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Late Late Night FDL: Abbey Road
Doing something a wee bit different tonight - am featuring an entire album, The Beatles — Abbey Road. I would suggest you click on that Abbey Road link, open it up in a new tab, and just let ‘er rip.

Doing something a wee bit different tonight – am featuring an entire album, The Beatles — Abbey Road.  I would suggest you click on that Abbey Road link, open it up in a new tab, and just let ‘er rip.

Here’s the playlist and location for each song:

1. Come Together – 0:00
2. Something – 4:20
3. Maxwell’s Silver Hammer – 7:24
4. Oh! Darling – 10:51
5. Octopus’s Garden – 14:18
6. I Want You (She’s So Heavy) – 17:09
7. Here Comes the Sun – 24:56
8. Because – 28:02
9. You Never Give Me Your Money – 30:46
10. Sun King – 34:49
11. Mean Mr. Mustard – 37:17
12. Polythene Pam – 38:22
13. She Came in Through the Bathroom Window – 39:35
14. Golden Slumbers – 41:32
15. Carry That Weight – 43:03
16. The End – 44:40
17. Her Majesty – 47:01

What’s on your mind?

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We present you with this slap across your wrist
Well, well, what’s all this then? NYPD Deputy Inspector Anthony Bologna was disciplined Tuesday for pepper-spraying two female protesters in the notorious YouTube video seen around the world. The NYPD found that Bologna violated departmental guidelines and docked him 10 vacation days, or the equivalent amount of pay, police sources said. Awesome, this guy gets […]

Well, well, what’s all this then?

NYPD Deputy Inspector Anthony Bologna was disciplined Tuesday for pepper-spraying two female protesters in the notorious YouTube video seen around the world.

The NYPD found that Bologna violated departmental guidelines and docked him 10 vacation days, or the equivalent amount of pay, police sources said.

Awesome, this guy gets to spend 10 extra days patrolling around NYC being pissed off at protesters that he isn’t on vacation. That’ll learn him and adjust his attitude for sure.

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10 Non-Jobs: Career Alternatives in a Broken Economy
Here are 10 survival schemes, ranging from adventurous to asinine. Hey, beggars can’t be choosers—and we’ll all be begging soon enough.

By Peter Z. Scheer

Here are 10 survival schemes, ranging from adventurous to asinine. Hey, beggars can’t be choosers—and we’ll all be begging soon enough.

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Howard Fineman: Herman Cain, Barack Obama The Real Winners Of Las Vegas Debate
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A Guide To The Smear Campaign Against Occupy Wall Street

The right-wing media have engaged in a relentless smear campaign against the Occupy Wall Street movement, including calling the protesters socialists and Marxists, saying they represent the “fringe of the fringe of the fringe,” and claiming they “sound like the Unabomber,” among other attacks.

The Protesters Are “The Fringe” And “Lunatics”

OWS Website Reads Like “The Ravings Of … The Unabomber”

They’re Only “Little Rascals” And “Petulant Little Children” …

… Who Don’t Know What They Want …

… But We Know They’re Socialists, Marxists, And Anarchists Bent On “Destroy[ing] Capitalism” …

… And They Don’t Even Pay Taxes!

They’re Not Diverse Enough (Maybe) …

… But They Sure Are Anti-Semitic

Their Protests Are Astroturfed

Iran And Chavez Support The Protests …

… And So Do Nazis!

The Protesters Don’t Shower Enough

So Don’t Support The 99% — Support The 53%

The Protesters Are “The Fringe” And “Lunatics”

Fox’s Doug Schoen Claims The Occupy Wall Street Movement “Reflects Values That Are Dangerously Out Of Touch With The Broad Mass Of The American People.” In an October 18 Wall Street Journal article, Fox News contributor Doug Schoen claimed, based on in-person interviews his polling firm conducted at Zuccotti Park, that the Occupy Wall Street movement “reflects values that are dangerously out of touch with the broad mass of the American people.” [The Wall Street Journal, 10/18/11, via Media Matters]

For more on Schoen’s flawed poll, SEE HERE

Varney: Demonstrators Are The “Fringe Of The Fringe Of The Fringe.” On the October 14 edition of Fox News’ Fox & Friends, Fox Business host Stuart Varney claimed:

VARNEY: I think the numbers [of protesters] start to fade away. Rain and cold will do that to demonstrators. I — they haven’t got the numbers. This is not a movement, certainly not in New York, that’s numbered in the thousands. It’s a few hundred, mostly. And let’s not forget, it’s the fringe of the fringe of the fringe. That’s who is down there demonstrating. And the rest, those who are not fringe, fringe, fringe people, they’re flat-out socialists. [Fox News, Fox & Friends,

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[Fox News, Fox & Friends, 10/11/11, via Media Matters]

The Blaze: “Could The 53%-ers Be The New Silent Majority In America?” An October 13 post on The Blaze promoted “a budding movement called ‘I am the 53%’ ” whose followers, it claimed, “are not ‘wealthy’ people … but they do not blame ‘Wall Street.’ ” The post went on to claim that the “53%-ers feel a common bond with other responsible/self-sufficient citizens. They also wear their successes and failures with honor.” From The Blaze:

Less than a week ago we reported on a budding movement called “I am the 53%.” These folks call themselves the 53% because they claim to be part of the 53% of the American people who actually pay Federal Income Taxes, meaning they are ones who support the 47% that pay nothing in Federal taxes.

These are not “wealthy” people. Many are struggling to make ends meet or even to hold on to their homes, but they do not blame “Wall Street.” In fact, most feel as if the politicians in Washington, DC are at the core of the problem and do not have the solutions to the troubles plaguing our economy.

[…]

The 53%-ers feel a common bond with other responsible/self-sufficient citizens. They also wear their successes and failures with honor. This informal, but growing group of citizens that do not identify with the “Occupy Wall Street” crowd must be of concern for the Left and those who are endorsing the “occupiers” because the Left has started attacking and mocking the 53% movement.

[…]

And yet, the growth and momentum of this fledgling movement seems to be building.

Could the 53%-ers be the new silent majority in America? [The Blaze, 10/13/11]

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Quote of the Day
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Cain Holds Edge in Florida
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More Debate Reaction
My reaction was that Mitt Romney won yet again and the Herman Cain bubble was popped.

Here are some other reactions:

Andrew Sullivan: “Perry gave petulance a whole new universe of meaning, and was so personal with Romney he lost the crowd. I wonder if Romney will appeal to Western Republicans more than Southern ones. But this felt to me like a settling. On Romney. And learning to like it.”

Howard Kurtz: “Perhaps such things shouldn’t matter, but by keeping his cool and forcing his rivals to stop interrupting him, Romney projected an image of strength–and cemented his status as the man to beat. He undoubtedly bested the Las Vegas spread in what had to be his most animated debate performance this year.”

Jonathan Chait: “Mitt Romney remains vastly better than his antagonists, but the gap has shrunk. Rick Perry has reduced his brain freezes in both number and duration. Romney took the first real damage of the debate season tonight, as Rick Santorum truthfully explained that Romney’s health care plan adopted essentially the same approach as President Obama’s. Romney kept evading the question, and explaining that the people of Massachusetts approve of his plan. I’m not sure that will help.”

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