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Chase, Wells Fargo drop debit fees, BofA to adjust, a great win for Occupiers

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This is a great win! Occupiers be proud, feel accomplished. Celebrate and keep it up, fight the Good Fight. The banks have already reported loss and at the same time, Credit unions and community banks nationwide are reporting huge spikes in new accounts as consumers seek no-fee options:

General Assembly & Facilitation Guide to GA Process (plus hand signals in a video from Day One)

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The first time I attended General Assembly I was dumbfounded. See Video below. I had no idea what was going on. The weird little hand signals, and people shushing others if they were talking during the meeting.  Some are not fond of the GA process because it really does take a few times attending until you really get it. I believe they will come to appreciate it once they actually "get it".

"Credit Cards" by David Zasloff, just a little comedy during the struggle...enjoy.

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CREDIT CARDS

 

                                                                                                              © 1999 David Zasloff

Credit cards. I figured out how they work. Dig this.

 

Let's say you buy something on your credit card and you spend $300.00.

So now you owe the bank $300.00.

But when you think about it, this $300.00 is money nobody ever had.

You never had the money.

Where Have All The Flower Children Gone?

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I'm on my way to pick up my traveling bard of a son

who had jumped into a rental van full of nouveau hippies

that had thoughtfully mused to prefer being called

pirates and gypsies from "New" Texas

each with guitar and ukulele

and voices like the angels that attend

to Tom Waits Woodie Guthrie and Sam Cooke


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