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The Occupiers are back - but does anybody really care?

After spending 2011 near the top of the news, Occupy Wall Street finds itself in a struggle to regain relevance as a grassroots protest against what they term “corporate greed and Washington corruption."

The Occupiers hope to get back some of last years momentum during a nationwide May Day protest.

The photo shows part of the unkempt Occupy 2011 Manhattan encampment.

With the presidential candidates ignoring the Occupiers and the ugly protests in Europe relatively quiet for now, this is a pivotal moment for the Occupy movement either to return to their 2011 stature, or risk being written off as a non-factor in the national scene.

Occupiers complained about how the mainstream media covered their protests in 2011 by focusing more on arrests and crime in their filthy encampments than the actual message they were trying to convey.

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Whistleblower: Obama Justice Department “gone wild”

From a report at the link below:

Unless voter integrity efforts take root this year, the notion of free and fair elections could become a relic of American history, Catherine Engelbrecht warned listeners during the True the Vote National Summit in Houston, Texas yesterday. Engelbrecht, who is the president and founder of the organization, cited specific instances throughout the country where the number of voters listed on registration rolls exceeded the actual number of eligible voters. She also said it was far too easy for non-citizens to obtain voter registration forms.

"The next few months are critical to the telling of our story," she said. "Our goal is the make the 2012 elections the freest and fairest the country has ever seen." Engelbrecht acknowledged this is a tall order. The various pressure groups opposed to photo identification requirements are very well funded and well organized. But they are not on the side of public opinion.

The latest survey from Rasmussen finds that 64 percent of likely U.S. voters see voter fraud as a serious problem. The same survey also reports that 73 percent of Americans do not view photo ID laws as being discriminatory.

Anita MonCrief is a former ACORN/Project Vote employee, turned conservative activist. MonCrief says the collusion between President Obama's Department of Justice and far left pressure groups that are out to block voter fraud investigations and intimidate state officials is real and a major point of her speech at the True the Vote National Summity in Houston.

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Anita MonCrief (pictured) is being sued for $5 million by the ACORN connected Project Vote for being an election fraud whistleblower as reported at the second link below.

The Democrat Party and Obama’s Justice Department have actively embraced ACORN’s voter fraud activists.

As we have said before - this is not your father’s Democrat Party.

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Ron Paul sill in race: claims Louisiana caucus victory

This must mean Libertarian Ron Paul is actually still in the Republican presidential primary race. Who knew?

It appears Ron Paul (pictured below) is targeting youth but how old will Ron Paul be when the girl shown above is old enough to vote?

From a report at the link below:

The Paul campaign said the candidate won “four and a half of six congressional district caucuses, securing 111 of 150 — or 74 percent — of (the) delegates” allocated as part of Saturday’s district caucus process.

“Ron Paul’s victory shows his delegate-attainment strategy is working and demonstrates that the media and Washington pundits are underestimating his influence in the nominating process,” said Ron Paul 2012 national campaign manager John Tate.

But does it really matter? How many delegates does Ron Paul have? Most media reports will only say Paul has less than 100.

The AP graph above shows Ron Paul with 80 delegates.

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Australian billionaire to build another Titanic

Titanic II plans unveiled | euronews, world news.

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One of Australia's richest men, Clive Palmer, on Monday unveiled plans to build a 21st century version of the doomed Titanic in China, with its first voyage from England to New York set for 2016.

It will be every bit as luxurious as the original Titanic but of course it will have state-of-the-art 21st century technology and the latest navigation and safety systems

Palmer, a self-made mining billionaire, said he had commissioned state-owned Chinese company CSC Jinling Shipyard to construct Titanic II with the same dimensions as its predecessor.

FDA may allow patients to buy drugs without prescriptions

From a report at the link below:

In a move that could help the government trim its burgeoning health care costs, the Food and Drug Administration may soon permit Americans to obtain some drugs used to treat conditions such as high blood pressure and diabetes without obtaining a prescription.

The move may save costs for the government costs could add to patients’ out-of-pocket costs. These drugs would then be classed as over-the-counter drugs and not covered by insurance.

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Jimmy Kimmel roasts Keith Olbermann and Al Gore in absentia

At Saturday night's White House Correspondents' Dinner, Jimmy Kimmel said some pretty mean things about Keith Olbermann's absence.

First, he instructed attendees to check under their seats for the recently ousted Current TV host's résumé before asking, "Is Keith here tonight?" (No, he wasn't.) And he did not stop there.

"Limo wouldn’t pick him up? The thing about Keith Olbermann is he’s so likable."

The Limousine crack related to Olbermann’s reliance on a leased car and driver. Olbermann does not drive because he lost depth perception in his vision due to an accident in 1980.

Keith Olbermann and Al Gore

Back to the Kimmel unintentional intentional roast

"Al Gore launched Current TV in 2005 and it took off like a North Korean rocket," Kimmel continued. "To be honest, I didnt even know Current TV was still on the air, but then I don’t get channel a million."

After a few more weeks of skewering Olbermann, he will probably fade into the sunset. He has burned too many bridges to be hired. Besides, he is really no longer relevant.

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Report Gingrich to leave presidential race on Wednesday

Newt Gingrich reportedly plans to formally exit the Republican presidential race on Wednesday.

The campaign earlier had been expected to make the exit official on Tuesday, but has pushed the announcement back by a day.

The former House speaker may endorse presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney, something Rick Santorum has not yet done.

Newt will then retreat back into the irrelevance from which he came.

Occupy gangs to snarl city traffic on May Day

Occupy protesters plan to target bridges, tunnels and finance business buildings on May Day. Mayor Bloomberg vows quick police response.

The photo shows 2011 Occupy protesters in New York

Using websites and pamphlets, OWS organizers are urging people to help block traffic at bridge and tunnel ports to slow people going to work on May 1st.

“No work, no school, no shopping, now housework, no compliance,” reads a posting on one OWS-related website. “If you can’t strike call in sick. If you can’t call in sick hold a slow down.”

These are the people President Obama called “usefull.” Nancy Pelosi said of the Wall Street protesters, “God bless them.”

New York Mayor Bloomberg said people have a right to protest but they don’t have the right to disrupt other people.

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Wartime Presidents - then and now

Yale professor: housing may not rebound for generation

The Housing market is likely to remain weak and may take a generation or more to rebound, Yale economics professor Robert Shiller told Reuters Insider on Tuesday.

"I worry that we might not see a really major turnaround in our lifetimes," Shiller said.

Shiller, the co-creator of the Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller home price index, said a weak labor market, high gas prices and a general sense of unease among consumers was outweighing low mortgage rates and would likely keep a lid on prices for the foreseeable future.

The S&P/Case-Shiller composite index of 20 metropolitan areas gained 0.2 percent in February on a seasonally adjusted basis, the first uptick in prices in 10 months.

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