“First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win.” __ If Apocryphal Gandhi was right, it seems like we’re approaching the pivot point between stages two & three. Not “news” (I hope to post more later), just links to some interesting pieces a little outside the spotlight. Chris Hedges …
Don't Mourn, Organize
Defeat the radicals, and restore tradition
We talked about how shameful it is that conservative elected leaders in Tennessee are working hard to deny this person the right to vote: Dorothy Cooper is 96 but she can remember only one election when she’s been eligible to vote but hasn’t. The retired domestic worker was born in a small North Georgia town …
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Walker On The Clock, Tick Tick Tock
Wisconsin Democrats are gearing up to toll the bell for Gov. Scott Walker’s recall effort. Here’s what they are up against: Wisconsin’s recall law requires that officials have held office for at least one year before being recalled. Since Walker was just elected in 2010, that means the petitions cannot be turned in until early …
Police Arrest OccupyBoston Protestors
From the Boston Globe website, timestamp 2:53am: Boston police moved in and began arresting scores of Occupy Boston protesters who refused to leave a large part of the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway early this morning. __ At 1:20 a.m., the first riot police officers lined up on Atlantic Avenue. Minutes later, dozens of sheriff vans …
Cain Still Unable: Occupy This Space
The unrelenting awesome factory of awesome that is the Herman Cain Experience Featuring Rampant Denial is now saying the fact that he exists means racism isn’t holding minorities back. It’s all in your head. When asked by CNN Chief Political Correspondent Candy Crowley if he thought African Americans had a level playing field, Cain said …
Late Night Open Thread
__ Congressman John Lewis is not as offended as he could certainly have chosen to be over the silly, ungracious, completely predictable “process committee” decision not to interrupt their meeting to allow him to speak: Congressman John Lewis came out to Occupy Atlanta on Friday, October 7th in Woodruff Park. He even commented on the …
Spectator Off The Sidelines
And speaking of Occupy Together protests in other cities besides the Big Apple, it seems at least one conservative magazine editor has admitted to joining Occupy DC as a mole with the intent of causing problems…and was at the incident where protesters were pepper-sprayed at the Smithsonian’s Air and Space Museum. An assistant editor with …