Wall Street has shown Americans how they feel about the protests with this recent video. The video shows unidentified occupants watching protesters from the balconies of Wall Street in amusement while sipping champagne.

ABC News reports in their story titled "Occupy Wall Street Protesters Meet Champagne Sippers" the location as Cipriani 55: The well-dressed guests at the restaurant, Cipriani 55, were in sharp contrast to the protesters holding signs and chanting below. The restaurant is associated with Cipriani Club Residences’ luxury apartments at the same address, 55 Wall Street.



"US Day of Rage"

Demonstrations began on September 17 to show U.S. citizens anger over a financial system that favors the rich over all other American citizens. Chanting, "We are 99 percent," thousands of protesters gathered near Zucotti Park, close to Wall Street and began their march. Around 5 pm, while attempting to enter the financial district at 55 Wall Street, they were met by curious onlookers from the balconies who were leisurely watching the protesters and doing the unthinkable--drinking champagne.

55 Wall Street

Who occupies 55 Wall Street? The sprawling, historic Manhattan building is home to the Ciprion Club Residences, a private club as well as residence to Wall Street's élite.

Gathered on the balconies of this home of the rich, men in suits and tuxedos as well as women in silk dresses and business suits, casually sipped on their glasses while smiling and taking pictures, seemingly oblivious to the fight of the 99 percent.

The club has a total of 106 residences (living quarters) and their website asserts, "The club will provide you with everything essential to live the good life."

For onlookers "the good life" is a far different cry then that of the remaining 99 percent.

Essential to most Americans is food, shelter, and a job, they don't have time to dress up and sip champagne while their friends and neighbors get arrested for speaking their minds on a public street. (© Christine Dantz 2011)

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Update #15Sat, 24 Sep 2011 07:46:42 GMT

NASA’s decommissioned Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite fell back to Earth between 11:23 p.m. EDT Friday, Sept. 23 and 1:09 a.m. EDT Sept. 24. The Joint Space Operations Center at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California said the satellite penetrated the atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean. The precise re-entry time and location are not yet known with certainty.


Update #14Sat, 24 Sep 2011 07:16:50 GMT

NASA’s decommissioned Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite fell back to Earth between 11:23 p.m. EDT Friday, Sept. 23 and 1:09 a.m. EDT Sept. 24. The satellite was passing eastward over Canada and Africa as well as vast portions of the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian oceans during that period. The precise re-entry time and location are not yet known with certainty.


Update #13Sat, 24 Sep 2011 04:55:17 GMT

As of 10:30 p.m. EDT on Sept. 23, 2011, the orbit of UARS was 85 miles by 90 miles (135 km by 140 km). Re-entry was expected between 11:45 p.m. Friday, Sept. 23, and 12:45 a.m., Sept. 24, Eastern Daylight Time (3:45 a.m. to 4:45 a.m. GMT). During that time period, the satellite was passing over Canada and Africa, as well as vast areas of the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian oceans. The risk to public safety was very remote. NASA is working to confirm the re-entry location and time and will provide an update shortly.


Update #12Sat, 24 Sep 2011 02:50:07 GMT

As of 10:30 p.m. EDT on Sept. 23, 2011, the orbit of UARS was 85 miles by 90 miles (135 km by 140 km). Re-entry is expected between 11:45 p.m. Friday, Sept. 23, and 12:45 a.m., Sept. 24, Eastern Daylight Time (3:45 a.m. to 4:45 a.m. GMT). During that time period, the satellite will be passing over Canada and Africa, as well as vast areas of the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian oceans. The risk to public safety is very remote.


Update #11Fri, 23 Sep 2011 23:30:46 GMT

As of 7 p.m. EDT on Sept. 23, 2011, the orbit of UARS was 90 miles by 95 miles (145 km by 150 km). Re-entry is expected between 11 p.m. Friday, Sept. 23, and 3 a.m., Sept. 24, Eastern Daylight Time (3 a.m. to 7 a.m. GMT). During that time period, the satellite will be passing over Canada, Africa and Australia, as well as vast areas of the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian oceans. The risk to public safety is very remote.


Update #10Fri, 23 Sep 2011 14:45:08 GMT

As of 10:30 a.m. EDT on Sept. 23, 2011, the orbit of UARS was 100 miles by 105 miles (160 km by 170 km). Re-entry is expected late Friday, Sept. 23, or early Saturday, Sept. 24, Eastern Daylight Time. Solar activity is no longer the major factor in the satellite’s rate of descent. The satellite’s orientation or configuration apparently has changed, and that is now slowing its descent. There is a low probability any debris that survives re-entry will land in the United States, but the possibility cannot be discounted because of this changing rate of descent. It is still too early to predict the time and location of re-entry with any certainty, but predictions will become more refined in the next 12 to 18 hours.
UPDATE #9 Thursday, September 22, 2011 10:01 PM EDT 
As of 9:30 p.m. EDT Sept. 22, 2011, the orbit of UARS was 110 mi by 115 mi (175 km by 185 km). Re-entry is possible sometime during the afternoon or early evening of Sept. 23, Eastern Daylight Time. The satellite will not be passing over North America during that time period. It is still too early to predict the time and location of re-entry with any more certainty, but predictions will become more refined in the next 24 hours.


UPDATE #8 Thursday, September 22, 2011 07:44 AM EDT 
You can receive UARS Mission Updates via RSS

As of 7 a.m. EDT Sept. 22, 2011, the orbit of UARS was 115 mi by 120 mi (185 km by 195 km). Re-entry is expected sometime during the afternoon of Sept. 23, Eastern Daylight Time. The satellite will not be passing over North America during that time period. It is still too early to predict the time and location of re-entry with any more certainty, but predictions will become more refined in the next 24 to 36 hours.

Veteran French astrophotographer Thierry Legault has already seen it, using a 14-inch telescope. The ghostly video clip above shows the UARS satellite tumbling at an altitude of 155 miles (250 kilometers) on Sept. 15.

Today's forecast has the satellite making a fiery final fall on Friday, plus or minus one day. An estimated two dozen pieces of debris, including a roughly 300-pound (150-kilogram) chunk, could rain down anywhere in latitude between northern Canada and the tip of South America. NASA can't be more precise than that right now because there's no way to control the satellite's descent.

That makes the situation sound a bit scarier than it really is: Because our planet has so many empty expanses of land and sea, NASA's orbital debris experts say there's just a 1-in-3,200 chance that any of the debris will hit anybody. That translates to a 1-in-21 trillion chance that any one particular person (you, for instance) would be struck. As it gets closer to re-entry time, NASA expects that the predictions for the debris zone will get more precise.

For updates, check NASA's UARS status page and back to this post / blog. Today's story focuses on how prepared the Federal Emergency Management Agency is in case the satellite re-enters over U.S. territory. Feel free to discuss the satellite's imminent fall in the comment section below — but whatever you do, DON'T PANIC!







Video of a pass of UARS satellite 8/9 days before atmospheric reentry, at an altitude of only 250km, taken from the ground with a 14" telescope. 
More info on http://legault.perso.sfr.fr/uars_110915.htmlhttp://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/uars/index.htmlhttp://www.nasa.gov/rss/uars_update.xml

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A motorcyclist who was pinned under a burning car after a collision says he's grateful for the help of strangers who lifted the vehicle to rescue him. (September 13, 2011)

My faith in humanity is officially restored.

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This was a recently aired Dr. Phil Exclusive interview with George Anthony, Casey Anthony's father. He blames his daughter for Caylee not being here today. Stating that Casey is responsible. He believes she was there burying her daughter and he also believes she had some help.

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Eye-popping footage of a house floating down the Conestoga River in Millersville, Pennsylvania.

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As of Tuesday morning, the Bastrop County Complex fire – which was 16 miles long and 6 miles wide—had scorched more than 28,500 acres and destroyed nearly 500 homes. Video shot September 5, 2011 on the north edge of Bastrop State Park. All but about 100 acres of the 6,000-acre park have been blackened by fire.

The biggest contributor factor here is the wind, it helps push the flames at twice the average speed.

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Newly-released video, in time for the 10-year anniversary, shows smoke rising minutes after United Airlines Flight 93 crashed in Shanksville, Pennsylvania on September 11, 2001.

On CNN Sunday night, anchor Susan Hendricks introduced a piece of video from a now-deceased witness who videotaped the aftermath of heroic Flight 93 from about 15 miles away. His family has apparently just made the video available now.

The short clip features the anonymous videographer’s narration of the events that occurred before he turned on his camera. According to Hendricks, the tape is believed to be the first to show the immediate aftermath of the United Airlines Flight 93 crash, the fourth plane to go down on 9/11 after passengers fought back against the hijackers, preventing them from crashing it into their likely targets, the US Capitol or the White House.

I bet that was a pretty unnerving experience for this guy. To see the attack on the World Trade Center on TV, hear about the attack on the Pentagon, and to see something similar just ouside his own back yard... a very sad day.

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This is of a 17-year old defendant, in Texas, who's on trial for shooting at a juvenile detention officer... gets scolded by the judge for mumbling in court, he tries to fire his attorney and then when it comes time for a lunch break, he pees in trash can. The judge was so professional. I think too professional. This guy intentionally insulted society as a whole.

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Vermont was hit hard by flooding as a result of Hurricane Irene, with roads, bridges, homes and vehicles being washed away by some of the most intense flood waters the state has ever seen. This footage shows the Bartonsville Covered Bridge, a historic landmark built in 1870, being washed away.

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Expect to get your power cut off due to power outages and down power lines. If you do experience any power outages, you need to call your power company to report any power outages. If you decided to stay and if you happen to live in a HIGH RISE, remember wind speeds are greater as you are higher up. Don't be a moron. Stay away from windows. Keep your family and pets safe. This is an unprecedented massive storm for the upper east coast, the city that never sleeps, New York City, is totally SHUT DOWN! Exciting and fun times folks! Stay tuned here this morning... let's watch this ish together. It's still going to get bad over the next couple of hours.



Update 6AM: 3 million people without power
• Category 1 Irene has 75 mph winds
• High winds prompt Md. reactor shutdown
• Warning of potential dam failure in Md.
• NYC mayor: 'The time to evacuate is over'
• Staten Island ferry service suspended

Water pouring down a staircase at the Times Square #NYC subway station #irene 

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This is truly terrifying. Jason and Desiree Miller and their 2 small kids trying to get to the shelter when the Tushka tornado in Tushka, Oklahoma hits on April 14, 2011. They are blown into and grab on to the steel fence to hang on until the storm passed. Their jeep is blown over within a few feet of crushing them.

Unbelievable. Truly God was with them - all the debris was flying all around them and that SUV really did help protect them.

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Bunker down and brace yourselves East Coast, Irene is HUGE.

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The unnamed woman, clad only in a singlet top and swimwear bottoms, was filmed screaming at police after the car her husband was driving flipped on a highway landed in a grassy ditch, TV station KRCG reports.

The four-wheel drive and the boat it was towing overturned when it came off the highway in the single-vehicle accident near Ashland, Missouri.

"I'm the one driving — wanna arrest me?" she shouted at state troopers, holding out her hands to be cuffed.

"Come on, taser me, maybe it'd make you feel better."

Police did their best to ignore the irate woman, who avoided charges despite repeatedly swearing and abusing officers at the scene.

Her husband Kenneth Teeter, 65, was charged with drink-driving, driving without a licence, careless and imprudent driving and marijuana possession.

Now you know why that dude looks so happy to be taken away.

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WARNING: GRAPHIC! VIEWER DISCRETION IS HIGHLY ADVISED!

Krokodil turns flesh gang green and scaly. This drug is horrific! I hope this sh*t never hits the streets of the USA, because a dose only cost about 3 dollars U.S. and you will eventually loose your limbs like these poor folks.

Krokodil has hit the streets of Russia. It's very cheap and easy to make. It's called Krokodil or "Crocodile" and it destroys your body parts every time you inject it. Just see the gruesome videos below to see how it has eaten these people alive.

It is desomorphine, a synthetic opiate many times more powerful than heroin that is created from a complex chain of mixing and chemical reactions, which the addicted junkies perform from memory several times a day.

While heroin costs from $20 to $60 per dose, desomorphine can be "cooked" from codeine-based headache pills that cost $2 per pack, and other household ingredients available cheaply from the markets.

OK folks, here we go, you might want to have a vomit bucket nearby... anyway, don't do drugs - drugs are bad, Mkay!?

I think everyone should see these videos for obvious reasons.

Krokodil: The drug that eats junkies

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/krokodil-the-drug-that-eats-ju...

Krokodil Drug Killing Russian Teenagers

http://morrisonworldnews.com/?p=51494

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This woman might win the Worst Babysitter In the World award. (It's very prestigious.) She was babysitting and she took the baby for a ride in the back of a pickup truck. She was shocked and confused when police pulled her over. Wow. And this ish just had to occur in Florida.

"23-year-old Keyona Davis was arrested Wednesday after several motorists called 911 reporting a baby strapped into a stroller in the back end of a pick up truck. According to the police report Davis was babysitting an 8 month old boy and took him for a drive in the pick up with some friends. One 911 caller said, "There's a truck going down Mason Avenue heading east with a baby stroller in the back of the truck with a baby in it." Davis was booked in the Volusia County Jail on Child Neglect charges and $5,000.00 bond."

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With Biden visiting China, the Georgetown Hoyas played the Bayi Rockets in what was meant as a goodwill mission. With lopsided fouls in favor of the Chinese team, a loose ball leads a Chinese player and American player to tussle with one another which lead to Chinese players to violently kick the Georgetown player.

Everybody was kung fu fighting...it was tied 64 all in a heated game which already had a couple of pushing matches. The Chinese were looking for a fight: "Earlier in the game, Rocket forward Xu Zhonghao had approached Thompson while he was yelling instruction to his players and then began berating him. Thompson stared at Xu in disbelief before officials halted play for several minutes in the third quarter. Moments later, Bayi player Wang Lei was called for technical foul for arguing a call, and play had to be stopped again."

So basically a professional sports team hosts a bunch of teenage college kids from another country then picks a fight with them? You're making an epic run this month so far China, keep it up!

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Christine O'Donnell is being so weird when asked about Gay Marriage. She refuses to answer questions about gay rights issues even though she writes about them in her new brook. How rude.

Who is Christine O'Donnell? She sounds like someone who belongs in the kitchen. Hmm, I wonder if her book comes with crayons? Why didn't she want to answer his frickin' questions? She's being interviewed, hellllloooo. If she wants to choose the questions maybe she should become a journalist or something. She kept trying to brush off everything by saying "it's irrelevant, it's irrelevant". Um, hello... It's in your book and the interviewer has brought it up, therefore now it's relevant. It's his show, he makes what's relevant.

This was aired on CNN on August 17, 2011.

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