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Mr. Sparkle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 05:59 AM Original message |
More than 700 arrested in Wall Street protest |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 06:04 AM Response to Original message |
1. This stooopid police (R) action is just going to AMP the whole thing WAY up |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 06:05 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. yep, agreed |
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PETRUS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 06:09 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. It is my hope |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 06:11 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Agreed |
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Bodhi BloodWave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 04:47 PM Response to Reply #6 |
76. no, the 'stoopid' belongs to those protesters who didn't listen to the organizers |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 07:45 AM Response to Reply #5 |
15. I think this is true too, some are just trying to survive and doing a job, but |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 09:29 AM Response to Reply #5 |
29. That's how I see it as well. We are just getting started. |
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liberalmike27 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 10:31 AM Response to Reply #2 |
45. I really hate to be defeatist |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 11:10 AM Response to Reply #45 |
48. "I just don't get the endgame." |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 11:16 AM Response to Reply #48 |
52. And blocking the free movement of other New Yorkers |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 11:21 AM Response to Reply #52 |
55. I don't agree |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 11:35 AM Response to Reply #55 |
60. I saw how war protests in the 1960's |
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JackintheGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 11:26 AM Response to Reply #52 |
57. I'm not that concerned with New Yorkers whose car travel was inconvenienced |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 11:37 AM Response to Reply #57 |
61. And who goes into the city on the weekends? |
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JackintheGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 11:53 AM Response to Reply #61 |
64. I'm sorry, were the poor suburban office drone inconvenienced, too? |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 12:09 PM Response to Reply #64 |
66. Well, we'll see how middle America feels about this |
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JackintheGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 12:17 PM Response to Reply #66 |
67. And this, more than anything, is a fair point. |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 01:41 PM Response to Reply #67 |
69. The banks actual places of business -- not generally on Wall Street |
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JackintheGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 02:12 PM Response to Reply #69 |
72. Now you're just missing the forest for the trees |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 11:42 AM Response to Reply #57 |
62. Anyone who can afford to keep a car in Manhattan, needs to be inconvenienced. |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-11 04:36 PM Response to Reply #62 |
98. How about people who drive there |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-11 05:58 PM Response to Reply #98 |
99. There's always the Train and Subway |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-11 09:14 PM Response to Reply #99 |
101. Well, folks from the suburbs |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-11 07:15 AM Response to Reply #101 |
102. I hope you change your mind and join us. |
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marasinghe (754 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-11 01:22 AM Response to Reply #52 |
87. i am an ordinary working NYC dweller & i have no problem with the protests. |
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AlbertCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 12:39 PM Response to Reply #45 |
68. Do we want Obama to speak out? Do we want Eric Holder to arrest some people, a bill in the Senate? |
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marasinghe (754 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-11 01:13 AM Response to Reply #45 |
86. to add a bit to what formercia wrote: |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 05:08 PM Response to Reply #1 |
79. +1...they will wear this as a badge of honor and take it back into the movement. |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 06:05 AM Response to Original message |
3. Land of the Free |
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Yon_Yonson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 09:42 AM Response to Reply #3 |
35. The supposed free |
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Yon_Yonson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 09:50 AM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Bad cop command decision; they are just adding fuel to the fire |
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pasto76 (835 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 10:55 AM Response to Reply #3 |
47. they are free to protest. Not free to interefere with commerce, or EV response |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 11:55 AM Response to Reply #47 |
65. They were led there by the cops |
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Yon_Yonson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-11 06:49 PM Response to Reply #47 |
100. Maybe you ought to get your facts straight before you post! |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 06:06 AM Response to Original message |
4. Let's see.. Crash the world economy with disastrous results.. Get billions in bonuses.. |
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Meeker Morgan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 06:33 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Yeah baby. Blocking traffic on the Brooklyn Bridge. That'll learn 'em. |
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tcaudilllg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 07:00 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. (double) |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 07:00 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Deleted message |
RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 07:50 AM Response to Reply #8 |
19. The camps have been built to hold them. USA, Inc. n/t |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 07:55 AM Response to Reply #8 |
21. Maybe you missed the part where the police LED THEM ONTO the bridge |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 11:19 AM Response to Reply #21 |
53. That troll is likely just repeating the RW spin. |
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HelenWheels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 08:30 AM Response to Reply #8 |
25. It's the only way to get attention |
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Proletariatprincess (527 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 10:19 AM Response to Reply #25 |
41. I must agree, Helen....even if it is Ghandi's birthday |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 10:20 AM Response to Reply #8 |
42. Meeker Morgan. Screen name noted. |
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Miss_Underestimated (239 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 10:54 AM Response to Reply #8 |
46. This gets press attention and then the press reports why people were blocking the bridge |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 05:15 PM Response to Reply #8 |
82. Let me guess ...you do business with BOA too? ...and don't like anon screwing with their website ... |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 07:48 AM Response to Reply #4 |
18. Yep, the USA, Inc. way. Bonuses rule, people don't count and "we the people" are |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 01:56 PM Response to Reply #4 |
70. That about sums it up! nt |
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pnorman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 06:11 AM Response to Original message |
7. Spotted this on DU: |
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qb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 07:29 AM Response to Reply #7 |
14. They've been the New York WHORE Times at least since the Clinton years. |
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iamjoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 08:19 AM Response to Reply #7 |
24. It's a Trap! |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 09:01 AM Response to Reply #7 |
28. Gulp....and Wow!!!!! |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 10:15 AM Response to Reply #7 |
39. The police did not simply allow the protestors onto the Bridge. They herded them there. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 10:25 AM Response to Reply #7 |
43. +1 n/t |
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Mosaic (851 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-11 07:22 AM Response to Reply #7 |
95. Excellent Image |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-11 08:41 AM Response to Reply #7 |
96. Looks like "Al Baker" is a RW spinmeister then? |
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nineteen50 (488 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 06:58 AM Response to Original message |
9. J.F.K. |
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qb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 07:27 AM Response to Original message |
12. I appreciate the brave people who put their freedom & safety on the line to further the cause. |
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tcaudilllg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 07:46 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Indeed. |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 07:51 AM Response to Reply #12 |
20. +1000 +++ n/t |
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Jello Biafra (222 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 07:28 AM Response to Original message |
13. I saw the whole thing online.... |
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tcaudilllg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 07:47 AM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Now would be a good time to involve the police unions. |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 09:34 AM Response to Reply #17 |
33. Yes. Not sure how they would respond at this time but always appropriate to contact them. |
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bluebuzzard (98 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 07:57 AM Response to Original message |
22. interesting |
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chrisa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 08:04 AM Response to Original message |
23. Impossible! There were only 50 dirty hippies at this protest! |
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James48 (517 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 08:36 AM Response to Original message |
26. Today is Mahatma Gandhi's birthday. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 08:44 AM Response to Original message |
27. Civil disobedience. Get arrested. That's the idea. |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 09:30 AM Response to Reply #27 |
31. Good point here as well. nt |
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quakerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 11:20 AM Response to Reply #27 |
54. Yup |
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Muskypundit (417 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 09:30 AM Response to Original message |
30. The scariest thing is the media blackout |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 09:32 AM Response to Reply #30 |
32. It was in the NYTimes yesterday, and they arrested a NYT reporter. |
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onethatcares (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 10:04 AM Response to Reply #32 |
38. msnbc covered it too, but |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 11:26 AM Response to Reply #38 |
56. Not surprising. That "small disorganized protest" is getting attention worldwide. nt |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 10:30 AM Response to Reply #32 |
44. The first ever occupation of Wall Street in US history was a big story from the jump. |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 11:27 AM Response to Reply #44 |
58. Today's media is repulsive - gotta agree with ya there. |
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bluedigger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 10:01 AM Response to Reply #30 |
37. They were arrested. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 10:18 AM Response to Reply #37 |
40. Yes, they've been arrested Point is, initial stories said police were only issuing citations. |
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bluedigger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 11:53 AM Response to Reply #40 |
63. All part of their tactics. |
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w0nderer (430 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 09:41 AM Response to Original message |
34. k&r for reading later n/t |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
49. Please Call NYPD and let them know that WE are watching: |
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dogmoma56 (329 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 11:12 AM Response to Original message |
50. Police did the same thing in the 1968 Democratic convention, >Link> they rounded up 100's of people |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
51. "Free Speech Zones" are unconstitutional, People can protest anywhere in public they want to. |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 11:28 AM Response to Reply #51 |
59. Agree - I would bet the ACLU is writing the complaints to sue the NYPD as we speak. |
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SpartanDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 11:42 PM Response to Reply #51 |
85. The Supreme Court would disagree |
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Supply Side Jesus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
71. If you are going to march, use the walkways |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
73. Yah know, if some protestors were willing to do it... |
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lovuian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
74. seven hundred get meals and room over their heads |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 05:09 PM Response to Reply #74 |
80. no, they're released immediately. nt |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-11 10:50 AM Response to Reply #74 |
97. Rikers Island alone can hold 14,000 inmates. nt |
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Bloke 32 (201 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
75. I ask again: Do I understand this correctly? |
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Bodhi BloodWave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 04:53 PM Response to Reply #75 |
78. your slightly off i think |
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Bloke 32 (201 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 06:47 PM Response to Reply #78 |
83. My apologies, but I find your argument less than compelling |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 05:10 PM Response to Reply #75 |
81. yes. nt |
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tclambert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
77. It got one paragraph on about page 10 of the Sunday newspaper |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 10:36 PM Response to Original message |
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TomCADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-11 06:38 AM Response to Original message |
88. Anti-Wall Street Protests Reach ‘Prime Time’ With Mass Arrests |
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Tunkamerica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-11 06:38 AM Response to Reply #88 |
89. once-dwindling? did i miss something? are they talking about the first day? |
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HowHeThinks (63 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-11 06:38 AM Response to Reply #89 |
90. This is the corporate media talking here....... |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-11 06:38 AM Response to Reply #88 |
91. U.S. media finally woke up. Whaddaya know? |
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goforit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-11 06:38 AM Response to Reply #88 |
92. Media belittles protesters,.. More will be motivated |
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Mosaic (851 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-11 06:38 AM Response to Reply #88 |
93. You mean the lazy bums are doing their job? |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-11 06:38 AM Response to Reply #88 |
94. I wonder whether they will report on the YouTube video |
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