Hurricane Sandy Observations: Oct. 31- Nov. 05, 2012

"In view of the fact that an ever-encroaching federal colossus has for decades been methodically sapping personal sovereignty and self-sufficiency away from its subjects, I find a perhaps naïve degree of comfort in the fact that some citizens are seizing the power back into their own hands, where it has always belonged."

- Jim Goad @ Taki's Mag

Gov. Chris Christie clowning it up on SNL while thousands still living in ruins

Gawkers touring NYC storm damaged neighborhoods pissing off residents

Borough of Queens pushed to the brink...'We are living like animals'...
Sandy is backlashing on Obama after he promised quick aid to victims

Sandy refugees complain of "prison-like conditions" at FEMA tent camps

Hurricane Sandy: New Yorkers arm themselves to fend off looters, criminals

 Hurricane Sandy: No rat exodus from NYC's flooded subways; likely most drowned

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Bloomy's bubble bursts: New York City voters finally realize -- there's no there there 
NYC mayor Michael Bloomberg that is.
Officials sympathetic to Ann Arbor residents' concerns about noise on Division Street
Comments on this story show absolutely no sympathy either.
Rick Haglund: History doesn't prove that lower business taxes create jobs
A Michigan based business columnist claims to debunk that little bit of neo-liberal ideology.
When test scores don't add up: 32 metro Detroit schools show improvements too good to be true
Cheating, gaming the system, and lies probably account for it.
Ann Arbor Board of Ed picks new superintendent: Patricia Green
To be paid around $300K with benefits included. Nice work if you can get it.
Judge rules Wal-Mart can fire medical marijuana patient formerly employed at Battle Creek store
Sad what federal judges can do.
The Enigma of American Fascism in the 1930s
Interesting.
Why is the human brain so hard to copy?
Good question. A better question is "why do we want to"?
A view of war from main street America: Burying a 19 year-old Afghan war casualty
"Likewise, Brandon’s father and grandfather were expendable. They followed the rules and the system had sent their jobs overseas and left them in the lurch, to fend for themselves. They were expendable, too. No one cared that their lives had been wrecked, their hopes and plans destroyed. They were all three, son, father and grandfather, refugees from the American Dream; stunned wanderers in a world they never made. And their government didn’t seem to care. No one did. Brandon was in the coffin, but all three of them were casualties."

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NYC Mayor speculates that Times Square car bomb suspect could be "anybody" perhaps even someone who doesn't like Obama-care. - Real Clear Politics

Wonder why he picked that particular reference?

Hutaree Militia defendants to be released on bail - Ann Arbor.com

But with conditions. Monitoring devices attached and all guns and ammo turned just to name a few. For a laugh though read through the comment section underneath the news article. All these "progressives" who believe in being considered innocent until proven guilty are just beside themselves foaming at the mouth and ready to form a lynch mob.

Americans are alienated from the government! - Wall Street Journal (Peggy Noonan)

She says this like it's a bad thing. For once she gets the reality of the situation.

Is the U.S. due for a Soviet Union style break-up? - Lewrockwell.com (podcast)

Hope so.

British army sniper sets "world record" killing two Taliban fighters from 1.54 miles away - NY Post
"[Sgt.] Craig Harrison killed the two insurgents from an astounding distance of 8,120 feet ... in Helmand Province last November firing an Accuracy International L11583 long-range rifle."