Bunny-Style Hopping? You‘ll Want to See the Videos of Occupy Training for Its ’May Day’ Protest
- Posted on April 11, 2012 at 11:06am by
Mike Opelka
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Just as professional sports teams hold pre-season training sessions to make sure their players are game-ready, the Occupy Wall Street folks are also holding spring training sessions to prepare their rookies for the movement’s “opening day” on May 1st: the “May Day” protest.
The OWS Spring Training camps have been in session for a few weeks now. These classes are held in a couple of locations in lower Manhattan and consist of trained leaders teaching the inexperienced Occupier the basics of the OWS movement. The Zuccotti Park location teaches how to communicate using the “mic check” technique and also educates the faithful in what these folks call “civil disobedience.”
This first of these clips (shot for The Atlantic) shows a curious group hug that is triggered by a leader shouting “Love is the answer”:
Yes, those people are hopping to the circle where they execute the group hug. (And nowhere is the strange hopping explained.)
In this next clip, the facilitator is instructing the protesters on a technique used to avoid arrest called “Civilian.“ When the word ”civilian” is heard, the group is supposed to break apart and start acting like civilians: (According to the teacher, civilians would just walk away, make a cell phone call or “check your Facebook.”)
Another lesson teaches people the more difficult routine of hopping forward, assembling in a group, locking arms, charging ahead and then falling to the ground: (We presume they are falling and awaiting arrest.)
Sidebar: The leader in this video is an OWS veteran named Nicole Carty. Ms. Carty has a unique story. She happens to be a twin, an identical twin. However, her mirror image and sister Jill is probably someone that Nicole would be protesting. Jill Carty, a University of Pennsylvania grad who studied and earned two degrees, works in the financial world. Last October, the sisters were profiled by ABC News:
And just like the professional sports world, OWS has even scheduled weekly “pre-season” games before the big May Day action. As seen on the group’s website, this coming Friday the 13th will the Occupiers have plans for a special march on Bank of America.
Did you notice that they have their own hashtag (#springtraining)?
What’s the plan for this event?
This week we are teaming up with the campaign to Break up Bank of America! Come out to the “Run on Bank of America” as we run, march, and call on everyone to move their money out of this monstrous bank. Bank of America is a giant, raging hurricane of theft and fraud, spinning through America and leaving a massive trail of destitute retirees and foreclosed-upon families in its wake. So we are moving our money out of this criminal institution.
This Friday’s scheduled march is meant to inspire people to move their money out of Bank of America (BOFA). Which begs the question, How many of the Occupiers actually have bank accounts? And how many of those accounts are at BOFA?
We’ll be monitoring the scheduled weekly marches, so expect our own “inside baseball” coverage later this week.
H/T – Videos of OWS training from Julie Dermansky - © 2012
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Comments (179)
NOBALONEY
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 11:45amOWS’s Romper Room.
Report Post »Speak without Fear
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 11:50amSOOOOO true!!!!
Report Post »Right wing nut job
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 12:03pmYup, I remember doing the same exercises in kindergarten, right before milk and nap time.
Report Post »Unix
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 12:08pmHow does that go again?
Romper stomper, romper BOOM!
This not a good sign ya’ll, they are organizing for a REVOLUTION, better get ready for a rough ride, coming real soon! Stand tall, keep the faith and FREEDOM shall prevail. I stand with the Constitution and will fall with it, if necessary!
Report Post »ShyLow
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 12:09pmMay 1st…We meet again…How long Lord?…How long?
Report Post »Right wing nut job
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 12:26pmMeanwhile the police training sounds more like..
“SQUAD. ATTENT-ION!”
“PORT ARMS!”
“RIGHT FACE!”
“FORWARD MARCH!”
“MARK TIME, MARCH!”
“SQUAD HALT!”
“LEFT FACE!”
“ECHELON LEFT, MOVE!”
“FORWARD MARCH!”
STOMP, drag, STOMP, drag, STOMP, drag, STOMP, drag……..
Report Post »rangerp
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 12:31pmmake life mega easy with everything electic, microwave ovens, and a big tv for the kids to watch, get rid of spanking, give all kids trophies, add in MTV, Rock and Roll, video games, teach via multiculturalism, have the MSM bless everything liberal, a rise in femenism, stop going to church, get rid of the KJV, stop prayer in school, stop adhearing to the constitution, give lazy people welfare, turn state colleges into dens of iniquity and socialist training camps, infuse with Oprah, Phill Donahue, and Ellen, embrace everything ghetto and thugish, stop bathing, teach a bunch of mindless slogans and talking points, and bang!!!, you get a nation of gutless losers on the way to collapse.
Report Post »USAMEDIC3008
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 1:30pmNew show on NBC
Report Post »Are you dumber Than a wedge…
Marci
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 1:55pmWhat a bunch of sheeple morons.
Report Post »PeachyinGA
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 2:48pmLookth like thumbwon need a widdle hug at recess. Is it possible that Occupiers are the end result from recess being removed from school days? Now we can give them a participation award and send them home happy.
Report Post »jdickiso
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 2:49pmLove all the NIKE shoes…what a way to STICK IT to the corporations…YEAH OCCUPY!!!! YOU’RE BRILLIANT!!!
Report Post »teamarcheson
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 4:03pmOn day soon that lady will be a US Senator. Most of those people in the mob will be members of Congress and State Legislators. No one is trying to stop them so what do you think will happen?
Report Post »4blackhorses
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 6:57pmNow don’t make fun, it’s the same IQ level.
Report Post »gsp9993
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 7:06pmOWS adult turds with nothing else to do.
No point in even acknowledging that they exist.
Report Post »txbigfoot
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 7:18pmlemmings asking to be gassed.
Report Post »Remeber the words of the ONE. those people cling to thier……
Yes you know the answer,
Be a good scout and be prepared. This is YOUR property, not theirs.
TXPilot
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 7:47pmI hope the police respond to their “mic check”, with a liberal use of the body check…..morons!!
Report Post »RabidPatriot
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 8:49pmIt was a competition. Biggest fool won an ounce of marijuana.
Report Post »drattastic
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 11:44amMy God these people are brainless fools !
Mic check ,stun grenade,tear gas,pepper spray,fire hose,stun gun, night stick…..hey were are you guys going ?
Report Post »Unix
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 11:57amAll I can see on these videos is cannon fodder?! Professional protesters, university Marxist indoctrination, social brainwashing and mindless gatherings bun by ‘mic’ checks. My goodness, these drones are STUPID. If they would put that much energy into finding a real job, we’d all be better of, but of course all they want is the destruction of Capitalism. Who will foot their bills when they ‘try’ to accomplish this transformation? Thank you liberal communists and Mr Obama, you’ve trained your communist cadres well, but in the end, you will LOSE! BANK ON IT! In the unlikely event you don’t lose, I’ll be dead, because that will be better than red!!!
Report Post »GO-FOR-LIBERTY
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 2:52pmHow about a nice big net fired over their heads. Works for wild animals why not OWS? Maybe they wouldn’t think it is quite as funny.
Report Post »Channel3
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 2:52pmThey truly are mental invalids. Feable in body, spirit and mind.
This is what is bringing our country down? Skipping, hopping, falling buffoons are taking over America the great?
Report Post »T-2
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 11:43amdear Lord forgive me for i have sin…I was wishing that those people would break each other ankle while hopping and be taken to a public hospital where Obamacare is being implemented. They will wait for weeks to be seen. Then when they were seen, they will be deem non-productive to society and be put on a bus to a “re-education” camp…
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on April 12, 2012 at 3:30amOur Commies are a sad bunch
Report Post »You put your left foot in,
You put your left foot out,
You put your left foot in,
And you shake it all about.
You do the Hokey Pokey
And you turn yourself around,
That‘s what it’s all about.
ccfonten
Posted on April 12, 2012 at 5:03amYep, I was wishing a terminal case of hang nail myself.
Report Post »These are the useful idiots Pelosi loves sooooo much.
JAMACAMECRAZYMAN
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 11:42amWhen are they going to be on american idol?
Report Post »concealled9mms
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 11:47amwhen they have talent
Report Post »1digger
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 2:39pmThey‘re trying out for ’American Idiot’. So as not to make any of them feel bad…they all win the prize!
Report Post »cookcountypatriot
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 11:41amhey kids LOOK! its the progressive white slaves,,,what are they doing daddy??hmm im not sure son,,what do they want daddy?hmmmm..i dont know…but daddy why are they slaves…because barack wants them to be…whos barak daddy…well son..uh..no matter after november he wont matter anymore son…
Report Post »USACommoner
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 11:46am…unless he is like the Clintons. Then he’ll never go away…
Report Post »USACommoner
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 11:40amAaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh I haven’t laughed that hard in such a long time!! OMG was that funny! Do they think the local police department “trains” this same way, or are they a little more serious? Do they even know what USD is? The police aren’t going to hold them down and tickle them once the shtf.
And the lady in the first video…are they expecting any high water there? She looks to be preventing the hem of her pants from getting wet. Or dirty. Or covering her ankles.
Report Post »krispy01
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 4:50pmAnd how about those leg warmers in #3…..LOL !
Report Post »Carlinpa
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 11:37amYeah they love, they love themselves!!
Report Post »marine249
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 11:36amyour tax $$$$$$ hard at work
don’t it make you just so happy
Report Post »barber2
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 11:34amDear God. They look like something out of a Mad Max movie. And they sound like brainwashed zombies…
Report Post »AvengerK
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 11:40ambut if you ask them…they’re all “independent thinkers”. The left needs groupthink to survive. Without it they can’t incite this kind of activity.
Report Post »Speak without Fear
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 11:34amTwinkles up….now bunny hop…..twinkles down….now bunny hop…….scratch your nose….now bunny hop and twinkles up……lift your left leg…….and twinkles up…..then bunny hop…….twinkles up…..say I love to be an idiot……twinkles up and bunny hop……..twinkles down bunny hop….stand on your head….scratch your nose…..lift your leg…..and say I love to be an idiot…..4 times.
Report Post »T-2
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 11:50am….now twinkle on each other….
Report Post »Therightsofbilly
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 12:09pmThis can only lead to one thing…………………The Hokey Pokey
Report Post »Speak without Fear
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 11:29amGood heavens! Complete idiocy.
I would love for someone to pretend to be a one of these loons…..get in one of those circles….and have these idiots repeat.
I am loony….
I can’t think for myself…
I need my mommy and daddy to feed me
I live in my parents basement….
Say BAAAAA….
BAAAAAAA BAAAAAA
Say BAAAAA…..
BAAAA….BAAAAA
Now get in line……and say BAAAAAA and follow the arsehole in front of you!
BAAAAAAAAA….
Say….. I like to follow arsholes! BAAAAA
Report Post »AvengerK
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 11:35amThat “civilian” thing won’t work…the cops can still follow the smell.
Report Post »brntout
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 11:28amThey have 99% armbands on,really? Well 100% dead is dead.Never heard of 1% percent alive,unless you count the demoralcrats.
Report Post »AvengerK
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 11:37amThe armbands are the “enlightened, independent thinkers” giving us another example of their groupthink mentality. The lefty idiots are so marinated in groupthink that they can’t break away from it.
Report Post »tmplarnite
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 11:28amCLOWNS and fools………….
Report Post »tweetybird
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 11:26amWhat a bunch of mindless robots.
Report Post »MrKnowItAll
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 11:26amStealing Glenn’s Work. LOVE! These Idiots are attempting to lessen the Power of GOOD.
Report Post »American Saint
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 11:24amWell that is just odd.
Report Post »JustPeachy
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 11:45amVery well put. lol
Report Post »DIVINEPROVIDENCE1776
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 11:20amWhat a bunch of mindless sheep. I gave their videos a big thumbs down. Marxism deserves to be thrown into the dustbin of history never to return again. A very dangerous ideology that goes all the way to the top. Romney 2012…at least he’s not a Commie!
Report Post »Cymry
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 11:24amI am SOOOOOOOOO going to buy one of those t-shirts.
Report Post »Teabunny
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 11:25amremember the shoe! Always, Always have the write in option! (hope he’s not as big a loafer! lol)
Report Post »DIVINEPROVIDENCE1776
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 11:29am@CYMRY Santorum was my first choice, but Romney is better than MaObama any day. Glenn’s t-shirts are great and I have many in my wardrobe and will be buying “At least he’s not a Commy” one too. Classic!
Report Post »kaydeebeau
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 11:29amWe did this hokey-pokey like thing in kindergarten…..hmmmm maybe there is a correlation to the emotional and chronological IQs of the Owsers and 5 year olds??
Report Post »Teabunny
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 11:29am94 golf outings is a bit outrageous!
Report Post »wdittgasn
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 12:41pmThey say when you start smoking pot that your brain brain (mind) stops growing and remains at that level. You start smoking pot at 13 then you will grow up with a 13 year old mind set. Well these idiots got a contact buzz from their parents.
Report Post »thegreatcarnac
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 11:20amWabbit Season!
Report Post »JACKTHETOAD
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 11:46amKill the Wabbit…
Report Post »ShyLow
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 11:57amnimrods
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 11:14amWhat a bunch of numbskulls. America‘s best and brightest youth is off getting slaughtered in ungrateful Muslim countries and we’re left with this trash.
Report Post »grudgywoof
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 11:26amTime to take out the trash!
Report Post »D-Fence
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 11:33amWhere are the porta-potties? I hope they don’t take a dump together.
Report Post »JACKTHETOAD
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 12:05pm@D – Rowan & Martin’s Crap-In…
Report Post »Cymry
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 11:14amlooks like the looney left is organizing, glenn says that we should organize, ok here’s your chance. petition for an investigation by the congress into obama’s ineligibility to be president
http://www.wnd.com/wnd_petition/petition-urging-congress-to-investigate-obamas-eligibility/
make this viral people.
Report Post »kat747
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 12:12pmSimple….CONGRESS should DEMAND that the Democratic Nominating Committee produce Obama’s legal, birth certificate from the State of Hawaii with the State Seal of Hawaii on it – not that doctored-up information sheet that the White House released. And this has to be done BEFORE the Nov 2012 election. Obama CANNOT hold up Congress’ demand from the DNC. He has spent almost a million dollars or more to hold up producing this birth certificate in different courts, but there is nothing he can do if CONGRESS DEMANDS THE BIRTH CERTIFICATE FROM THE DNC. Now….let’s see if Congress has the intestinal fortitude to demand it !
Report Post »Cymry
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 4:25pm@Kat
they’re not going to do anything unless we push (petition) them.
remember, washington, d.c. leads from the rear…….double-entendre for barry :)
Report Post »COFemale
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 11:13amLook at all the sheep.. Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
What a bunch loser dweebs. If this is the future of the Liberal Progressive party, they are screwed. That could be a good thing. We just need to make sure we outnumber them.
Home school people or send to Christian schools.
Report Post »Mark0331
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 11:13amThis video reminds me of a giant game of “Simon Sez” played while tripping on peyote…these OWS kids are pathetic misguided ‘useful idiots’….They will bunny hop themselves right into tear gas and 12 gauge rounds if they are not careful.
Report Post »RightUnite
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 11:10amNice…. All in one spot… Easier to shoot ‘em with rubber bullets…
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 11:09amLet them occupy the jail cells; these people are marxists and socialist in additon to being nothing more than useful idiots for the true puppet masters behind the Occupy movements.
Report Post »Teabunny
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 11:09amOn behalf of all us real “bunnies out there…may i just say, I take offense to this!
Report Post »COFemale
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 11:15amThe never of some people and they did not even get the hopping correct. They are faux bunnies.
Report Post »Teabunny
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 11:18amps radio show audio down again on GB.com link.
Report Post »Teabunny
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 11:34amThanks for fixing the audio guys! props (not faux either!)
Report Post »Teabunny
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 11:37amRats…down again! commercial played, but the studio board must be off. Wow, interesting .
Report Post »Justagrunt
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 11:42amHa ha! Good for a laugh anyway. I can’t wait to see youtube videos of the mass peppersprayings to come.
Report Post »grimmy
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 12:52pmLooks like its going to be wabbit season soon,better hide your cotton tail Teabunny……
Report Post »Teabunny
Posted on April 11, 2012 at 4:59pmThat, my dear grimmy, would be an answer to a prayer! considering I am not the one looking for notoriety, of the famous or infamous kind. The dearest wish of my heart are simply 3…to do God’s will, to see my country restored, and to find true love…all else is wood, stubble, and hay. (never seen a hearse with a luggage rack!)
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