All Further Articles for 2011-12-07

Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Family Guy: LAPD’s Finest Hour, Ugly Abuse and All
Reports of brutal police tactics during the supposedly restrained eviction of Occupy L.A. have been trickling out, but the most damning comes from Patrick Meighan, a writer for Fox' Family Guy. He angrily describes "super-violent" police, appalling jail conditions and exorbitant bails for misdemenaors that pale before financial crimes that have gone unpunished.
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Look See...!
...Where rickperry.com goes! Couldn't happen to a nicer guy. Update : This was taken down (exce pt in More) like we figured it would be when somebody figured it out. Fun while it lasted.
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Taking Back the Capitol (Which Now Lives on K St)
Take Back the Capitol protesters are marching on K Street lobbying firms today, not a moment too soon: A new report finds that 30 big corporations spent more on lobbying than they did in taxes. Take G.E. (please). They got a tax rebate of $4.7 billion, and spent $84 million lobbying the feds who gave it to them. Protest updates here and here.
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