It's time to end the myth that the nation's wealthy are getting rich off the backs of the poor. Instead let's figure out what they're doing right.
It just gets worse after that...
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Showing posts with label occupy wall street. Show all posts
Showing posts with label occupy wall street. Show all posts
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Monday, February 27, 2012
Arrogant banker to server: "Get a real job"
An arrogant banker has done all in his power to enforce his position as the ‘one per cent,’ all the while reminding everyone else they’re not.
After dining on a meal at a boutique Newport Beach, California restaurant, the banker left only $1.33 on a $133.54 tab.
Adding insult to injury, he gave the server, Breanna, another tip: ‘Get a real job.’
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After dining on a meal at a boutique Newport Beach, California restaurant, the banker left only $1.33 on a $133.54 tab.
Adding insult to injury, he gave the server, Breanna, another tip: ‘Get a real job.’
Read more here.
Thursday, February 09, 2012
Awww those poor cashed strapped Wall Street bankers
...Morgan Stanley’s recent dictum capping cash bonuses at $125,000. In response to that, Sherman quotes an unnamed banker:
"After tax, that’s like, what, $75,000?" an investment banker at a rival firm said as he contemplated Morgan Stanley’s decision. He ran the numbers, modeling the implications. "I’m not married and I take the subway and I watch what I spend very carefully. But my girlfriend likes to eat good food. It all adds up really quick. A taxi here, another taxi there. I just bought an apartment, so now I have a big old mortgage bill."
My heart bleeds
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"After tax, that’s like, what, $75,000?" an investment banker at a rival firm said as he contemplated Morgan Stanley’s decision. He ran the numbers, modeling the implications. "I’m not married and I take the subway and I watch what I spend very carefully. But my girlfriend likes to eat good food. It all adds up really quick. A taxi here, another taxi there. I just bought an apartment, so now I have a big old mortgage bill."
My heart bleeds
Read more here.
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Bloomberg wants us to feel sorry for the poor downtrodden millionaires and billionaires
If successful businesspeople don’t go public to share their stories and talk about their troubles, “they deserve what they’re going to get,” said Marcus, 82, a founding member of Job Creators Alliance, a Dallas-based nonprofit that develops talking points and op-ed pieces aimed at “shaping the national agenda,” according to the group’s website. He said he isn’t worried that speaking out might make him a target of protesters.
“Who gives a crap about some imbecile?” Marcus said. “Are you kidding me?”
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“Who gives a crap about some imbecile?” Marcus said. “Are you kidding me?”
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Thursday, December 08, 2011
Judge Frances McIntyre: Master of Newspeak
“Little in the way of expression is outlawed in the United States Constitution, but an act which incites forceful response is unlikely to pass as express speech.”
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Tuesday, December 06, 2011
Friday, December 02, 2011
Republicans "frightened to death" of Occupy Wall Street
The Republican Governors Association met this week in Florida to give GOP state executives a chance to rejuvenate, strategize and team-build. But during a plenary session on Wednesday, one question kept coming up: How can Republicans do a better job of talking about Occupy Wall Street?
"I'm so scared of this anti-Wall Street effort. I'm frightened to death," said Frank Luntz, a Republican strategist and one of the nation's foremost experts on crafting the perfect political message. "They're having an impact on what the American people think of capitalism."
Not just of capitalism Frank, also people like you.
What follows are helpful tips on how to muddy the language, in the "colateral damage/pepper spray is a food product, essentially" kind of way.
Read more here.
"I'm so scared of this anti-Wall Street effort. I'm frightened to death," said Frank Luntz, a Republican strategist and one of the nation's foremost experts on crafting the perfect political message. "They're having an impact on what the American people think of capitalism."
Not just of capitalism Frank, also people like you.
What follows are helpful tips on how to muddy the language, in the "colateral damage/pepper spray is a food product, essentially" kind of way.
Read more here.
Thursday, December 01, 2011
Occupy Montreal protesters branded by police
Some members of the Occupy Montreal movement are considering legal action against the Montreal police after they were branded without their consent.
Police expelled the group of protesters from Victoria Square last Friday, as part of the group handcuffed themselves to the outdoor kitchen.
"The police asked us to move and we did not comply," said activist Bed Godin. "They removed us by using force."
Protesters were taken to a bus, where officers processed them, and marked some with an ink that could only be seen under a UV light.
"They took pictures and then they wrote one number. I got the number 5 in black marker," he said.
Police say it was to identify the demonstrators, and described it as the best technique to prevent the group from returning to Victoria Square.
They also said it's a technique long used by clubs and bars.
Constitutional lawyer Julius Grey, however, said protesters weren't in a bar and that the police violated the activists' civil rights.
Read more here.
Police expelled the group of protesters from Victoria Square last Friday, as part of the group handcuffed themselves to the outdoor kitchen.
"The police asked us to move and we did not comply," said activist Bed Godin. "They removed us by using force."
Protesters were taken to a bus, where officers processed them, and marked some with an ink that could only be seen under a UV light.
"They took pictures and then they wrote one number. I got the number 5 in black marker," he said.
Police say it was to identify the demonstrators, and described it as the best technique to prevent the group from returning to Victoria Square.
They also said it's a technique long used by clubs and bars.
Constitutional lawyer Julius Grey, however, said protesters weren't in a bar and that the police violated the activists' civil rights.
Read more here.
Monday, November 21, 2011
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Joe Warmington and a parade of idiotic right wing talking points about the Occupy Movement in Toronto
Mr Warmington is "in his 20th year at the Toronto Sun where he has been an award-winning reporter. Twenty years there, as no other paper would take this dribble seriously. Let's plough in, shall we?
It’s interesting how the people who have been evicted for setting up an encampment in a place they shouldn’t be want to evict the guy who was elected to uphold Toronto’s laws.
Communism is like that. Things get flipped around.
The Movement are communists: Check
It’s all about the war on Ford.
It's all about the Mayor: Check
Even though the place has become an out of control pigsty, the organizers are doing well with this war.
It's a war, lead by pigs: Check
the Ford administration missed the chance to move in on the lunacy earlier
And they're lunatics: Check
Read more here.
It’s interesting how the people who have been evicted for setting up an encampment in a place they shouldn’t be want to evict the guy who was elected to uphold Toronto’s laws.
Communism is like that. Things get flipped around.
The Movement are communists: Check
It’s all about the war on Ford.
It's all about the Mayor: Check
Even though the place has become an out of control pigsty, the organizers are doing well with this war.
It's a war, lead by pigs: Check
the Ford administration missed the chance to move in on the lunacy earlier
And they're lunatics: Check
Read more here.
Co-ordinated effort or monkey see monkey do as Occupy movement under attack
This has been happening everywhere all week...
The City of London Corporation has attached eviction notices to tents outside St Paul's Cathedral, telling activists to move them from the public highways by 6pm on Thursday or face legal action.
It is the latest development in a month-long saga that has pitted the protest movement Occupy London against the corporation, the local authority for the Square Mile, and St Paul's. Both institutions own the land around the church but only the corporation is pressing ahead with court proceedings.
Read more here.
The City of London Corporation has attached eviction notices to tents outside St Paul's Cathedral, telling activists to move them from the public highways by 6pm on Thursday or face legal action.
It is the latest development in a month-long saga that has pitted the protest movement Occupy London against the corporation, the local authority for the Square Mile, and St Paul's. Both institutions own the land around the church but only the corporation is pressing ahead with court proceedings.
Read more here.
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Police breaking up the Occupy movement today guarantee it will be bigger tomorrow
2012 will be an interesting year...
Police in full riot gear moved in to New York's Zuccotti Park early Tuesday morning, evicting hundreds of protesters from the site where the Occupy call to action began two months ago before spreading globally.
Dozens of protesters who had camped out at the Lower Manhattan park since September 17 linked arms in defiance. Many chanted, "Whose park? Our park" and "You don't have to do this."
Read more here.
Police in full riot gear moved in to New York's Zuccotti Park early Tuesday morning, evicting hundreds of protesters from the site where the Occupy call to action began two months ago before spreading globally.
Dozens of protesters who had camped out at the Lower Manhattan park since September 17 linked arms in defiance. Many chanted, "Whose park? Our park" and "You don't have to do this."
Read more here.
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Rob Ford unaware spring will come next year
Of course he has all winter to come up with new laws...
Mayor Rob Ford is calling on Occupy Toronto protesters to vacate St. James Park soon.
“They’ve had a peaceful protest but I think it’s time that we ask them to leave,” Ford told reporters Wednesday at a transit event with Premier Dalton McGuinty.
“I think it’s time that we ask the protesters to move on.”
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Mayor Rob Ford is calling on Occupy Toronto protesters to vacate St. James Park soon.
“They’ve had a peaceful protest but I think it’s time that we ask them to leave,” Ford told reporters Wednesday at a transit event with Premier Dalton McGuinty.
“I think it’s time that we ask the protesters to move on.”
Read more here.
Wednesday, November 09, 2011
London Ontario police hazy on the concept of democracy
Mustn't have dissenting voices, now can we?
Police in London, Ont., moved against the local Occupy protesters' encampment early Wednesday, marking the first time authorities in Canada have tried to forcibly remove a camp that is part of the countrywide protests.
CBC reporter Kerry McKee said a "large number" of London police moved in on Victoria Park at about 12:45 a.m. ET, closing off the entire block near the park.
Like thieves, police seem to prefer to perform these kind of actions in the dead of night.
Read more here.
Police in London, Ont., moved against the local Occupy protesters' encampment early Wednesday, marking the first time authorities in Canada have tried to forcibly remove a camp that is part of the countrywide protests.
CBC reporter Kerry McKee said a "large number" of London police moved in on Victoria Park at about 12:45 a.m. ET, closing off the entire block near the park.
Like thieves, police seem to prefer to perform these kind of actions in the dead of night.
Read more here.
Tuesday, November 08, 2011
Monday, November 07, 2011
Shot by police with rubber bullet at Occupy Oakland
While filming a police line at Occupy Oakland after midnight on Nov. 3 following the Nov. 2 general strike, an officer opens fire and shoots me with a rubber bullet. I was standing well back. There was no violence or confrontations of any kind underway. At 0:31 seconds you can see a tall officer in the front raise his weapon and then fire. This is the full clip of the incident.
The Oakland police continue their campaign to become the Vilest Police Department in the United States
The Chicago Board of Trade: Scumbags of the Day
It's probably just a group within the CBOT that have the maturity level of a 4 year old, but....
Someone at the Chicago Board of Trade issued another message to the Occupy Chicago protesters by blanketing them with these McDonald's job applications. The protesters are understandably offended by both the message and by the hundreds of pieces of new litter around them.
First the CBOT folks posted "We are the 1%" in their eighth floor windows a few weeks ago. This is the second time they tossed flyers down from their ivory tower, too. They tossed down “We Are the 1% Paying For This" on Oct. 21. They've perhaps moved the war to a second front by sending email spam to protesters.
In the words of Stephanie Tanner, "How rude!"
Someone at the Chicago Board of Trade issued another message to the Occupy Chicago protesters by blanketing them with these McDonald's job applications. The protesters are understandably offended by both the message and by the hundreds of pieces of new litter around them.
First the CBOT folks posted "We are the 1%" in their eighth floor windows a few weeks ago. This is the second time they tossed flyers down from their ivory tower, too. They tossed down “We Are the 1% Paying For This" on Oct. 21. They've perhaps moved the war to a second front by sending email spam to protesters.
In the words of Stephanie Tanner, "How rude!"
Saturday, November 05, 2011
Oakland police beat another Iraq war veteran
A second Iraq war veteran has suffered serious injuries after clashes between police and Occupy movement protesters in Oakland.
Kayvan Sabehgi, who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, is in intensive care with a lacerated spleen. He says he was beaten by police close to the Occupy Oakland camp, but despite suffering agonising pain, did not reach hospital until 18 hours later.
Sabehgi, 32, is the second Iraq war veteran to be hospitalised following involvement in Oakland protests. Another protester, Scott Olsen, suffered a fractured skull on 25 October.
Read more here.
Kayvan Sabehgi, who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, is in intensive care with a lacerated spleen. He says he was beaten by police close to the Occupy Oakland camp, but despite suffering agonising pain, did not reach hospital until 18 hours later.
Sabehgi, 32, is the second Iraq war veteran to be hospitalised following involvement in Oakland protests. Another protester, Scott Olsen, suffered a fractured skull on 25 October.
Read more here.
Wednesday, November 02, 2011
Monday, October 31, 2011
Possible video evidence of Police Infiltrators and Provocateurs at Occupy Oakland
I'd be surprised if they didn't use this underhanded technique.
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