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Salon.com's Glenn Greenwald on horrible online privacy & Defense bills |
| Uploaded by Current on Dec 9, 2011 Cenk asks his Power Panel of commentators to choose which of two terrible proposed laws -- the Stop Online Privacy Act (SOPA) and the Defense authorization bill -- is truly the worst. Glenn Greenwald of Salon.com says, "They are horrible in different ways." The Young Turks with Cenk Uygur |
| Date: 09 December 2011 - Added by: KMC |
| Views: 873 - Votes: 1 - Rating: 4 |
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Maybe Leave the Governing to Sodomites and Infidels? |
| Uploaded by TheSecondCityNetwork on Dec 8, 2011 For more satire this political season, subscribe: http://www.facebook.com/ThePartisansComedy In response, of course, to this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PAJNntoRgA It's hard to tell exactly what Perry was on about in much of this. Honestly, if kids "observed" Christmas any harder in schools than they already do, they would be elves. And liberals don't hate religion, we're too busy drum circling, same sex marrying, and not owning guns to bother. So what was he talking about? He was talking about trying to break double digits in Iowa. And since he's sitting on a big pile of money from people who once thought he was going to be president, it'll be fun to see him thrash about as his campaign gasps for air. But Rick Perry and all other heathen-haters take note: atheists and agnostics are 20 percent of the population and growing--more than African-Americans or Latinos. Add in gays, lesbians, bi and transgender folks, and you not only have a substantial voting block, you have a fucking awesome party. Lezzdoit. Written and Directed by Andy Cobb http://www.twitter.com/andycobb Punch ups by: Joshua Funk, Joe Canale, Marc Warzecha, Mike Damanskis Produced by Mike Damanskis From Common Dreams: Memes growing in response to Rick Perry's latest wtf?!? ad, wherein he declares, "There's something wrong in this country when gays can serve openly in the military but our kids can't openly celebrate Christmas or pray in school." The Partisans have the best answer, noting it wasn't gay or atheist presidents that gave us Iraq, the financial crisis and mortgages turning into toilet paper. "It took some God-fearing, vagina-penetrators to pull that off....I'm a godless heathen, and I approved this message." |
| Date: 09 December 2011 - Added by: KMC |
| Views: 857 - Votes: 5 - Rating: 5 |
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Good news?: Collapse of Global Warming Movement Inhofe, On behalf of the 1%, Tells UN Summit You Are Being Ignored |
| Uploaded by democracynow on Dec 9, 2011 DemocracyNow.org - While no members of the U.S. Congress attended the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Durban Republican Senator James Inhofe of Oklahoma recorded a video message that was aired at a press conference of climate change deniers here at the summit on Wednesday. "Tossing out any remote possibility of a U.N. global warming treaty is one of the most important things we can do for the economy," Sen. Inhofe said. "I am making this announcement from Washington D.C., where I am confident the only person left talking about global warming is me. The message from the Washington to the U.N. delegates in South Africa is this, we could not be any clearer: You are being ignored." To comment on Inhofe's remarks, Democracy Now! talks to Kate Horner, a policy analyst at Friends of the Earth and Michael Dorsey, an assistant professor of environmental studies at Dartmouth College. |
| Date: 09 December 2011 - Added by: KMC |
| Views: 866 - Votes: 2 - Rating: 5 |
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Iran displays purported US drone |
| Uploaded by AlJazeeraEnglish on Dec 8, 2011 For a week, the United States and Iran have traded accusations and denials about a supposed downed drone entering into Iranian airspace. On Thursday, the Iranian state TV aired footage of what it said was the high-tech US aircraft. Meanwhile, the US media said the drone crashed in Iran probably due to malfunction. The pentagon said it is investigating Iran's claims. Al Jazeera's Josh Rushing reports. |
| Date: 09 December 2011 - Added by: KMC |
| Views: 838 - Votes: 1 - Rating: 5 |
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Economist Dean Baker: If you want to talk to someone from Goldman Sachs, call the Treasury |
| Uploaded by RTAmerica on Dec 5, 2011 The futures regulator the CFTC unanimously approved tighter limits on how brokerage firms can use customer funds. It's dubbed the "MF Global Rule," coming in the wake of MF Global's collapse, where it's suspected Jon Corzine was betting with client money. $1.2 billion of that money is believed to be missing. The CFTC wanted to vote on this sooner, but they didn't because of heavy lobbying reportedly from none other than Jon Corzine when he was head of MF global. And before all this went down, the U.S. Vice President is publicly recorded talking about going to Corzine for policy advice. So how can we believe politicians or regulators whey they say that they aim to regulate the very people that are advising them on policy? And what does this say about opposition to a financial transaction tax. We speak to economist Dean Baker, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research. |
| Date: 08 December 2011 - Added by: KMC |
| Views: 876 - Votes: 3 - Rating: 5 |
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Tea Party Meets Occupy Richmond |
| Uploaded by TheYoungTurks on Dec 8, 2011 Some members of the Occupy Richmond and local Virginia Tea Party movements got together to discuss common ground. The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur breaks it down. http://www.salon.com/2011/12/07/can_occupy_and_the_tea_party_team_up/singleton/ |
| Date: 08 December 2011 - Added by: KMC |
| Views: 871 - Votes: 5 - Rating: 4.2 |
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Bringing the fight to the 1%: Occupy Newt (fundraiser) with Mother Jones' Andy Kroll |
| Current TV Countdown with Keith Olberman 12-08-11 - Occupy Newt, with Andy Kroll - Countdown with Keith Olbermann |
| Date: 08 December 2011 - Added by: KMC |
| Views: 857 - Votes: 4 - Rating: 5 |
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Beautiful powerful anti-war song by Jackson Browne with Dawes: Lives in the Balance at Zuccotti Park Occupy |
| Uploaded by Schlockumentaries on Dec 7, 2011 Jackson Browne performs in Occupy Wall Street solidarity at Zuccotti Park with Taylor and Griffin Goldsmith, Wylie Gelber and Tay Strathairn aka Dawes. Aletha Mills and Chavonne Stewart. We are the 99%! |
| Date: 08 December 2011 - Added by: KMC |
| Views: 863 - Votes: 5 - Rating: 5 |
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K Street Shutdown: Home to many influential DC-based lobbying firms |
| Uploaded by dodger8mo on Dec 7, 2011 Occupy DC Shutdown K street for several hours today in the pouring rain. 12/07/2011. From AP via Salon.com: Wednesday, Dec 7, 2011 1:15 PM Eastern Standard Time Protesters Arrested In DC After K Street Shutdown: WASHINGTON (AP) — More than five dozen protesters upset about what they call corporate greed and the excessive influence of money in politics were arrested Wednesday after shutting down K Street, home to many of the city’s influential lobbying firms, in a mass demonstration that snarled mid-day traffic in the nation’s capital. The arrests came as demonstrators from across the country converged on K Street for a march that included participants from Occupy Wall Street encampments as well as other groups — including unions— sympathetic to their message about income inequality. D.C. police had made 62 arrests by 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, said spokeswoman Gwendolyn Crump. Sixty-one of the arrests were for obstructing a public highway and an additional arrest was made for a misdemeanor assault on a police officer. A group of about three dozen protesters clad in rain gear and protective covering were carried into police vans after lying down in the middle of a busy intersection and ignoring repeated orders to move. Their supporters on the sidewalk chanted, “This is what democracy looks like!” and “We are the 99 percent” and then jeered and yelled at officers as they began arresting demonstrators. Earlier, 11 protesters affiliated with the American Dream Movement — which advocates for the working-class — were separately arrested and charged with obstructing a public highway. Later Wednesday, about a dozen more were arrested at the Supreme Court. The arrests appeared to be the most since Occupy DC took root earlier this fall at McPherson Square, just blocks from the White House. The group’s relationship with police has been generally peaceful, though U.S. Park Police officers on Sunday arrested 31 protesters who refused to dismantle and get down from an unfinished wooden structure they had built in the park. The march was diffuse and spread across blocks, making it difficult to gauge the size of the crowd. But organizers said they expected several thousand people in Washington this week for days of activism, including sit-ins Tuesday at congressional offices and a vigil for the jobless on Thursday. One person was arrested at Tuesday’s sit-ins for unlawful entry. The demonstration Wednesday created a commuting headache downtown, as police shut down neighboring streets and cars lined up waiting for protesters to pass. Demonstrators set up tents on K Street NW near McPherson Square, the site of the Occupy DC encampment. Some buildings along K Street took precautions by adding extra security guards amid warnings that the protesters planned to enter certain firms and companies. A group of protesters from Pennsylvania chanting “Whose streets? Our streets!” and “Banks got bailed out, we got sold out!” assembled briefly but peacefully Wednesday outside a downtown Wells Fargo location. Two men in suits who said they worked for a nearby bank watched the procession down K Street. They demurred when one of the demonstrators asked their opinions on the protesters’ cause. One demonstrator, Teresa Law, 50, of Springfield, Ohio, said she came to protest against corporate America and because jobs that the government promised would be created have not been created. “I’ve nothing against the rich. I’ve something against a greedy man,” Law said. She added, “Corporate America has taken over the government.” Michelle Boyle, 41, a nurse from Pittsburgh, said she came with two busloads of demonstrators. She said her mother-in-law had lost her small-business job and her health insurance, and that she died soon after. She said it was unfair that executives at companies that have laid off workers have received tax breaks and bonuses. “My husband was raised by his mother, I was raised by my parents, to believe in a can-do America,” she said. Boyle added, “I have a lot of hope in America and I have a lot of hope and faith — I have to — for my daughters and their future.” ___ Associated Press writer Brett Zongker contributed to this report. Eric Tucker can be reached at http://twitter.com/etuckerAP |
| Date: 08 December 2011 - Added by: KMC |
| Views: 887 - Votes: 3 - Rating: 5 |
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Occupy Our Homes, with Veteran Civil Rights Leader Rev. Joseph Lowery |
| 12-06-11 1a - Occupy Our Home, with Rev. Joseph Lowery - Countdown with Keith Olbermann |
| Date: 07 December 2011 - Added by: KMC |
| Views: 821 - Votes: 2 - Rating: 5 |
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