- Egyptian President Mohammed Morsy has decreed himself vast new powers until Egypt can create a new Constitution, causing deep concern among the political opposition of another dictatorship.
- Saudi authorities are using technology to electronically track the whereabouts of the kingdom's women even to the point of sending text messages to the men responsible for their custody.
- The LAPD is deploying everything from mounted police to helicopters to help keep the peace during Black Friday sales after several years of near-riots and expected labor protests.
- Striking workers at some Wal-Mart stores are expected to walk out of Black Friday sales in order to protest low wages, despite threats of firings and other actions from management.
- Homeland Security has nearly half a billion invested in radios that fewer than one in 400 surveyed knew how to operate.
If all printers were determined not to print anything till they were sure it would offend nobody, there would be very little printed. -- Benjamin Franklin
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