ladyatheist:

Since Occupy Wall Street began, American police officers have arrested thousands of people for exercising their constitutionally protected right to protest. On Monday or Tuesday, the US Senate will vote on a bill that would give the President the ability to order the military…

If you open a dictionary and look up the word ‘fucked’, it will have a copy of this news story under it.  What the hell is this even doing up for a vote in a Democratically-controlled Senate?

However, I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised.  After all, the US military has used tanks against our own citizens before.

stfuhypocrisy:

The death of a Bronx man who suffered a fatal asthma attack after cops pepper-sprayed him has been ruled a homicide by the city medical examiner.

An autopsy found that Kemp Yarborough cause of death was by“acute bronchial asthma attack during a physical altercation including pepper spray,” the city medical examiner told….

More at link

http://rt.com/usa/news/death-pepper-yarborough-nypd/

Are you fucking kidding me? sdkjghsdkghsdfgjkhsdg No faith, I have no fucking faith left. These fucking cops are monsters. Where is the accountability?

And what’s even stranger is the NY Daily News reported it, and has since taken down the story. (Did a google search to make sure this story was true before reblogging it, and there on google in all of its cached glory is the link to the NY Daily News.)

I’m guessing Rupert Murdoch was tapping the reporter’s phone or something.

These people are despicable, but what really saddens me, is that Wall Street has actually gotten much stronger with the Democrats in power.  Corporate profits are at historic levels, and many major corporations can count on the Federal Government for billions in tax breaks every year, even as tens of millions in this country starve and see the value they get back in their taxes reduced.

And does anyone think the House would hesitate to borrow that 850,000 dollars if it means putting the unemployed back in the gutter?

Per MSNBC:

A well-known Washington lobbying firm with links to the financial industry has proposed an $850,000 plan to take on Occupy Wall Street and politicians who might express sympathy for the protests, according to a memo obtained by the MSNBC program “Up w/ Chris Hayes.”

The proposal was written on the letterhead of the lobbying firm Clark Lytle Geduldig & Cranford and addressed to one of CLGC’s clients, the American Bankers Association.

CLGC’s memo proposes that the ABA pay CLGC $850,000 to conduct “opposition research” on Occupy Wall Street in order to construct “negative narratives” about the protests and allied politicians. The memo also asserts that Democratic victories in 2012 would be detrimental for Wall Street and targets specific races in which it says Wall Street would benefit by electing Republicans instead.