Occupy Wall Street *************** Occupy Wall Street Parasites: North Korea Better than South Korea, Socialism to replace Capitalism. Proof that we need people to pass an IQ test before they can vote. *************** Whaddaya Think? New Video Reveals: New York Times Reporter Acting as #OccupyWallStreet Organizer by Lee Stranahan A newly-discovered video–filmed by Occupy Wall Street supporters themselves–reveals that New York Times reporter Natasha Lennard is not merely covering the protests, but is also apparently taking part in planning and executing them. *************** Health expert condemns park rats By ANTONIO ANTENUCCI and CARL CAMPANILE Filth-ridden Zuccotti Park is a breeding ground for bacterial infection loaded with potential health-code violations that pose a major risk to the public, an expert who inspected the area warned. *************** They want $lice of the occu-pie By GINGER ADAMS OTIS Even in Zuccotti Park, greed is good. Occupy Wall Street’s Finance Committee has nearly $500,000 in the bank, and donations continue to pour in -- but its reluctance to share the wealth with other protesters is fraying tempers. *************** Occupy Wall Street – The Democrats’ Electoral Albatross *************** #OccupyAnimalFarm: Factional Fighting Grips #OccupyWallSt by Publius As the protest has grown, some of the occupiers have spontaneously taken charge on projects large and small. But many of the people in Zuccotti Park aren’t taking direction well, leading to a tense Thursday of political disagreements, the occasional shouting match, and at least one fistfight. *************** Self-Described ‘Communist Revolutionary’ Picked by Ohio Union Group for ‘Youth Outreach’ *************** The Organizers vs. the Organized in Zuccotti Park All occupiers are equal — but some occupiers are more equal than others. In wind-whipped Zuccotti Park, new divisions and hierarchies are threatening to upend Occupy Wall Street and its leaderless collective. *************** Slate's Dave Weigel Warns of GOP Mind-Control Operatives Who Libel #OWS Jews across the country who were frightened by those anti-Semites at the Occupy Wall Street protests can all relax now, because the Slate's Dave Weigel says it's all safe. According to Weigel OWS isn't really anti-Semitic and/or anti-Israel it's all just a Republican plot. Although he doesn't say it, the implications are clear. The GOP has mind control experts who have the know-how to cause Americans to see things that aren't there. *************** Tea Party Group Harassed by GA Capitol Police While Occupy Wall Streeters Given Pass to Break Laws *************** More Death Threats? Occupy St. Louis Sends YAF Chapter Threatening Email by Capitol Confidential Last Sunday a local chapter of YAF affiliated with Principia College organized a small and peaceful counter presence to the ongoing Occupy St. Louis demonstration at Keiner Plaza in downtown. *************** Why Protest Wall Street Moguls, but Not Celebrities Who Earn Twice As Much? Dr. Walter E. Williams, the John M. Olin Distinguished Professor of Economics since 1980 at George Mason University, is a wise man. Observing the spectacle of President Obama, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Ried shamelessly “siding” with the Occupy Wall Streeters and parroting their claim that “Wall Street” is solely responsible for all their woes, his analysis is apt. *************** Teacher Choked, Women Attacked at #OccupyOakland: It’s ‘Lord of the Flies’ Among Anarchists, Drug Dealers by Publius Scott Johnson of the Oakland Tribune reports that violence has spiraled out of control in the tent camp in Frank Ogawa Plaza at Occupy Oakland. *************** Radicals Rule #OccupyLA by Kyle Olson The Occupy Wall Street mobs are getting plenty of attention from the media. The microphones are on. The cameras are rolling. The reporters are standing by, eager to get the mob’s message out. But as is being chronicled all over the country, the radicals are the ones grabbing the limelight. KTLA 5 recently did a news story about how #OccupyLA has now spread to the school district. Leftists have now claimed residency at #OccupyLAUSD. Progressive activists have ruled those schools for years, but at least now they are being open about it. *************** Stephen Lerner, SEIU Neo-Communist Union Boss, Uses #OWS to Spread Fear, Economic Mayhem by Matthew Vadum One of the boldest labor thugs in America today is Stephen Lerner, a crafty economic terrorist who manages to sound like a folksy self-improvement seminar leader while he explicitly calls for the overthrow of capitalism. *************** #OccupyWallStreet Protesters Go On Private Property And Threaten To Disrupt Business *************** Is OWS Potentially Violent? Douglas Schoen is a pollster who's worked both for Bill Clinton and Citibank, among others. In today's WSJ, he reports results of a random poll of 200 of the Occupy Wall Street protestors. The results are a little scary *************** #OccupyKStreet: It’s Where The 1% Really Are Only Lawyers, Lobbyists and Federal Workers Still Prosper *************** NPR host is Occupy DC spokeswoman National Public Radio host Lisa Simeone appears to be breaking the taxpayer-subsidized network’s ethics rules by acting as a spokeswoman for Occupy D.C. group “October 2011,” which is currently “occupying” Freedom Plaza in Washington, D.C. *************** Occupy Events Nationwide Marred by Reports of Sexual Harassment, Assault The Occupy movement has a serious, nationwide problem with sexual harassment, assault and even alleged rape. While local media has dutifully reported on these incidents, the national media hasn’t noticed the problem. As you’ll see, there is even evidence that some Occupy outposts are subtly discouraging the reporting of assaults to police. *************** Zuccotti Park Occupiers Having Their Wealth Redistributed: 'Stealing Is Our Biggest Problem at the Moment' You're some idealistic nitwit who decides to be part of a movement so sleeping in a New York City park seems like a great way of showing you're part of the 0.99%. So imagine your surprise when you wake up and that very expensive laptop of yours is missing. *************** Irony Alert: Freed Iran hikers to speak at Occupy Oakland — days after Iran pledges support for OWS movement Last week, Iran’s leaders declared their support for the Occupy Wall Street movement. Last month, those same leaders finally decided that the public relations fiasco of imprisoning American activists on bogus “spying” charges was a bad idea, and let them go free. *************** Bizarre neo-swastika reminiscent of “The Great Dictator” used as power symbol by OWS leaders El Marco, one of the best citizen photojournalists in the country, this morning published an outstanding photo-essay about the Occupy Denver protests over the weekend, and in it he makes this highly disturbing observation *************** Communist Marching with #OccupyChicago Identified as OFA Organizer for President Obama *************** Don’t Occupy Education? By Charles C. W. Cooke The number of people participating in the Occupy Wall Street sit-ins because they are angry that their education has not yielded the fruits that they hoped it would becomes more apparent by the day. Many of the protesters I have met are understandably ruffled that they are unemployed, and they often finish their remonstrations with a non-sequitur, delivered as if it were a knockout blow: “And I went to college!” Well, one might ask, “So what?” *************** ‘Follow the Red Flag!’ By Kevin D. Williamson I’ve been spending as much time as I can down at Occupy Wall Street, listening to the speeches, reading the literature, talking to the organizers. Here’s something to keep in mind: You’ll hear in a lot of the conservative media that this is some kind of socialist/communist enterprise piggybacking on a populist protest. In reality, it is much worse than even most of the conservative media is reporting. *************** It’s Not the Individual It’s the Collective *************** New York’s Marxist epicenter Charles Gasparino The standard portrayal of the Wall Street protesters goes something like this: Ragtag group of unemployed young adults, venting often incoherent but overall legitimate populist outrage about economic inequality. But go down to the movement’s headquarters, as I did this past weekend, and you see something far different. "Hide the Decline" *************** EU Leak Shows Wind, Solar Energy to Double Power Bills According to a leaked European Commission report on the future of energy in Europe, the slow switch to greener sources of energy is going to push the cost of electricity through the roof. *************** Energy Department Altered Loan-Related Releases By: Eamon Javers, CNBC Washington, DC Correspondent Someone affiliated with the Department of Energy has been going back to make changes to press releases posted on the Internet weeks and months ago, CNBC has found. *************** Barasso and Vitter Raise the Stakes on Obama’s UN FOIA Foil On the heels of CEI’s FOIA seeking the goods on an unlawful end-run around FOIA and the Presidential Records Act we uncovered — ‘Obama’s Abramoff Scandal’, oddly the subject of no outrage from the usual suspects — Sens. David Vitter and John Barrasso have introduced an amendment today taking the scam head-on. *************** An IPCC backchannel ‘cloud’ was apparently established to hide IPCC deliberations from FOIA. by Anthony Watts CEI has learned of a UN plan recently put in place to hide official correspondence on non-governmental accounts, which correspondence a federal inspector general has already confirmed are subject to FOIA. This ‘cloud’ serves as a dead-drop of sorts for discussions by U.S. government employees over the next report being produced by the scandal-plagued IPCC, which is funded with millions of U.S. taxpayer dollars. War & Terror *************** Libya's liberation: interim ruler unveils more radical than expected plans for Islamic law Libya's interim leader outlined more radical plans to introduce Islamic law than expected as he declared the official liberation of the country. *************** Gaddafi killed in hometown, Libya eyes future By Rania El Gamal and Tim Gaynor (Reuters) - Muammar Gaddafi was killed by Libyans he once scorned as "rats," succumbing to wounds, some seemingly inflicted after his capture by fighters who overran his last redoubt on Thursday in his hometown of Sirte. National *************** Congressman: Obama should unilaterally ‘refinance every home mortgage’ Virginia Democratic Rep. Jim Moran told The Daily Caller on Thursday evening that President Obama should “refinance every home mortgage” without congressional approval in order to “reset the economy.” *************** For Perry, A Rapid Fundraising Rise -- and Fall Texas governor meeting Friday with Washington insiders after big fundraising dropoff. *************** Rep. Issa: NLRB Withheld Emails Showing ‘Lack of Impartiality’ in Boeing Case By Melanie Trottman House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa accused the National Labor Relations Board of another misstep in the agency’s complaint against Boeing Co., this time alleging it deliberately withheld documents from the committee to hide potentially damaging email exchanges between NLRB staffers. *************** SF plan would offer tax break for hiring felons Rachel Gordon, Chronicle Staff Writer San Francisco businesses that hire people with felony convictions would get a tax break, under legislation expected to be introduced today. *************** TX High School Students Made to Recite Mexican National Anthem, Pledge of Allegiance Madeleine Morgenstern Students in a Texas public high school were made to stand up and recite the Mexican national anthem and Mexican pledge of allegiance as part of a Spanish class assignment, but the school district maintains there was nothing wrong with the lesson. 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& Taxes *************** "Internet Killed The Radio Store" - Mall Vacancies Hit All Time Record Submitted by Tyler Durden Two years ago, when discussing the long-term prospects for Bill Ackman's aggressive pursuit of General Growth, we noted that while the short-term post-reorg oversold bounce is warranted, the secular shift away from big-box stores and disappearance of retailers means that many more bankruptcies are sure to follow, and will be punctuated by all time highs in mall vacancies courtesy of an ever-growing shift to internet shopping. *************** Car Company Gets U.S. Loan, Builds Cars In Finland Vice president Joe Biden, left, and Henrik Fisker, CEO of Fisker Automotive announces that the company will produce plug-in hybrid electric vehicles at the former General Motors Boxwood Plant, Oct. 27, 2009, in Wilmington, Del. (Rob Carr/AP Photo) By MATTHEW MOSK, BRIAN ROSS, and RONNIE GREENE With the approval of the Obama administration, an electric car company that received a $529 million federal government loan guarantee is assembling its first line of cars in Finland, saying it could not find a facility in the United States capable of doing the work. *************** Fed directors benefited from bailouts byJoel Gehrke Commentary Staff Writer Multiple directors or former directors of the Federal Reserve banks who played a key role in the 2008 bailouts had an apparent conflict of interest, according to a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report. These directors had business relationships with companies and banks that received large infusions of government money. *************** The 1% Ain't What It Used To Be By Megan McArdle Unsurprisingly, Occupy Wall Street have pushed income inequality to the center of the national conversation. Also unsurprising, I think, is the unspoken assumption that income inequality has continued to get worse since the crisis. After all, where are the bankers panhandling for change or standing in line at the food pantry? *************** Second Hand Dealer Law Cold hard cash. It's good everywhere you go, right? You can use it to pay for anything. But that's not the case here in Louisiana now. It's a law that was passed during this year's busy legislative session. House bill 195 basically says those who buy and sell second hand goods cannot use cash to make those transactions, and it flew so far under the radar most businesses don't even know about it. *************** 5 reasons why income inequality is a myth — and Occupy Wall Street is wrong By James Pethokoukis Sorry, the story just doesn’t hold together. According to left-wing think tanks, columnist and bloggers—and, of course, the Occupy Wall Street radicals—the top 1 percent have been exploiting the 99 percent for decades. The rich have been getting richer at the expense of the middle class and poor. *************** Yet Another Reason Why the Euro Is Doomed *************** International *************** China wonders if, in the rush for life, it has lost its soul. On the treadmill of life, there are no pause buttons. And in China, where everything moves at top speed and some 1.3 billion people are scrambling to make good in double-quick time, many things get lost in the rush of everyday life. *************** Strauss-Kahn 'sex soirees paid for by businessmen' AFP - A police probe into pimping at a French luxury hotel has uncovered evidence that Dominique Strauss-Kahn attended sex soirees with prostitutes paid for by businessmen, newspapers reported on Friday. *************** David Cameron vows to reclaim EU powers amid looming Tory rebellion Britain will seek to claw back powers from Brussels during negotiations for a new rescue deal for the euro, David Cameron said as he attempted to undermine a Conservative rebellion over calls for an EU referendum. *************** Argentine president wins landslide re-election By MICHAEL WARREN, Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) -- Argentine President Cristina Fernandez was re-elected by a landslide Sunday, buoyed by popular government programs to spread the wealth of a booming economy. *************** Report: Venezuela's Chavez 'Only Has Two Years to Live' HAVANA – Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez likely has less than two years to live, his former doctor said, as the ailing firebrand traveled to Cuba for a checkup following cancer treatment. *************** Opinion *************** World power swings back to America The American phoenix is slowly rising again. Within five years or so, the US will be well on its way to self-sufficiency in fuel and energy. Manufacturing will have closed the labour gap with China in a clutch of key industries. The current account might even be in surplus. *************** New euro 'empire' plot by Brussels European Union chiefs are drawing up plans for a single “Treasury” to oversee tax and spending across the 17 eurozone nations. *************** Should Government Enact A Gun Purchase Individual Mandate? by Dan Zimmerman To say that ObamaCare is controversial is like saying that Grace Kelly was attractive; it doesn’t begin to to capture the depth and breadth of the point being made. And probably the most controversial aspect of healthcare nationalization is the requirement – under penalty of law – that individuals buy health insurance. The constitutionality of that particular issue is moving inexorably toward resolution by the Supreme Court. Opponents argue that if you can tell people they have to buy insurance, there’s no limit to the requirements with which government can saddle them. James Johnson, in a letter to the editor of syracuse.com, takes the idea of an individual mandate to the next logical level suggesting that Americans also be required to purchase a gun. Full text of the letter after the jump… *************** A Constitutional Amendment to Enforce the Protections of Mens Rea A government of secret laws is inimical to both prosperity and liberty. by Robert Zubrin English common law contains a tradition, known as mens rea — Latin for “a guilty mind” — which is intended to protect people from prosecution for unintentional offenses. According to the doctrine of mens rea, if you did not knowingly commit a crime, then you are not a criminal, and should not be treated like one. *************** Long Live the Limited Liability Corporation By Bill Frezza What does it mean when angry mobs take to the streets not to protest against the specific corporations and politicians that teamed up to loot the federal Treasury, but to challenge the very purpose and existence of corporations? Is it nihilism or ignorance that makes these people want to extinguish the organizations that provide the food that they eat, the clothes that they wear, the homes where they live, and the jobs they claim to want? *************** *************** ![]() *************** |