New York News: The City Desk

[VelesHomais]

So I went down to check out the famous Wall St protests and took some pics on my phone:



























Basically, you have around 20-30 hipsters lying around and 500 people taking pictures of them. There's no cohesiveness in their demands and it's mostly plain gibberish. Two guys were dancing and tourists thought it was some kind of a show. Someone was distributing free pizza.

Bonus

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Quite a bunch down there!

Cops arrested 700 of 'em at the Brooklyn Bridge: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?...b6579376294b33

[3tmk]

Originally Posted by VelesHomais

Basically, you have around 20-30 hipsters lying around and 500 people taking pictures of them. There's no cohesiveness in their demands and it's mostly plain gibberish. Two guys were dancing and tourists thought it was some kind of a show. Someone was distributing free pizza.

Spot on


There's the ones that are committed to their issues and are happy that other people are supporting them, and then there's the vast majority of guys down there for the freak show (and radiohead hoax lol), just for the lulz because it's the cool thing to do and they read it online.
Then you have the angry guys who just want to kick things and are looking for trouble, they always find their way to ruin everything, and a few infiltrators will be more than happy to abuse the crowd and get them to do something stupid.
In the end, they'll never get far nor get real support without a real unified goal. Sort of like moving the weekends' Union Square downtown for the tourists and media to cover.
At least at the GOP convention, or Seattle in 1999, those were understandable protests.

Good luck to them, the country needs to see there are more important issues than just listening to the tea party.

A friend reminded me why they sound so familiar, anyone remember GTA3's talk radio station? The guy who calls for everyone to go join a protest without a cause?

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1 dies as helicopter carrying 5 goes down in the East River

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Occupy Wall Street - 10/6/11 (P1270472) by michael.2999.pics, on Flickr

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Occupy Wall Street - 10/6/11 (P1270482) by michael.2999.pics, on Flickr

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Occupy Wall Street - 10/6/11 (P1270503) by michael.2999.pics, on Flickr

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Occupy Wall Street by Manzari, on Flickr

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Occupy Wall Streeet by Manzari, on Flickr

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Occupy Wall Street by Manzari, on Flickr

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Protesters, curious onlookers, and the media they all crave are moving into Washington Square Park (which is closed to anyone sleeping overnight)

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Mayor Bloomberg: Occupy Wall St Protesters Can Stay Indefinitely

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/68480782@N04/

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Times Square

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NY Marathon goes smoothly







Geoffrey Mutai, of Kenya, celebrates as he crosses the finish line to win the 2011 New York City marathon in New York, New York, USA, on 06 November 2011.

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Tappan Zee protester causes a stir (and blocks traffic)



http://www.lohud.com/article/20111107/NEWS03/111070352

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Major building collapse in Brighton Beach: http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click....bc1eae1833b392

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David Lynch: Bloomberg Makes Animals Out Of Smokers

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David Lynch by quicheisinsane, on Flickr

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DNAinfo: http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j...WiVBZ1PhCLksaQ

Bloomberg: "I Have My Own Army"

MANHATTAN — Now he can add another title to his name...general.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg took aim at Washington during a blistering speech at MIT Tuesday, basking in the unrivaled power that comes with running the biggest city in the country — including have an army of cops at his disposal.

The mayor also aimed his barbs at American teachers, saying that they're culled from "from the bottom 20 percent and not of the best schools."

“I have my own army in the NYPD, which is the seventh biggest army in the world,” the mayor said. “I have my own state department, much to Foggy Bottom’s annoyance. We have the United Nations in New York, and so we have an entrée into the diplomatic world that Washington does not have."


Read more: http://www.dnainfo.com/20111130/manh...#ixzz1fd6DCflz

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Discarded Cigarette May Have Caused Tick Tock Diner Fire

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Mayor Bloomberg Delivers State of the City Address


Bloomberg delivers a raging three-flagger.


The crowd at the Bronx's Morris High School.


Shaking hands with former Mayor David "90s what?" Dinkins.


Bloomberg with various muckety-mucks.

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4 Killed In One Day On NYC Subways