Romney's wealth makes him one of the 3,140 wealthiest people in the country - that's the richest 0.001 percent of Americans.

Via Andrew Sullivan

“The right to record police officers while performing duties in a public place as well as the right to be protected from the warrantless seizure and destruction of those recordings, are not only required by the Constitution... They are consistent with our fundamental notions of liberty, promote the accountability of our governmental officers, and ( Read more... )

How many of these memes are you familar with?

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Poll I must sadly confess to recognizing only the first three.  Which sort of surprises me.  I would have expected to have been familar with at least a couple more.

A while ago I had two polls on what it takes to be considered rich. Now Gallup has stolen my idea taken two very similar polls, one on income and one on assets.

According to Gallup, the median income level people thought constituted rich was $150,000, and the median amount of assets was $1,000,000 ( Read more... )

A woman shot pepper spray to keep shoppers from merchandise she wanted during a Black Friday sale, and 20 people suffered minor injuries, authorities said.

The incident occurred shortly after 10:20 p.m. Thursday in a crowded Los Angeles-area Walmart as shoppers hungry for deals were let inside the store.

That's what happens when you let Americans ( Read more... )

Do you consider yourself to be a part of the 99% or not?

Yes: 45%
No: 22%
Not sure: 33%

PPP latest polling

(In order to technically not be part of the 99%, at least by one definition, you have
to make more than around $340,000 per year. I think that's as a household,
not sure)

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This afternoon, Monday October 31, 2011, Portland Police officers from Central Precinct responded to the Bank of America branch located at 121 Southwest Morrison Street for a disturbance involving a group of zombies that were in the lobby.

Via Portland Police Bureau

OPD's Violent's Raid, Arrest..

via Daily Kos