October 2011
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“It was the afternoon of Thursday October 13, 2011. The protestors were facing...”
– 3quarksdaily: Permit Me To Protest
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“This is a global trend of a not so slow and steady move of diminishing public...”
– 3quarksdaily: Permit Me To Protest
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“The reaction by the law enforcement agencies to the protests have proven that...”
– 3quarksdaily: Permit Me To Protest
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“How did a cop who is supposed to have training on his weapon system accidentally...”
– Marine Says Oakland Used Crowd Control Methods That Are Prohibited In War Zones (via turkeyjaws)
“Apple recently published a patent with the United States Patent & Trademark...”
– Tech-Savvy Occupy Protesters Use Cellphone Video, Social Networking To Publicize Police Abuse
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“The amazing thing about these videos is that as soon as the police start to use...”
– Tech-Savvy Occupy Protesters Use Cellphone Video, Social Networking To Publicize Police Abuse
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“At the Occupy Wall Street protests and their progeny across the country,...”
– Tech-Savvy Occupy Protesters Use Cellphone Video, Social Networking To Publicize Police Abuse
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“So our government is not only no longer encouraging fiscal conservatism, it is...”
– Another Weapon for OWS: Pull Your Money Out of BofA | Matt Taibbi | Rolling Stone
“Once you recognize that the majority of fertilized eggs don’t become people,...”
– Push for ‘Personhood’ Amendments Is New Tack in Abortion Fight (via Running Chicken)
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“1) Pick a color to represent your movement and wear it daily in public places...”
– Sefat: Top 10 ways OWS can Succeed: Counsel from Iran’s Green Movement | Informed Comment
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The Huffington Post points out that retired U.S.... →
inothernews:
So Oakland’s cops did what sniper’s bullets, improvised explosive devices and rocket-propelled grenades couldn’t: they hurt a U.S. soldier.
Good job, Oakland PD.
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“We thought Bush was the worst thing Texas ever gave to America. But if Rick...”
– Rick Perry: The Best Little Whore In Texas | Politics News | Rolling Stone
“Watching Perry addressing the crowd, several questions naturally came to mind....”
– Rick Perry: The Best Little Whore In Texas | Politics News | Rolling Stone
“To recap: Rick Perry sold the right to tax Texas highway drivers to Spanish...”
– Rick Perry: The Best Little Whore In Texas | Politics News | Rolling Stone
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occupywallstreet:
On January 29, 2011, Hillary Clinton told Hosni Mubarak: “We urge the Egyptian authorities not to prevent peaceful protests.”
On October 25, 2011, Oakland Police told peaceful protesters: “I hereby declare this to be an unlawful assembly. If you refuse to go now, chemical agents will be used.”
“We received a request from a local law enforcement agency to remove YouTube...”
– United States – Google Transparency Report (via midwestmountainmama)
Good.
(via youarenotyou)
Just in case you thought the law was on your side.
(via sexandjender)
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“The politicians in Washington DC are paid for by corporate America. They’re just...”
– Michael Moore to Piers Morgan on why he doesn’t place any blame for the financial crisis on Washington. (via kileyrae)
Study Finds Every Style Of Parenting Produces... →
mattpayton:
Truth.
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“The point being: we have a massive police force in America that outside of lower...”
– OWS’s Beef: Wall Street Isn’t Winning It’s Cheating | Matt Taibbi | Rolling Stone
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“One thing we can still be proud of is that America hasn’t yet managed to...”
– OWS’s Beef: Wall Street Isn’t Winning It’s Cheating | Matt Taibbi | Rolling Stone
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“Time after time, when big banks screw up and make irresponsible bets that blow...”
– OWS’s Beef: Wall Street Isn’t Winning It’s Cheating | Matt Taibbi | Rolling Stone
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“Success is the national religion, and almost everyone is a believer. Americans...”
– OWS’s Beef: Wall Street Isn’t Winning It’s Cheating | Matt Taibbi | Rolling Stone
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Sneaky Obama: Late Friday, Approves BP to drill in... →
realcleverscience:
Very sneaky. Pass it late at night, and distract everyone the next day with news about the troops in Iraq.
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“I think Brooks thinks – and people like Brooks think – that somebody who bought...”
– “Desperation and Wild Inspired Hope”: Todd Gitlin on Why the Occupy Movement is Different From All Other Social Movements, How Initial Media Coverage Was Like a Pre-Programmed Computer Algorithm, and How Not to Judge the Movement’s Success
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“The fact that social movements are standard features of a modern society has not...”
– “Desperation and Wild Inspired Hope”: Todd Gitlin on Why the Occupy Movement is Different From All Other Social Movements, How Initial Media Coverage Was Like a Pre-Programmed Computer Algorithm, and How Not to Judge the Movement’s Success
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“In the Occupy movement, the frustration is palpable, but we have this immense...”
– “Desperation and Wild Inspired Hope”: Todd Gitlin on Why the Occupy Movement is Different From All Other Social Movements, How Initial Media Coverage Was Like a Pre-Programmed Computer Algorithm, and How Not to Judge the Movement’s Success
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“To use an obvious analogy, imagine that I ran my classes in a way comparable to...”
– Talking Philosophy | 53% & Life is Not Fair
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Random Acts of Chaos: The $1 Trillion Student Loan... →
liberalsarecool:
How an Entire Generation Was Tricked into Taking on Crushing Debt That Just Enriches Banks
Young people accepted a home mortgage worth of debt before they ever even had a regular income based on phony promises.
USA Today says that at some point this year, student loan…
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One More SEC/Citigroup Sweetheart Deal - Five... →
theamericanbear:
This article is a bummer. I’ve extracted some of the main sources of agitation:
The SEC announced yesterday that Citigroup agreed to pay $285 million to settle charges that it misled (synonyms for that word include deceived; lied to; tricked and defrauded) investors in a mortgage securities deal, telling them it was a good investment when it knew otherwise and was secretly...
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“If anyone thought OWS has already done its job, and Washington has gotten the...”
– Occupy Wall Street: Washington Still Doesn’t Get It | Matt Taibbi | Rolling Stone
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“Bank of America is shifting a huge collection of Merrill Lynch derivatives...”
– Occupy Wall Street: Washington Still Doesn’t Get It | Matt Taibbi | Rolling Stone
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“Critics of Occupy Wall Street have a transparent objective: They want to...”
– What Occupy Wall Street’s critics are really trying to accomplish (via ryking)
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“But the fight for Ted Kennedy’s old Senate seat is expected to redefine brutal....”
– The Woman Who Knew Too Much | Politics | Vanity Fair
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“In short, there is no remorse, let alone a sense of obligation, because bank...”
– The Woman Who Knew Too Much | Politics | Vanity Fair
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“At a time of record corporate profits, a time when 14 million Americans are out...”
– The Woman Who Knew Too Much | Politics | Vanity Fair
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“How often do we tell our own life story? How often do we adjust, embellish, make...”
– Man Booker Prize: Julian Barnes - quotes on literature - Telegraph
Julian Barnes, The Sense of an Ending
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“Books say: She did this because. Life says: She did this. Books are where things...”
– Man Booker Prize: Julian Barnes - quotes on literature - Telegraph
Julian Barnes, Flaubert’s Parrot
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“Carol Costello said on CNN on October 7, 2011, that you need one charismatic...”
– The search for a message / Waging Nonviolence - People-Powered News and Analysis
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“As I see it, the issue for OWS is not “one demand,” as many have urged, but to...”
– The search for a message / Waging Nonviolence - People-Powered News and Analysis
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“As the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) phenomenon grows, it has been expressing many...”
– The search for a message / Waging Nonviolence - People-Powered News and Analysis
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