No societal phenomenon worth its salt escapes the rapier wit and jabbing mockery of Parker and Stone! Fast and furious on the moneygrubbing heels of this little explosion of Occupy Wall Street Capitalism comes the penultimate harbinger of a movement ma…
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Writings of J. Todd Ring: BBC speechless as trader tells truth: “Collapse is coming… and Goldman Sachs rules the world”
Move your money now – put it into gold, silver, and if you can, more importantly, a piece of land that can feed your family, tools for self-reliance such as solar and wind energy, seeds and garden tools, a trailer, teepee, yurt or cottage, in cas…
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: The Arrest of Chris Hedges
If you advance to the 30 minute mark of this video, you will see Pulitzer Prize winner, author, and activist Chris Hedges, along with other Occupy Wall Street protesters, being arrested by the NYPD for sitting down on the sidewalk in front of Goldman S…
Continue readingOccupy Junk Mail, Part II
Here’s a few helpful hints to go with the “Occupy Junk Mail” concept detailed in the video at my last post. The more I think about it, the more I like it. Keep ‘em occupied, keep ‘em busy processing that junk mail!
Continue reading99% Action from Home . . . .
Something we all can do from home to annoy the 1%:H/T BTORecommend this Post at Progressive Bloggers
Continue readingOccupy Junk Mail
I’m always happy to return my junk mail from whence it came, or at least back into the “outgoing” slot, in my ongoing feud with the Post Office. It would probably be more effective to return it to the original senders if only I had time for such an undertaking, but — wait, I feel […]
CuriosityCat: A Prime Minister challenges a Chancellor: Could this be the end of the EU?
An epic struggle for the future of the EU was started this morning when a Greek politician threw down the gauntlet, challenging both those within his country who opposed his leadership as prime minister, and the latest ‘solution’ of the EU financial cr…
Continue readingAnother reason for the right to hate the troops
First they booed one at a GOP debate. Then, they laughed at one whose brain was smashed in. Now, they are about to escalate the hate for the troops because veterans are joining the Occupy movement in greater and greater numbers.Expect our troops t…
Continue readingOccupy Montreal: a lesson in dealing with itinerants and homeless
As the Occupy movement rolls on, it must deal with those who come not so much to share in the communal building of a new form of alternative resistance to the ills of our financial and governmental system, but for shelter and food. Mixing in with determined occupiers are the itinerants and . . . → Read More: Occupy Montreal: a lesson in dealing with itinerants and homeless
Continue readingOccupy Montreal: a lesson in dealing with itinerants and homeless
As the Occupy movement rolls on, it must deal with those who come not so much to share in the communal building of a new form of alternative resistance to the ills of our financial and governmental system, but for shelter and food. Mixing in with deter…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Occupy Toronto and the Patient Revolution
When I wandered through the Occupy Toronto campground today it was quiet, like most places in the city on a lazy, chilly, Sunday afternoon.But there were more tents than ever. The food tent was busy…So were the sign painters…Even on a lazy Sun…
Continue readingQuebecor And RLQ’s Chou-Chou, Eric Duhaime Has Hit a New Low–Enough With The Canadian Arrogant Complacency!
Yes, that would be the same Eric Duhaime, the one who begged the feds, not once, but twice, to somehow intervene in the construction scandal woes in la Belle province, a problem that dates decades that needs systemic changes that not even the feds can touch. That same scandal that ol’ Chrissie Paradis . . . → Read More: Quebecor And RLQ’s Chou-Chou, Eric Duhaime Has Hit a New Low–Enough With The Canadian Arrogant Complacency!
Continue readingDouchebags of the Week
No, make that the Month. Maybe even the Year. Or possibly the decade, since the photos you’re about to feast your eyes on are from last year. Here’s a taste: this is a couple of law firm employees at their firm’s Hallowe’en party last year. They’re “dressed up” as homeowners who’ve been foreclosed on, something […]
From the “Had to Happen” files
Recognize this guy? Sure you do: it’s the Headless Zazzle T-Shirt Guy, this time sporting an elegant “Occupy Wall Street”-inspired T-shirt, yours for the low low price of $14.95 (plus sales tax, shipping & handling). Also available in long-sleeve, hoodies, tank tops and tote bags. (But no dog shirts — yet.) I took care of […]
Art Threat: Let’s not make money – Friday Film Pick: 10 docs on capitalism & economics
Ten great docs that bring context to the Occupy Wall Street movement.
Continue readingBrigette DePape, iconic images, and Occupy
While establishment journalists muck around in muddy waders searching for a clue about the Occupy movement, condescending in their attitudes because they do not understand, I look back on perhaps a bit of the genesis of our Canadian versions of Occupy.
Brigette DePape.
Like the Occupy movement itself, Brigette’s action . . . → Read More: Brigette DePape, iconic images, and Occupy
Continue readingNEW MEDIA AND POLITICS CANADA: Occupy Wall Street: Income Inequality Harms Societies
As Richard Wilkinson says, “Something we instinctively know, inequality is divisive and socially corrosive.” In this TED talk he takes us through the data, charts and numbers that demonstrate the effect this has on us all:
Continue readingNEW MEDIA AND POLITICS CANADA: Occupy Wall Street: Income Inequality Harms Societies
As Richard Wilkinson says, “Something we instinctively know, inequality is divisive and socially corrosive.” In this TED talk he takes us through the data, charts and numbers that demonstrate the effect this has on us all:
Continue readingNEW MEDIA AND POLITICS CANADA: Occupy Wall Street: Income Inequality Harms Societies
As Richard Wilkinson says, “Something we instinctively know, inequality is divisive and socially corrosive.” In this TED talk he takes us through the data, charts and numbers that demonstrate the effect this has on us all:
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: What Media Pundits Don’t Understand
Robert Hackett, a professor in the school of communication at Simon Fraser University and a research associate at the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives’ B.C. Office, has written an incisive article on the failure of media pundits to understand …
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