One of the core beliefs of the Occupy movement – the idea of the 99% vs. the 1% — is not only laughable on its face but has been picked up and expanded on by lauded liberals like economist and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman. There are a few different ways to judge the Occupy movement. You can look at the Who; the people in leadership positions for the “leaderless” movement  like Lisa Fithian or Muhammed Malik. You could examine the What; as of this writing, the 350 or so incidents of violence, sexual assault, and property destruction.

Paul Krugman, sporting a blue collar

Bring up either of these to an Occupy defender, however, and you’re sure to be met with the argument that these people and events are isolated incidents and not representative of the Occupy movement. It’s a desperate argument, the philosophical equivalent of the timeless epistemological question “How many facial hairs need to grow on a man before you can say he has a beard?” And just because no specific numeric answer is correct doesn’t mean there’s no such thing as a beard. Occupy passed the tipping point weeks ago, which is why even sympathetic mayors were forced to shut down the lawless tent cities nationwide. However, as easy as it is to criticize Occupy on the basis of its leadership and behavior, it’s more important to attack the “why” — the ideological foundation that the whole mess rests on. Occupy has a number of key ideas behind it that aren’t isolated, concepts that are clear and unique to the Occupy movement. One of those ideas is the “We Are The 99%” slogan and the corollary attack on “the 1%.” (more…)

On November 16, Alec Baldwin had a column in the Huffington Post titled, “What Occupy Wall Street Has Taught Me.” In it, the actor who promised to leave the United States if George W. Bush were re-elected in 2004 reminds us not only that he’s still here, but that he is still as arrogant and illogical as ever.

For example, throughout the column Baldwin talks about the struggles faced by people who are unemployed.  And although he doesn’t explicitly say it’s not their fault that they’re unemployed—as it clearly is in some cases—he implies as much when complains that those of us who are gainfully employed seem to believe “that we are not responsible in any way” for those who aren’t.

In other words, it’s not their fault that their unemployed. Rather, it’s the fault of the corporations, of Wall Street, and of big oil. (In case these points seem little more than restatements of what the hippies and freaks of #OccupyWallStreet have been saying, Baldwin admits: “Everything I have put forth here, I have heard articulated from the Occupy Wall Street movement.”)

By the way, according to Baldwin, our bailouts to big oil weren’t always monetary in nature. Rather, “[we] bailed out the oil companies every time you watched … as American troops went to Iraq to fight a war for oil.”

As an aside, I can’t figure out why leftists like Baldwin keep spewing this trash. If we fought in Iraq for oil, where’s the oil? Why are our gas prices rising instead of falling? Don’t get me wrong, I think oil would be a great way for Iraq to repay us for getting rid of Saddam Hussein, but thus far, none has been forthcoming.

The further you read into Baldwin’s column, the more random things get. For instance, at one point he blames our economic woes on the fact that “we have no high speed rail in this country.” The last time he said something this random was in a September column, when he blamed our current economy on the fact that we spent the Bush years fighting “a trillion dollars worth of wars with no tax hikes.”

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As we’ve highlighted before, tax exempt Media Matters’ mission isn’t to correct misinformation in the conservative media. Their job is to promote narratives which will then be picked up by friendly outlets, like MSNBC, and seep out into the public consciousness. Their real purpose is to act as guardians at the gates of the Left’s ideological iron curtain and keep progressives from thinking for themselves. When you couple this narrative-shaping with the “mainstream” media’s ingrained left-leaning bias, you get, for example, polls showing the level of misinformation in the general public.

A recent NBC/WSJ poll (pdf) provides a classic example of how the left-leaning media takes a poll and uses it to shape and promote a narrative. Note first that this poll is a general opinion poll measuring public sentiment on a broad range of issues related to politics and the economy. Keep in mind that the Left has been in full damage control for the Occupy movement because a) Democrats have voiced support of it and b) the violence, vandalism, drug overdoses and reports of sexual assaults/rapes are beginning to get bad coverage – finally. The spin doctors are desperate for anything that can lend legitimacy to a solidly Leftist movement which is spiraling into chaos.

The Washington Post’s resident DNC talking point parrot (I know there are several), Greg Sargent, cites some findings of the new poll. The poll results are 27 pages long, but Sargent cherry-picks the stuff that can be spun into “positive” news for Occupy Wall Street.

A new NBC/WSJ poll finds very broad support for Occupy Wall Street’s critique of inequality, with more than three quarters agreeing with this statement: “The current economic structure of the country is out of balance and favors a very small proportion of the rich over the rest of the country. America needs to reduce the power of major banks and corporations and demand greater accountability and transparency. The government should not provide financial aid to corporations and should not provide tax breaks to the rich.” Eighty-four percent of working class whites agree with that statement, too.

To his credit, Sargent also notes that the poll finds a majority of the people are against raising taxes on anyone, but he questions the wording of that particular question. So he only gets half-credit because he didn’t question the wording of another finding that I’ll address in a bit. Actually make that 1/4 credit because he claims the critique in question is an “Occupy Wall Street” thing when this sentiment is shared by the Tea Party which has obviously been around longer. To sum it up, 53% either strongly agreed or mildly agreed with this statement:

The national debt must be cut significantly by reducing spending and the size of government, including eliminating some federal agencies and programs. Regulations on business by the federal government should be reduced and instead, the private sector and individuals should have greater control. The government should not raise taxes on anyone.

Sargent makes you go and look for this part of the poll. Chances are most people won’t. Let’s move on.

Greg Mitchell from the conservative bastion (that’s sarcasm), The Nation, picks up the cues from Sargent and tries to milk the poll to provide some much needed image nourishment to the Occupy Wall Street movement he’s been blogging – read cheerleading – about. Linking to Sargent, he writes:

7:00  Wash Post:  New NBC/WSJ poll–84% pf working-class whites say rich unfairly get breaks,  and also need more control of corporations… 71% say Obama did not go far enough in regulating banks….

Then, after scouring the poll results he does some more Occupy Wall Street cheerleading / tea party bashing:

7:20  More from new NBC/WSJ poll just out:  Occupy gets 32% positive number, 35% negative,  Tea Party 27% positive, 44% negative….  Occupy also “wins” in another question, with 25% saying it is a “good thing” for the country with 16% saying no, while Tea Party gets 31% good thing and 27% bad…. Finally 28% call themselves supporters of Occupy, with 25% backing Tea Party.  Also:  70% blame Bush and bankers for economic woes, only 21% name Obama…. 71% back total Iraq pullout…. and despite focus on jobs job jobs, concerns about health still nudge it as prime concern for most,  by 33% to 32%.

Notice how he doesn’t address the finding showing that a majority don’t think we should raise taxes on anyone – a core Occupy Wall Street demand. It doesn’t fit the narrative. The Occupy movement has “wins” he wants to highlight and The Nation readers are predisposed to Leftist “wins.” They won’t bother looking much further. The narrative is strengthened: “Hey! Did you hear about that poll showing OWS is winning?” So now, within the Leftist echo-chamber, the word is that recent polling is good for Occupy Wall Street and most have no idea that a central policy position isn’t “winning.”

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***Updated 12/9/2011– Today we hit incident 417.

New commentary has been added. Original commentary can be found below the Rap Sheet.

Don’t let the MSM get away with lying to you. Obama and the Democrats are all on record endorsing, embracing, encouraging and emboldening #OccupyWallStreet.

Obama on Occupy Wall Street: ‘We Are on Their Side’

House Democrats Endorse Occupy Wall Street

Top Democrats Endorse Occupy Wall Street Protests

Pelosi Supports Occupy Wall Street Movement

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The plan was a simple one. The path to Obama’s second term requires that enough voters forget that our current economic woes are the fault of a failed President who enjoyed two years of having every single item on his wish-list passed by Congress. And so the idea was to create Occupy in order to give the MSM the cover they desired to spend every single day up until the election talking about greed and income inequality in order to blame both for the stagnant economy.

The hope was that by repeating this message incessantly, enough voters could be convinced that Wall Street, and by extension, evil Republicans, were to blame for our chronic unemployment, record deficits, and stillborn economic growth. President Obama who?

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Fortunately for America, this plan has not only failed miserably it has backfired completely. Thanks to the rise of New Media and our unwillingness to let the MSM’s lies, bias, and cover ups stand for even one more day, Occupy is in its death throes and might take the President and Democratic party down with it. First and foremost, we uncovered the lie that Occupy was grassroots and then we exposed every Occupy rape, poop, death, overdose, old woman thrown down the stairs, attack on a police officer, and public act of masturbation. In the process, public opinion turned against the Occupiers and as a result these Leftists have started doing what the Left always does when they lose … have a tantrum:

1. NY: 10/1/2011 — Police Arrest More Than 700 Protesters on Brooklyn Bridge
2. Madison, WI: 10-27-2011 — Madison Occupiers Lose Permit Due to Public Masturbation
3. Phoenix: 10/28/2011 — Flier at Occupy Phoenix Asks, “When Should You Shoot a Cop?”
4. NY: 10/18/2011 — Thieves Preying on Fellow Protesters
5. NY: 10/9/2011 — Stinking up Wall Street: Protesters Accused of Living in Filth as Shocking Pictures Show One Demonstrator Defecating on a POLICE CAR
6. NY: 10/7/2011 — Occupiers Rush Police … More
7. Cleveland: 10/18/2011 — ‘Occupy Cleveland’ Protester Alleges She Was Raped
8. NY: 10/10/2011 — ‘Increasingly Debauched’: Are Sex, Drugs & Poor Sanitation Eclipsing Occupy Wall Street?
9. Seattle: 10/18/2011 — Man Accused of Exposing Self to Children Arrested
10. 10/12/2011 — Iran Supports ‘Occupy Wall Street’
11. Portland: 10/16/2011 –#OccupyPortland Protester Desecrates Memorial To U.S. War Dead
12. Portland: 10/15/2011 — #OccupyPortland Protesters Sing “F*** The USA”
13. Chicago: 10/17/2011 — COMMUNIST LEADER Cheered at Occupy Chicago
14. 10/15/2011 — American Nazi Party Endorses Occupy Wall Street‘s ’Courage,‘ Tells Members to Support Protests and Fight ’Judeo-Capitalist Banksters’
15. Boston: 10/14/2011 — Coast Guard member spit on near Occupy Boston tents
16. Boston: 10/11/2011 — Boston Police Arrest Over 100 from Occupy Boston
17. New York: 10/11/2011 — “You Can Have Sex with Animals.”
18. New York: 10/15/2011 — Harassing Police with Accusations of Phony Injuries
19. New York: 10/9/2011 — ‘Occupy Wallstreet’ Protesters Steal from Local Businesses
20. New York: 10/25/2011 — Three Men Threatened to Kill 24-Year-Old Occupy Wall Street Protester for Reporting Rape
21. Baltimore: 10/18/2011 — #OccupyBaltimore Discourages Sexual Assault Victims from Contacting Police
22. Portland: 10/27/2011 — Occupy Portland’s Attempt At Wealth Redistribution Ends In Theft
23. Los Angeles: 10/14/2011 – Anti-Semitic Protester at Occupy Wall Street
24. 10/27/2011 — A Death Threat From an Occupy Wall Street Protester
25. 10/27/2011 – Anti-Semitic Tweet From Occupier or Sympathizer
26. Boston: 10/20/2011 — Occupy Boston Doesn’t Want Police Involved in Rape
27. New York: 10/5/2011: Anti-Semitic Occupier Screams About Jews, Israel
28. New York: 10/4/2011 — Occupier Taunts Jewish Man
29. Boston: 10/2011 — Occupiers Block Street
30. New York: 10/2011 — Occupier Tries to Steal Police Officer’s Gun
31. New York: 10/27/2011 — Occupiers Block Traffic, Get Arrested
32. Oakland: 10/27/2011 — Occupiers Throw Garbage at Police
33. Oakland: 10/19/2011 — Abusive #OccupyOakland Protesters Ban Media from Tent City
34. Eugene, OR: 10/19/2011 — Occupiers Displace Farmers’ Market Threatening Hundreds of Jobs
35. Portland, OR: 10/18/2011 — Capitalist Offering Jobs at Occupy Portland Finds Few Takers
36. NY: 10/20/2011 — #OccupyWallStreet Threatens Businesses, Patrons
37. NY: 10/14/2011 — Violence Breaks Out During #OccupyWallStreet March Toward Stock Exchange
38. NY: 10/14/2011 — Protesters March On Wall Street, Scuffle With Cops
39. Oakland: 10/19/2011 — #OccupyOakland Protesters Threaten Reporter
40. Oakland: 10/26/2011 — Occupiers Scuffle with Police
41. Oakland: 10/24/2011 — Protesters Storm, Vandalize, Shut Down Chase Bank
42. Dayton, OH: 10/22/2011 — Protester: ‘F*ck The Military, F*ck Your Flag, And F*ck The Police’
43. Chicago: 10/14/2011 — Protesters’ Message At #OccupyChicago Rally: ‘Destroy Israel’
44. NY: 10/23/2011 — #OccupyWallStreet Supporter Rants Against Israel, Jews
45. NY: 10/22/2011 — #Occupy Kid: ‘Burn Wall Street, Burn!’
46. NY: 10/21/2011 — New Yorkers Fed Up With Noisy, Defecating Protesters
47. Oakland: 10/21/2011 — Occupy Oakland Evicted After Reports Of Crime And Intimidation
48. Oakland: 10/19/2011 — #OccupyOakland Out of Control: Rats, Graffiti, Vandalism, Sexual Harassment, Public Sex and Urination
49. Chicago: 10/26/2011 — Occupiers Under Investigation by FBI for Links to Terrorism
50. Cleveland: 10/29/2011 — Rape Reported at Occupy Cleveland
51. Dallas: 10/24/2011 — Police Investigating Possible Sexual Assault Of Teen At Occupy Dallas
52. Bloomington, IN: 10/26/2011 — Man Claims Occupy Bloomington Protesters Drugged, Handcuffed Him
53. NY: 10/10/2011 — Sex, Drugs and Hiding from the Law at Wall Street Protests
54. Glasgow: 10/26/2011 — Woman Gang-Raped
55. Boston: 10/23/2011 — Occupy Boston Protesters Arrested For Dealing Heroin – With 6 Year-Old in Tent
56. Portland: 10/16/2011 — Sex Offender Registers Occupy Portland Camp as Address
57. Denver: 10/15/2011 — Occupy Denver Demonstrator Accused of Groping TV Photographer
58. Lawrence, KS: 10/25/2011 — Sexual Assault Reported at Occupy Camp
59. Minneapolis, MN: Bricks, Rocks, ‘Riot Supplies’ Discovered by Police
60. Phoenix, AZ: 10/27/2011 — Neo-Nazis Patrol “Occupy Phoenix” With AR-15′s
61. Chicago: 10/26/2011 — Occupy Chicago Invades City Hall
62. 10/26/2011 — ACORN, Occupy Email Talks About Assault on Banks
63. 10/26/2011 — OccupyWallStreet Strategy for Reports of Violence Against Cops
64. Chicago: 10/26/2011 — Unrepentant Domestic Terrorist Bill Ayers Wows Occupiers
65. Chicago: 10/25/2011 — Ayers Coaches #OccupyChicago, Callsg for School ‘Occupations’
66. 10/26/2011/ — Occupy Protests Have Jewish Leaders Concerned
67. Wash DC: 10/27/2011 — OccupyDC Leftists Provoke Police – Hang Flag on Top of DC Statue
68. Albuquerque, NM: 10/26/2011 — Occupy Squatters Riot With Police
69. San Diego: 10/25/2011 — Flag Used as Chew Toy by Occupier’s Dog
70. Oakland: 10/25/2011 — Occupiers Throw Bottles at Police
71. NY: 10/27/2011 — Occupy Wall Street Protesters: Rush Limbaugh Is Bigger Threat Than Al-Qaeda
72. 10/27/2011 — Occupy Wall Street Launching First Nationwide General Strike in America Since 1946
73. NY: 10/28/2011 — Fox 5 News Reporter Assaulted at OWS
74. 10/28/2001 — Total Occupy Arrests Made Thus Far: 2750
75. Nashville: 10/28/2011 — 30 Arrests Made at Wall St. Protest
76. NY: 10/20/2011 — Former Marine Tries to Taunt Police into Violence
77. NY: 1023/2011 — Islamist Group Joins with Occupy Wall Street
78. Los Angeles: 10/13/2011 — Roundup of Overt Occupy anti-Semitism
79. NY: 10/12/2011 — There are No Anti-Semites at Occupy Wall Street. Except for This Guy
80. Missoula, MT: 10/20/2011 — Drunk 11-Year-Old At Occupy Missoula, Adult Arrested
81. Oakland: 10/28/2011 — Bounty Out On Police Officer?
82. Manchester, NH: 10/28/2011 — Woman charged with pimping teen recruited at Occupy NH rally
83. San Diego: 10/28/2011 — 40 Occupiers arrested
84. Boston: 10/24/2011 — Occupy Boston Vandalism of Banks
85. Boston: 10/25/2011 — Store Owner Suffers 4 Break Ins Since Occupy Boston Began
86. Portland: 10/28/2011 — Portland Police: Buckets of Excrement Scattered Around #OccupyPortland Camp
87. Seattle: 10/20/2011 — Two Possible Occupiers Charged With Assault
88. Seattle: 10/18/2011 — Armed Felon Arrested at Occupy Seattle
89. Seattle: 10/18/2011 — A Tent Fight and (At Least) One Arrest at Occupy Seattle
90. Seattle: 10/17/2011 — Over 50 Cops Clear Westlake Occupation, Make Eight Arrests
91. Seattle: 10/13/2011 — Cops Arrest Several Occupy Protesters
92. Seattle: 10/13/2011 — Chanting Protesters Surround Police After Officers Arrest Two
93. Denver: 10/29/2011 — Protesters Clash with Police at OWS Denver
94. Austin: 10/13/2011 — Occupy Austin protesters arrested for blocking cleaning Crews
95. Calgary, CN: 10/28/2011 — Occupiers do $40,000 in Property Damage
96. Cincinnati, OH: 10/21/2011 — 23 Arrested, Remains of protests fill two dumpsters
97. Sacramento: 10/19/2011 — 9 arrested in ‘Occupy Sacramento’ protest
98. Sacramento: 10/13/2011 — Four More Occupy Sacramento Demonstrators Arrested
99. Austin, TX: 10/22/2011 — Man Arrested After Knife Incident at Occupy Austin Camp
100. Nashville: 10/29/2011 — Tenn. Protesters Arrested For 2nd Straight Night
101. Austin, TX: 10/30/2011 — Austin Police arrest 38 Occupy Austin Protesters
102. NY: 10/30/2011 — Woman Assaulted in Her tent
103. Orlando, FL: 10/28/2011 — Occupy Orlando, police clash over use of downtown park
104. Orlando, FL: 10/26/2011 — 2 Occupy Orlando protesters arrested for trespass
105. Orlando, FL: 10/22/2011 — Police arrest 19 Orlando protesters on trespass charges
106. Asheville, NC: 10/30/2011 — Occupiers Clash with Homeless in Asheville
107. Nationwide: 10/27/2011 — Pro-Occupy Site claims 2511 Arrests Thus Far
108. Fort Worth, TX: 10/16/2011 — Arrests at Occupy Fort Worth Protest
109. NY: 10/29/2011 — Three Incidents of Anti-Semitism
110. San Francisco: 10/29/2011 — Anti-Semitic, Folsom Street Fair Types & Che Guevara Lovin
111. Oklahoma City: 10/30/2011 — Death of Street Poet at #OccupyOKC Treated as Homicide
112. Baltimore: 10/31/2011 — Woman Claims She was Raped at #OccupyBaltimore
113. Boston: 10/31/2001 — Alleged Heroin Dealer Joined Occupy Movement
114. Ottawa: 10/31/2011 — #OccupyOttawa Violent & Sexual Assaults Not Reported to Police
115. Santa Barbara, CA: 10/5/2011 — Occupiers Defy Police
116. Santa Barbara, CA: 10/6/2011 — 8 Occupiers Arrested
117. Denver, CO: 10/31/2011 — Occupiers Taunt Police, Knock Motorcycle Cop to Ground
118. Dallas, TX: 10/24/2011 — 23 Occupy Dallas Protesters Arrested After Bank Demonstration
119. Richmond, VA: 10/31/2011 — Arrests of Occupiers in Richmond
120. Dallas, TX: 1v1/1/2011: Man Arrested for Child Sex assault at Occupy Dallas Camp
121. NY: 11/1/2011 — Protesters Flock to STD-Test Clinics After Occupier ‘Free Love’
122. Iowa: 11/1/2011 — Occupiers Intend to Disrupt Iowa Caucus
123. NY: 11/1/2011 — Occupy Wall Street Costs Main Street Workers Their Jobs
124. San Diego: 10/29/2011 — Businesswoman Closes Shop After Threats By Occupiers
125. Palm Desert, CA: 11/1/2011 — Occupiers Arrested
126. Tampa, FL: 10/24/2011 — Six Occupiers Arrested
127. Tampa, FL: 10/27/2011 — Two More Arrested In Connection to Occupy Tampa Movement
128. Tampa, FL: 10/29/2011 — Occupy Tampa Protesters Arrested After Scuffle With Police
129. Oakland, CA: 11/3/2011 — Rallies Turn Violent
130. Seattle, WA: 11/2/2011 — Cops, Protesters Clash
131. Oakland, CA: 11/3/2011 — Protests Degenerate Into Chaos
132. Tulsa, OK: 11/2/2011 — Occupiers Clash With Police
133. Sacramento, CA: 11/2/2011 — Occupiers Smash County Vehicle Windows
134. Philadelphia: 11/2/2011 — Occupiers Arrested
135. Charlottesville, VA: 11/1/2011 — Underage Drinking at Occupy Charlottesville Site
136. Portland: 11/2/2011 — Occupier Shoves Police Officer into Moving Bus
137. Oakland: 11/2/2011 — Malkin’s Collection of Vandalism and Menacing Signs
138. NYC: 11/3/2011 — Occupier Busted In Tent Grope, Suspected In Rape
139. NYC: 11/4/2011 — 16 OWS Protesters Arrested at Goldman Sachs HQ
140. Oakland, CA: 11-3-2011 — Occupy-Friendly Business Vandalized
141. Asheville, NC: 11/3/2011 — 24 Occupiers Arrested
142. Raleigh, NC: 10/28/2011 — Eight at Occupy Raleigh Arrested After Standoff
143. NYC: 11/4/2011 — Deranged Homeless Man Goes on Violent Rampage In Zuccotti Park
144. Dallas, TX: CPS Seizes Baby From ‘Occupy Dallas’ Site
145. Wash DC: 11/4/2011 — Occupier Uses Child as Human Shield — Video
146. Wash DC: 11/4/2011 — Occupiers Try to Storm Americans for Prosperity Event — Video
147. Omaha, NE: 11/3/2011 — Three Occupiers Arrested
148. Atlanta: 11/3/2011 — Protester Turns On Fellow Protester With Knife
149. Los Angeles: 10/28/2011 — Drug Use and Property Damage
150. Boston, MA: 11/4/2011 — 3 Charged With Dealing Crack; Occupy Boston ‘Deteriorating’
151. Boston, MA: 11/4/2011 — Occupiers Storm Israeli Consulate; Anti-Israel Chants — Video
152. Vancouver, CN: 11/5/2011 — Occupy Vancouver Death Dooms Protest Camp
153. Fort Collins, CO: 11/4/2011 — Occupier Arrested for Setting Fire to Condo Complex … $10M Damage
154. Chula Vista, CA: 11/6/2011 — Underage Girl Missing From Occupy Protests
155. Los Angeles, CA: 11/5/2011 – Two Assaults Raise Concerns About Crime at Occupy L.A.
156. Dallas, TX: 11/5/2011 — Eight Arrests at Dallas Bank Protest
157. Olympia, WA: 11/5/2011 – Two Occupy Protesters Arrested
158. Seattle, WA: 11/3/2011 — Occupiers Cost City $426,000; Most of it Police Overtime
159. Olympia, WA: 11/2/2011 — 3 Occupiers Arrested for Suspected of Robbing Local Wine Merchant
160. Worcester, MA: 11/6/2011 — 25 Occupiers Arrested
161. Milwaukee, WI: 11/2/2011 — Photojournalist, Two others Arrested at Protest … Video
162. Milwaukee, WI: 10/20/2011 — Police Confront Occupier –Video … Arrested
163. Wash. DC: 11/5/2011 — Rampaging Occupiers Attack 78 Year-Old Woman — Video
164. Rochester, NY: 11/3/2011 — 161 Occupiers Arrested at Park
165. NYC: 11/5/2011 — Police Clash With Occupiers, 20 Arrested at Courthouse Protest
166. NYC: 11/5/2011 — Occupier Arrested for Vandalizing McDonald’s; Wanted Free Food
167. Asheville, NC: 11/5/2011 — Four Occupiers Arrested
168. Honolulu, HI: 11/6/2011 — Police Arrest Half-Dozen Occupiers
169. Waikiki, HI: 11/7/2011 — Two Dozen Occupiers Arrested
170. Portland, OR: 11/7/2011 — Occupiers Arrested for Threatening Restaurant Employees
171. Portland, OR: 11/7/2011 — Occupier Arrested for Threatening Security Staff with Hammer
172. Augusta, GA: 10/28/2011 — Occupier Arrested in Knife Threat
173. Portland OR: 11/9/2011 — Police Suspect Occupiers in Molotov Cocktail Attack
174. Sacramento, CA: 11/7/2011 — Homeless Clash With Occupy Protesters At Park
175. New Orleans: 11/8/2011 — Man Dead for Two Days Found in Occupy Encampment
176. San Diego: 11/7/2011 — Occupiers Splatter Vendor Food Carts with Blood, Urine
177. Los Angeles: 11/7/2011 — Occupiers Shut Down Burger King — Video
178. Atlanta, GA: 11/6/2011 — Occupiers Arrested After Attacking Police
179. St. Louis, MO: 11/9/2011 — Occupiers Hack Into Mayor’s Website
180. Oakland, CA: 11/8/2011 — “Dangerous” Occupiers Hurting Small Business Owners
181. Vancouver, CN: 11/8/2011 — Occupiers Bite Two Police Officers
182. Wash DC: 11/8/2011 — Occupiers Use Children to Block Traffic — Video
183. Portland, OR: 11/9/2011 — Occupiers Threaten Citizen-Journalist – Video
184. Wash DC: 11/8/2011 — Occupiers Use Racial Taunts Against Black Security Guard — Video
185. Eureka, CA: 11/9/2011 — Occupier Defecates in Bank – Video
186. Wash DC: 11/5/2011 – Occupiers Menace Children, Female Reporter – Video
187. Portland, OR: 11/8/2011 — Occupiers Menace News Crew – Video
188. NYC: 11/8/2011 — Occupier: ‘I Wouldn’t Give a F**k if 9/11 Happened 911 More Times’
189. NYC: 11/8/2011 — Small Business Owner Threatened, Terrorized By Occupiers
190. San Francisco, CA: 11/10/2011 — Occupier Threatens Park Ranger
191. Burlington, VT: 11/10/2011 — Veteran Shoots Self at Encampment
192. Oakland, CA: 11/3/2011 — ‘Occupy Oakland’ Goes After Cop
193. NYC: 11/10/2011 — EMT Assaulted at Occupy Wall Street
194. San Diego, CA: 11/10/2011 — Occupier Attacks Woman with Camera
195. Berekely, CA: 11/10/2011 — 39 Occupiers Arrested
196. Westwood, CA: 11/9/2011 — 11 Occupiers Arrested for Blocking Traffic
197. Fresno, CA: 11/9/2011 — 40 Occupiers Arrested
198. Toledo, OH: 11/1/2011 — 2 Occupiers Arrested
199. Houston, TX: 11/9/2011 — 10 Occupiers Arrested
200. NYC: 11/8/2011 — Hobbyist Photographer Describes Assault in Zuccotti Park
201. Oakland, CA: 11/10/2011: Fatal Shooting Over Drugs
202. Oakland: CA: 11/10/2011 — Protesters Attack News Crew Covering Fatal Shooting
203. Pasadena, CA: 11/10/2011 — Occupiers Announce Plans to Disrupt Rose Bowl Parade
204. Tampa, FL 11/10/2011 — Three Occupiers Arrested
205. Portland, OR: 11/10/2011 — Occupiers Billed for Police Car Vandalism
206. Olympia, WA: 11/11/2011 — Occupiers Asked to Pack Up After Assault, Drug Arrests
207. Denver, CO: 11/11/2011 — Occupiers Storm BlogCon 11 … One Arrest
208. Salt Lake City, UT: 11/12/2011 — Protest Shut Down After Body Discovered In Tent
209. San Francisco: 11/8/2011 — Shoplifting, Fights On The Rise Around Encampment
210. San Francisco: 11/10/2011 — Occupiers Accused of Ferry Building Thefts, Filth
211. San Francisco: 11/10/2011 — Protester Busted For Gun Violation Arrested Again
212. Mobile, AL: 11/9/2011 — 18 Occupy Protesters Arrested
213. New Orleans: 11/11/2011 — Death at Campsite Attributed To Alcohol Abuse
214. San Francisco: 11/12/2011 — Occupier Slashes Police Officer With Razor, Another Injured
215. Portland: 11/13/2011 — Three Arrested with Mortars, Fireworks
216. Chapel Hill, NC: 11/13/2011 — Eight Occupiers for Trespassing
217. Norfolk, VA: Six Occupiers Arrested
218. Philadelphia, PA: 11/13/2011 — Occupier Arrested for Rape
219. Portland, OR: 10/27/2011 — Sexual Assault: ‘nobody should contact the police’ — Video
220. NYC: 11/12/2011 — Occupiers Plan Mass Trespassing Campaign
221. Oakland, CA: 11/8/2011 — Occupiers Plan Mass Trespassing Campaign
222. Salt Lake City, UT: 11/12/2011 — 19 Occupiers Arrested
223. St. Louis, MO: 11/13/2011 — 27 Occupiers Arrested
224. St. Louis, MO: 11/12/2011 — Occupier Arrested
225. NYC: 11/13/2011 — Occupier Slugs Police Officer
226. Oakland, CA: 11/10/2011 — Occupiers Withdraw Resolution to Remain Peaceful
227. Portland, OR: 11/9/2011 — Occupier Requires Life-Saving CPR After Drug Overdose
228. Portland, OR: 11/9/2011 — 4 Reports of Substance Abuse
229. Olympia, WA: 11/12/2011: Growing Number of Drug, Violence Complaints
230. Atlanta, GA: 11/10/2011 — TB Breaks Out at Occupy Home Base
231. NYC: 11/13/2011 — Occupy Wall Street Costs Local Businesses $479,400
232. Nationwide: 11/11/2011 — Occupy Death Toll Hits 7
233. Seattle, WA: 11-14-2011 — Occupier Defecates on Public Sidewalk
234. Hartford, CT: 10/16/2011 — Occupier Charged After Pulling Knife
235. Dallas, TX: 11/14/2011 — 9-Month-Old Baby Removed From Camp Due to Health Concerns, Neglect
236. Albuquerque, NM: 10/27/2011 — 2 Occupiers Arrested
237. Albuquerque, NM: 10/26/2011 — More Than a Dozen Occupiers Arrested
238. Albuquerque, NM: 10/22/2011 — Knife Attack at Occupy Camp
239. Albuquerque, NM: 10/27/2011 — Police Forced to Remove Occupiers From Park Again, 37 Arrested
240. Albuquerque, NM: 10/8/2011 — Occupier Arrested
241. University of New Mexico: 11/8/2011 — Sordid Story of Lawlessness, Dozens of Arrests, Spitting on Walmart Customer
242. Albuquerque, NM: 10/16/2011 — Occupier Cited for Blocking Traffic
243. Portland, OR: 11/14/2011 — 51 Occupiers Arrested
244. Portland, OR: 11/14/2011 — Occupiers Smash Bank Windows
245. Albany, NY: 11/15/2011 — 20 Occupiers Arrested
246. Near Salem, OR: 11/13/2011 — Three Occupiers Arrested With Explosives
247. Wash DC: 11/11/2011 — Occupy’ Mom ‘Won’t Stop’ Putting Protest Above Her Kids’ Safety
248. NYC: 11/15/2011: — Hundreds of Occupiers Arrested, Chaos, Resisting Arrest, Object Thrown at Police
249. Houston, TX: 11/15/2011 — Occupier Arrested
250. Minnesota: 11/15/2011 — Occupy Minnesota Costs Taxpayers $10,000+ Each Day
251. Austin, TX: 11/15/2011 — Occupier Accused of Masturbating in Front of 16 Year-old Girl
252. San Francisco, CA: 11/15/2011 — Deadly Dog Disease Spreads at Occupy Camp
253. Philadelphia, PA: 11/15/2011 — Occupier Arrested for Assaulting Woman
254. Philadelphia, PA: 11/15/2011 — Occupiers Vandalize Dilworth Plaza With Graffiti and Feces – Video
255. Santa Cruz, CA: 11/15/2011 — Ringworm, Scabies Outbreak at Occupy Camp
256. Oakland, CA: 11/14/2011 — Occupiers Cost Taxpayers $2.4 Million
257. Wash DC: 11/16/2011 — Suspected White House Shooter Spent Time with OccupyDC.
258. Pittsburgh, PA: 11/15/2011 — Five Occupiers Arrested for Disorderly Conduct, Blocking Traffic
259. San Francisco, CA: 11/17/2011 –  Occupiers Storm Bank, 95 Arrested
260. Chicago, IL: 11/16/2011 — Occupier Arrested for Child Porn
261. NYC: 11/16/2011 — Dozens Of Hypodermic Needles Found In Zuccotti Park
262. NYC: 11/16/2011 –  Occupier Arrested for Making Terror Threats – Video … More.
263. Dallas, TX: 11/17/2011 — 18 Occupiers Arrested
264. Charlotte, NC: 11/14/2011 — Two Occupiers Arrested
265. Charlotte, NC: 11/15/2011 — 8 Occupiers Arrested
266. Ottawa, CN: 10/29/2011 — Feces, Urine, and Blood Covered Blanket Hung Over Tent
267. Los Angeles, CA: 11/15/2011 – Occupier Charged With Masturbating In Front of Children
268. Los Angeles, CA: 11/15/2011 — Occupier Arrested for Attempting to Light Food Vendor On Fire
269. NYC: 11/15/2011 — City Claims Occupy Wall Street Protesters Were Stockpiling Weapons
270. Wash DC: 11/15/2011 — Occupiers Block Traffic, Three Injuries
271. NYC: 11/16/2011 — 150 Trashmen Needed to Clean Occupy Park Filth
272. Los Angeles: 11/17/2011 –  Occupiers Block Freeways, 26 Arrested
273. NYC: 11/17/2011 – Mob of Occupiers Taunt, Bully Small School Children
274. San Francisco, CA: 11/17/2011 — Lice, Fleas, Disease Spread in Camp
275. NYC: 11/17/2011 — Occupiers Create Citywide Mayhem, 275 Arrested
276. West Jordan, UT: 11/17/2011 — Occupier Hurls Molotov Cocktail at Bank
277. NYC: 11/17/2011 — Police Officer Slashed, Others Attacked
278. NYC: 11/17/2011 — Occupiers Throw Vinegar In Eyes of Police Officers
279. Lincoln, NE: 11/5/2011 — 4 Occupiers Arrested at Bank Protest
280. San Diego, CA: 1/17/2011 — Occupiers Hold Moment of Silence In ‘Solidarity’ With Accused Obama Would-Be Assassin – Video
281. Melbourne, AU: 11/18/2011 — Children as Young as 12 Given Drugs, Alcohol
282. Los Angeles, CA: 11/17/2011 — Dozens of Occupiers Arrested at Bank Protest
283. Denver, CO: 11/16/2011 — Residents Complain Police Response Slowed Due to Occupiers
284. Denver, CO: 11/17/2011 — Occupiers Block Traffic
285. Denver, CO: 11/18/2011 — Occupiers Charged With Inciting a Riot, Assaulting Police Officer
286. Columbus, OH: 11/15/2011 — 7 Occupiers Arrested for Refusing to Leave Bank
287. St. Louis, MO: 11/18/2011 — Woman Sexually Assaulted
288. Portland, OR: 11/18/2011 — Occupier Punches Police Horse – Video
289. Missoula, MT: 10/26/2011 –  Occupier Charged With Getting 11-Year-Old Drunk
290. Portland, OR: 11/17/2011 — Occupier Brags About Urinating In Public — Video
291. Chicago, IL: 11/17/2011 — 58% Believe Violence Against Government Sometimes Necessary
292. Portland, OR: 11/18/2011 –  Ocupier Uses Infant as Human Shield — Video
293. NYC: 11/18/2011 — Mob Calls For Revolutio,n Screams “F*ck cops! F*ck police!” – Video
294. Portland, ME: 11/19/2011 — Two Occupiers Arrested for Brutal Assaults
295. Orlando, FL: 11/14/2011 — Two Occupiers Fight, One Injured By Knife
296. Pensacola, FL: 11/18/2011 — Occupier Charged With Burglary, Brought Furniture to Occupy Camp
297. NYC: 11/19/2011 — Occupier Arrested for Blocking Traffic Also Wanted in Indiana
298. Philadelphia, PA: 11/17/2011 — Occupiers Arrested During Protest
299. Seattle, WA: 11/17/2011 — Hundreds of Occupiers Snarl Traffic Around Medical Center
300. Columbia, SC: 11/16/2011 — At Least 15 Occupiers Arrested
301. Mobile, AL: 11/17/2011 — Occupier Arrested in Government Building
302. Dallas, TX: 11/2011 — Media List of Occupy Arrests, Infractions
303. Santa Cruz, CA: 11/19/2011 — County Officials Release List of 93 Acts of Lawlessness In and Around Occupy Camp 
304. Santa Cruz, CA: 11/19/2011: Occupiers Suspected of Dumping 200 Pounds of Human Feces Near Veterans Building
305. Berkeley, CA: 11/18/2011 — Woman Assaulted for Refusing to Join Occupy
306. Des Moines, IA: 11/20/2011 — Occupy Leader Arrested on Drug Charges
307. NYC: 11/20/2011 — Occupier Arrested With Handgun, Ammo
308. Eugene, OR: 11/19/2011 — Heroin Overdose at Occupy Camp
309. Seattle, WA: 11/19/2011 — 70 Occupiers Trespass on Foreclosed Home
310. Portland, ME: 11/19/2011 — Three Occupiers Charged, Including a Hammer Attack
311. NYC: 11/18/2011 — ‘Runaway Mom’ Arrested for Disorderly Conduct
312. Hartford, CT: 11/17/2011 — Occupiers Arrested for Blocking Traffic
313. Austin, TX: 11/18/2011 — Five Occupiers Arrested for Trespassing
314. Minneapolis, MN: 11/20/2011 — Occupiers Arrested for Burglary, Blocking Police Car — Video
315. Oakland, CA; 11/20/2011 — Occupiers Defy Legal Eviction, Return to Camp
316. Wash DC: 11/19/2011 — 11 Occupiers Arrested for Trespassing
317. San Francisco, CA: 11/18/2011 — Camp Declared Public Health Nuisance; Eviction Deadline Passes
318. Oakland, CA: 11/19/2011 — Occupiers Plan to Shut Down all Ports on West Coast
319. NYC: 11/19/2011 — Occupier Arrested for Forcibly Touching Woman
320. NYC: 11/21/2011 — Occupiers Pledge to Stick It to Taxpayers
321. Houston, TX: 11/22/2011 — 15 Rounds fired Into Occupy Camp, Gunmen Shot & Arrested
322. London: 11/21/2011 — Occupiers Defecate in St. Paul’s Cathedral
323. Oakland, CA: 11/21/2011 – Occupy Oakland Hosts Gay Porn Movie Shoot
324. Oakland, CA: 11/22/2011 — Domestic Terror Group, Weather Underground, Joins #Occupy
325. Columbia, SC: 11/21/2011 –  Occupiers Defy Curfew
326. NYC: 11/21/2011 — Three Occupiers Arrested After Rowdy Demonstration Outside Mayor’s Home
327. Phoenix, AZ:; 11/21/2011 — Eight Occupiers Arrested
328. Albany, NY:  11/20/2011 — 48 Occupiers Arrested
329. Pensacola, FL: 11/21/2011 — City Hall Vandalized After Occupy Protest
330. Fort Meyers, FL: 11/20/2011 — Occupier Arrested On Bomb Threat Charges – Video
331. Milwaukee, WI: 10/20/2011 — Occupier Arrested at Bank Protest – Video
332. Nationwide: 11/23/2011 — Occupiers Cost Taxpayers $13 million, So Far
333. Toronto, CN: 11/23/2011 — 8 Occupiers Arrested
334. Seattle, WA: 11/27/2011 — Armed Thief Flees Into Occupy Camp 
335. Dallas, TX: 11/25/2011 –  2 Occupiers Arrested for Throwing Red Liquid On Neiman Marcus Walls, Windows
336. Seattle, WA: 11/27/2011 — Bank Vandalized With Graffiti: ‘Revenge for Occupy Oakland’
337. Santa Cruz, CA: 11/25/2011 — Police Arrest Occupier for Heroin Use
338. Columbia, SC: 11/26/2011 — Occupy Sympathizer Threatens to Murder Governor Haley
339. Seattle, WA: 11/23/2011 –  Police: ‘Pregnant’ Occupy Protestor Tried to Lure Children
340. Augusta, ME: 11/27/2011 –  8 Occupiers Arrested for Criminal Trespass and Mischief
341. Boston, MA: 11/26/2011 — Occupier Arrested For Failing to Appear In Court For Assaultong Police Officers
342. Ottawa, CN: 11/26/2011 — Occupier Arrested, Eight Cited
343. Raleigh, NC: 11/26/2011 –  Six Arrested For Disrupting Black Friday Shoppers
344. Edmonton, CN: 11/25/2011 — Three Occupiers Arrested
345. Unknown: 11/25/2011 — Occupiers Arrested for Trespassing at Walmart on Black Friday — Video – More
346. Bloomington, IN: 11/26/2011 — Occupiers Drain Local Businesses, Attract Drug Use
347. San Diego, CA: 11/25/2011 — Report: Flash Mob Invades Walmart, Leaves 75 Full Carts – Video
348. Unknown: 11/25/2011 –  Occupiers Hand Out ‘Don’t Be a CUMsumer Whore’ Pamphlets at Walmart – Video 
349. Portland, OR: 11/28/2011 — Occupy Raided … Cops Find Machetes, Body Armor, Drugs
350. Austin, TX: 11/25/2011 — Occupier Arrested for Criminal Trespass
351. Oklahoma City, OK: 11/29/2011 — Drunken Occupiers Beat Security Guard
352. Harrisburg, PA: 11/27/2011 — Occupier Arrested at Mall
353. Del City, OK: 11/25/2011 — 10 Occupiers Arrested for Disorderly Conduct at Walmart
354. Olympia, WA: 11/28/2011 — Arrests Made After Occupiers and Other Groups Clash With Police
355. Boston, MA: 11/28/2011 — Occupier Threatens Man With Knife
356. Portland OR: 11/28/2011 – Occupier Threatens Woman With Arson – Video
357. Los Angeles, CA: 11/28/2011 –  Several Occupiers Arrested For Throwing Objects at Police
358. Wilmington, NC: 11/28/2011 — Occupier Arrested for Refusing to Obey Police
359. Tucson, AZ: 11/28/2011 — Two Occupiers Arrested
360. Olympia, WA: 11/29/2011 — 4 Arrests, Occupier Bites Police Officer’s Arm
361. Dayton, OH: 11/29/2011 — Occupiers Rage at Target Shoppers –  Video
362. Los Angeles, CA: 11/30/2011 — Hundreds of Occupiers Arrested
363. Philadelphia, PA: 11/30/2011 — 50 Occupiers Arrested
364. Tucson, AZ: 11/30/2011 — Occupiers Arrested For Assaulting Police Officer, Graffiti
365. Frontenac, MO: 11/30/2011 – Occupiers Vandalize  Subdivision Sign
366. Monterey, CA: 11/30/2011 – Occupiers Smacks Citizen Journalist – Video
367. Los Angeles, CA: 11/30/2011 — Police Required to Wear Hazmat Suits During Camp Clean Up, Human Waste Stored for Some Reason
368. Charlottesville, VA: 12/1/2011 — Several Protesters Arrested, One Nude
369. Eureka, CA: 11/30/2011 — Occupier Arrested, 11 Detained
370. Bloomington, IN: 12/1/2011 — Five Occupiers Arrested
371. Riverside, CA: 11/30/2011 — Occupier Arrested
372. Philadelphia, PA: 11/30/2011 — Robber Claims To Be Part of Occupy Movement
373. Tampa, FL: 12/2/2012 — 29 Occupiers Arrested
374. Boston, MA: 12/1/2011 — Three Occupiers Arrested
375. NYC: 12/1/2012 — 10 Occupiers Arrested
376. Denton, TX: 12/4/2010 — Man Found Dead at Occupy Camp
377. Wash DC: 12/4/2010: Occupiers Refuse to Remove Illegal Structure, 31 Arrested
378. Hartford, CT: 12/3/2011 — Sexual Assault Victim Covers Up Crime
379. Seattle, WA: 12/3/2011 – 16 Occupiers Arrested After Building Break-in
380. Seattle, WA: 12/2/2011 — Occupy Sympathizers Assault Anti-Occupy Protester
381. Portland, ME: 12/1/2011 — Occupier Already Facing Assault Charge, Charged With Threatening … More.
382. Seattle, WA: 12/3/2011 — Occupiers Spit on Police
383. Las Vegas, NV: 11/17/2011 — 21 Occupiers Arrested for Blocking Traffic
384. Olympia, WA: 12/2/2011 — Two Arrests at Camp, Robbery and Assault On Police Officer
385. Salt Lake City, UT: 11/10/2011 — Police Break up Fight Involving 30 Occupiers
386. Santa Cruz, CA: 12/2/2011 — 20 to 30 Occuppiers Break Into Building
387. Boston, MA: 12/4/2010 — Knife-wielding Occupier Arrested
388. NYC: 12/4/2011 — Three Occupiers Arrested
389. Nashville, TN: 12/4/2011 — Occupiers Arrested for Trespassing
390. NYC: 12/3/2011 — ‘Troubled’ Occupier Has Now Been Arrested 6 Times
391. Augusta, ME: 12/4/2011 — Occupier Arrested for Threatening Resident with Sledgehammer
392. Ft. Meyers, FL: 12/2/2011 — Occupiers Shut Down Preschool
393. Portland, ME: 11/30/2011 — Occupiers Cause $86k In Damage to Parks
394. Los Angeles, CA: 12/3/2011 — Undercover Police Report Occupiers Prepared Weapons
395. NYC: 12/1/2011 — Occupy Causes Small Business to Lay Off 25% of Staff, May Close 
396. Santa Cruz, CA: 12/4/2011 — Two Arrested for Beating Photographer
397. Santa Cruz, CA: 12/5/2011 — Two Arrested for Trespassing
398. San Diego, CA: 12/5/2011 — Nine Arrested: Resisting Arrest, Vandalism
399. Boston, MA: 12/5/2011 — Woman Stabbed at Occupy Camp
400. Eugene, OR: 12/5/2011 — Occupiers Cost Taxpayers $100k
401. Nashville, TN: 12/4/2011 — Four Occupiers Arrested
402. Portland, OR: 12/4/2011 — Several Occupiers Arrested
403. Orlando, FL: 12/5/2011 — Several Occupiers Arrested
404. Tulsa, OK: 12/9/2011 — Occuppiers Rally in Support of Accused Murderer
405. San Francisco, CA: 12/8/2011 — Occupiers Clash with Police, 70+ Arrested
406. Orlando, FL: 12/5/2011 – 5 Occupiers Arrested
407. Wash DC: 12/8/2011 — 70 Occupiers Arrested In Protest, Block Traffic for Hours
408. Des Moines, IA: 12/7/2011 — Occupiers Steal From Evicted Man
409. Dayton, OH: 12/8/2011 – 5 Occupiers Arrested for Trespassing
410. Tucson, AZ: 12/6/2011 — 5 Occupiers Arrested for Fighting
411. Darien, CT: 12/6/2011 — Occupy Organizer Arrested for Blocking Traffic While Drunk
412. Hartford, CT: 12/6/2011 — Occupier Arrested
413. Newark, NJ: 12/9/2011 — SEIU Local President Complains Occupy Offered Son Drugs
414. Orlando, FL: 12/8/2011 –  Five Occupiers Arrested
415. Sacramento, CA: 12/8/2011 — Two Dozen Occupiers Arrested
416. Santa Cruxz, CA: 1/7/2011 — Occupiers Commit $30,000 In Vandalism
417. Oakland, CA: 12/3/2011 – Occupiers Taunt, Harass Police – Video

Recently, President Obama said that the Occupiers are just like the Tea Party.

That’s a lie.

We need to keep this list updated and comprehensive. Please email whatever I might have missed and any future incidents to jnolte@breitbart.com or tweet them to @NolteNC.

One of the secret weapons the corrupt mainstream media uses in their never-ending quest to Palace Guard for the left is context. For example, when it came to the Tea Party, the MSM was notorious for amplifying a single incident (that was usually a lie) and using it to attempt to smear and define an entire movement. This is what you do when you want to quickly take out a political enemy.

The MSM’s contextual game changes, however, when their desire is to strengthen a movement and give it credibility and room to grow. By dutifully reporting individual incidents but not reporting on the growing scope and size of Occupy Wall Street lawlessness, the MSM is willfully covering up the violence, vandalism, and anti-Semitism that truly does define this movement.Moreover, by intentionally keeping the pieces of this story scattered, the MSM is allowed to have their cake and eat it too. No one can accuse them of not reporting these incidents, but by choosing not to bring the pieces together, the MSM ensures the least amount of public relations damage is done to the Occupiers.

What I’ve collected below is far from comprehensive but still shows over 75 incidents of sexual assault, violence, vandalism, anti-Semitism, extortion, perversion, and lawlessness.

The MSM could easily tell the story of how this violence-prone movement is becoming an increasing threat to our society. After all, my research below is the result of nothing more than Twitter and Google. Among others, The New York Times, Washington Post, Politico, and the LA Times have willfully chosen not to use the resources at their disposal to give the public an honest look at this growing menace. In their partisan minds, truth doesn’t trump agenda.

A few notes on the list below. Whenever possible, I traced the incident back to the original news source. I was as careful as possible when it came to duplicate postings, though I would guess there are a few in here. There are also less than five examples that don’t involve what I would qualify as outright lawlessness but do help to expose the Occupiers for who and what they really are. Finally, and this is the most important way in which the list is imperfect, I most certainly wasn’t able to document everything. A perfect list would be much more alarming than the one I slapped together in just a few hours.

What is true is that on October 18, pollster Doug Schoen (a Democrat!) discovered that a full 31% of Occupiers were willing to commit violence in pursuit of their agenda, whatever that is. As a response to this startling and frightening admission, the MSM either outright ignored or dismissed it. What you’ll see below proves that at least when it comes to their willingness to break the law, the Occupiers are keeping their word.

The list is in no particular order. Like the Occupiers themselves, it’s unruly, disorganized, messy and not focused solely on the nation’s media centers. The movement is spreading across America and bringing with it their outrageous and appalling behavior.

On top of everything else, imagine the drain all this lawlessness has on law enforcement resources. My list doesn’t even include the collateral damage. Thanks to Occupy Wall Street’s drain on police personnel, shootings increased 154% in New York alone. What is it in Chicago, Seattle, Boston, Oakland, and Cleveland?

Just last week Vice President Joe Biden was all freaked out about the possibility of crime rates increasing if Congress didn’t pass Obama’s Son of Stimulus. Well, that premise was based on a lie, but the same White House trying to sell that bill of bull isn’t at all concerned with the very real increase in crime caused by the Occupiers they encourage.

Please keep the tips coming. Email me at jnolte@breitbart.com.

Lech Walesa, former president of Poland, champion in the fight against communism, and winner of the Liberty Medal and Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1989, has decided to not make a trip to New York in support of the Occupy Wall Street protests.

Last week the AP reported that Walesa was backing the Occupy “movement” and considered traveling to New York in support of the growing nationwide mob activity that currently plagues the United States. However, when former Illinois gubernatorial candidate Adam Andrzejewski, (For the Good of Illinois)  found out about this, he quickly reached out to his contacts in Poland to alert the former president to the truth behind this radical movement.

“We made the point that the political themes of Occupy Wall Street may have started out with some of the principles that we share, but OWS themes were rapidly being morphed into anti-freedom and anti-liberty messages.  At the core is the want for a big, powerful central government to dominate the lives of individual citizens.” -Andrzejewski

In his write-up last night at BigGovernment.com, Andrzejewski stated that with the help of BigGoverment and other sources, he was able to convey an accurate picture of the Occupy movement, particularly that it is “…organized by anarchists, Code Pink, the American Communist movement, jihadists, anti-Israel, socialist, and anti- free enterprise interests.” After reviewing this information about the true nature of the demonstrations, Walesa and his team withdrew their support and will not be attending any Occupy protests.

(more…)

Hmm.

An occupy protest.

Right-wing provocateur Andrew Breitbart and his associates have helped lead the charge against Occupy Oakland, highlighting unflattering local news reports to cast the occupation as a “rat-infested squalor with complaints of vandalism, public urination, sexual harassment, and sex in public.” Breitbart alleged that a female TV newscaster was told by an occupier suspicious of the media that “we shoot white bitches like you around here.” Blogger John Sexton pointed to an Oakland Tribune report of one man putting a substitute teacher in a chokehold and another wielding a large knife who had to be subdued with a board to the head. Others jumped on reports of complaints from the city about a rat problem. Occupy Oakland, Sexton declared, had descended into a real-life “Lord of the Flies.”

While there is truth to many of these reports, the reality of Occupy Oakland is less bleak.

Less bleak?

Teacher Choked, Women Attacked at #OccupyOakland: It’s ‘Lord of the Flies’ Among Anarchists, Drug Dealers.

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Andrew Breitbart at Big Government:

In keeping with the new media notion of crowdsourcing–enthusiastically embraced by the mainstream media when trawling through Sarah Palin’s emails–Big Government will be providing readers later today with links to a document drop consisting of thousands of emails.

The email archive, created by a private cyber security researcher, appears to contain messages shared by the left’s anarcho-socialist activists during the strategic and daily tactical planning of the “Occupy Wall Street” and broader “Occupy” campaign this fall.

Big Government received a tip about the existence of the archive, and we were able to contact the individual who compiled and posted it. He will describe the archive, and how he obtained the emails, later this morning exclusively on Big Government.

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THR:

A “Millionaires March” Tuesday is scheduled to visit the homes of five of the city’s wealthiest residents to protest the December expiration of a tax on the Big Apple’s richest individuals.

NEW YORK – Occupy Wall Street protesters are planning what is dubbed a “Millionaires March” Tuesday to visit Manhattan apartment buildings housing such millionaires as News Corp. chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch, the Daily News reported.

Kanye West Visits Occupy Wall Street ProtestsOccupy Wall Street: Hollywood Continues to Weigh In on the ProtestsThe march is set to visit the homes of five of the city’s wealthiest residents, such as Murdoch, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon and billionaire David Koch, according to the paper.

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The liberal media has constantly found new ways to put down the tea party movement.  First came the sexual slurs; we were “tea baggers.” Then we were racists, we were stupid, and finally, we were stubborn extremists whose only wish was to close down the government and/or remove Barack Obama from office.

The media’s latest slander of the tea party puts all of the others to shame. They are calling the left-wing “Occupy Wall Street” protests in New York a “liberal tea party.”  Ladies and gentlemen, I know the tea party; I have been to some of their rallies, and some local groups’ leaders are friends of mine. It is with 100% certainty I can report that the only similarity between the tea party movement and the Occupy Wall Street protests is they are both comprised of Homo sapiens.

That doesn’t stop the liberal media, though. Take NBC News, for example; on Saturday night’s evening news program, correspondent Michelle Franzen quoted Columbia University’s Dorian Warren, who asserted the Wall Street protests were “a liberal version of the tea party.” He added, “I think this could potentially carry over into the 2012 elections and get people to the polls.”

On Sunday’s ”Meet the Press,” host David Gregory, speaking with Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne about the movement, mentioned, “your column out tomorrow talks about the equivalent tea party movement on the left [emphasis mine].” (more…)

When CBS 2 News producer Ed Marshall interviewed Republican Senatorial candidate Mark Kirk on May 3, 2010, he revealed his bias in the race that pits Kirk against Democrat Alexi Giannoulias, Illinois Secretary of the Treasury, whose family bank, Broadway Bank, recently went bust.

WLS radio in Chicago noted the exchange between Marshall and Kirk and thought it odd. First, here’s a transcript of Marshall’s comment to Kirk that caught WLS’s attention:

Marshall: “Channel 2’s made a decision. We’re really not going to cover the Senate race if it consistently, only in your terms, is about Broadway Bank. The bank’s been taken over by the government, Alexi’s been pilloried. Tell me: what is your campaign going forward? What are the issues that you are going to tell the voters why they should vote for you?”

Now listen to the WLS’s on-air comments about Marshall’s question here, as a Windy City media mini-fire storm broke out between the two news outlets. (more…)

I kid you not. Fantasy baseball invented what Warren Buffet calls “financial weapons of mass destruction” – synthetic derivatives.

As we all know fantasy sports provide an answer to the age-old puzzle:  I’m getting older. I can’t play any sport too well anymore, and never really could. But I think I’m smart enough to manage a professional team. The problem, of course, is not my prodigious talents. Rather it is the supply of major league baseball teams – there are only 30.  Due to reasons beyond my control (connections, not talent) I’m not likely to get my chance. So for six months of the year I have to watch some jerk manage my favorite team.

Along comes fantasy baseball and it solves the supply problem. It creates an unlimited number of teams to be managed. I now can let it rip. Also, it allows me to gamble, yet another activity that goes hand in glove with sports.

We didn’t know it at the time, but your favorite pastime – rotisserie baseball – provided the perfect model for Wall Street. It solved their supply problem. It solved it so well that it nearly took down the world economy. (more…)

A major provision of the “Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002″, aka McCain-Feingold, was largely dismissed by the Supreme Court on January 21, 2010. President Obama’s reaction was swift and almost comically over the top.

With its ruling today, the Supreme Court has given a green light to a new stampede of special interest money in our politics. It is a major victory for big oil, Wall Street banks, health insurance companies and the other powerful interests that marshal their power every day in Washington to drown out the voices of everyday Americans. This ruling gives the special interests and their lobbyists even more power in Washington–while undermining the influence of average Americans who make small contributions to support their preferred candidates. That’s why I am instructing my Administration to get to work immediately with Congress on this issue. We are going to talk with bipartisan Congressional leaders to develop a forceful response to this decision. The public interest requires nothing less.

Uh-oh! Whenever they use the term “bipartisan” you know they’re trying to sucker us. It’s become as transparent as their disingenuous names for bills like the so called “Stimulus” which was supposed to fund “shovel ready jobs” and instead went to non-existent zip codes. Our unemployment rate went up dramatically.

But why is Obama so upset about the decision? He’s upset by unions and special interests donating large sums of money to candidates? This is the president who took $60 million from SEIU members and was visited by its head, Andy Stern, more than any other person last year. Obama’s “outrage” deserves a closer look. (more…)

The Chicago media is having trouble picking a winner out of the line-up of likely suspects for the Machine’s chosen candidate for Barack Obama’s old, hardly even used U.S. Senate seat.  The dragnet doesn’t include anyone with an impressive rap sheet of accomplishments. So what’s up? Is the Machine sputtering?

The Illinois primary election for U.S. Senator is February 2. Senator Roland Burris isn’t running. No money. No support. No surprise.  After what the disgraced Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s hand-picked seat warmer had to go through just to get credentialed, it’s no wonder he just wants to pack up and go home to his monuments.

And the recent victory by Scott Brown in the Massachusetts special election for the U.S. Senate certainly has put the fear of God into party hacks from sea to shining sea. So, who’s the Machine’s candidate among the leading suspects? Here’s the line-up. (more…)

I woke up this morning to an email from Gillian Reagan, the reporter who had slammed me in a hit piece for Business Insider, defending her work and mitigating her sins, while not seeing how they all added up to an obvious hit job.  Thus began a war of words that’s continued all day.  Honest journalistic enterprise or partisan attack piece?  You be the judge:

PART 1: Gillian Reagan’s email

Hi Andrew,

We’d like to respond to your post on Big Journalism. May we repost the entry onto BusinessInsider.com so we can respond?

Let us know how you’d like to work it out.

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Gillian

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PART 2: Blodget Response to My Piece

From Buisness Insider:

Our Response To Andrew Breitbart’s Allegations About Us And Our Story

Yesterday, we published a story about Andrew Breitbart’s new site, Big Journalism. The story contained numerous quotes from Breitbart, including this one, in which the right-leaning Breitbart was describing sites operated by the left-leaning Arianna Huffington:

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