptoms of a love affair gone astray: lies, abuse, betrayal…and 14,000 jobs being lost every day. Capitalism: A Love Story also presents what a more hopeful future could look like. Who are we and why do we behave the way that we do?
This movie is being presented by Occupy Orange County CA as part of their educational outreach.
Thank you to the Irvine United Congregational Church for providing the space to view the movie.
There is no charge to attend this viewing.
Saturday, Irvine: Transfer Your Money Day –
Speeches, March, Music, and Voter Registration Drive!
Saturday Nov. 5, nationwide, is “Transfer Your Money Day,” during which informed American citizens will r
emove their funds from the major banks such as Bank of America, Wells Fargo, Chase and Citibank that accepted bailout money and continue to impose regulations that create hardship for consumers, and transfer them to alternative institutions such as smaller community banks and credit unions.
The Occupy Irvine Village, at the Civic Center Plaza on the corner of Alton and Harvard will mark this day with a rally and a Transfer Your Money March to the local branch of a major bank at 11AM, with speeches and music back at the Village at from 2 to 5 PM.
Featured speakers will include celebrated UCI Middle East Studies Professor Mark LeVine (on current events in Egypt and our solidarity with the people there), UFCW policy analyst Julio Perez, and other experts on the banking system and our current 
financial crisis. Music of all genres, interspersed between the speeches, will be provided by “Rock Doctor” John Hoagland, Vern Nelson, and other special guests.
Being inclusive, the Occupy Movement is “trans-partisan.” In other words, it’s a movement by the people for the people regardless of political affiliation. To that end, Occupy Orange County is embarking on a Voter Registration Drive also beginning Saturday, November 5th. Any person desiring to register to vote is encouraged to stop by the village and fill out their voter’s registration card.
To RSVP for the Transfer Your Money March, please visit:
https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=233879273340590
SANTA ANA, SATURDAY: Occupy Art Walk, and more!
The Santa Ana branch of the Orange County Occupation looks even more exciting this weekend. This Saturday at 1 PM they are holding a rally at the corner of 4th and Main in front of the malefactors Wells Fargo and Bank of America, and leafleting pedestrians in support of Transfer Your Money Day.
At 5 they will all march down to “Occupied Civic Center” – which is by the Veterans’ Memorial at Broadway and Santa Ana, and have Face-Painting and Self-Defense Instruction for children. (!) While preparing for the big Art Walk Action.
At 7:30 PM the big Occupy Art Walk Procession begins – with “silent marching” past all the Dia de los Muertos altars, culminating at the Santora Building and Matt’s studio. [Hey! There’s a piano there, a painted piano from back when the Pacific Symphony did their “OC Can You Play?” thing — so I’ll definitely be playing and we’ll be singing songs there Saturday night. – ed]
Route: Civic Center to Main Street, Main Street to 4th Street, 4th Street to Spurgeon Street Promenade, Stop at altar, 3rd Street to Main Street, Main Street to 2nd Street Promenade, 2nd Street to Art Walk, leaflet & end with sangria at Matt’s studio at approximately 9 PM…
NOTE: Saturday night we all GAIN an hour – another great Occupy victory!
Make sure to turn your clocks back!!
SUNDAY, Santa Ana, 10am to 1 – Save the Sexlinger Orange Orchard!
[Ed – this isn’t connected with Occupy necessarily, but it could be and should be – we should not let the top 1% destroy Orange County’s last remaining intact orange orchard! Hat-tip Heather Pritchard.]
Demonstration Dates
We continue to have demonstrations at the orchard – spreading the word about its possible destruction. Please plan on attending any of our upcoming demonstrations… weather permitting —
Sunday, November 6 from 10 am – 1 pm
Saturday, November 12 from 10 am – 1 pm
Saturday, December 10 from 10 am – 1 pm
Sunday, December 18 from 10 am – 1 pm
The Sexlinger Orange Orchard is located at 1584 East Santa Clara Avenue (between Grand and Tustin)
We are also asking everyone, especially Santa Ana residents, to write letters to our city officials (Santa Ana Planning Commissioners and City Council members) and tell them how you feel about the development project proposed for this last remaining intact orange orchard complex within our city. We will be available to help with letter writing at all demonstrations.
Clarification & Update:
There has been some misinformation about the ownership of the orchard. Martha Sexlinger, the last family member, died in 2006. Her property was left to Farmers and Merchants Bank. It has changed hands several times since her passing and the current owners – Concordia University Irvine and Orange Lutheran High School – purchased this five-acre orange orchard at auction in 2009 when the then owners – Empire Homes – defaulted on their loan.
As many of you who drive by the orchard know, the trees are full of beautiful Valenicia oranges that simply fall to the ground and rot. The Save Our Orchard Coalition and The Harvest Club have made several attempts, (since last June), to contact both schools in an effort to harvest this food and deliver it to those in need within our community. We have mostly been ignored. In the latest attempt, we were denied access to the orchard — “… Concordia’s legal counsel has advised against permitting anyone access to the property, regardless of signed waivers or liability insurance coverage. Sincerely, Kurt Krueger President.” This is a very sad response indeed.
MONDAY NIGHT, SANTA ANA: City Council meeting!
Occupy Santa Ana is trying to get permission from the Santa Ana City Council to camp out permanently at the Veterans’ Memorial like the Irvine protestors do in Irvine. Word is councilwoman Michele Martinez has introduced a motion to that end for Monday night’s meeting; we have not seen it yet, more details to come. Word is also that councilmen Benavides and Sarmiento are already supporting us; we need Tinajero and/or Alvarez on board, they are both known as progressives so they really should. Commissioner Mill, we need your help! And it’s great to see we’ve got both the progressive candidates in the 69th AD backing us – Julio and Michele.
Much more to come soon…
anti capitalist movie with their RICH LEADER . M MOORE . SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD COMMI CONVENTION .
When you criticize capitalism Vern, some think you are attacking their Mom, Dad, Jesus, and their adult diaper American Flag.
I like that part about “transfer money” Remember to write COOK on the envelope and pass it on to me, I don’t mond keeping your 1 percent for myself so you can remain a 99%.
sounds lame compared to most. i wanna get stoned, hook up with an unwashed chick, urinate in public, set some fires, break some windows, and loot. at least until i have to go back to the crib to pick up my welfare check.
Pretty ignorant there, deadwhitemale. I’ve been involved for three weeks, and I’ve seen … let’s see … none of those seven things. Uncheck, uncheck, uncheck, uncheck, uncheck, uncheck, and uncheck.
Sounds like SOMEBODY is stuck in the 60s! I guess you’re trying to be our Dennis Miller now?
Well, I can’t wait to see you and Esq. Encino being evicted with or without the blood. In the end you will accomplish nothing and that I call justice.
I’ve seen one of the listed items from the great one. Only reason I know is that said person showed proper medical ID and I spotted said person the request to deal with their chronic pain. Guess which one on the list it is?
Best $50 exchange I ever made.
Are you in college? Join a fraternity.
double id you would use the american flag as a diaper . move to berkley fit right in with rest of your kind . then again they will be here this weekend coming from oakland .
great one,
You need to hook up with Tardiff old man.
DI can wipe his ass with the flag, and while stupid, rude and sophmoric, thats the point. Freedom means freedom, not just your kind.
As for Capitalism, it really is investment in other business’. Capitalism is not selling carrots, Capitalism is buying the land and renting it tothe guy growing carrots.
I hope the 99%’rs get what they need this weekend. For me, I want to end homelessness, I just don’t want to hold hands with Robert blake in the desert to do so!
But, hey, fight on occupy.
Hmmm. Nice shots Vern.
Oh – photos by Marselle, the Choctaw Sister!
First one, Dew-B Outlaw, Greg Diamond’s daughter Justine, and me. Second one, Raven on violin! Third, the Rock Doctor, me, someone else, and a US flag in distress (hung that way insistently by a mother whose two sons are in Afghanistan, so we didn’t stop her) I think we were singing “America the Beautiful” there.
Everything must end sometimes, so is my participation in this forum.
Enjoy!
“OMG, we killed Stanley! We bastards!”
Good for Julio and Michelle. Where’s Tom Daly on this? (heh heh heh)
Good for the rest of the City Council “yes” votes also. This won’t be easy in Santa Ana, but it will be worthwhile.
YES KEN im sure if you wipe the your ass with the flag its very popular for YOUR KIND . . do that in public i dare you i will come see you in the hospital when the other mob jumps on you . keep on with the hippie fest , have your buddies from oakland come down
Hey idiot, kenlay called “wiping the flag with you ass,” which was YOUR idea, “stupid, rude and sophmoric.” Those are BAD things. Damn you people are dumb.
reading this, it is all coming back to me….spanky and the gang “let’s put on a show…” only now it is vern and the gang putting on art walks and impromptu concerts….the angels killed a man at altamont and mick and the boys pranced around throwing rose petals out of baskets…it is over and, unfortunately, you guys have lost
It’s over? Huh? It’s just starting, dude. Whatever….
I’m disturbed by the idea that the Angels had someone killed at concert in Anaheim Stadium and Mickey Rooney and his friends celebrated before putting on a show. I didn’t totally understand the post, though.
the post, admittedly way too esoteric, was intended to imply that these fantasies end up in either tragedy ( a death at a “free” concert) or in fantasy (“gosh guys,let’s put on a play” or in this case a political movement)
your most recent posts have been about bands and music and organic food (all wonderful things) but beside the point of politics. if, as i believe i said a while ago, you want to create a hippie community, then god love you and when the blasters or los straightjackets show up, i will be there. but do not continue to argue that this is a political movement
Did you catch the voter registration drive thing? (oh, I see Greg already mentioned that, I’ve been offline and pre-Occupied for most of the day.) And Julio Perez gave a very compelling speech this afternoon about specific things that can be done to improve the local economy and people’s chances – didn’t even mention his candidacy, but we know he’s a candidate – let’s see what Michele has to say to us.
So we’re doing fine, Willie, no Altamont yet. If there’s one coming it should be many years away still, we’ve just got started.
I’ve got an idea = why don’t you show up with your constructive suggestions? We let anyone have a turn at the mike. Some of us are Republicans. You can jam with us too (didn’t you say you’re a musician?)
Are you under the impression that that’s all that’s going on there?
Irvine had some great speeches on OWS-related themes last Saturday, a free public screening of Michael Moore’s “Capitalism: A Love Story” last night, is in the middle of a big rally and march today, and has an ongoing voter registration drive. I hope that at least some of that strikes you as “political.”
Ok, I thought the Occupy wasters would end their party in week but because the American government will allow these idiots to rape, shit on, beat up, scream at everyone that does not agree with their insanity, its is now weeks. It’s about time the 80% get in the faces of these idiots and tell them to go fu** themselves. I have seen and heard enough to know that these people are nothing but losers and losers who are really loud and obnoxious.
I really can’t stand dirty hippies! YUCK!
We love you too, Michelle!
Don’t, cause if you Shit on my tax paid cop car, you better have a medical reason!
What kid of peeler, allows a dumb a**** to crap on their unit?
Thats all I am saying!
Yeah, disgusting dirty hippies.
From yesterday in Irvine (pics by Oddcat Choctaw)
Are those working girls?
I hope you’re not sinking to the level of suggesting these idealistic young students are prostitutes, Cook? That’s beneath you.
Or are you asking if they have jobs? I didn’t talk to the three blondes, they’re pretty damn young. Anastasia, on the other hand, who is holding up that cash in the second photo, has a degree in computer science but can only find a job at Taco Bell right now, where she works her ass off.
Well I can see why more people are going to the Irvine location than the Santa Ana one. Nothing wrong with working for Taco Bell.
Hippies started off like the above and ended up as scumbags when they starting hitting the booze, drugs and going to university where seasoned hippies indoctrinated them with liberal bull!
First who does she love? The 20% of liberals that think they are the 99% and is any of them out of high school yet?
Let me give them a word of advise “don’t listen to the seasoned hippies!”.
What I don’t understand is why does anyone think that money should trickle down? If you are able to get to the top, why should you give your money to a couple of blond birds?
They look like, they could maybe go on the Mickey Mouse Club House. Earn your own money girls and don’t expect anyone to give you a hand out thats called socialism and it does not work. Just look at Europe, Greece is imploding under the pressure of people who want the money to trickle down. There are not enough winners to pay for so many losers!
“What I don’t understand is why does anyone think that money should trickle down?”
Yeah, gee, I wonder where they got that impression?
Oh wait…that’s what supply-side Republicans say will happen if you just cut taxes on corporations and the wealthy. Make them more wealthy and it will all “trickle-down” to the rest of us.
Hey Anon,
That’s the problem when you’re a pathological liar like the Republicans are.
You can’t remember all of the lies that you’ve told, and they’re impossible to keep straight.
But, they continue to tell us that if we give them some more tax cuts, they’ll create some more jobs. Yeah, right.
Anon, I think you’re a teacher right? So, you have no idea what would stimulate this economy and you rely on the tax payers being ripped off to pay your over bloated salary and your over bloated pension.
I on the other hand employ people, I have too pay three types of insurance (rip off) Workcomp, Liability, Auto Com insurance, then I have to pay the state and federal taxes for what ever my employees make, other words I have to match their taxes. So much small corporations that are the back bone of this country, would be able to hire more people if we could afford it! I am not a republican because republicans our one in the same with the demorats, just not as stupid.
So when I work my 12 hour or more shift to keep people fed and pay my taxes, do you really think that I have anything left to trickle down? Most of my jobs rely on the rich, and the rich are trickling their hard earned money down to pay for a job well done by me. So NO I don’t understand why anyone should send money to the government so that they can help some loser either pump out children or shoot up!
Too many losers and not enough of the needy and the government is making matters worse by taking for the winners and enabling the losers!
So yes, if you cut taxes, you might lose your over paid public employee job and I might be able to hire a hard worker to feed his family!
democrap the reps are liars hmm what famous dem said this I DID NOT HAVE SEX WITH THAT WOMAN . UHH THAT BABY IS NOT MINE . WHAT A BUNCH OF HYPOCRITS YOU GUYS ARE ..
I hope that your event went off well, without any Occupiers pushing elderly women down stairs and preventing women in wheelchairs from leaving the building. Of course, the same can’t be said of your bretheren in Occupy DC. With the daily reports building of rapes, sexual assaults, assaults, vandalism, destruction of private property, and outright violence by Occupiers across the country, I find it sad that you still stake a claim to the disgraced Occupy name. I know I know, you don’t condone those acts and you say none of them have happened at your little kibbutz, but I have yet to see anyone condemn them from your local movement (though I could be wrong since it’s difficult to separate the wheat from the chaff with the comments on here).
Link me to a credible — repeat, credible — source that Occupiers were pushing elderly women downstairs and I expect to condemn it.
Link me to a source that says that they were preventing women in wheelchairs in particular from leaving the building. (They did link hands without it, but I don’t think that was targeted at disabled women.)
As in the rest of the country, there have been reports of sexual and other assaults in Occupy villages; we’re doing what we can to prevent them.
We are a non-violent movement. All of the destruction in Oakland, so far as I can tell, was done by about 70 people at 2 a.m. who were disguised in black (known as the “black bloc”) whom the Occupiers don’t seem to know and who they condemn. At least a couple have been apparently identified as cops — continuing, if so, a long practice of embedding agents provocateurs into left-wing movements to discredit them.
I’ll give you think links to those last assertions when I see yours.
You keep saying “we” are a non-violent movement and yet daily, there are stories about rapes, violence, vandalism, etc. coming out of “your” movement. Today there is a story about two street vendors in San Diego who initially provided free food to the Occupiers. When they stopped, their carts were vandalized, including someone spattering blood and urine on them. These are “your” people. As for the links, here are several in one story:
http://biggovernment.com/jjmnolte/2011/10/28/occupywallstreet-the-rap-sheet-so-far/
Here is the woman story about the elderly woman being pushed down the stairs and you wanted credible evidence about Occupiers preventing a woman in a wheelchair from leaving – you can hear it from her own mouth (and before you pull the same bs Anonster and anon do, I know it’s from the Blaze but watch the videos and you’ll see):
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/hundreds-of-occupy-d-c-protesters-block-conservatives-from-leaving-summit/
Still no response from the libs on here, and Diamond in particular. Wow, consider me shocked. When presented with actual facts, the silence from the left is always deafening.
What? I’m against pushing elderly women in wheelchairs down stairs, or preventing the old dears from leaving somewhere when they want to. I wasn’t there, didn’t see what happened, but sounds like something I’d be against. Happy?
Vern, you’re the only one on here I do respect from the left at the moment. And while I wasn’t expecting any response from you, Diamond is the one who opened his mouth, asked for proof, and promised proof of his own in return. I should have been more specific, but I’m in a bad mood today.
Hang on, Newbie — I haven’t see this before. It must have scrolled off of the new comments list during the time I was off site. I will read it and get back to you. As you know, the software here doesn’t keep a list of comments that respond to one that you wrote, so I can’t easily keep track; if this happens again, a gentle reminder that you’ve posted will do the trick.
That’s fair Diamond, and I will comply accordingly in the future.
The truth is most of these occupiers are nothing but idiots and brats!
IF that had of been my gran they pushed down the stairs, they would not be standing or chanting! Its hard to chant with the microphone up the a**.
The Occupiers are nothing but a bunch of spoiled UC students, with nothing to do and a bunch of old hippies, with little to do that is worth while to this country! Horrible people really! Mean too!
ITS JUST A FEW BAD APPLES but if this was a tea party rally and something like this happened wich it wont because they are civil. they would be saying LOOK AT WHAT THIS MOVEMENT IS ABOUT .. renember that commi janeane garafalo calling them racist , stretch face pelosi calling them astroturf . until the elections came and the astroturf came back and bit her in ass and kicked her out . THANK GOD .
You libs on here like PPP so much, here’s bad news for the Occupiers:
http://campaign2012.washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/beltway-confidential/ppp-occupy-makes-voters-nostalgic-tea-party#.TsPfmVpQLbs.twitter
But like Freddoso said, it’s not surprising that a movement that has no respect for women, capitalism, private property, hygiene, the law, or common decency would lose favor with the public – you know, the American people that liberals on here continually claim are represented by the Occupy movement.
Oh, and note the delightful little tidbit that the Tea Party is favored by 10 points over the Occupiers in a head to head battle, with independents coming to their senses and flipping on the Occupiers.
Not bad news, but admittedly not good news.
Of course, Tom Jensen of PPP had this to say:
They like the message while being unhappy with the method. It’s good to know; we can adjust accordingly.
I’ll ignore your “no respect for women” paragraph as a kindness.
You’re right, the numerous rapes and sexual assaults reported from within the Occupy camps plus the fact that at least one camp had to get a “women-only” tent that was guarded 24/7 shows complete respect for women. I love how the left paints Republicans as women-haters (primarily because we don’t believe in killing unborn children – by the odds, half of which are female), but ignores they facts when they apply to their party.
Ya know, your “I love how the left…” routine is really getting tired. Until you can show yourself to be anything more than a knee-jerk, nonobjective partisan hack, you really have no room to talk. It’s just that with you, the shoe is on the other foot.
That’s funny, because the facts are always non-partisan. And the facts here show exactly what I’m representing. If you can prove otherwise, post your links. Otherwise, you’re just blowing more smoke and deflecting, which is what the left does when it can’t argue the facts.
Yes, facts are “always” non-partisan. Right.
No, sometimes facts really ARE partisan…and sometimes they aren’t. A seeming contradiction…one of many the conservative mind often has trouble dealing with. Contradictions and two sides to the same coin…nuance…shades of grey…ewwww, yukky.
During the time of the Occupation there have also been a large number of fraternity parties, often held in the same cities.
I will bet that the behavior (including respect for women) seen in the Occupations has been substantially better than that seen in those fraternity parties.
By the way, how is guarding a “women’s only” tent disrespectful?
No Diamond, it’s the shameful and illegal behavior that led to the need for a “women’s only” tent, and the need for it to be guarded, that is disrespectful to women.
Behavior by whom, Mr. Bie? Perhaps by people present, but there’s no reason to conclude that they were involved in the Occupy movement itself as opposed to outside opportunists.
You overlooked my “fraternity party” comparison, by the way.