witness to the #occupation...

#occupywallstreet - Dailykos 10/31/11

NYPD sending in drunks to disrupt Zuccotti Park?

#occupynashville - The Raw Story 10/31/11

Now it's Tennessee that receives a Halloween treat: And does a man's heart good to see pockets of public officialdom exhibiting calm and reason in response to overzealous posturing by certain state governors.

Also, video via the Huffington Post of a news reporter being swept up in an arrest of 29 #occupiers in Nashville.

... and it ain't even halloween--yeesh!

A moment ago outside the cafe...

Now, I ask you: Who needs this shit!?

witness to the #occupation...

#occupycairo - Boing Boing 10/28/11...

Remember during the Arab Spring and the march on Tahrir Square by Egyptians objecting to the rule of Hosni Mubarak, and the good guys among us were saying "Walk Like an Egyptian?" Well, international good will is a two way street!--this, in support of #occupyoakland.

Hey, if corporations can go international, then why not We The People, eh?

#occupyoakland - The Raw Story 10/29/11...

Oakland Mayor Jean Quan sounded a conciliatory note to the #occupy movement in her town, and met with Scott Olsen, the U.S. Marine who was clocked in the noggin by a police tear-gas canister, and who is now listed in fair condition, an upgrade from his earlier critical reading.  Mayor Quan apparently has miles to go, figuratively speaking, before the occupiers of Ogawa Plaza forgive the perceived heavy-handedness of her police force a few nights prior.  Stay tuned.

Addendum - Crooks and Liars 10/27/11...

You must, must see the Charlie Rose interview of Amy Goodman of Democracy Now and Truthdig's Chris Hedges. It is illuminating and it is compelling, and best of all... it is encouraging!

"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win."

#occupy update...

#occupyoakland - The Raw Story 10/26/11...

What can you say about the burning need of our elected officials who moonlight as corporate apologists (Or is that the other way around?) to break up a lawful assembly of peaceful protesters because the president was in the next town jacking his jaw, or the mayor just grew tired of the great unwashed thinking they had these things called "rights?"

Rubber bullets, rock-hard canvas beanbags fired from shotguns (if you watched the "Jackass" movies you saw up close how nasty those things hurt) and flash/bang stun grenades all were employed by the thin blue line as if they were giggling boys with toys. This in concert  with efforts by police across the country in busting or just busting up We The People--the awesome NY State Police in Albany excepted--smells of the Department of Homeland Security's, if not the CIA's, involvement, either or both owing George Orwell his props.

#occupyobama - Truth-Out.org 10/22/11...

I'm loving this idea. Since no Progressive Democrat will primary Obama prior to the general election, why not get the #occupy movement to turn out en masse wherever he campaigns and do as he urged before he lost the House, hold him accountable. It could also be interesting to find out if there will be many Obama supporters who won't want to be affiliated with the movement, and how often the police will have to intervene from campaign stop to campaign stop in order to keep the more vocal of the lot in line.

Barry wanted to co-opt the #occupy movement? How 'bout the #occupy movement co-opt Barry?