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(108,903 posts) Tue Apr 10, 2012, 09:05 AM Apr 2012

The OccupyUSA Blog for Tuesday (April 10), With Frequent Updates

http://www.thenation.com/blog/167304/occupyusa-blog-tuesday-april-10-frequent-updates

9:00 At least a couple of dozen OWSers actually occupied Wall Street last night--sleeping out, claiming they were following law that allows such protest if you don't take up more than half the sidewalk. When I checked at 2 a.m. all was well. I'll try to catch up with the morning after now.

8:45 Chris Weigant at Huff Post on Occupy's "Next Crossroads." He hits hostility to the 99% Spring: "This is, to a large extent, silly. Here's a quick question: is the Occupy movement inclusive or exclusive? As with all things Occupy, there is no one clear answer; it is both at the same time, in a way."

8:30 Folk protest group forms in San Fran, called Occupella.

http://vimeo.com/39368064

8:20 Matt Taibbi roasts Obama's JOBS act. "Boy, do I feel like an idiot. I've been out there on radio and TV in the last few months saying that I thought there was a chance Barack Obama was listening to the popular anger against Wall Street that drove the Occupy movement, that decisions like putting a for-real law enforcement guy like New York AG Eric Schneiderman in charge of a mortgage fraud task force meant he was at least willing to pay lip service to public outrage against the banks. Then the JOBS Act happened. The "Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act" (in addition to everything else, the Act has an annoying, redundant title) will very nearly legalize fraud in the stock market."

7:50 Chris Hedges rips debate over Obama health plan, citing its many weaknesses. And: "There is no substantial difference between Obamacare and Romneycare. There is no substantial difference between Obama and Romney. They are abject servants of the corporate state. And if you vote for one you vote for the other."