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Psychic Predicted Moment Occupy Would Start— Correctly

...and other weird OWS news

By Matt Cantor,  Newser Staff

Posted Oct 21, 2011 10:44 AM CDT

(Newser) – If you thought a sitcom predicting Moammar Gadhafi’s death was weird, check this out: A psychic predicted when Occupy Wall Street would begin, almost down to the minute, Mediaite reports. At a psychic panel in Kansas City in January, Steve MacDonald said the lower and middle classes would revolt at 3:45pm on Sept. 17; a local newspaper reported the prediction. The first OWS General Assembly meeting was at 3pm that day.

More news from Zuccotti Park:

  • OWS members have bought $5,000 worth of TV advertising time through Google, Adweek reports. In the ad, protesters present their concerns for America; check it out to the left.
  • A plainclothes police officer dubbed the “Hipster Cop” acts as a mediator between police and protesters, notes the AP. Wearing a skinny tie and cardigan, his job is “juggling” protesting rights with “the right to peace and tranquility," he says. See him in the image gallery at left.
  • Rifts have formed among the protesters, including a big argument over the role of drumming in the park. Disagreements led to shouting and even a fistfight, reports New York magazine. Locals are also getting annoyed with all the drumming, the New York Post adds.
  • Meanwhile, in DC, protesters yelled at Harrison Ford.

Detective Rick Lee, Hipster Cop.
Detective Rick Lee, "Hipster Cop."   (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Actor Mark Ruffalo, center, speaks to demonstrators at the Occupy Wall Street Thursday, Oct. 20, 2011 in New York.
Actor Mark Ruffalo, center, speaks to demonstrators at the Occupy Wall Street Thursday, Oct. 20, 2011 in New York.   (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
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COMMENTS
Showing 3 of 17 comments
Truth777
Oct 21, 2011 10:27 PM CDT
Psychics = Satan Stay away from them!
JonmarkP
Oct 21, 2011 6:19 PM CDT
I predicted that the psychic would predict that.
Matt2h
Oct 21, 2011 3:56 PM CDT
If you believe in psychic powers, you're a moron.

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