Today, in 1929, was ‘Black Tuesday’, the first in a series of trading days known collectively as ‘The Great Crash of 1929.’ Although not technically correct, the Crash is popularly known as the start of the Great Depression. Seems more
The radicals at “Occupy Dayton” were not too happy when one of their activists was caught on video shouting: “F*ck the military, f*ck your flag, f*ck the police!” The video aired at Breitbart.tv and was subsequently picked up across the
From the Associated Press: Obama won 67 percent of Hispanic voters in 2008 but many of those voters have become disillusioned during the past three years. Unemployment among Hispanics tops 11 percent and many Latinos are losing their homes. Others
From The New York Post: 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
CHICAGO (AP) – Anti-Wall Street demonstrators of the Occupy Chicago movement stood their ground in a downtown park in noisy but peaceful defiance of police orders to clear out, prompting 130 arrests early Sunday, authorities said. Occupy Chicago spokesman Joshua
Today, in 1944, the Battle of Leyte Gulf, the largest naval battle in history, begins…
From New York Magazine: 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
City officials in far-left Oakland have issued an eviction notice to #OccupyOakland. Meanwhile, Mayor Bloomberg in NYC continues to allow #OccupyWallSt protesters to squat on private property, amidst growing anger from actual residents. He now owns this protest.
From Investors Business Daily: While not blameless, Wall Street is an easy scapegoat. And investment houses that made billions slicing and dicing mortgages into CDOs, derivatives, credit default swaps and other exotic paper are easy to demonize. But the problem
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama on Friday declared an end to the Iraq war, one of the longest and most divisive conflicts in U.S. history, announcing that all U.S. troops would be withdrawn from the country by year’s end.
From the Associated Press: Protesters who have camped outside St. Paul’s Cathedral in central London for six days have forced the venerable cathedral to close to visitors for the first time since World War II, church officials said Friday. The
From the Associated Press: A federal investigation found that at least $7 million in federal stimulus money intended to provide jobs for unemployed Oregonians instead paid wages to 254 foreign workers. The Oregonian reports the money went for forest cleanup
From the Associated Press: President Barack Obama and his allies in the Senate promise to press ahead with separate votes on pieces of his failed $447 billion jobs measure despite unanimous opposition from Republicans. But there also are signs of
From BusinessInsider: Steve Jobs told President Obama he probably would not be re-elected, Walter Isaacson wrote in Jobs’ soon-to-be-released biography. That’s because regulations and unions in the United States were crippling its ability to remain competitive with emerging powerhouses like
From Politico: Downtown New Yorkers furious with the continued presence of the Occupy Wall Street protesters vented angrily at a community board meeting Thursday, according to reports. The desire to complain about the demonstrators was so widespread that the line
Today, in 1805, Vice-Admiral Lord Nelson defeated a combined French and Spanish fleet at the Battle of Trafalgar. It ended Napoleon’s dreams of maritime dominance and reinforced Britain’s status as a naval power.
With the Occupy Wall Street movement descending into violent crime, threatening local jobs, and simply causing chaos, conservative Republicans are using their opposition to #Occupy to raise money for their campaigns. Former Florida House Majority Leader Adam Hasner, a Tea
The Occupy movement has refused to heed the Anti-Defamation League’s call for “organizers, participants and supporters” to condemn the antisemitism in their midst. Yesterday, the Anti-Defamation League applauded the decision by the Los Angeles Unified School District to fire an
From The Hill: In Thursday’s retirement announcement, [U.S. Rep Dennis] Cardoza said he’s “dismayed by the administration’s failure to understand and effectively address the current housing foreclosure crisis.” “Home foreclosures are destroying communities and crushing our economy,” he said, “and
From The Hill: The FBI and U.S. Capitol Police are investigating an online threat made against Rep. Bobby Schilling (R-Ill.) offering a $75,000 reward for his assassination. Schilling learned of the threat in an email alert Tuesday night, according to
From the Washington Post: Despite frosty relations with the titans of Wall Street, President Obama has still managed to raise far more money this year from the financial and banking sector than Mitt Romney or any other Republican presidential candidate,
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. A substitute teacher living in the camp was “throttled.” Women have been attacked. And a
On October 20, 1947, The House Un-American Activities Committee began investigating Communist infiltration in Hollywood.
They’re taking away my right to work. I have a right to work in this town. I pay rent on that spot, whether I’m there or not… I think it’s selfish for them to just not think about four or
From Gallup: The latest round of Gallup polls shows less than 40% of Americans approve of President Obama’s job performance . Polling data for October 16-18 shows the President’s approval rating at 39% and disapproval at 53%. President Obama had
