War on Women: Values Check Twitter Bomb

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Monday March 19, 2012 · 5:41 AM PDT

2012/03/19 · 05:41

Do these things belong in our progressive discourse? Is this person qualified to criticize anyone else's treatment of women?

If you believe that the videos linked in this diary suggest a profoundly sexist editorial posture that reinforces sexism in the progressive discourse, I recommend tweeting links to Keith Olbermann, Al Gore, and other prominent progressive male talkers such as Mike Papantonio, Ed Schultz, Sam Seder and others, with hashtags #Unacceptable, #FixIt, #OpPushback.

NOTE: I am not interested in discussing the actual contents of any of these videos. Only asking if this reflects your progressive values, and if not, that you make some noise.

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Is this a problem?

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Is this a problem?

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We should only worry about the Republicans

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#OpPushback

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Monday March 19, 2012 · 5:40 AM PDT

2012/03/19 · 05:40

Sluts, cunts, and feminazis, lend me your ears.

The chronic despair that I've been living with reached critical mass for me last week, reference my diary "The Nuclear Option" if you don't know what I'm talking about.

That diary had a poll at the bottom with a wide variety of possible answers; the question was "is there any sexism within the progressive movement."

79% voted yes
8% voted no
4% voted "shut up feminazi"
4% voted "you're an ugly lesbian"
8% voted "pick your battles"

Even if we don't fold the 8% comprising "feminazi and ugly lesbian" into the "yes" category, it looks like a mandate for "why shit so crazy?"

Also noteworthy is the way I got this feedback; I got 8 tips and 8 recs. That means a total of 8 people were willing to show up on radar supporting this idea; more than twice that many, however, agreed with my position when offered a way to do so without having to take direct fire themselves.

So even here on DK, that's how safe and respected we are. Just FYI.

That's by no means a criticism of the women; in fact I recommend those of us who are ready to get punched in the face over and over again step up our games, even it I turn out to be the only one. I'm here to lead us out of the desert.

I know what this means for me. Anyone who speaks truth to power gets labeled a troll unless they back down on command. Feminazi Troll Queen of No-Ball City IN THE HOUSE. I'll take the bullets so you don't have to. Shit's about to get Lulzy.

Meet me below the cloud, bitches.

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Would you support #OpPushback if you could do so safely?

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Would you support #OpPushback if you could do so safely?

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Thank you merciful baby Jesus I can finally fight back

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I'm OK with Stockholm syndrome, Swedish women are hot

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Shut up feminazi

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GreenMother

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Sunday March 18, 2012 · 4:57 AM PDT

2012/03/18 · 04:57

I am one of those female vets you read about. One of them. I won't go into detail, but lets just say some bad things happened to me while I was in the service. Things that left me with PTSD.

I know that this scares people when they learn this. Like I could go bonkers or something if I get scared enough. Honestly that never happens. I do get upset, but I retreat. I write, I paint. I garden. I find productive ways to be alone with my condition to get me through this.

I am one of those older vet females, though, that didn't receive any assistance from the VA. And quite frankly, their kind of "help" I could do without. When I got out there was nothing for my kind. And when it finally arrived, they had no way of helping me with day care. And then I saw how they treated other female vets like myself and I chose to avoid that establishment.

This condition has cost me a lot. But it has also been a strange sort of blessing in disguise. It has given me great insight into the world, into sexual politics, into our culture. I started this exploration from the slimy underbelly side of things, but I promise you, you can reach a point to see the sun again. It just takes time.

priceman for The Amateur Left

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Tuesday February 07, 2012 · 8:21 PM PST

2012/02/07 · 20:21

That’s right. Is this is OK with you? Is this what you think we stand for as a country?

The NDAA is beyond radical so defending it cannot coincide to a principled rejection of the Bush polices this whole site was once against until now. Now that Barack Obama and most Democrats in Congress have embraced them it's suddenly a different story for some. Principled?

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Tuesday January 31, 2012 · 1:25 PM PST

2012/01/31 · 13:25

UPDATE: Donate to the bail fund here

I just got word from a friend of a friend about the conditions that arrestees from the actions. It isn't pretty, in fact it's disgusting.

"Just got out of Santa Rita Jail last night the prisoners from the Oakland Commune were being denied medications (some had seizures) while the guards said they didnt care if they died. Some people were brutally beaten. The put tear gas in the vents of my cell twice. They were keeping people without restrooms forcing them to shit and piss themselves or puke all over and stay in the same area...."

There's at least one Kossack who was arrested, allie123 is her nick here I believe, and she had spoken about being denied medicine the last time she was sent to Santa Rita Jail. Just to be clear, the Jail is run by the Alameda County Sheriffs Department, not the OPD, so this is yet another law enforcement agency abusing protesters and it is absolutely disgusting.

Sorry for the short diary, but I don't have much more info right now. I'll update as I hear more.

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Monday December 05, 2011 · 1:24 PM PST

2011/12/05 · 13:24

I'm very concerned about the corporate malfeasance and possible government complicity revealed in the 75,000+ leaked #HBGary emails.

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Anonymiss(tress) Operation ENOUGH! Lulz

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Wednesday November 30, 2011 · 9:39 AM PST

2011/11/30 · 09:39

Transcript below the fold.

aigeanta

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Saturday November 19, 2011 · 6:16 AM PST

2011/11/19 · 06:16

Many of us have been wondering why the raids on Occupy camps across the country have had such a coordinated feel. If only the official response to real social ills could have been as timely and widespread as the crackdown on peaceful demonstrators expressing their freedom of speech, assembly, and the press covering their protest. An article at Examiner.com was understandably derided as being under-sourced for a charge as serious as a national DHS crackdown on non-violent protests. However, we have now received confirmation via Amy Goodman's interview on the 11/17 episode of Democracy Now! with PERF Executive Director Chuck Wexler that this private NGO coordinated high-level conference calls amongst 40 police chiefs, distinct from the mayoral "therapy session" referred to by Oakland Mayor Jean Quan, in order to broadcast advice and documentation about cracking down on the Occupy social movement.

From the San Francisco Bay Guardian:

But a little-known but influential private membership based organization has placed itself at the center of advising and coordinating the crackdown on the encampments. The Police Executive Research Forum, an international non-governmental organization with ties to law enforcement and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, has been coordinating conference calls with major metropolitan mayors and police chiefs to advise them on policing matters and discuss response to the Occupy movement. The group has distributed a recently published guide on policing political events.
Speaking to Democracy Now! On November 17, PERF Executive Director Chuck Wexler acknowledged PERF's coordination of a series of conference-call strategy sessions with big-city police chiefs. These calls were distinct from the widely reported national conference calls of major metropolitan mayors.

The coordination of political crackdowns on the Occupy movement has been conducted behind closed doors, with city officials and PERF refusing to say how many cities participated in the conference calls and the exact nature of the discussions. Reports of at least a dozen cities and some indication of as many as 40 accepting PERF advice and/or strategic documents include San Francisco, Seattle, New York, Portland, Oakland, Atlanta, and Washington DC.

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Friday October 28, 2011 · 10:52 PM PDT

2011/10/28 · 22:52

New film has emerged from Occupy Oakland repression in which two tour Iraq vet Scott Olsen suffered a fractured skull from being shot with a tear gas canister from 5 to 10 feet away. In the film the highlighted officer can be seen backing away from the barricade and lowering his weapon.

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A poster at Occupy Marines Facebook makes the following comment:

you can see Scott Olsen standing, with his BACK TOWARDS THE COPS moments before being shot
Watch close- the guy who shot him can be seen backing away from the fence and lowering his shotgun (he musta been less then 5 feet from Scott when he shot him in the head....) he then goes behind two other cops and THROWS THE FLASH BANG himself at the people trying to save them. (the other two cops don't move, but this guys steps back and then forward just as the flash bang is tossed - other two cops in that section don't even twitch as the flashbang is tossed)

Same Guy shot him and then tossed the FlashBang at the people trying to save him.

Footage by Matt Kresling. VIMEO Frame analysis by Raleigh Latham.

An investigation should be able to determine the identity of the officer who nearly killed Scott Olsen. Please call Mayor Jean Quan to demand that criminal charges be commenced, or resign. A brave citizen-reporter stood stock still to get the footage and was probably a good target himself. Thanks to this we have the film. Time to unleash the power of the Netroots.

CONTACT OAKLAND MAYOR JEAN QUAN

phone: (510) 238-3141
fax: (510) 238-473
contact form
contact page

Send this evidence to Nancy E. O'Malley, Alameda County District Attorney
1225 Fallon Street, Suite 900
Oakland, CA 94612
(510) 272-6222.
info@acgov.org

Military active duty, reserve and retired forming Facebook groups in support of Occupy Wall Street, "Occupy Army, Marines, Air Force, Navy, Police, to provide OWS Convoy Escort":

UPDATE: Taking the liberty of posting Zwoof's synched montage of aerial and ground views of assault, here:

My take: at :33 Scott hits the ground, you can just see him going down. In the ground view you can see him just behind the girl in orange. The moment before there is a muzzle flash, and it does look like close range, 5-10 feet I'd say. You can look at the point in the aerial where you can tell Scott is from the crowd gathering around to help, then back it up and just see the flash in the police line a moment before.

I cannot capture the flash at this resolution and speed but one end of the arrow is where it comes from and the other end where Scott hit the ground. Range indeed as witness says seem to be very close, maybe 10 feet. This to me supports the conclusion that the officer was pointing at Scott's head. He was certainly pointing at head level, not up in an arc. In training for these weapons officers are made fully aware that heads shots at close range from these weapons is lethal, and they are never supposed to be fired in any way other than an upward arc.

Don't Pretend You Are Against Wall Street Crimes if You Excuse the Dirty Banker Deal

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Thursday September 29, 2011 · 8:19 PM PDT

2011/09/29 · 20:19

That’s right. Unless you are on NY AG Eric Schneidermans' side here, one can't claim to care about the abuses of Wall Street and the overall fraud behind the subprime mortgage meltdown and the foreclosure crisis. It's really that simple. You have to criticize this White House for pressuring him to side with the dirty banker deal they still support or factually one really can't claim to care about a functioning financial system or economy at all.

For instance, it occurs to me that as our brave brothers and sisters are getting beaten and maced while occupying Wall Street, we must not forget that there is a real chance for some accountability.

original art by ©priceman but feel free to share it with anyone you want. Make it go viral!

There is also a chance for us to submit the idea that more attention should be paid to this story among the protesters so the media can't say there is no unifying message. Like Susan Sarandon said, there should be some unifying messages that tie everything together like campaign finance reform and ending Too Big To Fail. I would argue the same not that I don't think there are already unifying messages by occupying Wall Street in general now that the movement is spreading to more cities. Prosecuting fraud is also at the core of all of which #occupywallstreet is protesting, so why not draw attention to the fight Eric Schneiderman is bringing forth against the banks?

NY AG Eric Schneiderman like Elliot Spitzer before him is not budging despite this administration’s attempts to get him to basically sign onto the dirty banker deal and paltry 20 billion dollar settlement for crashing our economy and taking a big part crashing the global economy, municipalities and the like. This dynamic might rock the markets soon with the prospects of Greece defaulting causing insolvency with their bond holders in France and elsewhere as well. This is behind the joblessness and the sickening austerity measures prolonging it all of which is being protested.

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Saturday September 24, 2011 · 12:30 PM PDT

2011/09/24 · 12:30

It is day 8 at #OccupyWallStreet, and as similar protests spring up nationwide in America the New York Times finally mentioned us. Did the give us the "fair and balanced" treatment that it has given the teabaggers? No. Instead, #OccupyWallStreet gets disparaged and cast in a negative light for being unorganized. Pathetic. This reminds me of the constant drumbeat the NYT had for the war in Iraq. They are not reporting the news, they are crafting propaganda, pro Wall Street propaganda.

Just look.

Most of those entrenched in Zuccotti Park had indeed traveled from somewhere else; they had come from Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Missouri, Texas and so on with drums, horns, tambourines and, in the instance of one young man, a knee-length burlap vest, fur hat, ski goggles and tiny plastic baby dolls applied to the tips of his fingers.

Plagiarizing Stephen Colbert. Lazy journalism at it's most insipid.

Here's more.

Having discerned the intellectual vacuum, Chris Spiech, an unemployed 26-year-old from New Jersey, arrived on Thursday with the hope of indoctrinating his peers in the lessons of Austrian economics, Milton Friedman and Ron Paul. “I want to abolish the Federal Reserve,” he said.

Pathetic. They find the one guy at an anti Wall Street protest to make it sound like a full endorsement of the Shock Doctrine style corporatism that has caused our economy to crash, exactly what #OccupyWallStreet is protesting.

Read the whole NYT piece if you like, and then compare it to this report by mediamatters.org on the New York Times uber-favorable coverage of the teabaggers.

I'm getting the feeling that if Tea Party conventioneers told the Times' Kate Zernike that the earth was flat she'd run with it.
~snip~

Now in a follow-up piece, Zernike writes [emphasis added]:

By Christmas, he told his wife that what he wanted was a ticket to the Tea Party Convention. When she gave it to him, she said she would go along, but only incognito, wearing a hat and sunglasses.
“Because of Nancy Pelosi calling people who believe in the Tea Party movement Nazis,” she explained. “My grandfather’s family, as Polish Jews, escaped Nazism. To call us Nazis is an abomination.”

Fact: Nancy Pelosi never called Tea Party supporters "Nazis." Period. But the Times quotes a conservative making that slanderous claim. The Times treats the outlandish allegation as fact.

(Updated to reflect that the text provided by Zernike was not her writing, but her transcription of a conversation with a teabagger ad verbatim. I apologize for the confusion, as I did not edit this post very well before publishing, but my point in mentioning it is that when it comes to covering teabaggers the corporate shills at the Times is not interested in fact checking, just selling the narrative, whereas when it comes to the left, well, you get the point.

Nothing sums up the utter failure of the corporate media to inform America like this. Marginalize the left, transcribe ad verbatim and normalize talking points from the right. Absolutely pathetic.

Meanwhile, the people of #OccupyWallStreet was busy holding down the fort and disrupting an auction for millionaires at union busting, scab employing.

http://mediamatters.org/...

#OCCUPYWALLSTREET supporters are appalled at the persistent attack on workers rights. We support the right of the workers to collectively bargain. Sotheby's wants all new hires to have no collective bargaining rights, no health benefits and no job security. After locking out their unionized work force, Sotheby's continues to operate using scabs and a non-union subcontractor. Sotheby's Art Auctions epitomize the disconnect of the extremely wealthy from the rest of us. Sotheby's Art Auctions are a sanctuary for the financial elite; where hedge fund managers & wealthy bankers bid millions of dollars for art objects; while the rest of us struggle to put food on the table because of their actions. These are the same financial elite who were bailed out in their moment of need and now refuse to pay their fair share in taxes. Many of these Hedge Fund Managers still pay a nominal tax rate compared with the average worker. That is our money! End the greed & expose the disconnect!
Courtesy of CrooksandLiars.com

But that isn't important to the NYT. They'd rather report on the topless hippy chick and how crazy those anti corporate greed protestors look.

Meanwhile, twitter has twice blocked the hashtag #OccupyWallStreet from tending in America. Because when democratic uprisings, even small, start overseas it is news, but when it happens in our own backyard we should ignore it totally or ridicule it, unless it is a bunch of pro war, anti government teabaggers who support the corporate agenda.

Fail.

Does Twitter's blocking of the #OccupyWallStreet hashtag from trending in the USA surprise you?

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Does Twitter's blocking of the #OccupyWallStreet hashtag from trending in the USA surprise you?

knock me over with a feather

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hey, Snooki is important too!

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If we were teabaggers protesting the NYT would be directly quoting my diaries

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FAIL

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all of the above

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pie

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Countdown with KO interviews Kossack at #OccupyWallStreet = EPIC WIN

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Thursday September 22, 2011 · 8:22 PM PDT

2011/09/22 · 20:22

Our own fellow Kossack HankNYNY was just interviewed by a reporter from Countdown with Keith Olbermann here at the #OccupyWallStreet protests. W00T W00T!

I will have more info on the interview as events unfold.

If you'd like to help overcome the media blackout please contribute to our media fund at wepay.com

Meanwhile, to all you wonderful people following this story around the world and here at DailyKos, I have some help I need to ask you for. Simple stuff, really, I just thought it would be easier to crowdsource these questions, so here goes.

#1. We desperately need wi-fi hotspots for internet access, does anyone know where we can get some cheap without having to sign a long term contract?

#2. I need graphs depicting the stark inequality in pay between the richest !% and teachers, police officers, firefighters and construction workers. I have been assigned the task of helping create a message, and I could use all the help I can get. If you can post up graphs or info on this in the comments below, or if you can post links to those graphs or email them to me, please do, and we will use them for signs and posters tomorrow.

#3 If you know Kossacks or friends who are heading to the #OccupyWallStreet events, contact me here via DM or in the contacts, and I will be your unofficial contact point for the time being.

As promised, pictures are on the way, but because of difficulty with my internet accessibility it might be a while. I appreciate your patience.

As for other #OccupyWallStreet news.

Iranian PressTV was here interviewing protestors, and French and other European news outlets have been reacinh out to us in every way they can, as well as other Americans who are hosting similar events in other cities such as Chicago and San Francisco. The whole world IS watching. I will keep you updated as best as I can. NYU media and other outlets are here too, and despite the poor weather of the last few days we are holding strong and growing in numbers, with people traveling in from as far out as California and Florida to participate in these grassroots protests.

As for our own HankNYNY, he doesn't look like your typical liberal protestor. He is dressed in a nice tie and shirt, and he is very well informed, so I can imagine that Countdown enjoyed speaking to him. As soon as I find out where that part of our story is going you will find out too.

And, of course, for more action and how you can help, please go below the Great Orange Squiggle below for more details.

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How cool is it that one of our very own kossacks was interviewed by KO's Countdown?

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How cool is it that one of our very own kossacks was interviewed by KO's Countdown?

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Super Cool

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Awesomeness

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EPIC WIN!

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