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If not for the clarification that the actions were committed by certain private security forces that were deployed in Iraq, one might assume the stories are about regular militarized police forces -- now operating in a different country. Or maybe just about a holiday shopping spree gone horribly wrong at the Tacoma Walmart Supercenter.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/dec/05/civil-rights-naacp-voter-warning "In Texas, a law has been passed that prevents students from voting on the basis of their college ID cards, while allowing anyone to cast their ballot if they can show a permit to carry a concealed handgun." Thank God them uppity types can't get dem permits, ifn ya know what I mean.

Canada could be like a new Texass, only without bad weather, tumbleweeds, and Dallas.

The Kyoto Protocol is a dated document. Like bicyclists.

It's the way forward.

I avoid providing support to one-percenters like Murdoch and the businesses he owns, such as FoxNews and the website it operates:

Gitmo isn't big enough. But then there's always the provision for just shooting citizens on sight.

Posthumously baptized a Mormon in 1994, Sam Kinison: [video:youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrNa8EAjgCA&feature=related

"Well, life was tough, but at least I was able to live it out and I was able to face death and not be afraid. Well, now I'm ready to go to Heaven and be with Jesus, and...hey? Hey, what's this? Oh, God it feels like a man's DICK IN MY ASS! Oh, GOD!!! I'M DEAD!!! Oh, you mean life keeps on fucking you even after you're dead? Oh, it never ends! OH! OHHH!!!"

You're talking about the cops, right?

Party politics versus the politics of a political movement are such that parties normally oppose political movements, or at least withhold support for political movements, even when there is a preponderance of mutually held political goals. Even from a party that you'd think would be a natural ally of the Occupy political movement, there is little support. I think we can expect this to continue until the movement takes the party, which is, quite possibly, a process now underway.

Checking in, before going home, news is this: Judge ruled this morning that the eviction of Occupiers last night from Zuccotti Park was illegal. Next: They're going back now.

Occupy Wall Street, late night updates: (Next: Onward to Foley Square) 3:36 a.m. Kitchen tent reported teargassed [fire extinguishers in use]. Police moving in with zip cuffs. 3:33 a.m. Bulldozers moving in 3:16 a.m. Occupiers linking arms around riot police 3:15 a.m. NYPD destroying personal items. Occupiers prevented from leaving with their possessions. 3:13 a.m. NYPD deploying sound cannon 3:08 a.m. heard on livestream: "they're bringing in the hoses." 3:05 a.m. NYPD cutting down trees in Liberty Square 2:55 a.m. NYC council-member Ydanis Rodríguez arrested and bleeding from head. 2:44 a.m. Defiant occupiers barricaded Liberty Square kitchen 2:44 a.m. NYPD destroys OWS Library. 5,000 donated books in dumpster. 2:42 a.m. Brooklyn Bridge confirmed closed 2:38 a.m. 400-500 marching north to Foley Square 2:32 a.m. All subways but R shut down 2:29 a.m. Press helicopters evicted from airspace. NYTimes reporter arrested. 2:22 a.m. Frontpage coverage from New York Times 2:15 a.m. Occupiers who have been dispersed are regrouping at Foley Square 2:10 a.m. Press barred from entering Liberty Square 2:07 a.m. Pepper spray deployed -- reports of at least one reporter sprayed 2:03 a.m. Massive Police Presence at Canal and Broadway 1:43 a.m. Helicopters overhead. 1:38 a.m. Unconfirmed reports of snipers on rooftops. 1:34 a.m. CBS News Helicopter Livestream 1:27 a.m. Unconfirmed reports that police are planning to sweep everyone. 1:20 a.m. Subway stops are closed. 1:20 a.m. Brooklyn bridge is closed. 1:20 a.m. Occupiers chanting "This is what a police state looks like." 1:20 a.m. Police are in riot gear. 1:20 a.m. Police are bringing in bulldozers. [pasted from one of the many late night live threads re: OWS] #FoleySquare

"700 to 1000" mercs hired to raid oakland tonight. Occupy Oakland

Infiltrate this: [video:youtube]

So the banks provide more than tapeworms?

Good report on credit unions Sobo. Now, who can help me get tapeworms?

Yeah man, but if your account is with a credit union and you need tapeworms, where you gonna go?

Sorry I asked.

Who's DLR?

Obama is the only Republican candidate worth considering. Besides, he might get better.

[video:vimeo] Footage of Scott Olsen being shot by Police at Occupy Oakland from Raleigh Latham on Vimeo.

Today in juxtaposition, courage and cowardice: