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We are the 99%
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We are the 99% is a political slogan widely used and coined by the Occupy movement. It was the name of a Tumblr blog page launched in late August 2011 and is a variation on the phrase We The 99% from an August 2011 flyer for the NYC General Assembly. A related statistic, the 1%, refers to the top 1% wealthiest people in society that have a share of capital, political influence. The phrase directly refers to the income and wealth inequality in the United States with a concentration of wealth among the top earning 1% and it reflects an opinion that the 99% are paying the price for the mistakes of a tiny minority within the upper class. As of 2009, all households with less than $343,927 belonged to the lower 99% of the United States income distribution. The concept has been criticized as being an old. The slogan has also used in other countries, not just the US. Beginning in 2015, the statistic of the 1% was used often in Bernie Sanderss presidential campaign. Chris credited an August 2011 flyer for the NYC assembly We The 99% for the term, a 2011 Rolling Stone article attributed to anthropologist David Graeber the suggestion that the Occupy movement represented the 99%. In the article Stiglitz spoke of the impact of economic inequality involving 1% of the U. S. Throughout history, this is something that the top 1% eventually do learn and we are the 99% is a political slogan and an implicit economic claim of Occupy protesters. It refers to the concentration of income and wealth since the 1970s among the top 1% of income earners in the United States. It also reflects an opinion that the 99% are paying the price for the mistakes of a minority within the upper class. Between 1979 and 2007, the top earning 1 percent of Americans have seen their after-tax-and-benefit incomes grow by an average of 275%, compared to around 40-60% for the lower 99 percent. Since 1979 the average income for the bottom 90% of households has decreased by $900. This imbalance became further exacerbated by changes making federal income taxes less progressive, from 1992-2007 the top 400 income earners in the U. S. saw their income increase 392% and their average tax rate reduced by 37%. In 2009, the income of the top 1% was $960,000 with a minimum income of $343,927. In 2007 the top 1% had a share of total income than at any time since 1928
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Outlaw motorcycle club
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An outlaw motorcycle club is a motorcycle subculture that has its roots in the immediate post-World War II era of American society. In the United States, such clubs are considered outlaw as they are not sanctioned by the American Motorcyclist Association. Instead the clubs have their own set of bylaws reflecting the outlaw biker culture, while organizations may vary, the typical internal organization of a motorcycle club consists of a president, vice president, treasurer, secretary, road captain, and sergeant-at-arms. Localized groups of a single, large MC are called chapters, the president of the mother chapter serves as the president of the entire MC, and sets club policy on a variety of issues. Larger motorcycle clubs often acquire real estate for use as a clubhouse or private compound, some biker clubs employ a process whereby members must pass several stages such as friend of the club, hang-around, and prospect, on their way to becoming full-patch members. The actual stages and membership process can and often vary widely from club to club. Oftentimes, an individual must pass a vote of the membership, some clubs have a unique club patch adorned with the term MC that are worn on the riders vest, known as a kutte. During this time, the prospect may wear the name on the back of their vest. To become a member, the prospect or probate must be voted on by the rest of the full club members. Successful admission usually requires more than a majority, and some clubs may reject a prospect or a probate for a single dissenting vote. A formal induction follows, in which the new member affirms his loyalty to the club, the final logo patch is then awarded. Full members are referred to as full patch members or patchholders. It has been said that other groups are attracted by the mystique of the outlaw image while objecting to the suggestion that they are outlaws. Outlaw clubs are often prominent at charity events, such as toy runs, charitable giving is frequently cited as evidence that these clubs do not deserve their negative media image. Outlaw clubs have been accused of using charity rides to mask their criminal nature, events such as a 2005 shootout between rival outlaw clubs in the midst of a charity toy drive in California have raised fears about the participation of outlaw biker clubs in charity events. In 2002 the Warlocks MC of Pennsylvania sued over their exclusion from a charity event, the primary visual identification of a member of an outlaw motorcycle club is the vest adorned with a large club-specific patch or patches, predominantly located in the middle of the back. The patch will contain a club logo, the name of the club, and the letters MC, and this garment and the patches themselves are referred to as the colours or cut. Many non-outlaw motorcycle riding clubs such as the Harley Owners Group also wear patches on the back of their vests, the club patches always remain property of the club itself, not the member, and only members are allowed to wear the clubs patches
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The One Percent Doctrine
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The One Percent Doctrine is a nonfiction book by Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Ron Suskind about Americas hunt for terrorists since September 11th,2001. On July 24,2006, it reached number 3 on the New York Times Best Seller list and it assesses the ways in which American counter-terrorism agencies are working to combat terrorist groups. In the narrative, Suskind criticizes the Bush administration for formulating its terrorism policies based on political rather than geopolitical realities. S. The book advances the theory that Abu Zubaydah, a top operative plotting and planning death and destruction on the United States as Bush described him, was an insignificant figure. According to the book, Osama bin Laden apparently wanted Bush reelected in 2004, the book also mentions a plot to attack the 34th Street – Herald Square subway station in New York City in March 2003. Richard Clarke told ABC News he is wary of the report about the New York City Subway plot, Clarke stated, Theres reason to be skeptical. Just because something is labeled in a report does not mean every word in it is true. He said the information describing the plot would have been just one of the hundreds of threats that would have collected in 2003. According to Clarke, the specificity of the report made it suspect, stating Whenever you get reports that are this specific. The plot was said to involve the use of a relatively crude device for releasing the chemical gases. This is a simple thing, two chemicals mixed together, and it releases cyanide gas. Theyd be lucky if they killed everybody on one car—you can do that with a 9-millimeter pistol. One former official told CNN that he agreed al-Zawahiri called off the attack, the device was hardly a weapon of mass destruction. Cyanide is sexy, but difficult to weaponize. They have fantasies of poisoning a water supply and you cant imagine how difficult that would be. Did they fantasize about a cyanide attack, most likely, a senior counterterrorism official told the Daily News. New York Senator Charles Schumer told the Associated Press that while the threat was enough to be taken seriously. Suskind also claims in the book that the al Qaedas cell that would have carried out the attack is still in the United States. Intelligence sources, however, told CBS News that, as far as they know, a counter-terrorism official who asked not to be named told the Washington Times, A lot of information is simply wrong. One inaccuracy, this said, is the books assertion that Abu Zubaydah, whom the CIA captured in Pakistan in 2002, was not a key al Qaeda figure
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Gorillaz
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Gorillaz are a British virtual band created in 1998 by Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett. The band consists of four animated members, 2D, Murdoc Niccals, Noodle and these members are fictional and are not personas of any real life musicians involved in the project. Their fictional universe is explored through the website and music videos, as well as a number of other media. In reality, Albarn is the only permanent musical contributor, writers and critics have described their music as alternative rock, Britpop, trip hop, hip hop, electronica, indie, dub, reggae and pop. The bands 2001 debut album Gorillaz sold over seven million copies and it was nominated for the Mercury Prize in 2001, but the nomination was later withdrawn at the bands request. Their second studio album Demon Days went five times platinum in the UK, the band has won other awards, including one Grammy Award, two MTV Video Music Awards, an NME Award, three MTV Europe Music Awards, and have been nominated for nine Brit Awards. The bands third album, Plastic Beach, was released in March 2010. Their fourth studio album called The Fall was released in December 2010 as a download for fan club members. After a five-year hiatus, Gorillaz announced their fifth studio album Humanz, musician Damon Albarn and comic book artist Jamie Hewlett met in 1990 when guitarist Graham Coxon, a fan of Hewletts work, asked him to interview Blur, a band Albarn and Coxon had recently formed. The interview was published in Deadline magazine, home of Hewletts comic strip, Hewlett initially thought Albarn was arsey, a wanker, despite becoming acquaintances with the band, they often did not get on, especially after Hewlett began seeing Coxons ex-girlfriend Jane Olliver. Despite this, Albarn and Hewlett started sharing a flat on Westbourne Grove in London in 1997, Hewlett had recently broken up with Olliver and Albarn was at the end of his highly publicised relationship with Justine Frischmann of Elastica. The idea to create Gorillaz came about when Albarn and Hewlett were watching MTV, Hewlett said, If you watch MTV for too long, its a bit like hell – theres nothing of substance there. So we got this idea for a band, something that would be a comment on that. Although not released under the Gorillaz name, Albarn has said one of the first ever Gorillaz tunes was Blurs 1997 single On Your Own. The bands first release was the EP Tomorrow Comes Today, released in 2000, the bands first single was Clint Eastwood and was released on 5 March 2001, reaching No.4 in the UK. The Phi Life Cypher version of Clint Eastwood appears on the B-side album G Sides, Later that same month, their first full-length album, the self-titled Gorillaz, was released, producing four singles, Clint Eastwood, 19-2000, Tomorrow Comes Today, and Rock the House. In June 2001, 19–2000 charted at No.6 in the UK, the end of the year brought the song 911, a collaboration between Gorillaz and hip hop group D12 and Terry Hall about the September 11 attacks. Gorillaz performed at the 2002 Brit Awards in London on 22 February, the band was nominated for four Brit Awards, including Best British Group, Best British Album and Best British Newcomer, but did not win any awards
