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Friday, October 21, 2011

October 21

October 21

Is the U.S. Declaration of Independence illegal? (no joke -- this is actually being debated)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15345511

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

Ben Bernanke to Senate Democrats: Don’t expect more stimulus
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/188901-bernanke-to-dems-dont-expect-more-stimulus
U.S. municipal bailouts:
---Pennsylvania governor takes over bankrupt capital city, paves way for declaring a state of fiscal emergency
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/20/us-harrisburg-takeover-idUSTRE79J3D420111020
---New York City:  Bronx bid for a bad bond bailout
http://www.nypost.com/f/print/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/bronx_bid_for_bad_bond_bailout_obQoK66sFDMjKInsFtRlcL
IRS boosts maximum 401(k) contribution to $17,000...
http://news.yahoo.com/irs-boosts-maximum-401-k-contribution-17-000-140844326.html
EuroZone CollapseWatch:
---S&P sees downgrade blitz in EMU recession, threatening crisis strategy
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financialcrisis/8839972/SandP-sees-downgrade-blitz-in-EMU-recession-threatening-crisis-strategy.html
---Italy:  Bond yields reach point of no return
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/jeremy-warner/8839450/Italian-bond-yields-reach-point-of-no-return.html
---Greece:  Protesters, socialists & anarchists put Athens alight...again (PICS)
http://blogs.reuters.com/fullfocus/2011/10/20/editors-choice/#a=1

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

U.S. "misery index" rises to highest since 1983
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/19/us-usa-economy-misery-idUSTRE79I7IY20111019
L.A.:  1,200 line up for free dental care
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_FREE_HEALTH_CLINIC?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2011-10-20-15-08-31
Florida:  "What can the U.S. do about Cuban oil drilling?" (50 miles from the Florida Keys,  Chinese-built rig...)
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/opinion/todaysbuzz/thursday/sfl-what-can-the-us-do-about-cuban-oil-drilling-20111019,0,633950,print.story
REMINDER:  "Time To Stock Up: The Price Of Peanut Butter Is Set to Soar 40% In the Next Two Weeks"
http://www.shtfplan.com/emergency-preparedness/time-to-stock-up-the-price-of-peanut-butter-is-set-to-soar-40-in-the-next-two-weeks_10182011

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

VP Biden, reporter face off over crime statistics, "Let's get it straight, guy. Don't screw around with me. Let's get it straight."
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/10/19/biden-reporter-face-off-over-crime-statistics/
H.R. 2112:  "Another Bill, Another Buy American Mandate"
http://www.atr.org/another-bill-buy-american-mandate-a6540
Watchdog group Judicial Watch uncovers FDA Gardasil records detailing 26 new reported deaths
http://www.judicialwatch.org/news/2011/oct/judicial-watch-uncovers-fda-gardasil-records-detailing-26-new-reported-deaths
Report: Under Obamacare, less-skilled workers will be most likely to be priced out of jobs
http://hotair.com/archives/2011/10/19/report-under-obamacare-less-skilled-workers-will-be-most-likely-to-be-priced-out-of-jobs/
---Bush budget official explains how to repeal ObamaCare via reconciliation
http://www.forbes.com/sites/aroy/2011/10/19/bush-budget-official-explains-how-to-repeal-obamacare-via-reconciliation/
What ObamaCare will look like:
---Obama administration pushes forward on healthcare partnerships a.k.a. "Accountable Care Organizations"
http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-healthcare-partnership-20111020,0,5122314.story
---Obama's science czar (and former Romney climate advisor) John Holdren suggested compulsory abortion, sterilization
http://washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/beltway-confidential/2009/07/obamas-science-czar-suggested-compulsory-abortion-sterilization
---"Maybe Sarah Palin was right about death panels"
http://blogs.phillymag.com/the_philly_post/2011/10/20/sarah-palin-death-panels/
Investigation: FAA romance led to $970 million contract award, 3,300-percent increase in air traffic control errors...
http://dailycaller.com/2011/10/20/investigation-faa-romance-led-to-970-million-contract-award-3300-percent-increase-in-air-traffic-control-errors/
$1.5 million to promote collective bargaining in Vietnam
http://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/2011/oct/1-5-mil-promote-collective-bargaining-vietnam

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

Energy Department altered loan-related releases, made changes to press releases posted on the Internet weeks and months ago...
http://www.cnbc.com/id/44963294
L.A.:  Feds order school dist. to close gap between minorities
http://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/2011/oct/feds-order-school-dist-close-gap-between-minorities
Washington:  Local ties to U.N.'s ICLEI (a.k.a. Agenda 21) fading
http://sequimgazette.com/news/article.exm/2011-10-19_local_ties_to_iclei_fading

Illegal Aliens, Open Borders, National Security

Sens. Mike Lee and Chuck Schumer to introduce bill giving visas to foreign buyers of U.S. homes
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/10/20/senators-draft-bill-to-give-visas-to-foreigners-buying-pricey-homes/
Big Sis, DHS authorizing illegal aliens to work in U.S.
http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/napolitano-dhs-authorizing-illegal-aliens-work-us
Texas:  Massive 300-acre marijuana field may have cartel links...
http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Marijuana-field-may-have-cartel-links-2226177.php
First Mexican truck to enter U.S. interior within days
http://news.yahoo.com/1st-mexican-truck-enter-us-interior-within-days-184747565.html
Tennessee:  State becomes first to fight terrorism statewide via VIPR (Visible Intermodal Prevention and Response)
http://www.newschannel5.com/story/15725035/officials-claim-tennessee-becomes-first-state-to-deploy-vipr-statewide
---DHS & TSA recruiting truckers to join "First Observer Highway Security Program" (VIDEO)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HybPv3wKSOE
------"'First Observer' operated under Cooperative Agreement with DHS Trucking Security Program (TSP)"...
http://www.firstobserver.com/aboutus.php

Civil/Racial Unrest
Charlotte:  Intensive riot training preps officers for Democrat National Convention...
http://www.wsoctv.com/news/29518486/detail.html
Philadelphia:  84-year-old white man attacked by four black teens, not ruled a "hate" crime...
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20111020__Geezer__won_t_let_thugs_ruin_his_walks.html
---OpEd:  "The Return of Race Riots to America"
http://www.amerika.org/books/white-girl-bleed-a-lot-the-return-of-race-riots-to-america-by-colin-flaherty/
---OpEd:  "Don't Know Much About History" (Republicans and Black Americans - a better story than you've heard)
http://spectator.org/archives/2011/10/20/dont-know-much-about-history
Miami:  Stolen copper wiring traded for crack cocaine...
http://www.local10.com/news/29538347/detail.html
Rap artist David Banner questions rappers’ motives during times of need
http://uptownmagazine.com/2011/10/david-banner-questions-rappers-motives-during-times-of-need/

Caliphate/Khilafah, Sharia'h, Jihad/Islamic Terrorism
Israel:  Freed Palestinian prisoner vows to 'sacrifice' her life
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/8836933/Gilad-Shalit-release-freed-Palestinian-prisoner-vows-to-sacrifice-her-life.html
U.S. military’s newest drone "Switchblade" serves as kamikaze UAV, fits in a backpack (VIDEO)
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/want-to-see-the-armys-new-mini-suicide-drone-in-action/

"This Is What Democracy Looks Like"

Muammar Qathafi is dead (GRAPHIC PICTURE)
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2051361/Gaddafi-dead-Picture-Libya-dictator-captured-killed-Sirte.html
---...was captured alive, but murdered by participants of operation (GRAPHIC VIDEO)
http://www.businessinsider.com/qaddafi-still-alive-footage-2011-10
---RED CROSS: Mass graves still being found across Libya...
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/20/us-libya-aid-idUSTRE79J55U20111020
---FLASHBACK TO 2008:  Gaddafi endorses then-candidate Obama (VIDEO)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7xjcuCuCtI
---"We are being subject to a massive media war over what is really going on in Libya"
http://investmentwatchblog.com/we-are-being-subject-to-a-massive-media-war-over-what-is-really-going-on-in-libya/
---OpEd:  "Moammar Gadhafi Is Dead. So, Now What?"
http://www.forbes.com/sites/peterleeds/2011/10/20/moammar-gadhafi-is-dead-so-now-what/
("This all leads to the end result, which is very likely to be a fragmenting of Libya into several secular tribal regions.  And of course, there will still be no jobs, little food, and rising inflation.")
Deputy Speaker of Hamas Parliament: We will sweep the siblings of pigs and apes out of our land (VIDEO)
http://www.memritv.org/clip/en/3146.htm
Russia to train a thousand snipers...
http://www.businessinsider.com/russia-snipers-2011-10#ixzz1bLUeFzND
---THEORY:  "Sharpshooters could also be deployed in the event of mass demonstrations...riots, or an Arab Spring type uprising"
http://www.rferl.org/content/why_soes_the_russian_army_need_a_lot_more_snipers/24366025.html
--
"The construction applied...to those parts of the Constitution of the United States which delegate Congress a power...ought not to be construed as themselves to give unlimited powers, nor a part to be so taken as to destroy the whole residue of that instrument." ~~ Thomas Jefferson, Draft Kentucky Resolutions, 1798

Occupy Wall Street - Day 34

Occupy Wall Street - Day 34

MEDIA "INSIGHT"
Protesters have drafted a set of demands for the jobs crisis
http://www.businessinsider.com/finally-this-is-the-jobs-demand-the-wall-street-protesters-are-floating-for-ratification-2011-10
NYC:  Protesters receive $435,000 in donations
http://www.klfy.com/story/15727129/ny-protesters-receive-435000-in-donations
NPR host Lisa Simeone fired for acting as Occupy DC spokesperson
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/tim-graham/2011/10/20/npr-hostoccupy-protester-says-shes-been-fired
Oklahoma City:  OccupyOKC to occupy Mitt Romney's visit
http://www.reddirtreport.com/Story.aspx/20122

PROTESTORS' OWN WORDS
Oakland:  "I didn't realize the strong anarchist contingent or I wouldn't have got involved in the first place", "I'm anti-authoritarian, but we need to acknowledge that some things are out of our control."
http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_19150644?nclick_check=1
Oakland:  "We shoot white bitches like you around here" (VIDEO)
http://bigjournalism.com/abreitbart/2011/10/20/source-abc-reporters-life-allegedly-threatened-at-occupy-oakland-we-shoot-white-bitches-like-you-around-here/
Dallas:  Protesters occupy WalMart, shouting "We are the 99 percent", "What's disgusting? Union busting!"
http://thescoopblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2011/10/occupy-wal-mart-police-pour-in.html

SHOW ME YOUR FRIENDS AND I'LL SHOW YOU YOUR FUTURE

VP Biden:  Because of Bush Admin. & Wall Street "people died" & "people’s homes burned to the ground"
http://cnsnews.com/news/article/biden-because-bush-administration-and-wall-street-people-died-and-homes-burned
NYC:  "We, the undersigned writers and all who will join us, support Occupy Wall Street and the Occupy Movement around the world."
http://occupywriters.com/
NYC:  Multi-millionaire & OWS supporter Russell Simmons now says "I don't pay taxes"
http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2011/10/20/multimillionaire-ows-supporter-russell-i-want-pay-more-taxes-simmons-
NYC:  Feminist author/activist Naomi Wolf arrested, "I was completely complying with the law and the permit as it was described to me by police" (VIDEO)
http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/naomi-wolf-arrested-in-occupy-wall-street-protest_b40502
North Korea:  "The Occupy Wall Street movement was an eruption of the exploited classes' pent-up wrath at the exploiters as the biggest organised ever in history of capitalism spanning more than 300 years", "Capitalism has no future", "The only way out of the present crisis facing the capitalist world is to root out its system", "Capitalism is fading away from history as it exploits people and is forsaken by them"
http://in.reuters.com/article/2011/10/18/idINIndia-59960920111018
Radical jihadist website "Hanein" supports/encourages Occupy Wall Street movement...(site entirely written in Arabic, but trust me, their support is there...)
http://hanein.info/vb/

COUNTER-COMMENTS
Rep. Allen West assails OWS for 'laughable hypocrisy' (VIDEO)
http://www.newsmax.com/InsideCover/West-Obama-Occupy-Wall/2011/10/18/id/414937
"Hey, Occupy Wall Street: What, No Anti-Obama Signs?"
http://townhall.com/columnists/larryelder/2011/10/20/hey,_occupy_wall_street_what,_no_anti-obama_signs
"Occupy protestors should storm Capitol Hill, not Wall Street"
http://www.bizpacreview.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=news.details&ArticleId=49714&returnTo=john-r-smith-1
"Protest the Fed instead of Bank of America"
http://finance.townhall.com/columnists/mikeshedlock/2011/10/20/protest_the_fed_instead_of_bank_of_america
"Occupy Wall Street….You Know it’s a Party when the Rats, Racists & Commies Show Up"
http://floppingaces.net/2011/10/19/occupy-wall-street-you-know-its-a-party-when-the-rats-racists-commies-show-up/
"The 99-Percent Solution" (this witty essay skewers OWS, MSM)
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/printpage/?url=http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2011/10/20/the_99-percent_solution_111750-full.html

POLICE RESPONSE

Baltimore:  Occupant raped, official statement says "we do not encourage the involvement of the police in our community"
http://townhall.com/tipsheet/katehicks/2011/10/20/whoa_occupy_baltimore_doesnt_want_police_involved_for_rape
NYC:  Video from inside Citibank branch shows arrested protesters refusing to leave (VIDEO)
http://www.mediaite.com/online/video-from-inside-citibank-branch-shows-arrested-protesters-refusing-to-leave/
Milwaukee:  Protester arrested at Milwaukee M&I bank, shouted "this is a hostile takeover"
http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/man-involved-in-protests-arrested-at-milwaukee-bank-132262673.html
L.A.:  Protesters plan to expand their encampment, L.A. police reportedly support the expansion...
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/10/occupy-la-city-hall-.html
Minneapolis:  Seven arrested at OccupyMN tent protest (set up their tents in middle of intersection...)
http://www.startribune.com/local/132260088.html
Toronto:  Occupier arrested for "smelling a woman's feet", trying to get "other protesters to drink urine"...
http://mrctv.org/videos/occupy-toronto-man-was-my-tent-sniffing-my-girlfriend%E2%80%99s-feet%E2%80%9D
--
"The construction applied...to those parts of the Constitution of the United States which delegate Congress a power...ought not to be construed as themselves to give unlimited powers, nor a part to be so taken as to destroy the whole residue of that instrument." ~~ Thomas Jefferson, Draft Kentucky Resolutions, 1798

Thursday, October 20, 2011

October 20

October 20

Couple Married 72 Years Dies One Hour Apart -- Holding Hands
http://www.kcci.com/r/29528191/detail.html

The Fed, QE1/2/3, Debt/Deficit, Debt Ceiling, Inflation
Social Security recipients to get 3.6 percent more
http://news.yahoo.com/social-security-recipients-3-6-percent-more-134252817.html
Unpaid student loans top $1 trillion
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1011/66347.html
Warren Buffet offers one of the best solutions about the debt ceiling
http://investmentwatchblog.com/warren-buffett-in-a-recent-interview-with-cnbc-offers-one-of-the-best-quotes-about-the-debt-ceiling/
Greek protesters clash with police at austerity strike
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/19/us-greece-idUSTRE79H1FI20111019
"A long, steep drop for Americans' standard of living"
http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/2011/1019/A-long-steep-drop-for-Americans-standard-of-living

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

Record high correlation between the euro and S&P 500 is a bad sign
http://www.businessinsider.com/euro-sp-500-correlation-2011-10
U.S. Labor Sec'y Hilda Solis to announce jobs initiative via Facebook
http://www.allfacebook.com/facebook-jobs-3-2011-10
---Sen. Harry Reid says government jobs must take priority over private-sector jobs...
http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/house/188443-reid-says-public-sector-jobs-must-take-priority-over-private-sector-jobs
---AGAIN:  VP Biden wishes those who oppose $447 billion jobs/stimulus bill knew what it was like to be robbed or raped (AUDIO)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXAv4O5NC8w
---Democrat mayor of oldest shipping port in America begs POTUS to quit killing jobs (VIDEO)
http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2011/10/mayor-of-oldest-shipping-port-in-america-pleads-with-obama-to-quit-killing-jobs-video/
Norway:  North Sea oil discovery gets bigger
http://newenergyandfuel.com/http:/newenergyandfuel/com/2011/10/19/a-north-sea-oil-discovery-gets-bigger/

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

DC area tops U.S. income list; average fed employee makes $126,000 a year...
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-19/beltway-earnings-make-u-s-capital-richer-than-silicon-valley.html
Obama's bus tour costing taxpayers thousands
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20122149-503544.html
Louisiana:  New state law bans cash transactions for secondhand goods...
http://www.klfy.com/story/15717759/second-hand-dealer-law

Ecological/Economic/Educational/Social "Justice", Redistribution Of Wealth
"From A-Z -- the scientific case for man-made climate fears has collapsed"
http://www.climatedepot.com/a/13338/Warmists-Now-Claim-Global-Warming-Worse-than-Predicted-Climate-Depot-Responds-The-scientific-case-for-manmade-climate-fears-has-collapsed

Illegal Aliens, Open Borders, National Security

Major security firms detect new trojan capable of disrupting power plants, oil refineries, other critical infrastructure networks
http://www.shtfplan.com/headline-news/major-security-firms-detect-new-trojan-capable-of-disrupting-power-plants-oil-refineries-and-other-critical-infrastructure-networks_10192011
---FLASHBACK to 2008:  Stanford law professor: Counterterrorism Czar told me expect an i-9/11 and a related i-Patriot Act (VIDEO)
Bogus deportation statistics released by POTUS angers lawmakers
http://www.examiner.com/law-enforcement-in-national/bogus-deportation-statistics-released-by-obama-angers-lawmakers
Sanctions imposed on 9/11 conspiracy theorists...
http://www.courthousenews.com/2011/10/19/40755.htm
DHS:  "Ammonium Nitrate Security Program, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking"
http://www.dhs.gov/files/laws/gc_1288878991345.shtm

Caliphate/Khilafah, Sharia'h, Jihad/Islamic Terrorism
Texas:  Three Moroccan Muslims caught sneaking inside historic courthouse...
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/was-an-early-stage-terror-plot-just-foiled-in-texas/
---French-Moroccan Muslims arrested with photos of malls, courts in their possession...
http://radio.woai.com/cc-common/mainheadlines3.html?feed=119078&article=9273355
Texas:  Panic on domestic flight as Muslim passenger yells "You're all going to die -- Allahu Akbar"
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/youre-all-going-to-die-allahu-akbar-mans-rant-leads-to-emergency-landing/
Texas:  Hotel cancels Tea Party event after learning that anti-Islam activist Pamela Gellar was due to be a speaker
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2050785/Sugar-Land-hotel-Texas-cancels-Tea-Party-event-anti-Islam-activist-Pamela-Geller.html
---IRONY:  Where does Mahmoud Ahmadinejad stay and entertain when he comes to New York? The Hyatt...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2050785/Sugar-Land-hotel-Texas-cancels-Tea-Party-event-anti-Islam-activist-Pamela-Geller.html

"This Is What Democracy Looks Like"

China:  Leaders, media keep quiet about Central Committee session
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-china-party-20111019,0,1290121.story?track=rss
--
"Our peculiar security is in the possession of a written Constitution. Let us not make it a blank paper by construction." ~~ Thomas Jefferson, letter to Wilson Nicholas, 1803

Occupy Wall Street - Day 33

Occupy Wall Street - Day 33

‘Occupy’ may hold national assembly in Philadelphia...
http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2011/10/19/%E2%80%98occupy%E2%80%99-to-hold-national-assembly-in-philadelphia/
("The proposal says the Assembly would operate similarly to the original 'Committees of Correspondence' — the Founding Fathers who met in Philadelphia prior to what the group refers to as 'the first American Revolution'"..."there are small groups who infiltrate the ranks, like the anarchists and others, who don’t care about the government, just care about chaos. Let’s hope those folks are not in the majority.")
http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2011/10/19/%E2%80%98occupy%E2%80%99-to-hold-national-assembly-in-philadelphia/
---"The99PercentDeclaration"
https://sites.google.com/site/the99percentdeclaration/

MEDIA "INSIGHT":

Protest mob enjoying gourmet, organic-only diet prepared by hotel chef...
http://newyorkpost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/occu_pie_the_kitchen_PIZ7EsDJEZqzPgzzEWKX7I
Protesters’ PR firm Workhouse Publicity represents Mercedes, Versace...has made overtures to hacktivist group 'Anonymous'...
http://dailycaller.com/2011/10/19/occulist-protesters-pr-firm-denies-anti-capitalist-aims-has-made-overtures-to-anonymous-hackers/
Mixed bag of messages waters down movement
http://www.calgarysun.com/2011/10/19/mixed-bag-of-messages-waters-down-movement
Putin:  No "Occupy Wall Street" protests for Russia
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/17/us-protests-russia-putin-idUSTRE79G3GE20111017

PROTESTORS' OWN WORDS:

"Who Occupies? A Pollster Surveys the Protesters"
http://blogs.wsj.com/metropolis/2011/10/19/who-is-occupying-wall-street-a-pollster-surveys-protester/
NYC occupants to John Stossel: "You're a son of a bit**", "you're a ***king puppet", "FOX lies",
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/‘you’re-a-son-of-a-bit’-john-stossel-shouted-down-by-angry-occupy-mob/
Springfield:  "We are just talking about food, shelter and clothing", "Bail people, not banks: Stop foreclosures", "Eat the Rich"
http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2011/10/occupy_springfield_demonstrati.html#incart_mce

SHOW ME YOUR FRIENDS AND I'LL SHOW YOU YOUR FUTURE:

Co-organizer of Egypt's revolution & State Department-funded agitator Ahmed Maher now advising OWS movement...
http://www.infowars.com/state-department-agitator-advising-occupy-movement/
GE CEO & Obama "Jobs Czar" Jeffery Immelt:  "I think we have to be empathetic and understand"
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/ge-ceo-obama-jobs-czar-jeffery-immelt-sympathizes-with-occupy-protesters/
Liberal actor Alec Baldwin: "I think capitalism is worthwhile", ""I think most people want change in this country but they don't want the country to go down the tubes. They don't want the country to become England."
http://cnsnews.com/blog/michael-w-chapman/liberal-alec-baldwin-i-think-capitalism-worthwhile
Rep. Barney Frank supports 'Occupy'...when he's not raising Wall Street cash...
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1011/66412.html
MTV hiring OWS protestors for its 'Real World' cast
http://www.hollywood.com/news/MTV_Wants_the_Occupy_Wall_Street_Protestors_for_the_Real_World_Cast/7903299
---MTV's CraigsList ad:  "Part of Occupy Wall Street? Real World 27 Wants You! (Battery Park)"
http://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/tfr/2654988309.html
New Batman movie to film in and around OWS protests...
http://www.hollywood.com/news/The_Dark_Knight_Rises_to_Film_Around_Occupy_Wall_Street_Protests/7891417
NYC:  Arrested protester a wanted man in bizarre case
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/bizarre/occupy-wall-street-wanted-man-897430
UPDATE:  Teacher who stated "Zionist Jews need to be run out of the country" fired
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2011/10/zionist_jewsneed_to_be_run_out_of_the_country_teacher_fired_by_lausd.html
"Occupy Wall Street: A global Tahrir"
http://thedailynewsegypt.com/world/occupy-wall-street-a-global-tahrir.html
("Inspired by the peaceful, nonviolent uprisings in Egypt and elsewhere", "Drawing inspiration from Egypt’s occupation of Tahrir Square, and motivation from the Arab Spring")

COUNTER-COMMENTS:

RNC asks top Dems: "Where's the outrage?’ on OWS anti-Semitism
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/rnc-asks-top-dems-wheres-the-outrage-on-occupy-wall-street-anti-semitism/
Herman Cain: Occupy movement should be outside White House, not on Wall Street
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2011/10/18/cain_occupy_movement_should_be_outside_the_white_house_not_on_wall_street.html
Steve Wynn rants about OWS, POTUS, deficits, and anger at the government
http://www.businessinsider.com/steve-wynn-goes-on-big-rant-about-occupy-wall-street-obama-deficits-and-anger-at-the-government-2011-10#ixzz1bHYI45RK
"R.I.P., America’s liberal-media elite"
http://beta.finance.yahoo.com/news/r-p-america-liberal-media-040104209.html
--
"Our peculiar security is in the possession of a written Constitution. Let us not make it a blank paper by construction." ~~ Thomas Jefferson, letter to Wilson Nicholas, 1803

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

October 19

October 19

POW/MIA Talks Begin with North Korean Officials
http://www.defense.gov/releases/release.aspx?releaseid=14866
Wounded Warrior 'Dances With the Stars' for Troops
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=65684
First Lady, Dr. Biden Help to Renovate Wounded Warrior's Home
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=65685

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

Bank Of America said to split regulators over moving Merrill derivatives to bank unit...
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-18/bofa-said-to-split-regulators-over-moving-merrill-derivatives-to-bank-unit.html
---...Federal Reserve now backstopping $75 TRILLION of Bank Of America's derivatives trades
http://dailybail.com/home/holy-bailout-federal-reserve-now-backstopping-75-trillion-of.html
2011 budget deficit was the second highest on record
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2011-deficit-is-2nd-largest-in-history/
---Washington had its best year ever in fiscal 2011.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204479504576637513885592874.html
Budget cuts claim hundreds of thousands of county, city jobs
http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/story/2011-10-17/local-government-job-losses/50807360/1
Inflation pressures intensify as producer prices jump higher
http://www.cnbc.com/id/44942965
---"10 Worst Hyper-Inflation Horror-Stories Of The Past Century"
http://www.businessinsider.com/worst-hyperinflation-2011-10
U.S. Postal Service announces 1-cent increase in first-class stamp, other rate increases for 2012...
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/business/sns-bc-us--stampprices,0,6894237.story
EuroZone CollapseWatch:
---Italy:  S&P downgrades 24 Italian banks, financial firms
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/18/us-italy-ratings-sp-idUSTRE79H4RZ20111018
---Greece:  Unions fight austerity, promise to hold "the mother of all strikes"
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/18/us-greece-idUSTRE79H1FI20111018

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

SURVEY:  Pay raises might have to wait until 2021...
http://blogs.the-american-interest.com/wrm/2011/10/17/redeeming-the-time/
Improvement in U.S. mortgage delinquencies ends
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/c1865438-f8d2-11e0-a5f7-00144feab49a.html#axzz1b65kWwRz
China growth slows to 2-year low
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/18/us-china-economy-gdp-idUSTRE79H0D320111018
Salmon-Killing Virus Seen for First Time in the Wild on the Pacific Coast
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/18/science/18salmon.html?_r=2

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

New evidence shows Hillary Clinton a mastermind behind Gunwalker
http://www.examiner.com/conservative-in-national/breaking-new-evidence-show-hillary-a-mastermind-behind-gunwalker
Chicago:  Student’s bathroom breaks to just three (3) per semester...
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2011/10/17/controversy-swirls-at-high-school-over-bathroom-break-rationing/
UPDATE:  McAllen ISD: Nothing wrong with Spanish class that riled parent
http://www.themonitor.com/news/mcallen-55759-parent-riled.html

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

Connecticut:  Musical stirs controversy after two high school men kiss during performance
http://connecticut.cbslocal.com/2011/10/17/connecticut-musical-stirs-controversy-after-2-men-kiss-during-performance/
U.S. to let American firms respond to any Cuban oil spills
http://fuelfix.com/blog/2011/10/18/u-s-to-let-american-firms-respond-to-any-cuban-oil-spills/
Pennsylvania:  Windmills stopped at night after ONE (1) bat death
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/northeast/view/20111018windmills_stopped_at_night_after_bat_death/srvc=home%26position=recent
"Sun Not Shining on State Solar Subsidies"
http://www.michigancapitolconfidential.com/15889
"E-Cat:  Hello Cheap Energy, Hello Brave New World"
http://www.forbes.com/sites/markgibbs/2011/10/17/hello-cheap-energy-hello-brave-new-world/

Illegal Aliens, Open Borders, National Security

U.S. forces 'massing on Afghanistan-Pakistan border', ready for attack on feared Taliban faction
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2050699/Afghan-Pakistan-border-US-forces-ready-attack-Taliban-faction.html
U.S. intelligence on alert for Israeli strike on Iran
http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=355929
---"U.S. Intelligence Community Is Moving To The Cloud"
http://www.forbes.com/sites/kevinjackson/2011/10/17/its-official-us-intelligence-community-is-moving-to-the-cloud/
State Department: Mexican drug cartel activity "consistent" with "terrorism or insurgency"
http://cnsnews.com/news/article/state-department-mexican-drug-cartel-activity-consistent-terrorism
---Mexican drug cartels make Texas border a "War Zone"
http://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/2011/oct/mexican-drug-cartels-make-texas-border-war-zone
Herman Cain's electrified-fence comment raises concern in Mexico (GOOD!)
http://news.yahoo.com/cains-electrified-border-joke-no-laughing-matter-mexico-205500585.html
---Sheriff Arpaio DEFENDS Cain's "electric fence"
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2011/10/arpaio-defends-cains-electric-fence/
Russia denies new facility in Serbia is for spying
http://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Russia-denies-new-facility-in-Serbia-is-for-spying-2222273.php

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

Feds caught and released 28 Iranians who became fugitives inside U.S.; ICE won't say what happened to them...
http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/feds-caught-and-released-28-iranians-who-became-fugitives-inside-us-ice-won-t-say-what
"As Israeli Hostage Is Set for Release…Don’t Forget the U.S. Soldier Being Held by Militants for Over Two Years"
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/as-israeli-hostage-is-set-for-release-dont-forget-the-u-s-soldier-being-held-by-militants-for-over-two-years/
Def. Sec'y Leon Panetta: African terrorists a real concern (VIDEO)
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/10/17/eveningnews/main20121624.shtml

Civil/Racial Unrest

"Blacks Demanding Racial (Racist?) Unity Behind Obama"
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/tim-graham/2011/10/18/wapo-finds-blacks-demanding-racial-racist-unity-behind-obama
New Black Panther spokesman:
---Israelis aren't "true Jews" (AUDIO)
http://tv.breitbart.com/black-panther-spokesman-israelis-arent-true-jews/
---Herman Cain a "boot-licking Uncle Tom" (AUDIO)
http://www.breitbart.tv/new-black-panther-party-cain-a-boot-licking-uncle-tom/
"10 Things That Every Survivalist Needs"
http://daily-survival.blogspot.com/2011/10/10-things-that-every-survivalist-needs.html

"This Is What Democracy Looks Like"

U.S. debated cyberwarfare in attack plan on Libya
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/18/world/africa/cyber-warfare-against-libya-was-debated-by-us.html?_r=2&hp
China:  Child run over twice by trucks and ignored, left for dead (WARNING - SICKENING & GRAPHIC VIDEO)
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/sickening-video-two-vans-hit-chinese-toddler-18-passers-by-ignore-her-suffering

--

"[D]emocracy will soon degenerate into an anarchy, such an anarchy that every man will do what is right in his own eyes and no man's life or property or reputation or liberty will be secure, and every one of these will soon mould itself into a system of subordination of all the moral virtues and intellectual abilities, all the powers of wealth, beauty, wit and science, to the wanton pleasures, the capricious will, and the execrable cruelty of one or a very few." ~~ John Adams, An Essay on Man's Lust for Power, 1763

Occupy Wall Street - Day 32

Occupy Wall Street - Day 32

Obama: Occupy Wall Street ‘Not That Different’ From Tea Party Protests
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2011/10/obama-occupy-wall-street-not-that-different-from-tea-party-protests/
---FLASHBACK to 2009:  President Obama openly mocked the Tea Party movement
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0409/21870.html

MEDIA "INSIGHT":
JOURNOLIST 2.0:  OWS emails show mainstream media working with protesters
http://floppingaces.net/most_wanted/journolist-2-0-ows-emails-show-msm-working-with-protesters/
---Protest leader excludes white ally to gain union support ("This will mean the difference, I bet")
http://dailycaller.com/2011/10/18/occulist-leader-excludes-white-ally-to-gain-union-support/
------Fully searchable Occupy D.C. email list:
http://owsmail.dc406.com/
Breitbart:  "Media Whitewashing Anarchist Nature Of #Occupy Protests" (VIDEO)
http://www.breitbart.tv/breitbart-media-whitewashing-anarchist-nature-of-occupy-protests/
---POLL: ALMOST 1/3RD OF OCCUPIERS SAY VIOLENCE IS O.K.
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/poll-almost-13rd-of-occupiers-say-violence-is-ok/
Douglas Schoen warns White House, Obama:  Do not back the occupiers
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1011/66228.html
---"Protesters show that they are leftists out of step with most American voters"..."movement reflects values that are dangerously out of touch with the broad mass of the American people"..."Yet Democrats are embracing them anyway"
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204479504576637082965745362.html
------"Occupy Wall Street, how it will end and mortally wound the Democrats"
http://www.coachisright.com/occupy-wall-street-how-it-will-end-and-mortally-wound-the-democrats/
SPIN:  "Why You Shouldn't Compare OWS to the Tea Party"
http://news.yahoo.com/why-shouldnt-compare-occupy-wall-street-tea-party-091014606.html
---N.J.:  Governor Chris Christie equates OWS with Tea Party (VIDEO)
http://campaign2012.washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/beltway-confidential/christie-equates-occupy-wall-street-tea-party

PROTESTORS' OWN WORDS:
Cleveland:  Female protester kidnapped, raped after sharing Occupation tent with stranger
http://cleveland.cbslocal.com/2011/10/18/occupy-cleveland-protester-alleges-she-was-raped
Newport Beach:  Protesters disrupt Speaker John Boehner’s golf game, "He knows he can't go anywhere without the people going with him"
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/10/protesters-disrupt-john-boehner-golf-game-in-newport-beach.html
NYC:  "Every night, something else is gone", "I had my [$5,500] Mac stolen", "our entire [kitchen] budget for the day was stolen"
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/criminal_occupation_oh3CnKANUqYHrGPCaZaLRK
NYC:  "One Marine vs. 30 Cops" (VIDEO)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmEHcOc0Sys
L.A.:  Teachers' union & ANSWER Coalition "here to express our deep solidarity", "cannot be a movement without the immigrant community and the Latino community"
http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/local/los_angeles&id=8396026
Philadelphia:  Protester conveys her pointless nightmare:  "I am sad that we yell at each other instead of speaking about what we care about" (VIDEO)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxupmU4cJOE&feature=player_embedded
Calgary:  Protesters post plea for toiletries and condoms
http://www.calgarysun.com/2011/10/17/occupy-calgary-protesters-post-plea-for-toiletries-and-condoms

SHOW ME YOUR FRIENDS AND I'LL SHOW YOU YOUR FUTURE:
#OccupyWallStreet follows Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakahn's orders for uprising to "wage war, kill them all"
http://patdollard.com/2011/10/must-see-occupywallstreet-follows-farrakahns-february-orders-to-wage-war-kill-them-all/
Suze Orman supports OWS...
http://whyoccupy.com/people/suze-orman/
NYC:  Gay man attacks Geraldo Rivera with baby powder...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2050308/Occupy-Wall-Street-Fox-News-reporter-Geraldo-Rivera-attacked-protesters.html
Greensboro:  Alleged behind-closed-doors discount for OWS protestors to rent Festival Park
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/did-north-carolina-town-give-a-special-rent-break-to-occupy-protest/
Tampa:  City reworking rules for protesters ahead of RNC
http://www2.tbo.com/news/politics/2011/oct/18/5/tampa-reworking-permit-rules-ahead-of-rnc-conventi-ar-272601/

COUNTER-COMMENTS:
"Occupy" movement brings headaches for some small businesses
http://blogs.wsj.com/in-charge/2011/10/18/occupy-movement-brings-headaches-for-some-small-businesses/?mod=google_news_blog
Anti-Defamation League (ADL) calls on OWS organizers to condemn anti-Semitic remarks made at rallies
http://www.adl.org/PresRele/ASUS_12/6138_12.htm
L.A.:  City faces $28 million costs under Occupy protest's plan...
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2011/10/18/bloomberg_articlesLT8LD86K50YX.DTL
"Occupy Wall Street Angst Misplaced? You be the Judge"
http://toddkinsey.com/blog/2011/10/18/occupy-wall-street-angst-misplaced-you-be-the-judge/
"If you want real change, avoid Occupy Movement"
http://www.ottawasun.com/2011/10/17/what-does-occupy-ottawa-stand-for
"Occupy protest stinks"
http://www.torontosun.com/2011/10/18/occupy-protest-stinks
"Replacing Big Government with Bigger Government"
http://finance.townhall.com/columnists/jeffcarter/2011/10/18/replacing_big_government_with_bigger_government
"What do OWS, Zuccotti Park, Bloomberg’s Girlfriend & Windmills have in common?"
http://justpiper.com/2011/10/jp-today-what-do-ows-zuccotti-park-bloombergs-girlfriend-windmills-have-in-common/

POLICE RESPONSE:
St. Louis:  Police worry if protesters will disrupt World Series
http://stlouis.cbslocal.com/2011/10/18/police-worry-as-wall-street-protestors-pine-for-world-series-spotlight/
Santa Cruz:   Protesters attempting to close their bank accounts are turned away (VIDEO)
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/banks-are-getting-good-at-turning-away-customers-who-try-to-close-accounts-while-protesting/
Seattle:  Occupy Seattle protester accused of exposing self to children arrested
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/132064518.html
--
"[D]emocracy will soon degenerate into an anarchy, such an anarchy that every man will do what is right in his own eyes and no man's life or property or reputation or liberty will be secure, and every one of these will soon mould itself into a system of subordination of all the moral virtues and intellectual abilities, all the powers of wealth, beauty, wit and science, to the wanton pleasures, the capricious will, and the execrable cruelty of one or a very few." ~~ John Adams, An Essay on Man's Lust for Power, 1763

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Obama: Occupy Wall Street ‘Not That Different’ From Tea Party Protests

We're completely on our own, gang...

Obama: Occupy Wall Street ‘Not That Different’ From Tea Party Protests

Oct 18, 2011 1:09pm
Source:  http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2011/10/obama-occupy-wall-street-not-that-different-from-tea-party-protests/

President Obama, who has become a target of the Occupy Wall Street protests sweeping the country, today embraced the economic frustration voiced on the streets and said in an exclusive interview with ABC News that his vision for the U.S. economic system is best suited to resolve protesters’ concerns.


“I understand the frustrations being expressed in those protests,” Obama told ABC News senior White House correspondent Jake Tapper in the interview to air this evening on ABC News “Nightline” from Jamestown, N.C.


“In some ways, they’re not that different from some of the protests that we saw coming from the Tea Party.  Both on the left and the right, I think people feel separated from their government. They feel that their institutions aren’t looking out for them,” he said.


..."
Obama said the most important thing he can do as president is express solidarity with the protesters and redouble his commitment to achieving what he described as a more egalitarian society.

“The most important thing we can do right now is those of us in leadership letting people know that we understand their struggles and we are on their side, and that
we want to set up a system in which hard work, responsibility, doing what you’re supposed to do, is rewarded,” Obama said. “And that people who are irresponsible, who are reckless, who don’t feel a sense of obligation to their communities and their companies and their workers that those folks aren’t rewarded.”

Obama alluded to his American Jobs Act, which would be funded in part by raising taxes on wealthier Americans and some corporations in order to make them pay “their fair share.”


“We’re at a critical moment in this country where if we can regain some of the values that helped build this country that people, I think, long for, when they feel that everybody gets a fair shake but we’re also asking a fair share from everybody, if we can go back to that then I think a lot of that anger, that frustration dissipates,” he said.

Obama acknowledged that widespread popular frustration is directed at him because of the administration’s failure to jumpstart job creation and economic growth.  But he shrugged off the suggestion that he could have done more from the start, including focusing less on health care legislation.


“You ever wonder that if you had focused entirely, exclusively, not to take away your work on healthcare and Wall Street reform, but if you had just focus on jobs as some people suggest you should have been doing, that maybe it would be different than now?” Tapper asked Obama.


“Probably not,” Obama replied. “Every day, I think about other things we could be doing different and the truth of the matter is, we passed a very big recovery act that we knew was going to take some time to take effect. It made a difference.”


October 17 & 18

October 17 & 18

The Fed, QE1/2/3, Debt/Deficit, Debt Ceiling, Inflation
Federal spending UP 5% this year
http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article/588254/201110170805/The-Austerity-Myth-Federal-Spending-Up-5-This-Year.htm
---Clapper: "Double-digit" cuts coming for intel budget
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/checkpoint-washington
---I.R.S. says budget cuts would hurt service, raise deficit
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_IRS_BUDGET_CUTS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2011-10-17-18-01-22
------Ron Paul proposes $1 trillion in specific budget cuts
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1011/66114.html
------...cuts 5 Cabinet agencies, cut taxes, cut President’s pay
http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2011/10/17/ron-pauls-economic-plan-cut-5-cabinet-agencies-cut-taxes-cut-presidents-pay/?mod=google_news_blog
---OpEd:  "America must manage its decline"
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0c73f10e-f8aa-11e0-ad8f-00144feab49a.html#axzz1b65kWwRz
Democrat billionaire voted for Obama but began seeing trouble as soon as the stimulus went into the pockets of municipal unions.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204002304576628673446417268.html
Oklahoma:  Capitol building crumbles with no repair money
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_CRUMBLING_OKLAHOMA_CAPITOL?SITE=NCAGW&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2011-10-15-22-01-12
Detroit:  City struggles to keep lights on as copper thieves, aging equipment darken blocks in cash-starved city
http://detnews.com/article/20111017/METRO01/110170356/Detroit-struggles-to-keep-lights-on
G20 tells euro zone to fix debt crisis in eight days
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/15/us-g-idUSTRE79C74G20111015
---France to close Italian border during G20 due to concerns over public order
http://www.businessinsider.com/france-g20-border-italy-riots-2011-10

Stock/Business/Housing/Job Markets, Gold/Silver, Food Supply
Banks must use new servicing rules for Fannie loans by Jan. 1 or face fines
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/banks-face-deadline-on-tougher-mortgage-standards-2011-10-17
Gap clothing company to shutter a third of U.S. stores, expand globally
http://bottomline.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/10/13/8308229-gap-to-shutter-a-third-of-us-stores-expand-globally
Lowe's closes stores, lays off 1,950 workers
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/17/us-lowes-idUSTRE79G2J220111017
South Carolina:  Historic Haile Gold Mine sparks mini-gold rush
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/15/us-southcarolina-gold-idUSTRE79E1FU20111015
Hong Kong becomes first centre for gold trading in yuan
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-15330664
China corn purchase one of its largest ever...from America
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/china-corn-purchase-largest-14735037

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

POTUS now opposes repealing healthcare program he suspended last week...
http://thehill.com/blogs/healthwatch/health-reform-implementation/187949-white-house-opposes-formal-class-act-repeal
POTUS blames GOP for the death of his jobs/stimulus bill in the Democrat-controlled Senate...
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/187911-obama-blasts-mocks-senate-gop
Big media outlets ignore subpoena of entire top tier of Obama Administration
http://www.examiner.com/conservative-in-national/top-media-outlets-ignore-subpoena-of-entire-top-tier-of-obama-administration
---Trying to COVER up, Obama TRIPPED up Attorney General Holder on Fast and Furious
http://www.coachisright.com/ooops-trying-to-cover-up-obama-tripped-up-attorney-general-holder-on-fast-and-furious/
---NRA's LaPierre: 'Fast and Furious' Was Plot Against Second Amendment
http://www.newsmax.com/Headline/LaPierre-NRA-gunrunning-fastandfurious/2011/10/14/id/414545
Airport-type security screening finds Statue of Liberty tourists well-armed
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2011/10/17/2011-10-17_no_way_to_visit_lady_airporttype_screening_finds_liberty_tourists_armed_to_hilt.html
Elementary school bans 'junk food', requires parents to sign a health contract...
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/meet-the-elementary-school-that-banned-junk-food-requires-parents-to-sign-a-health-conract/
Pennsylvania:  Mikhail Gorbachev scheduled to speak before 3,600 at Lafayette College's Kirby Sports Center
http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/easton/index.ssf/2011/10/mikhail_gorbachev_scheduled_to.html
---Massachusetts:  UMass students rally at student union as part of Occupy Wall Street movement; professors urge change to socialism
http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2011/10/umass_students_rallied_on_step.html#incart_mce
---Michigan:  College professor offers students extra credit for attending Occupy event
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/college-professor-offers-students-extra-credit-for-attending-occupy-protest/
U.S.S.R.:  President Dmitry Medvedev denies PM Vladimir Putin will return Russia to the past
http://news.yahoo.com/medvedev-denies-putin-oversee-return-past-000758033.html
---Russia publishes "Comandante Fidel" memoirs
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.cf08683a34b0eca027163725d7835c6a.201&show_article=1

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

Fmr. Nat'l Sec'y Adv. to Pres. Carter Zbigniew Brzezinski calls for list of the rich to pressure them to "give back"
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/msnbc-expert-wants-media-to-publish-list-of-rich-people-to-pressure-them-to-give-back/
A Warning from Starbucks:  World coffee supply could evaporate (global warming barf alert)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/131921038.html
Active duty gays say coming out has been nonevent
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_GAYS_IN_MILITARY_CONVENTION?SITE=NCAGW&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2011-10-15-19-54-17
Urban Outfitters clothing company under fire for Navajo-inspired fashion line
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/demeaning-urban-outfitters-under-fire-for-navajo-inspired-fashion-line/

Illegal Aliens, Open Borders, National Security

Facebook sued for violating privacy, U.S. wiretap laws
http://www.allfacebook.com/facebook-sued-wiretap-laws-2011-10
Sec'y of Science and Technology Policy John Holdren under fire for China talks
http://www.spacenews.com/policy/111014-holdren-under-fire-china-talks.html
Texas:  High school students made to recite MEXICAN national anthem, MEXICAN pledge of alligiance...
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/blaze-exclusive-tx-high-school-students-made-to-recite-mexican-national-anthem-pledge-of-allegiance/
"The Threat of Narcoterrorism: How the Strange New Iran Case Affects the Definition"
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2096950,00.html
---GOP presidential candidates, lawmakers address narco-terrorism
http://www.examiner.com/law-enforcement-in-national/election-2012-gop-presidential-candidates-lawmakers-address-narco-terrorism
Barney Frank:  Illegal aliens' fraud HELPS Social Security (VIDEO)
http://fleming-hayes.com/2011/10/shock-video-barney-frank-illegal-immigrants-fraud-helps-social-security/

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

New York:  Con Ed says it will EVICT Ground Zero Mosqueteer for non-payment of rent
http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2011/10/con-ed-says-it-will-evict-ground-zero-mosqueteer-for-non-payment-of-rent.html
Syrian forces fire at mourners, battle defectors
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/15/us-syria-idUSTRE79E2L620111015
Saudi Arabia warns it will not tolerate riots during hajj
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.b3c719706b66f81b6c630a0845ddd319.1b1&show_article=1
"Female Genital Mutilation, by the Numbers"
http://news.yahoo.com/female-genital-mutilation-numbers-194100497.html

Civil/Racial Unrest
Cornel West arrested at Supreme Court protest
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/cornel-west-arrested-at-supreme-court-protest/
OpEd:  "Racial Violence"
http://www.etbj.com/2011/10/12/racial-violence/

"This Is What Democracy Looks Like"

Syrian forces fire at mourners, battle defectors
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/15/us-syria-idUSTRE79E2L620111015
Libyan government steps up security after clashes in capital
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/15/us-libya-idUSL5E7KT4YC20111015
---Displaced black Libyans tell of beatings, expulsion at gunpoint
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/17/us-libya-displaced-idUSTRE79G2CY20111017
--
"The first and governing maxim in the interpretation of a statute is to discover the meaning of those who made it." ~~ James Wilson, Of the Study of Law in the United States, 1790

Occupy Wall Street - Days 30 & 31

Occupy Wall Street - Days 30 & 31
MEDIA "INSIGHT":
Corporate leaders say they understand protests
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/193c6784-f8d4-11e0-a5f7-00144feab49a.html
Frightening Occupy Times Square "police brutality" video surfaces (VIDEO)
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/frightening-occupy-times-square-police-brutality-video-surfaces/
'Anonymous’ issues video supporting November 5th "Bank Transfer Day" Plan for mass move of cash...
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/anonymous-issues-video-supporting-november-5th-bank-transfer-day-plan-for-mass-move-of-cash/
"Has 'Occupy Wall Street' Been Sucked Into A Global Socialist Movement?"
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/has-occupy-wall-street-been-sucked-into-a-global-socialist-movement/
Occupiers kill stimulus-funded sod...
http://campaign2012.washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/beltway-confidential/occupiers-killing-stimulus-funded-sod-dc
Pictures:
http://gopbriefingroom.com/index.php?topic=58768.msg217596#msg217596
HISTORY:  "Occupy Wall Street" circa 1979 (VIDEO)
http://www.verumserum.com/?p=30822
FLASHBACK TO 2009:  George Soros: "I’m having a very good crisis"
http://hotair.com/archives/2009/03/25/george-soros-im-having-a-very-good-crisis/

PROTESTORS' OWN WORDS:

OWS organizer planned to "commodify" protests:  create a "Corporate Funded Revolution", "Google has invited me to monetize my [YouTube] clips", "Monetizing YouTube content is one way to help make this occupation financially autonomous"
http://dailycaller.com/2011/10/17/occulist-occupy-wall-street-organizer-planned-to-financially-commodify-the-revolution/
NYC:  Lawyers for OWS protestors:  Dismiss all charges or we will clog up courts
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2011/10/17/2011-10-17_we_will_clog_the_courts_dismiss_charges_or_else_lawyers_say.html
NYC:  "It felt like they were preparing for radicalism’s Super Bowl.", "Occupation is not revolution. The revolution comes later."
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/global-day-of-rage-reporting-inside-nycs-massive-occupy-times-square-march/
OccupyChicago joins "Destroy Israel" anti-war, anti-America "peace" march
http://biggovernment.com/rebelpundit/2011/10/14/occupychicago-joins-destroy-israel-anti-war-anti-america-peace-march/
---L.A.:  "I think that the Zionist Jews, who are running these big banks and our Federal Reserve, which is not run by the federal government... they need to be run out of this country" (VIDEO)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMjm4LxFa1c&feature=player_embedded
Milwaukee: "You will definitely see us growing in number and you will definitely see us continue to occupy Milwaukee"
http://www.fox6now.com/news/witi-20111016-occupy-milwaukee-sunday,0,6243448.story
Oakland:  "Since we don’t need permission to claim what is already ours, we do not have a list of demands to give you"
http://townhall.com/columnists/kyleolson/2011/10/17/occupyoakland_panic_‘the_
potties_are_full!’
---MUST-WATCH VIDEO:  Socialist OWS mob invades Oakland (VIDEO)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuFQuEwJ5xI&feature=player_embedded

Seattle:  "Whose streets? Our streets!", "Unite the many...Defeat the few!", "This is what democracy looks like!"
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/131924158.html

SHOW ME YOUR FRIENDS AND I'LL SHOW YOU YOUR FUTURE:

POTUS:
---MLK Jr. would have supported Occupy Wall Street

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/obama-mlk-would-have-approved-of-occupy-wall-street-movement/
---..."the modern-day equivalent...of the civil rights movement"
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/16/us-usa-obama-king-idUSTRE79F24J20111016
---...says he's fighting for the interests of the 99%

http://www.businessinsider.com/white-house-draws-closer-to-occupy-wall-street-says-obama-is-fighting-for-interests-of-the-99-2011-10
Convicted cop killer Mumia Abu-Jamal Mumia supports Occupy Philly movement

http://www.myfoxphilly.com/dpp/news/local_news/mumia-supports-occupy-philly-movement%3D101411
Freed Iran "hikers" cheer Occupy movement, please for prisoners' rights...
http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Iran-Hikers-Pick-Oakland-for-Public-Debut-132019128.html
China supports protestors, says "there are issues here that are worth pondering"...

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_CHINA_WALL_STREET_PROTESTS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2011-10-17-07-40-45
---Communist Party U.S.A. spokesman gets overwhelming applause from Occupy Chicago (VIDEO)

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/the-next-big-step-occupy-chicago-gives-rousing-welcome-to-communist-party-u-s-a/
---Portland: Protestors sing "F*ck The U.S.A." (VIDEO)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeuGx8PplAo
---Israelis worried by anti-Semitic flavor of OWS protests
http://www.israeltoday.co.il/News/tabid/178/nid/22978/language/en-US/Default.aspx

Massachusetts:  Governor greets, hugs protesters despite costing city of Boston thousands...
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/despite-costing-city-of-boston-thousands-mass-governor-greets-and-hugs-occupy-protesters/

Massachusetts:  UMass students rally at student union as part of Occupy Wall Street movement; professors urge change to socialism

http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2011/10/umass_students_rallied_on_step.html#incart_mce
---Michigan:  College professor offers students extra credit for attending Occupy Upper Peninsula

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/college-professor-offers-students-extra-credit-for-attending-occupy-protest/
Iran:  Politician says his country can "easily occupy" Saudi Arabia...
http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/10/17/172261.html

COUNTER-COMMENTS:

"Yes, They Are Communists"
http://shoutbits.com/2011/10/yes-they-are-communists/
"#OccupyWallSt Poster Boy A Trust Fund Baby, Attempted Stowaway At JFK" (VIDEO)
http://tv.breitbart.com/occupywallst-poster-boy-a-trust-fund-baby-attempted-stowaway-at-jfk/

"A Look at Occupy Wall Street's Supply Room"
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Occupy-Wall-Street-Donations-Supplies-Warehouse-Food-Clothing-Former-Bank-131950503.html

"A few observations about Occupy Wall Street"
http://www.worldtribune.com/worldtribune/WTARC/2011/ss_politics1281_10_16.asp
"Occupy Wall Street Vs. the TEA Party - A Comparison"
http://www.lessgovisthebestgov.com/occupy-wall-street-TEA-Party-comparison.html
"TEA partiers must show 'newly initiated' the differences between Republicans and conservatives"
http://www.coachisright.com/tea-partiers-must-show-"newly-
initiated"-the-differences-between-republicans-and-conservatives/
"Put down pickets and look in the mirror"
http://www.torontosun.com/2011/10/14/put-down-pickets-and-look-in-the-mirror
"Barbara from Harlem - Working For Freedom -- Pomona, NY Oct. 15, 2011" (VIDEO)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Og2xv2cnaQ
"What the Occupy protests tell us about the limits of democracy"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/what-the-occupy-protests-tell-us-about-the-limits-of-democracy/2011/10/17/gIQAay5YsL_print.html


POLICE RESPONSE:

Chicago, Denver, Arizona:  Hundreds arrested at "Occupy" events as movement spreads across U.S.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2011/10/16/2011-10-16_hundreds_arrested_at_occupy_events_in_chicago_denver_arizona_as_movement_spreads.html
Seattle:  Eight arrested as police remove dozens of tents
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/131979418.html
Italy cracks down on anarchists after riot
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_ITALY_WALL_STREET_PROTESTS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2011-10-17-07-19-57


TOMORROW'S AGENDA:

same thing they do every day...try to take over the world.
--
"The first and governing maxim in the interpretation of a statute is to discover the meaning of those who made it." ~~ James Wilson, Of the Study of Law in the United States, 1790

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