What's the Occupy movement about?

 OakFoSho sums it up nicely in about a minute.

Kernighan's District 2: 21 Fewer Assaults After Occupy

Despite the words of support for the "true 99%"on her City Council web page, Pat Kernighan 'marched down to the encampment chanting "Occupy Oakland must go!"' as part of the recent Oakland Chamber of Commerce inspired Two Minute Hate against Occupy Oakland.  Because in Oakland approval from the Chamber of Commerce always trumps Democracy.

Here are some crime stats for Kernighan's City Council district showing the impact of Occupy Oakland on the crime rate in her district.  Again, reported crimes fell in Kernighan's district after the camp went up.

September 2011 - 93 total
  Aggravated Assault: 25
  Narcotics: 7
  Prostitution: 3
  Simple Assault: 58

October 2011 - 84 total
  Aggravated Assault: 15
  Murder: 1
  Narcotics: 16
  Prostitution: 5
  Simple Assault: 47

The Republican Debates Are Like

my cat licking its butthole.  I realize it's happening, but I have no need to watch.

University of California Berkely Shames Itself

Read a first hand account of how campus bureaucrats justify the unjustifiable.  It's very easy for Chancellor Birgenau to mouth platitudes as he's not the one getting his ribs cracked.

In other news...

Silvio Berlusoconi  resigned.  Which is a good thing that happened about 17 years too late.

Shop, eat out, run a business, be murdered

SF Gate Reports that...

[C]ity leaders worry that something larger is at stake: Oakland's image as a place to shop, eat out or run a business.

Are Oakland's city leaders afraid that Occupy will make people forget the whole "one murder every three days" thing and go to San Francisco for their murder?

Murder: Business As Usual In Oakland

There have been 101 murders in Oakland this year.  That averages to about one murder every three days. The histrionics of Mayor Quan, the City Council and Deputy Poice Chief Andi Higbee 

"Our responsibility is to keep the public safe. When there is a discharge of a firearm in a public place like this it's good cause to be concerned, greatly concerned," 

are hollow play acting.  The discharge of a firearm in Oakland isn't cause to be concerned, at least not for city government, it's business as usual. 

"Never Been So Many Reporters At a Black Youth's Murder in the History of Oakland"

A good run down of reactions to the recent shooting outside the OO camp in downtown Oakland.

Life in District Five

These Incident Report Details will give you an idea what day to day life is like in District Five.

Incident Detail Report (Sorted Ascending By Crime Type)
#	Crime Type	Date	Time	Case Number	Description
1	AGGRAVATED ASSAULT	20111105	2250	11-054114	ATTEMPTED MURDER-KNIFE
2	AGGRAVATED ASSAULT	20110927	1630	11-047697	INFLICT CORPORAL INJURY ON SPOUSE/COHABITANT
3	AGGRAVATED ASSAULT	20110828	0245	11-042304	ASSAULT WITH FIREARM ON PERSON

Crimes Reported in Ignacio De La Fuente's District 5

Supervisor De La Fuente: "I have been very, very vocal about the fact that we cannot allow this to continue, because lives and property losses are what's at stake."
In the month since Occupy Oakland first set up camp on October 10th, reported crimes fell in 5 of 7 categories in De La Fuente's district.

Major Crimes Reported in District 5, population ~ 55,000.
Previous 90 Days, From 11/11/2011
Total: 565
  Aggravated Assault: 96
     August: 29
     September: 31
     October: 26
     November: 10