Something to Know - 31 October

1.  Tonight is Halloween.  To get you into the mood, here is a scary scenario of what may be in store for this country should the GeeOpie take control of the Senate.  Nothing but gridlock, and attempts to tear apart and dismantle anything that resembles progressive.  The Republicans have no agenda other than to dismantle:

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/31/opinion/the-prospect-of-a-republican-senate.html?emc=eta1

2.  Timothy Egan has an excellent op-ed about the attempts by some, who forget about the genesis of the Berkeley Free Speech Movement 50 years ago.  By trying to shut down Bill Maher from speaking on the Berkeley campus, who is it that is attempting to subvert the meaning of "Free Speech"?:

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/31/opinion/berkeley-students-shouldnt-censor-bill-maher.html?rref=opinion&module=Ribbon&version=context&region=Header&action=click&contentCollection=Opinion&pgtype=article

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Juan
 

 When all else fails there's always delusion.

-- Conan O'Brien