We are the 99% and we shop at Trader Joe’s
A couple of people have set up some very nice tents at the University of San Diego. USD is a small, private, Catholic university here in San Diego.
I wanted to title this “…and we shop at REI” but I can’t make out that logo with certainty. Their junk boxes, however, are Stehly Farms Organics and Trader Joe’s. I love Trader Joe’s and do almost all of my shopping there, but I’d hardly call these the grocery stores of the 99%.
That sign on the lower right of the first photo reads that money isn’t free speech, corporations aren’t made of people, and capitalism is not a moral economy. The sign calls this “simple math”, but doesn’t say how they would choose to ration speech, what rights should be denied people who are part of corporations, or what they would choose to replace capitalism with.
Probably some form of “Trader Joe’s should shut up and give me what I want.”
In response to 2011 in photos: For photos and perhaps other quick notes sent on the fly.
- Gravity discredited by bridge collapse
- Moderate scientists call gravity law “outdated” after devastating bridge collapse in Valhalla, NY.
- Trader Joe’s Specialty Grocery Stores
- “Trader Joe’s is a specialty retail grocery store that stocks import and gourmet food items.”
- University of San Diego
- The University of San Diego envisions limitless possibilities for our students, society and the world. Take a closer look at the college and schools of this nationally ranked community of scholars.
More Occupy Wall Street
- San Diego Pro-Choice and the Meaning of Life
- San Diego pro-abortion activists such as Canvas for a Cause and San Diego’s Radical Feminists of Occupy San Diego are protesting a San Diego Catholic organization that, in their words, “exists to prevent women from getting abortions”.
Remember: Trump reassures crowd after assassination attempt fails. (read more…)
Blogroll
- According To Hoyt
- Ace of Spades HQ
- The Anchoress
- John Hayward
- Legal Insurrection
- National Motorists blog
- The Other McCain
- samizdata.net
- Sultan Knish
Update: the occupation didn’t last long. I had hoped to get some better photos and perhaps talk to them after work, but an hour later when I left for home, the tents were rolled up and they were gone.