3END OF THE WEEK:
No monologue this week. We've got a lot to get to. The following are my picks of the best people, places and things of the past seven day:
Internet Meme of the Week: "We're A Culture, Not A Costume"
About a week ago, an Ohio University student association called the "Students Teaching Against Racism" released their poster campaign to help people make better choices on their costumes for Halloween, specifically costumes that might be offensive to an entire race or culture. It's titled "We're a Culture, Not a Costume," and it became a Tumblr page. It has been highly praised, even getting over 17,000 notes on the Tumblr page. However, because this is the Internet, some people realized the great possibility of photo shopping it, and thus, we have parody posters for the campaign, using Na'vis, vampires, and people who look Amish, among others. You can see some of the best courtesy of Uproxx. My favorite is the one you see above.
Video of the Week: "Halloween Light Show 2011- Party Rock Anthem"
Because Halloween is days away, I figure that this would be the most appropriate pick for this week. Plus, it's certainly not terrible.
Game of the Week: 2011 World Series Game 6
Texas Rangers [9]
St. Louis Cardinals [10] (11 Innings)
What a game this was, a World Series instant classic that will remain in high memory along with other memorable game sixes like the ones in 1967, 1986 and 1991. The Texas Rangers came within a strike away from winning the World Series (once in the 9th with a 7-5 lead and again in the 10th with a 9-7 lead after Josh Hamilton's home run), and both times they failed to finish. And then, of course, there was David Freese, the St. Louis native who first tied the game at the bottom of the 9th with a two RBI triple and then ended up winning the game for the Cardinals in the eleventh with a solo home run. An incredible victory, one that was basically the epitome of St. Louis' entire season (fighting to the last day for the Wild Card spot, fighting to the last game in the NLDS, and now fighting to the last strike to get a game seven), and one that will live in infamy among Rangers fans for years to come. And the best part about that win for St. Louis? It helped them take the series to a seventh game, which they ended up winning 6-2 last night, officially putting this magnificent series to a close.
There's always that one sports game that the fans who witnessed it, whether at the stadium or on TV, will never forget seeing. For the twenty two million people who watched this game, it was just that.
Stories of the Week:
-The Actual Story of the Week: Turkey Experiences 7.2 Magnitude Earthquake, At Least 430 Dead
- The Tiger Woods Saga of '09 Memorial Story of the Week: 8 Foot Tall Lego Man Washes Up on Florida Beach
It's a three year old's wish come true!
This Week in Occupy Wall Street: This week in Brian William'se latest slow jam topic, we finally saw something that everyone has been waiting for until now: police in riot gear clearing protests at night! With tear gases and everything! The scene took place in Occupy Oakland, located in front of City Hall, where police Wednesday fired five rounds of tear gas in a span of three hours in order to try to evacuate all remaining supporters of the Occupy Wall Street movement, with Police Chief Howard Gordon issuing the order. Overall, 170 people were evacuated while around 97 got arrested and dozens were injured (including Scott Olson, an Iraq war veteran who received a critical skull fracture) during the course of that day. The protesters at Occupy Oakland are still committed to the movement, though, and have since returned and replanted their tents in the premises. Not only that, but Oakland mayor Jean Quan has actually gone ahead and said that he would allow the protests to continue in front of city hall.
Oakland isn't the only Occupy movements that have seen their fair share of police involvement. In Occupy Atlanta, for instance, 50 protesters were arrested on the same day as the violence in Oakland while at the place where it all began, 30 members of the FDNY took all of the power away by removing all of the generators and fuel containers, citing that they were believed to be fire hazards. In Chicago, Occupy leaders are pondering whether to protest in Grant Park once more, even after city officials have blatantly stated they could not, while elsewhere in places like Denver some Occupy supporters are experiencing their first protesters under both sub-zero temperatures and snow. Also, Michael Moore visits Occupy San Francisco as Stephen Colbert complains about how the protests has out-stayed their welcome and some guy decides to profit off it by creating an OWS inspired "I'm Getting Arrested" app, for all your arrest announcing needs.
Because of the protesters' continued stubborness, I shall have more on the latest next week. In the meantime, here's a funny video from Jest about the different OWS headlines from different news sites, and how they're all created:
Person of the Week: Oakland Police Chief Howard Gordon
It's hard to believe that through the first forty days of the Occupy protests, that not a single amount of tear gas was used to eliminate protesters. But it happened on Wednesday, and for that we thank Gordon for giving the orders for police to complete the Occupy Oakland evacuations at all cost. After all, the protests have been interesting and all, but all this nonviolence and relative peace has been pretty boring.
And that's the way it was! Enjoy the rest of your weekend, everyone!
Sincerely,
Your pal: mj15
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