also the high frequency trading really has little to do with the fact that your pension or 401(k) is invested in gold or chinese stocks. They are invested there because that's where the money is, that's all. It's macroeconomics manifesting itself. With monetary policy and current economic conditions that's what they have to do to generate returns.

Otherwise there is a revolt by "the little guy" in the company, and the plan administrators get fired. The managers of the companies/government agencies themselves don't want to deal with this shit at all; that's why they hired Fidelity or TIAA-CREF or whatever. If you are not in only index funds, somebody somewhere is putting your money into that kind of shit whether you know it.

10/14/2011 1:21:13 AM

Quote :

"my life is shit and i love it i have no insurance and cancer and a lot of other bad stuff and i have no way to rectify the situation despite working 72 hours a week, it's awesome i am the 53%, god bless"

Sounds like this person needs to start cooking meth... something something... gus dies.

10/14/2011 3:36:35 AM

10/14/2011 6:11:22 AM

bongo playing hippie

10/14/2011 6:45:03 AM

Quote :

" it all goes back to george soros. and he's playing you all like a fiddle. it's fun to watch."

bahaha says the guy buying glen beck's narratives

something tells me the sum total of your piece of shit white trash family wouldn't even pop up on the radar of a truly successful, rich person in this country

sorry

and they truly view you as the idiot duking it out in their corner, pathetically hoping to be counted among the tru(tm) capitalists. People like you are fucking hilarious. Just ducking in to remind you that the upper crust sees you as the trash you are.

[Edited on October 14, 2011 at 7:31 AM. Reason : .]

10/14/2011 7:30:53 AM

Quote :

"Sounds like this person needs to start cooking meth... something something... gus dies."

hahahaha

10/14/2011 9:01:02 AM

protesters mopped, collected trash and scrubbed the pavement in the dead of the night as the Friday deadline neared for them to leave the premises for a cleanup.

"We're extremely excited.This is an example of what people power can do,"

lol

10/14/2011 10:26:01 AM

Hey good on them. I hate when there's some sort of protest in DC the amount of trash that's left afterward. Pack in, pack out people!

10/14/2011 10:27:15 AM

Quote :

"f your piece of shit white trash family "

that hurt.

10/14/2011 10:28:39 AM

alright so who's going?

10/14/2011 8:33:02 PM

Post pix if you go!

10/14/2011 8:39:16 PM

updates?

10/15/2011 5:26:37 PM

anyone know anyone that got arrested?

10/16/2011 10:26:01 AM

I was walking by to go to dinner when I saw someone get thrown in the police van. The guy had a little grin on his face because he knew he was going to get tons of hippy ass after he got out of jail.

I had the shrimp and grits at busy bee. Very appetizing.

10/16/2011 11:02:40 AM

http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=news/local&id=8392512

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"Occupy Wall Street event begins in Raleigh RALEIGH (WTVD) -- After almost a month, the occupation of Wall Street has become quite a spectacle. On Saturday, that spectacle reached North Carolina, as Occupy Raleigh launched its first major protest at the State Capitol. By early afternoon, a group estimated at more than 500 people had gathered at and around the State Capitol. About 100 or so broke off and led a march around 1 p.m."

10/16/2011 11:13:35 AM

Ausrufen was one of the ones arrested. I'm proud of her!

10/17/2011 1:58:46 PM

Saw some people out there during lunch. I didn't get to read any signs because I was busy driving though.

10/17/2011 2:05:04 PM

What'd the Raleigh people get arrested for?

10/17/2011 2:06:34 PM

trespassing on the Capitol Building lawn

10/17/2011 2:13:50 PM

^that...because they stayed way past their permitted time

10/17/2011 2:16:58 PM

2nd degree tresspassing is the charge. They have attorneys representing them pro bono though and money to cover court costs is being raised.

10/17/2011 2:19:16 PM

What happened to the right of people to peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances?

10/17/2011 2:22:37 PM

^nothing. protest in your bathroom. post your address here and i'll gladly spread the word about where to protest peacefully.

10/17/2011 2:24:52 PM

are their mugshots online?

10/17/2011 2:31:19 PM

The LLS fundraiser 1 mile walk was going through downtown around the time that everyone from the Occupy-Raleigh protest was being arrested. I was proud to see that the LLS fundraiser walk had about 10X more people than the occupy Raleigh "protest". Good to see that some people still have their priorities straight.

10/17/2011 2:32:10 PM

^oh god look what you've done.

incoming troll bombardment.

10/17/2011 2:33:16 PM

I walked past the Occupy Durham protest this afternoon. It consisted of 5 hippies and a tent

10/17/2011 3:45:22 PM

At least they don't have to worry about being robbed.











Because they are unemployed and I'll assume in debt with no money.

10/17/2011 3:59:26 PM

Durham thugs probably just think they're homeless drug addicts.

10/17/2011 5:07:22 PM

I was in Vegas this past weekend. They only things being occupied with alcohol and slots.

10/17/2011 5:37:07 PM

I could see Occupy Durham... but what the hell are Raleigh people going to protest? Their HOAs are too high? One of their 12 kids didnt make the "community swim team" ?

10/17/2011 5:38:44 PM

10/17/2011 5:40:41 PM

yea, no stereotypes of any kind in this thread.

10/18/2011 1:49:29 PM

Who is out there?

Who is heading out there?

10/18/2011 4:57:19 PM

overheard from some dude at baja burrito:

Quote :

"it started with 3 people Saturday night, then 10 Sunday night, then 20 last night...we're negotiating with the city on how much of the sidewalk we can use and what we can have out there"

10/18/2011 5:01:13 PM

There were a lot of people out there saturday during the day, but its lack of the ability to get a supply system going and the pressure from the police to not sit or sleep or stock things thats driving numbers low, but the people are doing an execellent job of organizing and it does appear to be growing there were more people out there at 6 this morning than were there sunday at 11pm

10/18/2011 5:18:31 PM

I am only participating if the occupy thing is in the middle of the food truck event.

10/18/2011 5:45:28 PM

You're in luck because Thursday it will be.

10/18/2011 6:17:46 PM

Well that didnt last long:

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"@OccupyRalNeeds: We need bodies. Alert! Raleigh has one occupant!"

10/23/2011 12:13:01 PM

^"It's kind of cold."
"Doesn't the State Fair end today?"
"Oh shit I never went."
"Yeah let's go. Fuck this."

10/23/2011 4:41:09 PM

I went by their yesterday on the way to the Zombie Walk. Their were probably about 15 people there lol.

10/23/2011 7:03:57 PM

1 out of 3 ain't bad

10/23/2011 8:08:12 PM

Getting ready to ------> Occupy Da Shitter



[Edited on October 23, 2011 at 8:57 PM. Reason : w]

10/23/2011 8:55:40 PM

Quote :

"EIGHT OCCUPY RALEIGH PROTESTERS ARRESTED Eight Occupy Raleigh Protesters Arrested By CHARLES C. DUNCAN PARDO Raleigh police officers arrested eight Occupy Raleigh protestors Thursday for refusing to stand at their encampment on Morgan Street in front of the old State Capitol Building."

http://www.raleighpublicrecord.org/ocp/2011/10/27/eight-occupy-raleigh-protesters-arrested/

10/28/2011 12:56:54 AM

the arrests were made by the State Capitol Police

RPD formed a human wall around the sitters while it happened though

10/28/2011 7:36:33 AM

A homeless camp now.

11/3/2011 1:22:53 AM

I am the top 10%, worked hard to get there...fuck the haters.

11/3/2011 1:31:03 AM

just drove by those dudes... they looked cold

11/3/2011 2:28:21 AM

No camping outside city hall for Occupy Raleigh

http://www.newsobserver.com/2011/11/09/1629768/raleigh-says-no-to-occupy-camp.html?tab=gallery&gallery=/2011/10/27/1600085/first-look-occupy-raleigh-102711.html&gid_index=3

Quote :

"The 3-to-0 vote Tuesday came after city staffers outlined a list of problems with allowing an encampment on City Hall grounds, from objections by neighbors to hazards associated with people sleeping near diesel storage tanks and electrical generators."

and...

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"So far, the city has spent $61,000 paying police to monitor the demonstrators"

11/10/2011 6:39:45 AM

Looks like they've taken over the empty lot between Hillsborough, Edenton, and West streets.

11/28/2011 2:22:48 PM