Posts tagged help
Occupy Denver to protest Georgetown evistion
Oct 25th
She has fought them in court, but is now facing eviction and has requested that Occupy Denver stand with her at her home in hope of persuading the police to do the right thing and allow her some more time to continue her legal efforts. She has asked the bank for 30 days during which time she can find another living situation, but the bank has denied her requests. Members of Occupy Denver are answering her call for help and are occupying her home with her as of Wednesday night. To help us succeed in keeping Sahara in her home of 24 years, we ask that you get involved in this home occupation taking place at 170 Peaceful Valley Lane, Idaho Springs, CO, 80452. To get there, drive west on I70 and take exit 240. Go left at the stop sign on highway 103. After 9.5 miles, there will be two mailboxes on the right marking Peaceful Valley Lane, marked also by a green sign with this street name. Drive 300 yards up this dirt road, then take the right hand turn at the fork in the road, and her house is on the right side of a circular driveway.
for info contact Chris at 720-291-4267 or email outreach@occupydenver.org
St. Augustine police arrest robber and accomplice
Oct 23rd
Information was also given out about a w/m running southbound from the Sunoco Station at 2199 N. Ponce Blvd. Officers Tim Bryan and Daniel Lui gave foot chase to this suspect, later identified as Eric Rene Tirado 09-16-1977 of 2391 US 1 South Lot 11.
Officer Michal Ochkie responded to the Sunoco Station and started an investigation, gathering statements from the victim and eye witnesses to the robbery.
Officer Kettman and Officer John Niederriter secured two subjects that were in the Nissan after stopping it near the County Library on San Carlos Avenue.
Eye witnesses and the victim identified the three as the ones that were at the Sunoco Station.
The owner/ victim of the store said that he had asked Tirado to step outside the store so he could talk with him. Tirado is a frequent visitor to the Sunoco South store. While outside an argument ensued and Tirado reached into the owners pocket taking an unknown amount of cash. An eyewitness to this episode came over to the owner to help him as Tirado dove through the car window in an attempt to escape. The driver of the car, Richard William Palmer, 1-1-1989 of 5860 Datil Pepper Road started striking the owner and victim. Also, a passenger in the car was Lauren Elizabeth Parker 10-12-1987 of 4905 Moultrie Reserve Court, she was released without charges.
Eric Tirado has been charged with Robbery, Richard Palmer has been charged with Battery.
Source: St. Augustine Police Department
“Argo” Is Funny and Serious
Oct 20th
Hotshots, October 17, 2012
“Funny and Serious”
“Hotshots” looks at a movie!
Argo is an excellent film based on a true story you might never have heard about concerning the 1979 takeover of the U.S. Embassy for 444 days by Iranian militants.
It is also a very funny film that pokes fun at the filmmaking business in Hollywood, which together makes it a sure-fire candidate to be recognized at the 2013 Academy Awards.
As a matter of fact, the film was a surprise hit at the 2012 Telluride Film Festival, where director Ben Affleck told a screening audience that he tried to make a film that was one part action thriller, one part comedy, and one part inspired by a 1970s film like the 1976 All the President’s Men.
He succeeded, and he should be very proud of the results.
What the world didn’t know at the time was that when the American Embassy was taken over in November 1979, six men and women managed to escape and hide out in the Canadian Embassy.
Affleck also stars as Tony Mendez, a CIA “exfiltration” specialist, and he comes up with a risky and dangerous plan to get the six Americans out of Iran without the militants knowing about it.
Once Tony’s plan is approved, his boss, played by Bryan Cranston, tells him, “The whole world is watching you; they just don’t know it.”
What Tony proposed was that he pretend to be a Canadian filmmaker, get into Iran with all the necessary documents for himself and the six Americans, and then convince the Iranian authorities that all seven of them were a Canadian film crew who were in Iran scouting for locations for a science-fiction movie they were making, using a script for an actual movie in turnaround called Argo.
However, in order to do that, Hollywood has to be convinced that the story is real, as well, and Tony gets the help of a producer played by Alan Arkin and a makeup artist played by John Goodman.
The title of the ARGO movie is used in a very funny and profane way, and you won’t be able to hear the word again without smiling or laughing.
When Tony tells the six Americans what he wants them to do, they aren’t completely cooperative, and the tension keeps building and building until the very end.
Argo is very funny and serious.
I’m Dan Culberson and this is “Hotshots.”
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