What wonderful people.
The Occupy Black Friday goons called Walmart customers “whores” while they were out shopping.

The Occupy protesters were handing out “Don’t be a CUMsumer whore” fliers to the shoppers.

From the video:

(Warning: This is nuts)

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From OccupyWallSt:

This year’s Black Friday will be the first campaign of the holiday season where we set the tone for a new type of holiday culminating with #OCCUPYXMAS. As the global protests of the 99% against corporate greed and casino capitalism continues, lets take the opportunity to hit the empire where it really hurts…the wallet.

On Nov 25/26th we escape the mayhem and unease of the biggest shopping day in North America and put the breaks on rabid consumerism for 24 hours. Flash mobs, consumer fasts, mall sit-ins, community events, credit card-ups, whirly-marts and jams, jams, jams! We don’t camp on the sidewalk for a reduced price tag on a flat screen TV or psycho-killer video game. Instead, we occupy the very paradigm that is fueling our eco, social and political decline.

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On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Francis Cianfrocca to discuss the Black Friday sales figures, the policy wishes of America’s CEOs and Brazil’s booming inflation.

We’re brought to you as always by BigGovernment and Stephen Clouse and Associates. If you’d like to email us, you can do so at coffee[at]newledger.com. We hope you enjoy the show.

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The CEOs’ Top Priorities
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So, how was Black Friday for you? For retailers, it was a time to go looking for small reasons for optimism, but the comparison to 2008 is essentially flat. How will the markets react, and what’s the deal with Dubai? We’ll discuss it all on the latest edition of Coffee and Markets, a daily podcast from The New Ledger on politics, policy and the marketplace with Francis Cianfrocca, brought to you by BigGovernment.com.

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Related Links:

LATimes: Black Friday Recap
AP: Wall Street’s Big Week
Ferguson: Obama’s Indecision on Economy Hurting America

Today is the first official day of what will likely be a disappointing (in terms of retail sales)  holiday season:

Black Friday predictions run from pessimistic to disastrous, negative interest rates worry the markets, and the New York Times makes ridiculous claims about the success of the stimulus. We discuss all this and more on today’s Coffee and Markets, a daily podcast from The New Ledger on politics, policy and the marketplace with Francis Cianfrocca, brought to you by BigGovernment.com.

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Related Links:

NYT: Stimulus was Awesome!
MSNBC: Black Friday Safety
SmartMoney: Wall Street Expects Big Black Friday