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Posts published in October 2011

How Klout Got Klout.com domain name (Hutzpah!)

Via Scoop.it – Creating the Future While everyone is making up their minds about whether Klout is an utterly meaningless service or the divine “standard for influence” the world has been clamoring for, I had an interesting chat with Klout co-founder and CEO Joe Fernandez the other…Show original

Tenn. Protesters To Defy Curfew A 3rd Time

Via Scoop.it – Demand Transformation Tenn.Protesters To Defy Curfew A 3rd Time…   Nashville magistrate Tom Nelson has said there’s no legal reason to keep the demonstrators behind bars and he has released them after each arrest. He has refused each night to sign off on arrest warrants for more than two dozen people taken into custody.Show original

Occupy Together | Home

Via Scoop.it – Demand TransformationWelcome to OCCUPY TOGETHER, an unofficial hub for all of the events springing up across the country in solidarity with Occupy Wall St. As we have followed the news on facebook, twitter, and the various live feeds across the internet, we felt compelled to build a site that would help spread the word as more protests…

Is This The Week The Occupy Movement Got Too Big To Stop? – Kevin Army – Open Salon

Via Scoop.it – Demand TransformationWhat was caught on video said it all. There was little to no video of protestors being violent, there was a lot showing the police using excessive measures on the protestors. I think the images of the large amounts of tear gas, along with flash grenades and the sounds of rubber bullets being fired shocked most…

Why inequality in America is even worse than you thought

Via Scoop.it – Demand TransformationA new study shows economic and social conditions in the U.S. are at the bottom of the OECD countries.   U.S. ranks 27 out of 31 in OECD Social Justice Index, just below Italy, Spain & Portugal and only above Turkey, Chile and MexicoShow original

You Say You Want a Revolution

Via Scoop.it – Demand Transformation Andrew Sullivan: How I learned to love the ‘goddam hippies’—and why their protests aren’t going to end.Show original