Some updates and links for Occupy Congress in DC #J17

The numbers: A Washington Post report says 500 occupiers during the day and 1,000 occupiers by night. It is upsetting that the DC Police (I think it is the Capitol Police) played games with permits for Occupy Congress/Occupy DC. And, now the police have arrested one occupy activist. (Number of arrests may be up to […]

Chris Hedges at Occupy Wall Street (transcript and link)

Chris Hedges speaks with the first incarnation of Occupy Wall Street. Link to a youtube of the Chris Hedges interview: here. (An interview on Sunday Morning 9/25/2011. Ended at about 12:15pm) Chris Hedges stopped by the Occupy Wall Street encampment, and after a slow start, they fed him excellent questions. Great stuff. Sorry for the […]

If you want freedom: Make sure your government and your bank isn’t stealing it from someone else

(excerpt from) The Tech Herald Cablegate: Visa and MasterCard face legal problems over WikiLeaks blockade Full story: here. by Steve Ragan – Jul 3 2011, 03:25 After more than six months of preparation, WikiLeaks and DataCell are moving forward with a lawsuit, looking to end the financial blockade brought by Visa and MasterCard. According to […]