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• Find a Small Bank or Credit Union Near You to Move Your Money To!
• Saturday is the Day to Transfer Your Money From Big Banks
• Robert Scheer: Too Big to Jail
• Iraq/Afghan Veterans Finally Fighting for a War Worth Winning: Occupy Wall Street -- Mark Karlin, Editor of BuzzFlash at Truthout
• BuzzFlash Was Hacked This Morning By Those Who Can't Stand the Truth -- A Message From BuzzFlash at Truthout
• Occupy Oakland: second Iraq war veteran injured after police clashes. Kayvan Sabehgi in intensive care with a lacerated spleen after protests in Oakland, a week after Scott Olsen was hurt. He says police beat him with batons
• Romney would raise age for Social Security and Medicare in cost-cutting plan
• "A proposal to increase the Medicare eligibility age, which the Super Committee is considering, would drive up health care costs to the point where they would consume almost half of the Social Security check of a middle-class retiree, according to a new analysis by Social Security Works."
• Herman Cain Loves the Koch Brothers: "I'm their brother from another mother." Good grief!
• Juan Gonzalez: Mayor Bloomberg, Gov. Cuomo deaf to suffering masses as Occupy Wall Street movement grows
• US Deports 46,000 Parents With Citizen Kids in Just Six Months
• It is now official: Harder to get a job at McDonald's than to get into Harvard
• Cain Accuser Stands by Her Complaint, According to Lawyer
• Occupy the Kochs
• GOP War on Democracy Update: FL School Teachers Facing Charges for Registering Legal Voters to Vote
• The Dark Side of the Mayor of New York is Blooming -- Mark Karlin, Editor of BuzzFlash at Truthout Part of a Continuing Series on How Bloomberg Has Come Out as Full-Fledged Wall Street Crony Capitalist.
• Biggest jump ever seen in global warming gases
• Are Oakland Police Illegally Covering Up Name Badges and Numbers?
• Will the GOP Field Ignore Another Pastor Who Says God Sent Hitler to 'Hunt' Jews?
• Rupert Murdoch Declares War on Occupy Wall Street
• Solar Energy to Become Less Expensive
• Prominent Silicon Valley businessman to divest Bank of America funds
• Democrats ask all 50 states to oppose new voter identification laws
• Paul Krugman: The stark reality is that we have a society in which money is increasingly concentrated in the hands of a few people. This threatens to make us a democracy in name only.
• Corzine Lobbied Feds to Allow Risky Trades. More Wall Street Chicanery.
• Another Republican Reveals His Inner Bigot: Texas Republican on storm damage victims: "Don't try to Jew them down"
• How Weak is Romney with the Extreme Right. He is Still Tied With Cain in Polling -- After the Latest Scandal Broke!
• NYT Editorial: The Senate Puts Millionaires Before Jobs
• Recall Walker Gains Momentum
• Opinion: Sweetheart deal on bank fraud would give Obama 'zero credibility' to run against Wall Street
• US Added 80,000 Jobs in October; Unemployment Rate Dips to 9% NYT calls it "mediocre" job growth. The expectations game.
• "America’s corporate tax obscenity A new report about companies' finances won't just enrage you -- it'll make you run to the nearest protest"
• Innocent Man Released After 20 Years in Jail Shares his Story with Alaskans
• Bill Gates Backs the Robinhood Tax on Wall Street
• Israeli navy boards 2 protest boats bound for Gaza
• BP fined $50 million for violating Texas Clean Air Act
• Are Some Asthma Drugs Actually Killers?
• "It was an amazing thing to be part of, an entire city downtown occupied, then a huge march that shut down a major port. Oakland was #occupied! This was a game changer, a turning point. What happened in Oakland was a very big deal. On the same Wednesday there were big, big #occupy events in several other cities. But will Washington pay attention?"
• Firedoglake Donates Cold Weather Gear to Occupy Wall Street
• GOP/Media Complex Frantically Working Overtime to Smear Occupy Movement
• NYT: Former New Jersey Governor and Goldman Sachs Honcho John Corzine Said to Hire Criminal Lawyer in Yet Another Alleged Wall Street Financial Rip Offf
• BP fined $50 million for violating Texas Clean Air Act
• The Triumph of Cheneyism: His Pernicious Legacy -- Steven Jonas, MD, MPH for BuzzFlash at Truthout
• Some Airlines Now Charging Extra for Coach Seat "Preferences"
• Senate blocks $60 billion infrastructure plan, another part of Obama jobs bill
• "Michigan Dems say the Republican Senate gutted an anti-bullying bill when they added a clause that allows bullying based on “moral convictions.”"
• Flotilla organizers to Haaretz: We expect to reach Gaza in two days
• As Occupy Wall Street Becomes a Worldwide "Brand," Is That a Good Thing? -- Bill Berkowitz for BuzzFlash at Truthout
• Unable to pay $4 million electric bill, Michigan city turns off and removes many streetlights
• 3 Remarkable Occupations You Haven't Heard Enough About
• "A massive crack is growing wider in the Antarctic ice sheet and could break apart in the coming months, forming an iceberg the size of New York City, NASA scientists warned on Thursday."
• 650,000 Americans Joined Credit Unions Last Month - More Than in All of 2010 Combined
• Republican Leaders Fail to Inform the Debate; In Fact, They Misinform -- Ann Davidow for BuzzFlash at Truthout
• Standing up to the Death Knell of Empire and War -- Robert C. Koehler for BuzzFlash at Truthout
• Allegedly Confirmed: #OWS Surrounded Goldman Sachs HQ Chanting "Arrest George Bush" w/ GW Inside
• Everyone Has a Theory on Who Leaked the Cain Sexual Harassment Accusations. Uh, But What About the Sexual Harassment Itself? Isn't that the Story?
• Over 15 Occupy Wall Streeters Arrested Outside Goldman Sachs, Including Chris Hedges
• Matt Taibbi: Mike Bloomberg's Marie Antoinette Moment
• Elizabeth Warren vs. Tea Party Heckler. Guess Who Won?
• Nate Silver Thinks Sarah Palin Could Still Run
• Elizabeth Warren Heckled By Tea Party Supporter
• ‘Birther’ Champion Orly Taitz Seeks GOP Senate Nomination to Challenge Feinstein. Not From The Onion.
• Forty House Republicans Sign Letter Saying They’re Open to Tax Increases
• "To one degree or another, the “sabotage” question has been generating some debate for about a year now. It is, admittedly, a provocative subject: are Republicans trying to hurt the nation’s economy on purpose, simply to undermine the Obama presidency?"
• US Backtracks on Keystone Pipeline Decision This Year
• Report: Military Blew $1 Trillion on Weapons Since 9/11
• Romney Campaign Memo: The Koch Brothers Are The ‘Financial Engine Of The Tea Party’
• UK Military Steps Up Plans for Iran Attack amid Fresh Nuclear Fears
• Senate Blocks $60B Infrastructure Portion of Obama Jobs Plan
• A Mass Exodus from Big Banks is Organizing Online
• America’s Corporate Tax Obscenity
• Ready, Fire, Aim! Cain Sets Off Circular GOP Firing Squad
• Cain Campaign Drops Claim that Perry Aide Leaked Harassment Story
• William Greider: Smearing Social Security
• Unable to Pay Bill, Michigan City Turns Off Lights
• A Hot Wet Thousand Years and 10 Green Energy Stories to Avert it
• Religious Right Still Lacking a Champion in 2012 Field
• Concealed Weapons Allowed in Wisconsin Assembly's Public Galleries. What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
• Occupy the Koch Brothers and Stop the American Nightmare
• More Americans Supporting Occupy Wall Street
• "Business and liberal elites have long invested in developing collaborative leadership. In Occupy Wall Street and beyond, grassroots progressives are now getting into the game of working together."
• Syria’s President: Western Intervention In His Country Will Cause An “Earthquake” In The Middle East -- Tony Peyser for BuzzFlash at Truthout
• More Fun: Perry Tries to Pass Blame for Cain Revelations to Romney Campaign
• Protesters Occupy Mitch McConnell's Office
• America’s Growing Income Gap, by the Numbers
• Ordinary Greeks Are Taking Matters Into Their Own Hands
• US Census Income Data Shows 1 in 15 Americans Rank Among the Nation’s Neediest
• Herman Cain Gives Exclusive Interview to Clarence Thomas’ Wife. No, Not From The Onion.
• 50 Ways to Leave Your Banker: What Happened When One Man Just Refused to Pay $80,000 in Credit Card Debt
• Robert Scheer: Too Big to Jail
• Two Oakland Protesters Are Run Down And Police Let The Driver Go
• Ronald Reagan Supported Tax-Funded Infrastructure Spending to Create Jobs
• Confessions of a Former Big Food Executive
• OWS Protesters Attempt Citizens Arrest of JP Morgan CEO in Seattle
• OWS Protesters Interrupt Wisconsin Governor's Speech in Chicago
• House Speaker Boehner, When Asked, Acts Like He's Never Heard of Grover Norquist
• Robert Greenwald Partners With Progressive Media For 'Who Are The One Percent?' Series
• Let Us Now Occupy Reality
• 30 Major Corporations Paid No Income Taxes In The Last Three Years, While Making $160 Billion
• State for Sale: A Conservative Multimillionaire Has Taken Control in North Carolina, One of 2012’s Top Battlegrounds.
• OWS Surrounded Goldman Sachs HQ Chanting "Arrest George Bush" w/ GW Inside
• News Corp. Profits Fall: Drop Due In Part to Hacking Scandal
• More Money Than Ever Greases US Campaign Machine
• Greek PM Calls Off Bailout Referendum
• Bill Moyers: "Our Politicians Are Money Launderers in the Trafficking of Power and Policy"
• House Republicans Subpoena White House over Solyndra Deal
• "US District court has dismissed over 100,000 lawsuits brought against BP And Transocean to pay for oil spill clean up costs and environmental damages caused to the Gulf of Mexico from the BP Gulf Oil Spill. The court ruled that injury stopped the moment the well was sealed and the Federal Government, aka The US Taxpayer, is now liable for clean up costs along with any damages caused by deficiencies of the cleanup of the Gulf Of Mexico."
• Health Care Solution is Simple: Single-Payer
• Occupy Supreme Court: Could It Happen?

• Corporate Personhood? Not in Boulder.
• Third Woman Comes Forward to Accuse Herman Cain of Sexual Harrassment
• How the Rich Created the Social Security “Crisis”
• Fukushima Suffers Setback as Officials Detect Signs of Nuclear Fission
• 'Progressive' Editor Matt Rothschild, 17 Others Arrested for Using Cameras in Wisconsin Assembly Gallery
• Archbishop of Canterbury Calls for New Tax on Bankers
• Oakland Police Use Tear Gas, Flas-Bang Grenades on OWS Protesters
• In Latest Positive Sign, Jobless Claims Drop
• Let the Good Times Roll: Cain Accuses Perry of Smear Campaign
• Syria Troops Kill Seven After Peace Agreement
• Veterans March For Occupy Wall Street — And It's Like Nothing You've Ever Seen Before
• Splits Deepen in Greece Over Referendum on Euro Debt Deal
• Oakland’s Port Shuts Down Temporarily as Thousands of Occupy Oakland Protesters Marched on Waterfront Wednesday Night
• The NYPD is Not Policing Itself
• End of the Reagan Narrative?
• A Chicago alderman says he's found a way for the city to raise desperately needed cash that will also keep more police officers on the street: Marijuana
• It's About Time: New rules slashing crack cocaine sentences go into effect
• Poll: Youth Enthusiasm for Obama Plummets
• An Estimated 5000 March in Occupy Oakland General Strike
• Philadelphia: 9 Arrested as Occupy Philly Converges on Comcast Center
• Widespread Occupy Coverage From the Guardian UK
• President Obama rips Boehner for ignoring jobs legislation in favor of ‘In God we Trust’
• Report: Timothy Geithner Had Taxpayers Pick Up Full Risk for Wall Street Firms, When He Could Have Paid Out Much Less -- Mark Karlin, Editor of BuzzFlash at Truthout
• At G-20 Summit, Union Leaders to Demand ‘Robin Hood’ Tax on Speculators
• Police investigate Texas judge over video beating
• "The United States remains the fourth best country in the world to live in, but adjustment for inequality drops it into 23rd place, according to an annual U.N. ranking of nations' development released on Wednesday."
• Belgium to Completely Phase Out Nuclear Power by 2025
• Say What? Feds Give Electric Car Company Huge Federal Loan to Manufacture Cars in Finland
• The Keystone XL pipeline and a message from indigenous resistance
• Florida: Students, Who Are American Citizens Born To Illegal Immigrants, Sue Over Excessive Tuition
• UK Verdict: Julian Assange to be Extradited to Sweden
• Credit Unions Benefit From Transfer of Funds From "Banks Too Big to Fail"
• Will the Occupy Movement Use the January Iowa Caucuses as "Framing" Moment to Focus on Economic Justice?
• UK military steps up plans for Iran attack amid fresh nuclear fears. British officials consider contingency options to back up a possible US action as fears mount over Tehran's capability.
• Democracy Now: Gaza-Bound “Freedom Waves” Flotilla Sets Sail From an Eastern Mediterranean Port
• Source: Port of Oakland "Effectively Shut Down" in Solidarity With Occupy Oakland General Strike
• Your Phone Company is Profiting From Selling Your Personal Data
• Shattered Families: The Perilous Intersection of Immigration Enforcement and the Child Welfare System
• Romney Family Investment Group Partnered With Alleged Perpetrators Of $8 Billion Ponzi Scheme
• Selling More Credit-Default Swaps on Europe Debt Raises Risk for U.S. Banks
• "Tokyo Electric Power Co. detected signs of nuclear fission at its crippled Fukushima atomic power plant, raising the risk of increased radiation emissions. No increase in radiation was found at the site and the situation is under control, officials said."
• Cain Sexual Harassment Accuser Got a Year’s Salary in Severance Pay
• "Newly released emails suggest the younger Murdoch was in the loop about a phone-hacking epidemic at News of the World, which will make it harder for him to claim ignorance when he faces Parliament this week."
• Top Romney Adviser Tied to Chrisitan Militia That Conducted Massacres in Lebanon
• The General Strike at Occupy Oakland
• Haaretz: Netanyahu trying to persuade cabinet to support attack on Iran
• Will There be a General Strike in Oakland on Wednesday?
• Herman Cain Accuser Wants To Come Forward
• Transocean to sue BP over oil spill
• Occupy Oakland: Police to be Investigated Over Scott Olsen Injury
• Federal Judge Threatens Oakland Police Department With Court Takeover Over Ongoing Abuses -- Mark Karlin, Editor of BuzzFlash at Truthout
• Why is the DOJ Assaulting California's Legalized Medical Marijuana Instead of BP? -- Jacqueline Marcus, Editor of BuzzFlash at Truthout
• Rick Perry’s Wacky Speech in New Hampshire Sparks Rumors He Was Drunk
• The Ruse of the Religious Right’s Call for ‘Racial Reconciliation’ -- Bill Berkowitz for BuzzFlash at Truthout
• Cain Opening Up Doesn't Mean a Thing
• Experts Warn Deficit Panel About Failure
• Romney Supporters Banned From Free Republic
• Jonathan Steele on Afghanistan: "The War is Unwinnable. It is a Stalemate. There is No Military Victory"
• Department of Homeland Security to Step Up Monitoring of Twitter and Other Social Network Sites
• William Rivers Pitt | Republicans Crack Me Up
• Senators Who Oppose Infrastructure Spending are Putting the Rich’s Interests First
• The Tea Party Pork Binge
• Supercommittee of the One Percent Won’t Even Think of Taxing Wall Street
• Jewish-American Leaders Denounce Right-Wing Attempts To Smear 99 Percent Movement As Anti-Semitic
• Are Big Banks Feeling Pressure from Occupy Wall Street?
• Noam Chomsky | Occupy the Future
• No Fee May Cost Billions for Bank of America
• Herman Cain's Planned Parenthood 'Genocide' Slur
• Georgia’s Shorter University Tells Workers to Sign Pledge They Are Not Gay
• Ann Coulter: ‘Our Blacks Are So Much Better Than Their Blacks’
• Right-Wing Bloggers Use Fake Quotes To Criticize Occupy Wall Street. Try to Contain Your Shock
• Syria Reaches Final Deal with Arab League on Ending Unrest
• Scores of Police Brutality Cases Prompt Federal Investigations
• Why the Supercommittee Should Disband
• VA GOP Condemns Picture of Obama As Zombie Shot In The Head
• Conservative Media Says Sexual Harassment Claim Against Cain Is an Attack from the Left
• Same-Sex Marriage Looms Large in Iowa bRace
• Bringing Up the Issue of Population Growth
• Getting Hairy: "Six leading members of Greece's governing Pasok party have called on Prime Minister George Papandreou to resign, the day after he called a referendum on the proposed EU bailout."
• After UNESCO Palestine Vote, Could US Defund Nuclear Watchdog IAEA, Too?
• Oil Price Falls With Stocks on Europe Worries
• "A law firm which represented Rupert Murdoch's London tabloids has turned over to the British parliament documents which could embarrass his son James when he returns to testify before a committee investigating a phone-hacking scandal."
• Glenn Greenwald: Middle East Propaganda 101
• The Republican 'Voter Fraud' Fraud
• Christian College In Georgia Forces Staff To Sign Pledge Against Homosexuality Or Be Terminated
• Did Van Susteren Violate Ethics Standards With Cain Interview?
• Hillary Clinton's Mother Has Passed Away
• Occupy Wall Street’s Elegant Message
• GOP Strategy: Root for Failure
• The Art of the Shakedown, from the Nile to the Potomac
• "Nabors Industries CEO Eugene Isenberg is stepping down, and he's taking $100 million with him."
• Who is Occupy Wall Street? After Six Weeks, A Profile Finally Emerges
• "As a critical deadline for the supercommittee nears, Social Security appears to be on the negotiating table."
• Corzine-Led Firm Is Said to Be Eyed on Missing Money
• Romney Family Investment Group Partnered With Brokers Who Allegedly Helped Perpetrate $8 Billion Ponzi Scheme
• Herman Cain's Not Good Very Bad Day
• Our Ethically Permissive Supreme Court
• Long Day Looms for Markets after Surprise Referendum on Greek Aid
• Tax Wall Street to Heal America
• Occupy Des Moines Activists to Propose 'Shutting Down' Candidate Offices During Iowa Caucuses
• Palestine becomes member of UNESCO, US cuts funds
• Watch Out America, Some Greedy Companies May Be Headed Your Way Paul Buccheit, Editor of BuzzFlash at Truthout
• Oakland Police Violated 2004 Agreement Limiting Use of Militarized Weapons to Disperse Crowds -- Mark Karlin, Editor of BuzzFlash at Truthout
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  THE LIGHTER SIDE:
• GOP Field Defined: Flip-Flopping Mormon vs. Flipped-Out Morons
• Limerick Ode To Herman “Straight Talker” Cain
• Cantor: Calling All GOP Lemmings
• A Letter from Bank of America