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Wednesday, December 1, 2010

The Only Truly Intolerable Scandal « occupy california

The Only Truly Intolerable Scandal « occupy california

The Only Truly Intolerable Scandal

from wu ming:

«It could be interesting to look closely at the classics the students chose to put on their shields. Let’s look at the frontline.
Boccaccio’s Decameron, which is about people sharing stories while waiting for the plague to end.
Asimov’s The Naked Sun, which is the description of a world where humans no longer touch each other.
Melville’s Moby Dick, which is an epic tale of obsession.
Cervantes’ Don Quixote, ie the story of a proud, noble man led astray by an obsolete ideology (the chivalrous

Mehserle may be Released on Bail Friday

CALIFORNIA – Johannes Mehserle, the BART police officer who shot and murdered Oscar Grant on New Year’s day, will be having a Bail hearing on Friday, December 3rd to request to be released while he appeals his involuntary manslaughter charge. While on December 2nd, the mass arraignments for the Oakland 152 begins and will continue onto December 3rd, and 6th. The Oakland 152 were mass arrested during the evening of November 5th after the sentencing finished.