Big Bird Richer Than Mitt Romney, Sesame Street CEO Makes $1M Per Year

Afternoon links:

Stocks Tumble - Dow Trading Down 250 Points

Big Bird Richer Than Mitt Romney, Sesame Street CEO Makes $1M Per Year

Actor Will Smith on 75% Income Tax in France: 'God Bless America!'

Fed considers upping QE3 size and language - MarketWatch

US military deaths in Afghanistan hit 2,000 after 11 years of war - Reuters

Goldman Sachs ‘in bid to change’ Volcker rule | The Raw Story

Federal Welfare SOARS 32% Under Obama

Now costs $1,030,000,000,000, Bigger Than Social Security

Obama - The 7-Eleven President

Romney spokeswoman mocks MSNBC for paying men more

 Andrea Mitchell agrees on MSNBC pay policy

REPORT: Chevy VOLT workers idled, bored, play Monopoly

No-fly list strands man in Hawaii

Lifetime Democrat Lee Iacocca Endorses Romney

Uruguay president announces plans to sell nationalized marijuana

Elmo Debt Graph by Mark McHugh...

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[DailyBail]

Disabled veteran kicked out of store, told to go occupy Wall Street

http://rt.com/usa/news/disabled-store-gallegos-dog-988/

[DailyBail]

Live blog of Apple’s ‘iPad Mini’ event

http://blogs.marketwatch.com/specialreport/2012/10/23/live-blog-of-apples-ipad-mini-event/

[DailyBail]

This looks sweet:

http://www.apple.com/imac/

[DailyBail]

U.S. probes deaths for links to Monster energy drink

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/22/us-monster-lawsuit-idUSBRE89L16G20121022

[DailyBail]

After final debate, Obama says election comes down to trust

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/23/us-usa-campaign-idUSBRE89M11220121023

[LiberatedCitizen]

Wait until the interest rates rise here to service our debt

Payments on Interest to Exceed Defense Spending by $125 Billion

http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/payments-interest-exceed-defense-spending-125-billion_657230.html

The Bank of Canada signaled it may seek to curb record household debt levels by raising interest rates for the first time in more than two years, sharpening the divide with other Group of Seven nations focused on easing policy to combat a cooling global economy.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-10-23/carney-s-household-debt-concern-widens-canada-g-7-gap-economy.html

[DailyBail]

Moody's Downgrades Catalonia

http://www.benzinga.com/news/12/10/3016109/euro-sinks-after-moodys-downgrades-catalonia