Saturday, November 05, 2011

Happy Guy Fawkes Day




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Guy Fawkes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

Fawkes gave his name as John Johnson and was first interrogated by members of the King's Privy Chamber, where he remained defiant. When asked by one of the lords what he was doing in possession of so much gunpowder, Fawkes answered that his intention was "to blow you Scotch beggars back to your native mountains."[37] 

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Friday, November 04, 2011

Will Anonymous Target Facebook on Nov. 5? (And a brief history of Guy Fawkes Day)



Heck, maybe a little break from the digital leviathan would do us all some good...

Will Anonymous Target Facebook on Nov. 5?:
Anonymous is probably good enough to take down the social network, if only for a brief while, if they felt like it. The good news — for Facebook fans — is that the group frequently uses threats and warnings as a way to get people thinking about their targets without actually diving in. Facebook is now a target for abusing user privacy.

There was a mild buzz around the Internet about Nov. 5 as a potential Facebook attack date. Nov. 5 corresponds to Guy Fawkes Day, a UK holiday celebrating the failed plot by a crew of conspirators, including Guy Fawkes, to blow up British Parliament in 1605 and kill King James I. The holiday is supposed to celebrate the saving of the King’s life, but in recent years, it seems the revelry now favors Guy Fawkes and the idea of speaking truth (or gunpowder) to power. Fawkes was later popularized in the graphic novel-turned-movie V for Vendetta, which introduced a highly stylized Fawkes mask worn by rebels and revelers.
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Thursday, November 03, 2011

Poorest poor in US hits new record: 1 in 15 people - Yahoo! News

From 2011-10-06 Occupy Portland

Poorest poor in US hits new record: 1 in 15 people - Yahoo! News:


The ranks of America's poorest poor have climbed to a record high — 1 in 15 people — spread widely across metropolitan areas as the housing bust pushed many inner-city poor into suburbs and other outlying places and shriveled jobs and income.


New census data paint a stark portrait of the nation's haves and have-nots at a time when unemployment remains persistently high. It comes a week before the government releases first-ever economic data that will show more Hispanics, elderly and working-age poor have fallen into poverty.


In all, the numbers underscore the breadth and scope by which the downturn has reached further into mainstream America.


"There now really is no unaffected group, except maybe the very top income earners," said Robert Moffitt, a professor of economics at Johns Hopkins University."

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Is the GOP really this anti-Romney? Rick Perry, intoxicated?





TRENDING: Perry: I wasn’t drunk or on drugs – CNN Political Ticker - CNN.com Blogs:

...the longtime Texas governor said he did not take pain medication or consume any other substance before Friday's Cornerstone Action annual dinner.
"I've probably given 1,000 speeches," Perry told the newspaper Wednesday. "There are some that have been probably boring, some that have been animated, some that have been in between."
When asked about comedian Jon Stewart's suggestion that Perry drank alcohol before the event, the Texas governor said, "It wasn't that either."
"It's not that I wouldn't love to sit down with Jon and have a glass of wine," Perry said. "If he'll buy."
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Not his first time looking out of it...


Boy, he's come a long way from these days, way back in September, though...






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Is the GOP really this anti-Romney? Herman Cain, sexual harrassment, and "a perfect scandal"


Herman Cain allegation: Sources reveal new details - Kenneth P. Vogel and Maggie Haberman and Alexander Burns - POLITICO.com: 
The new details—which come from multiple sources independently familiar with the incident at a hotel during a restaurant association event in the late 1990s—put the woman’s account even more sharply at odds with Cain’s emphatic insistence in news media interviews this week that nothing inappropriate happened between the two.
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Herman Cain meets Washington's 'scandal industrial complex' - CNN.com:
STORY HIGHLIGHTSHerman Cain has repeatedly denied sexually harassing women
Ari Fleischer: If he is lying, he's in big trouble
But if Cain is telling the truth, the response to story is disconcerting, Fleischer says
Fleischer: Washington's scandal industry has kicked into full gear
If Herman Cain committed sexual harassment and is now lying about it, his goose is cooked and it should be. But if he is telling the truth, there is something terribly disconcerting about the way the Washington "scandal industrial complex" -- full of reporters, former campaign workers and pundits -- has reacted to this sad story.
After the story broke in Politico, Cain the next day denied that he sexually harassed anyone, which after all, is the core issue. Since then, other anonymous sources claim they too were harassed, without anyone really knowing what the alleged harassment entailed. He has been consistent, unwavering and on the record in his denial.
But that's not good enough for the way things work in Washington, where the manner in which he reacted to the news is said to be a sign of whether he would make a good president.
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Occupy Oakland: Tear Gas, Spray Paint, & Fireworks







Dear Media: you missed this information regarding Oakland | Occupy Los Angeles: 

Please attempt to help others keep a rational head today. What is being blatantly demonstrated here is how the media will manipulate the message away from the facts, and why. Again, this is a protest and movement against the corporate influence and corruption of the government caused by the few, by reminding everyone of the resulting disaster it has wreaked on the economy and the effects of which the rest of us feel. When that same collection of corporate entities also own the media which ultimately creates the message for the masses, the most true aspects of everything to do with the movement will never be covered, and instead be misrepresented to influence public opinion away from the underlying facts.


Oakland port reopens after night of Occupy protests - CNN.com:

Before dawn, authorities used tear gas on the anti-Wall Street protesters who defied orders to disperse after earlier shutting down the port, police said.
In the violence, a crowd of several hundred people threw rocks and shot fireworks at officers after being asked to leave the scene, prompting officers to fire tear gas, authorities said.
After the port protest, Occupy Oakland demonstrators returned to a city park and nearby streets, where violence broke out.
Hazy video from the scene, posted on the Internet, showed a fire burning and fireworks exploding as at least one protester threw objects.
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Dear Media: you missed this information regarding Oakland | Occupy Los Angeles: 
Some important facts that you will not find in the mainstream (corporate) media today which (completely co-incidentally I'm sure) will be the total polar opposite message we'll hear from the blowhards who only get their information from that corporate owned media bent on misrepresenting this movement:
- None of the "violence" of yesterdays demonstration was planned by, condoned, or in any way sanctioned by the general assembly at Grant Plaza...
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- Do a Google search for "Oakland Liberation Front" right now. They are a self invented, radicalized, pseudo-anarchist group styled after Black Bloc that attempted to subvert the protests yesterday. They have not been involved in any way with holding space in Grant Park
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- This is the flyer they were handing out around Grant Park the day before the General Strike  
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The Flyer...



Dear Media: you missed this information regarding Oakland | Occupy Los Angeles: 
When "Oakland Liberation Front" Black Bloc provocateurs acted against the principles of the actual movement by inciting vandalism during the march, the crowds turned against them: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=rWm2ZJbATHc





From a few days ago...

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Occupy Portland: Bank Transfer Day (November 5th)


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