badcrumble
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@__________@Novid said:
Oh thank god.Novid said:
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Occupy Wall St - Occupy Everywhere, Occupy Together!
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The 1% shouldn't hoard 60% of all asian cartoon porn and iPads
mentalfloss
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Novid said:
Novid said:
Though the rest of this post is a little nuts, this paragraph brings up an interesting angle on OWS and how it's positioned in the larger race politics dialog in this country.
I was chatting with a black friend last week, and the conversation topic turned from race relations to OWS. He made a comment about how his assertion is that the majority of the protesters are white, which made me remember the chart about the protester demographics from earlier this page that confirmed his suspicions. I pressed him for his thoughts behind this; his position was that the economic injustices OWS has been protesting against have essentially been par for the course in minority communities, particularly the black community, since before our generation was born.
Anyone else here from the black community have any thoughts on this? Is this a common perspective amongst blacks in regards to the OWS movement?
Fusion Pizza
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Hey Novid, you're an idiot.
See? I can make baseless statements too!
See? I can make baseless statements too!
Never posted these. I visited Zucotti Park on Sunday. Very fascinating mix of people, and an obscene amount of cops basically standing around.
Also interesting, they have a cop stationed in a huge perimeter around the park guarding every ATM, bank entrance, etc. There were an obscene amount of tourists in the area. I've never seen so many tourists.
They were also filming Dark Knight while I took these pics on Wall Street itself, which was interesting.
Also interesting, they have a cop stationed in a huge perimeter around the park guarding every ATM, bank entrance, etc. There were an obscene amount of tourists in the area. I've never seen so many tourists.
They were also filming Dark Knight while I took these pics on Wall Street itself, which was interesting.
Funky Papa
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Funky Papa said:
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Best part about that dude is he had prime real estate. He was standing on the NW corner of the park, elevated a few week, in full view of all the passing tourists. You'll also notice the sign next to his has some interesting things to say about Yaz birth control pills.
AbsoluteZero
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Novid said:
I had to google crunchyroll. Looks like a site to watch anime on. I'm no anime fan, but why is that so bad and why are people sick souls from developing it?
Rocket Scientist
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I'm not even joking when I say I did not get it until the very last time he says the word. I was so confused by the other errors in the post, I just assumed he didn't know how to spell.ronito said:
Rocket Scientist
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It's funnier to think he actually believes all that and is speaking from his heart, rather then trolling though.
Rocket Scientist
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Pretty sure it is.
The burger king attacks were weird enough, why are you guys attacking food stalls now? ok burger king is a major corporation, but these guys just look like locals trying to make a living.
http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2011...ing-after-occupy-group-splatters-blood-urine/
http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2011...ing-after-occupy-group-splatters-blood-urine/
empty vessel
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minus_273 said:
Maybe we should find it flattering to be blamed for everything going on around us. At least that means people are paying attention to us, right?
The most recent issue has stemmed up from two local businesses operating in the Civic Center plaza Centre City Coffee Cart and Brooklyn Dogs. Apparently in the last couple of weeks both have shut down, and both are blaming Occupy San Diego as the reason for doing so.
City Council member Carl Demaio decided to hold a fundraiser at Downtown Johnny Browns for these two businesses to help them re-open their businesses.
The whole thing seems fishy on many levels. Many of us were told, but were unable to confirm, that the coffee cart was already doing very poorly as a business and had received rent relief well before Occupy San Diego began. Here, Linda Jensen, the owner of the coffee cart, complains about her issues at the Civic Center in 2008 by responding to a City Beat article titled Being neighborly [The Front Lines, March 26].
We are not sure why we are being blamed for both the hot dog stand and the coffee cart closing, we can only imagine. The claims are that they have received threats from us and are scared to be around us in the plaza. We do not understand this as most of us actually wish both carts would reopen so we could buy coffee and hot dogs from them.
Last night our media team made an attempt to speak with Carl Demaio about the situation but we were blatantly ignored over and over, and kept at a distance from him as much as possible by some of his companions and/or bodyguards.
The most recent issue has stemmed up from two local businesses operating in the Civic Center plaza Centre City Coffee Cart and Brooklyn Dogs. Apparently in the last couple of weeks both have shut down, and both are blaming Occupy San Diego as the reason for doing so.
City Council member Carl Demaio decided to hold a fundraiser at Downtown Johnny Browns for these two businesses to help them re-open their businesses.
The whole thing seems fishy on many levels. Many of us were told, but were unable to confirm, that the coffee cart was already doing very poorly as a business and had received rent relief well before Occupy San Diego began. Here, Linda Jensen, the owner of the coffee cart, complains about her issues at the Civic Center in 2008 by responding to a City Beat article titled Being neighborly [The Front Lines, March 26].
We are not sure why we are being blamed for both the hot dog stand and the coffee cart closing, we can only imagine. The claims are that they have received threats from us and are scared to be around us in the plaza. We do not understand this as most of us actually wish both carts would reopen so we could buy coffee and hot dogs from them.
Last night our media team made an attempt to speak with Carl Demaio about the situation but we were blatantly ignored over and over, and kept at a distance from him as much as possible by some of his companions and/or bodyguards.
http://occupysandiegoca.wordpress.c...o-falsely-accused-and-ignored-by-carl-demaio/
Keru_Shiri
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There truly is nothing GAF won't inject anime hate into, its mindboggling.Novid said:
Oh shit USA
Proofs my suspicion that the whole system is corrupt, from the economic cirisis in 2008 to the support of Israel to the shitty health care. I'd say we confront them now they're still in one place, the people of France had to do ton of work to find their former elite after the revolution.
Proofs my suspicion that the whole system is corrupt, from the economic cirisis in 2008 to the support of Israel to the shitty health care. I'd say we confront them now they're still in one place, the people of France had to do ton of work to find their former elite after the revolution.
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Wazzim said:
My god they really need to get rid of the living dead hosting 60 minutes Jesus Christ. And that interviewer is acting like a child, wtf.
"Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh!" /O-face
wtf
Anyway yeah. Like I said all congressmen portfolios should be public for one. That would be a start. And go from there, corner them.
Karma Kramer
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empty vessel
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Karma Kramer said:
Well said, Mr. Rogan.
empty vessel
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MuseManMike said:
Shit, is he really a truther? That sucks.
Karma Kramer
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empty vessel said:
Yeah didn't know that either.
Yeah. Let me try to link you.empty vessel said:
Edit: Found it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jl2JQfxnnHU#t=8m31s
I've gone ahead and time-stamped it for you, but the whole video is worth watching. Lot's of what they are talking about is in reference to the notion of the a "shock doctrine."
kame-sennin
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Karma Kramer said:
He makes some really good points, especially the bit about having a national conversation about what role the police are supposed to play.
If you are interested in academic discourse on the role of police in society, I'd recommend reading Foucault's Madness and Civilization.kame-sennin said:
I've gone ahead and found (Googled) some quotes and interpretations of his work that may resonate with some posters here. No substitution for reading the book, however.
I should clarify when Foucault says "police" he is referring to the mechanisms of "policing" whichever form that may take.
gutter_trash
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the movement is now about building Shanty Towns... it's time for eviction IMO
Bulbo Urethral Baggins
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Karma Kramer said:
ha ha. I'm not surprised to see people supporting this movement embracing the stand up comic/911-Truther Joe Rogan. But still...... quite sad.
Yeah the truther bit might compromise a few people who might have otherwise been accepted as totally rational. There's probably nothing wrong with what he's saying now, and 9/11 was pretty outrageous and got people to think and do and say some things. It's cognitive dissonance to disconnect both sides though. It's basically people latching onto the idea that they are liars, and guess what..it turned out that they were. They were looking for any excuse, some outlandish, some in my opinion sensible if addressed. I'm willing to ignore whatever he said unless it was completely beyond the pale.
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