I would like to see Taibbi get a little more specific about the case against any specific executive in terms of proving the actual elements of an actual criminal offense carrying jail time based on the evidence available right now.
― frogBaSeball (Hurting 2), Wednesday, January 25, 2012 4:21 PM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
the thing is, is it clear what laws they broke? i mean, the did some horrible shit, but do you think there is a law that you could demonstrate to a jury was unambiguously broken? if so, then full speed ahead.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Wednesday, 25 January 2012 22:28 (twelve years ago) link
O'Reilly-Cornel-Tavis video
― Dr Morbois de Bologne (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 25 January 2012 22:32 (twelve years ago) link
^^^ this is the problem
I think most people would agree/concede that a good chunk of what was going on was wrong and/or amoral, but I don't know how much of it was provably illegal; furthermore, I think even if it isn't true that the well-being of most of these institutions is integrally tied into the well-being of the country, that story has been spun so well that I can't imagine any Justice Department prosecuting them.
― I spend a lot of time thinking about apricots (DJP), Wednesday, 25 January 2012 22:36 (twelve years ago) link
when taibbi accuses the banks of fraud i think most of what he's talking about is the internal emails of i-banks revealing that they were well aware of the worthlessness and danger of various mortgage packages at the same time that they were advising clients that these same packages were extremely secure investments; this was part of the hot-potato game the banks were playing at the time. whether this constitutes legal fraud i'm not expert enough to know; whenever i-bankers are called on it in actual investigatory contexts (see f'rinstance carl levin's famous "shitty deal" grilling of some or other goldman guy) they just mumble until they're allowed to leave the room and then pay a settlement.
― the "intenterface" (difficult listening hour), Wednesday, 25 January 2012 22:51 (twelve years ago) link
that's entirely fair, but re: my second point I think the narrative has taken over
― I spend a lot of time thinking about apricots (DJP), Wednesday, 25 January 2012 22:57 (twelve years ago) link
i think this is a great argument for tightening up the laws. but you would have to prosecute them on existing laws and i've yet to read an article that clearly lays out what laws were broken and how you'd be able to successfully establish that to a jury.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Thursday, 26 January 2012 00:42 (twelve years ago) link
next ill tell you guys what rent is in portland.
srsly considering jumping there when I get out of the motherfucking shitty tourist shell that is NYC btw.
― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 26 January 2012 01:17 (twelve years ago) link
btw guys just to counter a lot of the mutterings i hear that things have gotten stagnant--i get an email that looks like this every week:
The Occupations Report: January 25, 2012 http://occupyoakland.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/491214.jpg.indyscaled.jpg
National Day of Action Against Holders Of Private Prison Equity
Occupations from a least 15 cities across the nation took part in actions against holders of private prison equity this Tuesday. Wells Fargo & Co. was one of the main targets of Tuesday’s actions due to its extensive holdings in two private prison companies – GEO and CCA. As part of the National Prison Divestment Campaign, Occupy Nashville protesters assembled on Legislative and marched to Wells Fargo they picketed the bank and delivered a letter encouraging the bank to divest from GEO and CCA. The protesters also distributed fliers and talk to customers about moving their accounts to banks that don’t make money off people’s incarceration. Nationwide Call to Action: Chase Out Chase BankOn Friday January 27 at 3:30pm Occupy Atlanta will rally at 404 Glen Iris and march side by side with the Pittman family to Chase Bank where we will demand the deed to the home that is rightfully theirs, letting the bank know we refuse to work with them on their terms. Occupy Atlanta is one of many Occupy groups participating in this nationwide struggle against JPMorgan Chase, a corporation that treats the general public as no more than means to the ends of profit. Like many hardworking individuals across the nation, the late Ms. Eloise Pittman was victimized by predatory lending. The Pittman family has been fighting to save the family home since November 2011. This past week Chase gave the Pittman family an ultimatum: either buy back their home or accept the $2500 “cash for keys” offer. Occupy Atlanta will be escalating the campaign against these predatory banks beginning Friday. Friday's action promises to be bold, diverse and unlike anything Occupy Atlanta has done yet. Pastors from multiple Churches will participate in the march and hold a prayer service outside the bank, while others with OA enact creative direct action.
Occupy ArrestsU.S. Falls 27 Places in Worldwide Freedom of the Press RankingsFollowing a record number of journalist arrests during Occupy Wall Street protests, The United States has been downgraded. Reporters Without Borders has released its annual World Press Freedom Index and the United States fell 27 points to No. 47 on the list. We now tie with Argentina, Romania and Latvia at “satisfactory” levels of freedom. Read more at http://wapo.st/xTO2hs Fighting ForeclosuresOccupy Oakland Plans Mass Takeover of Vacant Building
On January 28, Occupy Oakland will take over a vacant building in the city of Oakland to establish a new home, social center and meeting space for the movement. The “Move-in” action will begin with a two-day festival at the new building site, the location of which will remain undisclosed until the day of the event. The seized building will be converted into a social center for the movement. This building takeover/move-in action was approved by the Occupy Oakland General Assembly and signals a new direction for the Occupy movement: putting vacant buildings at the service of the community. Get more of the story at http://bit.ly/AdMqFf
Local Homeowner Stays in Home - For NowOccupy Boston - Longtime Malden resident Marie Odestin said she hopes to work with Wells Fargo to keep she and her children in their home, despite a foreclosure auction this morning. A 23-year Malden resident is claiming victory after Wells Fargo decided to repurchase her house at a foreclosure auction earlier this week, a move she said would give her leverage to re-negotiate her mortgage and keep her children in their home. Marie Odestin was joined by 30 protesters outside of her home, with members from groups as varied as City Life, Occupy Boston and the Industrial Workers of the World, who said they were trying to send a message to banks like Wells Fargo that they should work with underwater homeowners. Move to AmendFresno Says End Corporate RuleSaturday, January 21 - About 100 people held a candlelight vigil at the Federal Court house in Fresno today in opposition to the US Supreme Court’s decision that granted corporations the same rights as people have and allowing them to define their unlimited corporate money in political campaigns as free speech. The National action was called by the Move to Amend campaign (http://www.MoveToAmend.org) and was supported by other national organizations like Public Citizen, Common Cause, People for the American Way, Democracy for America and others. The U.S. Supreme Court in a 5 to 4 decision in January of 2010 upheld “Corporate Personhood” asserting that the 1st and 14th Amendment gives rights to corporations as people and their money can be considered free speech. Thus, this ruling, often referred to as “Citizens United” opened the floodgates to unlimited, often anonymous, corporate spending on elections and the creation of Super PACS with hundreds of millions of dollars for the purpose of tilting the results of elections in a manner that drowns the voices of citizens. Special interest groups can now spend as much money as they wish to influence legislation or to support or attack candidates for election. Because the US Supreme Court made this ruling, now only a constitutional amendment can change this status and definition. Poll after poll in the last 2 years has shown that more than 75% of Americans across party lines oppose this decision. Congressional HearingsJan 27: Senate Congressional Hearings on Voter Suppression Laws.On Friday, January 27, the City of Tampa will be the host to the Senate Congressional Hearings on the Voter Suppression Laws. This hearing will be with Senator Bill and there will be coalition of organizations from all over the state of Florida will converge on the steps of the Federal Courthouse 801 N. Florida Ave #2 Tampa Fl 33602-3800. The coalition has been in contact with Senator Bill Nelson’s office and they have encouraged people to show up and to make plenty of noise. The hearing will be from 2pm to 4 pm and we have lined up over thirty speakers from all over the state. Please bring your signs and anything else you may need for the dayFor those coming in and would like to stay over night with Occupy Tampa please feel free to contact Occupy Tampa. http://www.occupytampa.org/contact/ Transit Fare Hike ProtestsThe Cost of Commuting: MBTA’s Fare ProposalsBostonians have been expressing their outrage about these proposals all over the online world and the topic itself is being tackled by hundreds of bloggers, journalists, and commuters all over the metro Boston area! Occupy Boston members and other activists gathered Monday on the steps of the Massachusetts State House to protest the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s proposed fare hikes and service cuts.Protesters said the government should be held accountable for the MBTA’s budget deficit. Raising fares would help alleviate the transit system’s fiscal problems, they said, but would unfairly shift the burden to customers.
Twitter has been at the front of this frenzy with thousands of users tweeting their comments to MBTA officials (@mbtaGM), State Officials (@MassGovernor ), or just out to the Twitterverse hoping that someone out there is listening. Several groups have also formed out of the frustration, such as Occupy MBTA (@OccupyMBTA) a Twitter adopting the moniker of the Occupy Boston movement and Students Against T Cuts, (@StudentsTCuts) a group that consists of college students from around Boston who believe that the proposed scenarios are a step backwards in the development of the city’s businesses, people, and institutions of higher education. http://bit.ly/xtUeM4 Occupy AT&TOccupy Atlanta put out a series of videos asking AT&T workers how they felt about the company’s decision to kill more American jobs and ship them overseas. Here’s what they had to say: http://bit.ly/vZfwit Environmental ProtectionOccupy Burlington Calls for Nuclear Plant Shut-DownOccupy Burlington (VA) is planning a January 29 action calling for the closing of the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant. The group issued a statement today saying: We condemn Judge Marth’s decision in favor of Entergy against the democratic decision of the people to shut down Vermont Ynkee – a dangerous, polluting nuclear power plant that has been plagued with accidents, leaks, poor maintenance and run by a dishonest company. We stand in solidarity with the Vermont Yankee workers and support a just transition where they receive economic support and retraining. Occupy Temple U Stands Against Mountain RemovalMonday, 1/23/2012 - Earlier this week, members of the Temple Community Against Mountaintop Removal met with PNC officials led by Senior Counsel and Corporate Secretary George Long in the Board Room on the 2nd floor of Sullivan Hall, on Temple University's campus to discuss PNC's investments in toxic, job-killing mountaintop removal coal mining. At 4:30PM the same day, Monday, January 23rd, members of the Penn Community Against Mountaintop Removalmet with PNC officials led by Senior Counsel and Corporate Secretary George Long in the Franklin Building of the University of Pennsylvania to discuss PNC's investments in toxic, job-killing mountaintop removal coal mining.. Both student organizations are pushing their administrations to deny renewal of PNC's contract. SOPA/PIPAAnonymous deletes CBS: Operation Megaupload continues
Story by Michael Stone, National Anonymous Examiner - In a powerful and unique display of virtual prowess Anonymous hacktivists deleted the entire CBS website. The website went down late Sunday morning, and was off line for approximately 20 minutes. In a fury over the government shut down of popular file-sharing website Megaupload, Anonymous has gone ballistic. In an extraordinary performance earlier this week, Anonymous hacktivists successfully disabled multiple government and entertainment websites in an action dubbed Operation Megaupload (#OpMegaupload). Sunday’s attack on CBS is a continuation of Operation Megaupload. Read more at http://exm.nr/AewSS8
Occupy NewsOccupy Protesters Build Igloos in Switzerland to Protest Economic ...By SARAH MASLIN NIROccupy movement protesters planned an igloo village near the Congress Center building, where nearly 3000 representatives from more than 100 countries are expected. http://nyti.ms/yxOuzBThe Lede Kwei Quartey: Occupy NigeriaBy Kwei QuarteyNigerians took their cue from the Arab spring and Occupy Wall Street, establishing Occupy Nigeria in protest against the gas price jump. http://bit.ly/xVAvAoThe Huffington Post Full Blog Feed Occupy UMass Boston | OccupyWallSt.orgBy OccupyWallSthttps://twitter.com/#!/OccupyUMB For more information. Press Release transcription below the fold from: http://www.scribd.com/doc/78957195/Occupy-UMass-Boston-Press-Release-1-23-20.OccupyWallSt News Occupy Wall Street Album to Feature Tom Morello, Crosby Nash ...Occupy Wall Street now has an A-list soundtrack: the compilation Occupy This Album, which was announced today and will be released sometime this sprin. http://bit.ly/wZEfVLRollingStone.com: Music News Yoko Ono Delivers "Peace Postcards" to Occupy Wall Street ...By Bonnie AlterYou have to give her credit -- Yoko Ono is 78 years old and she is still going strong with her world peace mission. http://bit.ly/w4BkvkLatest Items from TreeHugger Three Occupy Members Arrested Blocking Boca Raton Bridge ...By The Huffington Post News EditorsThree protestors from Occupy Miami and Occupy West Palm Beach were arrested Monday evening in Boca Raton after laying in the Camino Real Bridge roadway, blocking traffic at rush hour in protest of nearby hedge fund industry ... http://bit.ly/xY92sHThe Huffington Post | Full News Feed Live updates: Congress probes Occupy DC camp at McPherson ...By Examiner StaffCongress this morning is opening the first major investigation of the District's Occupy movement with a hearing focused on why the protesters have been allowed to remain in McPherson Square for the past four months. http://bit.ly/AkW2MsExaminer RSS Occupy Prov. reach deal to end standoff | WPRI.comOccupy Providence says it has reached an agreement with the city over the opening of a homeless day center that will end a standoff over the protest group's encampment downtown. http://bit.ly/AaggGLTop Stories | WPRI.com Monsanto Responds as Maui Occupy Group Launches ...By Wendy OsherA week of Occupy Wall Street Maui events kick off today with the establishment of an encampment near the Monsanto offices in Kihei. Company officials respond to the planned demonstration. http://bit.ly/wk7y92Maui Now Hearing to address continued presence of Occupy DC | Washington ...By The Associated PressLawmakers are planning to question National Park Service officials on why the Occupy D.C. protest encampment has been allowed to remain in McPherson Square. http://bit.ly/zkLO8TExaminer AP RSS City Council votes to send Occupy Charlotte protesters home ...By Ron LeeA vote Monday may seal the fate of dozens of protestors who are now calling the land in front of the old city hall home. They've been there for months, and say they don't want to leave. http://bit.ly/w4BkvkWBTV – News PHOTOS: Occupy UMass-Boston, Day 1 | The Boston Occupier ...By Aliza HowittPhotos from the first day of Occupy UMass-Boston, where a group of approximately 30 students set up an indoor encampment and held a rally on January 23, 2011. (Photos: Aliza Howitt) share: Digg this post Buzz it up share via Reddit Share ... http://bit.ly/AuK64ZThe Boston Occupier - Free Press Occupy Boise Protesters May Have to Move | Boise State Public RadioBy Samantha WrightBOISE, Id – The House State Affairs Committee heard more testimony today on a bill to evict OccupyBoise from state land. It would outlaw camping at the Occupy Boise site across from the Statehouse. http://bit.ly/AvEgYYBoise State Public Radio
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 26 January 2012 04:17 (twelve years ago) link
O'Reilly-Cornel-Tavis video― Dr Morbois de Bologne (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, January 25, 2012 10:32 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
― Dr Morbois de Bologne (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, January 25, 2012 10:32 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
<3
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 26 January 2012 04:19 (twelve years ago) link
xpost
that is all great news save for:
Occupy Wall Street Album to Feature Tom Morello, Crosby Nash ...Occupy Wall Street now has an A-list soundtrack: the compilation Occupy This Album, which was announced today and will be released sometime this sprin. http://bit.ly/wZEfVLRollingStone.com: Music News
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Thursday, 26 January 2012 04:34 (twelve years ago) link
i can't verify that this is remotely interesting for anybody else, but i was really glad to read this tonight
http://infrontandcenter.wordpress.com/2012/01/25/from-building-tents-to-building-movements-reflections-from-occupy-dc/
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 26 January 2012 05:54 (twelve years ago) link
"do you know anyone in the ELF? or any other fronts?"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rI8INgw0xq0
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 26 January 2012 06:11 (twelve years ago) link
This paper explores a tentative theory of an emerging culture of entitlement among young workers. Using a sample of predominantly college-educated, young, unemployed workers, I explore the new sources of entitlement-belief and examine the proposition that believing oneself to be entitled to a good job heightens dispositions toward radicalism among the unemployed. The findings show strong job-entitlement beliefs among these workers and support the notion that the highly-entitled worker is more likely to develop radical views of his or her unemployment.
http://www.jstor.org/pss/800430
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 26 January 2012 08:08 (twelve years ago) link
Smart people gonna think
― encarta it (Gukbe), Thursday, 26 January 2012 08:26 (twelve years ago) link
that's 1978, though -- not exactly a high-water mark for youth activism.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Thursday, 26 January 2012 15:20 (twelve years ago) link
it was a high water mark for militancy among both rank and file workers and the unemployed, though. 70s were heavy shit.
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 26 January 2012 17:39 (twelve years ago) link
it'll be eclipsed
― iatee, Thursday, 26 January 2012 17:42 (twelve years ago) link
seems like the G8/NATO meetings in Chicago this May are a focal point for a lot of people now, could that be the resurgence of OWS?
― long duk dan (dan m), Thursday, 26 January 2012 17:47 (twelve years ago) link
we'll get to see how rahm gets his daley on
― Critique of Pure Moods (goole), Thursday, 26 January 2012 17:48 (twelve years ago) link
he'll eclipse all Daleys
― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 26 January 2012 17:58 (twelve years ago) link
one can only hope
― Critique of Pure Moods (goole), Thursday, 26 January 2012 18:00 (twelve years ago) link
We know the banks did shit that was professionally and socially wreckless and unethical. I don't care if it was technically legal or not. That just means the law is as bad as the activity it protects.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 26 January 2012 18:10 (twelve years ago) link
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, January 26, 2012 5:39 PM (34 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
― iatee, Thursday, January 26, 2012 5:42 PM (31 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
wut
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 26 January 2012 18:14 (twelve years ago) link
i am speaking in past tense and you are speaking in future tense
what is going on here
unemployed militancy will! that's all I meant
― iatee, Thursday, 26 January 2012 18:15 (twelve years ago) link
I wasn't trying to contradict you I just think the 70s will look rosy compared to what's ahead of us
― iatee, Thursday, 26 January 2012 18:16 (twelve years ago) link
ie, George Soros and the Coming Class War
― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 26 January 2012 18:20 (twelve years ago) link
...which I frankly wd like to arrive before I'm enfeebled.
― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 26 January 2012 18:21 (twelve years ago) link
― iatee, Thursday, January 26, 2012 6:16 PM (16 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
oh i agree i was just completely flabbergasted by what you meant is all lol
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 26 January 2012 18:33 (twelve years ago) link
― long duk dan (dan m), Thursday, January 26, 2012 5:47 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
fwiw i got this email yesterday
ADBUSTERS TACTICAL BRIEFING #25
http://www.adbusters.org/files/newsletter/2012/adbusters_occupychicago_s.jpg
Hey you redeemers, rebels and radicals out there,
Against the backdrop of a global uprising that is simmering in dozens of countries and thousands of cities and towns, the G8 and NATO will hold a rare simultaneous summit in Chicago this May. The world’s military and political elites, heads of state, 7,500 officials from 80 nations, and more than 2,500 journalists will be there.
And so will we.
On May 1, 50,000 people from all over the world will flock to Chicago, set up tents, kitchens, peaceful barricades and #OCCUPYCHICAGO for a month. With a bit of luck, we’ll pull off the biggest multinational occupation of a summit meeting the world has ever seen.
And this time around we’re not going to put up with the kind of police repression that happened during the Democratic National Convention protests in Chicago, 1968 … nor will we abide by any phony restrictions the City of Chicago may want to impose on our first amendment rights. We’ll go there with our heads held high and assemble for a month-long people’s summit … we’ll march and chant and sing and shout and exercise our right to tell our elected representatives what we want … the constitution will be our guide.
And when the G8 and NATO meet behind closed doors on May 19, we’ll be ready with our demands: a Robin Hood Tax … a ban on high frequency ‘flash’ trading … a binding climate change accord … a three strikes and you’re out law for corporate criminals … an all out initiative for a nuclear-free Middle East … whatever we decide in our general assemblies and in our global internet brainstorm – we the people will set the agenda for the next few years and demand our leaders carry it out.
And if they don’t listen … if they ignore us and put our demands on the back burner like they’ve done so many times before … then, with Gandhian ferocity, we’ll flashmob the streets, shut down stock exchanges, campuses, corporate headquarters and cities across the globe … we’ll make the price of doing business as usual too much to bear.
Jammers, pack your tents, muster up your courage and prepare for a big bang in Chicago this Spring. If we don’t stand up now and fight now for a different kind of future we may not have much of a future … so let’s live without dead time for a month in May and see what happens …
for the wild,Culture Jammers HQ
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 26 January 2012 19:42 (twelve years ago) link
also my favorite dc douchenozzle is planning what he's calling the "National Occupation of Washington," a world social forum-style weeklong event for the end of march that would include tents along with seminars & conferences
my local corporate personhood solutions working group is also putting together a conference about (uh) solutions to corporate personhood that would more than likely coincide with "NOW," and would fall right in the middle of their 8 week escalating action plan
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 26 January 2012 19:45 (twelve years ago) link
xp that posting was part of what I was talking about
'preparations' are already well underway here, meaning mostly mayor Rahm pushing new resolutions regarding detention/fines for protesters through the city council & the cop blogs posting about how they plan to obscure badge #s etc
― long duk dan (dan m), Thursday, 26 January 2012 20:01 (twelve years ago) link
oh god chicago cop blogs
― Critique of Pure Moods (goole), Thursday, 26 January 2012 20:04 (twelve years ago) link
hoos be careful lest you tangle with uncleshavedlongcock
― Critique of Pure Moods (goole), Thursday, 26 January 2012 20:05 (twelve years ago) link
also lol @ "gandhian ferocity"
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 26 January 2012 20:10 (twelve years ago) link
the cop blogs posting about how they plan to obscure badge #s etc
― long duk dan (dan m), Thursday, January 26, 2012 8:01 PM (8 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
haha that discussion of black duct tape was hilarious
RT @exileinflyville: Reading @Adbusters "announcement" I have to conclude they think they invented @OccupyChicago & idea of NATO/G8 protests
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 26 January 2012 20:16 (twelve years ago) link
occupy kegger this weekend
― max, Thursday, 26 January 2012 20:47 (twelve years ago) link
Please announce!
An autonomous group has announced an Occupation Party for thisSaturday in Williamsburg, in the interest of starting a series ofRolling Occupations, mounting a Spring Offensive, and exacerbating thesituation in the city in order to catalyze, contextualize, and buildcapacity towards the May First General Strike. In short, to weave afabric of insubordination beginning in one neighborhood and ballooningoutwards.
Everyone is invited to be the crisis they want to see in 2012, setup whatever plans for action, and fundamentally alter the occupiedspace as they see fit. So far we've heard of dancefloors, cinemas,teach-ins, and propaganda distribution to name a few, so bring yourwildest ideas and the elements necessary to realize them. Keep in mindthe mild risk of police intervention, but also the possibility ofstaying over, so pack accordingly.
We'll be converging at 207 North 8th Street at 10pm before headingto the space, which has lain vacant for years now, and is owned by abank known to invest in bio-, chemical, and nuclear weapons, as wellas cluster bombs used specifically by Qaddafi against the 2011insurgency. We'll stay as long as we can, do as much as we can, andthere are contingency plans set up in the event of eviction. Besides,we can always take it to the street.
The call is out: spread it any way you can, by phone, internet,conversation. If all goes well we'll be doing this again in two weeks.
Sincerely,________
― max, Thursday, 26 January 2012 20:48 (twelve years ago) link
Everyone is invited to be the crisis they want to see in 2012
loll i love this
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 26 January 2012 20:48 (twelve years ago) link
i wanna be a flu pandemic
― this is funny u bitter dork (forksclovetofu), Friday, 27 January 2012 19:41 (twelve years ago) link
Hey guys, I'm about to start serving coffee Tuesday and Thursday mornings at a local coffee shop/bookstore that got taken over by Occupiers and turned into a volunteer co-op when it was going to go out of business. It'll be fun! Come get a cup and a pastry!
― lag∞n affiliated (The Reverend), Saturday, 28 January 2012 06:05 (twelve years ago) link
And a good read! We got those too.
― lag∞n affiliated (The Reverend), Saturday, 28 January 2012 06:07 (twelve years ago) link
So park pd gave us a "final warning" that theyre gonna start enforcing the no camping regs starting monday at noon. They won't be evicting en masse, cause they know how bad that looks, they'll just be targeting those with no other place to go and those with outstanding warrants for CD etc. They want a death by a thousand cuts. We plan to provoke and protect.
I'm helping plan our protection strategy.
Monday is gonna be awesome?
So glad I got fired last week.
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Saturday, 28 January 2012 13:25 (twelve years ago) link
things going down in Oakland again today
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/29/us-oakland-protests-idUSTRE80S00520120129
http://www.livestream.com/occupyoakland
― Chris S, Sunday, 29 January 2012 00:43 (twelve years ago) link
I'll say
― Milton Parker, Sunday, 29 January 2012 03:46 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.ustream.tv/occupyoakland
― Milton Parker, Sunday, 29 January 2012 04:04 (twelve years ago) link
so just heard on the stream that they're looking at a couple hundred arrests tonight
also, people are saying that an Officer #119 beat a female medic, knocking some teeth out
― Chris S, Sunday, 29 January 2012 04:42 (twelve years ago) link
find these makeshift anarchy/peace-symbol shields from the Oakland clash today kind of adorable tbh
http://i.imgur.com/eJ1YC.jpg
― Chris S, Sunday, 29 January 2012 05:59 (twelve years ago) link
yeah shit popped the fuck off tonight
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Sunday, 29 January 2012 06:18 (twelve years ago) link