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To cut ObamaCare costs, TSA Security Checkpoints to begin performing Mammograms and Prostate-Screenings

TSA to phase in new Aggressive and Humiliating Pat-Down Procedures at airports nationwide
By Jim Barnett

According to Rosemary Fitzpatrick, a CNN employee, a female [TSA] screener ran her hands around her breasts, over her stomach, buttocks and her inner thighs, and briefly touched her crotch.

"I felt helpless, I felt violated, and I felt humiliated," Fitzpatrick said, adding that she was reduced to tears at the checkpoint.

...

"I am appalled and disgusted at the new search procedures and the fact that passengers have not been made aware of the new invasive steps prior to entering the security area," Fitzpatrick wrote. "It appears once you enter the security area, passengers forfeit their rights. "

http://www.cnn.com/2010/TRAVEL/10/28/airline.security.pat.down/index.html

Federal Reserve to announce new "Tax on the Consumer", and that It's For Your Own Good.

The Fed's 'tax on the consumer'
By Hibah Yousuf; CNNMoney.com

"The problem I have with QE2, is it behaves like a tax on the consumer," said David Giroux, a fund manager at T. Rowe Price. "People want to believe it's a free lunch for the economy, but it's definitely not. Next year, we're going to be paying more at the gas pump and the grocery store."

http://money.cnn.com/2010/10/28/news/economy/quantitative_easing_consumer_impact/index.htm

Of Couse you have a Choice: It's Either a "photo-realistic" Naked Body Scan or a X-rated Pat Down

Q. Would a [“advanced imaging technology” scan or a ] “front of the hands” pat-down have caught the "Christmas-Day Underwear Bomber"?
A. Not likely. He had powder in his underpants.



Pat Down or Full Body Scan? Security Gets More Personal at Airports
http://abcnews.go.com/WN/tsa-pat-procedure-airports/story?id=11998304

Changing Education Paradigms

How many more kids are going to be put on the psychostimulant Ritalin before we abolish the No-Child Left Behind Act and the Federal Dept of Education?

Jim Grant: The Federal Reserve

http://www.businessinsider.com/jim-grant-bernanke-2010-10

Sparks Goes To The White House

Make your own irreverent movie http://www.xtranormal.com/

Sen. Gregg Compares Health Care Reform To Freddy Krueger

The Mortgage Backed Security Fraud Snowball

Banks May Face $97 Billion Loss From Mortgage Mess
By Kate Kelly
http://www.cnbc.com/id/39870708

Pork for Me, Scraps for You, Is A Tragedy of the Commons

Pork for Me, Scraps for You, Is Tragedy: Caroline Baum
By Caroline Baum

Tea Party candidates who ride into Washington on a wave of anti-incumbent fervor will face the same skewed spending incentives as their predecessors. In their zeal to represent the common man, they may just compound the common tragedy.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-10-27/pork-for-me-scraps-for-you-tragedy-for-all-commentary-by-caroline-baum.html

The Only Budget Options are Borrowing, Taxing, and Cutting

The Only Budget Options are Borrowing, Taxing, and Cutting
Charles M. Arlinghaus

Over the last two budget cycles, New Hampshire’s tax revenue’s have been flat. In the 2006-2007 biennium, tax and fee revenues for the general and education funds were $4.47 billion while the current 2010-2011 budget is projected to be $4.45 billion. Despite that tiny drop, spending increased at historically average rates growing from $4.4 billion to $5.1 billion.

http://newhampshire.watchdog.org/7197/the-only-budget-options-are-borrowing-taxing-and-cutting/

Stop the Invasiveness of the Body Scanners

Stop the Invasiveness of the Body Scanners
by Mike Miller

“I don’t know why everybody is running to buy these expensive and useless machines. I can overcome the body scanners with enough explosives to bring down a Boeing 747. That’s why we haven’t put them in our airport. — Rafi Sela, leading Israeli airport security expert, referring to Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion International Airport, which has some of the toughest security in the world.

The “Stimulus” money the federal government stole from you is paying for potentially dangerous and invasive body scanners at our airports. Congress is planning on purchasing more of these scanners in the coming year.

http://libertymaven.com/2010/10/27/stop-the-invasiveness-of-the-body-scanners/10833/

The Subprime Debacle: Act 2, Part 2

The Subprime Debacle: Act 2, Part 2
By John Mauldin

What Happens When the Biggest Banks Are Convicted of Fraud?

http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2010/10/the-subprime-debacle-act-2-part-2/

Department of Education Seeks to Regulate Higher Education

Department of Education Seeks to Regulate Higher Education
William A. Estrada, Esq.

A recently proposed regulation would give the federal Department of Education unprecedented authority over all colleges and universities—even private ones.

http://www.hslda.org/docs/news/201010250.asp

The final regulation will be issued on November 1, 2010.

Kelly Ayotte and Paul Hodes: No Response to Liberty Survey

New Hampshire Candidate Surveys
http://www.campaignforliberty.com/candidatesurvey.php?state=NH

Treasury Hid AIG Losses by Keeping Two Sets of Books

Treasury Hid A.I.G. Loss, Report Says
MARY WILLIAMS WALSH

The United States Treasury concealed $40 billion in likely taxpayer losses on the bailout of the American International Group earlier this month, when it abandoned its usual method for valuing investments, according to a report by the special inspector general for the Troubled Asset Relief Program

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/26/business/26tarp.html

America: The Fraud-Backed Banking System

Right Turn Seen in Granite State

Right Turn Seen in Granite State
Polls Show Republicans With Upper Hand as Voters Tire of Democratic Dominance in New England

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303496104575560291341344182.html

Employee Free Choice Act – The campaign issue Paul Hodes wishes would go away

Employee Free Choice Act – The campaign issue Paul Hodes wishes would go away
by Shawn Millerick

The EFCA issue came up again in Monday’s Manchester Chamber/AARP debate, with Kelly Ayotte calling it a major area of distinction between her and Hodes. Ayotte’s primary opponent Ovide Lamontagne made card check one of his campaign issues, and Ayotte’s rhetoric made it sound like she could do the same. It’s clearly a vulnerable spot for Hodes and other Democrats, and could end up being the final nail in the Paul Hodes coffin.

http://www.nowhampshire.com/2010/10/19/employee-free-choice-act-the-campaign-issue-paul-hodes-wishes-would-go-away/

Gene Munster: Android-Based Tablets Will Beat Out Apple's iPad

Gene Munster: Android-Based Tablets Will Beat Out Apple's iPad

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