newt gingrich mic checked
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on november 18 2011 members of occupy boston and occupy harvard mic checked newt gingrich as he introduced his documentary quota city upon a hill: the spirit of american exceptionalismquot at harvard039s kennedy school of government

thom hartmann follows up with robert greenwald on quotwho are the one percentquot
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brave new foundation recently launched whoaretheonepercentcom and the voting process for determining the top one-percenters is now live robert greenwald and thom hartmann discuss the latest with this campaign

one percenters who fight for the 99 percent
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by bruce watsonaol daily finance occupy wall street is slowing down a bit as winter sets in but the conversation it inspired is still gaining momentum

mike myers visits occupy wall street
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occupywallstreetorgthe day the unions came to visit a wall street tycoon calls the protestors anarchists and calls me a monkey mike myers chimes in plus a discussion on the evolution of the message a mark ledzian film

cop beating marine veteran so hard he suffered a ruptured spleen
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video footage has emerged of a police officer beating an iraq war veteran so hard that he suffered a ruptured spleen in an apparently unprovoked incident at a recent occupy protest in californiathe footage which has been shared with the guardian shows kayvan sabehgi standing in front of a police line on the night of occupy oakland039s general strike on 2 november when he is set upon by an officerhe does not appear to be posing any threat nor does he attempt to resist yet he is hit numerous times by an officer clad in riot gear who appears determined to beat him to the groundsabehgi 32 an oakland resident and former marine who served in iraq and afghanistan has since undergone surgery on his spleen he says it took hours for him to be taken to hospital despite complaining of severe pain police have told the guardian they are investigating the incidentthe footage was recorded by artist and photographer neil rivas who said sabehgi was quotcompletely peacefulquot before he was beaten quotit was uncalled forquot said rivas quotthere were no curse words he was telling them he was a war vet a resident of oakland a business ownerquotsabehgi has previously said he was talking to officers in a non-violent manner prior to his arrest which the footage appears to confirmthe 32-year-old can be seen standing in front of a line of police officers all of whom are in riot gear the officers walk forward chanting and thrusting their batons and sabehgi starts to walk backwardsalthough the video is dark an officer can clearly be seen beginning to hit sabehgi around the legs with a baton then starting to strike him higher upsabehgi then appears to be bundled to the ground he was later arrestedrivas said the footage was shot around midnight on 3 november as police approached occupy oakland following the 2 november general strikepolice deployed teargas and non-lethal projectiles that night after some protesters entered a disused building north of frank h ogawa plaza but rivas said there did not appear to be an immediate threat to police at the time of the videoquotit was pretty much just kayvan and myself right there at that moment when he got beatquot rivas saidquoti couldn039t help but start yelling out for them to stop he was not fighting back he was moving away from the officer it did not feel goodquoti saw him being taken down to the ground and i tried to keep my camera focused on that as well but they were pretty quick at setting up a barricade between myself and kayvan at that point i was shoved out of the way and i had several guns pointed my wayquoti remember specifically one officer right in front of me having his gun pointed point blank at mequotrivas said he realised the man in his video was sabehgi after reading that a second iraq war veteran had been injured and seeing television footageoakland television station ktvu tv-2 has previously shown footage of sabehgi in handcuffs just after he was arrested but rivas believes this is the only video of him being beatensabehgi has previously told the guardian he was walking away from the main area of police clashes -- at 16th street and telegraph just north of the occupy base at frank h ogawa plaza -- when he was beaten and arrestedseveral police agencies were involved in the operation on 2 and 3 november but rivas said the officers who appear in front of sabehgi at the beginning of the video were from oakland police departmenta spokeswoman for oakland police said: quotthe oakland police department is currently investigating the incidentquot http:wwwutvnewsoccupy-oakland-footage-shows-police-beating-peaceful-iraq-war-veteran09f28ca7-cee6-491b-a286-90f4f7961ab8

who039s wrecking america vote on it
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which of the richest 1 are using their wealth and power to keep down the other 99 vote now we039ll make videos exposing the ones that you choose wwwwhoarethe1percentcom

the guardian 99 v 1 the data behind the occupy movement - animation
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from: the guardianhttp:wwwguardiancouknewsdatablogvideo2011nov1699-v-1-occupy-data-mariana santos and simon rogersguardiancoukwednesday 16 november 201199 v 1: the data behind the occupy movement - animationit has been the rallying cry of the occupy movement for the past two months - but is the us really split 99 v 1 as poverty and inequality reach record levels how much richer have the rich got this animation explains what the key data says about the state of america todaysource: guardiancoukoccupy protestors say it is 99 v 1 are they rightare the occupy wall street protesters right how unequal is the us we039ve animated the key data - see what it saysis it really 99 v 1 it has become the rallying cry of the occupy wall street movement - and the occupy protests around the world but is it truethis is the data behind this animation produced by guardian interactive designer mariana santos and that data does show some people have done better out of america039s economic booms of the last 20 years than others - as this report from the congressional budget office shows toowhen americans are asked how us wealth is distributed they think the very richest fifth should own up to 40 of the national wealth - and that includes 90 of republicans surveyed in fact that richest group owns 85 of the nation039s wealth those surveyed also thought the bottom 120 million people should own around 10 of the national wealth the reality: 03http:wwwguardiancouknewsdatablog2011nov16occupy-protests-data-videohttps:docsgooglecomspreadsheetccckey=0asdy-3hzsftcdfezakd6rw9sumpytldk76 million families and 7000 millionaires don039t pay federal income taxesby derek thompsonjun 22 2011 3:30 pm etnearly half of all taxpayers owed no federal income tax this year according to new distribution analysis from the tax policy center does that make you burn then have at this: 7000 millionaires didn039t owe any individual income taxes either seven thousandwhy does half the country pay no federal income taxesremember even families who owe no federal income taxes still pay tax to their local government their state the social security fund and medicare still 76 million tax units owe no federal income tax for the purposes of this article let039s call them the nofits for no federal income tax who are these nofitsthe poor mostly consider households earning less than 30000 a year they make up 45 of all taxpayers but fully 80 of nofitshere039s what that statistic looks like in two pie charts the chart on the left shows all tax units the chart on the right shows the nofits numbers refer to cash income in thousands of dollarshttp:wwwtheatlanticcombusinessarchive20110676-million-families-and-7category:educationtags:occupy wall street the 99 percent movement we are percentage under animationlicense:standard youtube license

occupy wall street: message in the movement
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new york city protesters return to streets on quotday of actionquot for more click here: http:abcnewsgocomblogsheadlines201111occupy-wall-streets-day-of-disruption-wn-live-updates

police break up new york 039occupy039 camp - occupytogether
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order re liberty parkhttps:wwwdocumentcloudorgdocuments266582-order-re-liberty-parkfrom: al jazeerapolice break up new york 039occupy039 camppolice arrest 70 demonstrators as they dismantle the camp that has become a focal point for anti-wall street protestslast modified: 15 nov 2011 12:21new york police have evicted anti-wall street demonstrators from the new york square where the nationwide 039occupy039 movement first began arresting 70 people in the processlaw enforcement officers handed out notices on tuesday morning from brookfield office properties owner of zuccotti park and the city saying that the park had to be cleared because it had become unsanitary and hazardousprotesters were told that they could return in several hours but without sleeping bags tarps or tentshttp:wwwaljazeeracomnewsamericas2011112011111565910312603htmlnew york police evict occupy wall street protestersqby alison vekshin and esm e deprez - nov 15 2011 10:38 am gmt new york city police in riot gear swept into a lower manhattan park to remove occupy wall street protesters early today following similar moves that shut down camps in oakland california and portland oregondemonstrators quotshould temporarily leave and remove tents and tarpsquot new york mayor michael bloomberg039s office said today on its twitter feed quotprotesters can return after the park is clearedquothundreds of protesters have slept in tents and under tarps since sept 17 in zuccotti park which was both the birthplace of the protests against economic inequality and the physical symbol of the movement the police operation came after organizers announced plans to mark the two-month anniversary of the movement this week with plans to quotshut down wall streetquot and quotoccupy the subwaysquot http:wwwbloombergcomnews2011-11-15u-s-mayors-crack-down-on-occupy-wall-streethtmlnew york police evict occupy wall street protesters in late-night crackdownreuters nov 15 2011 -- 7:35 am et last updated: nov 15 2011 7:57 am etby michelle nicholsnew york police wearing helmets and carrying shields evicted protesters with the occupy wall street movement early on tuesday from the park in new york city039s financial district where they have camped since september dismantling their tent city and arresting about 70 peopleauthorities declared that the continued occupation of zuccotti park which had become a sea of tents tarps and protest signs with hundreds of demonstrators sleeping there posed a health and safety threatpolice spokesman paul browne said that about 70 protesters were arrested in the park during the nighttime operation for defying orders to leave and several more were arrested nearby although most left voluntarilyhttp:newsnationalpostcom20111115new-york-police-evict-occupy-wall-street-protesters-in-late-night-crackdown

pork consumption in restaurants increases 7 percent
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crisp salty and sweet bacon can be the perfect remedy to any morning but when it starts showing up in your cupcakes and in your local grocery condiment aisle does it still whet your appetite

likelihood of us recession in 2012 tops 50 percent: fed paper
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the european debt crisis is raising the odds of a us recession with economic contraction more likely than not by early 2012 according to research from the san francisco federal reserve bank

occupy oakland aerial video: cop crackdown on protester tent camp
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police in oakland california have cleared out a weeks-old encampment after issuing several warnings to occupy demonstrators oakland police and officers from several other san francisco bay area cities encircled the downtown encampment before dawn and moved in at about 6 am officers were seen escorting handcuffed protesters away from the camp soon afterward the action comes a day after police drove hundreds of anti-wall street demonstrators from encampments in portland oregon arresting more than 50 people oakland officials insisted on an end to their city039s encampment after a man was shot and killed thursday near the camprt on twitter http:twittercomrt_com rt on facebook http:wwwfacebookcomrtnews

occupy portland video: mounted police vs protesters stand-off
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video courtesy: jamie francis http:wwwyoutubecomwatchv=fxbowrmzety and steve schwind http:wwwyoutubecomwatchv=-f5hgpqc7noin portland police in riot gear have surrounded hundreds of occupy protesters in a central park after they ignored eviction orders officers used batons and threatened arrests if the demonstrators failed to comply the protests are part of the larger movement against social and economic inequality and corporate greed in america and around the world rt on twitter http:twittercomrt_com rt on facebook http:wwwfacebookcomrtnews

who are the 1 percent
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participate in a campaign by brave new foundation called who are the 1 percent the young turks host cenk uygur explains who is involved and how you can join the cause:http:wwwbravenewfoundationorgwhoarethe1percentsubscribe to the young turks: http:bitlyewuu5ithe largest online new show in the worldgoogle: http:wwwgplustotheyoungturksfacebook: http:wwwfacebookcomtytnationtwitter: http:twittercomtheyoungturks

warren buffett and ibm: berkshire hathaway accumulates 55 percent stake in tech company
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berkshire hathaway has accumulated a 55 percent stake in ibm warren buffett said on monday his biggest bet on the technology field that he has historically shunned