Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Occupy occtrocities: National Park Service edition

The head of the National Park Service was grilled by the House Oversight Committee yesterday about why the Occupy DC movement is allowed to camp at McPherson Square near K Street.

Will they be booted? Maybe.

Today we have a few British occtrocities and an Irish one.

AFP: Occupy DC faces no-camping clampdown 'very soon'
Atlantic Wire: Cracking down on Occupy DC will be a huge headache for the Parks Service
Weasel Zippers: National Park Service director admits they haven't enforced camping ban on Occupy DC because they fear violent reaction from protesters…
Bloomberg: U.K. act to stop Occupy-style protests at venues of London Olympic games
BBC: Occupy protesters to leave St Andrew Square in Edinburgh
Bloomberg News: UBS protesters may be evicted after Occupy London drops appeal
Ireland, too. JOE: "Scruffy" Occupy campaigners becoming a right pain for businesses
Weasel Zippers: MoveOn.org: Obama's State Of The Union proposals "Truly a huge victory for the 99% movement"…
OWS Exposed: The first Occupy candidate: Nate Kleinman
KIVI-TV: Occupy Boise anti-camping bill passes committee, now moves on to full House
De-Occupied: Lexington Herald Leader: Police clear Occupy Lexington encampment after it's found unoccupied
KTVN: "Occupy Reno" leaving Moana Pool
OWS Exposed: Robert Redford claims Sundance (the corporate sponsored playground for celebrities) is for the ’99 percent’
Hippie alert. Treehugger: Yoko Ono delivers "peace postcards" to Occupy Wall Street protesters
Warning! Parody! The Heckler: Mets' Pelfrey attacked at Occupy Wall Street after trying to hand out signed baseballs
Big Journalism: One Occupier's sad story of foreclosure is a bit less sad than reported by the press

Related post:

Video: Joe Walsh questions NPS director on Occupy DC; occupiers get port-a-potties cleaned out by NPS

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