Erm... guys?

lulz

Quote from the Well Fargo Manager is gold:

Wells Fargo spokesman Ruben Pulido said the move demonstrates that Occupy Oakland recognizes the value and service the bank provides its customers.

Maximum trolling

Sargun: Maximum trolling

Who's trolling?

It's ironic because they want to do away with all banks and all monetary systems and live on granola and bong hits. Right?

Wait, what? Oh, they just want to improve the operational ethics and regulatory environment of these institutions? I see.

Carry on proudly then, Ironic tag.

I don't see why this is a big surprise. It's Oakland.

Besides, it's probably best to get the funds stored somewhere, ANYWHERE.. before the police swoop in and steal it. Obviously drug money.

took long enough for an article on this to get greenlit

/greenlighted?

It's like rAAAAIIIAAAAINNNN on your WEDDING DAY...

Sargun: Maximum trolling

Maximum butthurt...

Well, it IS safer than keeping it in the tent with your stash. That baggie gets misplaced every twenty mintues or so!

They want people to be able to donate anywhere in the country by going into a Wells fargo, ask to deposit to that account, and when offered services tell them to fark off and die.

Protest movements against banks have done that in other countries. It's quite successful in the damage to morale of the company as a whole.

Ooooowwwww.

/Mah gawd.
//Couldn't they at least convert it into a barter commodity, like red beans?

Did they not have any local banks or credit unions to choose from?

Dude killed himself today at the occupy Burlington protest. Mayor already blaming gun ownership, even though guns, tents, camping, overnight stays are not permitted in city hall park.

Farking dumbass libs. At least one less today.

Of course Republicans drove home from work on government-built roads to post in this troll thread on the internet which was invented by the united states government so I'm glad to see my Republican friends recognize the value of socialism.

joonyer: It's ironic because they want to do away with all banks and all monetary systems and live on granola and bong hits. Right?

Wait, what? Oh, they just want to improve the operational ethics and regulatory environment of these institutions? I see.

Carry on proudly then, Ironic tag.


if you are fighting against what you allege to be over the top greed, impropriety, fraud and undue influence exerted by large financial institutions, you probably don't want to stash your protest funds at the 4th largest financial institution in the country and the 24th largest in the world.

It looks funny.

Thunderpipes: Dude killed himself today at the occupy Burlington protest. Mayor already blaming gun ownership, even though guns, tents, camping, overnight stays are not permitted in city hall park.

Farking dumbass libs. At least one less today.

-1,000,000,000/10

Just sayin' (new window)

OAKLAND, Calif. [November 8, 2011]

Since the October 26 announcement of a donation following the police
raid on Occupy Oakland, some have wondered how these funds are being
handled. At Monday night's General Assembly, Occupy Oakland voted on
the next steps needed to make use of the $20,000 which Occupy Wall
Street donated to the Oakland encampment. Resulting from that
consensus vote, Occupy Oakland is in the process of opening an
unincorporated association in its name in the state of California.

The money is temporarily being placed into the Wells Fargo trust fund
of lawyer Timothy Fong. It will stay there for less than two weeks
while Occupy Oakland establishes the new, unincorporated account with
either a credit union or a community bank. Timothy Fong himself is in .
the process of moving his accounts out of Wells Fargo-and he- as well
as Occupy Oakland as a whole - urges other people to leave the multinational
banks as well.

And then there was this afterwards: An Open Letter to Occupy Oakland (new window)

Just kidding. Can you hold on to a little cash for us, though?

Um... maybe because the asshole anarchists smashed the bank's windows and the nice non-anarchist protesters want to pay back the bank for the damages these assholes caused?

Oh wait, no, need to RTFA. Never mind.

This is entirely unsurprising. There's many cases where the people protesting the banks keep their money in the banks.

They recognize good service and value as much as they recognize their desire to be seen as "in the right scene" with their friends.

The banks don't mind. Protest all you want. It's obvious you're keeping your money there.

Now the question, is Wells Fargo going to confiscate the funds to pay for the damage to a Wells Fargo branch...caused by the same protestors who deposited $20K?

Would that be irony?

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Just kidding. Can you hold on to a little cash for us, though?

heehee.
+1

This is just now hitting here?

Fark, I am disappoint.

/left all my good rhetoric on the comments section of the Chron
//they are fun to flame with
///pansies

r1niceboy: They want people to be able to donate anywhere in the country by going into a Wells fargo, ask to deposit to that account, and when offered services tell them to fark off and die.

Protest movements against banks have done that in other countries. It's quite successful in the damage to morale of the company as a whole.

SHHH!!! Don't let Farkers know how stupid they are for not understanding things such as strategy and while also protecting your liquid assets!

BlueJay206: Now the question, is Wells Fargo going to confiscate the funds to pay for the damage to a Wells Fargo branch...caused by the same protestors who deposited $20K?

Would that be irony?

No, but it would be a felony.

But your confusion is understandable; after all, both words end in "ny".

Just want to remind you guys that Wells Fargo was actually one of the big banks that did not have a ton of crap on the balance sheet. They were forced to participate in Tarp so they wouldn't make other Banks look weak.

i hope they opened a saving account with their checking account and automatic $75 monthly transfer to avoid the checking account fees

thelordofcheese: r1niceboy: They want people to be able to donate anywhere in the country by going into a Wells fargo, ask to deposit to that account, and when offered services tell them to fark off and die.

Protest movements against banks have done that in other countries. It's quite successful in the damage to morale of the company as a whole.

SHHH!!! Don't let Farkers know how stupid they are for not understanding things such as strategy and while also protecting your liquid assets!

you guys are like the Pattons of Protest Movements.

/Oswalt

Soooo...does everyone in the Occupy group get to spend the money...or just a select few get to control it???

BlueJay206: Now the question, is Wells Fargo going to confiscate the funds to pay for the damage to a Wells Fargo branch...caused by the same protestors who deposited $20K?

yes, because that would be perfectly legal.

KeithGate: Soooo...does everyone in the Occupy group get to spend the money...or just a select few get to control it???

1% make the calls on how the money is used, give or take.

depmode98: Of course Republicans drove home from work on government-built roads to post in this troll thread on the internet which was invented by the united states government so I'm glad to see my Republican friends recognize the value of socialism.

Are you sure your handle shouldn't be derpmode98? What does any of what you just posted have to do with TFA or anything related to it?

styckx: skullkrusher: KeithGate: Soooo...does everyone in the Occupy group get to spend the money...or just a select few get to control it???

1% make the calls on how the money is used, give or take.

You win the internets

you can keep your socialist internets. Do you have any homing pigeons perchance?

KeithGate: Soooo...does everyone in the Occupy group get to spend the money...or just a select few get to control it???

i'm sure the accounting tent will keep good records and the money will be spent wisely

It's funny, but the argument isn't about the existence or basic functions of banks as repositories of money, but rather their behavior with that money and the impacts on the larger economic world that come with it.

But it's still funny.

BlueJay206: Now the question, is Wells Fargo going to confiscate the funds to pay for the damage to a Wells Fargo branch...caused by the same protestors who deposited $20K?

Would that be irony?

Couldn't do that without court order. Ironically, if the Occupy was organized as a corporation, it would be easier.

Bacon is Meat Candy: Did they not have any local banks or credit unions to choose from?

Not smack dab in the middle of the city they don't.