Occupy

[BabylonHoruv]

The Stiletto calls upon right-thinking Americans to converge upon the intersection of Haight and Ashbury Streets in San Francisco – the epicenter of  hippie-dippydom – and press these demands.

45 years ago.  It's an outdoor shopping mall now.

Also, who exactly are they making these demands of?  The grand high poobahs of the hippie conspiracy that secretly runs this nation?

[Cramulus]

Glenn Greenwald tore up that Erin Burnett segment that Disco Pickle posted the other day

http://politics.salon.com/2011/10/05/erin_burnett_voice_of_the_people/singleton/

it includes some hilarious comments she made on twitter which she then deleted.

And here's some fun facts about Burnett's background:

[Burnett] is set to tie the knot with Citigroup executive David Rubulotta. . . .

The American-born journalist started her career as a financial analyst for worldwide investment banking and securities firm Goldman Sachs.

During her time at the company she was headhunted by CNN for the position of writer and booker for the network's hit show Moneyline.

When Burnett later became Vice President of Citigroup/CitiMedia, she met Rubulotta, who currently serves as an executive with the company.

HuffPo has a pretty good piece too

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/06/occupy-wall-street-erin-burnett_n_998494.html





edit to add: a line from the Baltimore Sun:

Two of the fundamental attributes of good journalism are curiosity and a respect for the people on whom you report. Burnett got an "F" on both those counts with her Occupy Wall Street piece. Not only didn't she listen hard enough to learn anything from the people in the group, she and her producers positioned the speakers to be seen as objects of derision. That is deplorable.

[Anna Mae Bollocks]

The Stiletto calls upon right-thinking Americans to converge upon the intersection of Haight and Ashbury Streets in San Francisco – the epicenter of  hippie-dippydom – and press these demands.

45 years ago.  It's an outdoor shopping mall now.

THIS.

But we knew the baggers have been on another planet since Jerry Garcia's beard was black.

[Anna Mae Bollocks]

[Burnett] is set to tie the knot with Citigroup executive David Rubulotta. . . .
During her time at the company she was headhunted by CNN for the position of writer and booker for the network's hit show Moneyline.

For some reason, at first glance my brain registered that as "writer and hooker". 

[Anna Mae Bollocks]

@stelz- i missed cains post but yeah it seems like a clever way to go for a mayor.

http://www.principiadiscordia.com/forum/index.php?topic=30415.msg1102121#msg1102121

Probably consulted with a bunch of experts from Harvard or something on how to best shut this thing down. 

[Precious Moments Zalgo]

Trying to get through college now i deliver pizza because i need the flexible hours. I work for the top !% I am the 99%

Many more like this at link:
http://wearethe99percent.tumblr.com/

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Transfer Day is sounding like something that potentially has teeth. Open an account at a credit union, 11/5 transfer all of your funds from your corporate bank account into it.

[Pope Pixie Pickle]

the daily fail has actually produced a measured report on Occupy http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2046029/Occupy-Wall-Street-NYPD-officer-caught-bragging-beating-protesters.html

Oh and this is for Cram, the Occupy Wall St Press he was looking for. http://paper.li/occupymanhattan/1317517749

[Telarus]

So, this is interesting: http://pastebin.com/r2jB1wN4

A group of individuals are currently handing out business cards at OccupyLA that have the anon logo on them. They are suggesting to people to start looting and burning. They are claiming to BE anon. Anonymous stands for peaceful protest at all costs. That is our message. spread it.

CARD IMAGE: http://www.picvalley.net/v.php?p=u/1895/38516505819364459261317939907nrnEfquFLvHW9iNl14Us.JPG
The information on the card is as follows:

Name: S. Spicer
Cell: 213-447-4630
E: anonintelopscmd@gmail.com
web: http://www.anonintelopscmd.com



PLEASE BE ADVISED!!!!!

[Triple Zero]

Interesting. The domain anonintelopscmd.com does not exist. You could even still register it (I'd advise against it).

Further "anonintelopscmd" is a Youtube account, but at least one video lays down a bunch of rules for very peaceful conduct at demonstrations, good advice, bordering on the toothless, even.

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I missed today's protest because I was fucking exhausted and opted for a nap instead. I did drive by the horde gathered at Pioneer Square and it looked like a massive turnout.

Here's the condensed report from Oregonlive:

Sgt. Pete Simpson of the Portland Police Bureau said officers monitored the participants camped out and planned to stay through the night to ensure things continued to run smoothly.

Officers will work with organizers Friday morning to make sure demonstrators leave the park by 9 a.m. so setup can begin for the Portland Marathon.

As of 10 p.m., no arrests were made and no reports of vandalism were received, Simpson said.

He credited the participants, police and community as a whole for what he called a "tremendous" day.

I'm impressed.

However, I heard from my baby's Momma and my baby's Auntie who lives in San Fransisco that the SF protest got somewhat ugly. Apparently the police jacked the protesters tents and personal belongings as well as lashing out at the protesters. The protesters linked up in a ring around the police who had converged on their encampment and apparently some people got beat. But what do you expect to happen when you pen the police in?

[Cain]

So, this is interesting: http://pastebin.com/r2jB1wN4

A group of individuals are currently handing out business cards at OccupyLA that have the anon logo on them. They are suggesting to people to start looting and burning. They are claiming to BE anon. Anonymous stands for peaceful protest at all costs. That is our message. spread it.

CARD IMAGE: http://www.picvalley.net/v.php?p=u/1895/38516505819364459261317939907nrnEfquFLvHW9iNl14Us.JPG
The information on the card is as follows:

Name: S. Spicer
Cell: 213-447-4630
E: anonintelopscmd@gmail.com
web: http://www.anonintelopscmd.com



PLEASE BE ADVISED!!!!!

HB Gary.  169% certain.

[Cramulus]

Transfer Day is sounding like something that potentially has teeth. Open an account at a credit union, 11/5 transfer all of your funds from your corporate bank account into it.

that is INSANELY AWESOME

my roommate and I were just talking about how National Buy Nothing Day would be a lot more effective if it was National "Pull Your Cash Out Of The Private Banks and Put It In a Co-Op Bank Day"

glad somebody beat us to it!

[Triple Zero]

what's the difference between private banks and co-op banks and credit unions?

also, does this work? with the whole 99/1% thing going on, would the funds from a 99er even make a dent? especially the ones living from paycheck to paycheck, wouldn't have a lot of funds in their account in the first place, would they?

I guess it all depends on how much people you can realistically expect to do this. If it's 10,000 people and they all pull $200, that's 2 million dollars. And those are real dollars, the ones you can eat, not those fake multi billion dollars which are just electronic numbers and promises.

[Elder Iptuous]

i don't think it would considerably hurt the banks seeing as how their retail portions are so small in comparison to their investment banking portions.
further, if it did start to hurt them, i would imagine that they would just get some temporary reserve requirement waiver, or something.