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Thursday, November 17, 2011

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Surprise, Homeland Security Coordinates #OWS Crackdowns

wonkette.com - Remember when people were freaking out over the Patriot Act and Homeland Security and all this other conveniently ready-to-go post-9/11 police state stuff, because it would obviously be just a matt...

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Freddie Mac Reportedly Paid Gingrich at Least $1.6 Million

thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com - Newt Gingrich is beginning to feel the inevitable glare of the spotlight that follows a rise of fortunes in the presidential sweepstakes.Bloomberg News reported Tuesday night that Mr. Gingrich rece...

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Williamson County snubs student teaching | The Tennessean

tennessean.com - Tennessee’s new teacher evaluation system has hit an unexpected snag.With teacher tenure and job retention riding on a top score, Williamson County is banning student teachers from working in core ...

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When Good Intentions Make Us Stupid :: Frederick M. Hess

frederickhess.org - by Frederick M. Hess • Nov 16, 2011 at 9:38 amCross-posted from Education Weekhttp://www.frederickhess.org/2011/11/when-good-intentions-make-us-stupidWhile I was gone, there were any number of cl...

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Mayors, DHS Coordinated Occupy Attacks

inthesetimes.com - When a series of crackdowns on the Occupy camps suddenly occurred in, more or less, the same week, many observers wondered if perhaps the attacks had been coordinated at a national level. Oakland M...

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OccupySupply goes to OccupyAustin | MyFDL

my.firedoglake.com - “Wow, it says OccupySupply on it!”, enthused our first recipient of those warm and fuzzy union made hats. Another hat went to a woman who works at the Welcome Table whose only clothes are the ones ...

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Occupy Clairemont Drive Bridge Over I-5

obrag.org - National Day of Action! We are the 99%! We want economic justice! November 17th @ 4:00pm at Mission Bay Park, 2688 East Mission Bay Drive 92109 We Occupy Clairemont Drive Bridge by 4:30 pmThis is a...

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#OccupySF & Edu March « occupy california

occupyca.wordpress.com - by * SAN FRANCISCO, California – Hundreds of demonstrators marched through the financial district of San Francisco on Wednesday beginning at Justin Herman Plaza, one of the main encampments of #Occ...

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Hawaiian Singer to Obama: “Occupy With Aloha”

edwize.org - “We’ll occupy the streets, we’ll occupy the courts, we’ll occupy the offices of you, till you do the bidding of the many, not the few.” Hawaiian singer-songwriter Makana turned his gig playing dinn...

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Mayors, DHS Coordinated Occupy Attacks

inthesetimes.com - When a series of crackdowns on the Occupy camps suddenly occurred in, more or less, the same week, many observers wondered if perhaps the attacks had been coordinated at a national level. Oakland M...

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School Tech Connect: Look! Books!

schooltechconnect.com - Linda Lutton has some words published in article form over at WBEZ about Rahm's media event over in Pilsen. I love how they prop him up in front of some books in Pilsen--- at one of the elementary ...

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