Kawaiiku
Available here
Crochete Barrettes on Flickr.
Crocheted barrettes by Monte A. Smith
Now available @ Megafauna, 27th and Larimer, Denver, CO.
Monte A. Smith Custom Toys on Flickr.
Available now at Megafauna. 2701 Larimer Street. Denver, CO 80205.
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Occupy Denver 1/8/12 Live video remix of the 12/19/11 raid footage
Occupy Bedford Falls
“Just a minute… just a minute. Now, hold on, Mr. Potter. You’re right when you say my father was no businessman. I know that. Why he ever started this cheap, penny-ante Building and Loan, I’ll never know. But neither you nor anyone else can say anything against his character, because his whole life was… why, in the 25 years since he and his brother, Uncle Billy, started this thing, he never once thought of himself. Isn’t that right, Uncle Billy? He didn’t save enough money to send Harry away to college, let alone me. But he did help a few people get out of your slums, Mr. Potter, and what’s wrong with that? Why… here, you’re all businessmen here. Doesn’t it make them better citizens? Doesn’t it make them better customers? You… you said… what’d you say a minute ago? They had to wait and save their money before they even ought to think of a decent home. Wait? Wait for what? Until their children grow up and leave them? Until they’re so old and broken down that they… Do you know how long it takes a working man to save $5,000? Just remember this, Mr. Potter, that this rabble you’re talking about… they do most of the working and paying and living and dying in this community. Well, is it too much to have them work and pay and live and die in a couple of decent rooms and a bath? Anyway, my father didn’t think so. People were human beings to him. But to you, a warped, frustrated old man, they’re cattle. Well in my book, my father died a much richer man than you’ll ever be!”
George Bailey
Denver Colorado. Monday December 19 - Tuesday December 20, 2011. Denver police evict Occupy Denver from the sidewalks in front of Civic Center and Lincoln parks and destroy a homeless camp associated with Occupy Denver under the watch of newly appointed police Chief Robert White.
Monday December 12, 2011. In solidarity with the west coast port shutdowns, protesters occupy the Walmart Distribution Center in Loveland, CO
Baby Baphomet Amigurumi by Monte A. Smith
Baby Baphomet demands a sacrifice ^.^
Occupy Denver Children’s March.
Denver Colorado. Saturday November 26, 2011. After a morning of drawing pictures, making signs, singing songs and visiting the state capitol, children gather in the Greek amphitheater of Denver’s Civic Center Park to have their voices heard before their peers, parents and community members. The children then led Occupy Denver’s weekly march.
Good job kids! <3
Please help reunite a dear friend of mine with her kitties. A vindictive asshole says he dropped them off at a shelter while she was out of town and will not tell her where. Last seen in Missouri or possibly Arkansas.
Denver Colorado November 23, 2011. On the eve of Thanksgiving, Occupy Denver demonstrators and members of the free kitchen, The Thunderdome, gather outside the Denver Rescue Mission to feed the hungry and protest against Denver Mayor Michael Hancock and Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper who were briefly on site as symbolic hosts of a holiday benefit to feed the homeless.
The presence of Hancock and Hickenlooper was regarded as a hypocritical photo opportunity as they are responsible for shutting down The Thunderdome, which was feeding Denver’s homeless 24/7 before being destroyed by the Denver and state police. Police destroyed the kitchen on five separate occasions, throwing away donated food and supplies.
Their presence was also seen as hypocritical by members of Occupy Denver, a segment of which is homeless, because the group has been the target of police who confiscate their food, tents, sleeping bags and other property and forced them to sleep on the city’s sidewalks, endangering them during Denver’s harsh weather.
Hancock specifically was the target of criticism for his recent support of a citywide proposal to enact a law which would prohibit sleeping in public places. The law is aimed at reducing the number of homeless people on the streets, particularly the 16th Street Mall in the core of Denver’s downtown.
Kudos to the Denver Rescue Mission and all those that serve Denver’s homeless population.
