Dear nancy, Good Morning!
Check out part one of the local holiday events, I will put the next bunch in next week's newsletter. Think about volunteering and help out with the nursing home and soupmobile project!
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Thanks,
Nancy Cunningham
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2011 World AIDS Day Events - "GETTING TO ZERO!" | 
Cathedral of Hope of the United Church of Christ and the Interfaith Peace Chapel is hosting a community-wide World AIDS Day Commemoration on Thursday, December 1, 2011. The theme for this year's World AIDS Day is "Getting to Zero: Zero New HIV Infections, Zero Discrimination and Zero AIDS Related Deaths." AIDS MEMORIAL QUILT DISPLAY Twenty panels from The Names Project AIDS Memorial Quilt will be on display at the Interfaith Peace Chapel from 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. GET TESTED! Free and anonymous HIV/Syphilis Testing will be offered from 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. provided by UT Southwestern Medical Center. RECEPTION by F.A.C.E. F.A.C. E - Faith Acceptance Caring Educating, an HIV/AIDS support group at Cathedral of Hope UCC will be hosting a reception at 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Organizations and resource groups from across our community are invited to participate with information tables at the reception. WORSHIP SERVICE OF HOPE & REMEMBRANCE At 7 p.m., we will have our annual worship service of Hope and remembrance in the sanctuary at Cathedral of Hope. Rev. Rachel Ciupek-Reed will preach and the Turtle Creek Chorale will perform in tribute to those who are living with and/or those who have lost their battle with HIV/AIDS For more information please contact Brian Parman, Director Interfaith Peace Chapel, at bparman@cathedralofhope.com or call 214-351-1901. Cathedral of Hope /5910 Cedar Springs Road at Inwood /Dallas, Texas 75235 map: http://tinyurl.com/5lba4o /800-501-HOPE info@cathedralofhope.com /http://www.cathedralofhope.com/ |
Democracy Now | 
How does the Occupy Wall Street movement move from "the outrage phase" to the "hope phase," and imagine a new economic model? In a Democracy Now! special broadcast, we bring you excerpts from a recent event that examined this question and much more. "Occupy Everywhere: On the New Politics and Possibilities of the Movement Against Corporate Power," a panel discussion hosted by The Nation magazine and The New School in New York City, features Oscar-winning filmmaker and author Michael Moore; Naomi Klein, best-selling author of the "Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism"; Rinku Sen of the Applied Research Center and publisher of ColorLines; Occupy Wall Street organizer Patrick Bruner; and veteran journalist William Greider, author of "Come Home, America: The Rise and Fall (and Redeeming Promise) of Our Country." Watch/Listen/Read American "vulture" investors, including a top funder of the Republican Party, have demanded that African nations pay over half a billion dollars for old debts - for which the investors paid only a few million. One New York vulture speculator, Peter Grossman of FG Capital Management, is demanding $100 million from the Democratic Republic of Congo. Greg Palast reports from the Congo, Bosnia and New York in the joint investigation by the BBC, the Guardian and Democracy Now! Watch/Listen/Read While the United States, Britain and Canada are planning to announce a coordinated set of sanctions against Iran's oil and petrochemical industry today, longtime investigative journalist Seymour Hersh questions the growing consensus on Iran's alleged nuclear weapons program. International pressure has been mounting on Iran since the U.N. International Atomic Energy Agency revealed in a report the "possible military dimensions" to Iran's nuclear activities, citing "credible" evidence that "indicates that Iran has carried out activities relevant to the development of a nuclear explosive device." In his latest article for The New Yorker blog, titled "Iran and the IAEA," Hersh argues the recent report is a "political document," not a scientific study. Watch/Listen/Read |
Holiday Parties ! | 
I'll post most of the local parties in next week's newsletter but these happens this week ! Holiday Party-North Dallas Texas Democratic Women Food, Friendship, Toys for North Dallas Shared Ministries AND our First Silent Auction Saturday, December 3, 2011 - 6 pm Bob Franklin & Lenna Webb's Home /17201 Hidden Glen Dr, Dallas, 75248 All members, spouses and/or partners, Democratic friends, plus all elected officials and candidates are invited to come celebrate the season.NDTDW will furnish both ham and smoked turkey, as well as all liquid refreshments.Members, guests and friends are asked to bring a dish based upon the following schedule:If you LAST NAME begins with the following letter, bring the item indicated. A-F = Dessert G-L = Salad /M-R = Vegetable or Starch Side Dish /S-Z = Appetizer We must know in advance a head count so we can provide enough food and drink for everyone, so your RSVP is critical. CLICK HERE to RSVP or Call Lenna Webb at (972) 732-7712 Dallas County East Democrats - Holiday Party It will be held on Saturday December 3rd 7-10:PM. The location will announced during our meeting this evening. As we have done these past few years, we will be adopting a needy family from the Mesquite Social Services. For this family we'll be collecting toys, clothes, Gift cards, etc. Shannon will have the details about the family to share with all of you. Here |
Shop Blue and help the Texas Democrats ! | 
We've partnered with nearly 1,000 retailers to allow us to receive a small percentage of our supporters' purchases. Unique to the Texas Democratic Party, the money we receive neither increases the cost of your purchase nor competes with any other political group. With the TDP's safe and secure toolbar, you will have the option of giving 1% to 8.5% of your purchase to the Party every time you shop online. Click here to learn more. As you prepare for the holidays and celebrate the season of giving, join retailers like Amazon, Hotwire, Target, and many others in giving back to your Texas Democratic Party. We thank you for all your past support and hope you will consider adding the toolbar as you shop this holiday season. As always, your contributions will go towards building a stronger Democratic Party to return responsible Democratic leadership to our state in 2012. Every dollar we receive supports Texas Democrats and provides candidates and activists with state-of-the-art tools, resources, and assistance from a professional staff. Together we're laying the foundation to take back Texas and your help is critical. We hope you will join us in utilizing this simple, unique fundraising tool. Shop Blue and support Texas Democrats. Click here to get started. Then, please spread the word to your friends and family this holiday season, and help us turn Texas blue! http://www.txdemocrats.org/shopblue/ |
North Texas Progressive Book Suggestion-Three Must-Read Books on Protest Suggested by Barabara Ehrenreich | 
When police raided Zuccotti Park in New York last week, they hauled off the 5,000 books from the Occupy Wall Street People's Library. About 1,000 have since been discovered in a Manhattan sanitation garage, but the others may be compost by now. Among them: Herman Melville's "Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall-Street" (1853), Jonathan Lethem's "The Ecstasy of Influence" (2011) and four copies of my son Ben Ehrenreich's new novel, "Ether" (2011), which I know was there because I took them to Zuccotti Park myself in mid-October. New York City's assault on innocent books is arousing widespread revulsion. Stating that "people who would ransack and trash a library or a book collection put themselves on the moral level of book-burner," Common Cause is demanding that Mayor Michael Bloomberg's administration replace all the stolen and ruined books - in duplicate. There's also been some talk at the Freedom Plaza encampment in D.C. about re-creating the Occupy Wall Street library out of books donated from people around the country, and possibly making it mobile.
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North Texas Democrats : Notes and News |  Denton County Democrats
Call for Precinct Chairs The DCDP is calling for precinct chairs to organize Democratic voters in all county precincts for the 2012 election and beyond. If you are interested in becoming a precinct chair, please contact us by reply email, or call us at 940-566-1165. The two year term for precinct chairs who file for the 2012 Democratic primary begins June 11, 2012. Names of precinct chair applicants will not appear on the primary ballot unless there is a contested race. Click here for the filing form application. The precinct number can be the precinct in which you currently live. It does not have to be the new precinct number as they are currently subject to change. The application must be notarized and delivered to our office no latter than 6:00 p.m. on December 15, 2011. First Day to file for the 2012 election ballot Monday, November 28, 9:00 a.m - 5:00 p.m. here Southwest Democrats of Tarrant County Meeting Monday, November 28, 6:30 p.m. 6:30 PM to 8 PM Olive Garden South Hulen & I20 Tejano Democrats Monthly Meeting Wednesday, November 30, 6:00 p.m. Benito's Restaurant /1450 W. Magnolia Ave. /Fort Worth, TX RSVP to the event via Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/tejanodemsnorthtx#!/event.php?eid=274099622608066 |
| Empire Building -The Koch brothers have bankrolled a broad attack on progressive government programs from Texas Observer | 
Their grandfather's history in Texas helps explain why. Charles and David Koch are the most powerful right-wing billionaires of our time. They have spent hundreds of millions bankrolling a broad attack against Social Security, organized labor, financial regulations, environmental protection and public education. The brothers plan to spend at least $200 million trying to elect right-wing, anti-government Republicans in 2012, according to Politico. They seem hell-bent on dragging America back to the dark days of unregulated capitalism. The history of their grandfather in Texas may help explain why. Little has been written about Harry Koch. He's the least-known member of the Koch family, which has been marching under the same laissez-faire banner for the past three generations. Harry Koch emigrated to America in 1888, settled in a North Texas railroad town and became a newspaper publisher and aggressive corporate booster. He advocated for railroad and banking interests, amassing wealth and helping big business fight organized labor and squelch reforms
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Ways you can help and share... | 
Help make bologna and cheese sandwiches for Soupmobile Saturday, December 3, 2011 11:00 AM / 3025 Main (eXcuses eXtreme Cafe) /3025 Main Street Dallas, TX 75226 RSVP here The location is 3025 Main aka eXcuses eXtreme Cafe in Deep Ellum. We will need bread, bologna, cheese, plastic gloves, and ziplock sandwich bags. When you volunteer please designate what you will be bringing. A cash donation is also an option. We take inventory of all the food before we start making sandwiches and a trip to the grocery is made to buy what ever supplies we are in need of. This is what you can expect on Saturday: People start arriving at 11:00. We get the tables set up and there is a short talk to all of the volunteers on the proper and safe ways for making sandwiches for the homeless We typically are done making the sandwiches between 12:30-1:00. The SoupMobile is a non-profit 501c charity, feeding, clothing and housing the homeless in the Dallas area. We are seeking donations in the way of bread or gift cards for food to help in this endeavor. Again, thank you so much for your generosity. David Timothy, a.k.a. The SoupMan Help make Red Bags gift bags for women in nursing homes Red -the Color of Love, Courage and Good Luck Bag-something to carry something in Red Bags- carry love, courage, and good luck to Our Sisters living in Nursing Homes remembering, honoring and serving Red Bags since 1994 Hundreds of participants (individuals, groups, organizations, Scouts have collected, donated, and delivered thousands of gifts to women living in nursing home, in hospice, or those housebound. These are not only mothers, grandmothers, sisters, and daughters, they are also our GrandMothers: those who paved the way for us, made us who we are. Collect Teddy Bears, soft cuddlies, light blankets, shawls, throws, scarves, warm clothes, gowns, sweatshirts, sweaters, light jackets, oversize clothes, mugs, puzzle books, large print books, small personal radios with ear phones, writing materials, kleenex, soaps, lotions, mugs, costume jewelry, Mardi Gras beads. Whatever you have that you don't need, nursing home residents do need.Think of what you might need if you were isolated or in a nursing home, just imagine. Place in Red Bags Deliver to Nursing Homes or to Collection Points For participants, collection points, types of gifts, and additional information call 214.319.6696 Or click on this link http://www.wordsofwomen.org/site/pages/redbag.php Everyone doing a little so no one has to do a lot. Red Bags Completing the Circle a 501c3 nonprofit providing resources, support, community and encouragement for women since 1994 WCA Working for women, Executive Director Women's Communities Association 214.319.6696 /chris318@aol.com |
Sponsor a wild place and shop through Sierra Club | 
The holiday season is just around the corner, give the gift that gives back this year. Sponsor a Wild Place today!
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Just in time for the holidays, we have two NEW wild places: Rocky Mountain National Park and Badlands National Park. Along with special new wild places, we have also added new plush animals and puppets like a sea turtle and brown bat. You can sponsor these or any of our 12 wild places for as little as $25.
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| President as Piñata By Nicholas Kristof NYTimes | 
A YEAR before President Obama faces re-election, take a look at what has happened to other Western leaders confronting voters in this economic vortex. Spain's Socialist government was defeated in a crushing landslide vote a week ago, leaving the party with its fewest members of Parliament since democratic elections were introduced in 1977. That's the pattern for incumbents from Ireland to Finland, Portugal to Denmark: Spain's was the eighth government to topple in Europe in two years. In this economic crisis, Obama will face the same headwinds. That should provide a bracing warning to grumbling Democrats: If you don't like the way things are going right now, just wait. read on | |
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Top 25 Rick Perry jokes of the presidential campaign | 
NOT THE BRIGHTEST BULB IN THE ROOM "It turns out that Texas Gov. Rick Perry got a D in Principles of Economics. So he can't be president, but he can get a job on President Obama's economic team." -- Jay Leno, NBC "Rick Perry said America's revolutionary war was fought in the 16th century. When told it was actually the 18th century, Perry apologized and said, 'I never said I was a geology major.'" - Conan O'Brien, TBS "In a new videotape message, Texas Gov. Rick Perry urges his supporters to follow him on 'Tweeter.' After hearing about it, John McCain laughed and said, "What an idiot! It's 'The Tweeter."" -- Conan O'Brien, TBS read on
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Fran Lebowitz explains our world: It's "a truly revolutionary era" Majority Report with Sam Seder | Fran Lebowitz explains our world: It's "a truly revolutionary era" This is genius, wall-to-wall brilliant observations. And since Fran Lebowitz is both a humorist and a mighty fine writer, it's also a blast to listen to. Give yourself a treat and listen as Fran Lebowitz explains this modern world. This is from Sam Seder's 12-hour marathon show on Majority.fm. (If you liked this, the show could use some love. Here's how you can help.)
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Texas Progressive Time Show | 
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TEXAS PROGRESSIVE TIME! A roundtable on the current issues we face. Find our what the people really think! Watch all during the week. Channel 25 on Charter Cable and Channel 39 on Verizon. Today @ 3PM and 8:30 PM; Wednesday @ 8:30 PM; Thursday @ 6:30 PM; Saturday @ 11 AM; and Sunday @ 2 PM.
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Checking Influence helps you become an informed consumer and citizen. | 
Checking Influence is a new tool from the Sunlight Foundation that you can use to find out how companies you do business with every day are wielding political influence through lobbying and campaign contributions. Checking Influence helps you be an informed consumer and citizen. Just add Checking Influence to your bookmarklet bar and then go to any web page that has bank transactions (wherever you do online banking, like your banking site, credit card site, or Mint.com). Then, just click on the Checking Influence bookmarklet in your toolbar. Checking Influence will find the company names in your list of banking transactions and show you the "influence data" for the corporations it can identify - including political campaign contributions and what lobbying the corporation conducted.
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Records for 4.9 million Texas military clinic and hospital patients stolen |  Records for 4.9 million Texas military clinic and hospital patients stolen News release: "The loss of computer tapes by Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) may have placed TRICARE patient data at risk. There is no evidence that any of the data has actually been accessed by a third party, and analysis shows the chance any data was actually compromised is low, but proactive measures are being taken to ensure that potentially affected patients are kept informed and protected. SAIC is a contractor for the TRICARE Management Activity. On September 14, TMA learned that an SAIC employee reported that on September 12 computer tapes containing personally identifiable and protected health information (PII/PHI) of 4.9 million military clinic and hospital patients in Texas, or those patients who had laboratory exams sent to the military hospitals in Texas, were stolen. The data contained on the tapes may include names, Social Security numbers, addresses and phone numbers, and some personal health data such as clinical notes, laboratory tests and prescriptions. There is no financial data, such as credit card or bank account information, on the backup tapes." Call Center Information for TRICARE Users here
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