Rebel Traders      sc        Are job losses actually worse than expected?    BTE (Better Than Expected) has been the norm these last times' Pushing the market always higher. Now, how about some WTE (Worse Than Expected)? -- The earnings of BAC and of GE this morning have left some bitter taste for the bulls as BAC pulled up a huge loss and GE did not perform as well as could have been expected...

Mac Slavo -- Seeking Alpha      The greatest depression is coming    Good times will not be returning any time soon. -- We continue to lose jobs month over month. And, while the statistics being released are showing a slow down, this is basically a fabrication. There are thousands of people falling off of unemployment compensation each week...

Tom Tancredo -- WorldNetDaily.com      Obama's submission to radical Islam    In a speech in Egypt this June, President Obama proclaimed, "I have come here to seek a new beginning between the U.S. and Muslims around the world, one based upon mutual interest and mutual respect." Obama's "new beginning" is a euphemism for the first steps in the Islamification of America...

Robert Cruickshank -- London Guardian      From Golden State to failed state    California has become a failed state. Its political system is unable to resolve a financial crisis that has prevented us from using government to end high unemployment and restore the California dream. -- California's crisis is by no means unique. Other states face serious budget problems, including Pennsylvania and New York... [See Cal Meltdown Watch]

Claude Cartaginese -- David Horowitz / NewsReal Blog       sc      Amnesty now!    ...History has shown us that, after an amnesty, the rate of illegal border crossings increases. After the last amnesty bill in 1986, the US experienced a flood of new illegal aliens crossing the border. In the twenty-year period between 1985 and 2005, the number of illegal residents soared from an estimated 2-3 million to about 11 million.... [See Amnesty Watch]

Irish Central -- New York      Another meddling foreign official chimes in on illegals    The Irish population in America should rally around immigration reform, said Micheal Martin, Minister for Foreign Affairs, in New York on Saturday. Reform will take place in the first three months of 2010, and the question of [Irish illegal aliens] will be part of a comprehensive review of the immigration system [read: amnesty]... [More meddling by foreigners]

Christian Science Monitor      Sheriff Arpaio: I don't take orders from anybody    Much like the late Jefferson Parish, La., Sheriff Harry Lee did, Maricopa, Ariz., Sheriff Joe Arpaio walks the line between all-powerful baron and populist champion of law and order. -- On Friday, Immigration and Customs Enforcement told Mr. Arpaio to stop using the authority of the federal 287g program...

Lori Stacey -- The Examiner      Global government is in the global climate treaty     Perhaps only approximately 10 million Americans are fully aware of the deliberately orchestrated and incremental move toward creating a World Government that has been progressing over the last several decades. -- It has not mattered if we had a Republican or a Democrat in the White House... [See Obama Watch and NWO Treason Watch]

Houston Chronicle      Police in illegal alien-bloated Houston won't screen for illegals    The Houston Police Department will not participate in a controversial immigration screening program, federal officials said on Friday, ending a months-long saga over the city's plans. -- Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials had designated this week as the national deadline for agencies to sign recently revamped agreements... [See Sanctuary Watch]

Laura Armstrong -- Marietta (Ga.) Daily Journal      Attention ACLU: In America, the law applies to everybody    The woman was wary when her husband decided to drive through Cobb one evening not long ago. As she bathed her children, she had a premonition something had happened. -- Then the phone rang. -- I need you to get some money," her husband said. "I need $149.50, exact change, in cash. You must come here to the Kennesaw jail and pay, tonight."

Drew McKissick -- Conservative Outpost     Right-wingers, conspiracies and racists, oh my!    The more things change, the more they stay the same. -- When political times get tough for liberal Democrats in Washington, conservative conspiracies are the bogeymen of choice. -- Back in 1998 when things got tough for Bill Clinton, Hillary declared that there was a “vast right-wing conspiracy” looking to bring her husband down...

Los Angeles Times      ICE-local immigration partnership to remain    Despite continuing criticism about the program, authorities announced Friday that 67 local and state law enforcement agencies across the country would continue enforcing immigration law under special agreements with the federal government, but that they would be subject to more oversight...

Associated Press           Tijuana police find 2nd body hanging from bridge     Tijuana, BCN, Mex. -- Police in this northern Mexican border city found a man's nude, mutilated body hung by the neck from an expressway overpass Saturday, the second such grisly discovery in nine days...

Los Angeles Daily News     Here's Your "Change": County's jobless rate up to 12.7 percent    The employment picture grew bleaker in September in Los Angeles County and across the state, with the local jobless rate hitting a record 12.7 percent and discouraged Californians giving up their search for work. -- Friday's report from the California Employment Development Department said the county's unemployment rate jumped from 12.2 percent...

Right Side News -- Kennesaw, Ga.      Ron Paul takes on RINO Lindsey Graham    We ordinarily try to analyze news AFTER it happens, but in this case we can't wait. We think we know the gist of what Congressman Ron Paul (R-Tex) is going to say and it is not all that much different than what we have been offering on these pages. Of course a good deal of our perspective is Paulian anyway...