memeorandum: Facing Eviction, Protesters Begin Park Cleanup (City Room)

9:30 AM ET, October 14, 2011

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Facing Eviction, Protesters Begin Park Cleanup — As the clock ticked down on the occupiers of Zuccotti Park and the prospect of eviction loomed, the Occupy Wall Street protesters' pre-emptive cleanup effort lurched into gear Thursday afternoon. — Volunteers taped off sections of the park …

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City Room:

Cleanup of Zuccotti Park Is Postponed — The cleanup of the Lower Manhattan park that has been occupied by protesters for nearly a month was postponed Friday shortly before it was supposed to begin, averting a feared showdown between the police and demonstrators who had vowed to resist any efforts to evict them from their encampment.

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Mackenzie Weinger / The Politico:

Occupy Wall St. cleanup called off — The scheduled cleanup of the park where hundreds of Occupy Wall Street protesters have camped for four weeks has been postponed, Mayor Michael Blooomberg's office announced early Friday morning. — “Late last night, we received notice from the owners …

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Occupy Wall Street:

OccupyWallStreet — Tell Bloomberg: Don't Foreclose the Occupation. Join us at 6AM FRIDAY for non-violent eviction defense. — Please take a minute to read this, and please take action and spread the word far and wide. — Occupy Wall Street is gaining momentum, with occupation actions now happening in cities across the world.

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Felix Salmon:
On George Soros, Occupy Wall Street, and Reuters

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Zombie / Pajamas Media:
More Anti-Semitism at Occupy Los Angeles

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CNN:
Wall Street protest rep says group won't leave ahead of cleaning

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New York Post:
Wall St. protesters will not be allowed to bring sleeping bags, tents back into park

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Zaid Jilani / ThinkProgress:
EXCLUSIVE: The Notice Of Rules That May Be Used To Shut Down Occupy Wall Street

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Jake Dobkin / Gothamist:
This Just In: Mayor Bloomberg Shows Up At Occupy Wall Street

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Alex Seitz-Wald / ThinkProgress:
CHART: Americans Support Occupy Wall Street, Oppose Tea Party

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David Moore / Wall Street Journal:

The Panhandler and the President — I do not recall another president whose negative drumbeat about large segments of the population has been so relentless. — Walking down New York's 55th Street near Park Avenue last Friday evening, our group of seven men in suits and ties was approached by a panhandler asking for money.

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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly: An unintentionally amusing take from Wall Street

Carrie Budoff Brown / The Politico:

Barack Obama calls John Boehner, gets earful — President Barack Obama called House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) Thursday to congratulate him for passing three trade agreements — but ended up getting an earful on the jobs debate. — According to an unusually detailed account released …

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Alex Isenstadt / The Politico:
John Boehner's committees hit $18M mark

Discussion: The Page

The Hill: House Dems focus on raising revenue, taxes in supercommittee suggestions

The Huffington Post:

Herman Cain 999 Plan: Did It Come From SimCity? … WASHINGTON — In Herman Cain's America, the tax code would be very, very simple: The corporate income tax rate would be 9 percent, the personal income tax rate would be 9 percent and the national sales tax rate would be 9 percent.

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John Rossomando / The Daily Caller:
Paul Ryan ‘loves’ Herman Cain's 9-9-9 tax plan

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Ezra Klein / Washington Post:
There is no such thing as the 9-9-9 tax

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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:

“Generic” Republican Continues to Lead Obama in 2012 Vote — Lead is 46% to 38% among registered voters — PRINCETON, NJ — U.S. registered voters, by 46% to 38%, continue to say they are more likely to vote for the Republican presidential candidate than for Barack Obama in the 2012 presidential election.

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Scott Galupo / US News:
The Tea Party Was Just a Giant Temper Tantrum

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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Barbour says wife would vote for Cain if primary was held today

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Paul Krugman / New York Times:

Rabbit-Hole Economics — Reading the transcript of Tuesday's Republican debate on the economy is, for anyone who has actually been following economic events these past few years, like falling down a rabbit hole. Suddenly, you find yourself in a fantasy world where nothing looks or behaves the way it does in real life.

Discussion: Prairie Weather and Daily Kos

CBS News:

“Unusual” meeting between US, Iran over plot — WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama said Thursday that officials at the “highest levels” of the Iranian government must be held accountable for a brazen and bizarre plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to the United States on American soil …

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Helene Cooper / New York Times:
Obama Vows to Punish Iran in Alleged Plot Against Envoy

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MyFox Boston:

Coast Guard member spit on near Occupy Boston tents — BOSTON (FOX 25 / MyFoxBoston.com) - The Coast Guard in Boston confirmed that a woman in uniform was harassed and spat upon near Occupy Boston protesters. — The woman was walking to the train and said protesters spit on her twice …

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Richard Pérez-Peña / New York Times:

Professor of Philip Garber, N.J. Stutterer, Defends Actions — Calling herself “the victim of a character assassination,” the college professor who asked a student with a severe stutter not to pose questions in class said that her actions were misinterpreted, and that she did not mean to silence him.

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The Politico:

Editors' Note — One of the inviolable principles of journalism, one we live by at POLITICO, is that the work we publish must be genuinely our own. Whenever we must rely on reporting or ideas that were first produced by others, our policy is to cite and/or link to these sources by name …

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Lindsay Murdoch / Sydney Morning Herald:

Islamic sex guide says wives meet only 10% of husbands' desires — BANGKOK: Just months after telling its members to serve their husbands better than prostitutes, prompting widespread criticism, the Obedient Wives Club of Malaysia has stirred further controversy by publishing a guide to Islamic sex.

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Space Tourism, Space Transport …:

Iran failed with space monkey launch: report — Iran acknowledged as a failure Wednesday its attempt to send a live monkey into space last month — touted as its first step towards launching a man into space. — “The Kavoshgar-5 rocket carrying a capsule with a live animal (a monkey) …

Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Jihad Watch

Mitt Romney / Washington Post:

China must respect the free-trade system — The feckless economic policies of the Obama administration have resulted in a 10 percent decline in our median income, persistent unemployment above 8 percent and collapsing home and asset values. — Understandably, some ask whether we should abandon …

Discussion: GOP 12

New York Times:

Obama Visits Michigan as Auto Jobs Come Back — ORION TOWNSHIP, Mich. — President Obama arrives here on Friday on another visit to Michigan, seeking not only the electoral votes that are essential to his re-election effort, but a platform for a far bigger message.

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