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Round Two For Occupy Albany

"Brother" Lou Roberts — Tue, 01 May 2012 13:37:40 +0000

The Occupy Albany folks will be back in Academy Park, across from city hall. I had some information last year about the beginning of the first Occupy Albany. In a story that I saw on YNN, this group of protestors are planning some rallies and demonstrations to coincide with other nationwide demonstrations on May 1, [...]

George Clooney Arrested For Protesting [VIDEO]

Richie Phillips — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 16:23:16 +0000

George Clooney was just arrested along with his father and Martin Luther King 3rd in the Sudan for protesting This clip is from msnbc.com with former Albany news anchor Chris Jansing reporting. They were just arrested outside of the embassy there for protesting the blocking of food and humanitarian aid to the Sudanese people. We’ll [...]

Occupy Oakland Protest Gets Ugly [VIDEO]

Richie Phillips — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 12:07:07 +0000

It's funny. I don't hear too many people talking about the Occupy Albany protesters downtown. In one way, I'm glad, because at least things haven't gotten out of hand and no one's gotten hurt(yet!). On the other hand, I feel bad for them that all that effort isn't getting as much recognition as they feel they deserve. But things are different out in "mellow" California

Egypt Could Cause Gas Prices to Go Up

GNA — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 16:03:21 +0000

Just when I heard hope of gas prices going down, word on the street is that the havoc that’s broken loose in Egypt, could cause the price of gas to go even higher. Wall Street will be watching events in Egypt this week. Analysts fear the turmoil over in Europe will spread to oil-exporting nations in the Middle East, such [...]

New Arizona Law – No Protests At Funerals

"Brother" Lou Roberts — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 15:42:50 +0000

As reported earlier this week, the Westboro Baptist Church, from Topeka Kansas, was planning on Thursday, to protest at the funeral for shooting victim, 9 year old Christina Taylor Green. On Tuesday, by unanimous votes, Legislators in Arizona approved emergency legislation and ban picketing at funerals. The church’s plan to protest was denounced by the [...]