Occupy Philadelphia - Day 4, October 9, 2011.
Photos: Occupy Philly
“Black people have always been the 99%”
(Source: fuckyeahmarxismleninism)
(Source: liberalsarecool)
“Dear Capitalism - It’s Not You, It’s Us. Just Kidding, It’s You.”
@ewerickson Declares he’s one of the 53.
Conservative speaker of CNN Erick Erickson recently created a tumblr called ‘we are the 53%’ in response to the Wall Street protests. The tumblr doesn’t make a lot of sense, it’s more of just sad stories of people, but no real motive.
Okay, I normally wouldn’t have a response I’m willing to post about a political agenda like this, but this guy is truly sick.
Not only that, but if you read this guy’s profile on his website(oh yeah, he owns the site) he calls the protesters, mainly the younger generation, communists, hippies, and ‘hipsters’ hahaha.
Apparently the flat top buzz cut thinks it’s still the days of ‘nam. Commies are running rampant, Nixon is the greatest man alive, and your wife still makes a sandwich when you tell her to. Maybe he is crazy.
Did I mention he has another website?
People like Erick stand in the way of progress for this country, and keep us from moving forward. Of course Mr. Erickson doesn’t want the rich to be taxed, he’s one of them.
I support the occupywallstreet movement. I encourage everyone to check it out, and join. If not, at least develop your own opinion. The biggest problem in this country is misinformation, and many are willing to do anything to crush the opposition that might change the playing field.
can we please expose the shit out of him?
The movie takes place in 1988. Frank tells Donnie the world will end in 28 days, 06 hours, 42 minutes, and 12 seconds. If you add these numbers, the sum is 88. When Samantha asks when she can have kids, Donnie says: “Not until 8th grade.” Donnie mentions to his therapist that his dog Callie died when he was eight. (He is later seen holding a stuffed toy dog in her office.) Donnie jokes about the Back to the Future DeLorean which had a speed of 88 MPH. According to the television reporter, the fire at Jim Cunningham’s house was extinguished “sometime after 8:00 last night.” The red-eye flight that almost crashes is Flight 2806 which boards at Gate 42 at 12 AM. The climax of Donnie Darko occurs one week before the 1988 US presidential election, when George Bush won on November 8, 1988. The movie was shot in 28 days. There are 28 scenes in the director’s cut of this film.
AMAZING.
You can tell this isn’t a Tea Party rally because there’s not one misspelling in that sign.
Succinct.
*This* is a sign.
This is perfection.
Thirteen Observations made by Lemony Snicket while watching Occupy Wall Street from a Discreet Distance
1. If you work hard, and become successful, it does not necessarily mean you are successful because you worked hard, just as if you are tall with long hair it doesn’t mean you would be a midget if you were bald.
2. “Fortune” is a word for having a lot of money and for having a lot of luck, but that does not mean the word has two definitions.
3. Money is like a child—rarely unaccompanied. When it disappears, look to those who were supposed to be keeping an eye on it while you were at the grocery store. You might also look for someone who has a lot of extra children sitting around, with long, suspicious explanations for how they got there.
4. People who say money doesn’t matter are like people who say cake doesn’t matter—it’s probably because they’ve already had a few slices.
5. There may not be a reason to share your cake. It is, after all, yours. You probably baked it yourself, in an oven of your own construction with ingredients you harvested yourself. It may be possible to keep your entire cake while explaining to any nearby hungry people just how reasonable you are.
6. Nobody wants to fall into a safety net, because it means the structure in which they’ve been living is in a state of collapse and they have no choice but to tumble downwards. However, it beats the alternative.
7. Someone feeling wronged is like someone feeling thirsty. Don’t tell them they aren’t. Sit with them and have a drink.
8. Don’t ask yourself if something is fair. Ask someone else—a stranger in the street, for example.
9. People gathering in the streets feeling wronged tend to be loud, as it is difficult to make oneself heard on the other side of an impressive edifice.
10. It is not always the job of people shouting outside impressive buildings to solve problems. It is often the job of the people inside, who have paper, pens, desks, and an impressive view.
11. Historically, a story about people inside impressive buildings ignoring or even taunting people standing outside shouting at them turns out to be a story with an unhappy ending.
12. If you have a large crowd shouting outside your building, there might not be room for a safety net if you’re the one tumbling down when it collapses.
13. 99 percent is a very large percentage. For instance, easily 99 percent of people want a roof over their heads, food on their tables, and the occasional slice of cake for dessert. Surely an arrangement can be made with that niggling 1 percent who disagree.
(Source: migrating-coconuts)
A mother of a small boy who likes to wear dresses wrote a book just for him and little boys like him.
It is about acceptance, love and breaking the traditional stereotypes. I read it to my own little princess boy and his brothers and hope that little by little we can change the world where these sort of books don’t have to be written to help with acceptance, a world where there is no hate. Especially the hate directed to little boys who wear pink and the families that love them.
Love,
Taylor
This is brilliant. Does someone want to collaborate with me on a children’s book about body acceptance? Like, you write it, I’ll illustrate? I’m totally serious too.
Caitlin Moran (via letmeeatpears)
