Family Guy writer's first-person account of his Occupy LA arrest
december 2011 by taestell
"An LAPD officer would forcibly extend the protestor’s legs, grab his left foot, twist it all the way around and then stomp his boot on the insole, pinning the protestor’s left foot to the pavement, twisted backwards. Then the LAPD officer would grab the protestor’s right foot and twist it all the way the other direction until the non-violent protestor, in incredible agony, would shriek in pain and unlink from his neighbor."
ows
occupy.la
police.brutality
from instapaper
december 2011 by taestell
5 Ways We Ruined the Occupy Wall Street Generation
december 2011 by taestell
Generation X told their children they were too good to flip burgers, then yells at OWS protestors for acting like they're too good to flip burgers.
ows
generation.gap
generation.x
baby.boomers
december 2011 by taestell
Cities need to move their money
november 2011 by taestell
"Two weeks after Portland mayoral candidate state and Rep. Jefferson Smith publicly challenged Portland to move some of its money to local credit unions, Mayor Sam Adams this morning said he would pursue the cause. [...] When Portland follows through, it will cost Wells Fargo tens of millions of dollars."
politics
ows
portland
credit.unions
banks
from instapaper
november 2011 by taestell
Fairness Again
november 2011 by taestell
"When evaluating fairness, we understand that you need to throw everything into the mix. You can't isolate one variable. For example, when comparing the tax burden on the rich versus the other 99%, you want to look beyond the federal income tax rate and include payroll taxes, sales taxes, and any other taxes... Why don't we also tally up the benefits of the taxes? That's part of the equation too."
taxes
ows
equality
from instapaper
november 2011 by taestell
With great power comes boorish behavior
november 2011 by taestell
"At last year's company Halloween party, the employees of the law firm of Steven J. Baum dressed up as homeless people who the firm had brought foreclosure proceedings against."
economy
housing
foreclosures
ows
halloween
from instapaper
november 2011 by taestell
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