[occupy] News Media Links Round up #2
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flamingswordOccupy Dallas News:
City of Dallas adds addendum to agreement to let let protesters stay in Liberty Park, tells protesters they need $1 Million in Insurance because the city can't be liable if one of the protesters gets . . . hurt.
Former Mayor Offers Support, Then Backs City of Dallas' Play to Restrict Protest.
City says group did not obtain required insurance coverage from hostile group within 18 hour deadline and should now go quietly home.
Occupy Protesters respond they will seek Federal injunction to continue protests, arrests or not, and then do so.
KERA subtly reminds everyone that this is a non-violent movement and that Dallas is one of a few of 200 cities being Occupied with no arrests or anti-protester violence to date.
Occupy Wall Street News
Occupy Wall Street: A Banker Explains What Really Happened To America. <-- THIS IS THE EYE-OPENING FINANCIAL PIECE TO READ.
A chart-based pictorial of financial statistics sounds dull, but it's lucid non-partisanship is actually pretty damning to the Wall Street agenda. Good link for convincing fiscal conservatives.
And we must be doing well at reaching out because more Americans approve of Occupy Wall Street than not.
In honor of Guy Fawkes Day, Occupy Wall Street is planning a rally at banks to withdraw funds from corporate banks and open accounts at community banks and credit unions. (Have I told y'all how happy I am with my credit union lately? Happy iz me!)
The New York Times chimes in on the Opinions page about the clear messages of the protest.
What Do They Want? A blogger gets eloquently enraged on our behalf, well worth reading when your spirits start to flag.
The Daily Kos is rounding up links on the side of reason also; isn't it nice to have neighbors to keep us out of trouble?
Someone points out that the Occupy Movement Spotlights Disappearing Civil Rights. Because it's not obvious to everybody, even if it feels like it should be.
And somebody finally comes out with evidence to answer a question we all know the answer to: Who Really Owns NYPD? Turns Out It's Not So Rhetorical.
Relevant Wall Street and World News:
International Monetary Fund advisor Robert Shapiro goes on record to say that we may be facing a second bank collapse in two to three weeks. "This would be a crisis that would be in my view more serious than the crisis in 2008."
Comerica Bank executive sees a 50% chance of relapse into recession within the next 18 months. He's not kidding, and neither is the dude at the IMF. This politico-economic situation is inherently unstable, and our congress is dragging its feet on the emergency measures their policies have necessitated. Expect the need for the Occupations to be continuing through the next year.
The 99% will still be here.
City of Dallas adds addendum to agreement to let let protesters stay in Liberty Park, tells protesters they need $1 Million in Insurance because the city can't be liable if one of the protesters gets . . . hurt.
Former Mayor Offers Support, Then Backs City of Dallas' Play to Restrict Protest.
City says group did not obtain required insurance coverage from hostile group within 18 hour deadline and should now go quietly home.
Occupy Protesters respond they will seek Federal injunction to continue protests, arrests or not, and then do so.
KERA subtly reminds everyone that this is a non-violent movement and that Dallas is one of a few of 200 cities being Occupied with no arrests or anti-protester violence to date.
Occupy Wall Street News
Occupy Wall Street: A Banker Explains What Really Happened To America. <-- THIS IS THE EYE-OPENING FINANCIAL PIECE TO READ.
A chart-based pictorial of financial statistics sounds dull, but it's lucid non-partisanship is actually pretty damning to the Wall Street agenda. Good link for convincing fiscal conservatives.
And we must be doing well at reaching out because more Americans approve of Occupy Wall Street than not.
In honor of Guy Fawkes Day, Occupy Wall Street is planning a rally at banks to withdraw funds from corporate banks and open accounts at community banks and credit unions. (Have I told y'all how happy I am with my credit union lately? Happy iz me!)
The New York Times chimes in on the Opinions page about the clear messages of the protest.
What Do They Want? A blogger gets eloquently enraged on our behalf, well worth reading when your spirits start to flag.
The Daily Kos is rounding up links on the side of reason also; isn't it nice to have neighbors to keep us out of trouble?
Someone points out that the Occupy Movement Spotlights Disappearing Civil Rights. Because it's not obvious to everybody, even if it feels like it should be.
And somebody finally comes out with evidence to answer a question we all know the answer to: Who Really Owns NYPD? Turns Out It's Not So Rhetorical.
Relevant Wall Street and World News:
International Monetary Fund advisor Robert Shapiro goes on record to say that we may be facing a second bank collapse in two to three weeks. "This would be a crisis that would be in my view more serious than the crisis in 2008."
Comerica Bank executive sees a 50% chance of relapse into recession within the next 18 months. He's not kidding, and neither is the dude at the IMF. This politico-economic situation is inherently unstable, and our congress is dragging its feet on the emergency measures their policies have necessitated. Expect the need for the Occupations to be continuing through the next year.
The 99% will still be here.
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Date: 2011-10-14 12:56 am (UTC)Re: Bank Transfer Day. If you are in the DFW Metroplex, I highly recommend Texans Credit Union, as well as Bank of Texas. Bank of Texas is a regional bank, part of Bank of Oklahoma, which was the largest bank to not take TARP funds. I fired Chase and Bank of America for my personal accounts over the last few years, and the company I work for (where I'm the Treasury Manager) fired Bank of America a few years back. I'm on the verge of firing Chase, as well. (We are obligated to remain with some of the other large banks because of lender agreements, but I keep the minimum of accounts at those banks.) I firmly believe we CAN make a difference by refusing to use the big banks. Many regional banks and even some credit unions refund ATM fees now, so you can't even hide behind that excuse, and they all have good to excellent online banking. There is NO EXCUSE (other than if you have a loan that requires you have an account there) to use a big bank.