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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

Thursday, November 3, 2011

November 03

November 03

HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF:  1935 State of the Union Address by FDR
http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/index.asp?document=1348
---OpEd:  "Where Keynes Went Wrong -- What if government spending depresses instead of stimulates?"
http://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/where-keynes-went-wrong_604176.html?nopager=1

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

Debt increased $203 billion in Oct. -- $650 for every man, woman and child in America
http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/debt-increased-203-billion-oct-650-every-man-woman-and-child-america
The Ben Bernanke: Fed remains prepared to take action as appropriate to make sure recovery continues...
http://www.cnbc.com/id/45136120
---...lowers GDP growth forecast, raises jobless projections, suggests Europe's debt crisis posed big downside risks to the U.S. economy
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/11/02/us-usa-fed-idUSTRE7A057A20111102
---...stands pat, announces no new stimulus for now
http://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/2011/11/02/bernanke-fed-decision-nov-2/
Niall Ferguson:  "America Failing To Reboot" (VIDEO)
http://www.cnbc.com/id/45133136
FACTS:  "The Fed Is Trapped By Inflation"
http://streettalklive.com/daily-x-change/472-fed-trapped-by-inflation.html
Illinois:  State budget goes from worst to 'worster'...
http://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2011/11/02/illinois_budget_from_worst_to_worster_99343.html
OpEd:  "Put Constitutional Cap on Federal Spending"
http://www.cnsnews.com/blog/terence-p-jeffrey/put-constitutional-cap-federal-spending
EuroZone CollapseWatch:
---Euro zone factory data suggest recession
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Euro-zone-factory-data-rb-722517790.html
---Greek military leadership changes spark opposition outcry
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financialcrisis/8863728/Greek-military-leadership-changes-spark-opposition-outcry.html
------OpEd:  "What Greece Really Needs is a Military Coup" ("Instead of pouring euros down the drain, it would be much wiser for Germany to sponsor a military coup and solve the problem that way.")
http://greece.greekreporter.com/2011/10/31/shocking-forbes-article-what-greece-really-needs-is-a-military-coup/

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

15% of U.S. population uses Food Stamps (45.8 million Americans)
http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2011/11/01/some-15-of-u-s-uses-food-stamps/?mod=wsj_share_twitter
---MAP:  "Food Stamp Use, by State"
http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2011/11/01/some-15-of-u-s-uses-food-stamps/tab/interactive/
------CIVIL UNREST?:  Congress MAY tighten Food Stamp eligibility as participation reaches record levels...
http://www.businessinsider.com/government-may-cut-food-aid-2011-11
Obama:  "I think we are better off now than we would have been if I hadn't taken all the steps that we took." (VIDEO)
http://hotair.com/archives/2011/11/02/obama-were-better-off-with-my-policies-than-four-years-ago/
---Speaker Boehner replies: "Are you kidding me?!" (VIDEO)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dj3itu3Wwkk&feature=player_embedded
Obama pushes stimulus/jobs bill again, says "God wants to see us help ourselves by putting people back to work"
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2011/11/02/obama_pushes_jobs_bill_god_wants_to_see_us_put_people_back_to_work.html
---WJ Spox Jay Carney: "If not for the President's insistence..., would we be having a debate about jobs and the economy?" (VIDEO)
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2011/11/02/carney_without_obama_jobs_proposal_no_one_would_be_talking_about_jobs.html
------CEOs: Obama is bigger threat to success than Europe
http://money.msn.com/top-stocks/post.aspx?post=4e1060cf-1310-42f6-9461-1756e2019924
Private sector adds 110,000 jobs in October, layoffs slow dramatically
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/11/02/us-usa-economy-idUSTRE79O4A620111102
"Draining Banks Is A Fool's Errand" ("Bank Transfer"/"Move Your Money" day coinciding with Guy Fawkes Day...)
http://news.investors.com/Article/590189/201111011900/Draining-Banks-Errand-Of-Fools.htm
4,000,000 homeowners eligible for foreclosure review
http://news.yahoo.com/4m-homeowners-eligible-foreclosure-review-162018124.html

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

Dept. of Homeland Security takes over TVs in MARRIOTT, HILTON, SHERATON, HOLIDAY INN hotel rooms... (VIDEO)
http://travel.usatoday.com/hotels/story/2011-11-02/Hotel-guests-recruited-with-Homeland-Security-TV-spots/51032602/1?loc=interstitialskip
Government Motors struggling to meet Chevy Volt goal...
http://nlpc.org/stories/2011/11/02/gm-struggling-meet-chevy-volt-goal
RHETORIC:  Game company announces first mobile game: "Piein' Palin"...
http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/474893#ixzz1cZcySKRc
---FLASHBACK to 2010:  Sarah Palin Criticized Over Gabrielle Giffords Presence on "Target List"
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20027918-503544.html

Ecological/Economic/Educational/Social "Justice", Redistribution Of Wealth
Florida:  Illegals sue over being charged out-of-state tuition rates...
http://tampa.cbslocal.com/2011/11/02/children-of-illegal-immigrants-sue-florida-over-states-college-tuition-policy/
Energy Dept's Inspector General: More than 100 stimulus-related criminal probes ("various schemes, including the submission of false information, claims for unallowable or unauthorized expenses, and other improper uses of Recovery Act funds.")
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1111/67444.html
Florida:  FBI arrests 8 in Florida for absentee ballot fraud
http://www.redstate.com/soren_dayton/2011/11/01/fbi-arrests-8-in-florida-for-absentee-ballot-fraud/

Illegal Aliens, Open Borders, National Security

Homeland Security orders a reduction in U.S. border inspections
http://www.fairus.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=24506&security=1601&news_iv_ctrl=1721#1
---San Diego:  Five [illegal aliens] rescued from sewage pipe [under U.S.-Mexican border]
http://www.kogo.com/cc-common/mainheadlines3.html?feed=125548&article=9339568
---Mexico:  Soldiers seize catapults used to fling pot into U.S....
http://www.kvia.com/news/29653551/detail.html
Mexican senators seek meetings with GA-AL-AZ-SC-UT lawmakers over anti-illegal alien legislation...
http://www.ajc.com/news/georgia-politics-elections/mexican-senators-seek-meeting-1214737.html
Alleged plot to attack U.S. officials was inspired by online anti-government novel
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/foiled-biological-attack-in-georgia-allegedly-based-on-online-novel/

Civil/Racial Unrest
L.A.:  Homeless man beats elderly man to death with baseball bat in WALMART sporting goods section...
http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2011/11/01/victim-beaten-to-death-with-baseball-bat-at-lakewood-walmart/

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

Iran rattles saber at Israel, U.S....
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/149349#.TrGRS679dOc
White House battles [imaginary] bullying...of Muslims
http://www.china.org.cn/world/2011-10/31/content_23772800.htm
---Alabama:  Naturalized U.S. citizen owner of car dealership labeled "Taliban Toyota" wins millions
http://news.yahoo.com/owner-car-dealership-labeled-taliban-toyota-wins-millions-004302989.html
---U.S. Army handbook makes soldiers "culturally literate" about Islam, justifies jihad...)
http://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/2011/nov/u-s-army-makes-soldiers-culturally-literate-about-islam
------FREE TO READ:  U.S. Army's "Culture Cards: Afghanistan & Islamic Culture"
http://www.fas.org/irp/doddir/army/culture.pdf
France:  French satirical newspaper firebombed after prophet Mohammed announcement...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/8864063/French-satirical-newspaper-firebombed-after-prophet-Mohammed-announcement.html

"This Is What Democracy Looks Like"

Iran:  Soccer players banned, fined $40,000 for celebratory butt squeeze...
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/iranian-soccer-players-banned-fined-40000-for-celebratory-butt-squeeze/
OpEd:  "From Arab Spring to Springtime for Hitler"
http://townhall.com/columnists/benshapiro/2011/11/02/from_arab_spring_to_springtime_for_hitler/page/full/
--
"Remember democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide." ~~ John Adams, letter to John Taylor, 1814

Occupy Wall Street - Day 47

Occupy Wall Street - Day 47

MEDIA "INSIGHT"
AP news outlet corroborates Glenn Beck's theories of OWS' far-left supporters (PICTURES, VIDEOS)
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/ap-publishes-confusing-piece-about-the-lefts-role-in-occupy-wall-street/
Michael Bloomberg reignites online war -- Progressive economist Paul Krugman calls Bloomberg "ignoramus…who just swallows right-wing propaganda whole"
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1111/67433.html
Hackers attack ‘Occupy Wall Street’ opposition website ("“trying to paint this like a freedom fighter movement")
http://dailycaller.com/2011/11/02/hackers-attack-occupy-wall-street-opposition-website/
Oakland:  Police 'out' tax-funded workers' strike --> "employees’ paid day off to protest"
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2011/11/01/23645/
NYC:  Arrest records indicate many protesters live in luxury!  ("at least 95 of the protesters’ residences are worth approximately $500,000 or more")
http://dailycaller.com/2011/11/02/nyc-arrest-records-many-occupy-wall-street-protesters-live-in-luxury/
SLIDESHOW: Opulent homes of ‘the 99 percent’
http://dailycaller.com/2011/11/02/opulent-homes-of-the-99-percent-slideshow/
Oklahoma City:   "Occupy" groups have rough week following death, arrests
http://www.reddirtreport.com/Story.aspx/20244

PROTESTERS' OWN WORDS
OWS seeks global currency to replace each nation's financial system
http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=362293
NYC:  Occupy Wall Street finds money brings problems:  "Right now we are figuring out how to establish a legal identity so we're holding off on accepting donations"
http://news.yahoo.com/occupy-wall-st-finds-money-brings-problems-too-111339150.html
NYC:  ACORN front group "New York Communities for Change" pays homeless "$10 a hour, $100 a day" to protest (VIDEO)
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/
Oakland:  Demonstrators gear up for strike as protests continue...organizer calls it a "warning shot to the 1%", "We liberate Oakland and shut down the 1%", "nstead of workers going to work and students going to school, the people will converge on downtown Oakland to shut down the city"
http://www.cnn.com/2011/11/02/us/occupy-demonstrators/index.html?section=cnn_latest
D.C.:  How did protesters respond to a table full of job applications? (VIDEO)
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/new-video-occupy-d-c-protesters-brush-off-job-applications/patriot
Minnesota:  County removes port-a-potties, organizer says the group will be moving to "set up tents in the yard of a foreclosed home next Tuesday"
http://blogs.citypages.com/blotter/2011/11/occupy_mn_hennepin_county_enacts_new_restrictions_on_protesters.php

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

"We Are Ohio" enlists admitted communist Van Jones as spokeperson in 'Issue 2 Battle'...
http://biggovernment.com/bytor/2011/11/02/we-are-ohio-enlists-admitted-communist-van-jones-as-spokeperson-in-issue-2-battle/
United Steelworkers chief Leo Gerard: "Resistance movement" needs "more militancy", "we oughta start occupying  bridges. We start oughta occupying the banks places themselves"
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/jack-coleman/2011/11/02/union-chief-leo-gerard-resistance-movement-needed-seize-bridges-banks-
Google Maps renames Oakland's Protest Plaza
http://news.yahoo.com/google-maps-renames-oaklands-protest-plaza-171900563.html
Planned Parenthood teams up with OWS
http://www.lifenews.com/2011/11/02/planned-parenthood-teams-up-with-occupy-wall-st-movement/
Archbishop of Canterbury backs 'Robin Hood' tax on banking, says protests show "widespread and deep exasperation with the financial establishment"
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/nov/02/occupy-london-archbishop-canterbury-tax

COUNTER-COMMENTS

"Greater Boston Tea Party vs OWS"
http://greaterbostonteaparty.com/2011/10/greater-boston-tea-party-vs-ows/
"Colorado Says Occupy This -- Voters rejected a higher income and sales tax earmarked for education"
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203804204577013921163171042.html?mod=rss_opinion_main
Dave Ramsey's Take on Occupy Wall Street
http://www.daveramsey.com/newsletters/online/edition/personal-finance-newsletter-november-2011?ectid=1111cnl_6#feature
"Occupy Oakland's Dangerous 'Strike' Follies"
http://townhall.com/columnists/michellemalkin/2011/11/02/occupy_oaklands_dangerous_strike_follies
"The left’s war on self-reliance: Hard work, not higher taxes, will save the American economy"
http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/left-s-war-self-reliance-hard-work-higher-taxes-save-american-economy-article-1.971002

POLICE RESPONSE

Seattle:  Protesters arrested, pepper sprayed
http://today.seattletimes.com/2011/11/occupy-seattle-protesting-chase-ceo-visit/
Charlottesville:  Three homeless men, two teenage women arrested after underage drinking, pot possession at Occupy site
http://www2.dailyprogress.com/news/2011/nov/01/police-homeless-men-arrested-after-underage-drinki-ar-1427511/
Boston:  Protester charged with selling Xanax to undercover police officers
http://www.boston.com/Boston/metrodesk/2011/11/occupy-boston-protester-charged-with-selling-xanax-undercover-police-officers/Hfbs8eyP65r5FqrWdycqfN/index.html
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"Remember democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide." ~~ John Adams, letter to John Taylor, 1814

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

November 02

November 02

Country star Rodney Atkins kicks off "Thank You Movement" with performance for troops at Times Square.
http://www.pentagonchannel.mil/?pid=KS68afr7ih4loBVLhH84CFVIM51kuTTf&player=GovDelivery
Philadelphia:  Teen rowers give up medal dreams to help capsized foes
http://rivals.yahoo.com/highschool/blog/prep_rally/post/Teen-rowers-give-up-medal-dreams-to-help-capsize?urn=highschool-wp7953

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

U.S. lawmakers to propose transaction tax
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-11-01/lawmakers-to-propose-transaction-tax-for-financial-firms-modeled-on-europe.html
China to play a big role at G20 Summit...
http://www.cnbc.com/id/45111183
OpEd:  "America's Other 87 Deficits"
http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/roach10/English
EuroZone CollapseWatch:
---European banks sink on Greek vote bombshell
http://www.cnbc.com/id/45114081
---Greece risks meltdown after bailout vote
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/greek-referendum-threatens-euro-zone-crisis-021206836.html

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

Bank Of America calls off debit-fee plan...
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204528204577011813902843218.html?mod=WSJ_hp_LEFTTopStories
Home prices heading for triple-dip
http://money.cnn.com/2011/10/31/real_estate/home_prices/index.htm?hpt=hp_t2
Australia:  Australian Mint turns out one-ton gold coin
http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/weird/Aussie-Mint-Turns-Out-1-Ton-Gold-Coin-133005923.html

Big Gov't, Socialism/Nazism/
Progressivism/Marxism/Communism/Globalism
OBAMA: "30 MILLION AMERICANS" WILL HAVE HEALTHCARE "NEXT YEAR" BECAUSE OF OBAMACARE

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/obama-30-million-americans-will-have-healthcare-next-year-because-of-obamacare/
---Employers consider dropping insurance plans once ObamaCare provisions take effect

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/11/01/employers-consider-dropping-insurance-plans-once-health-law-provisions-take/
Rep. Pelosi:  Yes, the government should shut down that scab Boring plant or force it to unionize (VIDEO)

http://hotair.com/archives/2011/11/01/pelosi-heck-yeah-the-government-should-shut-down-that-scab-plant-in-south-carolina/
"Congress: The rich get richer"

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/11/01/8578515-congress-the-rich-get-richer
---"Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Executives Get Big Housing Bonuses" ($12.79 million in bonus pay after 10 executives)

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1011/67292.html
---OpEd:  "Our prize is finding America’s soul again"

http://www.coachisright.com/our-prize-is-finding-america
s-soul-again/
Carney: Obama will ‘continue’ to act ‘independently’ without Congress
http://dailycaller.com/2011/10/31/carney-obama-will-%e2%80%98continue%e2%80%99-to-act-%e2%80%98independently%e2%80%99-without-congress/

DOUBLE STANDARD:  "Zombie Obama" sparks outrage, draws Secret Service scrutiny...

http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/politics/Zombie-Obama-Image-Provokes-Outrage-in-Virginia-132969483.html?dr
---MEANWHILE:  Obama activists use machine guns, chainsaws to kill GOP zombies
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/graphic-new-vid-obama-activists-use-machine-guns-chainsaws-to-kill-gop-zombies/
------FLASHBACK:  "'Tea Party Zombies Must Die': New online game lets you gun down Beck, Bachmann, Palin...
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/tea-party-zombies-must-die-new-online-lets-you-murder-beck-bachmann-palin/
DHS to monitor Twitter, social media outlets for signs of domestic social unrest...

http://www.infowars.com/big-sis-to-monitor-twitter-for-signs-of-social-unrest/
---DHS:  "There are just a lot of questions that we are sort of struggling with because it's a newly emerging (issue)."
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5j2QncVujJYeKvVMAwzSqq5eSaSLA?docId=d607e3efe1324adeb54d3fd505e1feb1
------OpEd:  "World faces years of social unrest as economies falter..."
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/politics/world-faces-years-of-social-unrest-as-economies-falter-6255401.html
------FLASHBACK to YESTERDAY:  ILO: World economy on verge of new jobs recession ("The global economy is on the verge of a new and deeper jobs recession that may ignite social unrest")
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-15519699
Mrs. Obama reminds us:  Second Amendment rights are one liberal SCOTUS judge away from destruction

http://www.ammoland.com/2011/10/31/mrs-obama-reminding-us-2a-rights-are-one-liberal-scotus-judge-away-from-destruction/
Labor Sec'y Hilda Solis:  "I'll be darned if I'm going to set that aside now because a few tea baggers want to somehow muzzle my voice"...

http://www.sunshinestatenews.com/story/carrying-water-barack-obama-hilda-solis-picks-fight-tea-party
DARPA challenge: Reconstruct shredded documents, win $50,000
http://science.dodlive.mil/2011/10/31/darpa-challenge-reconstruct-shredded-documents-win-50000/
U.S. government glossed over cancer concerns as it rolled out airport x-ray scanners

http://www.propublica.org/article/u.s.-government-glossed-over-cancer-concerns-as-it-rolled-out-airport-x-ray
---OpEd:  "Police State TSA is Trucking Right Along"
http://www.dakotavoice.com/2011/11/police-state-tsa-is-trucking-right-along/
HISTORY:  National Emergencies Act of 1976
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Emergencies_Act

Ecological/Economic/Educational/Social "Justice", Redistribution Of Wealth
Virginia:  Obama makes former slave haven Fort Monroe a national monument

http://old.news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20111102/us_nm/us_obama_slavery_monument
GLOBAL WARMING IS OVER, SAYS EXPERT

http://www.express.co.uk/features/view/280948/Is-global-warming-over-
POTUS' Jobs Council panel member whose solar firm 'NextEra Energy' won loan guarantees raises "conflict of interest" concerns...
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/11/01/jobs-panel-member-whose-solar-firm-won-2b-loan-raises-conflict-interest/

---Britain pulls the plug on solar subsidies

http://wattsupwiththat.com/2011/11/01/britain-pulls-the-plug-on-solar-subsidies/
Google: We want Net Neutrality to redistribute your wealth to us

http://biggovernment.com/smotley/2011/10/26/google-we-want-net-neutrality-to-redistribute-your-wealth-to-us/
---Google Maps taking viewers INSIDE stores, shops...
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.35f5ae608a85881eeb1b91d9639d25f8.31&show_article=1
California:  Bullet train project nearly triples in cost -- $98.5 billion -- from earlier projections
http://www.mercurynews.com/california-high-speed-rail/ci_19236454
AGENDA 21:  Maryland rural officials, lawmakers threaten tax revolt, mass exodus over environmental plan

http://dailycaller.com/2011/10/31/md-rural-officials-lawmakers-threaten-tax-revolt-mass-exodus-over-environmental-plan/
Electric car commercial inadvertently highlights stupidity of electric cars (VIDEO)
http://www.glennbeck.com/content/blog/stu/electric-car-commercial-inadvertently-highlights-stupidity-of-electric-cars/
Save Those Deadly Polar Bears!...

---Coca-Cola cans go 'white'...for polar bears...
http://www.forbes.com/sites/eco-nomics/2011/10/27/in-first-coca-cola-cans-go-white-for-polar-bears/
---Enviro. group wants POPULATION CONTROL to save...polar bears: "Wrap with care, save a polar bear", "Wear a condom now, save a spotted owl."
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/environmental-group-advocates-curbing-population-growth-to-save-animals/

Illegal Aliens, Open Borders, National Security

FBI says Russian spies got close to Cabinet [Hillary Clinton]
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/oct/31/fbi-says-russian-spies-got-close-to-cabinet/
Web security expert warns of cyber world war...
http://news.sky.com/home/uk-news/article/16101158
South Carolina:  Department of Justice challenges state's illegal alien law
http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2011/October/11-ag-1429.html
--and-- http://dailycaller.com/2011/11/01/holder-sues-south-carolina-over-immigration-reform/
Texas:  Sheriff says shooting of deputy an example of spillover [Mexican drug cartel] violence
http://www.krgv.com/news/local/story/Sheriff-Says-Shooting-of-Deputy-an-Example-of/2VwZgOBoukOkLG9TVcCg0Q.cspx
China launches unmanned spacecraft
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/space/8861692/China-launches-unmanned-spacecraft.html

U.K.:  No Royal Navy warships left to guard Britain
http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/local/east-hampshire/no_royal_navy_warships_left_to_guard_britain_1_3202225

Civil/Racial Unrest

D.C.:  Six shot, one juvenile shot in head in Halloween violence
http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Six-Shot-in-DC-Halloween-Violence-132984568.html?dr
New Orleans:  15 shot, 2 dead in Halloween shootings
http://www.wwltv.com/news/One-dead-as-many-as-7-others-shot-on-Bourbon-St-132978578.html
Philadelphia:  Gunfire erupts on packed SEPTA Train
http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2011/10/31/gunfire-erupts-on-packed-philadelphia-septa-train/
Miami:  Three arrested in North Miami for shooting Trick-or-Treaters with paintballs
http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/Trio-Targeted-Trick-or-Treaters-With-Paintball-Guns-Cops-133010843.html
Augusta:  Trick-or-treater, 10, pulls gun
http://chronicle.augusta.com/latest-news/2011-11-01/trick-or-treater-10-pulls-gun?v=1320149088
Fort Myers:  Girl, age 9, faces four felonies for wild school bus tantrum, battering Sheriff's Deputy...
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/buster/nine-year-old-girl-arrested-453619

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

U.S.:  Shariah front groups now oversee fed's counterextremism training
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/gaffney110111.php3
Libya:  Women "unsettled" by the return of polygamy as Sharia'h allows polygamy...
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/shariah-allows-polygamy-libyan-women-are-unsettled-by-the-return-of-polygamy/
Saudi Arabia:  Man publicly beheaded in parking lot for being a 'sorcerer'...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2055636/Sudanese-man-beheaded-Saudi-Arabia-car-park-sorcerer.html
Mauritania:  "Widespread Slavery Persists" (Arab/Muslim slavery)
http://www.unpo.org/article/13341

"This Is What Democracy Looks Like"
Venezuela:  President Hugo Chavez orders more land taken from British firm
http://news.yahoo.com/chavez-orders-more-land-taken-british-firm-224547851.html
New signs of Syria-Pakistan nuke tie

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9QNPCA82&show_article=1
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"Everything that is right or reasonable pleads for separation. The blood of the slain, the weeping voice of nature cries; tis time to part." ~~ Thomas Paine, Common Sense, 1776

Occupy Wall Street - Day 46

Occupy Wall Street - Day 46

MEDIA "INSIGHT"
Mayor Bloomberg tells OWS they're going after the wrong "villains":  "It was, plain and simple, Congress who forced everybody to go and give mortgages to people who were on the cusp" (VIDEO)
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/bloomberg-tells-ows-theyre-going-after-the-wrong-villains/
NYC:  Milk Street Cafe owner sacks 21 employees as consequence of OWS demonstration
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2011/11/01/milk-street-cafe-owner-sacks-21-employees-as-consequence-of-occupy-wall-street-demonstration/
Des Moines:  Occupants to propose "shutting down" candidate offices during Iowa caucuses
http://www.kirotv.com/money/29643128/detail.html
OWS claims they're being "sabotaged" by the NYPD...
http://news.yahoo.com/occupy-wall-street-being-sabotaged-york-police-department-193200664.html
---..."Two different drunks I spoke with last week told me they’d been encouraged to 'take it to Zuccotti'"...
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/columnist-nypd-encouraging-drunks-to-join-occupiers/
"Energy Bike" provides electricity to OWS, "pedaling for progressivism" (VIDEO)
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/occupy-wall-street-using-bikes-to-generate-electricity/

PROTESTERS' OWN WORDS
NYC:  Protester details deaf man's alleged "rape", "There’s sexual assault going on"
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/there’s-sexual-
assault-going-on-alleged-protester-details-deaf-mans-rape-at-ows/
Baltimore:  Alleged rape victim says activists refused to help her, "If this is supposed to be a good organization, it isn’t. It’s a crock."
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/emotional-interview-alleged-occupy-baltimore-rape-victim-says-activists-refused-to-help/
Ottawa:  Protesters DIVIDED about REPORTING a female co-Occupant's RAPE to police (VIDEO)
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/story/2011/10/28/ottawa-occupy-protest-divide.html
Gainesville:  Occupants plan march from Univ. of Florida campus, "draw attention to infringements upon our fundamental human rights to freedom of speech and assembly"
http://www.gainesville.com/article/20111031/articles/111039922

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

"The 99%: Official list of Occupy Wall Street’s supporters, sponsors and sympathizers"
http://pjmedia.com/zombie/2011/10/31/the-99-official-list-of-ows/
Marxist professor to protesters: Violence only avoidable if "1% accept the decisions of the 99%"

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/marxist-prof-to-protesters-violence-only-avoidable-if-‘1-accept-the-
decisions-of-the-99’/
AFL-CIO:  "Unions Stand with Occupy Movement in Oakland and Nationwide"

http://blog.aflcio.org/2011/10/31/unions-stand-with-occupy-movement-in-oakland-and-nationwide/
France:  Some protesters bare all for their cause at G-20 summit...
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/nov/1/some-protesters-bare-all-for-their-cause-at-g-20-s/

COUNTER-COMMENTS

"'Corporate' OWS to occupy Rose Day Parade"
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/41865
"Occupy 'Ball' Street - A Rush For STD Tests"
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/occupy_ball_street_aIoZXVqZ3hU8Zm9oX5aGWM


POLICE RESPONSE
Oakland:  "OPD confused by Mayor Quan: Where is the Occupy revolution headed?"
http://sanfrancisco.ibtimes.com/articles/241600/20111101/opd-confused-mayor-quan-occupy-revolution-headed.htm
Oklahoma City:  Police investigating dead body found at Occupy OKC encampment

http://www.reddirtreport.com/Story.aspx/20227
Portland:  Feds remove Occupy campers from public plaza
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/west/view.bg?articleid=1377557&srvc=rss

Dallas:  Man arrested for child sex assault at Occupy camp
http://www.wfaa.com/news/Occupy-Dallas-man-arrested-for-sexual-assault-133033828.html

Nashville:  State officials agree to STOP arresting protesters for violating state's curfew law...
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/tennessee-agrees-to-stop-arresting-occupy-nashville-protesters/

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"Everything that is right or reasonable pleads for separation. The blood of the slain, the weeping voice of nature cries; tis time to part." ~~ Thomas Paine, Common Sense, 1776

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

October 30 - November 01

October 30 - November 01

The Fed, QE1/2/3, Debt/Deficit, Debt Ceiling, Inflation
The debt fallout: How Social Security went ‘cash negative’ earlier than expected
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/the-debt-fallout-how-social-security-went-cash-negative-earlier-than-expected/2011/10/27/gIQACm1QTM_story.html
OpEd:  "A Flat Tax Would Be Fine, A Consumption Tax True Perfection"
http://www.forbes.com/sites/johntamny/2011/10/30/a-flat-tax-would-be-fine-a-consumption-tax-true-perfection/
OpEd:  "Slouching toward the 1930s"
http://www.americanthinker.com/2011/10/slouching_toward_the_1930s.html
EuroZone CollapseWatch:
---Why the latest eurozone bail-out is destined to fail within weeks (THANKS JOE!)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/liamhalligan/8857518/Why-the-latest-eurozone-bail-out-is-destined-to-fail-within-weeks.html
---EU debt woes to last 'two or three years'
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.d10e26881fedf6c3427afc06a3404e33.791&show_article=1
---European Bailout Fund Could ‘One Day’ Issue Bonds in Yuan, Regling Says
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-29/european-bailout-fund-could-one-day-issue-bonds-in-yuan-regling-says.html

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

ILO: World economy on verge of new jobs recession
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-15519699
Smoking-gun document from 1994 ("Policy Statement on Discrimination in Lending") ties policy to housing crisis
http://news.investors.com/Article/589858/201110310805/Housing-Crisis-Obama-Clinton-Subprime.htm
---"Congress and Clinton Turbocharged Mortgage Meltdown"
http://www.bizpacreview.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=news.details&ArticleId=51497&returnTo=john-r-smith-1
---"How Freddie Mac Splashed Cash to Halt Regulation"
http://www.cnbc.com/id/28108013/How_Freddie_Mac_Splashed_Cash_to_Halt_Regulation
---"The Top 10 American Cities Sunk By Underwater Mortgages"  ("5. Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida")
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/these-are-the-top-10-american-cities-sunk-by-underwater-mortgages/
USDA predicts surging food prices in coming year
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/usda-predicts-surging-food-prices-in-coming-year/
India firm launches gold, diamond 'cash machine'
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.ea940f8e387200a012e1d301fb11607e.91&show_article=1

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

Fast and Furious: 17 members of Congress now calling for DOJ's Eric Holder to resign...
http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=47228
POTUS to sign "Executive Order directing FDA to take action to reduce, prevent drug shortages, protect consumers, prevent price gouging"...
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2011/10/obama-to-sign-prescription-drug-executive-order/
FCC cracks down on religious broadcasters
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1011/67260.html
Montana:  U.S. Forest Service to mining company:  "Mules must be fed certified weed-free hay"...
http://finance.townhall.com/columnists/maritanoon/2011/10/31/obamaland_american_mules_must_eat_certified_weed-free_hay/page/full/
Car marker "Saab" escapes bankruptcy as Chinese firms take over
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jlqOWx2WrRcOPnZ733NalPQGQ7sw?docId=CNG.e6ee2abbf277f4249e6d667612b5cf57.aa1
What ObamaCare Looks Like:
---Firms to charge smokers, obese more for healthcare
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/30/us-penalties-idUSTRE79T2S220111030?feedType=RSS&feedName=domesticNews&rpc=22&sp=true
---Rep.  Pelosi defends ObamaCare waivers to 1,800 firms: "They're small companies"
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2011/10/28/pelosi_defends_obamacare_waivers_to_1800_firms_theyre_small_companies.html
------Small corporations McDonalds, T.G.I. Fridays, Teamsters union, Universal Studios Orlando, entire states of both Nevada & Maine received waivers...
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/lots-of-unions-are-on-the-hidden-list-to-receive-obamacare-waivers/
---------FLASHBACK:  Rep. Pelosi's disctrict has received nearly TWENTY PERCENT (20%) OF ALL WAIVERS...
http://freedomeden.blogspot.com/2011/05/obamacare-waivers-list-2011.html
OpEd:  "On FOIA, Obama wants a license to lie"
http://washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/2011/10/foia-obama-wants-license-lie
OpEd:  "Obama: Campaigning Like It's 1936"
http://www.forbes.com/sites/merrillmatthews/2011/10/28/obama-campaigning-like-its-1936/
OpEd:  "The Myth of Fascism"
http://www.thenewamerican.com/opinion/selwyn-duke/9579-the-myth-of-fascism
OpEd:  "How Did Ayn Rand's 'Atlas Shrugged' Predict an America Spinning Out of Control?"
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2011/10/31/how-did-atlas-shrugged-and-ayn-rand-predict-america-spinning-out-control/

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

POTUS:  Wealth gap shows need for 'fairer' approach, "America is better off when everyone had the chance to get ahead -- not just those at the very top of the income scale"
http://www.wpix.com/news/politics/sns-rt-us-obama-incometre79s10f-20111029,0,129917.story
Second Energy Department-backed company 'Beacon Power Corp.' goes bankrupt...
http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/e2-wire/190641-second-energy-dept-backed-company-goes-bankrupt
---"Obama Miracle is White House Free of Scandal"
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-27/obama-miracle-is-white-house-free-of-scandal-commentary-by-jonathan-alter.html
Concerns Are Raised About Genetically Engineered Mosquitoes
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/31/science/concerns-raised-about-genetically-engineered-mosquitoes.html?_r=1&ref=business
OpEd:  "7 billion and counting: Should the world adopt a 'one-child' policy?" ("forced abortion and sterilization")
http://news.yahoo.com/countdown-7-billion-world-adopt-one-child-policy-125405754.html

Illegal Aliens, Open Borders, National Security

FBI video, documents on Russian spy ring released (VIDEOS)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/checkpoint-washington/post/fbi-video-documents-on-russian-spy-ring-released/2011/10/31/gIQAWSWRZM_blog.html
U.S. planning troop buildup in Gulf after exit from Iraq
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/30/world/middleeast/united-states-plans-post-iraq-troop-increase-in-persian-gulf.html?_r=3
U.S. northern border patrol searches quietly scaled back....
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_BORDER_TRANSPORTATION_CHECKS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2011-10-29-00-32-58
---Texas:  Former Gulf Cartel leader arrested
http://www.valleycentral.com/news/story.aspx?id=680845#.Tq72Oq5qDwQ
---Arizona:  70 members of 'billion-dollar' drug gang arrested, official says
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45100583/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/#.Tq6f3a79dOc
---New York:  Woman stabbed to death by illegal Honduran alien in parking lot
http://thedailynewsonline.com/news/article_237e6cb8-036c-11e1-8987-001cc4c002e0.html
------Honduras becomes Western Hemisphere cocaine hub
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/L/LT_HONDURAS_COCAINE_HUB?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2011-10-30-10-55-42
Foreign students say visa program abused
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/national-security/foreign-students-say-visa-program-abused/2011/10/26/gIQAbsUESM_story.html
Turkey to rewrite software source codes of 204 F-16 fighters
http://www.todayszaman.com/news-261418-turkey-to-rewrite-software-source-codes-of-204-f-16-fighters.html
Russia’s new AWACS plane enters service
http://en.rian.ru/mlitary_news/20111031/168297656.html

Civil/Racial Unrest
100+ Halloween revelers in costume brawl on Hollywood street...
http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2011/10/30/hollywood-street-brawl-involving-100-people-in-costumes-leaves-1-man-critical/
Woman hit in head by shopping cart pushed from rooftop; two 12 year olds arrested...
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2011/10/31/woman-struck-by-falling-shopping-cart-in-harlem/

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

Flag of Al Qaeda flying proudly over the birthplace of Libya's revolution...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2055630/Flying-proudly-birthplace-Libyas-revolution-flag-Al-Qaeda.html
Chemical, nuclear weapons found in Libya
http://www.newkerala.com/news/2011/worldnews-97650.html

"This Is What Democracy Looks Like"
U.S. firm acknowledges Syria uses its gear to block Web...
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203687504577001911398596328.html#ixzz1cMaxxgBR
Egypt:  Military detains activist over clashes
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/activists-summoned-military-over-cairo-clashes-105009716.html
South Korea:  1 in 8 pro-North-Korea sites operated by elementary students
http://english.donga.com/srv/service.php3?biid=2011103142148
--
"[T]he flames kindled on the 4 of July 1776, have spread over too much of the globe to be extinguished by the feeble engines of despotism; on the contrary, they will consume these engines and all who work them." ~~ Thomas Jefferson, letter to John Adams, 1821

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