Many thanks to Dr. Dawg and Let Freedom Rain for the link to this video, in which Chris Hedges demonstrates amply his disdain for that bombastic cipher, Kevin O’Leary.Recommend this Post
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CBC liberal? Really? Chris Hedges trashes Kevin O’Leary’s audition for Sun News.
Kevin O’Leary channels Krista Erickson. This time guest bites back.
This is sweet. Chris Hedges exposes Kevin O’Leary’s snotty, condescending name calling during an interview on CBC’s Lang & O’Leary Exchange. Amanda Lang tries in vain to represent the middle ground as a CBC pundit should do but to no avail as O’Leary keeps on . . . → Read More: CBC liberal? Really? Chris Hedges trashes Kevin O’Leary’s audition for Sun News.
Continue readingCBC liberal? Really? Chris Hedges trashes Kevin O’Leary.
O’Leary shocked by ‘nutbar’ fighting backThis is sweet. Chris Hedges exposes Kevin O’Leary’s snotty, condescending name calling during an interview on CBC’s Lang & O’Leary Exchange. Amanda Lang tries in vain to represent the middle ground as a…
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Noam Chomsky on the Occupation Movement
Largely shunned these days by the corporate-driven mainstream media, Noam Chomsky expresses some optimism about the Occupy Wall Street Movement that has spread to several cities:Recommend this Post
Continue readingPolitics, Re-Spun: Occupy the Church, Occupy Together
Christians. Church. God. Jesus. Occupy. What do these words mean to you? For many, the connotations are negative. Personal experiences with judgemental, rigid, frozen people who identify themselves as Christians have left a bitter taste in their mouths. Memories of being harangued, condescended to and lectured linger long after their encounter. Media and political examples […]
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: ‘If you don’t have a job and you’re not rich, blame yourself’
So says Republican Presidential nomination hopeful Herman Cain. Expressing his disdain for the Occupy Wall Street movement, Cain seems at a loss to understand the anger people feel over the failure of the United States Federal Government to reign in th…
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: An Aerobic Workout While On The Job
The NYPD shows us how its done with only one simple piece of equipment, a baton:Recommend this Post
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Has This NYPD Officer Been Watching Video of Toronto’s G20?
You decide.Please sign this petition urging Prime Minister Harper to stop threatening Michaela Keyserlingk and to stop exporting asbestos.Recommend this Post
Continue readingJust desserts. Fox reporters beaten by cops at Occupy Wall Street.
It’s ironic dontcha think that Murdoch employees, whose job it is to demean the protesters, were beaten and maced by police themselves?Gateway Pundit may not address this particular incident but he certainly enjoys watching young people getting beaten …
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Occupy Wall Street and the Broken Social Contract
As the Occupy Wall Street protests continues to grow. And unions join the struggle.Some old wankers still struggle to explain what it means.The organizers of Occupy Wall Street are fighting to upend the system. But what gives their movement t…
Continue readingRed Tory v.3.0.3: Fair & Challenged
Fox News dispatched their fatuous cub reporter Griff Jenkins to Liberty Plaza recently to interview some of the dirty hippies and bizarre characters at the Occupy Wall Street protest, but uh-oh, he encountered this guy instead: Unsurprisingly, Fox never aired … Continue reading →
CNN on Occupy Wall Street: “Bang on the bongos, smoke weed!”
If there any doubts that CNN turned a far right with the hiring of far right blogger Erick Erickson and Breitbart flunky Dana Loesch with no progressive counterpart, take a look at how one CNN reporter characterizes a news story.
The reporter, Alison Kosik, deleted the tweet. . . . → Read More: CNN on Occupy Wall Street: “Bang on the bongos, smoke weed!”
Continue readingCuriosityCat: Meet the Canadian rebel who sparked OccupyWallStreet
The spark for the insurgency that now grips the heart of Wall Street, and has spread to many other American cities as well as cities in other parts of the world, was struckin Vancouver during a brainstorming session led by the Canadian rebel, Kalle Las…
Continue readingCuriosityCat: The Heart of OccupyWallStreet
The British are deft with words – is every Briton born a wordsmith? – and today The Guardian has come close to defining the heart of the American Spring now taking place in many cities there (my highlights):But the ultimate failure here is of imagi…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Occupy Wall Street and the Champagne Party
As frantic efforts to revive the Old Capitalist pig continue.And the Occupy Wall Street protests grow.It seems that some of the fat cats on Wall Street.You know…these pampered pussies…Still don’t get the message. But are caught on video watchi…
Continue readingA Different Point of View....: Globe and Mail’s RoB shocks by questioning our economic system
The Globe and Mail – the Canadian media’s strongest supporter of neoliberalism and uncontrolled capitalism – has published a news story that questions whether the economists, business owners and governments that dictate the economic policies of W…
Continue readingCuriosityCat: The Cat supports Occupy Wall Street, the revolution that won’t go away
Michael Moore paid the protestors a visit, and on television was asked what he wanted. I want to see those responsible for the mess doing the perp walk, he said.Michael MooreFrom small beginnings, the Occupy Wall Street uprising is gaining steam. And i…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Occupy Wall Street and the Radical Imagination
Their protest may be angry but unfocused. They have been ignored by the MSM. Brutalized by the police, and arrested in massive numbers. But slowly but surely Occupy Wall Street is rediscovering the radical imagination.We are watching the…
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: A Powerful Indictment of NYPD Brutality During The Occupy Wall Street Protest
While the following video may seem tame by the standards of brutality set by the police last year in Toronto during the G20 Summit, it is heartening to see mainstream coverage of unwarranted police actions on Wall Street during the ongoing Occupy Wall …
Continue readingOccupy Wall Street going mainstream?
Occupy Wall Street protests have garnered very little media attention, especially the television kind. Yes, there’s been the usual ’dirty fucking hippies’ smirking from the New York Times and the like, but nothing substantial. Most Americans, except those who work or live near Wall Street, have taken little notice. That’s about to change.
The New York . . . → Read More: Occupy Wall Street going mainstream?
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