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I’ve been chronicling the Occupy fiasco since the original Day of Rage – which turned out to be more like the day of ‘Meh’. One city has led the pack in violence and destruction: Oakland.

The NY Times ran a piece on August 1st about Occupy Oakland. Probably quite a few missed it. I wonder if they missed it because the title didn’t contain “Occupy” but made it sound like a hippie-throwback piece? Maybe it’s because the article starts out interesting on page 1 and then moves to talking about a failed hip-hop artist turned militant that no one has heard of. Could be both. The NY Times has made it a special hobby of theirs to write articles praising and excusing Occupy. This one is long and no different. Here’s the title and link:

Oakland, the Last Refuge of Radical America Continue reading →