OWS Kicks off 'American Spring': Mitt Romney Fundraiser Crash Fail at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel

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Occupy Fail at the Waldorf Astoria today at the OWS debut of their 'American Spring' as they try to resuscitate the movement. The plan to crash the hotel where Mitt Romney is staying while in New York City to attend a fundraiser luncheon was derailed by tight security. So instead of glitter bombs and 'mic checks', OWS & Co. ended up parading around the outside on the street.

The body odor wafted boldly as the ever-present drumming droned on in the background. It was a noisy crowd of all the usual suspects. Rev. Billy Talen was there preaching his 99%-a-luja! before a mock funeral procession. Street theater fixtures Multi-millionaires for Romney [a retread of Billionaires for Bush] did their politi-schtick and Big Labor was there of course. Pics of them signing in. Uploading videos, pics and whatnot now...

VIDEOS TO COME! Upload-a-lujah

Rev. Billy Talen: "Big banks are responsible for tornado outbreak last week!"

Astroturf dollars at work.
Paid to demonstrate, Big Labor Union members sign in.

More union members signing in.

I hope that really is grape juice!





For a very small parade the media was out in force.
I also noticed a higher than usual number of Latino press.


More videos to come!





Here's the complete photo slide show.


















BIG thanks to
Zombie at PJ Media and Gateway Pundit for the links!

Passing Shots Woodstock, New York: Fake Historic Marker

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While taking a walk through the middle of town upstate in Woodstock today I noticed this 'historic marker'--or at least what I thought was a historic marker. I had never heard of Robert Hass before but it turns out that he is Professor of Poetry and Poetics at U.C. Berkeley, and this is one of about a dozen fake historic markers planted around Hudson County pushing a leftist agenda by local artist Norm Magnusson. Robert Hass the above-titled 'American Patriot' who also happens to be Magnusson's brother-in-law, was recently involved in the OWS riot in Berkeley.

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And just for the record, the plaque below is what a REAL U.S. historic marker looks like. I took this picture in West Point, New York in back in 2007.

OWS Anthropology: Presenting the Occubus

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Spotted in the wilds of Brooklyn this morning we have a sighting of a mobile Occupest outpost.
Yes, people are living in this thing.



Hat tip to My Darling Sweetheart who thought of me and took these pictures!


He actually went for a few more shots! Oops! Got the finger in the way but I'm so proud of him.



A very fine job of street journalism for a non-blogger!

RIP Andrew Breitbart

This is terrible news. Andrew Breitbart was one of my heroes. At 43 you're only just getting started and he had so much more to give. RIP good fellow, you are already deeply missed.

#OWS Street Art: The 'Can You Guess What the Occupest Is Doing?' Edition

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I came across this odd bit of OWS art scrawled in blue ballpoint pen on a sheet of 8 1/2 x 11 paper taped to a wall of an old warehouse building about to be demolished. I took a few shots, filed it under 'look at it later' and here I am still wondering what the little masked Occubrat is doing.

Is he starting a fire? Is he throwing urine or feces?
Or is he about to lob a grenade?

You decide.

The 2012 National Security & New Media Conference and Mightier Pen Award

The lovely Monica Crowley, Radio Host and FOX News Contributor.

Today I was pleased to attend the
Center for Security Policy National Security and New Media Journalism Project's
2012 National Security & New Media Conference
Under the Gun: Reporting News in a Dangerous World
&
The Mightier Pen Award
honoring Roger E. Ailes, Chairman, FOX Television Stations, Inc.
at The Union League Club in Manhattan.

To follow are highlights and video.
All photos are high resolution, so please click to enlarge.

Monica Crowley, Roger Ailes and Frank Gaffney

Andrew McCarthy, former Chief Assistant U.S. Attorney

Frank Gaffney, Director of the Center for Security Policy

Fred Grandy, former U.S. Congressman

Rich Lowry, Editor, The National Review

Lou Dobbs, FOX News host and Frank Gaffney

The first part of the Center for Security Policy program consisted of two sessions: Growing Censorship of Free Speech and Escalating State Violence Against Political and Religious Expression. Session one panel speakers included Sam Nunberg, Director Middle East Forum - The Legal Project; Brooke Goldstein, Director, The Lawfare Project; and Andrew McCarthy.
Session two panel included Claudia Rossett, Head of Foundation of Defense of Democracies Investigative Reporting Project and Vilma Petrash, News Producer AmericaTeVe - WJAN - Channel 41, host of "Temas de Mujer" in Venezuela.

The growing Islamic terrorist threat in South America is very real. Video to come. I wasn't able to film the entire event and there were some key--and more than a few very funny moments--that I missed but I am glad I was able to capture a few important clips.

In the below video Andrew McCarthy talks about the plot for the first attack in 1993 on the World Trade Center being hatched in Jersey City, NJ.







Frank Gaffney, NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly and unknown.

More videos to come.
Please stand by ...

OWS Street Art: The Bomb n' Change Edition

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Spotted this today in my lamentable neighborhood of Williamsburg, Brooklyn--or as I like to call it, The Village of the Damned. The OWS cult has taken root here because nothing says anarchy like $9,000.00 a month rent and organic soy lattes.

If I had to dig down really deep, the only good thing I can possibly say is that at least they are finally being honest about this violent movement.

It could be a great new campaign logo for Barack Hussein Obama 2012 courtesy of #OWS. I'm sure his buddy Bill Ayers would love it.

NYPD Using Obama-Approved Drones

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I saw this today and at first I thought it was a joke, but it isn't. The New York City Police Department now using Obama-approved drones for domestic surveillance.

Last Tuesday the Undocumented President signed a law that forces the FAA to "allow police and first responders to fly drones under 4.4 pounds" at an altitude of under 400 feet.

The Blaze picked up my post and has background on the story here:
Send In the Drones ... Don't Bother, They're Here.

An Evening with Paul Weston, Chair of the British Freedom Party

Last night I attended a private reception in Manhattan arranged by Brigitte Gabriel's ACT for America for Paul Weston, the Chair of the newly formed British Freedom Party.
Following in the footsteps of Geert Wilders' Freedom Party of the Netherlands, Mr. Weston's goals are to counteract the spread of Islamic fundamentalism in Britain.

His platform consists of:

• Stopping Muslim immigration to the Britain for a period of years.
• Repairing the damage done to the nation's education system.
• Tackle the growth in crime.
• Promote British values and culture.

Much of what he said last night here on free U.S. soil if spoken in England would result in arrest and prosecution in his homeland. Hell, there's even a fatwa against curved bananas because they resemble a crescent and therefore insults Islam, so straight bananas only are allowed. Yes, that's just how completely insane it has become. We do not want this happening here--or anywhere else in the free world.

I shot several videos of his talk which focused on the problems of mass immigration and multiculturalism in Britain and Europe. Apologies for the camera on the table, 'spy' point of view but the audio is good. Besides, blogging is just that way sometimes--you gotta plunk your camera down anywhere you can and let it roll.

There's a lot of interesting stuff here, so please sit back and enjoy.

Bjorn Larsen of the International Free Press Society introduces Paul Weston

Also please see 'A Warning from Britain' for more on Paul Weston's talk in New York over at The American Thinker.

CPAC 2012

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Sarah Palin came out a little while before her speech to say hello to fellow CPAC goers. Yes, I was that close! It was quite a crowd of people but it was great to see her. She is gorgeous in person.

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I expected to see a throng of OWS thugs mobbed around the hotel where the conference was taking place but it looked like the police had cleared them out. There were no disruptions except for the outburst of the #OWS battle cry; 'mic check!' at Palin's speech. If you haven't seen it already there's video coming up.




VIDEOS: Sarah Palin comes out to say hello!



She is amazing!

This was only part of the line waiting to get in to see Sarah's speech. She drew a packed house--standing room only.

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All in all, it was a great day and I got to meet a lot of really cool people. Even had a book signed by John Bolton!

Future U.S. Secretary of State? One can only hope!!

Chris Matthews looked as though he'd been through hell.

MORE VIDEO and PHOTOS TO COME!

I spotted these two guys in the lobby and grabbed a couple of shots right before both their signs were quickly taken away. At first glance I thought they might be OWS crashers, but I didn't get to speak with them so I don't know what their story was.

Here's the sign being taken away by security.


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Great Joke at CPAC: Kevin Jackson on a CPAC Tea Party panel said "the Occupy movement has him madder than Janet Napolitano's blind date."



Afterward in the cab to Union Station I caught this small band of Occupiers about a block away. You can hear them being heckled by some people leaving CPAC.