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i wonder how that will go.

LOS ANGELES (AP) - More than two hours after a deadline to vacate their encampment, Wall Street protesters in Los Angeles are showing no signs of retreating. And despite the midnight deadline for the hundreds of protesters to leave the camp at a park by City Hall, police have yet to take action.

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Here is the wikipedia article about the "Occupy Movement" to help make this cartoon more clear. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupy_movement

The pepper spraying cop has become an internet meme already: http://goo.gl/in1PY

I think this is the perfect example of legitimacy issues... http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/internet-memes-sprout-around-occupy-movement-from-pepper-spraying-cop-to-occupy-sesame-street/2011/11/23/gIQA0BLApN_story.html

This is the better choice made by the lawmakers i personally believe

LONDON - 's Revolutionary Court has sentenced to death a former United States Marine of Iranian descent for spying for the , the semiofficial Fars news agency reported on Monday. He was named as Amir Mirzaei Hekmati, 28. Prosecutors charged that he received espionage training at American bases in Afghanistan and Iraq before infiltrating Iran.

i dont think a death sentence is appropriate and could cause relations to strain

Interesting article, the pressure from website blackouts seemed to have sent a message to many representatives in Congress. Wait and see what the votes look like next week.

I haven't filed my taxes for 2011, so I can't be sure but I think don't think I made that much this year. On the "bright side" I won't have to pay $6 million unless my tax guy screws up pretty badly. As the article points out, this makes Romney part of the top 1%... but paying a lower percentage of taxes than most Americans.

This SotU address will be the most important one Obama has given to date. Laying out the blueprint for the rest of this term will play a major factor in the campaign for the presidency again

I would encourage everyone to peek in (it will be on the major network stations) @ 8:00pm our time. Certainly all the media outlets will be dissecting his speech by this time tomorrow!