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November 4, 2011

White House won't comply with Solyndra Subpoenas

Rogue. (h/t Mark Levin)

Cain's accuser's lawyer says it is "innacurate" to call the settlement agreement his client received a "severance agreement"

He also suggests that multiple complaints suggest a pattern of sexual harassment. “Where there’s smoke, there’s fire,” he noted. Best I can tell, the question over the nature of the type of settlement — the former NRA Board head said he thought these severance agreements, a fact also reported by the NYT — and the suggestion that Cain knew specifics of the allegation, are the only two big takeaways from

"More mumbo-jumbo from Dems on taxes, stimulus"

Racist: Washington Democrats constantly demand tax increases because they are addicted to Big Government. How else to account for Obama’s repeated declarations that “we can’t wait” for Congress to pass another $449 billion economic stimulus jobs program, even though the previous one under Obama poured $757 billion down a rat hole without putting a dent in America’s near-depression levels of unemployment. The latest Democratic jobs program would be “paid for”

"FCC moves ahead with plans to require full disclosure for broadcast advertisers"

The attack on private-sector capitalism — and, as such, free enterprise itself — continues apace. Cronyism is refigured as universalism; stifling speech is refigured as transparency. Notes Jon Henke in an email: I cannot emphasize this enough. The whole “Occupy Wall Street” thing is being used as the tip of the spear for more regulations and legislation aimed at eliminating the ability of capitalists to defend themselves against the (“non-profit”)

"Cain's accuser's attorney 'expects to have an agreement' with National Restaurant Association by mid afternoon"

Politico. So. The lawyer for an accuser — her special pleader — will be allowed to release a statement on behalf of an accuser who will still remain anonymous, with said release based on accusations sealed in an agreement Cain has never seen and didn’t sign, stemming from a case that was never adjudicated, the outcome of which was a severance agreement, not a “harassment settlement”. And we’ll then have

Michael Moore Visits Occupy Denver

Roads and people hoping to find pork rinds hardest hit: Moore, who has been involved in the Occupy movement since it’s early days in September when there was only an Occupy Wall Street in New York, was enthusiastic about the early popularity of the movement. He cited a recent National Journal poll saying, “59 percent of the American public supports the goals and the aims of the Occupy Wall Street

Uncle Jack, the Ripper?

Was a surgeon to Queen Victoria also Jack the Ripper? A relative says yes. Nothing definitive, but I find this mystery fascinating. My favorite theory: Lewis Carroll as the Ripper. Something so dark about the idea that London women were butchered by half-deaf, stammering logician who spent much of his time in the company of little girls. (h/t VerumSerum)

Here's my take

Calling Herman Cain a “jive talking huckster” — one who has somehow fooled conservatives into taking a shine to him — is not only silly, but it’s condescending, to boot. Like him or hate him, believe he’s informed and polished enough to lead the nation or not, the fact of the matter is, Cain — by dint of being a business outsider interloping into GOP politics — was able to