update: anger in syria
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there is anger in syria on saturday as protesters regroup following a huge crackdown by security forces the so-called quotday of dignityquot demonstrations were held across the country on friday hundreds of thousands of people turned out on both sides including in the capital damascus where pro- and anti-government supporters clashed in the old townand there are reports of at least dozen more people being shot dead by security forces in as many as six towns and villagesone person is reported killed by police in a damascus suburbin latakia doctors say four people were killed when forces opened fire on a crowd of a thousandthe highest toll was reported in the village of sanamin there locals say troops killed 20 civilians while trying to prevent a march to nearby daraaal jazeera039s correspondent zeina khodr defied a media ban to enter daraa and bring us this story

absurdity today: the vatican is leaking
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absurdity today : progressive political news parody at its best hosted by comedian julianna forlano

occupy oakland: port shutdown ii begins ktvu
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occupy seattle: police pepper spray protesters raw video
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several hundred occupy seattle demonstrators protested in the rain wednesday night outside a hotel where a bank official was speaking - as tense police in riot gear surrounded themthe protesters were demanding an apology from jpmorgan chase ceo jamie dimon for bank practices they say have caused hardship and suffering for americansat least two people were arrested during the nighttime protest witnesses saidthe protesters chanted in the rain outside the downtown sheraton hotel where dimon was speaking inside at a university of washington foster school of business leadership celebrationoccupy seattle demonstrators say dimon is an example of an overpaid executive responsible for foreclosures and questionable corporate behaviorsome protesters reportedly were trying to force their way inside the hotel so they could speak directly with dimon - but they were unsuccessful and dimon never came out to speak to themthe rally and protest outside the sheraton hotel came a few hours after six occupy seattle protesters were arrested when they refused to leave a chase bank branch on capitol hillwitnesses said the earlier incident began around 2:15 pm when protesters marched from seattle central community college and set up at the corner of east thomas street and broadway in front of a chase bank branchseattle police blocked the bank entrance - but a few managed to get inside they were laying on their backs with their arms locked together blocking customers from reaching tellersan occupy seattle press release sent later in the afternoon stated that their intent was to quotinterrupt business as usualquot and promote their views on corporations and bankssix protesters who refused to leave were arrested but when police tried to take them away other protesters stormed the street - blocking police carsa confrontation ensued and police spokesman jeff kappel said officers had to use pepper spray on the crowdhttp:occupyseattleorghttp:leaksourcewordpresscom

message from scott olsen: quotwhat kind of pie occupy non-violent in the face of police brutalityquot
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after a nyc march in support of occupy wall street joshua shepherd iraq war veteran and friend of scott olsen reads a text message from scott during an interview on countdown with keith olbermannhttp:occupywallstreetorghttp:occupywallstorghttp:occupytogetherorghttp:leaksourcewordpresscomoriginal video uploaded by http:wwwyoutubecomminirtist

occupy oakland: protesters make their voices heard at city council meeting abc7
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hundreds packed oakland city hall for an emotional and loud city council meeting on the occupy protests meanwhile members of the movement disavowed themselves from thursday morning039s violencehttp:occupyoaklandorghttp:leaksourcewordpresscom

grecian burn - battle of duality - the daily show with jon stewart - 062211 - video clip comedy central
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greece must strike a balance between austerity and hedonism to solve its financial problems airdate - 062211

colbert report: 22211 in :60 seconds - the colbert report - 22211 - video clip comedy central
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brian williams - the daily show with jon stewart - 021611 - video clip comedy central
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brian williams noticed that jon went on vacation when the egyptian protests broke out airdate - 021611

police declare riot outside mayor ted wheeler039s apartment building - youtube
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people started a fire and vandalized a minority-owned dental office police deployed crowd control munitions and made 19 arrests on monday night portland p

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occupy raleigh: police arrest 8 protesters camera 1
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police arrested eight occupy raleigh members thursday after they refused to move off of the sidewalk in front of the state capital buildingthey are charged with second-degree trespassing and as members try to raise bond to free those who were arrested supporters have been protesting their arrestsaccording to police the protestors were blocking the sidewalk with chairs signs and debris but protestors say it039s their right to be therequotthe public sidewalks and the capitol the lands that belong to the people belong to the people and it039s unjust for them to be ordered off the sidewalk to shutdown freedom of speechquot protestor eddy samara saidamong those arrested was margaret schucker a woman who says she is disabled and she has a handicap decal she says she has chronic lower back pain and she refused to get up from her chair and was removed by officersschucker was charged and released hours laterquotas a handicapped person i believe that i had a right to sit on a chair and if it wasn039t legally wrong it was at least morally wrong for two officers to drag me out of the chairquot she saidcapitol police say they gave her the opportunity to move and officers took the correct actionquotwe expressed to them the general rule that the sidewalk be cleared of any chairsquot chief scoot hunter said quotand of course they refused to move and was arrested there were no obvious signs of handicap that would keep them from moving or walkingquotthe latest round of arrests related to the occupy raleigh movement comes after 20 people were arrested outside the state capitol on october 15 protestors say they039re not giving up their fight for economic justice some say they are returning to the state capitol fridayhttp:occupyraleighorghttp:leaksourcewordpresscomoriginal video uploaded by http:wwwyoutubecomreasontorecord

occupy seattle: protesters target chase ceo
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several hundred occupy seattle demonstrators protested in the rain wednesday night outside a hotel where a bank official was speaking - as tense police in riot gear surrounded themthe protesters were demanding an apology from jpmorgan chase ceo jamie dimon for bank practices they say have caused hardship and suffering for americansat least two people were arrested during the nighttime protest witnesses saidthe protesters chanted in the rain outside the downtown sheraton hotel where dimon was speaking inside at a university of washington foster school of business leadership celebrationoccupy seattle demonstrators say dimon is an example of an overpaid executive responsible for foreclosures and questionable corporate behaviorsome protesters reportedly were trying to force their way inside the hotel so they could speak directly with dimon - but they were unsuccessful and dimon never came out to speak to themthe rally and protest outside the sheraton hotel came a few hours after six occupy seattle protesters were arrested when they refused to leave a chase bank branch on capitol hillwitnesses said the earlier incident began around 2:15 pm when protesters marched from seattle central community college and set up at the corner of east thomas street and broadway in front of a chase bank branchseattle police blocked the bank entrance - but a few managed to get inside they were laying on their backs with their arms locked together blocking customers from reaching tellersan occupy seattle press release sent later in the afternoon stated that their intent was to quotinterrupt business as usualquot and promote their views on corporations and bankssix protesters who refused to leave were arrested but when police tried to take them away other protesters stormed the street - blocking police carsa confrontation ensued and police spokesman jeff kappel said officers had to use pepper spray on the crowdhttp:occupyseattleorghttp:leaksourcewordpresscom

occupy wall street: nypd charge horses into times square camera 5
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the occupy wall street protest spread to times square today and at 6:25 pm the police come in on horses as barricades fall some protesters try to help the police restore the barricades to protect the crowds from the horses one cop strikes at protestors039 hands where they touch the barricades fear is quite visible in cops039 faces footage ends with a heartfelt plea for unityhttp:occupywallstreetorghttp:occupywallstorghttp:occupytogetherorghttp:leaksourcewordpresscomoriginal videos uploaded by http:wwwyoutubecomdr3amstat3s

occupy wall street: nypd charge horses into times square camera 4
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the occupy wall street protest spread to times square today and at 6:25 pm the police come in on horses as barricades fall some protesters try to help the police restore the barricades to protect the crowds from the horses one cop strikes at protestors039 hands where they touch the barricades fear is quite visible in cops039 faces footage ends with a heartfelt plea for unityhttp:occupywallstreetorghttp:occupywallstorghttp:occupytogetherorghttp:leaksourcewordpresscomoriginal video uploaded by http:wwwyoutubecomjunkkjkj