September 29, 2011

#occupyburque | Occupy Albuquerque | PHOTOS VIDEO from protest | UPDATE ⁶

All, News: US, Occupy Wall Street • Tags: #occupywallstreet, Albuquerque NM, occupy albuquerque, Occupy Wall Street, occupyburque, protest

Update: Monday, October 17th, 2011:

Occupy Albuquerque had a very successful protest on Saturday, October 15th, in solidarity with #ows and #globalchange. Upon my arrival at the protest point, which was Wells-Fargo in Nob Hill on Central Ave, there were hundreds already gathered. The crowd swelled to between 700-800 people and was a glorious site! Every age, race, religion and socioeconomic background was present! In the true Albuquerque Southwestern tradition, it was an Occupy Fiesta! This video I filmed and created shows the phenomenon which occurred this day. For photos of this day, please visit my photo site: MotleyPhotos.net More…

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September 29, 2011

Occupy Wall Street | The NYPD pepper spraying incident officers name released ^Reply

Activism, All, News: US, Occupy Wall Street • Tags: #occupywallstreet, anthony bologna, coverage, footage, msnbc, Occupy Wall Street, pepper spray, protestors

New coverage came out of the police officer who pepper sprayed Occupy Wall Street protesters without any provocation. The officer has been identified as DI Anthony Bologna, and his personal details have been released online by Anonymous. There is now video evidence of DI Bologna pepper spraying peaceful protesters on two separate occasions.

September 28, 2011

Occupy Wall Street | Democracy Now! ^Reply

Activism, All, News: US, Occupy Wall Street • Tags: #occupywallstreet, coverage, Democracy Now, footage, New York, Occupy Wall Street, police brutality, protestors, protests

As Occupy Wall Street demonstrations enter their second week, over 80 people have been arrested, and police brutality has escalated. Many protesters say the mainstream media is in a blackout, since many corporate networks sleep in the same bed with Wall Street.

September 28, 2011

More dramatic photos from Occupy Wall Street NY | Occupy Wall Streets spreads to San Francisco ³

Activism, All, News: US, Occupy Wall Street, Photo Gallery • Tags: #occupywallstreet, arrested, brutality, elderly protesting, images, Occupy Wall Street, pepper spray, photos, police, protestors

As the Occupy Wall Street demonstration enters its 12^thday in New York City – and as progressive activists protest in cities across the country – Bay Area residents are preparing for a mass mobilization on the streets of San Francisco tomorrow afternoon (Thurs/29), targeting financial institutions and other entities that they blame for the economic plight of the average American.

September 27, 2011

Occupy Wall Street organizing all over the US… and WORLD! ²²

Activism, All, News: US, Occupy Wall Street • Tags: country wide, occupy birminghom, occupy boston, occupy dc, occupy kansas city, occupy las vegas, occupy omaha, occupy philadelphia, occupy portland, occupy sacramento, occupy san diego, occupy san francisco, occupy tampa, occupy together, Occupy Wall Street, Occupywlalstreet, police violence, protest, protestors, protests

UPDATE: Friday, October 7th, 2011

Many of the links on the OccupyTogether.org are bad – plus they keep changing the site around so it is becoming rather difficult to maneuver. Therefore, I have gone through each state on Facebook and located some of the key Facebook pages. I am sure there are more, but these are good starting places. See list below. If you would like your community added, please leave a comment with link.
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September 25, 2011

Sept 25, 2011 | Occupy Wall Street still going strong. Dramatic photos and videos ^Reply

Activism, All, News: US, Occupy Wall Street • Tags: #occupywallstreet, 2011, 9/24/2011, arrested, brutality, capture, demonstrators, footage, mace, Occupy Wall Street, photos, police, protestors, Sept 24 2011, September 24, update, video

About 80 people were arrested Saturday as demonstrators who were camped out near the New York Stock Exchange marched through lower Manhattan, police said.

The “Occupy Wall Street” protest is entering its second week. Demonstrators said Saturday they were protesting against bank bailouts and the mortgage crisis; some also held signs decrying Georgia’s execution of Troy Davis, who was put to death Wednesday for the 1989 slaying of an off-duty Savannah police officer.

September 24, 2011

Iran Pres Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speech at UN. US and others walk out. Truth hurts. Full coverage. ^Reply

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Very powerful speech…. American diplomats led a walkout at the U.N. General Assembly Thursday as Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad fiercely attacked the United States and major West European nations as “arrogant powers” ruled by greed and eager for military adventurism.

September 24, 2011

Infographic: The “risk” of “terrorism” ^Reply

Activism, All, Lighter side of life, Politics - US • Tags: a fall, accidental suffocation, airplane accident, cancer, car accident, choking on own vomit, drown, electrocution, heart attack, hot weather, info graphic, infographic, more likely to die from, police officer, statistics, the true risk of terrorism

Rather puts a better perspective on the real risk of terrorism.
Looks like we have more to fear from our own law than “terrorists.” More…

September 23, 2011

Morgan Freeman, the Tea Party and Racism. Truth hurts. ²

All, News: US, Politics - US, She speaks... • Tags: CNN, facts, GOP, GOP debate, hate, Michele Bachmann, Morgan Freeman, Piers Morgan, racist, recession, republican party, resistnet, tea partiers are controlling the republican party, tea party, unemployment, we're going to do whatever we can to get this black man out of here

In an interview with CNN’s Piers Morgan, actor Morgan Freeman stated, ““The tea partiers who are controlling the Republican party…their stated policy, publicly stated, is to do whatever it takes to see to it that Obama only serves one term. What underlines that? Screw the country, we’re going to do whatever we can to get this black man out of here.”

That statement brought out the haters everywhere. And some of the most horrid, ignorant statements I have ever seen in such abundance.

I’m sure this will bring on some strong opinions, but honestly… Morgan Freeman has had the balls to say the plain and simple truth. And the truth hurts.

September 22, 2011

School House Rock! ¹

All, Lighter side of life • Tags: Adverbs, Conjunction Junction, Figure 8, Firgure Eight, Interjections, Preamble, Saturday Morning cartoons, School House Rock, Three is a Magic Number

Remember these? Some thirty-odd years ago. I so loved them all, and had nearly all of them memorized.

Here are several of the more popular ones.

School House Rock: Figure Eight

School House Rock: Adverbs

September 21, 2011

Troy Davis. Executed. News coverage. ^Reply

Activism, All, News: US • Tags: Amnesty International, coverage, georgia, last words, lethal injection, maintained innocence, news coverage, State of Georgia executed Troy Davis, stay denied, Supreme Counrt rejected stay, Tory Davis executed, video, witnesses disputed testimony

JACKSON, Ga. — Georgia executed Troy Davis on Wednesday night for the murder of an off-duty police officer, a crime he denied committing right to the end as supporters around the world mourned and declared that an innocent man was put to death.

Defiant to the end, he told relatives of Mark MacPhail that his 1989 slaying was not his fault. “I did not have a gun,” he insisted.

“For those about to take my life,” he told prison officials, “may God have mercy on your souls. May God bless your souls.”

September 21, 2011

Facebook BLEW UP today due to the new changes with the wall feed ¹

All, Science & Technology, She speaks... • Tags: changed, Facebook, family, feed, friends, frustrated users, images from Facebook wall, new facebook feed, protests, social, somebody broke my facebook, top posts, top stories, unhappy, very angry birds, wall

When I logged on this morning, still groggy with my first cup of coffee barely touched, I was flabbergasted to see the enormous changes in Facebook… as were my friends. For hours today, we grumbled, complained, and basically decided… we did NOT like how Facebook is deciding upon what the “top feeds” are for us.

September 21, 2011

Photos of floods in Pakistan ^Reply

All, Natural Disasters, News: International • Tags: Badin district, flood, flood waters, images, Pakistan floods, Pakistani, photos, Sindh province, villagers

One year ago, Pakistan suffered the worst flooding in its history, a slow-moving disaster that left some 2,000 dead and another 11 million homeless. Nearly one million are still without permanent shelter, and meanwhile, the flooding has returned. Though it’s not on the same scale as last year’s flood, this summer’s damage is still significant.

High water from monsoon rains has killed more than 200 people since early August, damaging or destroying some 670,000 homes and affecting more than 5 million people, according to the government and the United Nations. The disaster has once again overwhelmed the capacity of the government to assist, and the UN has asked for $357 million in international aid. Gathered here is a handful of recent images from Pakistan, where residents are once again coping with flooding on a massive scale.

September 20, 2011

Pig Paper # 11: Jan 1980 | Feature on Elvis, photo of Chuck Berry and much more ^Reply

All, Pig Paper • Tags: Chuck Berry, Elvis, Gary Pig Gold, gossip, interview, Issue No. 11, January 1980, Jayne County, Pig Paper, Pigossip

My next installment of what will eventually be the full set of archives.

The was the first Pocket Pig issue, with each page sized at 4-1/2 by 11. There is a piece on Elvis Presley as the cover would suggest. There is a centrefold picture of Chuck Berry. There is an interview with Jayne County. And loads of gossip. The issue came out on January 1980.

September 20, 2011

With Repeal Of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,’ An Era Ends ^Reply

Activism, All, News: US, Politics - US • Tags: civil rights, DADT, Don't Ask Don't Tell, don't ask don't tell policy repealed, gay rights, gays in the military, human rights, lesbians in the military, military, Obama, repealed, rights

Photo, left, courtesy of fernexpress.

The law that for almost 18 years has banned openly gay Americans from serving in the armed forces will be officially repealed Tuesday, nine months after Congress voted to end the Clinton-era edict.

President Obama signed the repeal into law last December, but its provisions required time for the Pentagon to prepare for the policy change, and for top military officials to “certify” the law’s end.

September 18, 2011

Occupy Wall Street – 5 Minutes of Slow Motion Video – September 17 ^Reply

Activism, All, Occupy Wall Street • Tags: #occupywallstreet, Occupy Wall Street, peaceful demonstration, September 17, slow motion, video

Incredibly well-made and edited video of various clips shot throughout the day. Here is verbatim from the youtube site:

I was curious to see how this event would play out, so I shot from 8pm to 10pm on September 17 at the General Assembly in Zuccotti Park. I was touched by the sense of community, and impressed by the level of cooperation and discipline among the occupiers.

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September 18, 2011

The Tea Party Defends Wall St. As US Day Of Rage Protests Corruption ^Reply

Activism, All, News: US, Politics - US • Tags: #occupywallstreet, #usdor, Anonymous, CNN, FOX, global finance, greed, images, media denying coverage, occuply wall street, Occupy Wall Street, photos, protest banks, protest Wall Street, protesters gather in New York, Tea Baggers, tea party, twitter, video, we are anonymous, we are legion

Mad Tea Party Tweeters are taking over the #USDOR twitter stream in yet another demonstration in their belief that might makes right. Yes, it’s September 17, the Day of Rage where average citizens are protesting the government’s enabling of the corruption of Wall Street.

Ironically, certain angry patriots who just months ago were claiming that it was American to bring a weapon to their representative’s office in order to send the message “Don’t tread on me!” to the government are now are clogging up the Twitter #USDOR Twitter stream mocking the “liberal hipsters” occupying Wall Street. Here’s a glimpse of comments from one page of the stream (names have been taken out to protect the ignorant, but suffice it to say the world Patriot is featured heavily):

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September 17, 2011

Occupy Wall Street going on despite denial from major news media. Photos. Video. Updates. ⁵

Activism, All, News: US, Occupy Wall Street • Tags: #occupywallstreet, Anonymous, CNN, Day of Rage, FOX, global finance, greed, images, media denying coverage, occuply wall street, photos, protest banks, protest Wall Street, protesters gather in New York, video, we are anonymous, we are legion

Update: Sunday, September 18, 2011:

Below is a video of news coverage out of Egypt on the protests on Wall Street. The coverage is in Arabic, but I am posting because at 5:44 minutes into it, there is footage of the police on a bullhorn ordering the protesters to leave otherwise they will be arrested. Does it not say in our First Amendment:

“Amendment I: Congress shall make no law … abridging … the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”

September 15, 2011

Deadbeat dad Rep. Joe Walsh (R-IL) MIA in child support court – owes $117k to ex and 3 kids ¹

All, News: US, Politics - US • Tags: child support, child support payments, comtempt of court, deadbeat dad, Il, illinois, owes back child support, Rep Joe Walsh, republican, special treatment, tea party

As ThinkProgress reported in July, Tea Party freshman Rep. Joe Walsh (R-IL), who relishes lecturing President Obama and Democrats on fiscal responsibility, owes more than $117,000 in child support to his ex-wife and three children. Despite loaning his own campaign $35,000 — and paying himself back at least $14,200 for the loans — Walsh has claimed he failed to make the payments because he “had no money.”

September 15, 2011

Guinness Record Holders including the most piercings and the longest nails ²

All, Hodge Podge, Lighter side of life • Tags: biggest collection of dalek's, Christine Walton, dr who, Guinness Record Holders, Guinness World Records, Las Vegas NV, line of dogs skipping rope, longest nails, longest tongue, mobile wedding chapel, most body piercings, most flexible woman, The Dutchess

Included in this video: Most flexible woman; Woman with the Longest Tongue (it’s long….); Woman with the Longest Nails (I’m not sure how she actually functions – they’re so long there is no way she can grasp anything); Man with the Most Body Piercings (453 to be exact – at least at the time of publishing this); Man with the Biggest Collection of Dalek’s (the robot from Dr. Who – he has 571 at this time); the Longest Line of Skipping [rope] Dogs; and the World’s Fastest Wedding Chapel (an old firetruck converted into a mobile chapel).

September 15, 2011

Bruce and Esther: Webcam 101 for Seniors. Captured trying to learn to use their computer ^Reply

All, Lighter side of life • Tags: as seen on tv, Bruce, Bruce Huffman, Esther, Esther Huffman, lighter side of life, Oregon, seen on the news, senior couple, viral video, webcam, webcam 101 for seniors, youtube

A couple from northwestern Oregon who are Internet newbies have found themselves the unwitting subjects of an instant viral video, thanks to a little help from a grandkid.

Bruce Huffman, 86, and his wife, Esther, 79, of the Hillside Retirement Community in McMinnville, recently purchased their first laptop computer –- an aqua colored beauty with a built-in webcam.

September 14, 2011

Windows 8 unveiled at Anaheim CA conference. Review. ^Reply

All, Science & Technology • Tags: Anaheim CA, california, desktop, Metro, revealed, review, touch screen, video, Windows 8 unveiled, Windows Build Conference

The long awaited Windows 8 was fully unveiled at the Windows Build Conference on Tuesday.

It may have the start-bar-and-icon Desktop look that Windows users are familiar with, but as the crowd at Anaheim, California, saw, any similarities with Windows 7 end there.

The new system has a new, touchscreen-optimized interface called ‘Metro,’ which looks more like the Windows Phone operating system.

September 13, 2011

OMG! Wal-Mart is bringing back (shudder) LAYAWAYS!!! ²

All, Politics - US, She speaks... • Tags: budget, bumble, Christmas, credit, credit cards, credit denied, economics, homeless, layaway, People of Walmart, recession, rudolph the red nosed reindeer, strange, survival, Wal-Mart, weirdos

Oh, the HORROR of it all! The images of layaway at Wal-Mart just gives me the heebie-jeebies! I have a visual image in my mind of all the people from the People of Wal-Mart site standing in line wearing clothing that looks like they were the rejects from previous eras, butt-crack showing, wearing panda-bear hoodies, clothing with the type of sayings that make you scratch your head and ponder, “wtf…”, parts of their bodies exposed which shouldn’t be, and so on and so on. They are all there carrying on in some strange dialect of English – or whatever their language may be – discussing how horrible their children are, how their boss “dun did ‘em wrong cuz I was just a little bit late” (what he didn’t say was “late every day”), how their utilities are going to be shut off – while standing their waiting to buy their 60-inch TV with wall mount, etc etc.

September 13, 2011

Bystanders LIFT a burning car to save trapped motorcyclist ^Reply

All, News: US • Tags: bystanders, lift burning car, motorcyclist, save, trapped, trapped under car

A motorcyclist who was dragged beneath a car Monday in Logan was rescued by bystanders who helped police lift the burning car and pull the man out from under the wreckage. He was reported to be in critical condition Monday night.

September 12, 2011

Several footages of fires in Texas. Update on Bastrop. ^Reply

All, Natural Disasters • Tags: bastrop, bastrop county, central texas, fires, footage, Highway 21, Highway 213, Hwy 71, Possum Kingdom Lake, raw footage, Texas, time lapse, video, wildfires

The Insurance Council of Texas reported Monday that estimated losses due to recent wildfires in Central Texas are $250 million, by far the costliest in the state’s history.

Firefighting teams Monday worked to extinguish final stubborn flare-ups in the massive, week-old Bastrop blaze, even as gusty winds rekindled several hot spots.

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