Author Archive for Matthew Desmond

Occupy Oakland Camp Violently Raided

Oakland Police surround the Occupy encampment early in the morning preparing to go in and disband the tent community at Frank Ogawa Plaza on Tuesday. Oct. 25, 2011. A couple tear gas bombs were exploded right before the police entered.  (Jane Tyska/Staff)

According to multiple sources the police threw tear gas into the camp, and also used rubber bullets on the protesters. One source says 30-40 protesters were arrested, and another source is saying that over a hundred protesters have been arrested.

New York Times Blatantly Edits Article About Occupy Wall Street To Protect Police (IMAGE)

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Today police in New York City allowed protesters from the Occupy Wall Street rallies to march onto the Brooklyn Bridge. Shortly after they arrested hundreds of protesters for blocking traffic on the bridge, even though they’d allowed them to enter it. The New York times published an article on their website, explaining the true nature of what had happened. 20 minutes later they had changed it, to make it seem like the police had no blame in this incident.

Did Ron Paul’s Supporters Hijack An msnbc Poll?

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On Wednesday night Republican candidates for the Presidential nomination debated in Simi Valley, CA, at the Reagan Presidential Library. Msnbc polled their audience to ask who won the debate, and surprisingly Ron Paul is winning. If he was winning by a small margin we probably wouldn’t be writing this article, but he isn’t. He’s winning with 57.7% of the votes so far, with second place going to Romney with 14.3% so far. That’s a 43.4% difference.

Santorum Explains His Agenda

Rick Santorum on Fox News Sunday. Image from http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/fox-news-sunday/blog/2011/08/21/santorum-vows-return-manufacturing-jobs

Republican Presidential Candidate Rick Santorum was on Fox News Sunday this morning to talk about what policies a Santorum Presidency would implement. Here’s a list of some of the things he said he would do, if elected President;

Rick Perry Thinks A Zero Percent Tax Rate On Corporations Will ‘Get This Economy Working Again’

Republican Governor of Texas Rick Perry. Image from http://www.theusnewsdot.com/rick-perry-another-texas-governor-who-would-be-president/rick-perry/

Further proving that he cares more about corporations than people, and that he believes in the foolish theory of ‘trickle-down’ economics, Texas Governor Rick Perry went on record today saying that a 35% tax rate on corporations (which most of them don’t even pay) is too high, and that we should lower it to zero percent in order to get them to start creating jobs.