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post from Crooks and Liars on 19 November 2011 08:00:00 AM. © Crooks and Liars

A duck wearing a scarf told Michele Bachmann that ignorance is strength. Do not dispute her!

Right Wing Watch: There have been other times the U.S. has taken an iron hand to protesters. Learn about the Bonus Army and how Gen. Douglas MacArthur was sent in to break up a protest of American veterans.

Take My Country Back: There have been other times the U.S. has taken an iron hand to protesters. Learn about the Bonus Army and how Gen. Douglas MacArthur was sent in to break up a protest of American veterans.

The Brad Blog: A young protester gets pepper-sprayed in the face in Portland. Police state? Try Fully Weaponized Military State.

Finally, it's Joe Biden's birthday tomorrow. Wish him a happy birthday. He'd wish you one if you were Vice-President.

Round-up by William K. Wolfrum; send tips to mbru [at] crooksandliars [dot] com.

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Dash of Dan: Pumpkin Rice Pudding

post from Taylor Marsh on 19 November 2011 07:00:48 AM. © Taylor Marsh

The first time I made rice pudding, it was a disaster. It was too thick, I’m sure I burned some rice, and it was pretty much inedible. Fast forward to today…..and I’ve made a wonderful, creamy and rich fall inspired dessert. (This would[...]

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The Clash - Know Your Rights

post from US Politics | AMERICAblog News on 19 November 2011 07:00:46 AM. © US Politics | AMERICAblog News

In light of the recent Occupy protests and brutal crackdowns by the police including last nights excessive use of force, this song just fits the time.

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Nevada AG Indicts Title Company Officers

post from Docudharma - Front Page on 19 November 2011 06:55:25 AM. © Docudharma - Front Page

Cross posted from The Stars Hollow GazetteNevada Attorney General Catherine Cotez Masto has filed a 606 count criminal indictment against two title company employees for for supervising the filing of tens of thousands of fraudulent documents in a[...]

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Cartnoon

post from Docudharma - Front Page on 19 November 2011 06:27:32 AM. © Docudharma - Front Page

The Menace of Maninsuit, Episode 4, Season 2 [...]

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McCain Links Arab Spring to Challenges for
Beijing & Moscow

post from The Washington Note on 19 November 2011 06:00:17 AM. © The Washington Note

(photo credit: Halifax the Forum)

I'm up at the 2011 Halifax International Security Forum where 18 defense ministers and a who's who of the international defense and security community have assembled. The forum is modestly sized with about 200 attendees -- but the diversity of perspective here is impressive.

I'll have a post up in a while on US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta's appeal to allies in an "era of austerity" -- but wanted to get something up now that John McCain tagged on to his otherwise very humorous remarks at the opening dinner last night.

After Senator Mark Udall used his time on stage mostly to joke about American and Canadian hockey -- a theme nearly everyone here can't stay away from -- McCain jested that in Arizona, mothers tell their kids that they'll never grow up to be President -- as Barry Goldwater, Bruce Babbitt, Morris Udall (Mark's dad), and McCain had all tried and failed. McCain was truly funny -- his sense of timing better than Udall's.

But then sensing that a crowd of generals, admirals, defense ministers, and national security policy practitioners prefer gravitas to slapstick, McCain dropped a pretty big zinger on the crowd.

He said, "A year ago, Ben-Ali and Gaddafi were not in power. Assad won't be in power this time next year. This Arab Spring is a virus that will attack Moscow and Beijing." McCain then walked off the stage.

Senator McCain's framing reflects a triumphalism bouncing around at this conference. It sees the Arab Spring as a product of Western design -- and potentially as a tool to take on other non-democratic governments.

At an earlier session, Senator Udall said that those who believed that the Arab Spring was an organic revolution from within these countries were wrong -- and that the West and NATO in particular had been primary drivers of results in Libya -- and that the West had helped animate and move affairs in Egypt. Udall provocatively added Syria to that list as well.

But John McCain's biting kicker last night would have been seriously jarring to any Chinese or Russian defense types who might have been in the room. They seem to be the only ones not here.

McCain may be right that fake democracies like Russia and authoritarian regimes like China may face the same kinds of disruptions in their locks on power that Gaddafi and Ben-Ali did, but to frame this possibility as objective -- which was the tone of McCain's comment -- seriously complicates the global security picture particularly when the US and Europe are hoping to draw Russia and China into a much more cooperative arrangement confining Iran's options in the world.

It's tough to partner with regimes on one front while essentially calling for their collapse and downfall on another.

-- Steve Clemons is Washington Editor at Large at The Atlantic, where this post first appeared. Clemons can be followed on Twitter at @SCClemons

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Single Mom in Projects Foils One Percenters

post from They gave us a republic... - Front Page on 19 November 2011 05:40:28 AM. © They gave us a republic... - Front Page

By @KYYellowDog

BWAHAHAHAHA! Also: (sniff!) And: CHAAAAAARGE!

Wonkette:

Your Wonkette had a chance to see the #OWS Bat Signal firsthand last night at the Day of Action protests on the Brooklyn Bridge - take a minute to watch the video. But even more awesomer than the Bat Signal is how it got there, thanks to a nice single mom living in the run-down projects located directly in front of the building of the monstrous union-busting Verizon overlords.
Boing Boing has the scoop on the bat signal story with an interview from the creator, Mark Read:
Mark Read: Opposite the Verizon building, there is a bunch of city housing. Subsidized, rent-controlled. There's a lack of services, lights are out in the hallways, the housing feels like jails, like prisons. I walked around, and put up signs in there offering money to rent out an apartment for a few hours. I didn't say much more. I received surprisingly few calls, and most of them seemed not quite fully there. But then I got one call from a sane person Her name was Denise Vega. She lived on the 16th floor. Single, working mom, mother of three.
I spoke with her on the phone, and a few days later went over and met her.
I told her what I wanted to do, and she was enthused. The more I described, the more excited she got.
Her parting words were, "let's do this."
She wouldn't take my money. That was the day of the eviction of Zuccotti, the same day. And she'd been listening to the news all day, she saw everything that had happened.
"I can't charge you money, this is for the people," she said.
She was born in the projects. She opened up her home to us.
She was in there tonight with her 3 daughters, 2 sisters. The NYPD started snooping around down on the ground while the projections were up, it was clear where we were projecting from, and inside it was festive.
"If they want to come up they're gonna need a warrant!," her family was saying. "If they ask us, well, we don't know what they are talking about!" They were really brave and cool.

Ha ha, the coppers failed, Denise Vega wins.
The scene in New York last night, in addition to many horrible arrests and the crying mothers getting beat up by police, was also pretty incredible. Despite a ridiculous maze of ever-shifting police barricades around Foley Square and police efforts to cut people off from the march, your Wonkette saw a diverse crowd of peaceful folks from every age range and ethnic background, aka "crazy violent hippie mobs who hate capitalism." Our favorite was an adorable pair of old ladies in leopard-print hats yelling at the police, "Go arrest the 1%, it's easier than arresting the 99%!" There were tons of families with their kids, CUNY students, union workers, and even doctors in lab coats carrying banners demanding better access to health care. All of them very patiently navigated the bottlenecks to cross the Brooklyn Bridge.

With the Denise Vegas on our side, we can't lose.

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What's Cooking: Turkey Technology

Cross posted from The Stars Hollow GazetteRepublished from November 20, 2010 for obvious timely reasons.I never went to cooking school or took home economics in high school, I was too busy blowing up the attic with my chemistry set. I did like to eat and[...]

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Late Night Karaoke

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I Am The 99%

Protesting for economic justice and fairness is not just for the young -- it's the duty of everyone who believes in the American Dream.

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