Realtime Coverage of the Oakland Riots
Courtesy of @OaklandBeat, from newest to oldest.
- MehserleVerdict: RT @nikosuave89: Nd tha riots begin… They down there throwin M-1000s at tha police smh10 minutes ago via Twitter for iPhone
- RT @SFBART: 19th St Station is now closed to customers. Some entrances at 12th Street Station remain closed, but service continues there.12 minutes ago via Twitter for iPhone
- RT @insidebayarea: here at op ctr batts blamed about 50 ‘hardcore anarchists’ for most of the problems tonight (via @mattoyeah)21 minutes ago via Twitter for iPhone
- Bottles being thrown at police officers at 17th and Broadway now.24 minutes ago via Twitter for iPhone
- RT @oaklandpoliceca: Approx. 300 people in the 1400 blk Broadway. OPD has given commands to disperse.25 minutes ago via Twitter for iPhone
- Broadway is blocked with officers. People are fighting … its bad down here http://tweetphoto.com/31589582 (via @aldrin16)31 minutes ago via Twitter for iPhone
- RT @SFBART: Service is back to normal through 12th St./Oakland City Center Station.37 minutes ago via Twitter for iPhone
- RT @tyska: city council member Rebecca Kaplan on bdwy front line#TwitPict http://twitpic.com/23n57f39 minutes ago via Twitter for iPhone
- Mayor Ron Dellums is urging people to leave downtown Oakland. “Lets leave on a note that is dignified,” he says.about 1 hour ago via Twitter for iPhone
- BREAKING: Protesters are breaking windows to a bank at 14th and Broadway. CHP has arrived to provide assistance to Oakland Police.about 1 hour ago via TweetDeck
- RT @SFBART: Trains are not stopping at 12th St. Oakland City Center.about 1 hour ago via Twitter for iPhone
- LA organizer Aidge Patterson tells crowd still gathered, “What is a pair of shoes, a window, when a person’s life has been lost?”about 1 hour ago via Twitter for iPhone
- Several windows smashed, Footlocker looted. Police wearing riot gear are warning those who don’t clear out are risking serious injuries.about 1 hour ago via Twitter for iPhone
- OPD declaring protest unlawful; some people are breaking windows. Situation becoming chaotic downtown.about 1 hour ago via Twitter for iPhone
- Some protesters have begun throwing bottles at police blockades.about 1 hour ago via Twitter for iPhone
- OPD blocking protesters off at 12th. Crowd peaceful, some chanting. http://yfrog.com/0cn8oyjabout 1 hour ago via Twitter for iPhone
- RT @oaklandpoliceca: Crowd of approx. 500-800 in the 1400 blk Broadway. No other incidents in the City of Oakland.about 2 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone
Greek Countrymen Strike Across All Sectors
This shit’s crazy.
The workers in the public and private sector stike today, 8 July, the day that the government decided to dismantle at once the whole social security system, that the modern, post-dictatorial country was based on. The hospitals will function only for emergencies, the buses, metro, tram remain halted in Athens and are their timetables are modified in Thessaloniki, the ferries remain at the ports the whole day, the trains remain halted, all air flights are cancelled during the 4-hour-long strike of this sector. Even the workers of the parliament are stiking, making the government furious, as without staff even the voting for the new law will be a trouble.
F— GLENN BECK
I know part of his thing is being outrageous, but seriously?
Glenn Beck, who repeatedly and angrily tells his alleged persecutors to “leave the families alone,” spent a good chunk of his radio program this morning mocking and attacking the intelligence of President Obama's 11-year-old daughter, Malia.
via Glenn Beck smears Obama’s 11-year-old daughter | Media Matters for America.
‘Family values’ congressman says he’ll resign over affair | Raw Story
Whoops.
Indiana Republican Rep. Mark Souder announced Tuesday he would resign from Congress, effective Friday, because he had an affair with a staffer. Souder said in a statement provided by his office that he has “sinned against God, my wife and my family by having a mutual relationship with a part-time member of my staff.”
via ‘Family values’ congressman says he’ll resign over affair | Raw Story.
The CFPA: How a crusade to protect consumers lost its steam – washingtonpost.com
I’m shocked at how much big money is going into this. And these f*****s are throwing ads up on my site, too. Go ahead and click on one of the CFPA ads if you want to see some really intense astroturf (that’s fake grassroots) marketing.
At a time when the country is deeply divided over the proper role of government, what is Capitol Hill's appetite for a new, independent agency with broad power to police the financial industry and protect consumers from the risky lending practices that contributed so much to the financial crash of 2008?
It looks like they misled some people, and planted others. Altogether, it’s quite impressive. I like how they completely avoid mentioning what CFPA stands for (Consumer Financial Protection Agency).
via The CFPA: How a crusade to protect consumers lost its steam – washingtonpost.com.
kops and klans « the streets are calling
This is some of the best reportage I’ve seen on the recent white supremacists rally downtown.
The LAPD look thrilled.
Obama Stops 405 in West LA
Southbound lanes of the 405 were stopped this morning due to the President’s visit.
This Year’s Prom Theme: Fake Prom for Lesbian and Five Other Students
Sadly, this sort of thing has been going on for a long time. I have a friend who was stationed in the south and in the few years he spent living near the base he’d witnessed the local high school holding two prom dances. Its “secret prom” for all the white kids, was held at a country club. They skipped the “real prom” which was attended by everyone else.
It reads like some twisted John Hughes movie.
Anyway, I guess we can write off another generation of white southerners. The tradition Jim Crowe lives on as parents show their kids how they can deal with de-segregation in a quasi-legal fashion.
McMillen tells The Advocate that a parent-organized prom happened behind her back — she and her date were sent to a Friday night event at a country club in Fulton, Miss., that attracted only five other students. Her school principal and teachers served as chaperones, but clearly there wasn’t much to keep an eye on.
Dear Leader Repels Invading Sea Forces
Dear Leader repels invading sea forces with superior North Korean “infant torpedoes.”
A South Korean naval vessel with more than 100 aboard was sinking on Friday in waters near North Korea and Seoul was investigating whether it was hit in a torpedo attack by the North, South Korean media said.
via Reuters AlertNet – S.Korean ship sinking, North attack suspected-media.