Jim's Blog

You can tell that when Occupy Denver was finally evicted, it was a real eviction (not a pretend eviction to be immediately followed by them being allowed back in as happened with Occupy Oakland) because this time, no Kent State Moment, no highly dramatic confrontation footage, no gigantic hordes of police dressed in maximum menace gear.

Seems that when you actually evict the Occupiers, you don’t need nearly as many police as when you pretend to evict them.   Two hundred police evicted Occupy Denver, a few of them dressed in riot gear.  Thousands of police were strangely unsuccessful in evicting Occupy Oakland. (more…)

Men's warehouse attempting to appease their masters

Men’s Warehouse sends their staff to join the protest, with pay.

Which means, of course, they send warehouse security away. (more…)

Supposedly, according to Associated Press “Port of Oakland reopens after Wall Street protesters remove blockade that had shut down operations overnight”

They very much wish that Wall Street protestors had been able to shut down operations

Supposedly there was a general strike in Oakland yesterday, a strike, which, however, strangely only affected city operations.

But what in fact happened was revealed by the Police Association: (more…)