November 26, 2011 – 8:44 am
The Washington Post’s headline is actually Why blacks aren’t embracing Occupy Wall, but, it might as well have asked why the Occupiers are 98.4% pale faces Occupy Wall Street might seem like a movement that would resonate with black Americans. After all, unemployment among African Americans is at 15 percent, vs. almost 8 percent for […]
November 25, 2011 – 8:33 am
That’s right, the Occupiers have yet another wonderful idea designed to tick people off (The Spec) The yurts are barely dismantled and the tents only just rolled up, but there is already a new movement on the horizon — Occupy Christmas. Canadian magazine Adbusters — which prompted the Occupy Wall Street camp and subsequent set-ups […]
November 23, 2011 – 9:33 am
A virtual potpourri of fun stuff from the Occutards. I couldn’t determine which to focus on, so, here are all three, starting with the Occupier who said she miscarried and sent the Left into apoplexy, despite the fact that there was no proof, and she was arrested for breaking and entering. Yeah, about that A […]
November 22, 2011 – 9:26 am
Tina Dupuy over at The Atlantic notices something funny During the very first week of the Occupation in LA I noticed that the gender breakdown in its General Assembly (GA) and various committee meetings was roughly the same as the within the U.S. Congress. In other words, about one-fifth of those who were participating in […]
November 21, 2011 – 1:56 pm
So, a few “targets” on a political map are “violent”, “hateful”, and “uncivil,” despite there being no follow-up violence from the Conservative side. But, threats of violence and actual violence are “mostly peaceful” (SF Gate) San Francisco and Oakland authorities moved to take greater control of the Occupy protests Sunday, raiding an offshoot of the […]
November 19, 2011 – 7:29 am
Sheesh, what is it about Lefties that brings out the inner beast as soon as they are camping in a park? (KMOV) A 20-year-old woman participating in the OccupySTL protest reported to police that a man sexually assaulted her while she was in her tent on November 8, three days before tents were removed by […]
November 18, 2011 – 5:30 pm
So they say (Washington Post) One of the enduring questions about Occupy Wall Street has been this: Can the energy unleashed by the movement be leveraged behind a concrete political agenda and push for change that will constitute a meaningful challenge to the inequality and excessive Wall Street influence highlighted by the protests? A coalition […]
November 18, 2011 – 12:49 pm
I’d compare them to cats and dogs, but, cats and dogs don’t continuously tell us how they are uber smart (CBS San Fran) Poor sanitation and evidence of lice and fleas at the Occupy San Francisco encampment endanger the health of everyone in the overcrowded, makeshift tent city at Justin Herman Plaza, public health officials […]
November 17, 2011 – 3:35 pm
Al Gore digs deep into the science as he writes in his journal “When I talk with people who are skeptical about climate change science, I’m often asked: “I know global warming is happening, but how do we know humans are causing the change?†“Broadly, this question requires a two-part explanation:†“1. We know that […]
November 17, 2011 – 10:04 am
A quick hit that I thought deserved to be on the front page rather than the sidebar links, Verum Serum has a great list that shows what kind of mayhem the Occupiers have been involved in, such as arson, assaults, threats, etc. I’d like to see one of the Lefties put together a similar list […]
