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Wall Street Protest Starting to Look Like Egypt

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Wall Street Protest Starting to Look Like Tahrir Square, Egypt

Alexander Higgins reports:

NYPD police scanners are estimating a crowd up to 5,000
are occupying liberty square in a scene that is now starting to look
more like Egypt’s Tahrir square.

 

The protests have become so large that Fox News has set up a live stream covering the protests. Here are some screen shots from their camera.

 

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Here are some additional photographs from a helicopter.

Who Are the Protesters?

Wall Street is trying to write all of these people off as being
“hippies” who “need to get a job” (to which the protesters would
respond: That’s the point – There are no jobs, because Wall Street has destroyed the economy.)

 Wall Street Protest Starting to Look Like Egypt.

The poor and the desperate, formerly-middle class people participating in the protests are not taking well to Wall Street’s “Let them eat cake” response.

But all types are marching, including grannies and pilots:

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Marines and other military men and women.

Wealthy folks such as Russel Simmons and Alec Baldwin.

Liberals and conservatives.

On the other side of the protest line, Mayor Bloomberg is whining that the protesters are targeting bankers who “are struggling to make ends meet”.
He has a point: if Wall Street is reined in so that the rest of the
country has a chance, the bankers might have to cut back on their mistresses, prostitutes and solid gold toilets.
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Class Warfare?

Yes, this is class warfare. But it is class warfare by the 1% against the other 99% (and see this). Specifically, it is the looting of the country by the top .1% through fraud.

As Warren Buffet – one of America’s most successful capitalists and defenders of capitalism – points out:

There’s class warfare, all right, but it’s my class, the rich class, that’s making war ….

Leading economists note that rampant inequality was one of the main causes of the Great Depression and of the current economic crisis.

Indeed, given that inequality in America is worse than Egypt (or Tunisia, or Yemen or most Latin American banana republics), and that social mobility is lower in America than in most European countries (and see this), we have been predicting these types of protests for years.

If Wall Street is starting to look like Tahir Square, it is because
America is starting to look more and more like Egypt – with a handful of
super-rich, and crumbs for everyone else.

 

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Sun, 10/02/2011 - 11:27 | 1730762 knukles
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Cadillac Commie
Limousine Liberal

So many folks like him are soooooooooo fucking far out of touch with reality.  Well, my/our/normies' reality.
Like he says in the credit card ad; "I've played a pilot before".  Now he's playing a seriously concerned 99%er.

Sat, 10/01/2011 - 10:15 | 1728737 Temporalist
Sat, 10/01/2011 - 06:47 | 1728447 johnQpublic
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slogan?

 

wall street got trillions and all I got was this shitty t-shirt

Sat, 10/01/2011 - 08:04 | 1728511 duo
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I went to New York and all I got was this savage beating!

Sat, 10/01/2011 - 08:34 | 1728541 Ranger4564
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I absolutely love it Duo.  Awesome.

 

Some from the show...

Hey hey, ho ho, wall street bankers have got to go!

Banks got bailed out, we got sold out!

The people united, will never be defeated!

 

I can't think of a good slogan off the top of my head right now... will come back if I come up with something.

 

 

Sat, 10/01/2011 - 13:46 | 1729148 Prometheus418
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Not to nit pick, but is it really that difficult to get rid of that idiotic : "Hey, hey, ho, ho" foolishness?

 

Sun, 10/02/2011 - 11:23 | 1730753 knukles
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Hey, Hey
Ho, Ho
Pick Your Nits
Not Your Nose

Sat, 10/01/2011 - 10:13 | 1728733 Temporalist
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Our souls are not for Rent!  We are the 99 percent!

Kleptocrats repent!  We are the 99 percent!

Our patience has been spent.  We are th 99 percent!

Stop America's descent!  We are the 99 percent!

 

Sat, 10/01/2011 - 06:36 | 1728442 ivars
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Further thoughts on Bancor de facto in H2 2012:

I started this Idea here:

http://saposjoint.net/Forum/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=2860#p34267

Could not resist to expand it here-oil jumped 3 times when nixon nixed gold standard, why can not silver or other commodities jump 3 times when USA reserve currency status is out of the window? Total inflation will probably be less than 300%, though who knows?  

http://saposjoint.net/Forum/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=2860#p34329

http://saposjoint.net/Forum/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=2860#p34330

The ones who start revolutionary participation early may get into drivers seats into the new setup. But they need a political  leader-preferably high profile as there is little time left before the mess begins next year- who will feel the wave and ride on it.

Sat, 10/01/2011 - 06:32 | 1728437 terryfuckwit
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good luck

Sat, 10/01/2011 - 05:45 | 1728425 sabra1
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they'll get cops, posing as violent protesters, causing mayhem, that will give coppers the excuse to get violent! these posers always wear masks, so if you see 'em, beat the crap out of 'em! best way to get even, is to list names and addresses of all coppers! watch how they'll all become pussycats thereafter! 

Sat, 10/01/2011 - 12:45 | 1729042 Rhodin
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It might be more just to post a list of the home addresses of the banking elite. 

Then they could give a protest tour of "homes of the rich and infamous"

Sat, 10/01/2011 - 13:43 | 1729145 Prometheus418
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Please see my post above.  Add to it if you can- encourage others to if you can't.

 

Sat, 10/01/2011 - 05:40 | 1728421 MFL8240
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Look at the history of the Weimar republic and this history of the US since the Rothchilds took over.  Look at the damage done by Paulson, Blankfield, Dimon, Greenspan, Bernanke, Rubin, Volker, Sumers, Geithner and so on and tell me what they all have in common?

Sat, 10/01/2011 - 12:53 | 1729060 tmosley
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Bankers.  Here's a hint--not all of those guys are Jewish.

Sun, 10/02/2011 - 02:44 | 1730315 Hephasteus
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But the ones who are not are clearly working towards the goal of the creepy fucking temple in israel and the demand to judge all nations but no nation can judge back.

Sat, 10/01/2011 - 12:12 | 1728999 lynnybee
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ROBERT RUBIN, the facts speak for themselves.     The same old argument about the JEWISH BANKERS.      facts are facts.       the same battles against money changers that were fought for centuries are being fought again in modern times............ it's always the same, parasites are ruining everyone's lives & it is done for the enrichment of a few; making money off money, get everyone into deep debt .....

 USERY .

Sat, 10/01/2011 - 18:27 | 1729716 snowball777
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Sure....because Christians, Muslims, and Atheists are never greedy. LOL

Sat, 10/01/2011 - 09:22 | 1728631 optimator
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Small error. when asked, Paulson said he is not Jewish,  But, he says his parents are.  Too funny.

Sat, 10/01/2011 - 17:06 | 1729516 Lord Koos
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Being Jewish is a religion and culture, not race.  If you really believe this ignorant bullshit about Jews then you would have to conclude they are a superior "race"...

Sat, 10/01/2011 - 15:03 | 1729282 Charles Bishop ...
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 Ha Ha. Cue laugh track.

 

Sat, 10/01/2011 - 13:12 | 1728614 Cynical Sidney
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add to the list:

arthur levitt jr, paul Wolfowitz, richard fuld, ezra merkin, sanford Sandy Weill, ivan boesky, michael milkin, mr madoff, mr israel, mr soros......and countless other jewish financial 'elites'

in the last month alone, justice caught up to:

rabbi Leib Glanz and his brother
Menashe Glanz

rabbi Menachem Youlus
Eliyahu Weinstein
rabbi Moshe Zigelman                      

5 down 1 million more to go

Sat, 10/01/2011 - 06:35 | 1728441 johnQpublic
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juden?

Sat, 10/01/2011 - 08:40 | 1728556 SMG
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Illuminati.

Sat, 10/01/2011 - 05:40 | 1728420 Tom_333
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Good!

What do you say about a modern day version of Drei Groschen Oper? Erik Prince as Mackie der Messer,Rummy as Tiger Brown and Jamie Dimon or Lloyd Blankfein as Jonathan Jeremiah Peachum - "the beggers friend".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0ZF-BZlnGk&feature=related

The wheel of history will soon have made a full turn and the consequences may be similar to what transpired in the thirties.

Sat, 10/01/2011 - 05:22 | 1728413 MFL8240
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Look what the JEWISH Banking Cartel did to America.

Sat, 10/01/2011 - 07:39 | 1728492 MFL8240
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Indisbutable Facts:

http://www.realjewnews.com/?p=177

Sun, 10/02/2011 - 02:16 | 1730292 AmCockerSpaniel
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If some acts are wrong, just make them illegal. Those who do these things are the only ones who should be run off. We don't kill the son for the sins of the father.

Sat, 10/01/2011 - 12:03 | 1728980 High Plains Drifter
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAOk424AloY&feature=related

let us now listen to a jew discuss what is happening.......hmmmm.....

Sat, 10/01/2011 - 18:25 | 1729707 snowball777
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It's a good thing people like you tend to clump in the south; must be the humidity.

Sun, 10/02/2011 - 03:25 | 1730341 GoinFawr
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or it rhymes with it

Sat, 10/01/2011 - 10:06 | 1728717 Shvanztanz
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See, this is the kind of commentary that makes it so easy to discredit an entire symposium attempting to develop rational criticism.

If you must obsess, then obsess on actors doing specific actions and not people for being Jewish or minorities for being minorities.

This is the kind of thing that thoroughly erodes any force the meeting of the minds enjoys.

My guess is that you are an MSM agent, trying to smear the rest of us with your corrosive remarks.

Sat, 10/01/2011 - 12:19 | 1729010 Uncle Remus
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Sounds to me like you would like to stifle "rational criticism" with political correctness and "civility". Jumping to conclusions is as offensive ignoring the facts.

Sat, 10/01/2011 - 18:23 | 1729702 snowball777
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It's not politically incorrect, it's just a retarded, irrelevant, and unnecessary distraction from the very real problems at hand.

 

Sun, 10/02/2011 - 01:01 | 1730234 Uncle Remus
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So in enumerating "the very real problems at hand" you don't notice any recurring themes, patterns or dots to connect? I am not saying I agree with some of the finger pointing, only that there is a significant broad-spectrum effort put forth to manage perception and deflect responsibility - signal to noise ratio favors the noise. Some of the noise is new, but much of the signal is as old as humanity.

Sat, 10/01/2011 - 23:30 | 1730128 Dane Bramage
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Actually I suspect it is more nefarious... sort of a psych warfare technique in attempt of derailing the topic.  It's a tired one, but still somewhat effective.  Make enough noise and the signal is harder to track.  They can never stop the signal though.  

Sat, 10/01/2011 - 09:57 | 1728698 LeonardoFibonacci
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watch the movie MERCHANT OF VENICE and you will understand how Jews would use the law of any country against citizens to get retribution.In 16th century Venice, when a merchant must default on a large loan from an abused Jewish moneylender for a friend with romantic ambitions, the bitterly vengeful creditor demands a gruesome payment instead.

 

Jewish moneylender/loan shark  who wanted retribution with "A POUND OF HUMAN FLESH"  sic

 

Sat, 10/01/2011 - 17:00 | 1729509 Lord Koos
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Have you read "Macbeth"?  No Jews in that one.

Sat, 10/01/2011 - 13:46 | 1729150 -Michelle-
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Watch the movie?

Sat, 10/01/2011 - 12:06 | 1728987 High Plains Drifter
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read the book of esther in the Bible. It will discuss what happens when jews get in control. 

Sat, 10/01/2011 - 09:51 | 1728679 MFL8240
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This is no way was ever meant to be an assault on the Jewish people.  They are wonderful people and contribute much to sociaety.  I was a direct shot at who is the cause of the US problems and they can all be attributable to the Jewish banking cabal.  Nothing more.  Just look at the names and the plasyers from the Clinto era to the present.  No need to look at history as a whole, it ignores the Robert Rubins, Larry Summers, Greenspan, Bernanke, Madoff, Blankfiled, et al that created the derivative schemes and loose money gambling on Wall Street.

Sat, 10/01/2011 - 06:36 | 1728443 Pool Shark
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Look what ignorant racists did to ZeroHedge.

Sat, 10/01/2011 - 07:40 | 1728461 MFL8240
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Ignrorance is ignoring the facts! 

 

http://www.realjewnews.com/?p=177

 

Sat, 10/01/2011 - 08:53 | 1728575 SMG
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It's a common mistake, some of the Oligarchy have jewish sounding last names, but are actually members of a Lucifer worshiping religion and are called Illuminati.  This religion has it's own rites and practices.  One of the reasons the Illuminati have been so sucessful in the past hundred years is that they always manage to redirect the blame for the problems they caused to another group, like jewish people, thus escaping unharmed.   

Don't help them.  The people who run the Illuminati are liars, abusers and slavemasters, and will probably try and kill you too when you are no longer of any use to them.

Sun, 10/02/2011 - 02:11 | 1730287 AmCockerSpaniel
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Don't make the same mistakes as the Germans did. Most of the Jews are very good people.

Sat, 10/01/2011 - 12:07 | 1728990 High Plains Drifter
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keep telling yourself that. go ahead....

Sat, 10/01/2011 - 18:21 | 1729697 snowball777
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keep telling him to keep telling himself that. go ahead...

Sat, 10/01/2011 - 09:20 | 1728627 SMG
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That site is incorrect.  The Federal Reserve is controlled by the Illuminati Oligarchy and not Jewish people.

Do NOT follow this link or you will be banned from the site!