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Are You Ready? This Week Is Going to Be Huge in the World… And Here’s Why

Big Events Happening Week of April 30: PMI Report, May Day, and French Elections

Occupy is planning a May 1st, "May Day," general strike to cripple the country.

As much of the country thaws out and heads into spring and, in some places, early summer, the temptation may be to think major news is packing its bags and headed for its vacation home. It’s not. And this upcoming week will blast you back to reality.

(Related: What are the Occupiers planning for tomorrow‘s massive ’May Day’ protest?)

Intrepid financial writer Joe Weisenthal over at Business Insider has put together a list of what’s happening this week and is calling it “one of the biggest weeks that anyone can remember.” That’s a bold statement, but he has the information to back it up. Here’s what he says:

Monday, April 30 is probably going to be the quietest day,  but even that will be stacked. On the US economy front, we’ve got fresh data for  Personal Income & Spending, the Chicago PMI  Report, and the Dallas Fed Manufacturing Outlook Survey. There’s also a boatload  of earnings that day, as there will be every other day next week.

Tuesday, May 1 is another big day for meaty data. In the US  we get the ISM Manufacturing Index, Construction Spending, and auto sales. Auto  sales are particularly important to us, as they make for a great barometer for  employment (which we’ll find out a lot more about later in the week). ALSO on  Tuesday we get the beginning of one of the most exciting days for the economy:  Global PMI Day. That’s when all the countries have their April PMI reports  released. It will really kick off with a bang, when the Chinese Manufacturing  PMI comes out at 10:30 US time. Actually, Japanese and South Korean numbers come  out a bit earlier in the evening, so that’s technically when things will kick  off.

Wednesday, May 2 will see a continuation of the PMI  releases. In the early hours of the US day, we’ll get fresh numbers for all of  the European economies. Then in the US that day we get Factory Orders and the  ADP jobs report, a key preview for Friday’s main-event Non-Farm Payrolls Report.  And remember, there are tons of earnings throughout.

Thursday, May 3 will see the entrance of the central banks.  The ECB is meeting in Barcelona, and will make its latest monetary policy  decision at 7:45 AM ET. It is possible that we’ll get some movement, or a chance  in policy. The Eurozone is clearly on the skids, economically, and a rate cut is  called for. The Mario Draghi press conference at 8:30 AM ET will be scrutinized  to see what, if anything, he says about the surge in rates in Spain and Italy  and so forth. There‘s been a growing din about ’growth’ in Europe, and how to  make it happen. We’ll see if Draghi moves the ball forward on this front. In the  US on Thursday we get initial jobless claims (which have been uncomfortably high  three weeks in a row), productivity data, and the ISM Services report.

Friday, May 4 brings the granddaddy of economic reports: The  Jobs Report. The current estimate is for just 162K new jobs created… which  would definitely signal a downshift from the recent trend. Of course, there’s  tons of sub-data within the jobs report that will be picked over like crazy.

So that’s the end of the workweek, but the busy week doesn’t end  there!

Big Events Happening Week of April 30: PMI Report, May Day, and French Elections

French Socialist candidate Francois Hollande, who is poised to win the country's election at the end of the week.

Sunday, May 6 is elections day! There’s the French election  of course. Francois Hollande is the overwhelming favorite to replace  conservative Nicolas  Sarkozy, potentially throwing a huge monkeywrench into Europe’s plan to  place every country into a fiscal straitjacket. Also there are Greek elections,  and they’re arguably more important than the French ones. If the two main  parties fail to secure a majority in Parliament, watch out! There’s also a  chance we’ll see an upsurge in support for the nationalists. And even that’s not  it. Italy has regional elections that go from May 6 to May 7, and that will  prove to be a major test of Monti’s ability to push reforms. Between the three  countries, it‘s possible we’ll see a major negative shift against the status  quo.

Francois Hollande, who Weisenthal calls the “overwhelming favorite” to become France’s next president, isn’t just any candidate — he’s a socialist candidate. In fact, he’s throwing around the idea of a 75 percent tax on the country’s wealthy (he believes it’s “patriotic”).  Add that to an already-shaky European economy, and our previous report that “Sarkozy and Germany‘s Chancellor Angela Merkel have been the main architects of Europe’s efforts to avoid a collapse of the region’s shared currency,” and this week could be one that the continent’s fragile economy will soon want to forget.

But if that isn’t enough cold water on your face, consider this: May 1 (Tuesday) is also the beginning of the Occupy movement’s “May Day” general strike, which is encouraging the masses to walk out of school and work and refrain from banking and commerce. You can count on seeing several stories about its developments (and antagonistic tactics) throughout the week. Officials in Seattle already fear violence, while New York City is dealing with threats from Occupiers to shut down bridges and tunnels.

Rest up. We have a long week ahead.

UPDATE:

We should also mention that May 2 is the one year anniversary of the killing of Osama bin Laden. An Associated Press piece notes that while Al Qaeda is severely hampered, it still hopes to avenge the death of its leader, and U.S. citizens abroad have been warned about possible retaliation on Wednesday.

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  • lassiegirldawn
    Posted on April 30, 2012 at 1:43am

    Look what happened in Egypt and the rest of the arab spring crap.

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    • Miami
      Posted on April 30, 2012 at 1:51am

      Yes, by all means don’t show up to work, and receive a pink slip.

      If I where still teaching if any of my students missed class this day, I’d flunk them out of my class.

      These Coffeehouse Marxist have NO understanding to the cost of their Marxism, one day in their Marxist Utopia and they would plead for Capitalism. Just like the Socialist who gave their lives the night of long knives. Even Castro’s band of fouls, who gave their lives for the cause, by fighting or get knifed in the back.

      By all means be mindless hoards, lead to the slaughter

      Miami  
    • Economist
      Posted on April 30, 2012 at 8:25am

      Yes Obama and Romney are the pretty much the same people. There is only about a 10% difference between them:

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWDJEc92d38&feature=player_embedded

      Problem is that we will have an economic collapse within the next 5 years that will make the last one look like nothing. Most likely we are seeing a currency issue when the FED is FORCED to stop printing to support our currency. This will be very very bad soon with interest rates in the 20% range and inflation completely robbing savers out of their money.

      Important to note that both Obama and Romney policies are the same on these matters, the fed QE printing will be THE SAME. The spending cuts that Romeny will encact will amount to rounding errors and will make little difference.

      So ask yourselves? Do you want the collapse to be on the watch of a “overt” socalist (Obama) or a “covert” socalist (Romney)? If we have the collapse that big under (Romney) the misinformed guise of “Capitalism”, the supid public will all say “see captalism doesn’t work we need more command, controls, regualtion etc. which will lead to total communism.

      If we have the collapse under Obama it will be blamed on his policies completely this time. THere will be no more “Bush’s fault” It will be the death nail in socailism.

      Unfortionately, I think we need a “major fail” to get us back to our founding roots. The risky thing is with economic collapses are that they can very quickly turn to tota

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    • Miami
      Posted on April 30, 2012 at 8:42am

      Economist

      What are you smoking…?

      Paul is a one trick pony with the Fed, just like the foolish OWS A- – clowns pushing Communism or Socialism without thinking through the consequences of their utopia. Bring it under control, Yes but Closing it would cause havoc and put the money in the hands of Wall street gamblers

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    • loriann12
      Posted on April 30, 2012 at 8:49am

      The hugest difference between Obama and Romney is that Romney isn’t a Marxist/communist and Obama is. Romeny may flip-flop between being a moderate and a conservative depending on who he wants to vote for him, but at least he doesn’t want to destroy America. Even if you’re conspiracy minded and believe in the White Horse Prophecy of the Mormons, he would be out to SAVE the constitution, not destroy it. Obama wants to destroy America and the whole capitalist system. Why has he not come out and condemned violence on May 1st? His silence speaks volumns.

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    • TJeff1
      Posted on April 30, 2012 at 8:58am

      Miami,

      Not smoking anything. Quite frankly… you are wrong. Ending the FED can be done and should be done. The corruption stems from those that benift from the manipulated system as it is now. This system is what keeps the wealth in the hands of the few at the expense of purchasing power of the lower classes. I have been studying this for 30 years and know what I am talking about. You need to learn Austrian Economics and stop listening to the mainstream media hype.

      The system is failing because of the FED manipulation not the otherway around.

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    • Economist
      Posted on April 30, 2012 at 9:01am

      Miami,

      LOL not smoking anything either. The FED is the problem. I aggree with TJEFF you need to learn economics. The system is broken and will collapse because of the “Central Bank” policies do not let a “market system” emerge.

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    • ENDtheFED2012
      Posted on April 30, 2012 at 9:02am

      >>>>> BREAKING NEWS <<<<<

      A Spanish Vote Counting Company ( named SCYTL ) was bought by George Soros and will be counting the electronic votes in 26 States for the 2012 Presidential Election.

      Why hasn't the BLAZE covered this NEWS yet? They better get on it !!!

      Read more about it here…….
      http://www.westernjournalism.com/spanish-company-will-count-american-votes-overseas-in-november/

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    • Cerealface
      Posted on April 30, 2012 at 9:14am

      1st of May – jonathan coulton

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    • Dcjones
      Posted on April 30, 2012 at 9:22am

      Miami,

      There should not be a policy of “Bringing the FED in control” The only policy should be complete destruction of the FED. The market works great when it is allowed to. Hard money is the best regulator of the banks and keeps the wealth in the people that produce instead of manipulate the financial assets.

      PLEASE WATCH THIS TO WAKE UP

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lu_VqX6J93k

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    • Economist
      Posted on April 30, 2012 at 9:37am

      Miami,

      The problem with the FED is many….

      Even thought they are directly stealing your purchasing power and giving it to the Government which is bad enough, there are many things the FED does which makes the market not function properly:

      Here is one for thought:

      Problem here is that the fed policies have completely skewed the necessary feedback mechanism that a market interest rate yield curve induces. How are the actors in the economic society supposed to know how to properly allocate their production over time if “ALL” of the interest rates are manipulated and skewed to some arbitrary number that the “all knowing” and almighty FED decrees.
      Problem is that they can not.

      Example:
      A lower long term interest rate is supposed to imply more savings in the society, therefore indicating producers to take on long term projects that will satisfy the deferred consumption (savings) in the future. As opposed to a higher interest rate will indicate producers allocate the limited resources to the short term. These “interest rates” are not arbitrary numbers, but are necessary to society to produce goods efficiently over time. The fed has pushed all rates down! even though there is no savings and is printing to make up for this. To say that this economy is a free market with the FED and is not a bubble is naïve and laughable.

      Please people learn economics… our future depends on informed individuals.

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    • Loki
      Posted on April 30, 2012 at 9:37am

      omg…. the 99% wont work…
      i wont be able to get my mc griddle in the morning..
      i wont be able to get my venti frapachinno at lunch
      then i wont be able to get my whopper and fries before i go home…

      and i wont be seeing the beggers in the mall, the lazy sitting on the free wifi at starbucks, of the college students stading around getting an “education”

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    • johnjamison
      Posted on April 30, 2012 at 9:48am

      Have you seen the quality of students that ours schools are producing…I say yeah don’t show up and have the schools close for a year….It won’t make a difference and it will show how little you are needed. Fact is with the internet in homes teachers are as useless as tittees on a bullfrog. They are obsolete like steam engines,and phone booths…things of the past

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    • mils
      Posted on April 30, 2012 at 9:59am

      I believe obama is out to destroy our country
      I do not believe mitt is out to destroy our country.
      I believe obama will do as his mentors tell him ,as his only life experiences related to to a job was handing out flyers and voting “present” as a part time senator
      I blieve mitt will run this country as successfully as many of his businesses…he has hired, fired when necessary, many people and created many jobs and delt with countless ego..successfully
      You may not believe there is a difference..I DO..
      .Obama cares about the middle east and his black friends ,
      mitt cares about america, period.
      Huge difference

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    • Cemoto78
      Posted on April 30, 2012 at 10:06am

      These stupid protests better not affect the huge order of ammo being shipped to me or I am going to be ticked off.

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    • Natures_God
      Posted on April 30, 2012 at 10:32am

      @ END THE FED 2012
      The Blaze keeps deleting your posts.
      The real Ron Paul delegate count being 591…nice! Go Ron Paul.
      The Blaze won’t cover that story about George Soros and the Spanish Voting Company counting the 2012 Presidential election votes.
      We all know Romney is a draft dodger. Romney is a progressive-lite PUNK!
      I didn’t know that about the 10 planks of communism. I’m gonna check it out.
      Thanks for the real news. Keep up the good work.
      -
      Go Ron Paul.

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    • ChildOfTheKing
      Posted on April 30, 2012 at 10:50am

      Blah, blah, blah……….THIS IS AN ABOMINATION to everything the Lord tells us in the Bible, and I happen to believe in Jesus Christ. If you do not, then you are already LAWLESS.

      ChildOfTheKing  
    • Black Tiger
      Posted on April 30, 2012 at 12:15pm

      I agree with Miami on the “Coffeehouse Marxists” remark. Most of these idiots have lived so good so far in this country, that they have absolutely no idea how bad it can get if they go on with their Marxist Utopian dream…

      Just ask any Cuban American that lived through the Cuban Revolution or any Cambodian American that lived through Pol Pot and the “Killing Fields”; their ignorance of history will lead to their own demise and they are so blind to the grim realities, that they are walking (like sheep) into the slaughterhouse.

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    • SavvyCowboy
      Posted on April 30, 2012 at 12:19pm

      @MIAMI – you are 100% dead-on!!! These dolts know not for what they yearn lest they be the first lead to slaughter/purge. Every dictator murders his/her closest “followers” first because that dictator knows if those “inner circle friends” worked to over-throw the previous form of government, they’ll work even harder to over-throw the “utopian” government once they “discover” their utopia is a large pile of canine excrement steaming in the hot sun.

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    • lornaduwn
      Posted on April 30, 2012 at 12:21pm

      Endthefed2012:

      The Blaze has not covered this story because it is not based on fact. Snopes has debunked it! Congress has not approved e-mail voting for 2012, as there were too many problems in the test run of 2010. Only 4 states have a contract with SCYTL but not for their use in vote tabulation. Also, there hasn’t been any proof that George Soros owns it. (Although Spooky Dude does have a way of hiding things.)

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    • cfreedom
      Posted on April 30, 2012 at 1:11pm

      The article did n’t even mention May 3rd as A NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER. I‘m surprised obama didn’t try to cancel it again. Will the press even notice? Probably not, they will still be talking about the 99% and Osama.

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    • teamarcheson
      Posted on April 30, 2012 at 1:48pm

      No sex and no drugs. Our police departments a waiting.

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    • MIBUGNU2
      Posted on April 30, 2012 at 3:34pm

      I’m going to look for a Job tomorrow, and do my grocery shopping..

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    • TurkE
      Posted on April 30, 2012 at 4:54pm

      Is it just me or has anyone else noticed that these crazy lefties are always advertising their desire to “fist” everyone and everything, both literally and figuratively? Just look at the posters they are hanging up. All I can say is “OUCH”, who wants any of that?

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    • TH30PH1LUS
      Posted on May 1, 2012 at 5:01am

      “If all of this seems like a great deal of trouble, think what’s at stake. We are faced with the most evil enemy mankind has known in his long climb from the swamp to the stars. There can be no security anywhere in the free world if there is no fiscal and economic stability within the United States. Those who ask us to trade our freedom for the soup kitchen of the welfare state are architects of a policy of accommodation.” ~ Ronald Reagan

      “Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy.” ~ Mao Tse-Tung

      “Communism teaches and seeks two objectives: unrelenting class warfare and the complete eradication of private ownership” ~ Pope Pius XI

      “How do you tell a communist? Well, it’s someone who reads Marx and Lenin. And how do you tell an anti-Communist? It’s someone who understands Marx and Lenin.” ~ Ronald Reagan

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  • lassiegirldawn
    Posted on April 30, 2012 at 1:41am

    These idiots have no idea what is going to happen to them after their usefulness is over. Do they realize that the commie or muslim regime will not allow this for one second when they are in power. These useful idiots have no idea.

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    • ronin_6
      Posted on April 30, 2012 at 2:49am

      They are never going to be in power

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    • Brooke Lorren
      Posted on April 30, 2012 at 5:24am

      I spent the last couple of months learning about Russian history… out of the leadership of Russia in the early Communist year, EVERYONE was killed in the purges that followed except two or three: one of them was Stalin, and another one was Trotsky, who was out of the country. Out of the two or three million rank and file Communists from the early years, at least 1 million of those were killed in the purge. If we’re repeating history, I certainly wouldn’t think favorably on those odds.

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    • disenlightened
      Posted on April 30, 2012 at 8:08am

      most of these so-called 99% don’t even work…they go to school, collect welfare or are paid to protest by unions…let them protest, they won’t hurt a thing….but if the get out of hand – - pound them.

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    • grimmy
      Posted on April 30, 2012 at 8:32am

      Let them strike, and or protest.And when they come into you fast food joint to eat, refuse to serve them if your a conservative owner.And if they ask why they cant get a happy meal, explaine to them you are protesting, the protesters…….Yea i know, that wont work,but then again, maybe the little bastards will go hungry…

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    • Quiata
      Posted on April 30, 2012 at 1:43pm

      @BROOKE Leon Trotsky was in fact hunted down and killed by Stalin’s assassins in Mexico in 1940.

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    • DIR
      Posted on April 30, 2012 at 1:46pm

      These Occupy idiots are less than 1 percent or the Amercan Scene. It’s media propoganda that makes these idiots look like a huge group waging a massive uprising. A couple of well placed spit balls would likely have them running for cover, back under the rocks from where they came. As for them eventually being thrown under the bus by their powers that be, that’s already happening. The media so wants something nasty to happen they can’t stand it and are doing everything they can to set the stage for it. The media want blood to flow, hoping a bunch of occupiers get snuffed so as to create a massive bloody confrontation. This occupy group is such a minority and made up of a bunch of loosers that it will take all of about 15 minutes to physically overthrow the movement. Eventually, if our officials don’t put a stop to these antics, upstanding citizens will effectively take matters into their own hands.

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    • Victory Not Vengeance
      Posted on April 30, 2012 at 10:56pm

      @Grimmy

      My local McDonald’s has a sign right under the menu boards that says “We reserve the right to refuse to serve any customer for any reason.”

      Now, truth be told, this store has had trouble with some of the sketchier elements in town: seems like the heat are out there with 3 squad cars on every other Saturday night as of late. But private businesses, in most cases, may 86 whomever they want.

      So, yeah…any business could refuse to serve Occupiers, in theory. In practice, not so much. When those malcontents have the courage of numbers, a collective attitude problem, and IQ’s to match their inseams, 86ing them might mean your store gets firebombed.

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  • wordweaver
    Posted on April 30, 2012 at 1:38am

    That’s one lousy piece of writing.

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    • AndySchmandy
      Posted on April 30, 2012 at 3:36am

      And where can we see your beautiful prose?

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    • Michael
      Posted on April 30, 2012 at 6:04am

      spell check doesn’t help when you just put in the wrong words…lol early Monday morning story give em a break.

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  • rlewispitt
    Posted on April 30, 2012 at 1:32am

    Dethaw??? wouldn’t that mean to freeze again, even if it was an actual word?
    Freakin’ illiterate moron!

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    • grayling646
      Posted on April 30, 2012 at 2:51am

      Sounds like he needs to unloosen that screw in his head.

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    • AndySchmandy
      Posted on April 30, 2012 at 3:35am

      Actually thaw and dethaw are interchangeable. Kind of like flammable and inflammable… same diff homie.

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  • grayling646
    Posted on April 30, 2012 at 1:26am

    I usually just do my job Monday thru Friday and and save the ‘honey do’ list, yard work and other chores for the weekend but Tuesday I’m gonna do my job and then come home and cut grass, wash my and my wife’s cars, scrub the toilets, reroof and paint the house, trim the shrubbery, weed and water the garden, help my neighbors, hold the door for a little blue haired lady and anything else I can find to do just to protest these useless SOB’s who are too lazy to work.
    Who’s with me?

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    • Wolf
      Posted on April 30, 2012 at 9:17am

      Good luck, Superman.

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    • mils
      Posted on April 30, 2012 at 11:09am

      I will be surprised if anything out of the ordinary happens here….too far from election date to have any real dust ups. Things like the LA riots are a little too early..maybe a few axxholes peeing in the streets, living in tents..the usual..
      So, I agree with you..our life will go on here,jobs, chores, dinner, bedtime..

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  • CJohnWest
    Posted on April 30, 2012 at 1:22am

    The, as they say, Scabs, better be at the coffee houses or the lefties are going to regret their strike! Beware the double latteless hipsters!

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  • cookcountypatriot
    Posted on April 30, 2012 at 1:06am

    oh gee ows i would love to help u out ,,,,but i gotta work

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    • Thomas
      Posted on April 30, 2012 at 1:20am

      The occupy people work???? lol

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    • janedough1
      Posted on April 30, 2012 at 10:03am

      My guess would be that since most of the “99%” are college students and homeless vagrants who don’t work anyway, no one is going to notice. I would imagine that no one will notice if they do less house work either, because anything times zero is zero. Calling themselves the 99% has already demonstrated that they aren’t very good at math.

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  • trueamerican40
    Posted on April 30, 2012 at 12:23am

    Who’s this reporter kidding? Every day since 2008 has been one he11 of a grinding war. Spiritually harrowing where one trial after another comes flooding in at different intervals. Do not despair, hope shall come on a November morning and besides, what doesn’t kill you, makes you wiser and stronger. Mr. despot, the people are going to tell you to leave…start booking your reservations for Cartegena. PS–take your socialist-communist brainwashed wife with you. Hallelujah!

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    • Wolf
      Posted on April 30, 2012 at 9:25am

      Dream on, True. As much as we’d dream it would be, it won’t happen. It‘s going to be a landslide and Romney’s going into oblivion with his head low. This country is doomed.

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  • colt1860
    Posted on April 30, 2012 at 12:03am

    May first?

    “The Bavarian Illuminati, an Enlightenment-era secret society founded on May 1, 1776. In more modern contexts the name refers to a purported conspiratorial organization which is alleged to mastermind events and control world affairs through governments and corporations to establish a [socialist] New World Order [global or international Government]… The movement was founded on May 1, 1776, in Ingolstadt (Upper Bavaria) as the Order of the Illuminati, with an initial membership of five, by Jesuit-taught Adam Weishaupt (d. 1830).”

    Political and Religious Foundations of The United States of America
    http://www.angelfire.com/la2/prophet1/america.html

    On May 6th, 1816, John Adams wrote to Thomas Jefferson stating, “I do not like the late Resurrection of the Jesuits. They have a General, now in Russia, in correspondence with Jesuits in the U.S. who are more numerous than everybody knows. Shall We not have Swarms of them here? In as many shapes and disguises as ever… In the shape of printers, Editors, Writers, School masters, etc. If ever any Congregation of men could merit, eternal Perdition on Earth and in Hell… it is this Company of Loyola.” (The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, Vol. XV, 1905, p. 17).

    On August 1st Jefferson replied: “I dislike, with you, their restoration, because it marks a retrograde step from light towards darkness.” (The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, Vol. XV, 1905, p. 58)

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  • fishandpoi
    Posted on April 29, 2012 at 11:52pm

    Look like they are planning for war? Well?
    War! huh-yeahWhat is it good for?Absolutely EVERYTHING- when the enemy is at your door… – Uh-huh…
    Come on, lets all say it together…in Jan 2013. Aloha, Obama and your peeps. Mahalo for NOTHING!!!
    Say it again….

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    • ishka4me
      Posted on April 30, 2012 at 12:04am

      If you have been following occupy live streams you will know that they have huge riots planned across the counry; at the sametime we have women groups protesting the war on women, college students protesting the war on college loans, we have the black panthers and nation of islam protesting zimmerman and guns. It is funny how the media, campaign obamaand occupy with the unions are united on every issue and culminating in national riots on the communist may day

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    • ishka4me
      Posted on April 30, 2012 at 12:07am

      how many commie doctors will provide fake sick notes so state, city and federal workers can riot with the occupiers?

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  • pwatkins
    Posted on April 29, 2012 at 11:27pm

    May 1 is my birthday so I guess all the occupiers will be celebrating for me while I have a peaceful prayer with my family thanking God for my 60 years of blessings He has provided me. Thank you Jesus for my life in the USA, One Nation under God.

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    • broker0101
      Posted on April 29, 2012 at 11:31pm

      What about “celebrating” this country’s bounty by going to work on 01MAY12? Or are you a retired Public School Teacher like my beloved parents?

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    • RLTW
      Posted on April 29, 2012 at 11:56pm

      Brok

      If that’s your issue, take it up with your parents, its obvious Dr. Spock played a big part in your upbringing.

      Be angry at them for your stupidity!

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    • wdittgasn
      Posted on April 30, 2012 at 1:19am

      All of these idiots that want to cause trouble are beyond STUPID!….They should be thankful for this great country that we have, instead they want to destroy it….They will not be happy until they are living in conditions like the North Koreans are…They think anarchy and communism is going to be good, FOOLS!!…….The birds are going to feast on their carrion!!!!!

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    • ree758
      Posted on April 30, 2012 at 7:47am

      Happy Birthday

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  • perry1980
    Posted on April 29, 2012 at 11:13pm

    ReCreate 68 starts on Tuesday

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    • DEFCON4
      Posted on April 30, 2012 at 12:02am

      PERRY1980 , IT’s Indeed the re-begining of the Summer of 1968!

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  • Captain Crunch
    Posted on April 29, 2012 at 10:55pm

    May 1st, pray this isn’t the day the Iranians murder Pastor Youcef ,and perhaps his entire family, because of that nut case Terry Jones burning a Koran on YouTube. What a fool!

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    • TheBurningTruth
      Posted on April 29, 2012 at 11:10pm

      Though I agree that Terry Jones is a nut case, that does NOT in anyway excuse or justify Iran’s criminal behavior in murdering anyone because of religion. Just linking the two opens the door for arguing against pursuing our own freedoms (it isn’t illegal to burn any book you own) to avoid offending some religious zealots elsewhere.

      Iran is responsible for what it does, not you, me, or even Terry Jones.

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    • Captain Crunch
      Posted on April 29, 2012 at 11:26pm

      If you’re life was in the balance, would you want someone offending your captors in an effort to gain your freedom? Put yourself in Pastor Youcefs’ shoes.

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    • db321
      Posted on April 29, 2012 at 11:38pm

      Heavenly Father – did you see Captain Crunches post – he hopes that Iran kills a Christian Pastor because of another Pastor burned the Koran – Please allow me to answer Captain Crunch Post – you will have your shot at him on Judgement Day.

      Crunch – The God above has already reserved the largest Mansion in Heaven for this Pastor and his family that has been persecuted and my lose his life just for doing Gods work. While it may be tragic, if Iran kills him – one moment in his after life will be for more peaceful and full of glory than all of your miserable 80 or so years on this earth.

      Don’t think for a moment – that angels don’t encamp around and about this pastor and his family. Right now Crunch – is Satan’s Moment – and the God of Abraham, Issac and Jacob is not leaning over the balconies of Heaven worried about Ahmadinejad and his threats. God has already given his answer – when the dust settles – Israel will still be standing. It gets even better, because Ahmadinejad, the Muslim Brother hood, and an anyone that supports them will be defeated and will stand before God on Judgement day!

      As for as the Pastor burning the Koran – that’s his deal – I don’t know enough about his message – I know I don’t want anything to do with the Koran that is written by a Child Molester – who is still in his grave until Judgement day – when Mohammed and everyone that has come against Israel will answer for their every Word and Deed – they have done in their life!

      God Bles

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    • Captain Crunch
      Posted on April 30, 2012 at 12:22am

      @DB321

      “…he hopes that Iran kills a Christian Pastor because of another Pastor burned the Koran”

      You need to read my post again. And you don’t sit on the Judgement Seat! Also everyone who is cheering on Terry Jones for burning a Koran on behalf of Pastor Youcef are just as responsible and complicit about his possible execution as the executioner. You can’t play head games with me. I know Who’s I am. And my judgements are sound based on the Word of God. There have been a lot of us who have been praying for this pastor and his family. His picture is my desktop background as a reminder to me to pray. It looks like the advisary has found a misguided brother to do his bidding in the person of Terry Jones. He has no common sense, no foresight, and I doubt he is in prayer about provoking the enemy. Terry Jones has now become eternally entwined with the fate of Pastor Youcef. Take caution on what side of the fence your feet land.

      I apologize for this off topic thread….

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  • Tusker00
    Posted on April 29, 2012 at 9:30pm

    And the mainstream media says the Tea Party is just over the top!!!!! WTF??????

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    • lbyrd26
      Posted on April 29, 2012 at 10:07pm

      According to banking recorss (federal) last year when the O.W.S. brought the banking industry down, they actually took out an average of 0.02 cents per checking account. This communist day plot will end up the same. It will be interesting to see how MSNBC spins it as a success. I can’t wait to hear Ed SHultz on this.

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    • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
      Posted on April 29, 2012 at 10:48pm

      @Tuskeroo – now watch for the Occupy bands, unions and Progressives and the admin to blame any and all chaos that results this week onward on the Tea Party with all the hype and airtime they are able to achieve. God help us for if he does not keep it in check this may well be the final chapter of freedom in the nation being written.

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  • soybomb315
    Posted on April 29, 2012 at 9:30pm

    notice that almost all the events are just data provided by the government….who cares

    we are in a recession and everyone feels it

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    • lukerw
      Posted on April 29, 2012 at 10:10pm

      We can save on Energy… by turning Off the Government Computers… for no one uses the Data… rather they just give us their number, and justify it with a new formula!

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    • OlefromMN
      Posted on April 29, 2012 at 10:25pm

      We are numb to the numbers. I will watch what the occupods do more than anything. Numbers can be corrected later. Violence can’t.

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    • CaliDreaming
      Posted on April 30, 2012 at 12:07am

      This is the same goverment dumping trillons to keep these numbers looking good through 2012. Don’t expect any big surprises, we are not dealing in reality.

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  • Dougral Supports Israel
    Posted on April 29, 2012 at 9:27pm

    I don’t have to work on Tuesday but I will be going to the mall to shop for at least 1 item this making myself a strike-breaker. I’ll be wearing my “Don’t Tread on Me” T-shirt for the benefit of any Occupiers that happen to be around. I don’t really expect any because I expect May 1 to be a yawner for most of the country.

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    • hatchetjob
      Posted on April 30, 2012 at 5:57pm

      I expect it to be a “yawner” also. Look at the Day of Rage (snore) this past November. And on a side note, I’ve been hearing from Beck (who I enjoy listening to) for the last 3 years of a possible financial collapse. If it’s going to happen, I wish it would happen already. I’m tired of preparing constantly.

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  • lassiegirldawn
    Posted on April 29, 2012 at 9:23pm

    Have to read a Canadian paper to get the truth, look at the secret service debacle. Canadian paper had what was really happening; our news media had a smoke screen.

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  • JackSprat
    Posted on April 29, 2012 at 9:23pm

    So much fun in so little time. Just what will our regime do to sweep all the debris under the rug. Orwell was spot on with ‘1984’, his timing was off by 28 years. I have the movie TIVO’d and plan on viewing this week just to get into the mood. I have to admit, it is been a good run for our Republic. I hope to see the best of what is good and decent of our citizenry in the near future. It is truly time to stare evil in the face and call its’ bluff!

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    • DEFCON4
      Posted on April 29, 2012 at 9:45pm

      Hey Jack tivoed on what channel?

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    • JackSprat
      Posted on April 29, 2012 at 10:08pm

      Recorded on Encore Mystery a few years back. William Hurt and Richard Burton are in it, it was released in 1984. It is available for rent at any DVD outlet.

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    • Fubared
      Posted on April 30, 2012 at 7:29am

      Netflix has it.

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    • Tracy Y. Andersen
      Posted on April 30, 2012 at 6:14pm

      Orwell’s title was simply the reverse of when he wrote the book — 1948 simply became 1984. Much like Glenn‘s statement that he doesn’t know the timing of things, forecasters like Orwell can’t know the future timing, but are usually pretty darned sure of just what is coming down the pike.

      We don’t know exactly when, but can see what is coming.

      Look out !!! Duck !!!

      Laus Deo

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    • Victory Not Vengeance
      Posted on April 30, 2012 at 11:17pm

      Even better: “Brazil.” Came out in ‘85, and some consider it the best sci-fi movie ever made. It’s got a very strong anti-authoritarian vibe, and arguably one of the best endings of any movie in cinematic history (depending on what version you see).

      Also has quite a few good quotes: “That is your receipt for your husband”; “Now they’ve got the whole country sectioned off, can’t make a move without a form”; “My complication had a little complication”; you get the idea. See it, and thank me later. Be warned, though: the final act is relentless, and doesn’t know when to quit.

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  • Rayblue
    Posted on April 29, 2012 at 9:14pm

    If you look at the poster it resembles the Maypole dance of Beltane.
    Appropriate.

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  • TRILO
    Posted on April 29, 2012 at 9:06pm

    If we are going to watch out for what is going on we sure will not get it on the mainstreet/cable government networks. No matter what data is presented the press will spin it into a positive story so no one will get the truth unless they actually search for it.

    Anyway, just go back to sleep little sheeple, Uncle Sam is taking care of you.

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  • lukerw
    Posted on April 29, 2012 at 9:06pm

    With all the May Day talk about Protests… I forgot about Economics… and more EU Disaster via France!

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  • Restored One
    Posted on April 29, 2012 at 9:04pm

    I thought this was going discuss/warn of all of the parades and protests.
    May 1st Commie day, Latino marches all over , OWS day and take over the SF GG bridge. 1 year anniversary since OBL killed.
    May 5 Cinco De Mayo.

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    • Dalady
      Posted on April 29, 2012 at 9:31pm

      Haven’t you heard? The GG Bridge blockade was tied to a possible union strike which may not be happening. I trust all the May Firsters got the memo.

      And don’t forget Rodney King…OMG

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  • imsteph
    Posted on April 29, 2012 at 8:53pm

    May the Lord go before us, behind us….
    to the right of us and to the left…
    above us and below us…
    smothering and covering us in His protection, His guidance, His mercy, His love…
    filling us with His wisdom, His clarity, His courage, His strength, His discernment, His power…

    For if God is for us….who can stand against us….
    But we must stand.

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    • broker0101
      Posted on April 29, 2012 at 8:59pm

      IMSTEPH, Thank you for not beginning that passage with, “May the Lord come…”

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    • KingCanon
      Posted on April 29, 2012 at 9:22pm

      Amen… and again I say, Amen!

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    • Cosmos102
      Posted on April 29, 2012 at 9:53pm

      Thank you for that wonderful prayer IMSTEPH. I bowed my head and said it too. Amen.

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  • broker0101
    Posted on April 29, 2012 at 8:50pm

    All true, and yet Glenn Beck’s Complete Global Collapse prediction will NOT come true this week. Or next, or next…or next……………..or next. Although, on a timeline long enough………….no doubt he (or his great, great, great, great, great, great, Timetraveling Grandson) will no doubt be right. Eventually.

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    • fflsuun
      Posted on April 29, 2012 at 9:40pm

      And again, Broker, you are a complete idiot!

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    • broker0101
      Posted on April 29, 2012 at 9:54pm

      FFL, Wanna Bet? Since the U.S dollar will be worthless soon, I’ll bet you one hundred million of them that we do not experience Total Global Collapse next week. Heck, I’ll give you all the way til the end of this year. C’mon, when you’re right, $100 million will only buy a loaf of bread and you’ll be able to pay me from the filings from one of your Goldline collectable Gold coins. Man up and let’s go.

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    • broker0101
      Posted on April 29, 2012 at 9:57pm

      You do realize, FL, that’s a Knight of the First or Second Crusade in your AVATAR, right? They didn’t take kindly to ******* like you, Literally.

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    • 82dAirborne
      Posted on April 29, 2012 at 10:09pm

      @fflsuun – I would ask you, in the kindest possible terms, to PLEASE stop insulting idiots by comparing them to the original poster. Thank You.

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    • broker0101
      Posted on April 29, 2012 at 10:21pm

      82nd, I have two questions. 1) Are you literate and (assuming #1 is affirmative) 2) Can you define “comparing” in English?

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    • 82dAirborne
      Posted on April 29, 2012 at 10:34pm

      Yes. And yes.

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    • broker0101
      Posted on April 29, 2012 at 10:45pm

      82, Thank you for your prompt, honest answers. They reveal your April 29, 2012 at 10:09pm post to illustrate your easily-demonstrable stupidity.

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    • marine249
      Posted on April 29, 2012 at 11:32pm

      @101 what is yau talkin about

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    • Captain Crunch
      Posted on April 29, 2012 at 11:43pm

      @BROKEN

      Since FFLSUUN is using that as an avatar I’m sure he knows what it means, and many of the rest of us know it’s meaning too. But I’d bet money you are ignorant of where he got that avatar and why he displays it. Try reading Breiviks’ manifesto. Stop lecturing people about things you know nothing about.

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    • grimmy
      Posted on April 30, 2012 at 8:36am

      @FFLSUUN
      Please dont feed our local punkass troll encinom aka broker0101.We are trying to keep him on a no feed diet,so he’ll dry up, and go away….

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    • hatchetjob
      Posted on April 30, 2012 at 6:03pm

      Broker, Normally I don’t agree with you, but on this one I do agree. I’m personally tired of waiting for the so-called collapse of the dollar or collapse of the system, and as the months go by I wonder if it’s all hype.

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