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23 December 2011 — williambowles.info

Every dog must have it’s day

#Occupy as spectacle. The paucity of stories on the #Occupy movement (six of note over the past three days), even from the left is a sure indication that massaged and reshaped by the MSM, the #Occupy movement has had it’s day. We’re left with the tail-end of a spectacle. It’s literally out of sight, out of mind. I’m not talking about the left, I’m talking about 99%! The #Occupy movement is not a ‘left’ event, it’s largely composed of ordinary folks who’ve just had enough, and inspired by events elsewhere, took action, with the left trailing behind desperately trying to figure out how it may be ‘used’.

23 December 2011
Christmas Gifts for a Collapsing America
Dissident Voice Yesterday at 16:01
Homelessness Starter Kit, $29.99. For the myriad who were hustled by a bank into an impossible mortgage, then foreclosed upon. For the long-retired yet taxed right out of their own homes. For recent college grads who are jobless, of course, and too dispirited to return to their parents. Or for those who were simply laid off for no good reason and are now roofless, here’s a perfect gift for this holiday: Two pieces of cardboard, one to lie on, and one to create a begging and/or protest sign. As a bonus, we’ll include a list of suggested messages, completely free: WE ARE THE 99%, PREGNANT AND HUNGRY, I HAD A STROKE, I AM A WAR VETERAN, OCCUPY EVERYTHING DEMAND NOTHING, etc. For a Magic Marker, please add $1.99.

22 December 2011
Bridge-jumping for Your Health
Dissident Voice Yesterday at 15:59
Previous generations of Americans could validly expect better lives for their children. Not anymore.

The lamentations of the rich
World Socialist Web Site Yesterday at 09:35
Recent months have seen the eruption of popular anger throughout the United States at the staggering levels of social inequality, with the Occupy Wall Street protests gathering broad popular sympathy and support.

Wall Street Runs America
Mathaba News Briefing (Alerts) Yesterday at 08:15
Major Wall Street banks occupy and control Washington. They recycle their officials in and out, make policy, and enforce it with money power supremacy for virtually everything they want.

Destroying the American Dream: #Occupy
Mathaba News Briefing (Alerts) Yesterday at 01:52
Corporate greed and profits over people priorities launched nationwide OWS (Occupy Wall Street) protests and actions for change in hundreds of US and other cities around the world.

Why Are We Forced to Worship at the Feet of ‘Mythical’ Financial Markets Controlled by the Elite?
The Greanville Post 21/12/2011 at 19:51
By Les Leopold, AlterNet
The markets are ‘jittery,’ ‘upset,’ ‘skittish’ and ‘unnerved.’ They are ‘confident’ or ‘unsure.’ They are ‘demanding’ that political leaders ‘put up or shut up.’ And they are ‘reacting unfavorably’ to Obama’s newfound populism.