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Wednesday, November 16, 2011

The Daily Drift

The Daily Drift

Today's horoscope says:

A series of missed connections could make today not so easy, but a good, honest struggle never hurt anyone.
It's time to get over your fear of discomfort!
Keep moving down the path that you're on, no matter what roadblocks might pop up today.
The longer you keep going, the more comfortable you will start to feel.
People may interrupt your stream of thought with seemingly irrelevant questions, but you don't have to give them any answers right now.

Some of our readers today have been in:
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Woodlands, Singapore, Singapore
Woking, England, United Kingdom
Ampang, Selangor, Malaysia
Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Seoul, Kyonggi-Do, Korea
Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan, Malaysia
Ankara, Ankara, Turkey
San Juan, Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico
Falun, Dalarnas Lan, Sweden
Candiac, Quebec, Canada
Tegucigalpa, Distrito Central, Honduras
Vilnius, Vilniaus Apskritis, Lithuania
Arhus, Arhus, Denmark
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Rome, Lazio, Italy
Gengenbach, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Paris, Ile-De-France, France
Munich, Bayern, Germany
Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Newbury, England, United Kingdom
Berne, Bern, Switzerland
Cork, Cork, Ireland
Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain
Red Deer, Alberta, Canada
Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan
Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
Crawley, England, United Kingdom
Bochum, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico

Hanover, Niedersachsen, Germany

as well as Slovakia, Malta, Bulgaria, Israel, Finland, Austria, Norway, Georgia, Mexico, Peru, Kuwait, Serbia, Bangladesh, Latvia, Greece, Scotland, Hong Kong, Denmark, Wales, Iran, Singapore, Poland, Taiwan, Sweden, Afghanistan, Belgium, Tibet, Croatia, Pakistan, Romania, Paraguay, Sudan, Vietnam, Argentina, Cambodia, Egypt, France, Estonia, Puerto Rico, Maldives, Qatar, Brazil, New Zealand, United Arab Emirates, Slovenia, China, Iraq, Ecuador, Nigeria, Colombia, Chile, Honduras, Paupa New Guinea, Moldova, Venezuela, Germany, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, Ireland, Czech Republic, Vietnam, Norway, Finland

and in cities across the United States such as Albemarle, Brandenburg, Manhattan, Worcester and more!

Today is:

Today is Wednesday, November 16, the 320th day of 2011.

There are 45 days left in the year.

Today's unusual holiday or celebration is:

There isn't one.

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Non Sequitur

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Wondrous Wednesday

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Bullet hits White House window

Bullet that hit White House stirs worries

A round stopped by ballistic glass may be tied to a man with a fixation, sources say.

Assault rifle found nearby

Also:

City of Seattle passes resolution supporting Occupy movement

The City Council of Seattle, Washington today adopted Resolution 31337 in support of the Occupy movement.

'The resolution recognizes and supports "the peaceful and lawful exercise of the First Amendment as a cherished and fundamental right in the effort to seek solutions for economically distressed Americans at the federal and local levels"'.

Record bid for yellow diamond

Yellow gemstone sets record at auction

The 110.3-carat Sun-Drop becomes the most expensive diamond of its kind in the world.

How much it fetched

Also:

US farm exports boom as rest of economy struggles

As U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack visits Vietnam and China to talk trade this week, he's hoping to build on one of the few bright spots in the struggling American economy: agricultural exports.

Full Story

Dilbert

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IMF warns on banks in China

When they fail, it's not going to be pretty.

China's biggest commercial banks face systemic risks if a combination of credit, property, currency and yield curve shocks that could be withstood in isolation were to occur together, the International Monetary Fund warned on Tuesday.

But China can contain these dangers by freeing up financial markets to give investors, commercial banks and the central bank greater autonomy from government control, the fund said in its first-ever review of the Chinese financial system.

While not predicting an imminent disaster, the IMF made clear China needed to act quickly because it is vulnerable to destabilizing asset price booms.

Tom the Dancing Bug

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Top repugican on Super Committee: No new revenue and will try to exempt DOD from cuts

So the repugican strategy is once again to take America hostage. Either give them what they demand, no compromise, or they'll change the rules of the game and permit no defense cuts, even though the deal was 50-50 cuts to domestic and defense if the Super Committee couldn't reach a deal. This is what many of us said they'd do, they would refuse to compromise and then find a way to exempt the military and put all the cuts on domestic programs the Democrats care about. And as Brian Beutler says, that's exactly their strategy.