Loosely Resembling Me

The Occupy London camp has fortunately been able to keep the camp at St. Paul’s open since October, but soon the protestors’ll be evicted. This video represents the members of the 99% who can’t occupy the camps but still support the cause. Unfortunately, this will be the problem the OLSX camp will face in a few days. We’re still being supportive even if we can’t live at the camp!

coketalk:

Look at this pork dumpling. I mean, just look at him — pear-shaped and slouchy, pug-nosed and stupid looking, sporting a handlebar mustache as if to hide the fact that he might have down’s syndrome.

He’s practically a cartoon of a campus cop, and this picture of him would be little more than silly if it weren’t taken moments before he walked up to a row of peaceful protesters at UC Davis and blasted them in the face with pepper spray so casually you’d think he was watering his fucking lawn.

If ever there were a poster boy for the banality of evil, it would be this guy.

For the record, his name is John Pike and he’s a Lieutenant with the UC Davis Police. Not that his name matters, because he’s unremarkable in every way.

That’s the point, really. He’s just an average schlub working for an average campus police force at an average school in an average town. He is painfully average. This guy spends his days writing reports for stolen bicycles and confiscating open cans of Four Loko. Sure, he’s got a gun and a badge, but who are we kidding? He’s one notch above mall security.

Pathetic men like John Pike are precisely why the banality of evil is such a potent concept, and it’s all those empty heads underneath those ridiculous storm trooper helmets that lead to this kind of normalization of authoritarian violence.

This is the part where I’m supposed to say “fuck the police,” but when tubs of shit like this are making the news, I honestly don’t have any more fucks to give.

At this point, I’ll be surprised if he’s even reprimanded.

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mortson:

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burpees4water:

I will keep this photo posted for 1 week.

Every time someone Reblogs this photo I will donate 10 cent to charity: water

charity: water provides clean and safe drinking water to those who most desperately need it.

After the money is donated I will post proof of donation.  

Show you care & Reblog.

just gonna reblog this every so often

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wordpainting:

vintageanchor:

“Harry Potter is about confronting fears, finding inner strength and doing what is right in the face of adversity. Twilight is about how important it is to have a boyfriend.”

—Stephen King

[I’ve posted this quote before, but it’s worth another look.]

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politicalprof:

Atheists Don’t Got No Songs. From Steve Martin. For a little mid-afternoon pick-me-up.

mohandasgandhi:

evanfleischer:

Here’s video of tear gas bombs being lobbed into Occupy Oakland protesters.

Wow, talk about overkill, Oakland.

All of this police brutality should be motivation to increase crowd numbers and show the state their methods are ineffective.

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downlo:

A useful rape analogy

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