Former NY Times 'Reporter' Arrested in March on Goldman Sachs

This turd Chris Hedges was never much of a reporter. Like most NY Times hacks he was a propagandist and left to become an anti-Bush protester back during the early days of the Iraq War. I guess he's just a full-time nuisance now.

At least 15 Occupy Wall Street protesters were arrested Thursday after marching on Goldman Sachs to deliver an “indictment” of the financial giant.

Among the demonstrators hauled away after sitting down in front of the multinational’s doors at 200 West St. was former New York Times foreign correspondent-turned-activist Chris Hedges.

The anti-fat cat demonstrators had staged a “people’s trial” of Goldman Sachs at their base in Zuccotti Park, accusing the firm of felony fraud, perjury and “theft of $78 billion in taxpayer money.”

At noon, about 300 marched eight blocks to the firm’s HQ to deliver their “verdict” of guilty and to demand the imprisonment of CEO Lloyd Blankfein.

On the way, they chanted “Goldman Sucks.”

The marchers, led by four drummers, stretched a city block.

Some construction workers sitting along Church Street gave them thumbs up and a businessman on Murray Street muttered to himself, “What a bunch of idiots."

They're apparently demanding money directly from Goldman Sachs. I'd say they're acting like five-year-olds but five-year-olds demonstrate much more maturity. Here's their fun day of make believe:

The proceedings will also include expert analysis from Ralph Nader, Cornel West and Chris Hedges. Following the 99-minute hearing the people will decide on a fair and deliverable verdict via our own process of consensus-based direct democracy – and we intend to deliver it ourselves – to the headquarters of Goldman Sachs at 200 West Street, eight blocks from Liberty Square. We will ask for something our judicial and legislative systems have so far failed to deliver – the return of billions of taxpayer dollars to the 99 percent and criminal sentences for those Goldman Sachs executives who carried out the fraud.

Amazing they continue to ignore Jon Corzine, isn't it?

Worth noting that Hedges now writes for the anti-Semitic group behind the original OWS protest. If you need a primer on how insane he is, check here.

From the original NYDN link, they sure to go out of their way to minimize the domestic terrorism in Oakland last night.

On Wednesday, protesters staged a general strike in Oakland, Ca., shutting down the city’s port. The night ended in a mini-riot as a handful of people threw rocks and set fires.

Really, is that all it was?

'They’re Harassing Me, Threatening Me'

This sure does sum up the attitude of these punks "occupying" Wall Street. Here you've got a woman working at a McDonald's and these freeloading scum just take over the place and make life miserable.

After about an hour braving the storm in the tents, we made our way to a nearby McDonald’s on Broadway where we encountered about 60 protesters taking refuge from the cold. In the vestibule, a crowd smoked cigarettes.

Wait a minute, didn't King Bloomberg outlaw smoking? How is it these lowlifes get to smoke in a McDonald's vestibule?

A McDonald’s employee struggled to keep the protesters out of an upstairs area of the restaurant that was closed. She declined to give her name or comment on record, but we asked if she was enjoying the increased business that came with the protests. She shook her head.

“They’re harassing me, threatening me. … Other states are closing down, why can’t we?” she asked.

A woman performing more work in one day than all these people combined the past six weeks and she's got to suffer these thugs.

While the left shower sympathy and plaudits on these marauders, a woman working at a McDonald's, and every other decent working person around there, have to suffer.

A pair of men began to scuffle in the restaurant.

“Why don’t you mind you’re [sic] own business?” one said.

Another man called out inviting people to another location.

“Please come to 60 Wall Street,” he shouted.

Using the call and response style of the “people’s microphone” that has become another signature of the Occupy Wall Street protest movement, another man repeated the invitation. We asked him what was happening at 60 Wall Street.

“It’s a warm place that’s bigger than this,” he said.

“Please go there,” said the woman from McDonald’s.

Please, just go somewhere, back to whatever miserable lives you were already living.

You Stay Classy, Occupy San Diego

I dare this scumbag to go do this near any of the military bases in and around San Diego.

He's quite proud of himself:

USA Flag Dog Chew Toy: Best Use of Old Glory to date! Occupy San Diego Oct 24

This commenter sums it up nicely:

I'd love to "occupy" your face with my fist

Well said.

Via Breitbart.

Obama/Pelosi Protesters Throw Temper Tantrum in Senate Hart Building

So if these people represent 99% of Americans, how is it they have so much free time on their hands? Oh, they're paid rabble? Got it.

Capitol Police moved swiftly to stop protesters unfurling banners at a U.S. Senate office building in Washington, D.C.

Members of the Occupy DC protest, a demonstration that arose out of the larger Occupy Wall Street protests, marched on the Hart building on Tuesday morning.

Protesters gained entrance to the Hart building's atrium and dropped two banners, one reading
"End War Now" and the other "People for the People."

NBC News reports as soon as demonstrators unfurled their signs, Capitol Police placed them under arrest.

They should have pulled them over when they unfulred the banner. It would obviously be a hard landing.

Then 99% of America would stand and cheer.

H/T Amanda Carpenter.

Seeking a Confrontation for the Cameras, DC Protesters to Overstay Their Welcome

An ABC News radio report said police went in to speak with the organizers of this small collection of human debris, but they wouldn't speak without media cameras present. Because they wanted to cause a scene to try and drum up support.

They're The Things That Wouldn't Leave!

Demonstrators in an anti-war and anti-corporate greed protest in downtown Washington said Monday they plan to overstay the limitations of their permit, though it is unclear whether or when they may be arrested.

Wait, what? Now it's also an anti-war protest? Don't they realize you don't protest wars with a Democrat in the White House?

Organizers of the group that has spent the last four days camping in the city's Freedom Plaza near the White House said they don't plan on moving and will return even if some members are arrested.

In a blog posting on the organizers' website, David Swanson wrote, "Our permit is now the First Amendment to the United States Constitution."

Ah yes, so very law-abiding. Hey, they're just like the Tea Party!

At a meeting Monday morning that started just after 9 a.m., about 50 people discussed the logistics surrounding potential arrests as well as things such as plans for a community dinner. The group, October 2011/Stop the Machine, has also scheduled other marches and rallies throughout the week.

The group began camping in Freedom Plaza on Thursday, coinciding with the 10th anniversary of the start of the war in Afghanistan on Friday.

But individuals passionate about a variety of causes came to camp out with complaints about issues ranging from health care to home foreclosures and education spending.

"It's just a lot of people that know they want change," said Alexander Gonzalez, 22, a student who was missing school at the University of Houston to be in Washington.

Standoff with protesters closes D.C. museum "Occupy" and anti-war protests converge in D.C.

Gonzalez, one of the few young people in the group that gathered early Monday, said he plans to be arrested if police attempt to evict the group. The group is separate from the Occupy D.C. movement that has been organizing marches from the city's McPherson Square, just up the street from Freedom Plaza, though the groups have said they support each other.

Although the demonstration was scheduled to wrap up Sunday, the group has until 2 p.m. Monday to break down its stage and other equipment. Park police spokesman Sgt. David Schlosser said it's not clear yet what police will do if demonstrators stay in the plaza with their tents, banners and signs.

Saboteurs Sabotaged

Savor the irony. A group of radical anti-Israel saboteurs discover their ship has been sabotaged. Allegedly. It's really quite a shame this happened while it was in port rather than out at sea.

The ship scheduled to carry the Swedish activists in the Ship to Gaza aid flotilla at the end of the week has been sabotaged in its berth in Greece, the organisation reported on Monday.

The group has reported that the ship Juliano has been sabotaged while berthed in Piraeus harbour, in Greece.

“It is time for the international community to put their foot down and say: It’s enough!” said Swedish spokesperson Mattias Gardell in a statement on Monday.

According to Mikael Löfgren, press coordinator of the organisation, it is not known who was behind the attack in which hostile divers destroyed the propeller housing and severed the two propeller axles beneath the boat.

“We didn’t catch anyone in the act, so we can’t be 100 percent sure, but we have our suspicions,” said Löfgren to The Local.

Obviously it was the Jooooooos.

“It is not so much a question of dealing with the sabotage to our boat. The impending question is really to urge Israel to end the blockade - then our problem would disappear by itself,“ Löfgren told The Local.

If only these losers would disappear.

Meanwhile, check out this cabal of human debris preparing to head to Gaza. Would be a shame if thier ships sank.



The Israelis are wisely prepared for these enemies.

Military elements monitoring the Gaza flotilla said that radical elements taking part in the sail have said they were planning "surprises for the IDF" and plan to kill many soldiers.

The information suggests that radicals are planning to equip some of the vessels with bags containing chemicals, possibly sulfur, which they will use against soldiers who may try to take over the ships.

They just won't learn until they swim with the fishes.

Carl In Jerusalem is quite amused.

Moronic Convergence in DC

The human debris was out in force in Washington today to have a temper tantrum over the fifth anniversary of the Iraq War.

Jonn Lilyea was up bright and early to record the festivities.

Antiwar Zombies With Poor Math Skills March in London

Two protestors embrace in Parliament Square at an anti-war demonstration in central London, March 15, 2008. Thousands marched in London and Glasgow to mark the fifth anniversary of the start of the war in Iraq. Demonstrators called for troops to be withdrawn from Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as opposing any potential attacks on Iran, and for Gaza's borders to be re-opened, local media reported. REUTERS/Toby Melville

The Socialists claim they had 50,000, organizers say it was 40,000, but police put the figure at 10,000 people.

That being the case, it sure seems like the antiwar movement is petering out.

Thousands of anti-war protesters joined marches in Britain on Saturday to mark the fifth anniversary of the start of the war in Iraq.

They took to the streets in London and the Scottish city of Glasgow demanding that British troops pull out of Iraq and Afghanistan.

A spokesman for the Stop The War coalition, which organised the marches, said that five years after the invasion of Iraq, the world had become "a much more dangerous place."

Like with tallying up the numbers of protestors, some are prone to wild exaggeration.

"Estimates suggest as many as one million people have died violent deaths as a result of the occupation of Iraq," spokesman Paul Collins said.

Wow, even the editors of the Lancet laugh at this guy.

Organisers estimated that the London march had attracted up to 40,000 protesters. Police put the figure at 10,000. In Glasgow the demonstration attracted several hundred protesters.

More from the BBC.

Peace campaigner Bianca Jagger said it was "astonishing" that former prime minister Tony Blair and US President George Bush had not been called to account for the Iraq war, which she called an "unmitigated disaster".

Meanwhile in Glasgow hundreds of protestors also marched through the city, waving placards saying "Troops out of Iraq and Afghanistan" and "Don't attack Iran" and "Freedom for Palestine".

What does this alleged state of Palestine have to do with anything?

As with any of these silly protests, the weirdos were out in force.

The Fall-Out Fairy may not be as alluring, but she is certainly as striking.

Also Known as Peter Lux, the Fall-Out Fairy has slipped into the spangly lace and sequins number to protest against the war and Britain's nuclear weapons programme at Aldermaston near Reading.

The 45-year-old web designer from Suffolk looks distraught through her thick make up as she explains that radiation sickness has made her wings fall off.

She perks up a bit though as she explains why she chose to dress up. "It's kind of fun, it adds colour to the protest."

Behold the Fallout Fairy:



Update: The moonbats on this side of the pond also marched today. These folks also have problems counting.

Police said at least 2,000 people marched down Hollywood Boulevard in the tourist district of the US city, carrying banners denouncing President George W. Bush and calling for an end to the conflict. Organizers put the figure at 10,000.

The protest came ahead of the fifth anniversary of the US-led invasion of Iraq on March 20. A similar demonstration also took place on Saturday in London, where organizers said tens of thousands of people gathered.

Jennifer Caldwell, spokeswoman for organizers the A.N.S.W.E.R Coalition, told AFP "up to 10,000 persons marched today in Hollywood." Police Sergeant Mike Arminio said there were "more than last year, but never more than 2,000."

Of course there were cries for change.

Amy Carter, a medical student wearing stickers in support of Democratic White House hopeful Barack Obama, told AFP: "It's time to change."

Anarchists Already Planning 2008 Convention Disruptions

The sniveling left is already feverishly making plans to disrupt the 2008 GOP Convention. Naturally, the AP gives them a voice 10 months in advance.

With less than 10 months to go before the Republican National Convention in Minneapolis-St.Paul, activists are already plotting to crash the party.

On the drawing board: A mass march to protest Iraq; human roadblocks; schemes to disrupt public transportation; and talk of a temporary free state near the main convention site, St. Paul's Xcel Energy Center.

With tens of thousands of people expected to visit the Twin Cities during the convention Sept. 1-4, local and federal law enforcement are getting ready as well.

Civil rights groups and attorneys are talking with police and demonstrators to ensure laws are followed during what will likely be the largest crush of people the state has seen in years.

"It's better to be planning early rather than late," said Jordan Kushner, coordinator of the Legal Observer and Political Defense Committee, a committee within the National Lawyers Guild. "People have as much right to the streets as the Republicans who are coming here to engage in their activities."

St. Paul Police Commander Doug Holtz said the city is working out details on how to accommodate protesters, but declined to go into them. "The city of St. Paul is going to be well-prepared to have an excellent convention," he said.

They also plan to relive their glory days of 1968 and have some fun at the Democrat Convention in Denver.

The group "Recreate 68" — a reference to the troubled 1968 Democratic National Convention — seeks to serve the same umbrella function as the RNC Welcoming Committee in Minnesota, by supporting other protesters.

Recreate 68 is anti-war and opposed to the two-party system, member-spokesman Glenn Spagnuolo said.

Nothing like going back to a time when you helped drive the Democrat party off the cliff.

Maybe some year this cadre of human debris will get jobs and move on to adulthood.

I'm all for peaceful protest, but that's not what these people want. They want to shut down the GOP Convention and stifle free speech. They're the antithesis of what they purport to represent.

Human Debris Riot in Rome

Wherever George W. Bush goes, the infantile left will follow.

ROME, June 9 (Reuters) - Police in riot gear charged and fired tear gas at demonstrators protesting against U.S. President George W. Bush's visit to Rome on Saturday.

Dozens of demonstrators threw bottles at police and overturned tables in the centre of the Italian capital.

The protesters, some wearing motorcycle helmets and bandanas to cover their faces, also shattered a window of a bank.

At least two policeman were injured by glass and at least one marcher was reported injured in a clash with police.

Tear gas wafted into Rome's famous Piazza Navona, which had been the scene of a demonstration that was for the most part peaceful.

Organisers of the march, some of them using loudspeakers mounted on trucks, urged the violent demonstrators to stop and later invited peaceful marchers to leave the area.

Police were seen taking away some of the protestors and local media reports said some were arrested for covering their faces in demonstrations, which is illegal in Italy.

More AP photos here.

Human Debris Descend on DC

Reuters gives a whitewashed account of the trash that befouled Washington today (Reuters photo).

Thousands of anti-war demonstrators, some carrying yellow and black signs reading "U.S. out of Iraq now!" marched on the Pentagon on Saturday, one of several protests worldwide to mark four years of war.

The march, on a cold, cloudy and windy St. Patrick's Day, comes just before the fourth anniversary of the start of the Iraq war on Tuesday and 40 years after a similar protest at the Pentagon over the Vietnam War.

On a stage in the Pentagon parking lot, speaker after speaker demanded the end of the war in Iraq and some called for President George W. Bush's impeachment. A flag-draped coffin was displayed near the stage bearing a picture of a young soldier killed in Iraq.

"We're here in the shadow of the war machine," peace activist Cindy Sheehan said. "We need to shut it down."

Wearing a black ski cap, Sheehan said soldiers like her son, Casey, who was killed in Iraq, were being sent "to die for nothing."

If you want a more accurate portrayal of the lunatics, check out Gateway Pundit here, here, and here.

UPDATE: Fortunately, Michelle Malkin was there to provide some sanity and provides some great photos.

It was a breath-taking, historic, and emotional day in Washington, D.C. You won't know it if you tune in to the usual MSM channels. But new media--bloggers, conservative documentarians, Internet activists, FReepers, citizen journalists, photojournalists, and talk radio hosts--turned out in full force to participate and cover the Gathering of Eagles counter-protest.

Others with coverage from DC: Blogmeister USA, Wake Up America, Mary Katherine Ham, Flopping Aces, Mike's America, Lifelike Pundits, Atlas, The Red Hunter, 7.62mm Justice, Old War Dogs.