Archive for April, 2012

Women Unite Under Obama & Vulgarity
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Women Unite Under Obama & Vulgarity

The Boston Unite Against the War on Women Rally was held this past Saturday at City Hall Plaza. The event was planned by UniteWomen.org  and endorsed/attended by Occupy Boston. The event drew about 200 people to hear both speakers on women’s rights and live music. Toward the beginning of the [...]

The Real Zimmerman
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The Real Zimmerman

Up to this point, main stream media has handled describing the shooter of Trayvon Martin in one of two ways: as a gun-wielding, self-appointed vigilante, or with complete silence. Finally, Thomson/Reuters journalist Chris Francescani has pieced together the facts describing who George Zimmerman really is in his piece “George Zimmerman: Prelude to a Shooting.” [...]

Occupy SF & ACCE Crash Wells Fargo
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Occupy SF & ACCE Crash Wells Fargo

The Wells Fargo annual shareholder meeting was Occupy San Francisco’s target this afternoon. Of the several hundred protesters who marched to the bank’s headquarters, a few from Occupy SF managed to get into the meeting, briefly disrupting it. Via the SF Gate: One minute after the 1 p.m. meeting on [...]

Occupation Denied
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Occupation Denied

Occupy Wall Street was evicted from their Lower Manhattan headquarters on Monday. The group had set up the base of operations in October, shortly before their Zucotti Park dispersal. The lessee, George Weathers, had stopped paying his $6200 per month rent in August. He offered the space to Occupy Wall [...]

Judge to Occupy: Twitter is Fair Game
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Judge to Occupy: Twitter is Fair Game

From NBC NY: A judge says an Occupy Wall Street protester can’t stop prosecutors from getting his tweets as part of a case surrounding his arrest at a demonstration. A Manhattan criminal court judge ruled Friday there are reasonable grounds to believe the information is relevant. The judge also says Malcolm Harris [...]

Protester in Viral Photo Speaks
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Protester in Viral Photo Speaks

The protester appearing in the viral photo from last Sunday’s Occupy counter-protest says he was not injured. The photo taken at an Occupy Boston protest of the Tea Party tax day rally on the Boston Common shows a member of the Boston Police placing his hand on the neck of [...]

Secret Service’s Risky Business
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Secret Service’s Risky Business

The Secret Service Sex Scandal may be much more elaborate than what was originally reported. The numbers of US personnel and Columbian prostitutes have increased, and the ages of the prostitutes are also being investigated. Investigators are also evaluating to what level security was compromised by a Secret Service gone [...]

Senate Rejects Buffett Rule
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Senate Rejects Buffett Rule

This evening the US Senate effectively rejected Obama’s proposed “Buffett Rule.” The Democrat-run Senate failed to garner the 60 necessary votes to begin the process of turning the plan into bill, voting 51-45. Voting stayed mostly partisan. Republican Maine Senator Susan Collins voted to advance, while one Democrat, Arkansas Senator Mark [...]

Excuses, Excuses
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Excuses, Excuses

The RNC released a new advertisement this morning highlighting Obama’s never-ending string of excuses for his failed economic policies. Video:   Some of his most outrageous excuses include the Arab Spring, Japanese Tsunamis, ATMs, and just plain “bad luck.”

Annual Tax Day Rally
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Annual Tax Day Rally

The Greater Boston Tea Party joined the Worcester Tea Party this year for the annual Tax Day Rally at Lincoln Square in Worcester, Massachusetts. Speakers at the event included former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson, Mary-Alice Perdichizzi from Brandeis University, high school junior Arianna Scricco, and American Spectator contributor Aaron Goldstein. About 200 [...]