#Occupy Update: iPhone and Android Apps for Activists

Here is a short but very effective list of Apps for phones that can really save you alot of toruble when attending Rallies, Conventions, and many other Security related events in your life. Esspecially ones that involve the Law...

Audioboo: This application allows you to record sound and then publish it to your Audioboo account directly from your iPhone. The application is supported by Audioboo.com where you need register for a free account. It has its own categorized community of others’ boos you can listen to, follow and favourite. In addition the site provides you with embed codes for audio players for each boo so you can embed them anywhere the code is supported.

The application comes in handy when you want to conduct a vox pop or perhaps record what is being said at a rally or in a meeting with politicians. However, it is limited by the fact that you cannot edit the audio before it is uploaded, so it is important to know what you want to ask or say before you begin. An additional limitation is that there is no way of saving the audio file to upload Audioboo application and site registration is free.


Documents 2: This application lets you use your iPhone as a storage device so you can carry documents with you. In addition to having a storage device you can download documents from your Google Documents account, through a WiFi connection or an FTP account. It’s handy when you can send emails with the necessary documents when you’re not at your desk or in front of your laptop. Not having the right documents at hand could cause a delay in distributing key information through email or even through blogs and social media.

The application however is limited by the iPhone’s capabilities. You can download a free version but it comes with advertisements, which are not overly annoying.


Flickr (or Photobucket): Sharing your photos through Facebook and Twitter is great but it probably isn’t reaching your entire network; or even the widest possible audience. Using applications like the one from Flickr to upload photos to your account can help increase the visibility of your photo(s). The application gives you the option of adding a title, description, tags and assign pictures to albums; as well as the picture size. There is the option to upload multiple pictures. The interface is simple to use however, it can be confusing as to how you upload a picture the first time you try.

The application is free but requires a Flickr account, which is also free. If you’re using Yahoo!7 mail or have an account then you’re ready to go.

Photobucket is another photo sharing and networking site. It’s application is sophisticated and easy to use, with options to add a title, description, tags and assign pictures to albums. Like the Flickr application, you need to have a Photobucket account to use the application. It’s free to download and to register a Photobucket account.


Qik Video: lets you record video using the iPhone's camera. It's also possible tostream the video live to the Internet.

There are a range of video modes to select from before shooting your video. For example youshoot video in sepia, black and white or with frost, among others. The application alsoincludes zoom and light-balance functionalities. It's an easy-to-understand and easy-to-useapplication.You can connect the application with your Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter accounts to helptell all your followers about the video.

This application is great for activists while they're out attending a rally or demonstration. Itcan also be a great tool to interview different people involved with the campaign to add toyour blog or share with friends on Facebook and Twitter; including in real time, as it'shappening.


PhotoShop Express: This application is a god-send. Having looked at a large range of photo-editing applications, this is by far the best one. There will be those that argue thatInstagram is the better application, I find the fact that membership to a site not be necessary to be a major advantage.

PhotoShop Express is from those wonderful folk at PhotoShop. The application is a very simple, cut-down version of the PhotoShop. It gives you a limited range of functionality butit does deliver is powerful and effective.

The application also allows you share your edited pictures with your online social networks.There are no limitations on the number of pictures you can edit and it is free to download.


Bambuser: is a popular app already used by many Middle Eastern activists.

The sheer power of Bambuser came to light when Egyptian activist Tarek Shalaby was arrested during a protest outside the Israeli embassy in Cairo. In the harrowing recording, which streamed live at the time of his arrest, you can clearly hear Egyptian security forces attacking protesters.

In addition to live streaming video, you can automatically connect the service to your social networks, sending a notification to Facebook, Twitter and 10 other sites, that you’re video is live.

Bambuser is available as a free download and is compatible with over 260 phone models, including all iPhone models, Nokia phones and a wide variety of Android phones.


AndroidLost: Activists in the Middle East face a serious risk of being arrested by governmental security forces. Their smartphones, while an essential weapon in protests, can easily become a weapon used against them when detained. One way in which activists can protect themselves, and their contacts’ identities, is by wiping their phones and restoring them to factory settings.

AndroidLost is available as a free download from the Android Market. After you’ve installed and activated the app on your phone, you can log into the web interface where you can remotely control your phone.

You can share your log-in information with a trusted friend, or under Security you can add their phone number so they can SMS commands to your phone, which will come in handy if WiFi or data has been disabled. You can also enter a passcode to lock your phone, and most importantly if you have sensitive data on your phone, you can wipe the SD card or reset the phone to factory settings.

#OCCUPY NYC Jesse LaGreca at it again

Interview with Jesse LaGreca, freelance writer for the Daily Kos under the name MinistryOfTruth, at the Oct. 5th Solidarity March with Occupy Wall Street. Jesse's interview with a FOX News Reporter has been exploding on the internet...but for some reason FOX never aired it. Hmmmmmm.

The attack on Women, Unions, Pell Grants, Green Energy, and Public Radio. Again.

So this is the current Big Plan from the Right aka Cheap Labor Regressives...

The bill stipulates that no more federal money could be spent on the government’s main family planning program, Title X of the Public Health Service Act, established more than 40 years ago. The program provides services to more than five million people a year at more than 4,500 clinics.


On education, the House bill would maintain the maximum Pell grant at $5,550 but restrict eligibility, barring grants to students who attend college less than half time.


Terry W. Hartle, senior vice president of the American Council on Education, which represents 1,600 colleges and universities, estimated that the bill would eliminate Pell grants for a million students, or roughly 10 percent of those now eligible, while reducing the cost of the program by $3.5 billion, also 10 percent.


Since many states have increased tuition at public colleges, Mr. Hartle said, the bill would mean that “low- and middle-income families will face higher college costs with less student aid.”


With the bill, House Republicans try again, for the third time this year, to cut off federal money for NPR, the public radio network.

The House bill would also block numerous rules intended to protect workers. For example, the National Labor Relations Board could not use any money to enforce a new requirement that employers notify workers of their rights to form and join unions.


The House bill would also eliminate money for a Labor Department program that trains workers for “green jobs” in energy-efficient industries. It would virtually shut down a Labor Department office that helps communities hurt by the downturn in the auto industry.

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Pastor has gay sone beat up by church members

All i can say is 'God Damn!'

No one would be surprised to learn that there are right-wing Christians in this country who disapprove of homosexuality. Neither would it come as a surprise that in rural parts of this country, Christianity and homosexuality when brought together, can create a highly combustible mix.


But who could imagine the hate and rage that would motivate a Pastor to instruct deacons and members of his congregation, Grace Fellowship Church in Fruitland, TN. to physically attack a couple arriving in the church parking lot last Wednesday?


The fact that one of the gay men attacked happened to be the Pastor’s own son, Jerry Pittman, Jr., no doubt contributed to Pittman senior’s noxious edict. According to Pittman Jr., after hearing his Dad yell, “SICK’EM!:”


“My uncle and two other deacons came over to the car per my dad’s request. My uncle smashed me in the door as the other deacon knocked my boyfriend back so he couldn’t help me, punching him in his face and his chest. The other deacon came and hit me through my car window in my back.”




The attackers also verbally assaulted the couple continually with anti-gay verbiage which continued even after a Sheriff’s Deputy arrived on the scene. Bystanders and other congregants made no effort to stop the assault. For that matter, neither did the Deputy Sheriff. Once the barrage of punches ended, the Deputy refused to let the two victims press charges.

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Video Roundup of Tea Party Dupes vs Real Protests

Do they really think that if the side with their corporate masters and throw the poor and disabled into the streets to die that the rich will reward them with a better life? Do they really think the rich intend to share? They will just be the next in line to be cast aside...



And Im sure most of these Tea Party people go to church too, so what the hell are they harassing sick people for? Do you think they wold have screamed at Michael J Fox?



WOW!



Thugs will do anything for their Corporate Masters... But that doesnt mean we wont gather ourselves no matter how much the rich send thier jackboots to attack us...



David and Charles Koch are lifelong libertarian billionaires who have donated millions of dollars and funded many right-wing conservative causes, including the Tea Party. Editor for The Exiled, Yasha Levine, first broke the connection between the Tea Party and the billionaire Koch brothers in Playboy.com in February 2009.





At least the 'Angry Liberal' crowd knows who is really responsible for whats happening in America today. Instead of standing in the streets harrassing and yelling at sick people.

Total chaos on the streets on NYC

POLICE VANDALIZE CITIZEN PROPERTY

So what we have is a devestated populace, loosing homes to Wall Street and the Banking Industries because of the Housing Bubble. So tent cities have been poping up all over America for over a year now... So basically the current #OCCUPY Movements all across America are really just a smooth PR move on the part of the people to re-label the tent cities a 'Protest', which is pretty smart. But of course the Mayors and Police everywhere dont know how to defend the people from the Banks, so they attack the symptoms instead...

Strong Language. Viewer Discretion Advised


Police and maybe fire dept. employees destroy tents belonging to homeless people. They cut the tops off the tents with box cutters. The homeless and their advocates claim the police are acting under direct orders from the Mayor.


I guess destroying someones personal property, when you are a cop, isn’t illegal in Amerika…

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Also check this out if your in the Florida Area...

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UPDATE

This happened in Grand Junction, Colorado, though the cops in question were fired for thier actions...

The police were searching for a man they wanted to question about the theft of some copper wiring. They were dispatched to "The Point," a bushy sliver of land between the Gunnison and Colorado Rivers. The three men say they shouted and got no answer, so they entered the camp with guns drawn. Then they took turns covering each other while they looked in the tents. They also "disabled" two bikes by slashing the tires so the "suspect did not flee."


In their own defense, the officers say they've cleared homeless camps the same way in the past with the support of the department, something the chief denies. It appears that in the past, residents were given notice that the camp would be dismantled.


In the letter of termination for the officers, Chief Camper writes, "Frankly, I'm at a loss ... as to how the three of you could even try to justify entry into a tent using the zippered door, let alone cutting a window through the side or the top without the benefit of a search warrant, arrest warrant or the owner's consent, which would have allowed you to do it legally."


In other words: use common sense and respect the homes of others, even if they're made of nylon.

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Moore on MSNBC from #OCCUPY Wall Street

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I love O'Donnel is saying at the begining of the video about how younge people need to be able to seek steady empolyment so that we can continue to support our elderly going into the Social Security System. Although it does occur to me that many of those same elderly are the middle aged Conservatives that are trying to dismantle the Social Security System right now. How dumb can you get anyway???

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Occupy Wall Street: NYPD/DA to investigate Bologna, now Security Guard

The investigations were announced after bloggers and activists drew attention to video posted online which showed that Bologna fired pepper spray on two occasions last Saturday as officers broke up a protest march through Greenwich Village.


The first footage shows him targeting a group of female protesters who were being penned in by officers on East 12th Street. The latest video shows another incident on the same street, shortly after the first, when he fired more pepper spray towards at least one of the same women, after they were recovering from the first incident.


On both occasions, the officer appears to have violated New York Police Department guidance on how the gas should be used.


In response to the Guardian's appeal to readers to help us reconstruct Saturday's events on East 12th Street, one protester wrote to say that she was sprayed with gas by the officer both times.

Officer Bologna has reportedly received death threats after his personal information was published by hacktivist group Anonymous. In response, the force has assigned Bologna a security detail.

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Intolerant Bigotry and crazy Pseudo-Religious nuttiness roundup

San Diego, California devout Catholic and local businessman John Sanfilippo died last week from complications due to emphysema. Sanfilippo, who left a large sum in his will to his church, had made arrangements for his funeral to be held at Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Church in Little Italy, where he had attended for decades.


This weekend Sanfilippo’s partner of 28 years and his family were informed by the church that they had cancelled his funeral service because he was gay. No uncertain terms or minced words here – Just straight up because he was gay.


This is only the second incident ever of a Catholic church refusing to hold a previously planned funeral for a homosexual parishioner in our country. The first, the funeral of John McCusker in 2005, also occurred in the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego.

OK, so not even DEAD gay people are welcome??? Thats a bit much isnt it? Wait, look who im taking about...

Christopher Jarvis is headed to jail for a long, long time after being arrested for possessing over 4,000 images of children being sexually abused on his home computer and work laptop.


The laptop in question was provided to him to aid in his duties as a Catholic Church Child Protection Chief. Yes, the guy in charge of keeping kids safe from sexual abuse in the Catholic Church is going to jail for making, ­possessing and distributing child pornography.

Here is where we were going to post a video of Jon Hagee spouting something nutty about Harry Potter & Lesbians asprin-raping Christmas, whatever that means... but you will be spared from that bullshit by this Copyright take down notice, which seems to be the ultimate tool for censorship these days. If you dont like someone commenting on your public statements you can always send out frivolous take down notices and vioulate other peoples free speech rights willy-nilly...

"No disrespect to our Native American friends, but this is where you hang a bloody scalp over the gallery rail. You hang these four Republican scalps over the Senate rail and every other Republican senator looks up and sees those scalps and says, ‘my gosh, I’ll be hanging up there beside them if I don’t stay with this pro-family stuff.’ And that’s exactly what has to happen.


See? The Bible is so good about helping us know how to vote."


-Pastor David Barton

Notice he doesnt want to offend Native Americans while he is reminding everyone of Native American genocide, and while intentionally trying to offend every sane person on Earth...

And so we will leave you with this message...

Gay Suicide Teen UPDATE: 3 charged with hate crimes!

Finally some Justice!

Just days after word spread that the bullies who had harassed and threatened Jamey Rodemeyer to death chanted “We’re glad you’re dead” during a dedication to him at the Williamsville High School’s homecoming dance, Amherst police have announced that they plan to charge at least three teens with hate crimes.


At least four lives will be absolutely destroyed by this ugly incident. Jamey’s tormentors will have plenty of time behind bars to contemplate whether or not bullying their classmate to death, and throwing their own lives away, was worth it.

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Anonymous: Occupy The Planet

National Cancer Institute declares Cannibis Anti-Tumor cure

Maybe this will have a positive effect on the legalization of Industrial Hemp at some point, then we can escape from unsustainable fossil fuels, and the perpetual war-state we are living in...

...AND save every state in the country 1/8th of the tax dollars its spending on the prison populations!

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The Hypocrisy runs Deep when Americans Protest

I guess we are supposed to sleep well tonight knowing the cops are locking up hippies while the psychotic machine gun owners are running loose, but i just dont buy it...

From: Breitbart on Liberals: 'We Have the Guns'
'We outnumber them' in hypothetical war, says blogger

Liberals may talk tough, but if there were a war between left and right, “they cannot win,” says Andrew Breitbart: “We outnumber them in this country, and we have the guns,” the conservative blogger told Tea Partiers. After the crowd laughed, he said, “I’m not kidding,” Mediaite reports. “They talk a mean game, but they will not cross that line because they know what they’re dealing with,” Breitbart noted at an event in Lexington, Mass.


Breitbart said his opponents are “vicious, there are death threats, and everything,” and when he’s “not thinking as clearly as I should,” he thinks, “fire the first shot.” Liberals “are the bullies on the playground, and they’re starting to realize, what if we were to fight back, what if we were to slap back?” he asked the enthusiastic crowd.

Tea Party...

Occupy Wall Street...

Tea Party...

Occupy Wall Street...

Tea Party...

Water the tree of Liberty, get it? Now try to imagine tons of young angry progressive kids with guns descending upon Wall street with signs covered in death threats...

The difference is these young people are standing up for the rest of the country against Corporate Bankers with justice in their hearts, while the Tea Baggers are standing up for the Corporate Bankers with racism in their hearts...

United/Continental pilots on Rector and Trinity streets, on Wall Street to protest an ongoing labor dispute. Not related to #occupywallstreet, as they had planned this well in advance.

I cant even begin to agree with the Photographer on this point at all... How are the issues they are protesting here NOT related to the Occupy Wall Street movement??? You cant seperate these issues and you cant seperate the Protests.

The only Difference i see is how the cops deal with some protesters who wear Business Suit/Uniforms and what they do with the rest of us...

And yeah thats Deputy Bologna again, straight up choking that woman...

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#OCCYPY Wall Street Vs Kent State Massacre

THANKS BULE GAL!

Cyebr Bullies chant "Glad You're Dead" right after Wake

"It’s fair to say that Jamey Rodemeyer has become somewhat of a household name in the aftermath of his suicide last week, just months after the gay teen made an It Gets Better video. Lady Gaga and President Obama met this weekend to discuss an anti-bullying law that would make the endless harassment that led to his death a felony hate crime.

And it’s a good thing, because it sickens us to share what Jamey’s bullies have been up to since his death.

There are no words to describe how despicably this story continues to play out.

Our deepest condolences go out to Jamey’s family, friends and loved ones. We’re so, so, so sorry for your loss and the torment you continue to endure."

- KEVIN FARRELL

The parents of 14-year-old Jamey Rodemeyer, who was found dead at their home on Sept. 18, indicated in an exclusive interview with TODAY’s Ann Curry on Tuesday that their daughter endured further taunts at a school function immediately after Jamey’s wake. At a homecoming dance she attended shortly after her brother’s death, a potentially poignant moment turned ugly after a song by Lady Gaga, Jamey’s favorite artist, who recently dedicated a song at a concert in his memory.


“She was having a great time, and all of a sudden a Lady Gaga song came on, and they all started chanting for Jamey, all of his friends,’’ Jamey’s mother, Tracy, told Curry. “Then the bullies that put him into this situation started chanting, ‘You’re better off dead!’ and ‘We’re glad you’re dead!’ and things like that.


“My daughter came home all upset. It was supposed to be a time for her to grieve and have fun with her friends, and it turned into bullying even after he’s gone.’’


“I can’t grasp it in my mind,’’ said Tim Rodemeyer, Jamey’s father. “ I don’t know why anyone would do that. They have no heart, that’s basically what it comes down to.’’

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Occupy Wall Street: Deputy Bologna, Civil Rights Abuser since 2004 RNC

So this cop has already gotten away with this kind of thing before at the RNC in 2004, is he going to get away with it again? We should not stop until he has been fired. What I wonder is how many times this damn cop has gotten away with doing this kind of stuff and was not reported at all?

The Guardian confirmed that the officer is Anthony Bologna, who was also accused of civil rights abuses and false arrest during the 2004 Republican National Convention in New York City.


Photographs of the officer's badge also suggested that Bologna was the person in question.


A file released by the hacker group Anonymous pointed to a 2007 civil rights suit filed against Bologna.

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Story from the Streets here:

The peaceful Occupy Wall Street protest march turned violent as the NYPD corralled and pepper sprayed the participants. Mass arrests were made and loaded onto a NYC bus further locking traffic. The protest march took a route from Zuccotti Park to Union Square on East 14th Street. The protesters were marching back to Zuccotti Park when the NYPD turned violent. Hitting, arresting and forcing protesters into a small area. At that point a NYPD supervisor yelled shut up to one of the protesters and shot pepper spray into her eyes point blank range and hitting a half dozen protesters (including 3 police officers) when they had nowhere to go. The same supervising officer was seen (photographed) laughing after the arrests while looking at his text messages.

MORE PHOTOS AND STORY HERE