Take time to look at the compassionate Halloween costume pictures with this op-ed — the great divide.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/29/opinion/what-the-costumes-reveal.html?_r=1

On Friday, the law firm of Steven J. Baum threw a Halloween party. The firm, which is located near Buffalo, is what is commonly referred to as a “foreclosure mill” firm, meaning it represents banks and mortgage servicers as they attempt to foreclose on homeowners and evict them from their homes. Steven J. Baum is, in fact, the largest such firm in New York; it represents virtually all the giant mortgage lenders, including Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America and Wells Fargo.

This party is the firm’s big annual bash. Employees wear Halloween costumes to the office, where they party until around noon, and then return to work, still in costume. I can’t tell you how people dressed for this year’s party, but I can tell you about last year’s.

That’s because a former employee of Steven J. Baum recently sent me snapshots of last year’s party. In an e-mail, she said that she wanted me to see them because they showed an appalling lack of compassion toward the homeowners — invariably poor and down on their luck — that the Baum firm had brought foreclosure proceedings against.

Today’s young are having their futures destroyed.
But the Very Serious People are busy clutching their pearls.
The LATime’s Steve Lopez: Occupy L.A.’s 99%: all talk, no action

I would like to see some statistics on just how many entry level fulltime jobs with benefits there actually are out there, and in what fields. One of my sons just worked as this young lady is doing for two years at a very hard job and low salary, thinking he at least qualified for a few days of paid vacation – he always showed up when scheduled to work and did so late into the night, with those few days of ‘benefit’ before him – not to take some fancy cruise, but just to have a few days with family and not on call to work. Came vacation time and he applied for it – ‘Sorry,’ they said, ‘ You needed to work X number of hours; you don’t qualify.’

The number of hours he worked was only a couple of hours short of X.

You can bet they had that all figured out. No benefits and no promised paid vacation.

Indeed, allan: today’s young are having their futures destroyed. Cradle to grave.

Picking up live blogging of #Occupy from here as the commenting period has closed …

Re Occupy Nashville, TN :

Strike Team 4 of TN state troopers are in Nashville, TN for the police raid. Metro police have nothing (and apparently want nothing) to do with the action.

Re Richmond, VA :

1marketingqueen ♕ mareesa dawn
@MMFlint~~> Richmond, va police brought a light truck to illuminate Kanawha Plaza #occupyrichmond #occupytogether pic.twitter.com/sL0ePqUe
… in reply to @MMFlint
11:46 PM Oct 30th

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Re Richmond, VA:

OccupyPics Stevie T
RT @RipRitchie: Police lined up outside #occupyrichmond http://twitpic.com/78mit3 #OWS #Solidarity #OccupyRVA
11:57 PM Oct 30th

Re Nashville, TN:

LS up. THP (Tennessee Office of Homeland Security) still there.

Re Occupy Raleigh, NC:

OccupyRaleigh Occupy Raleigh
5 occupiers and zero police. What was that about overtime costing the city thousands? #occupyraleigh #ows #solidarity
11:54 PM Oct 30th

Re Occupy Salem, OR :

occupysalem I… Am One
http://twitgoo.com/4syb1h Happy Halloween from the Occupy Salem Oregon family…The People United Will NEVER Be Defeated!
9:46 PM Oct 30th

Re Nashville, TN :

WSMV-TV Nashville (Channel 4) is carrying the Occupy Nashville live stream here

Re Portland, OR:

OccupyNorthWest OccupyNorthWest
I lost major respect for Portland PD after seeing them post people to Facebook for simple Civil Disobedience. #OccupyPortland @MayorSamAdams
10:48 PM Oct 30th

Re Spokane, WA:

“Occupy Spokane supporters march through downtown Spokane stopping at Bank of America, the Wells Fargo Center and Chase Bank, Saturday, Oct 22, 2011.” … “Occupy Spokane supporters march in downtown Spokane” (The Spokesman-Review, Oct. 22, 2011, 7:54 p.m.)

Re Oakland, CA:

Video: “Copwatch @Occupy Oakland: Beware of Police Infiltrators & Provocateurs” (Oct. 28, 2011)

Re Nashville, TN:

OperationLeakS Anonymous
Comfirmed: The City of Nashville has now put a Curfew on it’s Citizens. The Citizens of Nashville are grounded?? #OccupyNashville #OWS
5:26 PM Oct 29th