What is going on

Occupy Wall Street
Occupy Wall Street movement is growing and moving across the nation.
there are conflicting reports on what they stand for-
Some are for more social justice; some are for end of corporatism I don’t think they are fighting for more individual freedom I Think they are protesting for more government handouts… The Bankers got it why can’t I thought process is a true sign as to what has happened to our society. It was once a common practice to take responsibility for your actions what you put in is what you get out. But today’s society is tired of seeing so many corporations not only putting nothing in but getting whole bunch out thanks to our government.
Bernanke remarked: ”I think people are quite unhappy with the state of the economy and what’s happening. They blame, with some justification, the problems in the financial sector for getting us into this mess. And they’re dissatisfied with the policy response here in Washington. And at some level, I can’t blame them.”
In what can only described as the ultimate irony, billionaire financier George Soros has come out in support of the the Occupy Wall Street protesters. During a Monday news conference at U.N. headquarters, Soros was asked what he thought about the “Days of Rage” protests. “Actually I can understand their sentiment, frankly,” he said to the reporters.
‘THIS IS REVOLUTION NOT REFORM’ — OCCUPY WALL STREET ORGANIZER TO ‘EXCITED’ AL SHARPTON: WE ARE ANARCHISTS AND REVOLUTIONARIES,‘THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF A REVOLUTION IN THIS COUNTRY’
On October 05, 2011, at 3:00 in the afternoon the residents of Liberty Square will gather to join their union brothers and sisters in solidarity and march. At 4:30 in the afternoon the 99% will march in solidarity with #occupywallstreet from Foley Square to the Financial District, where their pensions have disappeared to, where their health has disappeared to. Together we will protest this great injustice. We stand in solidarity with the honest workers of: 3A
I have come to the conclusion…I do not agree with what I understand this movement to be-10.05.11
The protests have also garnered support from Lupe Fiasco, Michael Moore, Noam Chomsky, Russ Feingold, and former White House adviser Van Jones, who suggested that the Wall Street protesters were the tea party-like movement liberals needed right now. Occupy Wall Street is also being supported by hacktivist group Anonymous, which attacked a number of corporate and government Web sites this year. According to a video message posted on YouTube, Anonymous says it will support the protesters by erasing the New York Stock Exchange “from the Internet” on Oct. 10.
from The front page of http://occupywallst.org/ ”We stand in solidarity with the honest workers of….MoveOn.org,” What is MoveOn.org? MoveOn.org is a lobbying organization that routinely backs Democratic candidates. The group also received a $5 million dollar donation from George Soros, who is a keen supporter.
A protest that began with a few dozen demonstrators on Wall Street has now grown to thousands in Dallas and other cities as the group flooded New York City for the 19th-straight day.The Occupy Wall Street protest was duplicated as Occupy Dallas Thursday morning. Most protesters are fed up with some aspect of the economy. Hundreds marched from Pike Park near the American Airlines Center to the Federal Reserve Bank on Pearl Street in downtown.
like the Tea Party. You’re angry, you want everyone to know you’re angry, but you have no single clear objective these kind of protest are going to continue to happen do to the despair and anger of the American people… That’s what this protest is, it could also be described as flash mob politics
very concerned that the Democratic Party will try and co-opt occupywallstreet like the Republican Party co-opted the Tea Party. If not the actual protests, they’ll try and go after the brand. Considering how the Democratic Party, including Obama, has worked hand in hand with Wall Street to rob the American people, this is something that must be resisted if the integrity of the movement is to remain. MoveOn.org is essentially a front for the Democratic Party, and it’s influence should be resisted.

1984
The United states Government Killed a US Citizen this week His name was Anwar al-Awlaki-
the reason this is a big deal is that he was never charged with a crime we only had the belief he did the crimes
The administration is not going to try and prove there reason or present evidence to justify the killing.
American militants like Anwar al-Awlaki are placed on a kill or capture list by a secretive panel of senior government officials, which then informs the president of its decisions, according to officials. There is no public record of the operations or decisions of the panel, which is a subset of the White House’s National Security Council, several current and former officials said. Neither is there any law establishing its existence or setting out the rules by which it is supposed to operate.

of course the media is spinning his death or assignation as if its a good thing http://globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com/2011/10/03/anwar-al-awlaki-what-we-learned-from-his-killing/
I think this is a pretty good summary of this one Issue.. http://lewrockwell.com/roberts/roberts328.html
Facebook Twitter and Google confirm that they sell user data for profit and Turn over account information to government agencies
the California Appellate court has determined police officers can rifle through your cellphone during a traffic violation stop. “The deputies had unqualified authority under Gant to search the passenger compartment of the vehicle and any container found therein, including Reid’s cell phone. It is up to the US Supreme Court to impose any greater limits on officers’ authority to search incident to arrest.”
Four New York State Senators, who recently released a report on cyberbullying, argued that free speech – in all its protected glory – should be viewed as a state granted privilege. They want to put further restrictions on the First Amendment, in order to protect the children. http://www.thetechherald.com/article.php/201140/7691/NY-Senators-argue-the-First-Amendment-is-a-privilege-not-a-right
Nearly half, 48.5%, of the population lived in a household that received some type of government benefit in the first quarter of 2010, according to Census data. Those numbers have risen since the middle of the recession when 44.4% lived households receiving benefits in the third quarter of 2008 More at 4A
WAR
We still have troops in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Libya.
We are still Using drones to bomb civilians in other countries
Iran threaten to park it ships off our coast similar to what we do to theirs and people wonder why they dont like us much
Pakistani military units fired shots at American and Afghan government troops along the Afghanistan border
See Sira statement below- 1A
Corruption
we are still waiting to see what comes for the sollyander case
Newly released e-mails show the Obama administration’s Energy Department was poised to give Solyndra a second taxpayer loan of $469 million last year, even as the company’s financial situation grew increasingly dire.
ATF Fast and Furious: New documents show Attorney General Eric Holder Lied To Congress
In Fast and Furious, ATF agents allegedly allowed thousands of weapons to cross the border and fall into the hands of Mexican drug cartels. more than 2,000 guns were lost and many turned up in at least 170 violent crime scenes in Mexico. Including the death of three border Patrol Agents
ATF Fast and Furious: New documents show Attorney General Eric Holder was briefed in July 2010
Two top supervisors at ATF headquarters in Washington — the deputy director and the assistant director for all field operations — have been reassigned
CBS News investigative reporter Sharyl Attkisson told radio show host Laura Ingraham that the White House yelled and swore at her over her reporting on the Fast and Furious gunrunning scandal tied to the deaths of two U.S. law enforcement agents. Attkisson also revealed that she’d also been yelled at by the Justice Department.

World MONEY
The Euro Zone is going through more turmoil as it is slowly becoming a reality that you cant get rid of debt by getting more debt. Only hope this ride is not the cause for something much bigger like the forfeit of the individual countries sovereignty
Greece is on the brink of total collapse and this has sparked fear in many investors and nations
An angry China warned Washington on Tuesday that passage of a bill aimed at forcing Beijing to let its currency rise could lead to a trade war between the world’s top two economies.
see 2A for more on the bill
met with opposition from top Republicans The White House and U.S. business. ”We certainly … have concerns about this particular legislation, and whether or not it would create consistency issues with our international obligations,” White House press secretary Jay Carney told reporters.
The chairman of the US Federal Reserve has accused China of damaging prospects for a global economic recovery through its deliberate intervention in the currency market to hold down the value of the renminbi.
just hours after the Chinese government sharply criticised a US congressional bill that would punish Beijing for alleged currency manipulation http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b1f7be1c-eeaa-11e0-959a-00144feab49a.html#axzz1ZseHp3KR
Europe needs to step up efforts to control its debt crisis before it pulls the United States and the rest of world into a renewed downturn, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner- The basic problem and reason why governments make these things harder over time is that what happens is the political costs of the initial response is so difficult, so devastating as you saw in the United States, that people tend to pull back too early and leave the job unfinished,”
The world is facing the worst financial crisis since at least the 1930s “if not ever”, the Governor of the Bank of England said last night. This is the most serious financial crisis we’ve seen, at least since the 1930s, if not ever. We’re having to deal with very unusual circumstances, but to act calmly to this and to do the right thing.”

US Monetary News
Ron Paul held hearings Tuesday into a recent and rare one off audit of the Federal Reserve’s crisis-response emergency lending programs of 2008. the audit should pave the way for regular reviews of the Fed’s policies, as well as more complete disclosure of exactly who has received upwards of $27 trillion in bail out funds since 2008.
Bernake will continue printing more money with the twist admits the economy and solutions are not working
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke bluntly warned Congress on Tuesday of what most of America has sensed for some time: The economic recovery, such as it is, ”is close to faltering.”
Drunken driving incidents have fallen 30 percent in the last five years, and last year were at their lowest mark in nearly two decades, according to a new federal report.
“I think most Americans perceive today that the middle class is collapsing, poverty is increasing, real unemployment–as you know–is about 16 percent; 25 million people without jobs or underemployed,” said Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.)
Housing bust worst since Great Depression ”The changes now taking place are mind-boggling: the housing market has completely crashed and attitudes toward housing are shifting from owning to renting,” said Patrick Newport, economist with IHS Global Insight. ”While 10 years ago owning a home was the American Dream, I’m not sure a lot of people still think that way.”

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Syria will strike Israel and ”set fire” to the Middle East if foreign forces choose to launch a military strike on the protest-ridden country, the Iranian news agency Fars quoted Syrian President Bashar Assad as saying on Tuesday, referring to remarks made by the Syrian leader during a meeting with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu last August. http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/assad-syria-will-shower-tel-aviv-with-rockets-if-attacked-by-foreign-powers-1.388135 this has to do with the UN attacking lybia

Russia and China have joined forces to veto a European-drafted UN Security Council resolution condemning Syria and hinting that it could face sanctions if it continues its crackdown on protesters.
Tuesday’s resolution received nine votes in favor and four abstentions from Brazil, India, Lebanon and South Africa. Russia and China cast the only votes against the resolution, which was drafted by France with the co-operation of Britain, Germany and Portugal.

”The United States is outraged that this council has utterly failed to address an urgent moral challenge and a growing threat to regional peace and security,” said US ambassador Susan Rice, condemning countries who she said ”would rather sell arms to the Syrian regime.”
For months, Russia, China, Brazil, India and South Africa — the ”BRICS” countries — have criticised the United States and European council members for allegedly allowing NATO to overstep its Security Council mandate to protect civilians in Libya.

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says the China currency bill is the most important jobs legislation Congress can enact, while House Speaker John A. Boehner calls it “dangerous” — and the White House has refused to take a stand.
Sponsored by Democrats and Republicans, the measure would push the administration to find that China is getting an unfair trade advantage by holding down the value of the yuan. The measure would allow compensatory tariffs to be imposed on goods from countries that are deemed to be undervaluing their currency.
“We share the concern of members about the valuation of the Chinese currency and the need to appreciate the value of the Chinese currency. We also are concerned that any action that might be taken would be effective and consistent with our international obligations,” White House press secretary Jay Carney told reporters Tuesday, demurring yet again on the issue that is dominating Capitol Hill. He wouldn’t commit to taking a stand before the Senate holds a final vote, which could come later this week.
“I think it’s pretty dangerous for us to move legislation in the United States Congress forcing someone to deal with the value of their currency,” the Ohio Republican told reporters at the Capitol.
This is well beyond I think what the Congress ought to be doing. While I’ve got concerns about how the Chinese have dealt with their currency, I’m not sure this will fix it,” he said.
However, supporters said that’s already the reality.
“We are already in a trade war with China, and it’s not going that well,” said Sen. Charles E. Schumer, New York Democrat. “American companies are fighting for survival in the United States and around the globe, battling subsidized Chinese exports with a built-in price advantage of 20 percent to 40 percent.”

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AFL-CIO (AFSCME)
United NY
Strong Economy for All Coalition
Working Families Party
TWU Local 100
SEIU 1199
CWA 1109
RWDSU
Communications Workers of America
CWA Local 1180
United Auto Workers
United Federation of Teachers
Professional Staff Congress – CUNY
National Nurses United
Writers Guild East
And:
VOCAL-NY
Community Voices Heard
Alliance for Quality Education
New York Communities for Change
Coalition for the Homeless
Neighborhood Economic Development Advocacy Project (NEDAP)
The Job Party
NYC Coalition for Educational Justice
The Mirabal Sisters Cultural and Community Center
The New Deal for New York Campaign
National People’s Action
ALIGN
Human Services Council
Labor-Religion Coalition of New York State
Citizen Action of NY
MoveOn.org
Common Cause NY
New Bottom Line
350.org
Tenants & Neighbors
Democracy for NYC
Resource Generation
Tenants PAC
Teachers Unite

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The share of people relying on government benefits has reached a historic high, in large part from the deep recession and meager recovery, but also because of the expansion of government programs over the years.
High unemployment and increased reliance on government programs has also shrunk the nation’s share of taxpayers. Some 46.4% of households will pay no federal income tax this year, according to the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center. That’s up from 39.9% in 2007, the year the recession began. Benefits programs have come under closer scrutiny as policymakers attempt to tame the federal government’s budget deficit. President Barack Obama and members of Congress considered changes to Social Security and Medicare as part of a grand bargain (that ultimately fell apart) to raise the debt ceiling earlier this year. Cuts to such programs could emerge again from the so-called “super committee,” tasked with releasing a plan to rein in the deficit.

A word to the wise is sufficient. Have a great day