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Mario Tama Photo October 6, 2011

Wall Street Occupation: Looking Down on Mr. Tambourine Man

To the surprise of just about everyone now, however, what both sides are realizing, more so with each passing day, is how much each has skin in the game.

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Campaign '12 Photo October 5, 2011

Preview of Coming Attractions: Obama Jobs Roadshow Meets "Occupy Wall Street"

Can you imagine the pill Obama's communications people must be trying to swallow right now as the jobs roadshow, slickly packaged in a populist narrative, comes in contact with the raw, real thing?

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Campaign '12 Photo

Herman Cain Demographics

With Herman Cain rising in GOP polls, and Mr. Cain mostly keeping quiet (beyond that one boomerang) in the face of Perry's racist rock, I was interested in this photo outside an Irish pub in Milton, Georgia on Sunday.

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Campaign '12 Photo October 4, 2011

Target Michelle (and Carls Jr. Mitt)

Based on the info available, I've got to agree with the wingers that Michelle's supposedly stealth trip to Target was a photo-op.

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Alan Chin Photo

Alan Chin at Occupy Wall Street: The Human Microphone

"Perhaps not remarkable, but telling, is how the protesters remain upbeat and positive, embracing idealism without irony." -- Alan Chin's latest "photo op-ed" from Zucotti Park.

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Media Focus Photo October 3, 2011

Occupy Wall Street: Plenty of Media Coverage … of the Bust of a Beautiful Girl

If you can get past the saintly/insanely beautiful girl and her cleavage, what we've got here also is the latest law enforcement adjustment in the battle for Wall Street.

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Nina Berman Photo October 2, 2011

Nina Berman at Occupy Wall Street: Beyond the Hula Hoop

If you can avoid rolling your eyes, what you'll be able to see is the hip-shaking arrival of New York City's "first responders" to the utter collapse of economic justice.

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Afghanistan Photo

“Out, Damn Spot!”

In America's war on terrorism (given our Christian sensibilities), "cleanliness is next to godliness.”

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Militarism Focus Photo October 1, 2011

al-Awlaki: What's Wrong with this Picture?

I am especially interested in this photo — and the opportunity for us to study it and think about it — since the Administration “predator-droned” Anwar al-Alwaki into the ground last Friday. (Yes, going forward, I recognize “predator drone” as a verb.) First, let’s consider the caption from TIME’s...

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