The Rant and Vent about the LEFT Wing thread...

[Wayback]

Article: BART prepares for Anonymous protest
Group plans demonstration today at 5 p.m. as part of a campaign that will last until its demands are met.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/08/22/MN3M1KP3O3.DTL&tsp=1

Interesting to scan readers comments at end of article, some do take the time to make thoughtful comments.  I heard on newsradio there will be more police presence today, making more arrests if necessary especially if protesters continue to swarm the platforms.

[RGMike]

Article: BART prepares for Anonymous protest
Group plans demonstration today at 5 p.m. as part of a campaign that will last until its demands are met.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/08/22/MN3M1KP3O3.DTL&tsp=1

Interesting to scan readers comments at end of article, some do take the time to make thoughtful comments.  I heard on newsradio there will be more police presence today, making more arrests if necessary especially if protesters continue to swarm the platforms.

I'm a lifelong lefty but I fail to see...

(a) why it is necessary for the protest to take place within the fare gates/on the actual BART platform. (at rush hour, no less)

(b) how cel phone service in a subway tunnel -- something that didn't even exist a few years ago -- is a "right" that takes precendence over public safety or the inconveniencing of thousands of commuters.

You don't win hearts & minds by making folks late for dinner, Jus' sayin'. Gather at the entrance, carry signs, hand out flyers, fine.

[ggould]

Article: BART prepares for Anonymous protest
Group plans demonstration today at 5 p.m. as part of a campaign that will last until its demands are met.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/08/22/MN3M1KP3O3.DTL&tsp=1

Interesting to scan readers comments at end of article, some do take the time to make thoughtful comments.  I heard on newsradio there will be more police presence today, making more arrests if necessary especially if protesters continue to swarm the platforms.

When I read the article in the morning paper I though "who the fuck are these people to demand something, at the expense of tired working people?"  What a  bunch of petulant assholes.

Pardon my French.

[Wayback]

Yes, I wholeheartedly agree with your above comments. 
And again, I'm enjoying the reader comments at end of this latest article.
45 arrested in S.F. BART protest
Civic Center, Powell stations closed in response to roving demonstration both above ground along Market Street and inside the transit system.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/08/22/MNKT1KQE1S.DTL

[Wayback]

Two items today re: BART protests -
SFPD releases BART protesters' names, cities
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/08/25/BABC1KRU2O.DTL&tsp=1

BART protests: Patrons, police losing patience
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/08/25/BAB91KRBA5.DTL

[RGMike]

Two items today re: BART protests -
SFPD releases BART protesters' names, cities
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/08/25/BABC1KRU2O.DTL&tsp=1

BART protests: Patrons, police losing patience
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/08/25/BAB91KRBA5.DTL

Nevius' piece (the 2nd of the 2 above) is dead-on.

[ggould]

Two items today re: BART protests -
SFPD releases BART protesters' names, cities
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/08/25/BABC1KRU2O.DTL&tsp=1

BART protests: Patrons, police losing patience
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/08/25/BAB91KRBA5.DTL

Nevius' piece (the 2nd of the 2 above) is dead-on.

Like I keep saying, topic should be more like "Rant and Vent about the anarchist/hacker thread!"

[RGMike]

Figured this was as good a place as any for this... It's beginning to look like everything Keith Olbermann's enemies have said about him for the last 5 years... might be true. He's already "disgruntled" at Current and it's sounds to me like he's just nuts. I'm very disappointed.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/05/idUS265747226820120105

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/keith-olbermann-quits-current-tv-lawyers-278146

[RGMike]

Figured this was as good a place as any for this... It's beginning to look like everything Keith Olbermann's enemies have said about him for the last 5 years... might be true. He's already "disgruntled" at Current and it's sounds to me like he's just nuts. I'm very disappointed.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/05/idUS265747226820120105

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/keith-olbermann-quits-current-tv-lawyers-278146

and so it ends.. again.  Sadly, KO must *really* be a dick to have pissed off Al Gore.

http://blog.sfgate.com/nov05election/2012/03/30/keith-olbermann-out-at-s-f-s-current-tv/?tsp=1

[RGMike]

Figured this was as good a place as any for this... It's beginning to look like everything Keith Olbermann's enemies have said about him for the last 5 years... might be true. He's already "disgruntled" at Current and it's sounds to me like he's just nuts. I'm very disappointed.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/05/idUS265747226820120105

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/keith-olbermann-quits-current-tv-lawyers-278146

and so it ends.. again.  Sadly, KO must *really* be a dick to have pissed off Al Gore.

http://blog.sfgate.com/nov05election/2012/03/30/keith-olbermann-out-at-s-f-s-current-tv/?tsp=1

Tim Goodman's analysis:

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/bastard-machine/keith-olbermann-fired-Current-Al-Gore-analysis-eliot-spitzer-306444

I disagree with Goodman (who counts KO as a friend and may be a tad biased) -- seriously, where else can Keith go at this point? Unless HBO wants to shell out to have him as part of a Friday nite block with Maher, I can't imagine who else will want to risk hiring him.

[ggould]

Figured this was as good a place as any for this... It's beginning to look like everything Keith Olbermann's enemies have said about him for the last 5 years... might be true. He's already "disgruntled" at Current and it's sounds to me like he's just nuts. I'm very disappointed.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/05/idUS265747226820120105

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/keith-olbermann-quits-current-tv-lawyers-278146

and so it ends.. again.  Sadly, KO must *really* be a dick to have pissed off Al Gore.

http://blog.sfgate.com/nov05election/2012/03/30/keith-olbermann-out-at-s-f-s-current-tv/?tsp=1

Tim Goodman's analysis:

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/bastard-machine/keith-olbermann-fired-Current-Al-Gore-analysis-eliot-spitzer-306444

I disagree with Goodman (who counts KO as a friend and may be a tad biased) -- seriously, where else can Keith go at this point? Unless HBO wants to shell out to have him as part of a Friday nite block with Maher, I can't imagine who else will want to risk hiring him.

Somebody named Stephanie Miller?

Jeez, he doesn't even know who Stephanie Miller is?

[RGMike]

Figured this was as good a place as any for this... It's beginning to look like everything Keith Olbermann's enemies have said about him for the last 5 years... might be true. He's already "disgruntled" at Current and it's sounds to me like he's just nuts. I'm very disappointed.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/05/idUS265747226820120105

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/keith-olbermann-quits-current-tv-lawyers-278146

and so it ends.. again.  Sadly, KO must *really* be a dick to have pissed off Al Gore.

http://blog.sfgate.com/nov05election/2012/03/30/keith-olbermann-out-at-s-f-s-current-tv/?tsp=1

Tim Goodman's analysis:

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/bastard-machine/keith-olbermann-fired-Current-Al-Gore-analysis-eliot-spitzer-306444

I disagree with Goodman (who counts KO as a friend and may be a tad biased) -- seriously, where else can Keith go at this point? Unless HBO wants to shell out to have him as part of a Friday nite block with Maher, I can't imagine who else will want to risk hiring him.

so, Carlos Santana may be a hose, but KO is... a chandelier?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/tv-column/post/ousted-current-tv-star-keith-olbermann-visits-david-letterman-video/2012/04/03/gIQAQPxBuS_blog.htmll