Saturday, October 8, 2011
© Steve Sack Every time someone complains about the protestors blocking traffic or causing some other inconvenience, I just have to laugh. Like the bankers who destroyed the economy didn’t cause any inconveniences at all.
Saturday, October 8, 2011
After completely ignoring the “Occupy Wall Street” protests, finally someone at the New York Times seems to get it (albeit in an opinion piece, not in the regular news): Indeed, the twin drivers of America’s nascent protest movement against the financial sector are injustice and invisibility, the very grievances that drove the Arab Spring. In […]
Saturday, October 8, 2011
© Ed Stein With all the attacks on entitlements, we should also go after how Wall Street feels they are entitled to massive bailouts along with obscene profits and bonuses.
Jon Stewart on the mainstream media reaction to the Occupy Wall Street protests:
Thursday, October 6, 2011
© Aaron Alexander And you thought slavery was a thing of the past? Do you ever wonder how all those products you buy are made so cheaply?
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Steve was fond of saying that he lived every day like it was his last. Because he did, he transformed our lives, redefined entire industries, and achieved one of the rarest feats in human history: he changed the way each of us sees the world. The world has lost a visionary. And there may be […]
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Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Think Progress points out that the mainstream media, including the Washington Post, Fox News, and others, are calling the protestors who are occupying Wall Street “anti-capitalist”. Even some progressives, like Alan Colmes and Gawker are referring to the protests as “anti-capitalist”. But this is clearly wrong. In fact, calling the protests “anti-capitalist” seems like it […]
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
© Ruben Bolling Not to mention the War on Drugs. As former New Mexico governor Gary Johnson (R) put it “Pot smokers may be the largest untapped voting bloc in the country. A hundred million Americans have smoked marijuana. You think that they want to considered criminals?”
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I couldn’t agree with Van Jones more. The problem is not our theory of the president, the problem is our theory of the presidency. The question is not what Obama is going to do about our country, but what WE are going to do about our country. [thanks to Crooks and Liars]
Tom Toles Republicans believe if they keep repeating something over and over, people will believe. Even if it clearly isn’t working. We just haven’t done it enough yet, they say. When will we wise up?
© Keith Tucker The protests are spreading. You can see if there is one near you at this site. UPDATE: Photos from Occupy Wall Street.
© August J. Pollak I’m still holding out hope for Jon Huntsman, but this comic is probably right. Does anyone believe it won’t be Mitt Romney?
Speaking of democracy and elections, security experts at the Vulnerability Assessment Team at Argonne National Labs have demonstrated a simple hack that allows them to change votes on electronic voting machines using a standard remote control — like the one you use to change channels on your TV. The hack doesn’t require any reprogramming, and […]
Nothing says democracy like a royal decree.
Friday, September 30, 2011
© Ben Sargent Meanwhile, Wall Street remains occupied. The protests are growing and have spread to new cities. And even the mainstream media is now talking about the protests.
