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The article focuses on the possibility for a second Occupy Wall Street (OWS) protest movement, particularly in the U.S., as the Media Foundation recommends its demonstration participants to regroup and plan in the spring of 2012. It notes the eviction of the OWS camps in New York, Oakland, Portland, and Oregon. The author further highlights the Americans' participation in the movement despite the lack of knowledge in its aims.

The article focuses on the empathy given by the local residents of Lower Manhattan in New York City to Occupy Wall Street (OWS). The author describes the favor that they give to Community Board 1 (CB1) and the New York State legislature. It is believed that the empathy towards OWS is completely inappropriate for a nation of laws and not men.

The article reports that Ron Paul is the topic of discussions at Zuccotti Park in New York City. The author presents the key reasons for this trend which include the "End of Fed" stance and the opposition to the wars. He also discusses the similarity between Paul and the average anti-capitalist utopian occupier although he believes that those motivated by righteous indignation must join together.

The author argues that many demonstrators in the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) movement are unable to establish exactly who their targets are. Their belief that the so-called "1 percent" is composed of the rich who are allegedly corrupting the America's democratic principles is considered. The author also describes how the demonstrators' reluctance to blame any single person is becoming obvious in New York City's Zuccotti Park, where some successful businesspeople are holding counter-protests.

The article deals with the impact of demonstrations by the members of the Occupy London Stock Exchange (OLSX) movement on St. Paul's cathedral in London, England. St. Paul's dean Right Reverend Graeme Knowles is said to be regretting his decision to be lenient on the demonstrators as they have occupied the place leading to the closure of the cathedral for the first time since 1940. According to the author, the closure of St. Paul's reduces its revenue and increases the risk of fire.

The article focuses on a debate between residents and occupiers at a meeting in Lower Manhattan, New York. The meeting is said to be aimed at striking a balance between protester and resident and reading a resolution about the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) movement. One resident complained that occupiers were affecting the quality of his life. According to the author, the occupiers failed to recognize that they were given a chance to justify their practice of trespassing on private property.

The article explores the Occupy Wall Street protests, which the author describes as angry rebels without a cause and is composed of young people who only missed Woodstock and older generations who laments their naive political ideas. Charles P. Pierce in an "Esquire" article revealed that the protests are omni-directional, however they do appear inchoate. Douglas Rushkoff of CNN described the protests as the first true Internet-era movement in the U.S.

The author discusses rumors and accusations against former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin in the book "The Rogue: Searching for the Real Sarah Palin," by Joe McGinnis. Palin is accused in the book of being a Christian Dominionist who wants to put Christian extremists into high political positions. She is described as being both a racist and not a racist in relation to her choice of colleges and her alleged past relationship with basketball player Glen Rice.

The article focuses on the crisis in the European Union as of September 16, 2011. It makes reference to a report in the "New York Times" which argued that the Eurozone would eventually be something like a United States of Europe. The author argues against those who are allegedly drawing inspiration on Euro-federalism to from the U.S. experience, citing the differences in cultural, political and economic outlooks between the American colonies and the members of the European Union.

The article discusses the disposal of dead bodies in a sustainable and green manner. It cites a process developed by a Scottish company, that literally liquefies human bodies. This system was successfully tested in Australia. Florida is the first U.S. state that employs the process after an Ohio state court issued an injunction against the process. Other green solution proposed is to freeze dry the body with liquid nitrogen and then vibrating it until it breaks into fragments.

The article explains the decision of London mayor Boris Johnson to ban children from watching shooting in the 2012 London Olympics. It offers an explanation of the rising gun-crime rate in the city, which is the main reason behind the banning. The author believes that the mayor should be targeting the criminals themselves rather than creating policies that do not directly address the problem.

The author comments on New York city mayor Michael Bloomberg's plan to expand the camera network in the city by putting cameras on every corner of the city. Bloomberg defends that the plan will help in enforcing traffic rules. The author points that Americans are uncomfortable with intrusion and there is a strong case against enforcing cameras based on the Constitution.

The author contends that the 2011 riots in London, England were the inevitable consequence of the neglect of youth by their parents, schools and the British government. It is argued that the anarchy during the riots had nothing to do with the initial issue of a man being shot dead by the police. The steady development of an underclass for many years due to the government's fealty to liberal economics is also considered.

The article enumerates the excesses of U.S. Transport Security Administration (TSA) agents during airport screening procedures. Agents at Philadelphia Airport in Pennsylvania forced disabled four-year-old Ryan Thomas to walk through the scanner without his leg-braces. Elderly business traveler Penny Moroney claimed that an agent touched her breasts and genitals during screening. Mentally challenged Drew Mandy was questioned about his adult diaper at Detroit Metro Airport in Michigan.