November 2011
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Almost Two Years of US GDP were Secretly Extended... →
gonzodave:
Nov. 28 (Bloomberg) — The Federal Reserve and the big banks fought for more than two years to keep details of the largest bailout in U.S. history a secret. Now, the rest of the world can see what it was missing.
The Fed didn’t tell anyone which banks were in trouble so deep they required emergency loans of a combined $1.2 trillion on Dec. 5, 2008, their single neediest day....
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Ten Ways the Occupy Movement Changes Everything →
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Occupy protests cost nation’s cities at least $13M →
steamthings:
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
No. This is wrong. During the first two months of a valid people’s protest, municipal governments have chosen...
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Occupy Best Buy
brighttypewriter:
I’m watching the news from San Antonio, where people have been camped out at a Best Buy for a week. Happy Thanksgiving, America.
Oh snap! Are they getting arrested and maced in the face?
Oh right.
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Tamara Scott, Michele Bachmann's Iowa Campaign... →
stfuconservatives:
In a new video, brought to our attention by RightWingWatch.org, Scott, who also serves as the director of Iowa’s Concern Women for America chapter, speaks with Bob Vander Plaats, the head of The Family Leader.
The two worry that polyamory and “objective sexualism” will run rampant if gay marriage becomes legal (or, in the case of Iowa, remains legal).
Video at link.
To...
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I feel like if I were to go into an assembly, any...
hurpaderp:
And I yelled mic check, I’d get at least a few people to join in.
Yup. Welcome to actual cultural impact.
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Perhaps you are one of the people who believes that Occupy has been fomented by some big corporation or powerful union as a secret plot to… what was it again? get Obama re-elected? legalize gay marriage and force underage girls to get abortions while hookers sell them crack?
Yeah, no… this is called a social revolution and it’s as real as gravity- I mean- Jesus Tugs.
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UC Davis Evicts Police →
phroyd:
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NEWS & ARTS
Police Evicted from Occupy UC Davis after Pepper Spraying Peaceful Protesters
posted by GOLDY on SAT, NOV 19, 2011 at 9:13 AM
If you haven’t seen this video yet from yesterday’s police action at Occupy UC Davis, you have to watch it, and watch it through…
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“But when a saga popular with pre-adolescent girls peaks romantically on a night...”
– NPR’s Linda Holmes reviews Twilight Breaking Dawn, Pt. 1 (via diandrabird)
Totally agree with this. Meyer doesn’t actually depict the sex scene itself, and can you imagine if she had? “Edward’s hands on my throat almost choked out my breath,” “his grip on my wrists almost made me cry as I looked...
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aggression asked: While you're enlisted theyll pay up to 250 a semester hour. No GI bill required. No limits. You can go up to your bachelors for free.He's talking about tuition assistance, not the GI bill.
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Spoiler Alert:
tyranny always falls.
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I love it when other people help me evolve!
Tell you what, Antique Beast, you called me on my shit and I’m going to own it. What I should have said was simply: the fact that people are scared to go OWS because their boss might see them and FIRE THEM- is the very reason OWS exists. Thank you to everyone who is there, from everyone who can’t be.
Antique Beast: feminally: If you can’t go to... →
antique-beast:
feminally:
If you can’t go to Occupy because you’re afraid your boss might see you and you’ll lose your job… you might need to ask yourself where the FUCK you live and how much longer you’re going to sit around being ok with your status as scared little cog.
Seriously? Some people have…
Yeah, ok. Fair enough. (See next post)
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Dear Angry Old People,
It is no longer necessary for you to continue claiming that OWS is unorganized, not unified, and lacking direction; as we have decided to go ahead and start the revolution without you. Feel free to stop by sometime and check out how communities function in a healthy way. Or you can stay in your nursing homes- oops, I mean state and federal government buildings- and enjoy the creamed shit....
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Maybe the 99% would be better off if they tried...
Right. 99% of people need to just try harder.
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bohemian musings: URGENT: to the 72% of NYC... →
peaceful-wanderer:
We are gathering at 3PM today at subway stations across the five burroughs. We will occupy the subway, and convene at Foley Square tonight at 5PM.
Contact your friends, family, neighbors, co-workers, classmates, everyone! Call, text, email, tweet, knock on doors! Leave work, leave school,…