Tag Archives: Moral Monday 2014

14 Occupy Monday Arrestees Get Plea Deals

Posted on July 12, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

Occupy Monday protesters got a sweet deal:

The protestors pleaded guilty in exchange for serving 25 hours of community service. The charges will also be wiped from their records. – ABC 11, July 11 2014

Protest, get arrested, get 25 hours of community service and have your record wiped so you can do it again. Pretty sweet. The ABC story doesn’t state the exact date of the original arrests, it just says “May”. There was only one Moral Monday in May. So that begs the question are the 5 Occupy Monday arrestees who have prior records in this bunch included, given that some had priors? Continue reading →

Posted in A.P. Dillon (LL1885), Moral Monday, NC NAACP, Occupy 2.0 | Tagged , , | Comments Off on 14 Occupy Monday Arrestees Get Plea Deals

Democracy NC’s “Influencing Early Voting” Plan

Posted on June 30, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

Ya’ll remember Democracy NC’s ‘non-partisan advocate for clean elections’ right? Consider this an extension of that story…. Continue reading →

Posted in A.P. Dillon (LL1885), Moral Monday, NC NAACP, Occupy 2.0 | Tagged , , , | Comments Off on Democracy NC’s “Influencing Early Voting” Plan

Occupy Monday 6/23/14 Arrests

Posted on June 24, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

Below are the listed arrested for Occupy Monday on 6/23/14. The police bulletin had not updated the charges as of the posting of this article, however it is a good assumption the charge will be 2nd degree trespass like previous weeks.

KEEP READING… Continue reading →

Posted in A.P. Dillon (LL1885), Moral Monday, Occupy 2.0, Reverend Barber | Tagged , , | Comments Off on Occupy Monday 6/23/14 Arrests

For Occupy Monday, Math Is Hard

Posted on June 24, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

Math is not really an interpretive study. However, Reverend Barber, the defacto leader of the NC Democrats seems to think it is. Barber is welcome to his own opinion on taxes and the budget, but not his own facts.

Barber’s theme of a recent News and Observer Op-Ed was ‘eat the rich’ and to attack the new tax code, which has been hailed as a 4th best in the country and and it ‘blows away other states’ and brings NC from 44th to 17th in the Tax Foundation’s State Business Tax Climate Index. Barber thinks his math is better though:

But the General Assembly created this year’s so-called budget crisis by passing hefty tax breaks for the wealthiest and the corporations last year. If our lawmakers found the courage to repeal the unfair tax policies, we would gain up to $1.2 billion in additional revenue.”

That “hefty tax break for the wealthiest” is the same “hefty tax break” for every North Carolinian – we’ve gone to a 5.8% flat rate. The corporations rate was originally 6.9%, it’s now 6%. OH THE HUMANITY! We might actually attract businesses and jobs!!! Barber doesn’t even mention our sales tax of 4.75%, which is lower than the national average of 5.95% or our property tax average with ranks 12th lowest nationally. They, and the fact most voters approve of the changes, don’t fit the narrative of eat the rich though. So pfffft!
Quick Reminder, Barber said his budget was ‘revenue neutral’ before he said it would bring in $1.2 billion: Continue reading →

Posted in A.P. Dillon (LL1885), Moral Monday, NC NAACP, Occupy 2.0, Reverend Barber | Tagged , | Comments Off on For Occupy Monday, Math Is Hard

Occupy Monday 6/23/14 Edition: Sit-In. Stand-In. Teach-In. Plan-In. Pray-In.

Posted on June 23, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

It’s Monday. Time to Occupy again.

Last week’s edition: Occupy Monday 6/16/14 Edition: Workers ‘Rights’ and Occupy Monday 6/16/14 Arrests

Let’s recap what Occupy Monday is about and why it will die just like regular Occupy:

#MoralMonday has 2 goals: beat the snot out of republicans, even if they’re right and expand big gov’t in every direction possible.

— LL1885 – A.P. Dillon (@LadyLiberty1885) June 23, 2014

#MoralMonday is nothing more than a Leftist temper tantrum at being out of power; it’s occupy reborn and it will die just like the original. — LL1885 – A.P. Dillon (@LadyLiberty1885) June 23, 2014

Why will #MoralMonday die like occupy? Because you don’t gain control over the self at the cost of another or by the hand of big gov.

— LL1885 – A.P. Dillon (@LadyLiberty1885) June 23, 2014

On To The Sit-In. Stand-In. Teach-In. Plan-In. Pray-In.

Today’s Occupy was no different from any other. The title of this one was “Sit-In. Stand-In. Teach-In. Plan-In. Pray-In.” We saw standing, questionable teaching, some praying but the sitting and planning part -?

Keep reading… Hilarity and Pirates ahead. Continue reading →

Posted in A.P. Dillon (LL1885), Moral Monday, NC NAACP, Occupy 2.0, Reverend Barber | Tagged , | Comments Off on Occupy Monday 6/23/14 Edition: Sit-In. Stand-In. Teach-In. Plan-In. Pray-In.

Occupy Monday – The Final Countdown

Posted on June 21, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

Diminishing returns. That’s Occupy Monday in a nutshell right now.

Turn out has been low and that’s being kind. Multiple arrestees had some nasty prior records. The public is tuning out their ‘big government is the answer, Amen!’ schtick. Local media coverage less than enthusiastic — even from the official Occupy Monday outlet, WRAL. National media has pretty much blown them off.

Maybe it’s the increasingly radical, hyperbolic rhetoric or perhaps it is because Moral Monday has truly morphed into what I’ve said it was all along: A revival of Occupy. It certainly would seem so given the announcement (scroll down)– “teach-in”. That’s very Occupyish. About the only things missing now are a drum circle, Mic-checks and someone relieving themselves in public.

Well we’re coming up on the final Moral Monday… we hope.

KEEP READING… Continue reading →

Posted in A.P. Dillon (LL1885), NC NAACP, NCGA, Occupy 2.0, Reverend Barber, Video | Tagged , | Comments Off on Occupy Monday – The Final Countdown