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Occupy Support Dwindles in Liberal Bay Area

Occupy Support Dwindles in Liberal Bay Area

As Occupy gets under way after several months of hiatus, the public is finding even less to like about the group. A poll commisioned by CBS San Francisco found support for the group dwindling, and more than 2/3 of those

Friendly Fire: Occupier Hits Occupier with Brick to Face

Friendly Fire: Occupier Hits Occupier with Brick to Face

Yesterday afternoon, San Francisco protesters returned to 888 Turk Street, a vacant building they briefly occupied last month. After re-occupying the vacant building Tuesday, some members of the group climbed onto the roof and began throwing pipes, rocks, and bricks

OWS Leader Rejects Representative Government, Cites Marx

OWS Leader Rejects Representative Government, Cites Marx

This weekend, Marina Sitrin of the Occupy Legal Working Group appeared onMSNBC’s “Up with Chris Hayes.” Hayes introduced Sitrin as someonewith a “radical perspective outside” the world of Washington politics. Trueto her billing, Sitrin offered a vision so far outside themainstream

Occupiers Self-Identify as Socialists, Revolutionaries

Occupiers Self-Identify as Socialists, Revolutionaries

A new poll out this weekend confirms that Occupy 2.0 is just as anti-capitalist as ever and, according to pollster Doug Schoen, has only become more radical since protests shut down in December. More importantly, a significant percentage of Occupiers

Baltimore Man Pleads Guilty for Aiding Al Qaeda

Baltimore Man Pleads Guilty for Aiding Al Qaeda

A Baltimore area man was the first “high value” Al Qaeda detainee atGitmo to plead guilty two months ago. Majid Khan’s plea deal likely involves hiswillingness to testify against Khalid Sheik Mohammed. He also agreed not tosue the US government

Court Refuses to Order Release of Osama Pics

Court Refuses to Order Release of Osama Pics

Yesterday, a US District Judge refused to release death photos of Osamabin Laden. Conservative watchdog organization Judicial Watch hadfiled a Freedom of Information Act request for the photos, but Judge JamesBoasberg denied their request, saying: A picture may be worth a

Second Firing in False Zimmerman 911 Edit

Second Firing in False Zimmerman 911 Edit

There has been a second firing at NBC over the misleading edit of George Zimmerman’s 911 call. A report published yesterday afternoon by the Miami Herald identifies reporter/producer Jeff Burnside as the individual responsible for the edits which appeared in

In Defense of the One Percent

In Defense of the One Percent

Bankers, hedge fund managers and greedy CEOs. That’s the Occupy image ofAmerica’s top 1%.  But it turns out that’s actually more of a caricature thana portrait. The real 1% are “hard-driving workaholics who tend to haveadvanced degrees and bring a