Just Mine Now

Please read the articles at the following links: Native American Standing Rock Protectors Proven Right as Three Oil Pipeline Spills Pollute US Rivers in Only One Week (imagine that! - my comment) -  http://theindigenouspeople.com/2016/09/20/native-american-standing-rock-protectors-proven-right-as-three-oil-pipeline-spills-pollute-u-s-rivers-in-only-one-week/ On Slate: Neil Young Released a New Protest Song Called "Indian Giver" -  http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2016/09/20/listen_to_indian_givers_a_new_protest_song_from_neil_young_video.html?wpsrc=sh_all_dt_tw_top Company Executives Could Now Be Tried for Land Grabs and Environmental Destruction -  https://www.globalwitness.org/en-gb/press-releases/company-executives-could-now-be-tried-land-grabbing-and-environmental-destruction-historic-move-international-criminal-court-prosecutor/ From Center for Biological Diversity Analysis: Company Behind Dakota Access Pipeline Has Record of Spills, Property Damage - http:...

These links relate to those things I've read today or received today through emails.  NDRC's petition to stop the pipeline -   https://secure.nrdconline.org/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=4079&s_src=TWODAPACTSOC0916TKSC#.V-GSsCmyO5Q.twitter Dave Achambault II making his statement at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva today -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dW0d_WsuL0Y Thank you for listening -  https://vimeo.com/183394751 More will be added as I read them.  

More information in support of No Dakota Access pipeline: From Grist: Inside the camp that's fighting to stop the Dakota Access pipeline -  http://grist.org/justice/inside-the-camp-thats-fighting-to-stop-the-dakota-access-pipeline/ From Earth First: Open Letter to NoDAPL Struggle, from the Zad:  http://earthfirstjournal.org/newswire/2016/09/19/open-letter-to-nodapl-struggle-from-the-zad/ MoveOn Petition to Sen. Barrasso Indian Affairs petition:  http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/sen-barrasso-hold-indian?source=c.em&r_by=16475639 Go Fund Me - to fund a portable media hub on the land: https://www.gofundme.com/IndigenousMediaVan US Army Welcomes Dakota Access Protesters -  http://cleantechnica.com/2016/09/19/us-army-welcomes-dakota-access-protesters-to-stay/

Just a few to share, some at low tide, others not any water. Sunrise ~ Low tide - wetlands Wetlands later ~ More directed ~ Birds of paradise looking in both directions

Anything is worth a try.  The following is a link to a petition to President Obama, asking that he stop this action for good.  The link is here . Here are a couple recent videos about what is going on on the land.  Know that Energy Partners has its workers continuing.  At times it appears that Facebook may be censoring material being posted as well.  Video of epic solidarity action in Vancouver! - https://www.facebook.com/Westcoastwomenwarriors/videos/587134918155230/?hc_ref=PAGES_TIMELINE From Honor the Earth - https://vimeo.com/182875115 (arr ests ) Source - a tweet from Honor the Earth:  https://www.facebook.com/WinonaLaDukeHonorTheEarth/posts/1091080337679081 Update from Dallas Goldtooth -   https://www.facebook.com/dallasgoldtooth/videos/10105711411192993/

North Dakota tribe's request to stop work on pipeline denied   Joint Statement from the Department of Justice, the Department of the Army, and the   Department of the Interior Regarding Standing Rock Sioux Tribe v. U.S. Army Corps    of  Engineers Native women are the protectors, not protesters, on the frontline of the #NoDAPL fight: pic.twitter.com/U0ICFiegRd — Fusion (@Fusion) September 9, 2016             Lawrence O'Donnell Talks About His Visit To Standing Rock Amy Goodman of @democracynow shares her shocking account of #DakotaAccessPipeline protests https://t.co/O1QFb0OXhT #PMJoy — AM Joy w/Joy Reid (@amjoyshow) September 5, 2016 Yes, this is the 21st century and still we have people disrespecting the rights of others.   This has to stop now!

Now that there are no more papers to grade, no more illegible handwriting to decypher, the time has come not to reread books to be taught but to reread those books I want to reread, and read others I've never read before.  It has been said that reading increases a person's lifespan.  Whether that is true or not, still the adventure awaits in different books, hard copies please.  Below is a list that will grow as the years pass by. Plus there will be a mixture of nonfiction, still my favorite genre with some fiction and poetry.  The first is one begun over Winter Break last year but not finished until this summer.   Romantic Outlaws: The Extraordinary Lives of Mary Wollstonecraft and Her Daughter Mary Shelley by Charlotte Gordon - not good to read in spurts then put down because it can be easy to become confused because the chapters alternate between the two Marys though an excellent read otherwise The Round House by Louise Erdrich - love all her books What...