Now more than 24 hours past their eviction deadline – Occupy L.A. is still camped outside of City Hall – and patriots are turning to the courts to keep it that way. According to the Los Angeles Times, Occupy L.A. filed a court complaint yesterday arguing that the city’s looming crackdown represents an “unconstitutional deprivation of access to [the] traditional public forum…for first amendment activity.” Occupy L.A. is also attacking “anti-camping” laws – claiming that police are selectively enforcing the law – arresting people with the Occupy movement for camping – but letting more than 500 people camp out without a permit just weeks ago while they waited for the new “Twilight” movie to open.

After the NYPD raided Zuccotti Park two weeks ago – a judge ruled that camping gear is not an expression of free speech – thus allowing the city to ban people from bringing sleeping bags and tarps into public parks – effectively killing any chance of rebuilding the Occupy Wall Street community.

Apparently we live in a nation where the courts have ruled that little green pieces of fabric – money – is a form of free speech, but big green pieces of fabric – tents – are not.

-Thom

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The Daily Stack

Hour One: "Incident at Occupy LA...what the MSM isn't telling you"
- Eric Byler, filmmaker & co-founder of CoffeePartyUSA

Article: "Eye Witness to Occupy LA Confrontation with LA Police Department" by Eric Byler.

Law: Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (1999).

Law: "Commodity Futures Modernization Act", 2000.

Article: "Revolt escalates against Indian retail reform" by James Lamont (Singh faces backlash against opening up India's retail sector).

Article: "Germany told to act to save Europe" by Quentin Peel in Berlin, Jan Cienski in Warsaw and Norma Cohen in London (Appeal to Germany to save Eurozone).

Article: "Secret Fed Loans Gave Banks $13 Billion" by Bob Ivry, Bradley Keoun and Phil Kuntz.

Video: "Alan Grayson on the audit revealing trillions in bank bailouts by the Federal Reserve".

Video: "Thom Hartmann & Professor Steve Keen: Euro crisis...Is the UK preparing for the END of the world?".

Site: "Steve Keen's Debtwatch".

Article: "A New Capital of Call Centers" By Vikas Bajaj.

Site: Move to Amend

Article: "NY judge rejects $285M SEC-Citigroup agreement" by Larry Neumeister.

Hour Two: Senators Demand the Military Lock Up American Citizens in a “Battlefield” They Define as Being Right Outside Your Window
- Chris Anders, Washington Legislative Office of the ACLU

Article: "Senators Demand the Military Lock Up American Citizens in a “Battlefield” They Define as Being Right Outside Your Window" by Chris Anders.

Article: "Martial Law fast-tracking in Senate, ACLU advocates Udall bill instead" by Deborah Dupre.

Law: Posse Comitatus Act (1878).

Article: "Herman Cain "reassessing" candidacy after affair claim" by Brian Montopoli.

Talk Radio News Segment:
- Ellen Ratner, Bureau Chief

Book: "Self Empowerment: Nine Things the 19th Century Can Teach us About Living in the 21st " by B. Anne Gehman and Ellen Ratner.

Article: "Iran Oil Sanctions Set to Shrink the Circle of Foreign Buyers" by Anthony DiPaola and Pratish Narayanan.

Article: "Iran students storm U.K. Embassy in Tehran" by AP.

Article: "White House Condemns Storming Of British Embassy In Tehran" by Mary Bruce.

Article: "Biden Lands In Iraq To Mark End Of War" by Andrea Salazar.

Article: "Clinton to check on 'flickers of progress' in Myanmar" by Kristen Welker.

Article: "Reid Pushes GOP To Accept Payroll Tax Cut Extension" by Adrianna McGinley.

Article: "Report: Cain Reassessing Campaign" by TRNS.

Article: "House Aims To Expedite Airport Screening For Military" by Adrianna McGinley.

Book: "The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin " by Benjamin Franklin.

Article: "Memoir, correspondence, and miscellanies: from the papers of Thomas Jefferson" by Thomas Jefferson (February 1, 1800 diary entry).

Letter: "To Dr. Benjamin Rush Monticello, September 23, 1800" by Thomas Jefferson.

Cheesy news alert: "Poll: 28% Think Cain Had Affair; 28% Don’t Think Cain Had Affair; 44% Having Affair with Cain Right Now" by Andy Borowitz.

Site: "Progressive Democrats of America".

The good: Norm Stamper: "Ex-Seattle police chief: ‘Appalling’ to use tear gas on peaceful protesters" by David Edwards.

The bad: "Doocy: "If You Had To Put One Face To The Catastrophe That Was 2008, It Would Probably Be Barney Frank"" by Media Matters.

The very, very ugly: The Scottsdale Gun Club: "Gun club photographs children with machine guns, Santa" by Stephen C. Webster.

Site: "Bernie Sanders campaign site".

Site: "Public Banking Institute".

Book, site: "Web of Debt", Ellen Brown.

Video: "Hartmann: Conversations with Great Minds - Ellen Brown, Web of Debt (Part 1)".

Video: "Hartmann: Conversations with Great Minds - Ellen Brown, Web of Debt (Part 2)".

Article: "Diane Nash".

Article: "Occupy LA asking court to stop eviction" by CNN.

Article: "Fitch downgrades US outlook" by Katie Holliday.

Article: "Egypt voter turnout huge but peaceful" by CBC.

Article: "'Frosty The Snowman' Arrested: Kevin Michael Walsh Allegedly Fought With Police ".

Hour One: Bringing lung cancer awareness back into the spotlight
- Arielle Densen, Advocate, daughter committed to advancing lung cancer awareness and support

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