Goldman Sachs Mobilizes Rapid Smear Campaign Against Whistleblower - #MSM

Today, Goldman Sachs employee Greg Smith excoriated the investment bank in a New York Times op-ed, resigning due to the banks “toxic and destructive” culture, one in which the bank’s trading profits took precedence over its customers’ financial well-being. Goldman managers allegedly called customers “muppets,” and traders routinely asked how much was being made ripping off one customer or another.

Goldman has been quick to push back on Smith’s claims, portraying him as just a disgruntled employee. Some employees told Fox Business’ Charlie Gasparino that Smith doesn’t know what he’s talking about because he “never made more than $750,000 a year.”

And of course, the financial press has begun reporting anonymous attacks on Smith, quoting “people familiar with the matter” saying that Smith was angry with the size of his bonus and his lack of promotion:

– The Wall Street Journal reported that “people familiar with the matter” said that Smith is just miffed that his bonus was small: “The circumstances of Mr. Smith’s departure aren’t entirely clear. When Goldman doled out annual bonuses earlier this year, Mr. Smith’s small payment became a point of friction, according to people familiar with the matter.”

– Forbes’ Nathan Vardi wrote that Smith is just “having a midlife crisis“: “Smith is not the first person who wants to tell his former bosses to shove it. He is also not a whistleblower.”

The financial prognosticators at CNBC decided to mock Smith, saying that he would go form a media firm with Rolling Stone writer and staunch Goldman critic Matt Taibbi and the characters from Sesame Street. CNBC also compared Smith to Tom Cruise’s character in Jerry Maguire, airing the clip of that film when Cruise asks “who’s coming with me?” repeatedly, with no one actually going with him. Fox Business, meanwhile, insinuated that Smith just left because he didn’t get a promotion and was paid a small bonus. Watch a compilation:


Bloomberg’s William Cohan, author of “Money and Power: How Goldman Sachs Came to Rule the World,” said today that Smith is “now in the Witness Protection Program” due to his sure ostracism from Wall Street.

How #OWS Spent $700,000 in Six Months - #MSM

Of the $737,000 or so Occupy Wall Street reports it has raised in donations since its inception nearly six months ago, it’s managed to spend or earmark more than $700,000 of that, according to its latest finance report. Amid the staples, copies, computers, and materials for its direct actions, it paid for tea, cigarettes, and lots of Metrocards. For the group that occupied Wall Street in the first place, a financial hangover is at hand.

At its peak, Occupy had around $500,000 in the bank as donations poured in thanks to the national exposure of its Zuccotti Park encampment. Now, aside from the $89,029 that remains of its $100,000 bail fund, it has $30,537 to work with, according to last week’s report. So where did all that money go? A sampling of some of some of line items in the Occupy budget:

$45,000 on Metrocards The movement moves by New York subway. (Though it’s a little hard to tally because some of those are reported as one of a few bundled expenses, such as $87 for “metrocards and earplugs” for the security detail on Nov. 9).  

$9,900 on legal expenses Almost all of that going to bail out activists arrested during Occupy actions.

$6,000 on tea and herbs And do not forget the equipment to prepare them, as documented in expenditures slated for the Tea and Herbal and Herbalist working groups.

$7,196 on laundry People living in the Zuccotti encampment needed clean drawers.

$200 on tobacco and rolling papers Zuccotti Park had a Nic@Nite cigarette station.

$2,970 on fire extinguishers These were purchased after the encampment was visited by fire inspectors at the end of October.

$5,000 on pedal-powered generators The Fire Department seized the generators (which cost $2,185) any way. Eventually the city returned the machines.

$3,000 to make puppets The props first appeared at the Halloween march, but have since been used for lots of actions since (including the one pictured above).

$11,170 to churches Since early December, after police evicted the camp from Zuccotti park, Occupy has paid rent to churches housing displaced occupiers.

Of course, the bulk of Occupy’s money went to the kind of expenses you’d expect to see in a burgeoning activist movement: Printing and screen printing for flyers, T-shirts, and documents accounts for some $55,000. Another $25,000 got sent to Occupy Oakland and $10,000 went to Occupy Newark, in keeping with Occupy’s principle that it should help fund its sibling movements should their requests pass its general assembly.

Occupy’s accounting group declined to comment for this story, but from the chatter on its website not all appear pleased with the way it’s handled expenses. One named Monica McLaughlin wrote: “It was never the intent of the donors to support young able-bodied Americans. We should use the money to grow the movement. Period.”

But Occupy organizers point out that all of its expenses and budgets were approved through its consensus-based decision-making body, the general assembly. Some members might not like the financial choices the group made when it was more flush, but it’s never kept them a secret. And each spending decision was reached by the group as a whole.

With Occupy’s bank balance dwindling, Natasha Lennard wrote in Salon today that the movement’s momentum — and the funds its receiving — has largely transferred to other related projects outside Occupy’s sphere. The group’s accounting report for March 7 put its weekly budget at $17,090, and its actual expenses for the week at $14,880. Most of that goes to the kitchen ($10,000 budgeted) and metrocards ($4,380 budgeted). “At our current rate of expenditure, we have TWO WEEKS of recurring budgets remaining,” the report says.

[ EDIT: P.S. I’m Tagging All Posts From The MSM (Main Stream Media) as #MSM From Here Out… My Blog Needs Some Better Clarification On Sources… And, For The Record, I Don’t Trust The #MSM! ]

#Anonymous Members Arrested - #FBI Fear Mongering? (by @TheYoungTurks)

25 members of the global hacker group Anonymous were arrested in Europe by Interpol. In America the FBI is fear mongering and talking about cyber ‘terrorism’. Are comparisons to terrorists relevant? The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur on document leaks and how our corrupt government is protecting the interests of private corporations over the interests of the American people.

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#Anonymous geek-topia: Hackers change Hungarian constitution

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In Hungary, IT workers retire at 32 and get pensions equal to 150 per cent of their salaries. That’s according to Anonymous’ version of the Hungarian Constitution, which they posted after hacking the website of the Constitutional Court.

­“Ideals and rulers of tyranny, or dictators represent but short periods of history. The people have the right to eliminate tyranny or rebel against it,” said the “new constitution” written by the Anonymous hacker group.

The hackers have made their own adjustments to basic Hungarian law. Thus, according to the group’s version of the constitution, IT workers not only get to retire early on a luxurious pension, but are also exempted from paying tax.

The text of Anonymous’ “ideal” constitution was swiftly removed from the court’s website.

Anonymous has wide experience of launching such IT attacks. They have succeeded in taking down the websites of large security companies, law-enforcement organizations or government agencies, including the White House, the CIA, FBI, Department of Justice, Universal Music Group, RIAA and Motion Picture Association of America.

On February 29 Interpol arrested 25 members of the group in Europe and South America. Not surprisingly, the group downed Interpol’s main website in response.

NIST launches National #CyberWarfare (Cybersecurity) Center of DOOM! (Excellence) >:]

Cybersecurity Center of Excellence Launched

The National Institute of Standards and Technology is establishing the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence, a public-private collaboration aimed at accelerating the widespread adoption of integrated cybersecurity tools and technologies.

NIST Director Patrick Gallagher, at ceremonies on Feb. 21, said the center would unite “the best minds and provide them with the best tools to create and test solutions that will make online transactions of all kinds safer.”

Using a $10 million appropriation, NIST and its partners will provide a state-of-the-art computing facility near its Gaithersburg, Md., campus, where researchers from NIST will work with users and vendors of cybersecurity products and services. The center will host multi-institutional, collaborative efforts that build on expertise from industry and government.

According to NIST, the center will undertake carefully developed use cases - comprehensive requirements and test plans to address specific cybersecurity challenges - that should lead to practical, interoperable approaches for real world needs of complex IT systems.

A NIST factsheet outlines examples of projects the center could tackle, including:

  • Health IT solutions that employ open interface standards to encourage interoperability, flexibility and competition, while allowing wide broadband remote access and high levels of privacy and security.
  • Cloud computing offerings that furnish strong methods for knowing the physical location of sensitive data and for monitoring and verifying permissions for data movement among cloud servers.
  • Mobile computing solutions that provide trusted ways for organizations to communicate with their employees on their personally owned devices and yet protect that data if the device is lost or stolen or if the employee no longer works for the organization.

By hastening the implementation of state-of-the-art cybersecurity tools, NIST said, the center would enhance trust in American IT communications, data and storage systems; lower risk for companies and individuals in the use of IT systems; and encourage development of innovative, job-creating cybersecurity products and services.

Fostering America’s Cybersecurity Industry

NIST is part of the Department of Commerce, and among its roles is to promote American technological innovation, and the institute says the improved trust resulting from the center’s initiatives should support the development and adoption of innovative business processes to improve operational efficiency, reap significant financial benefits for public and private institutions, promote entrepreneurship and create new jobs and career opportunities.

NIST said additional center projects could focus on cryptography; continuous monitoring; identification, authentication and authorization in public-private sectors; or cybersecurity curriculum development.

The state of Maryland and Montgomery County, where NIST is situated, joined NIST in sponsoring the center. Maryland officials see the development of cybersecurity solutions and products as an economic development driver for that part of the state. The National Security Agency is based in Fort Meade in adjacent Anne Arundel County. Montgomery County also borders on Washington.

“Maryland is uniquely poised to contribute to the rapidly growing cybersecurity industry,” Maryland Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown said at ceremonies launching the center. “The addition of the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence will help build on our progress by enhancing coordination between the federal, state and local governments, as well as our partners in the private sector.”

Anonymous hacks police website, releases personal information FULL INFO DROP HERE Hackers affiliated with the group Anonymous obtained personal information for more than 150 police officers from an old website of the West Virginia Chiefs of Police Association and posted the data online. The FBI is investigating, said William Roper, the association’s president and the police chief of Ranson, W.Va., said. “It’s a shame that folks have to do this,” Roper said Wednesday. He said the hackers obtained the home addresses, home phone numbers and cellphone numbers of current and retired police chiefs from a website that has not been used in two years. The association has a new website but some information was still stored on the old one. “I don’t think they gained anything with this,” said Roper, who was among the officers whose information was posted by the hackers. “They just obtained information that’s already easy to get.” “My number’s in the book. My cellphone is a department cellphone so it’s readily easy to get” he said. A group called CabinCr3W posted the information and included a link to it in a Twitter post on Sunday. In an online message by CabinCr3w addressed to “citizens of West Virginia,” the hacking group says it has been monitoring cases of police brutality. “We are here to remind you that we the taxpayers pay your exorbitant salaries, and those salaries of your officers,” the message says. “Your job is to protect and serve, not brutalize the very people that pay your wages. Muzzle your dogs of war, or we will expose more of your sensative (sic) information.” The state Office of Technology notified the association on Monday that the website had been compromised after it was alerted by the Multi-State Information & Analysis Center, which detected suspicious activity, said Kyle Schafer, the state’s chief technology officer. “Our folks took that call and went out and took a look, saw the information and knew that wasn’t right,” he said. Roper said he notified the association’s members and other law enforcement agencies. He has not received any reports of officers receiving harassing or crank phone calls since the information was posted. Roper believes the hackers have too much time on their hands. If they are arrested, “we’ll give them things to do to occupy themselves, incarceration if possible,” he said. The Charleston Gazette (http://bit.ly/zLZxrB) first reported the hacking. Clarksburg, W.Va., Police Chief Marshall Goff and Charleston, W.Va., Police Chief Brent Webster were among those whose information was posted online. Both said Wednesday that they have been contacted by the FBI about the incident. “Like any of the public out there, we are at times victims also,” Goff said. Goff said he does not believe the hacker group accomplished anything because his information is already publicly accessible. “My number is published in the book because I feel that as an official figure I need to be accessible to the public,” he said. Webster said he was not overly concerned because he did not provide much information on the website. “But I don’t like it,” he said. CabinCr3w’s Twitter page is laced with references to the hacking collective Anonymous. Last week, Anonymous hit the web with a slew of hacks, including releasing a recording of a conference call between the FBI and Scotland Yard in which law enforcers discussed how to stop the hacking group. Anonymous also claimed credit for defacing the Boston Police Department’s website. And in Salt Lake City, officials said the personal information of confidential informants and tipsters had been compromised. Roper said his association’s old website will be taken down after the investigation is completed. The group’s board of directors will discuss whether the current website needs additional security measures. http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/hackers-target-wva-police-chief-groups-website-obtain-and-post-officers-personal-info/2012/02/08/gIQAIgdgyQ_story.html
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Hackers affiliated with the group Anonymous obtained personal information for more than 150 police officers from an old website of the West Virginia Chiefs of Police Association and posted the data online.

The FBI is investigating, said William Roper, the association’s president and the police chief of Ranson, W.Va., said.

“It’s a shame that folks have to do this,” Roper said Wednesday.

He said the hackers obtained the home addresses, home phone numbers and cellphone numbers of current and retired police chiefs from a website that has not been used in two years. The association has a new website but some information was still stored on the old one.

“I don’t think they gained anything with this,” said Roper, who was among the officers whose information was posted by the hackers. “They just obtained information that’s already easy to get.”

“My number’s in the book. My cellphone is a department cellphone so it’s readily easy to get” he said.

A group called CabinCr3W posted the information and included a link to it in a Twitter post on Sunday.

In an online message by CabinCr3w addressed to “citizens of West Virginia,” the hacking group says it has been monitoring cases of police brutality.

“We are here to remind you that we the taxpayers pay your exorbitant salaries, and those salaries of your officers,” the message says. “Your job is to protect and serve, not brutalize the very people that pay your wages. Muzzle your dogs of war, or we will expose more of your sensative (sic) information.”

The state Office of Technology notified the association on Monday that the website had been compromised after it was alerted by the Multi-State Information & Analysis Center, which detected suspicious activity, said Kyle Schafer, the state’s chief technology officer.

“Our folks took that call and went out and took a look, saw the information and knew that wasn’t right,” he said.

Roper said he notified the association’s members and other law enforcement agencies. He has not received any reports of officers receiving harassing or crank phone calls since the information was posted.

Roper believes the hackers have too much time on their hands. If they are arrested, “we’ll give them things to do to occupy themselves, incarceration if possible,” he said.

The Charleston Gazette (http://bit.ly/zLZxrB) first reported the hacking.

Clarksburg, W.Va., Police Chief Marshall Goff and Charleston, W.Va., Police Chief Brent Webster were among those whose information was posted online. Both said Wednesday that they have been contacted by the FBI about the incident.

“Like any of the public out there, we are at times victims also,” Goff said.

Goff said he does not believe the hacker group accomplished anything because his information is already publicly accessible.

“My number is published in the book because I feel that as an official figure I need to be accessible to the public,” he said.

Webster said he was not overly concerned because he did not provide much information on the website.

“But I don’t like it,” he said.

CabinCr3w’s Twitter page is laced with references to the hacking collective Anonymous.

Last week, Anonymous hit the web with a slew of hacks, including releasing a recording of a conference call between the FBI and Scotland Yard in which law enforcers discussed how to stop the hacking group.

Anonymous also claimed credit for defacing the Boston Police Department’s website. And in Salt Lake City, officials said the personal information of confidential informants and tipsters had been compromised.

Roper said his association’s old website will be taken down after the investigation is completed. The group’s board of directors will discuss whether the current website needs additional security measures.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/hackers-target-wva-police-chief-groups-website-obtain-and-post-officers-personal-info/2012/02/08/gIQAIgdgyQ_story.html

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#Latest #Media on #OWS - #OccupyTogether - #GlobalChange #Activism #Finance #Revolution <-> #OpESR #A99 #GIABO

    Occupy Seattle - The Daily Astorian: Northwest -> @h4x0r3d Edition!

    SEATTLE (AP) — Protesters tussled with police officers [Peaceful non-violence protesters were assaulted by the pigs] and clung to camping tents [which could have possibly been their homes!] as the Seattle version of the Occupy Wall Street [Which was sparked from the #A99 / #OpESR campaigns] demonstration reached tense moments Wednesday. [Because the pigs showed up and started beating peoples asses and left their belongings behind to be confiscated by the smokeys]

    Officers arrested 25 [Peaceful Non-Violent] demonstrators [For.. What?] when police and city park rangers cleared Westlake Park [By way of force with threat of violence] of dozens of camping tents [camping? what if this was someone’s home? didn’t we already cover that?] erected by participants of the Occupy Seattle rally. The demonstrators [Who are the real heroes in this story!] had been defying city mandates against camping [This is no regular camping vacation!] at the city plaza in downtown Seattle since the weekend.

    After the arrests, [peacefully protesting] demonstrators vowed to continue to be at the park on their website. [Because they gave no fucks on this day!]

    “Our numbers will only grow stronger as the public contemplates the unjust” arrests, the website for the Seattle demonstration said, adding “the occupation continues.” [In your face, haters!]

    The protest in Seattle is mirroring the long-running rally against Wall Street and economic inequality in New York, which saw its numbers swell to thousands on Wednesday as unions lent their muscle for a march in lower Manhattan. [Not to mention the 650+ Cities that have now joined!]

    Like in New York, many chanted here “we are the 99 percent,” [#A99] contrasting themselves with the wealthiest 1 percent of Americans. Others chanted “this is our park” [Which is true, no one truly owns the earth!] as police [Unlawfully] removed tents. [By force and threat of violence.]

    Christopher Williams, acting superintendent of city parks, said most demonstrators complied with a city request to remove their tents on Wednesday. [Most likely because they didn’t want to get stuck in jail or shot at] Only a few tents remained up, drawing the police activity. [More heroes, ftw!]

    Williams said they’ve been asking the demonstrators to leave the park since the weekend. [It’s gunna take more than a pretty please.] He said the city does not allow camping [RUSRS?] at this site because it obstructs pedestrian flow [That’s the point of an occupation! you will ++1 intarnets] and cleaning crews from pressure washing the heavily used plaza.

    Parks spokeswoman Dewey Potter said demonstrators are welcomed to have tents, but that they have to take them down when the park closes. [Double speak.. how familiar..]

    Police said those arrested included 21 men, two women and two minors. [Who had committed no crimes and were peacefully protesting which is their right]

    About 100 people make up the core group in Seattle, said Lindsay Conquest, one of the organizers. Conquest, who is unemployed, [I wonder if that has to with why people are protesting? oh, what? no, no, don’t let me stop you, keep blabbing] said organizers would like to keep a few tents to shelter people from the cold and also hold onto first-aid kits and donated food, but that the city has not allowed that. [Because they wanted to show that they also gave no fucks on this day… About Their Citizens.]

    Conquest said they’ve tried to keep the camping demonstration as “peaceful as possible” and to be at Westlake because it’s the “heart of downtown.”

    As the arrests were being made, Jack Bolton held a sign against corporate charters. Bolton, who is a traffic engineer for the state Department of Transportation, said he received an at-risk letter recently, meaning he might lose his job soon. [Sounds familiar.. like maybe this 99% might actually have something in common other than camping…]

    “We’re all in this together,” Bolton said. “This will go on. It will grow.” [Well put, good sir]

    #ows - A Collection of #OccupyWallStreet News for 10-3-11 [msm]

    UPDATE 10/2 2:20AM – Over 700 protesters arrested. – Updates Here

    Please call:

    1st Precinct: +1 (212) 334-0611
    77th Precinct: +1 (718) 735-0611
    NYPD Switchboard: +1 (646) 610-5000
    NYPD Central Booking: +1 (212) 374-3921
    NYPD Internal Affairs: +1 (212) 741-8401
    Mayor Bloomberg: +1 (212) NEW-YORK or +1 (212) 374-3921

    (Youtube) – Video: Link to “Archangel’s,” Occupy Wall Street You Tube Playlist – Video Link Here

    (FoxNews) – Thousands Protest at Bank of America Offices in Boston – Read More Here

    (WRH) – Image: Occupy Everywhere Map!! – View Here

    (MailOnline) – Wall Street protesters bed in for the long haul: Demonstrators show their intentions by setting up makeshift camps, pharmacies… and even a library – Read More Here

    (HigginBlog) – Video: Navy Vet Says #OccupyWallStreet Climbed Brooklyn Bridge To Flee Brutal NYPD Assaulting, Macing Crowd – View More Here

    (12160) – “J.P. Morgan Chase “donates” $4.6 Million to NYPD” #OccupyWallStreet

    JPMorgan Chase recently donated an unprecedented $4.6 million to the New York City Police Foundation. The gift was the largest in the history of the foundation and will enable the New York City Police Department to strengthen security in the Big Apple. The money will pay for 1,000 new patrol car laptops, as well as security monitoring software in the NYPD’s main data center.
    New York City Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly sent CEO and Chairman Jamie Dimon a note expressing “profound gratitude” for the company’s donation.
    “These officers put their lives on the line every day to keep us safe,” Dimon said. “We’re incredibly proud to help them build this program and let them know how much we value their hard work.” – Source: JPMorganChase

    (DailyBail) – Video: Protesters Outside San Fran Fed Demand Jamie Dimon ‘Come Out With Your Hands Up’ – #OccupySF – Video Link Here

    (OccupyAmerica) – Canadian version of Wall Street occupation planned – Read More Here

    (NBCLA) – Occupy LA, Wall Street Protesters March on City Hall – Read More Here

    (DailyBail) – VIDEO – Crowd Chants: “F*CK The Fed” At Occupy Boston Rally Outside The Federal Reserve – Video Link Here

    FLASHBACK – (Infowars) – Government Orders You Tube To Censor Protest Videos – Read More Here

    (VillageVoice) – Mayor Bloomberg: “We’ll See” If The City Will Let Occupy Wall Street Continue – View More Here

    (Guardian) – Occupy Wall Street protesters march against police brutality – Read More Here

    (DailyBail) – Video: Occupy Los Angeles Begins – #OccupyLA – Video Link Here

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    (PaulWatson) – Occupy Wall Street Protesters Call For Totalitarian Government, Re-Election Of Obama

    There is something very wrong with this picture

    Despite their honest intentions, many of the Occupy Wall Street protesters are being suckered into a trap and calling for the very “solutions” that are part of the financial elite’s agenda to torpedo the American middle class – higher taxes and more big government.

    Watch the clip below in which journalist Adam Kokesh talks to Occupy Wall Street protesters.  

    The ignorance displayed in these interviews knows no bounds. The protesters just don’t get it. They are calling for the government to use force to impose their ideas, all in the name of bringing down corporations who they don’t realize have completely bought off government regulators. Corporations and government enjoy a mutually beneficial relationship – getting one to regulate the other is asinine and only hurts smaller businesses who are legitimately trying to compete in a free market economy that barely exists.

    The zeal for totalitarian government amongst some of the “protesters” is shocking. One sign being carried around read, “A government is an entity which holds the monopolistic right to initiate force,” which seems a little ironic when protesters complain about being physically assaulted by police in the same breath.

    One woman interviewed by Kokesh also announces her intention to help Obama to capture a second term. How can a self-proclaimed Occupy Wall Street protester simultaneously support the man whose 2008 campaign was bankrolled by Wall Street, whose 2012 campaign is reliant on Wall Street to an even greater extent, and whose cabinet was filled with Wall Street operatives?

    Something is very wrong with this picture.

    The usual suspects, mega-rich foundations and elitists, behind the young radicals have also started to emerge – George Soros, The Ruckus Society, the Tides Foundation and the Ford Foundation.

    “The belated crusade against Wall Street is even more pathetic as it is coordinated by groups who wouldn’t exist without men like Soros, who made their money from deals that make the Street look sparkling clean. It’s class warfare as a cynical jab at the populist center, the people who mutter to themselves that the Street is full of crooks and so is Congress,” writes Daniel Greenfield.

    The thousands of Americans currently expressing their disgust at Wall Street and the bankers who have ruined the economy to the detriment of the poor and middle class should be commended for getting off their hind ends and doing something, unlike the millions who will continue to watch American Idol, drink beer and laugh in ignorance as the country is flushed down the toilet. It should also be added that there is a sprinkling of “End the Fed” demonstrators who truly understand the root cause of the problem.

    However, the fact that the majority of the Occupy Wall Street demonstrators are advocating “solutions” which the very elite they claim to be protesting against also want should set alarm bells ringing.

    The official Occupy Wall Street website vehemently supports Obama’s tax agenda, again in the deluded belief that Obama, the ultimate Wall Street puppet, genuinely wants to go after big corporations who use loopholes to avoid paying income tax.

    In calling for higher taxes on the middle class, the protesters are mimicking the likes of billionaire Warren Buffet. The top corporations pay virtually zero income tax because of loopholes that they have crafted in league with bought off government regulators. Obama’s tax hikes will only impact genuine middle class businesses and middle class Americans earning over $200,000 – with the rate of inflation as it is this can hardly be described as the “super rich”.

    As Anthony Wile writes, the protesters are being completely misdirected by their socialist/communist leaders. The real center of financial control is the Federal Reserve and the city of London, and yet ideologue Michael Moore said earlier this week that “ending capitalism” was more important than dealing with the Fed.

    Wile notes that the protesters seem obsessed with those who conduct financial transactions, not those who actually run global central banks, the real string pullers.

    “To get at the root of the problem, one should be protesting, say, in London’s City where central banking originated. Or protesting in front of the Federal Reserve in Washington DC. These are real seats of power. But the shadowy and excessively powerful and wealthy individuals who have created the modern economic system are quite satisfied no doubt to have Wall Street take the blame. It suits their purposes,” writes Wile.

    “It is too bad that the Occupy Wall Street movement seems to be obscuring the larger issues by apparently blaming the private (transactional) sector in entirety for what has occurred in the past few years.”

    UPDATE: Watch Alex Jones’ special broadcast in which he breaks down how the Occupy Wall Street protests are being run by the elite to distract Americans from the real source of the problem – the Federal Reserve. Jones has announced a nationwide Occupy the Fed rally and will personally be protesting Federal Reserve locations in Dallas, San Antonio and Houston this coming week.

    The CIA and the News Media - Eyeopener Preview (by corbettreport)

    CONTINUE WATCHING: http://ur1.ca/59i7m
    TRANSCRIPT AND SOURCES: http://www.corbettreport.com/?p=2720

    It is a well-known and uncontested fact that the CIA has enjoyed a long and intimate relationship with some of the largest news organizations in the world, and has used this relationship to manipulate, censor, and even fabricate news stories in support of its own covert agenda…

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    MSNBC Reporter SLAMS NYC Police Brutality! • #OccupyWallStreet

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    NYPD Reportedly Targeting Photographers At Occupation Of Wall Street: Gothamist

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    Photograph by Jim Kiernan for Gothamist

    Photographs and especially videos of the NYPD’s actions during the occupation of Wall Street have sparked outrage and media attention regarding the protests, which have now spanned ten days. Accordingly, witnesses, including our own photographer, tell us that the NYPD has been specifically targeting photographers and videographers for arrest. Two protestors who were maintaining the live video feed of the protests were arrested on Saturday, the first claiming that she was detained solely because she was holding a camera. “Those are the first people the police go after,” protest organizer Patrick Bruner tells us. “They’re always the first to get held up.”

    While it is well within a protestor’s right to film a demonstration or an arrest, NYCLU spokesperson Jennifer Carnig tells us, “You cannot interfere with police action, i.e. get in the middle of an arrest to take a photo or make a video.” It may be a stretch to say that those operating the protest’s live stream would be able to physically “interfere” with an arrest while holding a laptop.

    Times’ Up! photographer Barbara Ross tells us that as she was filming Saturday’s march down Broadway to Union Square, a white-shirted NYPD officer repeatedly warned her that she would be arrested unless she started marching with the demonstrators. “I was standing off to the side so I could document what was going on—you couldn’t really see much from within the group,” Ross says, “And he kept saying, ‘You either join them or I’ll arrest you.’ I wasn’t blocking traffic or harming anything, it was obvious it was because I was holding a camera.”

    Jim Kiernan, who was shooting Saturday’s protests for Gothamist, said that NYPD officers were “definitely” zeroing in on anyone with a camera. At around 12th Street and Fifth Avenue, Kiernan saw a large black SUV pull up next to a few police supervisors. “It was Ray Kelly. He rolled down his window and I had a perfect shot but I knew if I pointed my camera at him I’d get arrested on the spot.” Moments later, “a videographer who I had seen all day, who didn’t seem to be part of the protest was arrested. One officer took her camera, another cuffed her,” Kiernan said. “A few seconds later, another photographer next to her gets arrested—no provocation whatsoever. That’s when I decided I was done for the day.”

    “The NYPD has been known to aggressively videotape people,” Carnig says. Indeed, a police officer can be seen filming in this arrest video, presumably protecting them from any accusations of mistreatment. “We encourage people to let us know if they’ve been harassed by the cops for taking a photo or making a video.” We’ve yet to receive comment from the NYPD.

    11 Things You Can Do to Help the 'Occupy Wall Street' Movement - #OccupyWallStreet #OurWallStreet #TakeWallStreet

    The people protesting on Wall Street are fighting for the unemployed, the uninsured, and those totally insecure in the face of ever increasing financial inequities. September 20, 2011  |     Advertisement  

    Editor’s note: Today is the fifth day demonstrators have staged an “occupation” of Wall St. and other parts of lower Manhattan in protest of America’s staggering economic inequality and the influence of big finance on our politics. As of Tuesday night, 16 people had been arrested. There are also reports that law enforcement has confiscated camera equipment. Below, writer Chaz Valenza describes 11 things you can do to help out the protesters. 

    These patriot occupiers are fighting for 99 percent of us. Those who are unemployed, uninsured, underemployed and totally insecure in the face of ever increasing social and financial inequities. They are standing up for those who cannot be there right now.

    Here’s the good news — you can help, right now today — no matter where you are.

    1) Spread the word — there’s something going on. People have started a movement — they’re occupying Wall Street. Hundreds of people have been camped out in lower Manhattan for four days!

    2) If you’re in New York and can only spare a little time or money: bring American flags, cardboard, markers, water, etc. down to Liberty Park.

    3) If you’re in the New York area and have a day, a morning, an afternoon, go down there. The weather appears to be holding. Take the day off and just go. I know it sounds hard to believe but you will be heard. This is an open general assembly effort and you will get your say and be a real participant.

    4) If you are a little ways from NYC, organize foursomes to go to NYC for the day. It will cost you the train/bus/car fare. Take nothing but some food and water and your body.  

    5) Too far to get to NYC? Sign this petition and I will read your name and comments in Liberty Park this week, I promise. Break Up Goldman Sachs Now!

    6) Be subversive against the big money interests wherever you are and encourage others to do the same. Don’t give the banksters 4 percent of every purchase you make with a credit or debit card — use cash. See: UseCashMovement

    7) Be subversive: max out your credit card on large ticket items and return them the next day. (This one is right out of the Saul Alinsky playbook.)

    8) Move your money from a big bank to a credit union.

    9) Picket a local branch of a bank. When the press asks you what the heck you think you’re doing, tell them it’s in solidarity with Occupy Wall Street.

    10) Send food to the protesters in Liberty Park through a New York friend or go to the live stream chat for information on local eats that will take your order. (Yes, you’ll have to use your credit card, big spender!)

    11) Do you know anybody who knows anybody who knows a writer, a celebrity, etc. who will show their face at the protest? Get to them now.

    Bonus Support Idea 12) Spread the word again, and repeat!

    NYPD officer who maced female protesters at Occupy Wall Stret identified, and d0xed by #Anonymous - #OccupyWallStreet #TakeWallStreet #OurWallStreet


    The NYPD officer caught on video macing peaceful female “Occupy Wall Street” protesters at close range, then “slinking away,” has been identified. And doxed by Anonymous. “Before you commit atrocities against innocent people, think twice,” the intro to “BadCop D0x” begins. “WE ARE WATCHING!!! Expect Us!”

    Economy 8-30-11

    (SilverBearCafe) – From Green to Red – Is Credit Crunch 2.0 Imminent?

    In Crosstown Traffic, Jimi Hendrix sang: “can’t you see my signals turn from green to red, And with you I can see traffic jam straight up ahead.” In global financial markets, the signals have changed from green to red. But rather than a simple traffic jam, a full scale credit crash may be ahead. In financial markets, facts never matter until they do but there are worrying indications. Read More Here

    (WSJ) – Central Bankers Worry Economy Still in Peril – Read More Here

    (Guardian) – Three Years after Lehman, A New Debt Crisis Looms – Read More Here

    (SilverBearCafe) – If You Thought August Was Bad, Just Wait Until September! – Read More Here

    (MSNBC) – The mystery of the Double Eagle gold coins – Read More Here

    (DailyCaller) – Obama Job Disapproval Hits New High

    Based on the latest data, 55 percent of Americans say they disapprove of the job President Obama is doing. Just 38 percent of Americans say they approve of Obama’s performance as president. Read More Here

    (Telegraph) – Euro bail-out in doubt as “hysteria” sweeps Germany – Read More Here

    (ZeroHedge) – September 23: The Beginning Of The End For Merkel… And The Eurozone? – Tyler Durden

    Update: sure enough, here is Ambrose Evans-Pritchard with his own perspective on just this topic, which is oddly comparable to Zero Hedge’s: “Mrs Merkel’s aides say she is facing “war on every front”. The next month will decide her future, Germany’s destiny, and the fate of monetary union.”

    Original: Read More Here

    (ActivistPost) – The American economy is in shambles and Bernanke has no clue what to do about it

    For most informed people in the United States, it has become clear that over the past century the private Federal Reserve has been doing nothing other than systematically devaluing and debasing the dollar while destroying the American economy in every way imaginable.

    This notion was just made that much more concrete after this year’s central bank meeting in the Teton Mountains of Wyoming. Read More Here

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