November 2011
“With unemployment at 9.1%, Congress takes up resolution to reaffirm “In God We...”
– The Washington Post
and real unemployment is something like 23%:
If those who have given up looking for work altogether were counted, that would add more than another nine million, according to John Williams at ShadowStats.com. That brings the unemployment number to 23 percent. This is confirmed...
October 2011
#occupywallstreet: This should be a thing: →
carton-rouge:
A non-profit community service where police officers can go to help them rehabilitate and find replacement jobs that don’t require them to be morally reprehensible. Kinda like “Cops Anonymous.”
I wonder if this would increase the amount of people who can leave, like the two…
reblogged moreso for the link to the unconfirmed report that a Denver cop left the line in tears. i...
“I definitely think for the collapse, the sooner the better. The thing that...”
– Premadasi Amada, Deep Green Resistance organizer (via cultureofresistance)
“Denver’s police officers demonstrated great restraint and professionalism as...”
– Denver Police Lieutenant Matt Murray, via press release, regarding DPD’s clearing of Civic Center Park and removal of the #OccupyDenver tents.
You’re right Officer Murray. I can’t imagine how difficult it must be to show restraint while facing unarmed people; gun strapped to your waist, baton in...
In Honor of Domestic Violence Awareness,Dress Up... →
petercroce:
If you see someone doing this, speak up.
"TSA has yet to catch a single terrorist. We don’t... →
letterstomycountry:
And meanwhile, people with handguns and live ammunition are getting through without any trouble.
Good thing we’re dressing down disabled 4-year olds though. And violating the intimate sexual privacy of passengers. And committing legally sanctioned sexual assault on women.
This is generally the point in a round of Counterstrike™ where the invisible narrator says...
Nashville Judge throws out Occupy Nashville... →
socialdemocracy:
“It’s not every day you get to see a night court magistrate smack down the governor of Tennessee,” a legal observer said outside the Metro Courthouse at 2:30 a.m. today, as fog shrouded downtown in mist.
Yet that’s what happened in the early morning hours, as Metro Night Court Judge Tom Nelson told the troopers who arrested 25 peaceful Occupy Nashville protesters at midnight...
NYT says Mayors Across Nation Looking to Shut Down...
intelligentsia-in-flames:
The New York Times had a wide ranging report on the view of the Occupy movement from Mayors across the country. They claim that many of the Mayors of “several cities have come to the end of their patience and others appear to be not far behind.”
Point 1: The constitutionally guaranteed right to assembly is not subject to any Mayors “patience”.
[The completely...
Occupy San Francisco: the teenager who was refused... →
letterstomycountry:
jonathan-cunningham:
socialistscum:
Occupy San Francisco protester Miran Istina stands outside the US Bank building on Market Street, San Francisco. Photograph: Martin Lacey
As Miran Istina puts it, she has been living on borrowed time since she was 14. Diagnosed with cancer, she was given just months to live after her health insurer refused to provide her with...
ChipIn link →
skeeba:
animalsinthedark:
As many of you know, I have a boyfriend named Gavin and he’s a transman. Now more than ever, Gav’s struggling with his body. He’s started hormones and he’s changing but his chest is his biggest problem right now. He’s unhappy and that makes me unhappy. It breaks my heart to see the way he looks at himself in the mirror. Sorry to get really emotional on you, but this...
“We may feel, in the face of the ruthless corporate destruction of our nation,...”
– Chris Hedges, “No Act of Rebellion is Wasted” (via mylifeasafeminista)
UN Recommends Everyone Stop Telling Women What To... →
daskannnichtsein:
mollydruwho:
The UN states that any country restricting a woman’s access to abortion and/or contraception is, in doing so, violating a woman’s human rights.
….finally.
So, we’ve got extremely reputable cancer-related organizations saying abortion doesn’t cause cancer or increase your risk.
We’ve got extremely reputable reports declaring post-abortion depression to be a...
Obama administration greenlights 500 oil drilling... →
climateadaptation:
Drilling will commence summer 2012 in the Chuckchi Sea, where Alaska and Russia meet. Environmental groups fume. Shell pleased. Rare species at risk.
Here is a round up:
Approves former President Bush’s stalled plans to drill in Arctic
Earth Justice sues
Native Alaskans are pissed: “We have a right to life, to physical integrity, to security, and the right to enjoy the...
Daily Kos: A Voice From The 1% →
thisdanobrien:
chriskelly:
This is a great read.
Wow. Awesome and interesting.
“[Y]ou can imagine my amazement this summer when I watched the Republicans in Congress push the United States to the brink of default - and the world to the brink of ruin - over whether to repeal a portion of the Bush tax cuts and raise my taxes by 3.5%. I know a lot of people with high incomes and even the...
Please help my friend Monica →
mr-charming:
Stand in Solidarity with Monica Taylor
Monica Taylor needs your help. In her own words she has been on a life long “fist fight with the medical system” and now faces criminal charges for an act she did not commit. For years now, Monica has been dealing with a slowly progressive neurological condition called Ataxia. This condition, unfortunately, was not diagnosed until...
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STFU, Conservatives: Notes on PD response to... →
boltsandbolts:
The Oakland PD have been scrambling hard since the raid last night to deny the use of tear gas, bean bag rounds, rubber bullets, and flash grenades, despite significant video evidence. There’s a reason for that:
According to their own regulations, the Oakland PD was employing…
Girl Scouts of Colorado Released Statement... →
xxboy:
I am so moved by this:
Yesterday, the Girl Scouts of Colorado spoke out in support of transgender children. Following the story of a child who was denied enrollment in a local Girl Scout troop despite identifying as a girl, the Girl Scouts of Colorado released a statement saying that the associate responsible for that troop was unaware of the organization’s policy. “Girl Scouts is an...
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From the OccupyDenver website:
UPDATE (OCT26 8:25 PM):
Tents stood for barely an hour when Denver Police ordered the removal of all shelter from the snow storm. Disabled veteran William Hall was forcibly removed from his tent by DPD officers and dragged off for arrest.
There is a continued heavy Denver Police presence at Civic Center Park, and DPD officers have vowed to use their resources to destroy an igloo...
skeeba:
thebookslut:
But Why Can’t I Wear a Hipster Headdress?
(image from http://www.facebook.com/iamhowlingwolf, which is an entire post in itself. geez.)
I’ve posted a lot about the phenomenon that is the hipster headdress (see here, here, and here), but I’ve never really broken it down as to why this trend is so annoying and effed up. A lot of this will be review and is repeated ...
