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Occupy Wall Street *************** The 5th Column in the U.S. “Workers of the World Unite” Karl Marx, the infamous German political philosopher had a vision. Marx, together with Joseph Engles predicted and even called for the dismantling of capitalist economic systems worldwide into a socialist and ultimately classles communist World. *************** Hazmat Crew Called in to Remove 200lbs of Human Feces Near Occupy Santa Cruz The city of Santa Cruz put together a list of 93 complaints about behavior at Occupy Santa Cruz. This was just one of them *************** Newt Gingrich Offers Advice to #OWS Goons: “Go Get a Job Right After You Take a Bath” *************** Indoctrination: What the Occupiers Believe and Why They Believe It *************** Berkeley woman assaulted for NOT joining OWS protest Looks like the “Join us or else!” mentality is growing violent at Occupy Cal in Berkeley, where an (apparent) OWS protester assaulted a female student when she gave the wrong answer about going to the Occupation protest *************** #OccupyLA Clashes with Cops, Promises to ‘F**K Grey Aliens,’ Illuminati, Satan *************** #Occupy’s Greatest Hits by Steven Crowder As the “Occupy” movement draws to a close, I think it’s time to take a loot at it’s funniest moments. Sure, the rape, theft and violent crime may have put a damper on things for a while but in order to maintain our sanity, it’s our duty to find the humor in all situations. Plus, who doesn’t like watching a hippie-felon get roughed up? *************** Occupy Protests Continue to Use Human Shields by Joel B. Pollak Last month, Big Government reported that Occupy Wall Street activists were using “human shields”–veterans, women, the young, the old, and the disabled–in the hope of provoking police to use force against them and winning the “battle over images.” *************** Occupy Portland: Police Aren’t Our Comrades Until They “Turn The Gun Around on Their Superiors” *************** Bloomberg: Unions behind Day of Action, hijacked Occupy movement By Ed Morrissey Ya think? I wonder what gave it away — the tactics of disruption that we’ve come to see with all Big Labor efforts? Let’s not forget that the first “occupation” didn’t take place on Wall Street, or even in New York, but in Madison in February of this year. *************** OWS Protesters Chant ‘Follow Those Kids!’ As Small Children Try To Go To School On Wall Street Tiny Tots, Some As Young As 4, Overwhelmed By Hostility, Crush Of Humanity *************** Occupy L.A. - Behaving like idiot children, Occupiers block another intersection *************** #OWS Hijacked: #OccupyCongress Next Steps On Unions’ Agenda Did it really need to take two months for New York City Mayor Bloomberg to determine that unions have hijacked the #OccupyMovement? Most sane observers knew that from the very start when when the Transport Workers Union in New York endorsed the squatters in Zuccotti Park, opening the flood gates for other unions, the Democrats, and the institutional Left to climb on board. *************** The Revolution will be coordinated from pricy hotels. *************** Occupy Oakland Calls For Shutdown Of ALL West Coast Ports By Dan Gainor Vandalism, violence, burning and shutting down the nation’s fifth busiest port weren’t enough for Occupy Oakland. On Friday, the General Assembly for the group voted unanimously for “a coordinated shutdown of ports on the entire West Coast on December 12." *************** #Occupy Maine Goons Arrested After They Choke and Beat Camp Drummer With a Hammer *************** Occupy SF dog disease outbreak adds to San Francisco's costs The Police Department isn’t the only city agency enduring hefty costs related to the Occupy SF movement. *************** #Occufail: Police Shut Down Occupy Cal Berkeley Posted by Jammie You know your movement is crashing and burning when you can’t even get any traction at UC Berkeley. *************** Video: #OWS Spokes Council Planning N17 With Union Coordination *************** Occupy San Diego Has A Moment of Solidarity for the White House Shooter… *************** Stronger Than Ever! Tens of Protesters Descend on the NYSE Posted by Jammie The media dutifully regurgitated the absurd claims of the failed OWS protesters than tens of thousands of protesters would shut down the New York Stock Exchange starting at 7 am today. *************** Occupy Cal time-travels back to the ’60s by Zombie The privileged Occupy kiddies of U.C. Berkeley were back in action again yesterday, play-acting at revolution to entertain their professors. *************** Police dismantle part of Occupy SF, arrest seven SAN FRANCISCO -- Police raided a section of the Occupy San Francisco camp early today, dismantling 15 tents that had spilled over from the original encampment in Justin Herman Plaza and arresting seven people. *************** Reporters Shouted Down by Occupy Members During Live Broadcasts *************** Secret Service Seeks Man Who Shot at White House at Occupy DC In yet another illustration of how similar the Occupy movement is to the Tea Party, the Secret Service went looking for the man believed to have fired an AK-47 at the White House in the Occupy D.C. encampment *************** Ringworm Outbreak at Occupy Santa Cruz *************** #Occupy Enlists Anonymous to Target Judge After #OWS Ruling by Dan Riehl Supporters of the Occupy Wall Street movement took to Twitter to enlist the help of hacker group Anonymous in targeting New York Supreme Court Justice Michael Stallman within minutes of his ruling that Occupy Wall Street protesters could not return to camp in Zuccotti Park. *************** Mayors Held Conference Call Prior to Raids of Occupy Camps Nationwide *************** NYPD raiders roust OWS rabble Hundreds of cops boot Zuccotti mob * Arrests as ‘anarchists’ resist *************** City Claims Occupy Wall Street Protesters Were Stockpiling Weapons, Fights Court Order To Reopen Park *************** NYPD Liberates Zuccotti Park In an overnight move aimed to catch the brave occupiers off guard, the NYPD swept Zuccotti Park early this morning. Naturally, the human debris cleared out are not taking it well. *************** 3 men claiming to be Occupy Portland protesters arrested in Marion County for possession of explosives *************** Occupy Oakland mini-documentary Sally Zelikovsky and Steve Kemp of TeaPartyTelevision have compiled footage they’ve taken over the last month at Occupy Oakland and crafted a ten-minute mini-documentary that speaks for itself, with no voice-overs, no subtitles — just the Occupiers revealing themselves through their words and actions. *************** Angry Residents, Businesses Plan Anti-Occupy Wall Street Protest The movement has been going on for two months *************** Cops dismantle Occupy Oakland, arrest 32 OAKLAND -- The second raid of the sprawling Occupy Oakland compound led to the peaceful arrest of 32 people early this morning, and police and city officials called for calm while pledging to support the right to protest. *************** Woman Raped at Occupy Philadelphia A woman protester at the Occupy Philadelphia encampment at City Hall was raped in a tent, allegedly by a man who had traveled from out of state to join the protest, police said. Obamacare *************** ObamaCare’s next mandate: broccoli? A Couple of months ago, Deputy Assistant Attorney General Beth Brinkmann was standing before the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit, defending the federal law requiring Americans to buy government-approved health insurance, when Judge Laurence Silberman asked her about broccoli. *************** Healthcare Law's Fate Now In Supreme Court's Hands The Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide the fate of President Barack Obama's healthcare law, with an election-year ruling due by July on the U.S. healthcare system's biggest overhaul in nearly 50 years. "Hide the Decline" *************** Climate Minister buys a castle with 16 bathrooms... and a massive carbon footprint He is the climate change minister who pledged to ‘lead by example’ in the fight against global warming. But Charles Hendry is facing accusations of hypocrisy after buying himself a 20-bedroom castle – with a potentially massive carbon footprint – as a second home. *************** Dr. James Hansen’s growing financial scandal, now over a million dollars of outside income It seems esteemed NASA astronomer turned climatologist turned paid activist Dr. James Hansen of the Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) has not been reporting some income that he is required by law to do. How long will NASA continue to look the other way? Chris Horner explains *************** Solyndra: Energy Dept. pushed firm to keep layoffs quiet until after midterms By Carol D. Leonnig and Joe Stephens The Obama administration urged officers of the struggling solar company Solyndra to postpone announcing planned layoffs until after the November 2010 midterm elections, newly released e-mails show. *************** What Does CO2 Have To Do With Climate? Little or nothing, if Tim Ball is correct. This post on his web site packs more iconoclasm (and useful information) into a shorter space than just about anything I have read on the subject *************** 80% of Energy Department's "Green Loan" Program Went to Obama's Backers War & Terror *************** Russia’s military chief warns that heightened risks of conflict near borders may turn nuclear MOSCOW — Russia is facing a heightened risk of being drawn into conflicts at its borders that have the potential of turning nuclear, the nation’s top military officer said Thursday. National *************** California Supreme Court Rules Prop 8 Proponents Can Defend State Interests Without State Officials The Prop 8 litigation drags on. Today, the California Supreme Court ruled that the proponents of ballot initiatives have special authority under state law to represent the state of California when the governor and attorney general decline to do so. *************** Newt Gingrich: The GOP’s Fiery Genie Emerges From His Lamp *************** The Second Coming of Gingrich By ROSS DOUTHAT Rick Tyler knew it would come to this. When Newt Gingrich kicked off his presidential campaign in May by criticizing Congressman Paul Ryan’s Medicare reforms as “right-wing social engineering,” thus incurring the wrath of the very conservatives that he presumably needed to win over, there was a rush to write the former House speaker’s political obituary *************** Sen. Feinstein Loaded up on Biotech Stock Just Before Company Received $24 Million Gov’t Grant With a new congressional insider trading scandal unfolding in Washington, another name has been added to the hit parade: U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA). Economy
& Taxes *************** Spain election: Conservatives set to win landslide victory, exit polls show. Spain’s conservative party were set to win an overwhelming victory as the nation went to the polls to choose a government to steer the country through a looming debt crisis *************** The Euro Zone's Deadly Domino Effect The euro-zone debt crisis is spreading to more and more countries. And politicians are reacting more helplessly than ever. Europe's leaders are underestimating the impact that a Greek exit from the common currency will have -- and are failing to learn from their own and others' mistakes. *************** Obama USDA delays shale drilling, up to 200k jobs President Obama's United States Department of Agriculture has delayed shale gas drilling in Ohio for up to six months by cancelling a mineral lease auction for Wayne National Forest (WNF). The move was taken in deference to environmentalists, on the pretext of studying the effects of hydraulic fracturing. *************** The European Fiscal Crisis and Lessons for America *************** Italy’s crashing money supply (Department of Yikes) *************** The Future Of Work A growing number of workers are becoming increasingly concerned about the future viability of their jobs (if they have them) and, in many cases, that of their professions. Looking at a future increasingly defined by slower economic growth and higher energy costs, many are asking: "What is the future of work?" *************** US Increases Estimate of Auto Bailout Losses to $23.6 Billion Unexpectedly! *************** Chinese TV Host Says Regime Nearly Bankrupt Larry Lang, chair professor of Finance at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, said in a lecture that he didn’t think was being recorded that the Chinese regime is in a serious economic crisis—on the brink of bankruptcy. In his memorable formulation: every province in China is Greece. *************** The Supercommittee Will Fail — And When It Does, Markets Will Crash Partisan politics will make any meaningful deal difficult to reach *************** German ZEW Economic Sentiment Index Falls Sharply Again in November; Europe Already in Recession, Expect it to Dramatically Worsen Barclays Capital via email reports that German ZEW economic sentiment index falls sharply again in November. *************** Without cuts, Detroit runs out of cash by April A closely guarded report on Detroit's finances paints an alarming picture of a city that will run out of cash by April unless officials make immediate, painful reductions that will cut deeply in to public services. *************** Europe's Entitlement Reckoning From Greece to Italy to France, the welfare state is in crisis. In the European economic crisis, all roads lead through Rome. The markets have raised the price of financing Italy's mammoth debt to new highs, and on Tuesday Silvio Berlusconi became the second euro-zone prime minister, after Greece's George Papandreou, to resign this week. His departure may keep the world's eighth largest economy solvent for the time being, but it hardly addresses the root of the problem. *************** EU debt crisis likely to cause U.S. recession in 2012 *************** The Long Stall California’s jobs engine broke down well before the financial crisis *************** The Government and the Guitar Man The guitar maker for the stars talks about making instruments, why audio equipment isn't dead, and watching federal agents storm his office. *************** If State Capitalism Is So Good, Why Are Russian And Chinese Entrepreneurs Fleeing? State capitalism was touted by Lenin as a positive step on the road to socialism. By state capitalism, Lenin meant a “commanding heights” of large businesses and trusts controlled by a state that served the interests of the working class. *************** Boeing Controversy Documents Show NLRB Staff Joking, Attacking US and Congress *************** Canada to the Obama Adminstration: If You Don’t Want Our Oil, We Know China Does The scuttling of the XL Pipeline may go down as the largest single train wreck of the Obama administration. With ObamaCare, the trillion dollar stimulus that didn’t stimulate anything but union coffers, and the regulatory state’s various power grabs the competition is stiff, but XL may just be the worst of the lot. *************** Nancy Pelosi Blocked Credit Card Reform While Investing Millions in Exclusive Visa Stock Offering by Wynton Hall Former Speaker of the House–and current Minority Leader–Nancy Pelosi apparently bought $1 million to $5 million of Visa stock in one of the most sought-after and profitable initial public offerings (IPO) in American history, thwarted serious credit card reform for two years, and then watched her investment skyrocket 203%. *************** International *************** Judge: it's no crime to swear at police, they are used to it Swearing at police is not a crime because officers hear foul language "all too frequently" to be offended, a judge has ruled. *************** Spain’s election will complete country’s swing to the right The general election campaign has been deeply uninspiring, but the result of the November 20 vote will seal the dramatic transformation of Spain’s political map. Anything less than a parliamentary majority will be a failure for conservative Mariano Rajoy. *************** Spanish conservatives score election win MADRID (AP) — Spain's opposition conservatives swept into to power Sunday as voters enduring a 21.5 percent jobless rate and stagnant economy dumped the Socialists — the third time in as many weeks Europe's economic crisis has claimed a government. *************** Germany's secret plans to derail a British referendum on the EU Germany has drawn up secret plans to prevent a British referendum on the overhaul of the European Union amid concerns it could derail the eurozone rescue package, leaked documents obtained by The Daily Telegraph disclose. *************** EU bans claim that water can prevent dehydration Brussels bureaucrats were ridiculed yesterday after banning drink manufacturers from claiming that water can prevent dehydration. *************** Asia Rediscovers Its Love For America Global Power: Much is being made of China's unease at President Obama's initiative this week to raise the U.S. presence in the Pacific Rim. The real story is Asia's unease with China's expansionism. It wants America back. *************** Why Is China Building These Gigantic Structures In the Middle of the Desert? This is crazy. New photos have appeared in Google Maps showing unidentified titanic structures in the middle of the Chinese desert. The first one is an intricate network of what appears to be huge metallic stripes. Is this a military experiment? *************** The EU's architects never meant it to be a democracy The rise of a "technocracy" was always part of the plan for Europe. *************** Opinion *************** Is Newt Gingrich America's Churchill? Debate performances, rising polls recall Britain's turn to a leader once spurned. *************** |
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