Quantcast

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

November 09

November 09

The Fed, QE1/2/3, Debt/Deficit, Debt Ceiling, Inflation
QE2.5 CONTINUES:  Fannie Mae taps $7.8 billion from Treasury, loss widens
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/11/09/us-usa-housing-fanniemae-idUSTRE7A77F420111109
---POTUS to fundraisers:  "We were able to prevent America from going into a Great Depression"
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/obama-to-supporters-we-were-able-to-prevent-america-from-going-into-a-great-depression/
Senate bill powers up state online sales taxes
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/11/09/us-usa-salestax-idUSTRE7A801H20111109?feedType=RSS&feedName=internetNews&rpc=22&sp=true
EuroZone CollapseWatch
---In Turmoil, Greece and Italy Deepen Euro Crisis
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/09/world/europe/in-turmoil-greece-and-italy-deepen-euro-crisis.html?_r=2&hp&pagewanted=all
---Berlusconi Loses Majority After Ally Asks Him to Resign
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/09/world/europe/support-for-berlusconi-ebbs-before-crucial-vote.html

Stock/Business/Housing/Job Markets, Gold/Silver, Food Supply

Bank of America CEO takes hubris to new level by chastising public...
http://www.investorplace.com/2011/10/bank-of-america-ceo-takes-hubris-to-new-level-by-chastising-public-bac/?utm_source=OB_IPM
"Public School Teachers Aren't Underpaid"
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203687504576655352353046120.html?mod=djemEditorialPage_h
Tests show most store honey is NOT honey...
http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2011/11/tests-show-most-store-honey-isnt-honey/

Big Gov't, Socialism/Nazism/Progressivism/Marxism/Communism/Globalism
UNCONSTITUTIONAL:  Bill Clinton: Let presidents serve three terms, "I’ve always though that should be the rule"
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1111/67838.html
---READ the 22nd Amendment...
http://www.usconstitution.net/xconst_Am22.html
----REASON FOR the 22nd Amendment:
http://en.allexperts.com/q/Legislation-Presidential-Congressional-337/22nd-amendment.htm
Appeals court upholds Obama health care law
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_HEALTH_CARE_OVERHAUL?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2011-11-08-11-18-46
Attorney General Eric Holder:  Fast and Furious "should never have happened, and it must never happen again"
http://www.cnn.com/2011/11/08/us/holder-fast-and-furious/index.html?section=cnn_latest
---Holder:  "Critical first step should be for congressional leaders to work with us to provide ATF with the resources and statutory tools it needs to be effective..."
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/192297-holder-says-gun-walking-operation-should-never-have-happened
------Refuses to apologize for Border Patrol agent Brian Terry's death...(VIDEO)
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2011/11/08/holder_refuses_to_apologize_for_murder_of_border_agent_says_fast__furious_didnt_lead_to_death.html
---At least 36 members of Congress want Eric Holder’s immediate resignation...
http://dailycaller.com/2011/11/08/at-least-36-members-of-congress-want-eric-holder’s-
immediate-resignation/
EXECUTIVE ORDER:  POTUS may go public with lawmakers' funding requests...
http://www.nationaljournal.com/whitehouse/name-and-shame-obama-may-go-public-with-lawmakers-funding-requests-20111105
Senate vote to overturn FCC's Net Neutrality rules expected this week...POTUS threatens veto...
http://www.digitalliberty.net/vote-overturn-net-neutrality-rules-expected-a84
POTUS "demotes" White House Chief Of Staff Bill Daley
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/obama-demotes-his-own-chief-of-staff/
GOP senators call for Energy Dept. probe of $730 million steelmaker loan
http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/e2-wire/192215-coats-toomey-want-energy-dept-ig-probe-of-steelmaker-loan
New privacy fears as police could track your GPS without a warrant
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2059001/New-privacy-fears-police-track-GPS-warrant.html
---Justice warns of Orwellian "1984" government....
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/192445-justice-breyer-warns-of-orwellian-government
------Two new Fed GPS trackers found on private SUV
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/11/gps-tracker-times-two/all/1
Russia:  Thanks to capitalism, coffin culture evolves
http://news.yahoo.com/coffin-culture-evolves-russia-064907107.html


Ecological/Economic/Educational/Social "Justice", Redistribution Of Wealth
Wisconsin:  "Christmas" Tree 1, "Holiday" Tree 0
http://blogs.dailymail.com/donsurber/archives/45820
---GALLUP POLL:  Majority of Democrats seldom or never go to church...
http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/majority-democrats-seldom-or-never-go-church-says-gallup

Nike, Microsoft, Google support striking down Defense of Marriage Act
http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/nike-microsoft-google-support-striking-down-defense-of-marriage-act

New "poverty" numbers measure income inequality, not purchasing power
http://hotair.com/archives/2011/11/07/new-poverty-numbers-measure-income-inequality-not-purchasing-power/

---"California EBT: Life is good in California if you don't like to work!" (VIDEO)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXqzxfB9jDM
Australia passes controversial carbon pollution tax
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.449e772b550671c3049e0f8e701d2179.81&show_article=1


Illegal Aliens, Open Borders, National Security
IAEA report: Iran continuously worked to produce a nuclear bomb since 2003

http://www.haaretz.com/news/middle-east/iaea-report-iran-has-been-working-toward-nuclear-bomb-since-2003-1.394422
---...threatens "street war" in Tel Aviv...

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/149544#.TrmsgK79dK8
---UN: Some secret Iran work 'specific to nuclear weapons'
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45209267/ns/world_news-mideast_n_africa/#.TrmsLK79dK8

---POTUS promoted two of the three 'experts' who dismissed the nuclear threat from Iran in 2007
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2011/11/obama_promoted_two_of_the_three_experts_who_dismissed_the_nuclear_threat_from_iran_in_2007.html

Texas:  SWAT teams dispatched as gun battle unfolds near Escobares
http://www.themonitor.com/articles/escobares-56422-swat-teams.html
Alabama:  Utility company PROHIBITING illegals from obtaining electric, gas, water or sewer service...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2058984/Utility-company-PROHIBITING-illegal-immigrants-obtaining-electric-gas-water-sewer-service.html
Officials: Fake weapons parts [made in China] a "ticking time bomb" [for the U.S.]

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_MILITARY_COUNTERFEIT_PARTS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2011-11-08-13-41-48
---OpEd:  "Chinese Build Predatory Blue-Water Navy While Obama Attempts to Scuttle Our Fleet"
http://reaganiterepublicanresistance.blogspot.com/2011/11/chinese-build-predatory-blue-water-navy.html

Civil/Racial Unrest

South Carolina:  [Black] bus driver loses job after assaulting [white] student who used "N"-word
http://charlotte.cbslocal.com/2011/11/08/cops-bus-driver-loses-job-after-assaulting-student-who-used-n-word/

Caliphate/Khilafah, Sharia'h, Jihad/Islamic Terrorism

Clinton: Assad is on his way out
http://www.politico.com/politico44/perm/1111/pressure_on_syria_dc435429-b7b0-48f4-a1b0-68744f936b8a.html
Egypt:  Radical Egyptian preacher says if a man leaves Islam "the ruling upon him is death" (VIDEO)
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/video-surfaces-radical-egyptian-preacher-says-if-a-man-leaves-islam-the-ruling-upon-him-is-death/
Nigeria:  Fanatic jihadist group 'Boko Haram' calls for Nigeria under Islamic law...
http://www.radicalislam.org/news/boko-haram-wants-put-nigeria-under-islamic-law
France:  French magazine "Charlie Hebdo" follows up Muhammed cartoon with Islamic man in gay lip-lock...
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/french-magazine-now-publishes-photo-of-muslim-kissing-another-man/

"This Is What Democracy Looks Like"

India:  Proposed Constitutional amendment calls for "anyone who converts Hindus to be beheaded"
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Behead-those-who-convert-Hindus--Togadia/872403/
---Pakistan:  Four Hindu doctors gunned down
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/Four-Hindu-doctors-gunned-down-in-Pakistan/articleshow/10652854.cms
--
"As parents, we can have no joy, knowing that this government is not sufficiently lasting to ensure any thing which we may bequeath to posterity: And by a plain method of argument, as we are running the next generation into debt, we ought to do the work of it, otherwise we use them meanly and pitifully. In order to discover the line of our duty rightly, we should take our children in our hand, and fix our station a few years farther into life; that eminence will present a prospect, which a few present fears and prejudices conceal from our sight." ~~ Thomas Paine, Common Sense, 1776

Occupy Wall Street - Day 53

Occupy Wall Street - Day 53

Media "Insight"
OWS plan "epic" march from NYC to Washington, D.C....
http://www.wpix.com/news/wpix-epic-march-planned-for-ows-protesters,0,2966876.story
#OWS Pop Quiz, Part II: How Much Do The Protesters Know About ...What They're Protesting? (VIDEO)
http://mrctv.org/videos/ows-pop-quiz-part-ii-how-much-do-protesters-know-about-what-theyre-protesting
CIVIL UNREST?:  Half Of America Now Supports The Tea Party Or Occupy Wall Street
http://www.businessinsider.com/half-of-america-now-supports-the-tea-party-or-occupy-wall-street-2011-11
Tucson:  Occupy lawyers sue to bar arrests, "All of it is occupying for economic justice"
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2011/11/08/Occupy-lawyers-sue-to-bar-arrests/UPI-81021320744600/
San Diego:  Occupy' protesters splatter blood, urine on food carts after vendors stop free service...
http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2011/11/07/socal-street-cart-vendors-hurting-after-occupy-group-splatters-blood-urine/
#Occupy Protest in California: "Who Pooped on the Bank?!" (VIDEO)
http://mrctv.org/videos/occupy-protest-california-who-pooped-bank

Occupiers' Own Words

NYC:  Occupy protestors set up gals-only "safety tent" to guard against pervs
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/occupy_protestors_set_guard_gals_GrHaRZAhzAXBGnjRfXsnCJ
NYC:  Will Occupy Wall Street Expand to Central Park This Friday?
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/will-occupy-wall-street-permanently-expand-to-central-park-this-friday/
Denver:  Occupy elects a new leader: Shelby, a Border Collie mix
http://blogs.westword.com/latestword/2011/11/occupy_denver_leader_dog.php
Boston:  Occupy Harvard students protest course of Romney advisor Gregory Mankiw...
http://radioboston.wbur.org/2011/11/02/mankiw
L.A.:  Occupy goons shut down Burger King (VIDEO)
http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2011/11/oh-good-grief-occupy-la-goons-shut-down-burger-king-video/
HISTORY of the phrase "USEFUL IDIOT"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Useful_idiot

Show Me Your Friends And I'll Show You Your Future
Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA) defends ‘Occupy’ movement despite incidents of violence
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/192325-rep-lee-defends-occupy-movement-despite-incidents-of-violence
ACORN front group destroys evidence of OWS ties...
http://frontpagemag.com/2011/11/07/acorn-front-group-destroys-evidence-of-ows-ties/
Crosby, Stills & Nash playing at Zuccotti Park right now...
http://www.businessinsider.com/crosby-stills-and-nash-playing-at-zuccotti-park-right-now-2011-11
"Occupy Blue Wall Street?"
http://blogs.the-american-interest.com/wrm/2011/11/06/occupy-blue-wall-street/

Counter-Comments
MLK's niece Dr. Alveda King spars with the Rev. Jesse Jackson over OWS & his claims of civil rights movement (VIDEO)
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/mlks-niece-alveda-king-spars-with-jesse-jackson-over-occupy-wall-street-civil-rights/
"If OWS Is Anti-Establishment, Then Why Is The Establishment Supporting Them?"
http://theaverageamericanblog.wordpress.com/2011/11/08/if-ows-is-anti-establishment-then-why-does-the-establishment-support-them/
"Bloomberg's Broken Windows"
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204554204577024402709629524.html
"From Oakland to DC, Occupy Party Over"
http://finance.townhall.com/columnists/johnransom/2011/11/08/from_oakland_to_dc,_occupy_party_over
"The Real '1%'"
http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=13833
"Tea Party - Watch, Organize, Pray and Vote November 2012" (VIDEO)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bphAUIBuG8&feature=channel_video_title

Police Response
Sacramento:  Homeless clash with Occupy at public park
http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2011/11/07/homeless-clash-with-occupy-sacramento-protesters-at-park/
--
"As parents, we can have no joy, knowing that this government is not sufficiently lasting to ensure any thing which we may bequeath to posterity: And by a plain method of argument, as we are running the next generation into debt, we ought to do the work of it, otherwise we use them meanly and pitifully. In order to discover the line of our duty rightly, we should take our children in our hand, and fix our station a few years farther into life; that eminence will present a prospect, which a few present fears and prejudices conceal from our sight." ~~ Thomas Paine, Common Sense, 1776

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

November 08

November 08

UPDATE:  Navy veteran CAN fly American flag outside apartment on Veterans Day...
http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2011/11/springfield_vet_can_fly_americ.html
Ohio:  Veterans donate 1,200 flags so students can take part in Pledge Of Allegiance
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/ohio-vets-donate-1200-flags-so-students-can-take-part-in-pledge-of-allegiance/

The Fed, QE1/2/3, Debt/Deficit, Debt Ceiling, Inflation
Two loopholes in the debt deal that will drive up spending...
http://blog.heritage.org/2011/11/07/courting-disaster-two-gaping-loopholes-in-the-debt-deal-that-will-drive-up-spending/
"A Look Inside the Super Committee"
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203716204577017640028084180.html
Sixty Senators decry "wildly imprudent" bonuses at Fannie, Freddie...
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/11/04/sixty-senators-decry-wildly-imprudent-bonuses-at-fannie-freddie/
Louisiana:  Gov. Bobby Jindal cuts state budget 25% and sky DOESN'T fall...
http://articles.philly.com/2011-11-06/news/30366650_1_private-contractors-bobby-jindal-state-workers
EuroZone CollapseWatch:
Italy on the brink as yields soar past point of no return
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/finance/jeremywarner/100013088/italy-on-the-brink-as-yields-soar-past-point-of-no-return/
---Italy government borrowing rates hit euro-era high (10-yr. bond @ 6.64%)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-15617132
---"Italy: Too Big to Fail, Too Big to Save?"
http://www.cnbc.com/id/45187059
France cuts frantically as Italy nears debt spiral
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financialcrisis/8875444/France-cuts-frantically-as-Italy-nears-debt-spiral.html
Chairman of China's sovereign wealth fund: Europe induces 'sloth, indolence' (VIDEO)
http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/talktojazeera/2011/11/2011114434664695.html

Stock/Business/Housing/Job Markets, Gold/Silver, Food Supply
POLL: 7 in 10 small businesses not hiring...
http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/washington-whispers/2011/11/07/7-in-10-blame-economy-for-hiring-freeze
"Generation Jobless: Young Men Suffer Worst as Economy Staggers"
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204505304577000380740614776.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_MIDDLE_Video_second#articleTabs%3Darticle%26project%3DSLIDESHOW08%26s%3DSB10001424052970204190704577022144279873510

Big Gov't, Socialism/Nazism/Progressivism/Marxism/Communism/Globalism
Judge blocks graphic images on cigarette packages
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_SMOKING_GRAPHIC_IMAGES?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2011-11-07-12-02-53
SCOTUS to hear GPS surveillance case
http://washingtonexaminer.com/local/crime-punishment/2011/11/supreme-court-hear-gps-surveillance-case
Massachusetts:  Cambridge school district marks Muslim holiday "Eid al-Adha"...
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/11/07/massachusetts-school-district-marks-muslim-holiday/
MSNBC analyst Alex Wagner: We should get rid of the Second Amendment...
http://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2011/11/07/msnbc_analyst_we_should_get_rid_of_the_second_amendment
North Carolina:  Chevy Volt again suspected in house fire...
http://nlpc.org/stories/2011/11/06/chevy-volt-again-suspected-house-fire
---FLASHBACK:  Cars.com experiences first Chevy Volt Defect
http://blogs.cars.com/kickingtires/2011/08/carscom-experiences-first-volt-defect.html
Slovakia:  Law could lead to Communist Party's dissolution
http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/1143321-law-could-lead-communist-partys-dissolution

Ecological/Economic/Educational/Social "Justice", Redistribution Of Wealth
Congress looking to create possible multi-billion dollar farm subsidy...
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/congress-looking-to-create-possible-multi-billion-dollar-farm-subsidy/
Is Obama's rail initiative a 'train to nowhere'?
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45153941/ns/us_news/#.Trf-Wa79dOd
Sea Ice News: rapid re-refreeze of the Arctic in October, 40% faster than normal
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2011/11/07/sea-ice-news-rapid-re-refreeze-of-the-arctic-in-october-40-faster-than-normal/
Orlando:  Women's clinic advertises $50.00 coupons for discount Sunday abortions...
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/orlando-womens-clinic-advertises-coupons-for-discount-sunday-abortions/

Illegal Aliens, Open Borders, National Security
Texas:  Man killed by Border Patrol agent was a 20-year-old [human smuggler] from Mexico...
http://www.caller.com/news/2011/nov/04/man-killed-by-border-patrol-agent-thursday-a-20/
China bolstering cyber defenses for modern-day warfare
http://ajw.asahi.com/article/asia/china/AJ2011110716782
---China:  Internet CEO's reach "consensus" to "strengthen self-control, self-restraint, and strict self-discipline" to tighten Web clamp...
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/09d9a5ba-0886-11e1-9fe8-00144feabdc0.html#ixzz1d38EH5CK
China:  "China's Aircraft Carrier: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly"
http://www.realclearworld.com/articles/2011/11/05/chinas_aircraft_carrier_the_good_the_bad_the_ugly_99748.html

Civil/Racial Unrest
Chicago:  Boy, 15, charged with murdering off-duty officer
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2011/11/05/boy-15-charged-with-murdering-off-duty-officer/

Caliphate/Khilafah, Sharia'h, Jihad/Islamic Terrorism
POTUS marks the Hajj and Eid al-Adha, "one of the world’s largest and most diverse gatherings"
http://news.investors.com/Article/590733/201111052148/obama-Hajj-Eid-al-Adha.htm
Russia: Israeli threat of strikes on Iran 'a mistake'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-15617657
Benghazi: "A Sea of Al-Qaeda Flags"
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/282353/benghazi-sea-al-qaeda-flags-john-rosenthal
---...raising both the "classic" black version and a more novel white one
http://muslm.net/vb/showthread.php?t=457921
Russia:  Medvedev calls rapid revival of Orthodox Christianity in Russia a miracle
http://www.interfax-religion.com/?act=news&div=8858

"This Is What Democracy Looks Like"
U.S. to work with Arab Spring's Islamist parties
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_CLINTON_ARAB_SPRING?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2011-11-07-21-19-14
Syria:  State unleashes assault to take an unbowed city
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/08/world/africa/syrian-city-of-homs-suffers-bloody-assault.html?_r=2&hp
Cuba:  Free-market reforms take hold in Cuban countryside
http://news.yahoo.com/free-market-reforms-hold-cuban-countryside-142936563.html
OpEd:  "The rise of Kim Il-sung's mini-me"
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Korea/MK08Dg01.html
OpEd:  "POTUS Loves the People's Republic of China" (VIDEO)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjcoICbnwFY
--
"It is the duty of parents to maintain their children decently, and according to their circumstances; to protect them according to the dictates of prudence; and to educate them according to the suggestions of a judicious and zealous regard for their usefulness, their respectability and happiness." ~~ James Wilson, Lectures on Law, 1791

Occupy Wall Street - Day 52

Occupy Wall Street - Day 52

Media "Insight"
NYC reporter spends night at Zuccotti Park:  is "its own country", "totally lawless", "open drug use", threat of rape for men and women "very real"
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/nyc-reporter-stays-night-at-occupy-wall-st-scary-place-where-rape-threat-is-very-real/
"Wall Street made MORE MONEY in 2.5 years of Obama than 8 years of Bush..." (VIDEO)
http://weaselzippers.us/2011/11/07/wall-street-made-more-money-in-2-5-years-of-obama-than-8-years-of-bush/
$4.5 billion was moved out of major banks and into smaller banks in October...
http://www.businessinsider.com/angry-customers-move-45-billion-dollars-out-of-banks-and-into-credit-unions-in-october-before-bank-transfer-day-2011-11
"The Rich Kids of Occupy Wall Street"
http://frontpagemag.com/2011/11/04/the-rich-kids-of-occupy-wall-street/
Occupy Oakland's new target - foreclosed buildings
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/11/07/MNEO1LRP7D.DTL

Occupiers' Own Words
D.C.:  Protesters push elderly conservative down steps, chant "hey hey, ho ho, this corporate greed has got to go" (VIDEO)
http://nation.foxnews.com/occupy-wall-street/2011/11/07/occupy-dc-goons-push-elderly-woman-down-stairs
---Protesters USE TODDLERS to block exit from Reagan tribute...
http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/occupy-dc-protesters-use-toddlers-block-exit-reagan-tribute
NYC:  Protester dangles from rope off city bridge for three hours...
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/protester-hangs-from-tappan-zee-bridge/
Portland:  "We aren't responsible for vandalism"
http://www.punditpress.com/2011/11/splinter-group-in-occupy-portland-its.html
Howard Stern:  More unfocused idiots caught on tape at #OccupyWallStreet (AUDIO)
http://www.breitbart.tv/never-ending-supply-howard-stern-exposes-more-idiots-at-occupywallstreet/

Show Me Your Friends And I'll Show You Your Future
Greedy celebrity hypocrites who endorse OWS
http://dailycaller.com/2011/11/06/thedcs-jamie-weinstein-occupy-wall-streets-greedy-celebrity-hypocrites/
"The Alliance for Global Justice" --> the radical group handling OWS finances...
http://blog.heritage.org/2011/11/07/meet-the-radical-group-handling-occupy-wall-street-finances/

Counter-Comments
"15 Things I Learned About the Tea Party From Occupy Wall Street"
http://www.jimbyrd.com/15-things-i-learned-about-the-tea-party-from-occupy-wall-street
"How The Koch Brothers And Their Company Would Fix America"
http://www.businessinsider.com/how-the-koch-brothers-and-their-company-would-fix-america-2011-11
"Oakland business owners fear they won't recover"
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/11/07/MNFB1LQLLD.DTL&ao=all
"Occupy America--Obama immigration policy erodes U.S. national identity" ("Far from progressive, Mr. Obama’s leadership is a throwback to 19th century Marxism, characterized by the politics of resentment that pits groups against each other - in this case, illegal occupiers against legal Americans")
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/nov/7/occupy-america/

Police Response
Atlanta:  20 arrested, protesters chant "Put the pigs back in their sty, we the people occupy"
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/occupy-atlanta-clash-with-police-20-arrested-protesters-claim-police-accelerated-motorcycle-into-demonstrators/
D.C.:  Police adjust tactics as Occupy becomes "increasingly confrontational and violent"
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/nov/7/lanier-occupy-dc-has-become-increasingly-confronta/
--
"It is the duty of parents to maintain their children decently, and according to their circumstances; to protect them according to the dictates of prudence; and to educate them according to the suggestions of a judicious and zealous regard for their usefulness, their respectability and happiness." ~~ James Wilson, Lectures on Law, 1791

Monday, November 7, 2011

November 05-07

FLASHBACK to 11/04/2008:  Obama: "To those Americans whose support I have yet to earn -- I may not have won your vote, but I hear your voices, I need your help, and I will be your president, too"
http://articles.cnn.com/2008-11-04/politics/election.president_1_historic-victory-president-barack-obama-vice-president-joe-biden?_s=PM:POLITICS
---Giant effigy of U.S. President Barack Obama is held up in Zuccotti Park... (PICTURE)
http://news.yahoo.com/photos/giant-effigy-u-president-obama-held-people-affiliated-photo-212714601.html
---DOJ abandons FOIA changes that would have prevented government from lying...
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/justice-dept-abandons-foia-changes-that-would-have-permitted-govt-lying/
---"ObamaCare's Billions In Hidden Pork For Unions" (GRAPH)
http://news.investors.com/Article/590517/201111031841/ObamaCares-Union-Slush-Fund.htm
---Obama Administration OPPOSES adding FDR's D-Day Prayer to WWII memorial, says the prayer would "dilute" the memorial's central message...
http://www.witn.com/home/headlines/Obama_Administration_Opposes_Adding_FDR_Prayer_To_War_Memorial_133210888.html
---White House rejects subpoena request for Solyndra docs
http://campaign2012.washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/beltway-confidential/wh-rejects-subpoena-request-solyndra-docs

The Fed, QE1/2/3, Debt/Deficit, Debt Ceiling, Inflation

U.S. approaches $15 trillion debt limit
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2011/11/u-s-approaches-15-trillion-debt-limit/
Detroit:  City literally rips out 1,000 streetlights due to budget cuts
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/rock-bottom-debt-ridden-detroit-suburb-literally-rips-out-1000-streetlights-darkens-town/
EuroZone CollapseWatch:
---Greek lawmakers seek route to nationalism as confidence vote nears
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-11-04/greek-lawmakers-seek-route-to-national-government-as-confidence-vote-nears.html

Stock/Business/Housing/Job Markets, Gold/Silver, Food Supply

Employers add 80,000 jobs in October, jobless rate dips from 9.1% to 9.0%...
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/11/04/employers-add-80000-jobs-in-october-jobless-rate-dips-to-percent/
---Jobs Report: 'Things Are So Bad That This Looks Good'
http://www.cnbc.com/id/45164551
---McDonald's chief : Curb spending and cut taxes
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/economics/8873022/McDonalds-chief-Curb-spending-and-cut-taxes.html
---Most of the unemployed no longer receive benefits
http://www.cnbc.com/id/45174237
"The rising cost of eating"
http://www.mpnnow.com/business/x329156672/Economy-The-rising-cost-of-eating
("Higher commodity costs, higher energy costs and a greater demand for food globally has contributed to driving food costs up")
OpEd:  "Shale Gas Revolution"
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/04/opinion/brooks-the-shale-gas-revolution.html?_r=2&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
("The U.S. is polarized between “drill, baby, drill” conservatives, who seem suspicious of most regulation, and some environmentalists, who seem to regard fossil fuels as morally corrupt and imagine we can switch to wind and solar overnight.")

Big Gov't, Socialism/Nazism/Progressivism/Marxism/Communism/Globalism

Oregon:  Navy veteran could be evicted for hanging American flag...
http://www.wtsp.com/news/national/article/218857/81/Navy-veteran-
New Jersey:  Vernon Township boots town mayor, town managers entire based upon the Declaration Of Independence...
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/beck-discovers-story-of-one-towns-declaration-of-independence/
White House rejects subpoena request for Solyndra docs
http://campaign2012.washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/beltway-confidential/wh-rejects-subpoena-request-solyndra-docs
DOJ abandons FOIA changes that would have permitted gov’t lying
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/justice-dept-abandons-foia-changes-that-would-have-permitted-govt-lying/
"ObamaCare Covert Bailout [Early Retiree Reinsurance Program or 'ERRP'] Should Be Scrutinized"
http://nlpc.org/stories/2011/11/03/obamacare-covert-bailout-should-be-scrutinized
---"ObamaCare's Billions In Hidden Pork For Unions" (GRAPH)
http://news.investors.com/Article/590517/201111031841/ObamaCares-Union-Slush-Fund.htm
U.N.:  $2 billion building binge: Getting worse while it lobbies for $3 billion more...
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/11/03/gift-that-keeps-on-giving-un-lobbying-for-3b-in-future-projects-while
Connecticut:  State lawmakers want gas stations with generators...
http://www.wfsb.com/story/15958258/state-lawmakers-want-gas-stations-with-generators
Anxiety over upcoming test of U.S. emergency system...
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.0dcb7d3d860d0cf5c7d1a0b3866f2f13.ad1&show_article=1
---UPDATE:  Nov. 9 nationwide EAS test shortened to 30 seconds
http://www.televisionbroadcast.com/article/125794
OpEd:  "Where are the Billionaires Supporting the Second Amendment?"
http://www.ammoland.com/2011/11/03/where-are-the-billionaires-supporting-the-second-amendment/
Moscow:  Nazi-saluting nationalists march through Moscow in 'Take back Russia' protest over Muslim migrants
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2057649/Nazi-saluting-nationalists-Take-Russia-march-Moscow-Muslim-migrants.html

Ecological/Economic/
Educational/Social "Justice", Redistribution Of Wealth
Obama Administration OPPOSES adding FDR's D-Day Prayer to WWII memorial, says the prayer would "dilute" the memorial's central message...
http://www.witn.com/home/headlines/Obama_Administration_Opposes_Adding_FDR_Prayer_To_War_Memorial_133210888.html

Air Force Academy backtracks on Christmas toy drive because it’s "too Christian"...
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/air-force-academy-backtracks-on-christmas-toy-drive-because-its-too-christian/
Solyndra filing shows founder/CEO Chris Gronet got $456,000 severance...
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2011/11/02/solyndra-filing-shows-founder-got.html
Debbie Wasserman-Schultz: Saying life begins at conception is "extreme and radical"
http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/debbie-wasserman-schultz-saying-life-begins-conception-extreme-and-radical
Top U.S. companies [Google, Microsoft, Citigroup, IBM, GE and others] urge new Internet trade rules
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/11/03/us-usa-trade-internet-idUSTRE7A262V20111103
---Google changes search algorithm, trying to make results more timely
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/03/google-changes-search-algorithm-trying-to-make-results-more-timely/?hp
U.K.:  Comic book hero Tintin banned from children's shelves over 'racism' fears
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/booknews/8866991/Tintin-banned-from-childrens-shelves-over-racism-fears.html

Illegal Aliens, Open Borders, National Security

CIA following Twitter, Facebook
http://news.yahoo.com/ap-exclusive-cia-following-twitter-facebook-081055316.html
Feds concerned about hackers opening prison doors

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/nov/4/feds-concerned-about-hackers-opening-prison-doors/
Kentucky:  Soldier faces spying allegations
http://www.local12.com/News/Local/story/Kentucky-Soldier-Faces-Spying-Allegations/UkOumVHXHEa92HrLGXC1WQ.cspx#.TrQIBVCyipQ.twitter
Texas:  Arrests of Mexican drug cartel leaders in Texas raise concerns
http://news.yahoo.com/arrests-mexican-drug-cartel-leaders-texas-raise-concerns-213651258.html
---AZ Gov. Jan Brewer slams media for using "race card" to "shut down" debate on illegal aliens (VIDEO)
http://standwitharizona.com/blog/2011/11/04/jan-brewer-slams-media-for-using-race-card-to-shut-down-debate-on-illegal-immigration/

Civil/Racial Unrest

NYC:  Hate crimes at Queens libraries and Jewish temple
http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/news/hate-crimes-at-queens-libraries-and-jewish-temple-20111104-lgf
HArtford:  Tempers flare over 6 days of Conn. power outages
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_OCTOBER_SNOW?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2011-11-04-19-00-14
L.A.:  City wants to charge inmates $143 PER DAY of incarceration...
http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2011/11/03/charge-inmates-to-stay-in-jail-riverside-county-eyes-5m-revenue-boost/
Detroit:  100 bus drivers refuse to run routes after attack by teens..
http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2011/11/04/d-dot-drivers-refuse-to-run-routes-bus-riders-stranded/

Caliphate/Khilafah, Sharia'h, Jihad/Islamic Terrorism

REPORT: Iran in final stages of developing nuclear weapons...
http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/an-inside-look-at-the-base-where-iran-is-developing-nuclear-weapons-1.393920
Egypt:  Military's new proposals sparks furor with Islamists, Muslim Brotherhood; MAY CAUSE "SECOND REVOLUTION"...

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20111103/D9QPEVR00.html
---U.S. State Department training Islamic political parties in Egypt
http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2011/11/03/state_department_training_islamic_political_parties_in_egypt
("We don't do party support. What we do is party training...and we do it to whoever comes")
---OpEd:  "How Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood will win"
http://mideast.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2011/11/03/how_the_muslim_brotherhood_will_win
Michigan:  CAIR warns mosques to tighten security ahead of Christian day-of-prayer...
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2011/11/03/Mich-mosques-warned-to-tighten-security/UPI-35121320357806/?spt=hs&or=tn
---Chicago:  Study shows new mosques cropping up in Chicago...
http://www.npr.org/2011/11/03/141945254/new-mosques-cropping-up-in-chicago-study-shows
---Russia:  Huge mosque for Moscow
http://themoscownews.com/local/20111103/189177764.html
Israeli Navy boards two Gaza-bound flotilla ships
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/israeli-navy-boards-two-gaza-flotilla-ships/

France:  Firebombed French paper reprints Muhammad cartoon that got it bombed
http://www.jihadwatch.org/2011/11/firebombed-french-paper-reprints-muhammad-cartoon-that-got-it-bombed.html


"This Is What Democracy Looks Like"

China:  More than HALF of China's millionaires are considering emigrating to the United States...
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204394804577011760523331438.html
China:  State jails grandmother who organised protest
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.415a7b70d2c87769867bb7263cd5057f.981&show_article=1
Venezuela:  Radio station says troops seize equipment
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/L/LT_VENEZUELA_MEDIA?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2011-11-03-17-55-46
North Korea:  Communist regime executes five top gov't officials in purge ordered by dictator Kim Jong-Il

http://www.cathnewsindia.com/2011/11/04/north-korea-shoots-five-top-men-in-purge/
---Up to 400,000 U.S. troops would be required if North Korea folds...
http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2011/11/04/2011110400970.html

--
"[D]emocracies have ever been spectacles of turbulence and contention; have ever been found incompatible with personal security, or the rights of property; and have, in general, been as short in their lives as they have been violent in their deaths." ~~ James Madison, Federalist No. 10, 1787

Occupy Wall Street - Days 49-51

Occupy Wall Street - Days 49-51

Media "Insight"
Rudy Giuliani: "Barack Obama owns the Occupy Wall Street movement, it would not have happened but for his class warfare"
http://politics.blogs.foxnews.com/2011/11/04/giuliani-obama-owns-occupy-wall-street
---CNN POLL: 32% of Americans support OWS, 29% view it unfavorably
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/new-poll-do-americans-now-dissaprove-of-occupy-wall-st/
Bay Area firms among 30 not paying federal taxes...
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/11/03/BUCN1LQ5IK.DTL
---Oakland developer Phil Tagami keeps Occupy protesters at bay -- with a shotgun
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/meet-the-oakland-developer-who-used-a-shotgun-to-discourage-occupy-rioters/
---About three-fourths of Occupy arrestees were local
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/11/04/BA041LQKH1.DTL
---Oakland council leans toward ending Occupy camp
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/11/03/MNCL1LQDFG.DTL
"Occupying the Minds of Our Youth" ("The Occupy movement illustrates why the founders of the United States crafted a republic, and not a democracy.")
http://www.americanthinker.com/2011/11/occupying_the_minds_of_our_youth.html
HISTORY:  Guy Fawkes
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/heres-the-history-behind-occupy-wall-streets-creepy-guy-fawkes-mask/

Occupiers' Own Words

NYC:  Giant effigy of U.S. President Barack Obama is held up in Zuccotti Park... (PICTURE)
http://news.yahoo.com/photos/giant-effigy-u-president-obama-held-people-affiliated-photo-212714601.html
Fed-up consumers planning for "Bank Transfer Day", "I'm pretty confident they're going to find some way to get that extra money"
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_BANK_TRANSFER_DAY?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2011-11-04-19-26-20
NYC:  Occupants caught in morning brawl, "I demand to take it from the filthy rich and give it to the poor" (VIDEO)
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/violent-vid-occupy-protesters-caught-in-morning-brawl/
NYC:  Occupant admits she was sexually assaulted but DOUBTS RAPES CAN HAPPEN (VIDEO)
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/wall-st-protester-admits-she-was-sexually-assaulted-but-doubts-rapes-can-happen/
D.C.:  Occupiers stage sit-in at Sen. Mitch McConnell’s office dubbed "Occupy McConnell", say "I need a job", "Our D.C.", "Feel the pain"
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/jobless-occupiers-stage-sit-in-at-mitch-mcconnells-office/
D.C.:  Hundreds of protesters block conservatives from leaving "Defending the American Dream" Summit
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/hundreds-of-occupy-d-c-protesters-block-conservatives-from-leaving-summit/
---D.C. motorist struck three protesters, "either ran toward or jumped in front of the moving vehicle"
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/police-and-protesters-differ-on-occupy-d-c-collision/

Show Me Your Friends And I'll Show You Your Future

Boston:  Marxist, socialist, communist, and feminist radicals to speak to Occupy Boston
http://www.occupyboston.org/2011/11/04/upcoming-lectures-howard-zinn-memorial-lecture-series-occupy-boston/
Denver:  Confirmed 1%er & OWS supporter Michael Moore lashes out at CBS reporter over wealth questions, "You're just punk media is all you are!" (VIDEO)
http://denver.cbslocal.com/2011/11/03/filmmaker-michael-moore-joins-occupy-denver-protesters/
MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell calls for "occupation" and boycott of Restaurant Association... (VIDEO)
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2011/11/04/msnbcs_odonnell_calls_for_occupation_and_boycott_of_restaurant_association_exposes_pictures_of_groups_leadership.html
Former Labor Sec'y. Robert Reich thinks next phase of Occupy will bring a "set of political actions" (VIDEO)
http://current.com/shows/countdown/videos/occupy-together-robert-reich-thinks-next-phase-will-bring-a-set-of-political-actions
Eminent domain brings segregation to Zuccotti Park...
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/eminent-domain-brings-segregation-to-owss-zuccotti-park/
Atlanta:  Occupants deny rumors of partnership with Nation Of Islam for "protection"...
http://atlanta.cbslocal.com/2011/11/04/occupy-atlanta-denies-rumors-of-partnership-with-nation-of-islam/
---FLASHBACK:  Jew-hating Farrakhan hails OWS as start of a new nation, “The American Autumn Has Just Begun”…
http://weaselzippers.us/2011/10/10/farrakhan-hails-wall-street-occupiers-as-start-of-a-new-nation-“the-american-
autumn-has-just-begun/
Jesse Jackson compares OWS to Civil Rights Movement:  "We are free but not equal"

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/we-are-free-but-not-equal-jesse-jackson-compares-occupy-wall-street-to-the-civil-rights-movement/

Counter-Comments

Sarah Palin:  "[Occupiers] say ‘Wall Street fat cats got a bailout so now I want one too.’ And the correct answer is no one is entitled to a bailout. The American dream, our foundation, is about work ethic and empowerment, not entitlement."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/palin-in-fla-criticizes-occupy-protesters-as-wanting-the-same-thing-as-fat-cats-_-a-bailout/2011/11/03/gIQARoHvjM_story.html

Home Depot founder Ken Langone calls protesters "babies in adult bodies" (VIDEO)

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/home-depot-founder-calls-protesters-babies-in-adult-bodies/
"Occupy TRUTH"
http://kwikpush.aktnow.com/occupy-truth
"End the Occupation! - OWS-Inspired Socialism Being Taught To 4th-7th Graders"
http://vocalminority.typepad.com/blog/2011/11/end-the-occupation-ows-propaganda-being-taught-to-schoolchildren-in-where-else-california.html
"Occupy The Altar": Christian launches event to ask for God’s economic intervention (VIDEO)
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/christian-launches-occupy-the-altar-to-ask-for-gods-economic-intervention/
"What's the Matter With Oakland?"
http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2011/11/whats-the-matter-with-oakland/247842/
"Populist Socialism on the Rise -- The '99%' are really the '35' but their cadres are growing"
http://patriotpost.us/alexander/2011/11/03/populist-socialism-on-the-rise/
"Press Should Occupy History Books Before Protest Coverage"
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/11/04/press-should-occupy-history-books-before-protest-coverage/
"An Answer to Occupy Wall Street and Occupy Richmond" (VIDEO)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PS_jsAxkAzA

Police Response
Vancouver:  Protester dies of suspected drug overdose
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/occupy-vancouver-protester-dies-of-suspected-drug-overdose/

Boston:  Three charged with dealing crack; Occupy Boston 'deteriorating'...
http://boston.cbslocal.com/2011/11/04/3-charged-with-dealing-crack-occupy-boston-deteriorating/

Dallas:  Child Protective Services seizes nine-month-old baby from homeless "Occupants"...
http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2011/11/04/cps-seizes-baby-from-occupy-dallas-site/

NYC:  Deranged homeless man goes on violent rampage in Zuccotti Park
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/goons_occupy_brawl_street_MuFbzuYYRoEkjw9RZ5xcSM

Philadelphia:  Nine arrested for trespassing Comcast's headquarters
http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_19248124

--
"[D]emocracies have ever been spectacles of turbulence and contention; have ever been found incompatible with personal security, or the rights of property; and have, in general, been as short in their lives as they have been violent in their deaths." ~~ James Madison, Federalist No. 10, 1787

Friday, November 4, 2011

November 04

November 04

The Fed, QE1/2/3, Debt/Deficit, Debt Ceiling, Inflation

Pelosi: "POTUS was a job creator from day one", unemployment would now be 15% without O's stimulus (VIDEO)
http://cnsnews.com/news/article/pelosi-without-obamas-stimulus-unemployment-would-now-be-15
FREDDIE MAC lost $4.4B last quarter, wants another $6B; would take taxpayer bailout to $175B...
http://news.yahoo.com/freddie-mac-reports-q3-loss-asks-6b-aid-124449542.html
EuroZone CollapseWatch:
Italy:  Berlusconi faces mounting pressure to go
http://news.yahoo.com/rebel-deputies-urge-italys-berlusconi-102736147.html
Greece:  PM Papandreou on verge of resignation as government on the brink of collapse
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45144746/ns/world_news-europe/#.TrKTz1b4KUs
---OpEd:  "Greece is falling — are we next?"
http://www.aspentimes.com/article/20111103/COLUMN/111109964/1021&parentprofile=1061

Stock/Business/Housing/Job Markets, Gold/Silver, Food Supply

SunTrust drops debit card fees for ANY consumer checking account
https://www.suntrust.com/imageserver/plumtree/common/custom/Announcement_Center/Client_Feedback.html
Bank Of America forecloses on home that doesn't even exist
http://www.businessinsider.com/bank-of-america-foreclosure-texas-hurricane-ike-2011-11

Big Gov't, Socialism/Nazism/Progressivism/Marxism/Communism/Globalism

Health law ruling could be political earthquake
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1111/67393.html
---Administration misses more than half of health care deadlines...
http://www.washingtontimes.com/blog/inside-politics/2011/nov/3/more-half-health-care-deadlines-missed-obama-admin/
"The Bush-Obama Rx Shortages"
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204394804577012013740860768.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
THE FALLOUT:  Sen. Dianne Feinstein uses botched "Fast and Furious" to make case for national gun registration
http://cnsnews.com/news/article/feinstein-uses-fast-and-furious-make-case-national-gun-registration
OpEd by Lt. Gen. (Ret.) W.G. Boykin:  "Marxism in America" (VIDEO)
http://beforeitsnews.com/story/1321/311/Marxism_in_America_by_Lt._Gen._Ret._W.G._Boykin_-_Video.html

Ecological/Economic/Educational/Social "Justice", Redistribution Of Wealth

SUBPOENAED:  House panel demands "all internal WH communications" on SOLYNDRA...
http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/e2-wire/191563-house-gop-votes-to-subpoena-white-house-for-solyndra-documents
---OpEd by Judge Andrew Napolitano:  "Look at What the Government Has Done with Your Money"
http://townhall.com/columnists/judgeandrewnapolitano/2011/11/03/look_at_what_the_government_has_done_with_your_money

Illegal Aliens, Open Borders, National Security

Obama planning to attack Iran?
http://hotair.com/archives/2011/11/03/obama-planning-to-attack-iran/
---U.K. military steps up plans for Iran attack amid fresh nuclear fears
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/nov/02/uk-military-iran-attack-nuclear
---Israel:  PM Netanyahu orders investigation into leaked Iran attack
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/nov/03/israeli-pm-investigation-iran-leak
Alabama:  State delays school data request by Justice Dept. (GOOD!)
http://www.wsfa.com/story/15943790/ala-delays-school-data-request-by-justice-dept
Texas:  Border Patrol involved in shooting
http://www.kristv.com/news/border-patrol-involved-in-shooting-on-fm-666/
OpEd by Rep. Allen West: "U.S. Must Understand 21st-Century Combat"
http://www.rollcall.com/issues/57_52/allen_west_united_states_must_understand_21st_century_combat-209937-1.html?pos=oopih
China sells missiles to Iran in violation of UN sanctions...
http://p.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/nov/2/inside-the-ring-308062640/?page=all

Caliphate/Khilafah, Sharia'h, Jihad/Islamic Terrorism

POTUS hugs Islamist Turkish PM Erdogan at G20 Summit...
http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/obama-hugs-erdogan_607704.html
Tennessee:  Church agrees to host anti-Shariah conference after hotel cancels
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/church-agrees-to-host-anti-shariah-conference-after-hotel-cancels/
Egypt:  Previously banned Muslim Brotherhood purchases newspaper ad, "Tomorrow is better, We hold good for Egypt, Freedom & Justice Party"
http://egyptianchronicles.blogspot.com/2011/11/for-first-time-in-history-of-al-ahram.html
---OpEd on Egypt:  "The honeymoon between the Army and progressive movements is now over"
http://www.resetdoc.org/story/00000021736
Libya:  Citizens express hope for modern Islamic democracy...
http://shabablibya.org/news/libyans-express-hope-for-modern-islamic-democracy
Spain:  Churches threatened with fines because their churchbells disturb MUSLIM neighbors
http://barenakedislam.wordpress.com/2011/11/03/spain-churches-threatened-with-fines-because-their-churchbells-disturb-muslim-neighbors/

"This Is What Democracy Looks Like"

Cuba passes law allowing private home sales ("Many people have lived and live with the fear of losing their homes because they acquired them in an illegal way. Now they'll be able to legalise them and to sleep in peace.")
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-15575632
Venezuela:  Hugo Chávez goes after nation's rich and their yachts ("The policy is just to try to hurt the rich, but it's actually hurting the people who work for the rich.")
http://old.news.yahoo.com/s/time/20111101/wl_time/08599209773500
Syria:  Bloodshed in Syria continues despite Arab League deal
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/middle-east-live/2011/nov/03/arab-league-syria-plan-tested-live-updates?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
--
"We are a Republican Government, Real liberty is never found in despotism or in the extremes of democracy...it has been observed that a pure democracy if it were practicable would be the most perfect government. Experience has proved that no position is more false than this. The ancient democracies in which the people themselves deliberated never possessed one good feature of government. Their very character was tyranny; their figure deformity." ~~ Alexander Hamilton, Debates of the Federal Convention, June 26, 1787

Occupy Wall Street - Day 48

Occupy Wall Street - Day 48

Media "Insight"
NYC:  Mayor Bloomberg blasts protesters for not reporting felonies, crimes to cops
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/mayor-bloomberg-blasts-occupy-wall-street-protesters-reporting-crimes-cops-article-1.971741
Oakland:
---OWS-inspired general labor strike shuts down nation's 5th busiest port; anarchists "bent on creating problems"
http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2011/11/02/general-strike-protesters-shut-down-port-of-oakland/
---Strike shuts down shipping port indefinitely, signs read "Occupy Everything, DEATH TO CAPITALISM", "AX THE 1%", "FIGHT DIRECTLY FOR COMMUNISM"
http://www.npr.org/2011/11/03/141965274/oakland-occupy-protesters-declare-victory-at-port?ps=cprs
---The aftermath (PICTURES & VIDEOS)
http://michellemalkin.com/2011/11/03/more-ugly-occupy-oakland-pictures-that-wont-make-msm-front-pages/?mid=51
"OWS Pop Quiz, Part I: How Much Do The Protesters Know About...What They're Protesting?" (VIDEO)
http://mrctv.org/videos/ows-pop-quiz-part-i-how-much-do-protesters-know-about-what-theyre-protesting
---The Ben Bernanke:  "I think that the concerns about the Fed are based on misconceptions..."
http://money.cnn.com/2011/11/02/news/economy/bernanke_occupy_wall_street/
---SURVEY:  45% of young people would rather have Facebook than get a raise...
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/45-of-young-workers-would-rather-have-facebook-than-salary/
"Thirty U.S. companies paid ZERO or NEGATIVE income tax 2008-2010"
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/11/03/us-usa-tax-corporate-idUSTRE7A261C20111103

Occupiers' Own Words

NYC:  "It's revolution, not reform.", "We are here today to stand in solidarity along with our brothers and sisters in Tahrir Square, in Chicago, in Denver, and in Oakland. Because ours is a global movement, and this is our day of action." (VIDEO)
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/shut-this-city-down-inside-occupy-wall-streets-anti-police-racial-justice-march/
NYC:  "Censorship at Occupy Wall Street" (VIDEO)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgpgSYblCf4
Seattle:  Mob tries to pull off "citizen’s arrest" of JP Morgan CEO (VIDEO)
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/occupy-seattle-mob-tries-to-pull-off-citizens-arrest-of-jp-morgan-ceo/
Oakland:
---"Oakland Liberation Front" distributing anti-peace flyers...
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/oakland-liberation-front-leaflet-slams-pacifists-as-wimpy-unpaid-soldiers-of-the-banksters/
---"We put together an ideological principle that the mainstream media wouldn't talk about two months ago", "We go from having a peaceful movement to now just chaos"
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20111103/D9QP7IC80.html
------HISTORY:  The "Black Bloc"
http://mlcastle.net/raisethefist/bloc.html
San Francisco:  "We need a democracy in this country...where the people have the right to print money..not a nebulous Federal Reserve"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lv6um6wF2O8&feature=player_embedded
D.C.:  Occupier says he's not anti-Semitic, just "pro-Goyim" (VIDEO)
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/this-d-c-occupier-says-hes-not-anti-semitic-just-pro-goyim/
Baltimore:  City cuts power to Occupy site, "It is getting cold and it’s quite inhumane for [the city] to turn off the power"
http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2011/11/02/city-cuts-power-to-occupy-baltimore-site/
MAP:  "Mapping the #Occupy Hate and Violence"
http://maciverinstitute.com/2011/11/mapping-the-occupy-hate-and-violence/

Show Me Your Friends And I'll Show You Your Future
"Reverend" Jesse Jackson compares Occupy Atlanta with civil rights struggle...
http://atlanta.cbslocal.com/2011/11/03/rev-jackson-compares-occupy-atlanta-with-civil-rights-struggle/
ACORN officials scramble, firing workers and shredding documents, after exposed as players behind OWS...
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/11/03/acorn-officials-scramble-firing-workers-and-shredding-documents-after-exposed/
--FLASHBACK to YESTERDAY:  ACORN front group paying homeless to "occupy"...
http://biggovernment.com/publius/2011/11/02/video-acorn-front-group-pays-homeless-people-10-a-hour-100-a-day-to-protest-at-occupy-wall-street/print/
Left-wing org 'Democracy for America' petition:  "Tell the Department of Justice to protect the rights of Americans to assemble and speak freely."
http://www.democracyforamerica.com/blog_posts/37807-department-of-justice
Communist Van Jones launches 10-Point Plan to "Restore The American Dream"...
http://contract.rebuildthedream.com/
Elizabeth Warren and Barbra Streisand fight for the downtrodden...at $5,000 a pop!
http://dailycaller.com/2011/11/02/elizabeth-warren-and-barbra-streisand-fight-for-the-downtrodden-at-5000-per-plate/
Howard Buffett:  "There has never been a time in my lifetime when the government is going to cut an incredible amount of programs that support poor people and feed them."
http://www.moneynews.com/Headline/Income-Gap-US-Vulnerable/2011/10/13/id/414379
Men's Wearhouse:  "We closed our store near Oakland City Hall today, for one day, to express the company's concern for the issue of wealth disparity in our country. The issue affects our employees and customers across the political spectrum."
https://www.facebook.com/MensWearhouse
---IRONY:  "Broken glass is shown at a Men's Warehouse building in downtown Oakland, Calif."  (PICTURE)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?f=%2Fc%2Fa%2F2011%2F11%2F03%2FBACM1LQ5FU.DTL&object=%2Fn%2Fp%2F2011%2F11%2F03%2F930d9ed7-dda8-4685-8895-eec2c9e5ca2a.jpg
AFL-CIO:  "Occupy Oakland, Unions March Together"
http://blog.aflcio.org/2011/11/03/occupy-oakland-unions-march-together/
Connecticut:  American Red Cross workers go on strike...
http://www.ctpost.com/news/article/Red-Cross-workers-on-strike-2249967.php
France:  Anti-capitalist protesters descend on G-20 Summit in Cannes
http://www.euronews.net/2011/11/03/anti-capitalist-protesters-descend-on-cannes/
Canada:  "Memo to Canadian Occupiers: Go south"
http://www.torontosun.com/2011/11/02/memo-to-canadian-occupiers-go-south

Counter-Comments

"Income Inequality Rose Most Under President Clinton"
http://news.investors.com/Article/590383/201111030805/Income-Inequality-Rose-Under-Clinton-Obama.htm
'South Park' cartoon series mocks OWS, Michael Moore (VIDEO)
http://dailycaller.com/2011/11/03/south-park-mocks-occupy-wall-street-michael-moore-video/
"Some free, not subsidized, lessons in common courtesy and humility for the 'Occupiers'”
http://floppingaces.net/2011/11/02/some-free-not-subsidized-lessons-in-common-courtesy-and-humility-for-the-occupiers/
"End the Occupation"
http://sultanknish.blogspot.com/2011/11/end-occupation.html
"Occupiers, Tea Partiers, and the Tenth Commandment"
http://townhall.com/columnists/jeffjacoby/2011/11/02/occupiers,_tea_partiers,_and_the_tenth_commandment
"Time For OWS To Put Their Money Where There Mouth Is"
http://theaverageamericanblog.wordpress.com/2011/11/03/time-for-ows-to-put-their-money-where-there-mouth-is/
"Tea Party vs. #Occupy in One Word: CIVILIZATION"
http://sayanythingblog.com/entry/tea-party-vs-occupy-in-one-word/

Police Response

NYC:  Man wanted for TWO RAPES at Zuccotti Park arrested
http://blogs.wsj.com/metropolis/2011/11/02/man-arrested-in-sex-assaults-at-occupy-wall-street/
Portland:  Protester pushes police sergeant into moving TriMet bus; minor injuries
http://www.columbian.com/news/2011/nov/02/occupy-portland-man-pushes-police-sergeant-moving-/
Oakland:  Police use tear gas, flash bangs on protesters...
http://news.yahoo.com/occupy-oakland-protesters-tear-gased-police-101824932.html
---..."peaceful" protesters smashed windows, vandalized banks, destroyed ATMs, burned American flags (VIDEO)
http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/local/east_bay&id=8415827
---...7,000 protesters at height of the march, several dozen arrested
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/11/occupy-oakland-tear-gas-arrests.html
---Live updates on-scene:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/blog/2011/nov/03/occupy-oakland-general-strike-live
--
"We are a Republican Government, Real liberty is never found in despotism or in the extremes of democracy...it has been observed that a pure democracy if it were practicable would be the most perfect government. Experience has proved that no position is more false than this. The ancient democracies in which the people themselves deliberated never possessed one good feature of government. Their very character was tyranny; their figure deformity." ~~ Alexander Hamilton, Debates of the Federal Convention, June 26, 1787

Subscribe to Posts [Atom]