Michael Porter, 24, works full time selling DirectTV, has camped at the Occupy Oakland site for the last 8 days.
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When somebody starts telling you the game is rigged in favor of the "Big Banks", this is exactly what they're talking about.
Click anywhere below for the entire Robert Lezner, Forbes article where you will learn that Former Goldman Sachs star trader, United States Senator, Governor of New Jersey, well know Obama bundler and MF Global CEO John Corzine met no fewer that 10 times with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission in order to see to it that this vile rule of the supposed government regulator, did not change as a result of Dodd-Frank.
Just a small example of the rot that is our government.
First the stupidity.
Then the thuggery.
Cold, miserable weather must be settling in around the northern hemisphere as people have seemingly moved back indoors and have gone back to bombing us with stuff.
Sad, but good for us.
Here's some of the better stuff we were bombed with this week.
For some reason, it's been an incredibly rich week for video.
Here is some of the better short video we've either subscribed for or had sent our way.
Thanks to Somebody who sent us the Battle for Brooklyn stuff and didn't want to be identified in any way.
We figure he/she's embarrassed to associated with us.
Wealth disparity in China is far more profound than it is in America.
The following thought has been spreading across the length and width of China
If one percent of American people own 90% of the wealth, one ten-thousandth of the Chinese people own 90% of the wealth.
Who should be occupying what?
The phrase "Occupy ......." has been banned on all search engines across all of Communist China.
If you feel compelled to mess with the banks any way you can, this kid ... don't be offended, I've attained that age where damn near everybody's a kid to me ... has an extremely clever, nonviolent idea.
The following is an interview from the makers of and some bits of a trailer for the movie Battle of Brooklyn, a documentary on the acquisition of the land for and subsequent construction of Barclays Center and one of the more eggregious examples of the use of eminent domain for private profit you will encounter.
Unfortunately, around here Christmas comes with winter.
We're giving this one some serious thought.
From both Business Insider and
Zero Hedge which is fascinating in and of itself.
The following video shows Oakland police deliberately firing teargas cannisters and/or flash grenades into a crowd of people seeking to help a seriously injured protester.
The following quote comes from a timeline published by the Oakland Tribune via Mercury Press.
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Finally from Colorlines.com, click on the photo for a short and well done piece from
Robert Levato concerning recent issues with Oakland's police department and the resultant election of Oakland's first Asian mayor and her subsequently appointed Black police chief.
It seems post racial America has truly arrived.
Apologies if the formating is strange on your screen.
Try as I might, I couldn't lose the box around the above quote.
To quote Mike Krieger, www.ZeroHedge.com 10/20/2011
“The reason the liberal mainstream corporate media demonized the Tea Party is because it threatens the status quo.
The reason the conservative corporate mainstream media demonizes Occupy Wall Street is because it threatens the status quo.
These are textbook divide and conquer strategies being used on the American people.
Do not fall for it. ( My emphasis.)
Yesterday I read a really interesting Gallup poll that stated: ‘Not surprisingly, Americans who consider themselves supporters of the Occupy Wall Street movement (26% of all Americans) are more likely to blame Wall Street than the federal government for the nation's economic problems.
Supporters of the Tea Party movement (22% of Americans) are overwhelmingly likely to blame the government.’
What is most compelling to me is that 26%+22% = 48% so basically almost a majority.
All we need to do is teach people that Washington D.C. and Wall Street are now the same corrupt entity.
They are one gigantic rogue trader sucking the lifeblood out of America.
If we can unite these forces, which I can say with certainty agree on the important issues, we can put an end to the status quo and free ourselves of this bondage.”
This one's maybe not quite as good.
Although ... when you think about it some ..... they might be the same thing.