Occupy Wall Street Fail
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But is was good that we supported al Qaeda and that Libya now has Sharia law and polygamy.
The power of ONE protester....
That guy has more balls than a canal horse.
The power of ONE protester....
That guy has more balls than a canal horse.
But is was good that we supported al Qaeda and that Libya now has Sharia law and polygamy.
The power of ONE protester....
That guy has more balls than a canal horse.
I remember this. It was absolutley amazing and inspiring.
All we need now is 20 million or so Canadians to be inspired enough to make a stand against our corporate controlled governent!
Or have the publicly traded corporations been taken under the wing of the Corporation of Canada?
How much of "the market" do Canadians own in investments made by the Corp of Canada and all it's funds, trusts, loans, and holdings?
How much of "the market" do Canadians own in investments made by the Corp of Canada and all it's funds, trusts, loans, and holdings?
Rachel Corrie tried the 'balls' thing too.
Back to our friends in the park though:
The end is near.
Occupy Toronto - live streaming video powered by Livestream
Also looks like their batteries for livestreaming are a fail, so here's a CTV link:
http://toronto.ctv.ca/?video=573203%3Fvideo%3D573203%3Fvideo%3D573203
Occupy protests cost nation's cities at least $13M
NEW YORK (AP) — During the first two months of the nationwide Occupy protests, the movement that is demanding more out of the wealthiest Americans cost local taxpayers at least $13 million in police overtime and other municipal services, according to a survey by The Associated Press.
The heaviest financial burden has fallen upon law enforcement agencies tasked with monitoring marches and evicting protesters from outdoor camps. And the steepest costs by far piled up in New York City and Oakland, Calif., where police clashed with protesters on several occasions.
The AP gathered figures from government agencies in 18 cities with active protests and focused on costs through Nov. 15, the day protesters were evicted from New York City's Zuccotti Park, where the protests began Sept. 17 before spreading nationwide. The survey did not attempt to tally the price of all protests but provides a glimpse of costs to cities large and small.
Broken down city by city, the numbers are more or less in line with the cost of policing major public events and emergencies. In Los Angeles, for example, the Michael Jackson memorial concert cost the city $1.4 million. And Atlanta spent several million dollars after a major snow and ice storm this year.
But the price of the protests is rising by the day — along with taxpayer ire in some places.
more
Occupy protests cost nation's cities at least $13M - Yahoo! News
Back to our friends in the park though:
The end is near.
Occupy Toronto - live streaming video powered by Livestream
Also looks like their batteries for livestreaming are a fail, so here's a CTV link:
http://toronto.ctv.ca/?video=573203%3Fvideo%3D573203%3Fvideo%3D573203
Occupy protests cost nation's cities at least $13M
NEW YORK (AP) — During the first two months of the nationwide Occupy protests, the movement that is demanding more out of the wealthiest Americans cost local taxpayers at least $13 million in police overtime and other municipal services, according to a survey by The Associated Press.
The heaviest financial burden has fallen upon law enforcement agencies tasked with monitoring marches and evicting protesters from outdoor camps. And the steepest costs by far piled up in New York City and Oakland, Calif., where police clashed with protesters on several occasions.
The AP gathered figures from government agencies in 18 cities with active protests and focused on costs through Nov. 15, the day protesters were evicted from New York City's Zuccotti Park, where the protests began Sept. 17 before spreading nationwide. The survey did not attempt to tally the price of all protests but provides a glimpse of costs to cities large and small.
Broken down city by city, the numbers are more or less in line with the cost of policing major public events and emergencies. In Los Angeles, for example, the Michael Jackson memorial concert cost the city $1.4 million. And Atlanta spent several million dollars after a major snow and ice storm this year.
But the price of the protests is rising by the day — along with taxpayer ire in some places.
more
Occupy protests cost nation's cities at least $13M - Yahoo! News
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» ‘Crowdsource’ This: Emails Expose #OccupyWallStreet Conspiracy to ‘Destabalize’ Global Markets, Governments - Big Government
In keeping with the new media notion of crowdsourcing–enthusiastically embraced by the mainstream media when trawling through Sarah Palin’s emails–Big Government will be providing readers later today with links to a document drop consisting of thousands of emails.
The email archive, created by a private cyber security researcher, appears to contain messages shared by the left’s anarcho-socialist activists during the strategic and daily tactical planning of the “Occupy Wall Street” and broader “Occupy” campaign this fall.
Big Government received a tip about the existence of the archive, and we were able to contact the individual who compiled and posted it. He will describe the archive, and how he obtained the emails, later this morning exclusively on Big Government.
Through “crowdsourcing,” the media and the public will then be able to discover the truth behind the “Occupy” movement.
The archive includes emails, for example, from radical anarchist organizer Lisa Fithian, who was profiled earlier this week at Big Government, and who is one of the leading organizers behind the Occupy movement.
In one email, dated October 1, Fithian applauds the launch of “occupations” throughout the country. She also highlights an ACORN-style illegal home occupation in California, linking to a television news story that reveals the involvement of the Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment (ACCE), which is apparently the reconstituted version of ACORN in California.
more and download link:
» ‘Crowdsource’ This: Emails Expose #OccupyWallStreet Conspiracy to ‘Destabalize’ Global Markets, Governments - Big Government
OWS-Mailing-List_CSV.zip
Added bonus...updated OWS Rap Sheet totals:
http://biggovernment.com/jjmnolte/2011/10/28/occupywallstreet-the-rap-sheet-so-far/
In keeping with the new media notion of crowdsourcing–enthusiastically embraced by the mainstream media when trawling through Sarah Palin’s emails–Big Government will be providing readers later today with links to a document drop consisting of thousands of emails.
The email archive, created by a private cyber security researcher, appears to contain messages shared by the left’s anarcho-socialist activists during the strategic and daily tactical planning of the “Occupy Wall Street” and broader “Occupy” campaign this fall.
Big Government received a tip about the existence of the archive, and we were able to contact the individual who compiled and posted it. He will describe the archive, and how he obtained the emails, later this morning exclusively on Big Government.
Through “crowdsourcing,” the media and the public will then be able to discover the truth behind the “Occupy” movement.
The archive includes emails, for example, from radical anarchist organizer Lisa Fithian, who was profiled earlier this week at Big Government, and who is one of the leading organizers behind the Occupy movement.
In one email, dated October 1, Fithian applauds the launch of “occupations” throughout the country. She also highlights an ACORN-style illegal home occupation in California, linking to a television news story that reveals the involvement of the Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment (ACCE), which is apparently the reconstituted version of ACORN in California.
more and download link:
» ‘Crowdsource’ This: Emails Expose #OccupyWallStreet Conspiracy to ‘Destabalize’ Global Markets, Governments - Big Government
OWS-Mailing-List_CSV.zip
Added bonus...updated OWS Rap Sheet totals:
http://biggovernment.com/jjmnolte/2011/10/28/occupywallstreet-the-rap-sheet-so-far/
I'm sure taxpayers wouldn't mind paying it since they have gladly paid over a trillion in corporate welfare and this sum represents only a tiny fragment of that amount. But some critics said George Soros is behind the movement - therefore, if they can prove this is true, why not send him the bill?
'Occupy'-Inspired Campaign Urges Boycott of Black Friday
Occupy Wall Street-inspired protesters are eyeing a new target -- Target. And dozens of other companies.
A campaign under the name "Occupy Black Friday" is trying to enlist supporters to boycott just about every major retailer, and quite a few mid-sized ones, the day after Thanksgiving. The protesters are casting a wide net, urging people to demonstrate against the top 100 publicly traded retail stores -- a list that includes everything from Wal-Mart to Target to Dick's Sporting Goods to Dollar Tree.
"The idea is simple, hit the corporations that corrupt and control American politics where it hurts, their profits," the group's Facebook page reads, describing Black Friday as the "one day where the mega-corporations blatantly dictate our actions."
But retailers, who are monitoring the mini-movement, warn that a blanket boycott could end up hurting local communities.
"Retailers, regardless of their size, are an important part of the community, and they employ friends and neighbors of that community across the country," said Joseph LaRocca, a senior adviser to the National Retail Federation specializing in loss prevention. He said retailers have security plans in place and will "work through" any protests and disruptions that occur this weekend.
"At this point, we're not sure" what kind of impact it will have, he said. "Retailers, they prepare for lots of contingencies every day and certainly on Black Friday." Some retailers have earned the ire of customers and workers for planning to open at midnight after Thanksgiving. But the Occupy-inspired protest does not appear to be based on any particular policy of the targeted stores other than the fact that their profits are substantial enough to place them in the top 100 list.
The planned boycott comes as unemployment hovers at 9 percent and the economy crawls out of recession. On Tuesday, the Commerce Department revised its third-quarter estimates to show the economy grew at just a 2 percent rate between July and September, instead of the 2.5 percent rate initially estimated.
Retail sales have been on the rise lately, and companies are hoping Black Friday will be the jolt the industry needs. According to a study conducted for the National Retail Federation, as many as 152 million people are planning to hit the stores this weekend -- up from 138 million people who said as much last year.
A post on the Occupy Black Friday website claims the campaign is not an attempt to punish "small businesses or hardworking people."
"We must make a distinction between the businesses that are in the pockets of Wall Street and the businesses that serve our local communities," the site said. According to the folks at Occupy Black Friday, these offenders include Whole Foods, Trader Joe's, Burlington Coat Factory and GameStop.
The group is urging people to take their pick -- either "occupy" the stores, or boycott them.
"Any holiday shopping we do this day will be at independent shops to support local economies and the 99% as a whole!" the group's Facebook page says. LaRocca cautioned that boycotts of major retailers could also hit local economies.
Occupy Wall Street-inspired protesters are eyeing a new target -- Target. And dozens of other companies.
A campaign under the name "Occupy Black Friday" is trying to enlist supporters to boycott just about every major retailer, and quite a few mid-sized ones, the day after Thanksgiving. The protesters are casting a wide net, urging people to demonstrate against the top 100 publicly traded retail stores -- a list that includes everything from Wal-Mart to Target to Dick's Sporting Goods to Dollar Tree.
"The idea is simple, hit the corporations that corrupt and control American politics where it hurts, their profits," the group's Facebook page reads, describing Black Friday as the "one day where the mega-corporations blatantly dictate our actions."
But retailers, who are monitoring the mini-movement, warn that a blanket boycott could end up hurting local communities.
"Retailers, regardless of their size, are an important part of the community, and they employ friends and neighbors of that community across the country," said Joseph LaRocca, a senior adviser to the National Retail Federation specializing in loss prevention. He said retailers have security plans in place and will "work through" any protests and disruptions that occur this weekend.
"At this point, we're not sure" what kind of impact it will have, he said. "Retailers, they prepare for lots of contingencies every day and certainly on Black Friday." Some retailers have earned the ire of customers and workers for planning to open at midnight after Thanksgiving. But the Occupy-inspired protest does not appear to be based on any particular policy of the targeted stores other than the fact that their profits are substantial enough to place them in the top 100 list.
The planned boycott comes as unemployment hovers at 9 percent and the economy crawls out of recession. On Tuesday, the Commerce Department revised its third-quarter estimates to show the economy grew at just a 2 percent rate between July and September, instead of the 2.5 percent rate initially estimated.
Retail sales have been on the rise lately, and companies are hoping Black Friday will be the jolt the industry needs. According to a study conducted for the National Retail Federation, as many as 152 million people are planning to hit the stores this weekend -- up from 138 million people who said as much last year.
A post on the Occupy Black Friday website claims the campaign is not an attempt to punish "small businesses or hardworking people."
"We must make a distinction between the businesses that are in the pockets of Wall Street and the businesses that serve our local communities," the site said. According to the folks at Occupy Black Friday, these offenders include Whole Foods, Trader Joe's, Burlington Coat Factory and GameStop.
The group is urging people to take their pick -- either "occupy" the stores, or boycott them.
"Any holiday shopping we do this day will be at independent shops to support local economies and the 99% as a whole!" the group's Facebook page says. LaRocca cautioned that boycotts of major retailers could also hit local economies.
The govt has spent 14 million bucks on trying to remove peoples rights to freedom of speech and freedom of assembly. There has been no violence except when initiated by the corporate owned armed thugs. If the govt and corps are so scared of peaceful protestors maybe Wall st execs could all chip in some of their govt funded bonus money to foot the bill.
To make your rhetoric more believable you should have specified Jack booted armed thugs.....
Ahhhh, but so many of them would rather be wearing their pink Italian loafers...
Rhetoric eh? Is that your new word for the truth?
They had a tank at Superbowl.
I can see this at a Chelsea vs Millwall soccer match but at the superbowl? How absurd!
No one has the right to occupy public property permanently or semi permanently. Why should my grandkids be deprived of a visit to the park because someone with an axe to grind thinks they should occupy it for six months? (I heard they were preparing to spend the winter)
I don't think they would stop you taking your grandkids to the park. Heck the little nippers might even learn some things about our corrupt govt and how corporatism controls it while you're there. Call it a fun learning experience. Bonus is you would have extra people to play soccer with.
Yeah JLM.
Why, your grand children may even enjoy frolicking about in an area rife with human waste, heroin, crack and meth. In fact, the little tykes may probably have the opportunity to learn first-hand about rape as they stand a chance of seeing it happen in real-time, real-life.
Please JLM, for the sake of the kids, don't deny your grand children this glorious opportunity.