We are the Foundation

protestor shot with rubber bullet soon to replace jazzband.

  On 11/9/2011 at 10:02 PM, chenGOD said:

http://www.nytimes.c...nkers.html?_r=4

 

Nicholas Taleb (the guy who came up with the theory of "black swans") gives some solid reasoning behind why bonuses are a bad idea.

 

http://www.nytimes.c...=me&ref=general

 

Thomas Friedman with an interesting comparison of the social movements going on in India and the US.

The manager where I work gets a bonus from corporate if he's under budget. As a result, we're horribly understaffed, nobody's allowed to get overtime, and the facilities are literally falling apart.

WE ARE IN THE FIRST WORLD WE HAVE NO RIGHT TO COMPLAIN WAIT UNTIL WE ARE STARVING THEN WE CAN PROTEST

They're working on it smetty. And if you look at deprived areas, they already are starved of the nutrients that come with decent food.

its not the same though. people in southern sudan are eating their own feces for nutrition. how dare we complain about not being able to afford another TV for the patio?

PS: if its not obvious I hate humanity.

lol wtf bad week?

only if you've been paying attention....

Well, at least our socially conscientious college students have their priorities straight when it comes to stuff worth rioting over, OH WAIT

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WewWAfKrK8

http://www.nytimes.c...-is-ousted.html

humanity

state college, pa is basically a town built around penn state. while frenetic college fans are more typical further south, they fucking love their football and their joepa.

overall, the whole recent penn state situation is unfortunate, but shit it's not THAT important in the grand scheme of things.

There's this big street right across the Central Station in Antwerp, and they are going to renovate it. This includes taking down all the trees of the street.

Which leads to a bunch of people protesting in favor of keeping the trees (i can understand that, i like to see something organic in contrast to all the concrete)

I've seen hearts drawn on the trees, and a bunch of texts and flyers spread around. But today, they've started using banners saying "OCCUPY ANTWERP" and "WE ARE THE 99%"

so uh....

this shit is about trees now?

this managed to shock me, which i didnt think was possible after oakland

An Irishman's Thoughts on Wall Street

That poor girl getting jabbed in the ribs by a nightstick. Why the fuck are the cops allowed to do this??? Protect and serve needs to be removed from all cops cars as soon as fucking possible.

There needs to be accountability... Riot police need large numbers painted on their uniforms, front and back, and on thier helmets, so that when a police officer is caught on tape doing shit like this, there will be no question as who did what. We basically allow them to be anonymous, hidden behind their gear. Yeah they have their name tags, but those are hard to pick out from videos, unless the cameraman is right in front of them.

  On 11/10/2011 at 8:40 PM, Kcinsu said:

There needs to be accountability... Riot police need large numbers painted on their uniforms, front and back, and on thier helmets...

I agree. It's not like in the military, where showing your rank could get you killed in the field. Their job is to be noticed, so a large number or letter wouldn't exactly hurt anything.

yeah, it has nothing to do with rank... just accountability... every officer is assigned a number. plain and simple. if you see officer #24 shoot a tear gas canister into someones face, then officer #24 gets in trouble.

fuck me that is disgusting

jabbing with a stick is so much worse than beating over the head too

i hear they are heading back tonight with tents

  On 11/10/2011 at 6:16 PM, Benedict Cumberbatch said:

this managed to shock me, which i didnt think was possible after oakland

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buovLQ9qyWQ

Completely unprovoked. That cop should be publicly castrated with his own gun.

what do you think about the possibility of the police knowing that their brutality will boost the numbers/movement - and doing it for that exact reason. one person in a uniform (and a big stick) can do much more than one person with a sign. seems a crazy thought i know. but sometimes i can't fathom it being anything else.

I think they just really don't get it. They think to themselves "we are the police, we are the law... how dare they not disperse... would told them to fucking disperse!" and then it becomes an ego thing, where they have to prove that they are in control and in charge of the situation. I really don't think that they think beyond that point.

http://upwithchrishayes.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/11/19/8896362-exclusive-lobbying-firms-memo-spells-out-plan-to-undermine-occupy-wall-street-video

Seems as though Wall Street is getting concerned

  Quote

The memo outlines a 60-day plan to conduct surveys and research on OWS and its supporters so that Wall Street companies will be prepared to conduct a media campaign in response to OWS. Wall Street companies “likely will not be the best spokespeople for their own cause,” according to the memo. “A big challenge is to demonstrate that these companies still have political strength and that making them a political target will carry a severe political cost.”

Part of the plan CLGC proposes is to do “statewide surveys in at least eight states that are shaping up to be the most important of the 2012 cycle.”

Specific races listed in the memo are U.S. Senate races in Florida, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Wisconsin, Ohio, New Mexico and Nevada as well as the gubernatorial race in North Carolina.

The memo indicates that CLGC would research who has contributed financial backing to OWS, noting that, “Media reports have speculated about associations with George Soros and others.”

"It will be vital,” the memo says, “to understand who is funding it and what their backgrounds and motives are. If we can show that they have the same cynical motivation as a political opponent it will undermine their credibility in a profound way.”

lol they dont get it

  On 11/20/2011 at 2:09 AM, hautlle said:

http://upwithchrisha...ll-street-video

 

Seems as though Wall Street is getting concerned

 

  Quote

The memo outlines a 60-day plan to conduct surveys and research on OWS and its supporters so that Wall Street companies will be prepared to conduct a media campaign in response to OWS. Wall Street companies “likely will not be the best spokespeople for their own cause,” according to the memo. “A big challenge is to demonstrate that these companies still have political strength and that making them a political target will carry a severe political cost.”

Part of the plan CLGC proposes is to do “statewide surveys in at least eight states that are shaping up to be the most important of the 2012 cycle.”

 

Specific races listed in the memo are U.S. Senate races in Florida, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Wisconsin, Ohio, New Mexico and Nevada as well as the gubernatorial race in North Carolina.

 

The memo indicates that CLGC would research who has contributed financial backing to OWS, noting that, “Media reports have speculated about associations with George Soros and others.”

 

"It will be vital,” the memo says, “to understand who is funding it and what their backgrounds and motives are. If we can show that they have the same cynical motivation as a political opponent it will undermine their credibility in a profound way.”

lol what a bunch of fail.

  On 11/10/2011 at 12:37 AM, asymmetrical head said:

watching this now. the official film of the occupy movement.