Protestors stripped nude naked on Wall Street to protest naked corporate greed

I think we should have a lot of these types of protests. Maybe there should be naked protest over high New York taxes? Bring in Pamela Anderson for that one.

New York Post

Wall Street hasn't seen cojones this big since Gordon Gekko.

A horde of 50 "actors" -- mostly disguised as dapper day traders -- suddenly stripped off their clothes and frolicked around Wall Street early yesterday morning in a bizarre protest of corporate greed.

Three of the bare-bottomed bozos -- initially dressed as a CEO, dog walker and janitor -- were collared by cops.

Christine Coleman, 22, of Queens, Eric Anderson, 31, and Aaron Mattocks, of Brooklyn, were charged with disorderly conduct and exposure for showing off their dangling commodities
Each was released with a desk summons.

But their cohorts got away scot-free in the stunt, which had been six months in the making.

The 50 actors doffed their duds at about 7 a.m. as part of a performance piece by artist Zefrey Throwell titled "Ocularpation: Wall Street."

They had descended on the Financial District playing the roles of street sweepers and secretaries. Within four minutes of baring it all, everyone dressed and disappeared into the bustling crowd.
"I saw a lady standing in front of a building and she was buck naked!" said Gamal Abouelkhair, 54, a coffee-cart owner.

The Alaskan-born Throwell, a recent transplant to New York, planned the stunt as a way to knock the buttoned-up Wall Street culture down a notch.

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How about nude protest over too much salt in our food?

Kelly Brook has best bikini body-New Survey

The Sun

CURVY Kelly Brook has beaten off tough competition to be crowned best celebrity bikini body.

The 31-year-old actress and model's hour-glass figure was applauded by both men and women, with both sexes agreeing she had the best body of a range of celebrities.

The survey of 2000 people by Gillette Venus also ranked Jennifer Lopez highly, with the singer and actress coming second.

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Video: Terrifying moment a snake slithered up windscreen as SUV sped along highway at 65mph

This same thing happened to me last week NOT!!!

This is pretty wild though. Maybe PETA will get invloved for cruelty to the snake?

Daily Mail

It's a miracle the driver managed not to crash - let alone keep in a straight line.

A snake terrified a young mother when it suddenly appeared on her SUV's windscreen after slithering out of the engine as she drove along an expressway into Memphis, Tennessee.

Rachel Fisher said she's not usually scared by snakes but she 'was clenching everything' as she drove at 65mph with the unusual hitchhiker on board - and her three young children in the back.

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Video: Gabrielle Giffords Votes on Debt Limit Bill - 8/1/2011-Nice Moment

Amidst the craziness and gut wrenching negotiations over the debt ceiling, this was a nice moment where politicians of both parties enjoyed a special moment.



Now back to the fight.

Video: House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy on Fox News Sunday : You can't be leader and just tweet

McCarthy lays some hay makers at Obama.

GOP on verge of huge, unprecedented political victory

Two can play this game!

I find the premises of this report a little ironic. It states the GOP used the threat of default to wrangle more concessions from Democrats. Well, didn’t President Obama do the same thing when he warned the country would go into Depression if we didn’t pass his stimulus bill?


The Washington Post

By all accounts, it looks like a deal is about to be announced in which the debt ceiling is hiked in exchange for the promise of major spending cuts, including to entitlements, totalling at least $2.4 trillion.

Anything can happen, but it apppears the GOP is on the verge of pulling off a political victory that may be unprecedented in American history. Republicans may succeed in using the threat of a potential outcome that they themselves acknowledged would lead to national catastrophe as leverage to extract enormous concessions from Democrats, without giving up anything of any significance in return.

Not only that, but Republicans — in perhaps the most remarkable example of political up-is-downism in recent memory — cast their willingness to dangle the threat of national crisis as a brave and heroic effort they’d undertaken on behalf of the national interest. Only the threat of national crisis could force the immediate spending cuts supposedly necessary to prevent a far more epic crisis later.

Under the emerging deal, President Obama can hike the debt limit in two stages — the first in exchange for equivalent cuts; the second after a Congressional committee comes up with second round of yet more cuts, including to entitlements. The talks appear close to resolving the spending cut“trigger” that would force the committee to act — without giving the GOP an incentive to deliberately sabotage its work. The remaining question is how to get it through the House. But a deal seems immiment.

Again and again, Dems drew lines in the sand that they promptly erased as the threat of default grew.

A clean debt ceiling hike? Dropped. Cuts to Medicare benefits? They’ll likely be in that committee’s crosshairs. The insistence on revenue hikes? Withdrawn.

What make this all the more remarkable is that throughout this process, Republicans themselves conceded not just that a debt ceiling hike would be disastrous for America, but also that it was inevitable. Yet they were still able use the threat of default as leverage. How?

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The GOP were the only adults in the room that cared about the country’s financial situation. Democrats don’t give a hoot about that. They only wanna grow more government at any costs. That’s why their called Liberals! Oh, er…Progressives!

Memeorandum

Heroic 13-year-old from Brooklyn Kirra Goddard killed by SUV while saving others

The good book says there’s no greater love than giving up your life for your fellow man. In Brooklyn New York, a 13 year old girl did just that.

New York Post

The family of the brave little Brooklyn girl who was fatally struck by an out-of-control SUV after miraculously herding six other kids out of its path remembered her today as a selfless hero who was always helping others.

"She was a hero," said a distraught Tanisha Harewood, 14, about her younger sister Kirra Goddard, 13. "She always looked out after us. If something ever happened to one of us she always came to help us. She cared about everyone in this building."
Tanisha said the sharp-eyed Kirra spotted the SUV driving wildly toward the stoop where she was sitting with the other children, including her younger sister.
"The car was driving down the block and it hit that car up there, and then he backed up. She saw it and told everyone to run. She said ‘Run, run, run!’ "

The other kids ran inside, but Kirra was sitting down and could not get up quick enough as the SUV bore down on her in reverse.

"She had her hand up and was saying: ‘Stop, stop, stop!’ Harewood said.

Kirra’s heartbroken dad, Wesley Bishop, said his selfless daughter didn’t have time to get away.
"When she stood up it was too late. She’s definitely a hero, she told all those kids to get inside," he said, describing Kirra as "loving and nice, very kind to people."

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This is a bitter sweet story. But, it’s good to know we still have heroes in our midst. You did good, Kirra, you did good!