Archive for 2011/10/22

That banking interests have grown too powerful is becoming ever clearer.

The opportunity we are presented with is to recognise the failings of the system now in its death throes; to acknowledge the corrosiveness of speculation and greed that lies at the heart of the banking system.

The opportunity is to provide the resources needed to meet the challenges we face, be it global warming or the demands of an ever-growing population. The real danger is that the myth of money will fool us into believing we have no wealth.

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http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/the-money-myth-1.1128259

What would happen if Greece, Spain or Italy were to default? Deutsche Bank, RBS and other investment research firms have released reports detailing the domino effect of a collapse of a single country in the euro zone. Here’s the doomsday scenario.


http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/european-debt-crisis-worst-case-scenarios/2011/10/20/gIQA2hTa0L_gallery.html#photo=1


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/belgium/8843652/Eurozone-summit-despair-and-backbiting-in-the-corridors-of-power.html


http://tehrantimes.com/index.php/politics/3816-students-hold-demo-in-sympathy-with-wall-st-protests-


http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2011/oct/22/orlando-police-arrest-occupy-wall-street-protests/


http://www.ydr.com/ci_19172268


http://www.whec.com/news/stories/S2340381.shtml?cat=566


http://www.necn.com/10/22/11/Protesters-gather-at-GE-CEOs-Conn-home/landing.html

Perhaps it is this ambience of inclusion, of acceptance and indeed of love that has brought #OccupyWallStreet such success

#OccupyWallStreet has no recognizable funding, an anomaly the government does not know how to address. Typically public protests are funded by non-profit organizations that are easy to hound, and behind them foundations that would yield to political intimidation. But this amorphous, righteous, global collective is impossible to buy, too popular to repress and too peaceful to oppose militarily. Those in power for the first time in two generations are being confronted with something they don’t understand, and they are afraid.


http://www.russellbrand.tv/2011/10/occupy/

See also:

http://www.nu.nl/binnenland/2648101/demonstraties-occupy-rotterdam-en-amsterdam.html#slideshow-/slideshow/1886717/popup.html

Responsible capitalism and responsible socialism blended is a wonderful system

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We must ask ourselves if we can afford to ignore the lessons of our nation’s history, and the wisdom of our most capable thinkers, past and present. Will we allow future tax policies to continue to facilitate the accumulation of wealth in the hands of the few, or will we choose to devise a more balanced approach that allows for the opportunity of incentive, personal initiative, and wealth accumulation for all?

The man of great wealth owes a peculiar obligation to the State, because he derives special advantages from the mere existence of government. Not only should he recognize this obligation in the way he leads his daily life and in the way he earns and spends his money, but it should also be recognized by the way in which he pays for the protection the State gives him.

Teddy Roosevelt: April 14, 1906


http://summaglobal.com/newsletters/2011_Q3_Wealth.pdf 

The banks that have created this problem in the first place, they take the homes, they take the businesses, they take the land, they take the real wealth for having not been paid back money that has not, does not and will never exist…

We don’t have capitalism, we have cartelism

We want power from the center to people in their communities


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http://en.mercopress.com/2011/10/22/the-modern-lords-of-finance-are-losing-their-immunity-says-paul-krugman


http://www.marketoracle.co.uk/Article31100.html


http://www.orovillemr.com/news/ci_19163660


http://www.presstv.ir/detail/205949.html


http://www.reviewseeker.com/article/Oakland-tells-protesters-to-pack-up-immediately-1729869


http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=9007270285


http://www.presstv.ir/detail/205926.html


http://www.wsws.org/articles/2011/oct2011/bris-o22.shtml


http://www.cnbc.com/id/44970105


http://www.examiner.com/celebrity-headlines-in-national/occupy-fox-studios-protesters-at-fox-studios-during-company-stock-meeting

Anonymous and Antisec factions dumped files on the net Friday detailing data from the computer systems of multiple law enforcement agencies and a law enforcement vendor, including the International Association of Chiefs of Police, Boston Police Patrolmen’s Association, and the Baldwin County Sheriff’s office in Alabama.

Additionally, the groups took down a number of law enforcement domains virtual hosted together, and according to the notice, the site’s homepages were defaced, replaced with an anti-police rap video. At the time of publication, the domains simply return fail to load, sending a “Bad Request (Invalid Hostname)” message.

The notice says the attack is in support of the so-called 99% movement, a reference to the Occupy Wall Street protests spreading around the world, and is retaliation against law enforcement for mistreatment of #occupywallstreet, particularly in Boston. The notice references a 600mb data dump which reportedly includes the IACP membership roster; 1000 names, ranks, addresses, phone numbers, and social security number for police officers in Birmingham and Jefferson Counties; 1,000 names and cleartext passwords for the BPPA; and the client list and financials for Matrix Group, a DC-based web design and marketing firm with law enforcement customers.


http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/10/anonymous-law-enforcement/


http://www.ny1.com/content/news_beats/149388/folk-legend-pete-seeger-supports–occupy-wall-street–protesters


http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_19163739


http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203752604576645480987452682.html


http://www.fightbacknews.org/2011/10/21/occupy-minnesota-7-arrests-us-bank


http://blog.heritage.org/2011/10/21/big-labor-steps-up-its-material-support-for-occupy-protests/


http://technolog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/10/20/8415478-internet-talks-about-occupy-wall-street-media-listens