Truth's Blog – October 2011 Archive (45)

Videos of the arrests #OccupyWallStreet October 15th 2011, Times Square #OccupyWallSt #O15

Videos of the arrests last night on 46th street!

Uploaded by JenNYC263 on Oct 15, 2011

After a peaceful march from Washington Square Park up 6th Ave, we were directed by the NYPD to turn down 46th Street towards Broadway.… Continue

Added by truth on October 16, 2011 at 1:00pm — 2 Comments

The U.S. is abandoning plans to keep its troops in Iraq past a year-end - Sticking point: immunity for troops

Sticking point: immunity for troops

The U.S. is abandoning plans to keep its troops in Iraq past a year-end withdrawal deadline.

The decision to pull out fully by January will effectively bring to a close the invasion that the U.S. launched eight years ago, despite ongoing concerns about Iraq's security forces and the potential for instability.

The decision ends months of hand-wringing by U.S. officials over whether to stick to a Dec. 31 withdrawal deadline that… Continue

Added by truth on October 15, 2011 at 9:27pm — 2 Comments

Breaking: Citibank customers arrested for closing their account #OccupyWallStreet #protest #revolution #OccupyEVERYWHERE #ows

NEW STREAMS! #OccupyWallStreet 'NEW STREAM! NYC Protest Watch Live + IRC Chat

LIVE FROM TIMES SQUARE

In God We Trust, All others we monitor :) nypd- live scanner…

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Added by truth on October 15, 2011 at 4:00pm — 8 Comments

Protesters from #OccupyWallStreet heckled News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch during a speech Friday

Rupert Murdoch heckled at Calif. education forum…

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Added by truth on October 14, 2011 at 3:30pm — No Comments

Occupy Surrey protest to welcome George W. Bush to Canada

13 Oct 2011 It looks like George W. Bush will be greeted by Occupy Wall Street-inspired protesters when he comes to Surrey next week. A Twitter account called…

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Added by truth on October 14, 2011 at 12:23pm — No Comments

Custody dispute is blamed in the worst mass killing in county history

An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life.

Robert A. Heinlein

A gunman apparently enraged over a custody dispute walked into a crowded Seal Beach hair salon where his former wife worked and opened fire, killing eight people and critically wounding another person in the deadliest shooting in Orange… Continue

Added by truth on October 13, 2011 at 10:45am — 2 Comments

majority of street lights have been removed from one Michigan city that was having trouble paying its electricity bill

The majority of street lights have been removed from one Michigan city that was having trouble paying its electricity bill.

DTE Energy Company has already repossessed 1,400 street lights in Highland Park as a part of a deal to forgive $4 million in unpaid bills going back at least five years. The company expects the rest of the work to be completed by…

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Added by truth on October 11, 2011 at 2:30pm — 1 Comment

The TSA has taken the “welcome step” of exempting kids 12 and under from shedding shoes

Jon Hilkevitch'sGetting Around

October 10, 2011

It turns out that children do not actually merit all the fuss the… Continue

Added by truth on October 11, 2011 at 12:01pm — No Comments

Afghanistan opium production set to rise 61%: UN

AFP

October 11, 2011

Opium production in Afghanistan is set to rise by nearly two-thirds this year, with farmers’ revenues from the crop set to soar compared to last year’s disease-hit harvest, the UN said Tuesday.

Afghanistan produces more…

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Added by truth on October 11, 2011 at 11:52am — 3 Comments

Hillary a mastermind behind Gunwalker

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Added by truth on October 10, 2011 at 11:30pm — 10 Comments

Occupy Wall Street... mansions

The “Millionaire’s March” begins tomorrow at 12:30 PM on the corner of 59th Street and Fifth Avenue.

Eat The Bankers

Organizers are planning a march on Tuesday that will visit the homes of JP Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon, billionaire David Koch, hedge…

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Added by truth on October 10, 2011 at 9:39pm — 1 Comment

A Gloomy Message From Portugal’s Banks

Commentary

By David Roman

Portugal’s banks didn’t lend blindly into a massive property bubble and didn’t get caught in subprime shenanigans. Yet they’re still in big trouble–that’s not a happy message for other European lenders.

Earlier Friday, Moody’s lowered its standalone ratings for six Portuguese banks, including two-notches downgrades for the traditional top…

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Added by truth on October 7, 2011 at 3:07pm — No Comments

Update: Police arresting #OccupySeattle protestors

Update: Police begin arresting Occupy Seattle protestors

Live from #OccupySeattle livestream!

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Added by truth on October 5, 2011 at 8:28pm — No Comments

PICS: Union / #OccupyWallStreet March

NYPD Officer on Wall Street bragging "My little nightstick's going to get a workout tonight"

video stream from paddy wagon:

Live now NYC protest Video Stream + IRC… Continue

Added by truth on October 5, 2011 at 6:30pm — 1 Comment

#OccupyWallStreet Protesters Suing City Over Brooklyn Bridge "Kettling"#protest #revolution #OccupyEVERYWHERE

Occupy Wall Street Protesters Suing City Over Brooklyn Bridge "Kettling"

(Peter Harris / Occupy Wall Street)

Over the weekend, more than 700 protesters were arrested after Occupy Wall Street marched onto the Brooklyn Bridge. Protesters claimed that police lured them onto the roadway of the bridge, leading them there as an excuse to arrest en masse. The NYPD maintains that they warned protesters they would be arrested for blocking the street, but now protesters are…

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Added by truth on October 5, 2011 at 12:32pm — No Comments

Greek civil servants walked off the job on a 24-hour strike Wednesday, paralyzing the public sector in a protest over ever-deeper austerity measures

Live Streams Greece Protest - TV Greek Riots Video Feed

Greek police have used tear gas against the protesters.

Clashes happened during the rallying of Greek unions in central Athens on Wednesday in a new protest over the austerity measures applied as the government…