Panic of the Plutocrats  —  It remains to be seen whether the Occupy Wall Street protests will change America's direction.  Yet the protests have already elicited a remarkably hysterical reaction from Wall Street, the super-rich in general, and politicians and pundits who reliably serve …

Whitey in exile  —  It is a portrait of the gangster as a grumpy old man, hunkered down in a Santa Monica flat with his girlfriend.  Neighbors liked them, but no one got close — or, rather, almost no one.  And that was their undoing.  —  At least a twice a day, Carol Gasko would crouch …

Perry Campaign Works to Smooth Out Flaws  —  SIOUX CITY, Iowa — Gov. Rick Perry of Texas struggled through his first three debates, so his aides have staged practice sessions, complete with a stand-in for Mitt Romney.  He has stirred outrage among conservatives on immigration …

Just finished running Army Ten Miler...  by Congressman Allen West on Sunday, October 9, 2011 at 12:02pm and unofficial time was 1 hr 29 mins and change, great seeing many old friends and former bosses.  However, what struck me as shameful was Code Pink being out on the run course protesting.

Barack Obama supporters stage Harlem Tea Party in support of president's re-election bid  —  Dozens of people rallied at a “Harlem Tea Party” Sunday in support of President Obama's reelection bid - and called for a more civil tone in the presidential race.  —  “This is a Harlem tea party,” said Chet Whyte, director of Harlem 4 Obama.

American Spectator Editor Admits to Being Agent Provocateur at D.C. Museum  —  The following photograph taken by opednews.com shows a confrontation in the lobby of the National Air and Space Museum between two individuals and an officer shortly before video shows officers …

Free Texting Apps Are Threat to Wireless Carriers  —  At a time when e-mail and many other forms of electronic communication are essentially free, wireless carriers are still charging as much as 20 cents to send a text message to a phone, and another 20 cents to receive it.

U.S. officials: Libya may have lost anti-aircraft missiles  —  Portable anti-aircraft missiles may have already been smuggled outside Libya's borders even as the United States races to help account for thousands of the weapons stockpiled by the regime of Moammar Gadhafi, U.S. officials say.

Secret Orders Target Email  —  The U.S. government has obtained a controversial type of secret court order to force Google Inc. and small Internet provider Sonic.net Inc. to turn over information from the email accounts of WikiLeaks volunteer Jacob Appelbaum, according to documents reviewed by The Wall Street Journal.

Riots over church attack in Egypt kill 19  —  CAIRO (AP) — Massive clashes that drew in Christians angry over a recent church attack, Muslims, and Egyptian security forces raged over a large section of downtown Cairo Sunday night, leaving at least 19 people dead and more than 150 injured, Health Ministry officials said.

Dress modestly: Masked men enter girls' school, thrash students  —  RAWALPINDI:  —  In a first for the garrison city, sixty masked men carrying iron rods barged into a girls' school in Rawalpindi and thrashed students and female teachers on Friday.  —  The gang of miscreants also warned …