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>A Long, Steep Drop for Americans’ Standard of Living

Published: Wednesday, 19 Oct 2011 | 2:15 PM ET
By: Ron Scherer
Christian Science Monitor

Think life is not as good as it used to be, at least in terms of your wallet? You’d be right about that. The standard of living for Americans has fallen longer and more steeply over the past three years than at any time since the US government began recording it five decades ago.

Bottom line: The average individual now has $1,315 less in disposable income than he or she did three years ago at the onset of the Great Recession – even though the recession ended, technically speaking, in mid-2009. That means less money to spend at the spa or the movies, less for vacations, new carpeting for the house, or dinner at a restaurant.

In short, it means a less vibrant economy, with more Americans spending primarily on necessities. The diminished standard of living, moreover, is squeezing the middle class, whose restlessness and discontent are evident in grass-roots movements such as the tea party and “Occupy Wall Street” and who may take out their frustrations on incumbent politicians in next year’s election.

https://www.cnbc.com/id/44962589

>‘Occupy Cleveland’ Protester Alleges She Was Raped

CLEVELAND, Ohio (CBS Cleveland) – An “Occupy Cleveland” protester tells police she was raped in her tent over the weekend.

Cleveland police are investigating an alleged sexual assault incident Saturday at the “Occupy Cleveland” rally involving a 19-year-old female student from Parma.

According to police reports, the 19-year-old student was instructed by “Occupy Cleveland” personnel to “share a tent with the suspect due to a shortage of tents.” The suspect identified himself as “Leland” to the woman. The woman told police that after she had thought the suspect went to sleep in his own bed, she slept in a sleeping bag provided to her by the rally.

https://cleveland.cbslocal.com/2011/10/18/occupy-cleveland-protester-alleges-she-was-raped/

>5 reasons why income inequality is a myth — and Occupy Wall Street is wrong
By James Pethokoukis
October 18, 2011, 10:54 am

Sorry, the story just doesn’t hold together. According to left-wing think tanks, columnist and bloggers—and, of course, the Occupy Wall Street radicals—the top 1 percent have been exploiting the 99 percent for decades. The rich have been getting richer at the expense of the middle class and poor.

Really? Just think for a second: If inequality had really exploded during the past 30 to 40 years, why did American politics simultaneously move rightward toward a greater embrace of free-market capitalism? Shouldn’t just the opposite have happened as beleaguered workers united and demanded a vastly expanded social safety net and sharply higher taxes on the rich? What happened to presidents Mondale, Dukakis, Gore, and Kerry? Even Barack Obama ran for president as a market friendly, third-way technocrat.

Nope, the story doesn’t hold together because the financial facts don’t support it. And here’s why:

https://blog.american.com/2011/10/5-reasons-why-income-inequality-is-a-myth-and-occupy-wall-street-is-wrong/

>A Tale of Two Protests: Media Cheer Wall Street Occupiers But Jeered Tea PartiersStreet Occupiers But Jeered Tea Partiers
Study: ABC, CBS and NBC loaded their broadcasts with 33 full stories in just 11 days of coverage of the Occupy Wall Street protests.
By: Geoffrey Dicken

The Occupy Wall Street protestors have received overwhelmingly positive coverage from the Big Three (ABC, CBS, NBC) news networks, as they used their airtime to publicize and promote the aggressively leftist movement. In just the first eleven days of October, ABC, CBS and NBC flooded their morning and evening newscasts with a whopping 33 full stories or interview segments on the protesters. This was a far cry from the greeting the Tea Party received from the Big Three as that conservative protest movement was initially ignored (only 13 total stories in all of 2009) and then reviled.

Where the Tea Party was met with skeptical claims of their motivations — with some reporters claiming they were merely corporate backed puppets and others implying they were spurred on by their racist opposition to the first black president – the Occupy Wall Street crowd was depicted as an almost genial “grassroots” movement.

https://www.mrc.org/realitycheck/realitycheck/2011/20111013100045.aspx

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>“Those who forget history are doomed to repeat it .”

This cartoon was in the Chicago Tribune in 1934 . Look carefully at the plan of action in the lower left corner

“If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in five years there’d be a shortage of sand.”      Milton Friedman

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OWS Protester Proclaims ‘The Jews Control Wall St.’ In Zuccotti Park Rant

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — “Blame the Jews.”

That’s the message one Wall Street protester was trying to spread in Lower Manhattan to anyone that would listen.

A new video posted to YouTube shows the protester loudly and aggressively proclaiming “the Jews control Wall Street.”

In the nearly 6-minute video, the man is seen standing in Zuccotti Park ranting against Israel and Jews while holding a sign reading “Hitler’s Bankers – Wall St.”

The protestor, who would not give his name to those gathered around him, is also seen arguing with members of the public who took offense to his choice of words.

A number of others also ask the protester if Fox News had paid him to stand and display his sign to which he responded: “[expletive] Fox News, that’s [expletive]. [Expletive] Jew made that up.”

https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2011/10/12/wall-street-protester-proclaims-the-jews-control-wall-st-in-zuccotti-park-rant/

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>‘Reel’ voices speak at film festival

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2011  
BY GLORIA GEANNETTE
MANAGING EDITOR
THE RIDGEWOOD NEWS

For the ninth year in a row, the Ridgewood Public Library is bringing the latest cutting-edge documentaries to the village. Reel Voices Film Festival organizer Roberta Panjwani has been viewing movies both in person and on DVDs all year to select just the right mix for her audience.

“They all have a common thread of social justice, of a larger issue being seen through an individual experience,” she said. This year she saw more than 40 films before selecting five that she is confident will please the audience.

At the Tribeca Film Festival in New York City, she viewed as many documentaries as possible to test how they screened with a live audience. “A lot look great on paper but not after seeing them,” she noted. “And others were really good, but some not quite right for the Ridgewood audience.”

https://www.northjersey.com/arts_entertainment/131309294__Reel__voices_speak_at_film_festival.html

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Alton Brown, Monday, October 3rd @ 7:00pm
Food Network Star, Alton Brown, will sign his new book:  Good Eats 3:  The Later Years.  Books available Oct. 1st

Duff McKagan, Wednesday, October 5th @ 7:00pm
Bassist for Guns N’Roses, Duff McKagan, will sign his new book:  It’s So Easy
Book available Oct. 4th.

Appearing authors will only autograph books purchased at Bookends and must have valid Bookends Receipt.Availability & pricing for all autographed books subject to change.Bookends cannot guarantee that the books that are Autographed will always be First Printings.
Autographed books purchased at Bookends are non-returnable.Please call the store for details.

Bookends, 211 E. Ridgewood Avenue, Ridgewood, NJ   07450   201-445-0726

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photos courtesy of Boyd Loving 


“Smash & Grab” Vehicle Break-Ins Increase Near County Bike Path
by Boyd Loving

A recent increase of “smash and grab” vehicle break-ins near the Saddle River County Bike Path has thus far baffled members of the Ridgewood and Bergen County Police Departments.

The most recent occurrence was reported at approximately 6:00 PM on Saturday when vehicle owner returned to her car and found the front passenger side window smashed out, and her purse missing.

Responding Ridgewood PD personnel Sgt. Brian Pullman, Patrol Officer Kyle Finch, and Patrol Officer Ricky Thomas found several discarded purses in a nearby trash dumpster during the subsequent investigation.  It is unknown what, if any, personal contents were recovered with the purses.

When leaving your vehicle unattended, purses, wallets, computers, cell phones, GPS devices, etc. should be removed from plain sight and locked securely in the vehicle’s trunk or hidden storage compartment.  Vehicles should always be locked when left unattended.