October 2011
City Room: A White Halloween? You Might Not Be... →
This is the worse Halloween trick EVER Holy Frost on the Pumpkin! Parts of New York City could get two to four inches of snow on Saturday.
“Happiness is not in the past or in the distant future. Happiness is always in the present. Celebrate your life today!” — AR Bernard
Obama for America: Hi, Tumblr. →
Guess Who’s Joined Tumblr………..
barackobama:
It’s nice to meet you.
There are lots of reasons we’re excited to be launching the Obama 2012 campaign’s new Tumblr today. But mostly it’s because we’re looking at this as an opportunity to create something that’s not just ours, but yours, too.
We’d like this Tumblr to be a huge…
A Little Protesting a Little Four Loko and Lots of...
Occupying McDonald’s, About 4:30 A.M., Near Zuccotti Park, New York
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Nadav Neuhaus
CORE JONES, 20:
I agree with the Occupy Wall Street demands. I’m a college student working for my education. Both my parents are cops, and I split the tuition payments with my father. I get paid about $300 if I work 20 hours at AutoZone in Brooklyn. They give me good hours, so...
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Occupy Wall Street Working Groups. Yep people there are 54 of em.
I sure hope someone will do a book on this when it is over.
Washington Post What Obama could learn from... →
My Girl Maya Wiley wrote this op-ed for the Post Check her and the Center for Social Inclusion out. Good work is being done there
The Hipster Cop: An Occupy Wall Street... →
I have a crush on hipster cop. Make that had a crush. All the attention seems to have gone to his perfectly coiffed head.
City Room: Holding Out at Zuccotti Park Is a... →
A history of resistance underlies Zuccotti Park, where the Chock Full o’ Nuts chain held out 13 years and delayed the completion of the privately built park.
Interesting History of Broadway and Cedar. Holding out seems to be the norm in that space.
Are You Smarter Than a Wall Street Occupier? →
I love those guy in Zucotti Park, but maybe they need to get a couple of civics and government books for the people’s free library. Or maybe a couple professors want to lead quick classes so they do not embarass themselves like this again………
Occupy Wall Street: This Video of NYPD Arresting a... →
I am jumping to conclusions. This is why I do not like megabanks. I only had one transation with Citi and it was a nightmare. Put your money into credit unions or union friendly banks like Amalgamated if you can.
“Let’s not jump to conclusions about this video, which (at about a minute in) shows a woman dressed in a business suit, carrying her Citibank checkbook, trying to leave...
The Occupy Wall Street protests have been going on... →
We, the undersigned writers and all who will join... →
moorehn:
I’m not really sure that there is a 1% and a 99%, conceptually. I see a lot of similar ground.
titivil:
youngmanhattanite:
Lorraine Adams, author of Harbor Rose Aguilar, author of Red Highways Dorothy Allison, author of Bastard Out of Carolina Steve Almond, author of Letters from People Who Hate Me Katie Arnold-Ratliff, author of Bright Before Us Rosecrans Baldwin, author of You...
More Money, More Problems: How Occupy Wall Street... →
At least they are using credit unions and union banks for their deposits. They need a CPA stat
Rite of Passage
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Children Spend a Day at Protesters’ Encampment →
One of the better ways for kids to spend a day off from school learning the democratic process
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“Just observing Yom Kippur cleanses our souls from the spiritual dirt that...
Just Listen: Aisha Tyler Interviews Questlove →
theessentialsofcool:
Aisha Tyler started her own weekly podcast in July called Girl On Guy. I love Aisha, but the podcast really didn’t do too much for me in the first eleven weeks. The guests weren’t…
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Told You All A Child Was Arrested Yesterday......
Another NY Post Classic Headline...........