Chinese Struggling Less Than Americans to Afford Basics

Really interesting discovery available directly through the Gallup Polls, themselves - I believe it's safe to consider Gallup a somewhat dependable news source, that, if anything, I thought had a tendency to lean a bit right... Well, here's a story that has been a long time in coming and could significantly alter one's worldview (if one were open to such things in the first place...)

Head on over to Gallup and read more on how [The] Chinese [are] Struggling Less Than Americans to Afford Basics

Poster: 51 Ways to Spark a Commons Revolution

From the fine folks over at "YES! Magazine" we get this article - a poster, really - showing 51 ways to spark a "commons" revolution.

For those not familiar with the term, here is a Wikipedia article about a (the!) classic essay dealing with the topic, entitled "Tragedy of the Commons"

As for the rest of you? Head on over to:
Poster: 51 Ways to Spark a Commons Revolution @ YES! Magazine

A Report from the Frontlines: The Long Road to #OccupyWallStreet and the Origins of the 99% Movement

Been watching & waiting before discussing this, but I need to address the issue at *some* point - might as well be now! I'm still planning on getting to *one* of the "occupied zones" - be it NYC, Boston, Providence, Hartford, or even my old hometown of New Haven...

Meanwhile...

Given the delay in posting this, why don't we start with a summary of how things led to "Occupy Wall Street" and the "Occupy Together" "Occupations" around the country, Canada, (ex: Toronto, Vancouver) and other nations around the world!

Here's an article from http://ampedstatus.org that should do the job nicely: A Report from the Frontlines: The Long Road to #OccupyWallStreet and the Origins of the 99% Movement @ AmpedStatus