Tim Poole Handcuffed Apt Raided

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Sunday May 20, 2012 · 8:38 AM PDT

2012/05/20 · 08:38

I don't know the ultimate fate of Tim Poole of Timcast fame. Reports are that he was handcuffed and interrogated by the police.

Why should we care about our live-streamers?

A fascinating story about an acquittal

Mr. Arbuckle decided that the COPS were getting the short shrift from the journalists.

Arbuckle's arrest is particularly ironic because he wasn't on 13th Street January 1 to protest -- he was there to document the cop's side of the story. (Here's his Flickr page.) A junior at New York University majoring in political science and journalism, Arbuckle doesn't identify with the Occupy movement, but was working on an assignment for class to document the officers assigned to police it.

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How many actual laws were broken?

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How many actual laws were broken?

Lying under oath

4 votes

None cause police can't break laws

4 votes

suppressing the right to free speech

5 votes

Arresting innocent people

2 votes

targeting journalists

1 vote

Silly - some of those aren't laws!

4 votes

Time to bear witness Live Blog

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Saturday May 19, 2012 · 3:35 PM PDT

2012/05/19 · 15:35

livestream of NATO March

The marchers have been blocked from their march route for some reason by the police.

I am sorry this is so short and also I am not embedding the livestream. Please watch if you can and bear witness to the march.

Thank you.

Update 5:46 pm recap:
If I got all of it straight, there was a rally called to talk about the arrests and the attempts of intimidation. And after the rally they were going to leave, but when they did they were surrounded by police. So at that point they decided to march and march they did. At one point the cops tried to blockade the march and there was a lot of yelling: Let us through! Let us through! and finally after 20 or 30 minutes the cops let them through. The marchers ebb and flow. Some people leave and some people join up.

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Friday March 23, 2012 · 10:38 AM PDT

2012/03/23 · 10:38

Bloomberg has navigated the perilous shores of politics possibly by changing his political affiliation not once but three times in the last decade. He has avoided any consequences from the Bush years financial catastrophes. In fact:

In 2009, Bloomberg enjoyed Earth's greatest wealth increase, which Forbes reported at $4.5 billion, giving the mayor an overall $16 billion stash. As of March, that stash stands taller than Zuccotti Park at over $22 billion, making him the 20th richest person in the world.

(Scott Thill article link below squirrelly thing.
This was a Bush presidency he espoused: Read More

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Is it possible to have a democracy with so much plutocracy?

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Is it possible to have a democracy with so much plutocracy?

15 votes

Of course

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Maybe

1 vote

Apple Deep Dish Pie

0 votes

FINALLY some GOOD News!

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Thursday March 22, 2012 · 10:23 AM PDT

2012/03/22 · 10:23

We knew in our hearts the the continual overreach of the rethuglicans would finally reach the tipping point. And now it has. (Sorry about the commercial)

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

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What do you think has given rethugs pause?

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What do you think has given rethugs pause?

Facebook comments on sex questions?

3 votes

Large numbers of people petitioning?

0 votes

Large numbers of people protesting?

0 votes

Growing signs of awareness of their agenda?

12 votes

All of the above

45 votes

Chocolate

5 votes

Did you know...

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Wednesday March 14, 2012 · 10:00 AM PDT

2012/03/14 · 10:00

I am feeling overwhelmed at the moment so forgive the disjointed stuff I am dumping on you.

Did you know that

The UN special rapporteur on torture has formally accused the US government of cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment towards Bradley Manning, the US soldier who was held in solitary confinement for almost a year on suspicion of being the WikiLeaks source.
Juan Mendez has completed a 14-month investigation into the treatment of Manning since the soldier's arrest at a US military base in May 2010. He concludes that the US military was at least culpable of cruel and inhumane treatment in keeping Manning locked up alone for 23 hours a day over an 11-month period in conditions that he also found might have constituted torture.

From the Guardian Read More

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Are you as overwhelmed as I am?

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Are you as overwhelmed as I am?

Never

1 vote

I thrive on stress

3 votes

My stress causes me hives

0 votes

Oh wait, stop the world!

6 votes

Can we take a temperature check?

1 vote

Chocolate Pie

2 votes

French Silk Pie

0 votes

Donald Rumsfeld Mic Check!

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Saturday February 25, 2012 · 4:49 PM PST

2012/02/25 · 16:49

Donald Rumsfeld turned up at the Truman Library to be interviewed by Steve Kraske of our local NPR. Occupy Kansas City turned up as well. I am proud of them. It is time these folks face the music. It is time that people call them out for the shame of their "contribution" to our history. I am aware that confrontations like this are uncomfortable. But NO ONE ELSE is making the effort. Our democrats are silent on so many issues when THEY ought to be out in front of us. But they aren't and so we have to be the leaders we seek.

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Should Donald Rumsfeld pay a penalty

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Should Donald Rumsfeld pay a penalty

for torture

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for Iraq and non WMD

0 votes

for ineptitude

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Guantanimo

0 votes

Rendition

1 vote

Abu Gharib

0 votes

Water Boarding

0 votes

All of the above

16 votes

All of the above & more

112 votes

pie

1 vote

When Cops Won't Obey the Law

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Monday February 20, 2012 · 7:13 AM PST

2012/02/20 · 07:13

Oakland Police Department has been a bad legend for many years. And has been under a court ordered monitor for many years (since 2003).

We like to think that our police department is made up of heroes. That when we need them they will be there to protect and defend us. But the Black community and the Latino communities know very well there is a dark side. DWB (Driving while black) has been a justifiable reason for cops to stop a car and search it. And cops are arrogant and hostile to those within those communities.

I live in a mixed neighborhood. I firmly believe that cops carry a bag of dope around with them so that they can plant it on people they don't like. I firmly believe that they stop and detain and even arrest blacks every day with very little reason and do so with impunity. I see them do it. My cops are angels compared to OPD.

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My Police

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My Police

Protect me and I am white

2 votes

Protect me and I am not white

0 votes

My police are a threat and I am white

31 votes

My police are a threat and I am not white

0 votes

I don't know - and I am white

8 votes

I don't know and I am not white

0 votes

Those Voices in Our Heads!

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Sunday February 19, 2012 · 3:24 PM PST

2012/02/19 · 15:24

As a person who has delved into my psyche in order to try and understand myself better, I have found that we have other people stuck in our systems. As a mom and grandma I am somewhat happy about that. My kids and grandkids go off in the world and they may not know it but they are taking parts of me around with them. My grandma (therefore I myself but not officially) was a DAR. And my great grandpa was in the civil war on the Southern side. So it should not be a surprise that at one point I found myself with two (imaginary) lil ole ladies yelling at me "BE NICE, BE NICE"! They probably were the feminine counterpart to all that bellicosity from the male side of my ancestors.

I discovered these lil ole ladies when I was trying to get a divorce from my first husband. I made a deal with them. I knew I needed my anger to give me the impetus to finalize that divorce and I told them so. I told them that I knew they meant it for my own good but I needed very much not to be nice at that moment in time.

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What voices do you hear most often

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What voices do you hear most often

Faux News

0 votes

Limbaugh

0 votes

Conscience

5 votes

Devil

0 votes

Dkos front page

0 votes

Dkos Community

4 votes

PBS

0 votes

NPR

0 votes

Music

0 votes

Books

2 votes

Newspaper

0 votes

Sitcoms

0 votes

Reality shows

0 votes

Maddow

0 votes

OO Battle of the Y + Changes

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Tuesday February 07, 2012 · 11:27 AM PST

2012/02/07 · 11:27

Update: Added Poll for all you poll lovers!
OPD Hunts Occupy With Guns Drawn Through YMCA While Members Work Out. Video link
Occupy Oakland Media

While there you can peruse the deliciously snarky letter to Mayor Quan:

These people ARE dangerous mayor Quan. I would know, I spent much of the week in their company. I witnessed them on multiple occasions, prepare to turn an unused building six years vacant into an productive, cost-free asset to the entire community in which it sits. Furthermore, I saw many crimes during my brief stay in your city, including but not limited to; conspiracy to feed the community, aiding and abetting empowerment, attempting to chalk, 1st degree planning to occupy a vacant building, attempted occupation, etc. If this isn’t felonious behavior, I don’t know what is. Only your quick thinking and in-depth awareness of the situation’s complexity & nuance saved the day.

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Which will win?

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Which will win?

OWS vs Bankers Bonuses

1 vote

OO vs OPD

3 votes

Skepticism vs. NYMag

0 votes

GOP vs democracy

0 votes

Despair vs Just do it!

0 votes

Real criminal vs OPD

0 votes

Pie

0 votes

Chocolate

1 vote

Rule 1

0 votes

Rule 2

1 vote

Rule 3

0 votes

Rule 4

0 votes

Rule 5

0 votes

Rule 6

0 votes

Rules 7-10

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"Republican Party is Now in Trouble"

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Monday February 06, 2012 · 1:54 PM PST

2012/02/06 · 13:54

Perhaps not surprisingly, Greenberg was dismissive of the Republican Party’s prospects, noting it had failed to pick up a significant number of voters despite a landslide 2010 victory in congressional races and a bleak economic picture. “The Republican Party is in trouble,” he said. “There are no more people calling themselves Republican through this whole process even though they had a landslide election in 2010…. It has become a cult. Independents are now equal to it,” in relative political strength.

Very interesting read from The Christian Science Monitor

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Your recommendation for the dems down ticket?

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Your recommendation for the dems down ticket?

Anti tax

0 votes

Austerity

1 vote

Jobs

41 votes

Infrastructure bldg.

12 votes

Climate change policies

1 vote

More solar, wind power

2 votes

Women's Reproductive Rights

1 vote

LBGT Rights

0 votes

Voting Rights

1 vote

Penalize off shore tax havens

3 votes

Penalize moving jobs off shore

13 votes

The first 2

0 votes

Third thru nine

118 votes

Occupiers Charged BOOO! Then Charges dropped!

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Saturday January 21, 2012 · 1:52 PM PST

2012/01/21 · 13:52

Occupy has certainly made headlines of people being arrested. But then what happens?

In recent headlines we see:

UC Davis prosecution declines

OWS charges dropped

Felony charges dropped against San Diego occupy folks (to be continued after sack with squirrels:)

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How is your resolve to stand with Occupy?

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How is your resolve to stand with Occupy?

Huh, not me count me out

3 votes

Nothing much to see here move along

3 votes

I occassionally tune into live stream when a diary tells me to

4 votes

I know my city's version of Occupy

9 votes

I've gone on protests

22 votes

I've donated money

11 votes

I've donated time

3 votes

I've donated items

4 votes

I've been arrested! (please give story)

3 votes

My Occupy is hibernating

4 votes

Grieving A Loss Of Community

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Tuesday November 08, 2011 · 2:23 PM PST

2011/11/08 · 14:23

I was moved by the segment on Rachel Maddow's Show where she had Bishop Gene Robinson of New Hamshire She talks first in the segment about the "move your money day" and then goes into the ad that OWS is putting up. But it was the conversation with the Bishop that made me stop and blink a little start of tears. It comes about 3 minutes into the segment. He said that part of what a Bishop does is to look for God. "Look for God in the world. And I think I saw God at work in Zuccoti Park."

Now I am not a religious person. I haven't been to a church in a long time. I've argued with the Jehovah Witnesses when they come to my door about how I feel that religions tend to try to diminish God. And I have quite a lecture worked up about it too, but they usually smile and agree with me even though they think I'm nuts.

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Has the OWS effort given you pause for thought?

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Has the OWS effort given you pause for thought?

A lot!

14 votes

Every once in a while

2 votes

Nothing is new

0 votes

What OWS effort?

0 votes

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