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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

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the Iraq war, one of the longest and most divisive conflicts in U.S. history, announcing that all U.S. troops would be withdrawn from the country by year’s end.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: 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

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

From Bloomberg: Federal employees whose compensation averages more than $126,000 and the nation’s greatest concentration of lawyers helped Washington edge out San Jose as the wealthiest U.S. metropolitan area, government data show. The U.S. capital has swapped top spots with

Mike Flynn, BigGoverment EIC: Rick Perry bought himself some time. His performance was uneven, but he showed glimmers of real energy and a fighting spirit. It was his best performance to date. His plan to boost energy production is a

Today, in 1781, the British formally surrendered at Yorktown, effectively ending the Revolutionary War.

[youtube IMjm4LxFa1c] Hat tip – GetOffWallStreet.com: Superintendent Deasy Issues Statement on Employee’s Controversial Remarks Los Angeles – As Superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), I want to emphasize that we condemn the remarks made recently by Patricia

Tonight, at 8pm EDT, CNN hosts another GOP Presidential debate. Will Romney pull away? Will Cain consolidate his position as a contender or stumble? Can Perry revive is floundering campaign? How blatantly will Anderson Cooper try to smear the candidates?

From ABC News: As the Justice Department investigates how U.S. guns were allowed to flow illicitly into Mexico under the watchful eyes of federal agents, President Obama said today in an exclusive interview with ABC News that “people who have

From Politico: After the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee sent a recent email urging supporters to sign a petition backing the wave of Occupy Wall Street protests, phones at the party committee started ringing. Banking executives personally called the offices of

From The Associated Press: Herman Cain has risen fast. Now the question is: Will he fall? The businessman has been facing intense scrutiny in recent weeks as his poll numbers have soared. He likely will face tough questions–on his professional

Tonight, the GOP turns its nomination process over to Anderson Cooper and CNN for another MSM-sanctioned Presidential debate. The event goes live at 8pm EDT.

A Big Government reader, Andrew Kaczynski, noted that demonstrators squatting in Zuccotti Park have defaced a 9/11 memorial statue. The sculpture, J. Seward Johnson’s “Double Check,” once sat at the feet of the World Trade Center and became a shrine

THOMAS BEAUMONT (AP) – WASHINGTON Iowa Republicans are holding their state’s presidential nominating caucuses on Jan. 3, even though New Hampshire is threatening to move its traditional first-in-the-nation primary into December. Iowa Republican Party Chairman Matt Strawn says voters and

From The Hill: President Obama is against repealing the health law’s long-term care CLASS Act and might veto Republican efforts to do so, an administration official tells The Hill, despite the government’s announcement Friday that the program was dead in

Today, in 1777, the British surrendered at Saratoga.

From CNN: House Republicans investigating the loan controversy had requested all internal White House documents about the issue. House Energy and Commerce subcommittee chair Rep. Cliff Stearns said that includes emails on the President’s Blackberry. On Friday the White House

Today, in 1859, John Brown led a raid on Harpers Ferry, VA (now WV).

Today, protests are scheduled in cities across the globe. Should be a hoot. Smelly, but a hoot.

Today, in 1908, the Chicago Cubs won the World Series. They haven’t won since.

From The Hill: Democrats in Congress are urging their party leaders to get behind a balanced-budget amendment (BBA), fearing that Republicans will use the issue as a political weapon in 2012. President Obama and Democratic leaders in Congress have spoken

From the Associated Press: Protesters will have to clear out of the private Manhattan park where they’ve been camped out for nearly a month so the owners can clean it, but they’ll be allowed to return afterward, city officials said.

Interesting to see how this plays out.