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EXCLUSIVE AUDIO: Andrew Breitbart says Occupy has a ‘culture of rape’ and ACORN is paying ‘unsafe people’ to occupy

By on February 26, 2012 in Uncategorized

Andrew Breitbart is the Andrew Breitbart of the tea party movement

On Saturday, February 25th, LOLGOP and I attended the Americans for Prosperity forum in Troy, Michigan (home of homophobic tea party mayor Janice Daniels.) We obtained press passes and proceeded to livetweet and liveblog the event. (My liveblog, done entirely on my iPhone, is here: LIVEBLOG: Americans for Prosperity forum in Troy, Michigan 2/25/12.)

For the most part, the people at the AFP forum were very nice to us. Perhaps it’s because we had a “Media” badges on but, more than likely, it was despite that, given the sneering way “the media” was treated by speakers such as Andrew Breitbart and Michelle Malkin.…


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My comments to the Occupy movement at last Saturday’s Occupalooza

By on February 20, 2012 in Teachers

We’re not trying to take our country BACK, we’re trying to take it FORWARD

Last Saturday night I was invited to make some comments to the audience at Occupalooza. I chose to focus my talk on the need for everyone in the Occupy movement to avoid making the mistake of “staying out of politics”.

Here are my comments:

(This is a high-resolution video so you may wish to to click the little gear button a the bottom right of the video screen to lower the resolution if you have a slow internet connection.)

Thanks very much to Jeff Morgan at Prometheus Motion Pictures who put the video together for me.…


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LIVEBLOG: Occupalooza in Traverse City, Michigan – 2/18/2012

By on February 18, 2012 in Uncategorized

Occupalooza, baby!

I arrived in Traverse City early this afternoon, happy to find some Michigan snow and a passel of amazing Occupy activists and organizers ready to Occupy the Pinky. [NOTE: all of these crappy photos are by me with my iPhone. Do NOT blame my wife for any of them.]

They have seats set up for at least 100 folks.

Here’s the schedule:

Occupalooza Schedule Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012
Inside Out Gallery 229 Garland St., Traverse City, MI

5:30-6:00 Opening music by Lena Wilson
6:00-6:20 Jeff Gibbs “Occupy and the Fate of Humanity“ producer for the films “Fahrenheit 9/11″ and “Bowling for Columbine”
6:25-6:40 Video by Sonic Bloom of the local TC Occupy movement
6:40-6:45 Valerie Stone Northwest Food Coalition
6:45-6:50 Eleni Healy video
6:55-7:00 Phil Houle Veterans for Peace
7:00- 7:45 Hursh
7:45-7:50 Foreclosure presentations
7:50-8:00 Chris Savage founder “Eclectablog” – Progressive News & Commentary
8:00-8:45 Ratone
8:45 Local Business panel
Amy Reynolds-Horizon Books Steve Nance-Oryana,
8:55-9:05 Derek Bailey- Tribal Chairman for the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians
9:05 Jimmy Says
9:50 The Saga of Larry Tunner (A movie about the occupy movement) – Andrew Tomlinson Jeff Morgan Prometheus Motion Pictures, live scene shoot
10:00-10:45 North Shore

I’m particularly excited about having the chance to hook with Andrew Tomlinson of Ypsilanti, the creator of the upcoming Occupy-themed movie The Saga of Larry Tunner.…


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How Occupy Changed the Conversation

By on February 17, 2012 in President Obama

My posse’s on Wall Street

-@Markos Moulitsas

“I ask you to judge me by the enemies I have made.” Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin D. Roosevelt is not Barack Obama. FDR was born into American royalty, the cousin of a President. He had a chance to study the intimacies of power more closely than any President until George W. Bush, who wasn’t really so into studying.

 In 1936, as FDR was running for reelection, he asked to be judged by the bankers, tycoons and right wing know nothings who resisted his remarkably pro-worker policies. And he won.

 I’m going to suggest to you humbly that one does not become the first African American president by making enemies.…


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