occupy wall street vs the empire
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occupy eu: eurocrats storm offices for more cuts
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across the european union - the ongoing debt crisis has sparked an upheaval in the bloc039s political landscape from greece to italy unelected eurocrats are on the ascendant - as democracy gives way to a desperate struggle for economic survival wasting little time mario monti unveiled his new strategy the very day he took office - more austerity more cuts and more tax hikes but markets are far from convinced - with debt interest rates across the eu reaching catastrophic levels this week rt039s daniel bushell reportsrt on twitter http:twittercomrt_comrt on facebook http:wwwfacebookcomrtnews

bilderberg 2012 power elites plot in secrecy
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for the last half century an organization of the world039s most powerful political and corporate elites have met annually in secret all around the world there is no official press coverage and the meetings happen behind closed doors this year the power elite are meeting in chantilly virginia right next to washington dc abby martin of rt covers the first day of protests and finds out why people are so concerned about its secrecy and what they speculate is being plannedlike us andor follow us:http:twittercomrt_americahttp:wwwfacebookcomrtamerica

bilderberg behind the new world order
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for over half century a collection of world leaders have been meeting annually across the globe but this year the bilderberg group which many believe sets global agendas is gathering in chantilly virginia a lot of people think the decisions made here only benefit the rich and powerful abby martin joins us for more on bilderberglike us andor follow us:http:twittercomrt_americahttp:wwwfacebookcomrtamerica

bilderberg 2012: secretive summit kicks-off in virginia
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for a little over 50 years an elite organization has met all around the world in total secrecy with nearly zero press coverage on thursday the annual bilderberg conference will take place in chantilly virginia where the world039s leaders are believed to make decisions that could possibly have an effect on the world abby martin looks closer at bilderberg039s global policies for a new world order as rt readies to cover this year039s event later this week like us andor follow us:http:twittercomrt_americahttp:wwwfacebookcomrtamerica

breaking news - papers please nypd turn nazi and set up id check
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http:wwwustreamtvtheother99theother99 - http:wwwustreamtvtheother99global revolution - http:occupystreamcomlive - occupy wall street marchhttp:wwwyoutubecomwatchv=eaftx53-ilobreaking news - papers please nypd turn nazi and set up id checkhttp:wwwyoutubecomwatchv=i4ifbvln0xiows - nypd tactics making more people join the protestshttp:wwwyoutubecomwatchv=ppuf2nrvteourgent - police brutality at ows - brutal arrest of peaceful protestershttp:wwwyoutubecomwatchv=lujdvbxsrngbreaking news ows - the 99 retake zuccotti parkhttp:wwwyoutubecomwatchv=i-gzwsln8jobreaking news - police turn violent ows - use barriers as weaponhttp:wwwyoutubecomwatchv=ztbkssnq5eiwatch ows protestriot live on cnn nowhttp:wwwyoutubecomwatchv=4rokxf6ybcibreking news - occupy los angeles now take to streets in day of ragehttp:wwwyoutubecomwatchv=hqxftcofgbkbreaking news - police seal off zuccoti park for mass arrest owshttp:wwwyoutubecomwatchv=5_tv-mva3km

treason: obama shuts down power plants coast to coast
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http:wwwprisonplanetcomfury-builds-over-blackouts-caused-by-de-industrialization-of-americahtmlfury is building over rolling nationwide blackouts triggered by the obama administration039s deliberate agenda to block the construction of new coal-fired plants as local energy companies struggle to meet americans039 power demands amidst some of the coldest weather seen in decades- as we reported yesterday four hospitals in texas reacted furiously after they were hit with planned outages despite being promised they would be spared even as power to super bowl venues remains uninterrupted- thousands in new mexico have been left without natural gas as gov susana martinez on thursday declared a state of emergency quotdue to statewide natural gas shortages i have ordered all government agencies that do not provide essential services to shut down and all nonessential employees to stay homequot on friday martinez said after meeting with public safety personnel in albuquerquequot reports the associated press- borderland residents have been asked to limit their use of natural gas as the texas gas service asks that larger commercial facilities voluntarily close their doors to save supplies- people in tucson have been asked to limit their use of hot water and moderate their thermostat levels to save on energy- shortages of natural gas in san diego county has forced utility companies to quotcut or reduce the gas supplied to some of their largest commercial and industrial customersquot reports north county times- in el paso quothundreds of thousands of electricity customers continue to face periodic blackouts and nearly 900 gas customers still have no heatquot reports the el paso times with el paso electric resorting to using generators in a struggle to meet demand while still having to implement forced outages

police state uk - police show off plastic bullets as future rioters face tougher response
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breking news - occupy los angeles now take to streets in day of rage
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breaking news - police seal off zuccoti park for mass arrest ows
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police with riot helmet seal off park - police vans on sitehttp:wwwustreamtvtheother99http:wwwustreamtvcbsnewshttp:uscnncomvideovideocvplivecvpstream1ampamphpt=hp_t1videocvplivecvpstream1theother99 - http:wwwustreamtvtheother99global revolution - http:occupystreamcomlive - occupy wall street marchhttp:wwwyoutubecomwatchv=eaftx53-ilobreaking news - papers please nypd turn nazi and set up id checkhttp:wwwyoutubecomwatchv=i4ifbvln0xiows - nypd tactics making more people join the protestshttp:wwwyoutubecomwatchv=ppuf2nrvteourgent - police brutality at ows - brutal arrest of peaceful protestershttp:wwwyoutubecomwatchv=lujdvbxsrngbreaking news ows - the 99 retake zuccotti parkhttp:wwwyoutubecomwatchv=i-gzwsln8jobreaking news - police turn violent ows - use barriers as weaponhttp:wwwyoutubecomwatchv=ztbkssnq5eiwatch ows protestriot live on cnn nowhttp:wwwyoutubecomwatchv=4rokxf6ybcibreking news - occupy los angeles now take to streets in day of ragehttp:wwwyoutubecomwatchv=hqxftcofgbkbreaking news - police seal off zuccoti park for mass arrest owshttp:wwwyoutubecomwatchv=5_tv-mva3km

ows - why are they protesting this is the one main reason
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ows - why are they protesting this is the one main reasonfull credits and please subscribe kelly http:wwwyoutubecomuserpowerinnumbers2012new york cnnmoney -- the corporate tax rate is 35 but an examination of 280 of the nation039s largest corporations suggests that many aren039t paying anything close to thatthe real tax rate paid by a slew of major corporations averages closer to 185 according to a study released thursday by two liberal tax research groupsthe report issued by citizens for tax justice and the institute on taxation and economic policy paints the corporate tax code as wildly inefficient filled with loopholes and subject to the influence of lobbyists who carve out special provisions for the companies they representthe study looked at 280 companies in the fortune 500 that were profitable for all three years between 2008 and 2010the results: 111 companies paid effective tax rates of less than 175 over the three-year period 98 paid a rate between 175 and 30 and 71 paid more than 30the average rate 185some companies paid zero and 30 actually owed less than nothing in income taxes over the three yearshow does that happenat the root of the problem is a system of inverted incentives that encourages corporations to lobby for special tax breaks -- and politicians to insert them into the tax codecorporations pay lobbyists lobbyists convince lawmakers to add tax breaks lawmakers modify the tax codeit wasn039t always like this the corporate tax code was cleaned of special tax breaks during the reagan administrationthe clean slate didn039t last long and over time special provisions have been added back in nascar racetrack owners are allowed to write off the costs of their racetracks there039s the sweet deal for companies that make puerto rican rumsome of the biggest breaks go to companies that are allowed to write off investments in equipment more quickly than they actually depreciateand certain companies enjoy incentives geared specifically at their businesses the oil and gas industry for example is allowed to write off some drilling and exploration expensesall the breaks add up -- sometimes eliminating a company039s tax burden altogether other companies reported so many quotexcess tax breaksquot that their tax burden went quotnegativequot the study saidaccording to the study utility pepco holdings and conglomerate general electric have the highest negative income tax ratespepco039s profits totaled 882 million over the three-year period while the company had a negative tax rate of 576 ge earned 105 billion with a negative rate of 453 according to the study

henry rollins: the one decision that changed my life forever
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rollins describes the seminal moment when he decided to leave his job as manager of haagen dazs to become the lead singer of black flagdirected produced byjonathan fowler and elizabeth roddhttp:bigthinkcom

more video of greek riots 18 detained 4 police injured
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a communications truck was set on fire in central athens on tuesday and youths hurled rocks and fire bombs at riot police as a huge demonstration against new austerity measures descended into violence the demonstration was called by unions alongside a general strike that has brought the country to a standstill firefighters arrived on the scene to extinguish the blazing truck the second one to be set alight during tuesday039s riots tuesday039s clashes came at the start of a two-day strike called by unions furious that the new 28 billion euro 40 billion us dollar austerity program will slap taxes on minimum wage earners and other struggling greeks rt on facebook: http:wwwfacebookcomrtnewsrt on twitter: http:twittercomrt_com

occupy wall street protesters take brooklyn bridge - 700 arrested hd
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occupy wallstreet protesters take brooklyn bridge - 700 arrested hdupdated 7:58 pm in a tense showdown above the east river the police arrested about 700 demonstrators from the occupy wall street protests who took to the roadway as they tried to cross the brooklyn bridge on saturday afternoonthe police did not immediately release precise arrest figures but said it was the choice of those marchers that led to the swift enforcementquotprotesters who used the brooklyn bridge walkway were not arrestedquot said the head police spokesman paul j browne quotthose who took over the brooklyn-bound roadway and impeded vehicle traffic were arrestedquotbut many protesters said that they thought the police had tricked and trapped them allowing them onto the bridge and even escorting them across only to surround them in orange netting after hundreds of them had enteredquotthe cops watched and did nothing indeed seemed to guide us on to the roadwayquot said jesse a myerson a media coordinator for occupy wall street who was in the march but was not arrestedthings came to a head shortly after 4 pm as the 1500 or so marchers reached the foot of the brooklyn-bound car lanes of the bridge just east of city hallin their march north from zuccotti park in lower manhattan headquarters for the last two weeks of a protest movement against what demonstrators call inequities in the economic system they had stayed on the sidewalks forming a long column of humanity penned in by officers on scooterswhere the entrance to the bridge narrowed their path some marchers including organizers stuck to the generally agreed-upon route and headed up onto the wooden walkway that runs between and about 15 feet above the bridge039s traffic lanesbut about 20 others headed for the brooklyn-bound roadway said christopher t dunn of the new york civil liberties union who accompanied the march some of them chanted quottake the bridgequot they were met by a handful of high-level police supervisors who blocked the way and announced repeatedly through bullhorns that the marchers were blocking the roadway and that if they continued to do so they would be subject to arrestthere were no physical barriers though and at one point the marchers began walking up the roadway with the police commanders in front of them -- seeming from a distance as if they were leading the way the chief of department joseph j esposito and a horde of other white-shirted commanders was among them

brooklyn bridge protesters illegally ketteled video proof 700 illegal arrests
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brooklyn bridge protesters illegally ketteled video proof 700 illegal arrestsplease give full credits and subscribe to: http:wwwyoutubecomuserarthurkr222 this channel is leading the information war on these occupy protestsa debate has risen over whether the occupy wall street protesters deliberately crossed onto the roadway of the brooklyn bridge on saturday or were led there by the new york police department the below video catches the early moments of the protesters stepping onto the brooklyn bridge around 30 seconds in:protesters started marching up the pedestrian walk way over the bridge while others tried to take the traffic lane for a few minutes officers held the line and then they turned around and led the way up the traffic lane on the brooklyn bridge from what i saw no police told any of the protesters to leave until they created a barricade in front of the march about halfway through the bridge they then pulled vans and buses up to the back of the group and started arresting everyone occupy wall street protesters shut down part of the brooklyn bridge when marchers spilled onto the roadway from manhattan police arrested approximately 400 protesters while trying to clear the road and reopen the bridge to traffic saturday eveningit was estimated that more than a thousand protesters made their way to brooklyn bridge and several hundred walked in the eastbound car lanes stopping trafficquotthey were warned not to walk on the roadway the people that walked on the pedestrian walkway there was no issue the ones on vehicular roadway they chose to anyway and they were arrestedquot a police spokesperson saidthe nypd brought in off-duty mta buses to take those arrested away those arrested were expected to be charged with disorderly conduct and others may be charged with additional offensesbina ahmad a local attorney who works for palestinian refugee rights was at the march as a legal observer donning the bright green caps signifying a guild observer she said she saw police using unnecessary violence