Occupy Supply Visits Hartford, CT

post from Firedoglake on 25 November 2011 04:50:07 PM. © Firedoglake

The best part of my visit was that I got to help pass out some of the supplies to the occupiers along with Maira, who was trying to be very democratic distributing the items. I was happy to see that we had just enough hats for everyone, so nobody that[...]

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GTLs NFL Picks Week 12, 2011

post from The Gun Toting Liberal on 25 November 2011 04:50:07 PM. © The Gun Toting Liberal

Last Year (Head-To-Head): 170-98 Last Week: 11-3 Year To Date: 100-59 All Time (2006 Through 2011 Combined Record To Date): 576-341 AGAINST THE SPREAD (ATS) Last Week (All scheduled games played): 8-4-2 ATS (Calculated By My Line + Or – Vs Vegas Odds At Time Of Publication Listed Below, Or...

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Kansas Principal Stands Up to Governor Brownback
Over Students Free Speech Rights [not]

post from Firedoglake on 25 November 2011 03:40:11 PM. © Firedoglake

Shawnee Mission East (Kansas) high school principal Karl R. Krawitz bravely stood up to the office of Governor Sam Brownback over a visiting student's joking tweet about the Governor. Brownback's communications office, reviewing social media[...]

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Black Friday Open Thread

post from Crooks and Liars on 25 November 2011 03:30:24 PM. © Crooks and Liars

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FDR with his famous black arm band.

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Mitt vs. The Not Romneys-of-the-month

post from Daily Kos on 25 November 2011 03:14:05 PM. © Daily Kos

As a follow up to this post, I gathered all the GOP primary head-to-head matchups since Rick Perry entered the race that I could find, and then selected just the ones featuring the current Not Romney at the time of the poll.

There's not a lot of data points, but it seems to confirm the notion that roughly half the Republican primary electorate is extremely eager for a candidate other than Romney and that if they can ever find a candidate they are willing to settle on, Romney's in serious trouble. Of course, as we've seen throughout the primary so far, that's easier said than done, but if Romney does win the nomination, he'll do it because of the weakness of his Republican opposition?not because of the strength of his campaign.

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Eeeesh! Now Tasers

post from Talking Points Memo on 25 November 2011 03:00:53 PM. © Talking Points Memo

Pepper spray isn't the only non-lethal crowd control technique taking off at Wal-Marts today. Now we have a shopper Tasered at a Wal-Mart in Alabama. Watch. [...]

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Midday open thread

post from Daily Kos on 25 November 2011 03:00:03 PM. © Daily Kos

Today's comic is Your friendly local police by Matt Bors:
For over 60 articles a day on Occupy Wall Street, follow the Occupy Wall Street group and the Occupy Wall Street tag right here on Daily Kos.
Happy International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women:
Statement by Vice President Biden on the Anniversary of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
Every year on November 25, we remember the millions of women affected by violence here in the United States and around the world. Violence against women undermines not only the safety and dignity of millions of women and girls, but also the health, economic stability, and security of nations. The U.S. government remains committed to advancing the rights of women at home and as an integral component of our foreign policy. On this International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, we stand with women and men around the world in saying one violation is one too many, and in renewing our commitment to the right of women and girls to be free from violence and abuse.
Planning to brave the crowds this Black Friday? You may want to stay away from Walmart. Unless you're looking for a bargain on a "string of violent incidents":
Black Friday bargain-hunters have been caught up in a string of violent incidents across the United States that have left one customer critically injured during a robbery and shooting and 15 others hurt by an angry shopper using a pepper spray.
All the incidents took place at Wal-Mart stores as millions of Americans loaded up on holiday purchases.
The CIA is having a fundraiser:
CIA officers are asking people to mark the 10th anniversary of the death of the first American killed in the Afghan war by donating to help the children of their fellow fallen.
Mitt Shakespeare:
I love the lakes.
I love the Great Lakes.
You know, we?ve been to Massachusetts?I love the ocean, too.
I do love the ocean.
This has been a mosquito-infested year with all the moisture.
They
flew away
with my dog.
Beautiful area.
I love water.
[Eats pork chop]
Michael Bloomberg for president? On what platform?a chicken in every pot, a spray of pepper in every face?
Stay classy, Rush:
Rush Limbaugh dissed Hillary Clinton on his Wednesday show, associating her with the song "Lyin' A*s B*tch" that played when Michele Bachmann appeared on "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon" earlier in the week. [...]
He was outraged on Bachmann's behalf, and called the song "disrespectful" to "the only woman candidate for president."
Then, he said, "To put this in perspective, Hilary wasn't even on the show and they have this song 'Lyin' A*s B*tch.'" He alleged that the media would have been outraged if the same thing had happened to Hilary Clinton on Fox News, but ignored Bachmann's experience.
Sperm stealing:
A father of 4-year-old twins is claiming his ex-girlfriend stole his sperm and impregnated herself at a fertility clinic and is now suing for full custody of his sons.
Meet the Breck girl of 2011:
Voters routinely ask about it on the campaign trail. Pundits chronicle the slightest changes in its presentation. There is a Facebook page to devoted it ? not to mention an entire blog. ?Has it always been this good?? read a recent online entry.
The subject of the unusually intense political speculation and debate?
Mitt Romney?s hair.
By far his most distinctive physical feature, Mr. Romney?s head of impeccably coiffed black hair has become something of a cosmetological Rorschach test on the campaign trail, with many seeing in his thick locks everything they love and loathe about the Republican candidate for the White House. (Commanding, reassuring, presidential, crow fans; too stiff, too slick, too perfect, complain critics.)
Tetris: The Movie?
America hates Jerry Sandusky. A lot:
Jerry Sandusky breaks the all time PPP record for the least popular person we have ever polled on. A whooping 88% of voters in the state have a negative opinion of him to only 3% with a positive one. It's clear his NBC interview last week did little or nothing to rehabilitate his image. Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, seen unfavorably by 83% of voters in his state, was previously the most unpopular person PPP had ever polled on.
Condolences:
Maggie Daley, the wife of longtime Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley, died Thursday at the age of 68 after suffering for years from breast cancer.
Calling all crafters! The 3rd annual Netroots Nation Holiday Bazaar is Thursday, Dec. 1 through Tuesday, Dec. 6. Upload your donations directly to the Holiday Bazaar auction site or send them to Karen Kolber at karen at netroots nation dot org. All proceeds benefit Netroots Nation.

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Live Blog for #Occupy Movement: Black Friday

post from Firedoglake on 25 November 2011 02:30:51 PM. © Firedoglake

One person was arrested and two others hospitalized after a melee in Rome, New York. Pepper spray was used by police to break up a fight in Kingston, North Carolina. Gunfire was heard in Fayetteville, North Carolina. A shooting at 1 am injured a woman in[...]

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Day Of Spray: Cop, Shopper Turn To Pepper Spray
To Brave Black Friday (VIDEO)

Pepper spray: It's not just for peacefully protesting college students anymore.

The usual Black Friday shenanigans across the country were marked by the emergence of a new trend: pepper spraying people at Wal-Mart. On both coasts, shoppers scrambling for video games at the discount retailer were met with a face full of burning as clouds of Megyn Kelly's "food product" were blasted into the unruly hordes.

In the first case, police report a shopper attempted to gain a competitive advantage over her fellow patrons at a Wal-Mart store in Porter Ranch, Calif., at about 10 p.m. Thanksgiving Day. Here's what that was like, according to witness accounts in the Los Angeles Times:

Witness Matthew Lopez described a chaotic scene in the San Fernando Valley store among shoppers looking for video games soon after the sale began.
"I heard screaming and I heard yelling," said Lopez, 18. "Moments later, my throat stung. I was coughing really bad and watering up."

The second Wal-Mart spraying (so far) was more in line with what we've come to expect when it comes to pepper spray and crowds: an off-duty police officer working store security used the weapon in the midst of a mass of unarmed shoppers. This time it was Kinston, N.C., where the painful spray wafted through a Wal-Mart.

"Sgt. Roland Davis of Kinston Public Safety says Walmart hired off-duty police officers to help with security during their Black Friday event today," reports WITN-TV. "Davis says an officer was trying to quell a disturbance and make an arrest, and used pepper spray."

Here's video of the aftermath recorded by one witness and posted by WITN:

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Not all Wal-Mart trips ended in pepper spray, but several others did end in police action. In Rome, N.Y., a man was arrested after "several shoppers at the electronics department were pushed to the ground and several fights broke out," according to NBC3 in Syracuse. And in Cave Creek, Ariz., the bomb squad took a suspected explosive device out of a Wal-Mart employee break room.

Other incidents occurred outside Wal-Mart stores early in the morning of Black Friday. In Myrtle Beach, S.C., a woman was shot in the foot during an armed robbery outside a Wal-Mart at around 1 AM. In San Leandro, Calif., a man was reportedly shot outside a Wal-Mart at about 2 a.m. "after suspects asked the victims for their items and were refused," leading to a fight.