Archive for November 13th, 2011

Reuters November 13, 2011 Anti-Wall Street protesters in several U.S. cities on Saturday faced orders by officials to leave their camps, as police made arrests in St. Louis, Salt Lake City and Denver. Police arrested 27 St. Louis demonstrators at a downtown plaza early on Saturday for curfew violations, authorities said. Authorities in Salt... »

Washington’s Blog November 13, 2011 Top Military Commander and Courts Support Right to Protest In response to comments from those supporting the police crackdowns on peaceful protesters exercising their constitutional rights but violating local ordinances (see comments here), reader Purplemuse writes: The Constitution supersedes local ordinances that are being used to OBSTRUCT 1st Amendment... »

By Tyler Durden ZeroHedge.com 11/13/2011 The ‘tragedy of the commons’ or ‘free-rider’ dilemma of game theoretical cocktail parties is a great framework for considering the current tug-of-war between individual sovereign fiscal actions among the European Union and the over-arching monetary policy of the ECB. If the ECB is dovish and too many states decide... »

by Tyler Durden ZeroHedge.com 11/12/2011 We have long mocked and ridiculed the Fed for being the ultimate ponzi instrument: after all, why worry, when your central bank will buy up almost three trillion in US paper in about 2 years (a very comforting fact for US politicians who never have to fear that those... »