Apparently Wall Street’s lobbyists are a little pissy at the Democrats. That’s a good thing, I think. I have to admit to being kind of shocked that we are a month into #OWS and no one has pointed out that THIS is how you move the Overton window. Not by writing whiny blog posts about …
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Real Americans Suffer In Silence
And if you thought Bill Keller’s take on OWS completely missed the point, we have David Brooks making Keller look like Nostradamus. If, in the 1960s, you had tried to judge America by looking at the sit-ins and Woodstock, you would have had a very distorted picture of where the country was heading. You wouldn’t …
Tuesday Morning Open Thread & OWS/Together Roundup
The image above is one of 75 at NYMag‘s Daily Intel slideshow, Thirty Days of Occupy Wall Street. Noreen Malone at the Daily Intel reports that “More Than 70 Percent of New Yorkers Are Okay With Occupy Wall Street“: That’s the key takeaway from a Quinnipiac poll released today: 72 percent of city residents said …
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Occupy Wall Street: Decorated War Hero Marine Sergeant Shamar Thomas stands up to NYPD
“There is no honor in this, you’re here to protect them, protect us.” This is incredible: Decorated war hero, Marine Sergeant Shamar Thomas voiced his objection to the New York Police Department’s treatment of Occupy Wall Street protesters. Sergent Thomas’s impassioned speech to the officers was caught on video by various protesters who were being …
Occupy Santa Cruz: Bank of America Threatens to Arrest Customers Trying to Close Their Accounts
“You can’t be a customer and a protestor.” This is bananas. From Stephen Foster at Addicting Info: Two protesters involved with Occupy Santa Cruz in California walked into Bank of America earlier this week to close their own accounts as part of the national protest against the greed and irresponsibility of Wall Street, which has …
We Need To Buy Better Senators, Sir
The funniest thing about the NY Times’ “Let the 99% eat cake” piece this weekend is this part here: Some on Wall Street viewed the protesters with disdain, and a degree of caution, as hundreds marched through the financial district on Friday. Others say they feel their pain, but are befuddled about what they are …
Monday Morning Open Thread & OWS/Together Update
(Drew Sheneman via GoComics.com) __ Occupy Wall Street/Together has moved so far beyond the “overnight novelty” that the Media Villagers tried to brand it, that it’s gone from celebrity drop-bys (okay, Zachary Quinto’s new project gave him a reasonable excuse) to overt ratfvcking… and, of course, whinging. The NYTimes gives “Wall Street bankers” a front-page …
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