Top Items:
Doug Stanglin / USA Today:
Report: Fights erupt among Occupy Wall Street protesters — Fights are erupting among Occupy Wall Street protesters, so much so that one corner of Zuccotti Park has emerged where protesters say they won't go for fear of their safety, the New York Daily News is reporting.
Discussion:
Outside the Beltway, Biased BBC and OWS Exposed
RELATED:
Marjorie Connelly / The Caucus:
Occupy Protesters Down on Obama, Survey Finds — Zuccotti Park in New York's financial district is decked out with posters and signs for the wide array of political viewpoints of the Occupy Wall Street protesters. The six-week-old movement has several Web sites to promote various perspectives.
Discussion:
News Hounds, Weasel Zippers, Hot Air, Business Insider and National Review
Melanie Trottman / Wall Street Journal:
Unions Look to Protesters for Future Supporters — Union members who descended on Occupy Wall Street encampments armed with tents, food and organizational expertise hope to turn young demonstrators into enduring labor allies, part of a larger effort to rejuvenate the movement's aging ranks.
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Occupy Wall St. Sanctioned for Public Masturbation
Occupy Wall St. Sanctioned for Public Masturbation
Discussion:
The Lonely Conservative and myfoxny.com
NY Daily News:
Occupy Wall St. gets dangerous; NYPD threatens to sue rowdy demonstrators who initiate violence
Occupy Wall St. gets dangerous; NYPD threatens to sue rowdy demonstrators who initiate violence
Discussion:
Pat Dollard, Weasel Zippers and City Room
Joe Nocera / New York Times:
What the Costumes Reveal — On Friday, the law firm of Steven J. Baum threw a Halloween party. The firm, which is located near Buffalo, is what is commonly referred to as a “foreclosure mill” firm, meaning it represents banks and mortgage servicers as they attempt to foreclose on homeowners and evict them from their homes.
Discussion:
Hullabaloo, New York Magazine, Business Insider and Boing Boing
New York Times:
Officers Unleash Anger at Ticket-Fixing Arraignments in the Bronx — A three-year investigation into the police's habit of fixing traffic and parking tickets in the Bronx ended in the unsealing of indictments on Friday and a stunning display of vitriol by hundreds of off-duty officers …
Discussion:
Gawker, Making Light, Lawyers, Guns & Money, The Atlantic Online and Balloon Juice
Pat Grossmith / unionleader.com:
Woman charged with pimping teen recruited at Occupy NH rally — MANCHESTER - A city woman is accused of pimping a 16-year-old girl she met in Victory Park during the Occupy NH demonstrations. — Justina Jensen, 23, of 341 Hanover St., is charged with felony prostitution.
Discussion:
The Gateway Pundit, The Jawa Report, Big Government, OWS Exposed, nation.foxnews.com and JammieWearingFool
New York Times:
13 Americans Among Those Killed in Kabul Suicide Attack — KABUL, Afghanistan — At least 13 American soldiers were among more than 20 people killed when a Taliban suicide car bomber attacked an armored NATO shuttle bus in Kabul on Saturday, a Western military official confirmed.
Discussion:
Jihad Watch, Scared Monkeys and New York Magazine
Richard Weir / Boston Herald:
Station's users rail vs. Occupy — Commuters upset over dirty ‘mess’ — + Recent Articles + Recent Blog Entries + Email + Bio — Commuters and merchants in South Station say they are fed up with Occupy Boston squatters who are hogging electrical outlets and taking sponge baths in bathroom sinks …
Discussion:
JammieWearingFool
Greg Otto / WTOP.com:
‘Jersey Shore’ mastermind casting reality show for politicos — WASHINGTON - There is a cliché that has been part of D.C. banter for a number of years: “Politics is showbiz for ugly people.” — Doron Ofir, the casting director behind a number of reality TV juggernauts, says he has never heard of it.
George Will / Washington Post:
Mitt Romney, the pretzel candidate — The Republican presidential dynamic — various candidates rise and recede; Mitt Romney remains at about 25 percent support — is peculiar because conservatives correctly believe that it is important to defeat Barack Obama but unimportant that Romney be president.
Discussion:
The Mahablog, msnbc.com, ABCNEWS, Booman Tribune, Hot Air, Newshoggers.com, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and The Politico
Scott Shane / New York Times:
West Sees Libya as Ripe at Last for Businesses — WASHINGTON — The guns in Libya have barely quieted, and NATO's military assistance to the rebellion that toppled Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi will not end officially until Monday. But a new invasion force is already plotting its own landing on the shores of Tripoli.
Discussion:
LewRockwell.com Blog and Prairie Weather
Ben Geman / Ballot Box:
Biden: 'We can't win without Florida' — Vice President Biden said Friday that President Obama cannot be reelected without again winning Florida, a pivotal swing state that carries 29 electoral votes. — The comments, in a speech at the Florida Democratic Party convention …
Discussion:
JammieWearingFool
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Report of Justice Dept.'s $16 Muffin Greatly Exaggerated — WASHINGTON — The office of the Justice Department inspector general on Friday retracted its much publicized claim that the agency had spent $16 per breakfast muffin at a conference. And it expressed regret for the …
Discussion:
Outside the Beltway
RELATED:
Mackenzie Weinger / The Politico:
IG admits: There were no $16 muffins
IG admits: There were no $16 muffins
Discussion:
nation.foxnews.com and New York Magazine
A.Killough / CNN:
Huntsman daughters spoof Cain's smoking ad — (CNN) - Earlier this week Herman Cain said Americans need a sense of humor, and on Friday, a few people took his words to heart: Jon Huntsman's daughters. — Responding to Cain's controversial web ad -where his chief-of-staff, Mark Block …
Discussion:
Fox News, Gawker and The Raw Story
RELATED:
Neil King Jr / Washington Wire:
Weird Smoking Ad Boosts Cain's Cash Haul
Weird Smoking Ad Boosts Cain's Cash Haul
Discussion:
The Lonely Conservative and The Hill
cbpp.org:
Democrats Offer Significant Concessions — Plan Is to the Right of Bowles-Simpson and Gang of Six — The new deficit-reduction plan from a majority of Democrats on the congressional Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction (the “supercommittee") marks a dramatic departure …
Discussion:
Washington Post, The New Republic, Daily Kos, ThinkProgress and Grasping Reality …
RELATED:
David Dayen / Firedoglake:
CBPP Destroys Catfood Commission Dems' Plan for Deficit Reduction
CBPP Destroys Catfood Commission Dems' Plan for Deficit Reduction
Discussion:
Washington Post, Hullabaloo and Off the Charts Blog
James Pindell / WMUR Political Scoop:
EXCLUSIVE: Romney Snatches Major Social Conservative Endorsement From Perry — Prominent social conservative Maureen Mooney tells WMURPoliticalScoop.com she is endorsing Mitt Romney's presidential campaign, even months after she was among a very small group who flew from New Hampshire to Texas …
Discussion:
Rick Perry 2012 Campaign … and unionleader.com
RELATED:
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Obama struggling in Wisconsin
Obama struggling in Wisconsin
Discussion:
Don Surber, Firedoglake, JammieWearingFool and Campaign 2012